Patents by Inventor Bill Pappas

Bill Pappas 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).

  • Patent number: 9643554
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a closed body having a varied configuration between a first location and at least a second location. The apparatus further includes a pressure sensor coupled to the closed body at the first location. When forces with substantially equal magnitudes are respectively applied to the closed body at different locations between the first and second locations, the closed body respectively translates the forces to substantially equal pressure differentials at the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Yeruva Satya Reddy, Paul Kevin Kula, Bill Pappas, Todd N. Clark
  • Patent number: 9403479
    Abstract: A vehicle having seat belt system is provided. The vehicle includes a D-ring having a light source, a belt strap passing through the D-ring, a tongue connected to the belt strap, a buckle, and a controller programmed to illuminate the light source in response to a detected trigger condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Bill Pappas, Abraham G. Philip, Helinda Ho
  • Publication number: 20160059778
    Abstract: A vehicle having seat belt system is provided. The vehicle includes a D-ring having a light source, a belt strap passing through the D-ring, a tongue connected to the belt strap, a buckle, and a controller programmed to illuminate the light source in response to a detected trigger condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Mahmoud Yousef GHANNAM, Bill PAPPAS, Abraham G. PHILIP, Helinda HO
  • Publication number: 20150274102
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a closed body having a varied configuration between a first location and at least a second location. The apparatus further includes a pressure sensor coupled to the closed body at the first location. When forces with substantially equal magnitudes are respectively applied to the closed body at different locations between the first and second locations, the closed body respectively translates the forces to substantially equal pressure differentials at the first location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Yeruva Satya Reddy, Paul Kevin Kula, Bill Pappas, Todd N. Clark
  • Patent number: 8732046
    Abstract: A method for managing business rigor for a financial institution includes receiving business rigor data based on activities to implement a plurality of core products. A performance table, unit cost report, and summary report are created or updated based on the business rigor data. The performance table may include data based on an analysis of the business rigor data; the unit cost report may include a cost report based on the performance table data; and the summary report may include a report based on the unit cost report. The summary report is presented in order to improve the business rigor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Barbara R Macy, Jason David Barnes, Michael Scott Goodman, Jose Antonio Covaria Martinez, Bill Pappas, James Peter Michael Purr, Charles Elliott Wolter
  • Patent number: 8577555
    Abstract: An impact detection system has two chambers disposed adjacent to one another. The two chambers have opposing tapered shapes, so that an impact anywhere along them will create a different pressure wave or pulse in each chamber. A pressure sensor module incorporating two pressure sensors is disposed at one end of the dual-channel unit, and comparison of the signals from the sensors can be used to discriminate both the location and severity of a pedestrian impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Kevin Kula, Abraham Philip, Steven Yellin Schondorf, David James Tippy, Bill Pappas, Yeruva Reddy, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam
  • Publication number: 20130079995
    Abstract: An impact detection system has two chambers disposed adjacent to one another. The two chambers have opposing tapered shapes, so that an impact anywhere along them will create a different pressure wave or pulse in each chamber. A pressure sensor module incorporating two pressure sensors is disposed at one end of the dual-channel unit, and comparison of the signals from the sensors can be used to discriminate both the location and severity of a pedestrian impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Kevin Kula, Abraham Philip, Steven Yellin Schondorf, David James Tippy, Bill Pappas, Yeruva Reddy, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam