Patents by Inventor Ghassan Hussini

Ghassan Hussini has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for detecting an air leak in an engine
    Patent number: 6684869
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting an air leak within an engine is provided. The engine includes an intake manifold communicating with an engine cylinder. The method includes measuring an exhaust gas constituent in exhaust gases from the engine when the engine is operating in an idle operating mode. The method further includes determining whether the air leak is present in the engine based on a measured exhaust gas constituent, a first air-fuel correction value, and a second air-fuel correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Ponagai, Gary Lee Danhoff, Ghassan Hussini, Ghassan K. Raad, Michael igor Kluzner, Raymond Henry Berger, Robert Joseph Jerger
  • System and method for detecting an air leak in an engine
    Publication number: 20030131833
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting an air leak within an engine is provided. The engine includes an intake manifold communicating with an engine cylinder. The method includes measuring an exhaust gas constituent in exhaust gases from the engine when the engine is operating in an idle operating mode. The method further includes determining whether the air leak is present in the engine based on a measured exhaust gas constituent, a first air-fuel correction value, and a second air-fuel correction value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Edward Ponagai, Gary Lee Danhoff, Ghassan Hussini, Ghassan K. Raad, Michael igor Kluzner, Raymond Henry Berger, Robert Joseph Jerger
  • System and method for detecting an air leak in an exhaust system coupled to an engine
    Patent number: 6568246
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting an air leak within an exhaust system is provided. The method includes measuring an exhaust gas constituent in exhaust gases from the engine when the engine is operating in an idle operating mode. The method further includes determining whether the air leak is present in the exhaust system based on a measured exhaust gas constituent, a first air-fuel correction value, and a second air-fuel correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Edward Ponagai, Gary Lee Danhoff, Ghassan Hussini, Ghassan K. Raad, Michael igor Kluzner, Raymond Henry Berger, Robert Joseph Jerger