Patents by Inventor James Pettis

James Pettis 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).

  • Publication number: 20130304315
    Abstract: A vehicular control system includes a transmitter electrode. The system also includes a receiver electrode for an input device. A control unit is in communication with the transmitter electrode and the receiver electrode. The control unit is operable to determine that an input is received at the input device, and provide a transmit signal to the transmitter electrode. The control unit is also operable to detect a receive signal arising from the transmit signal at the receiver electrode, and determine which of a passenger in a passenger seat or a driver in a driver seat caused the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Elesys North America Inc.
    Inventors: Svetoslav Georgiev Stoyanov, James Pettis
  • Patent number: 6372327
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing patterned glass sheets. In certain embodiments, the resulting glass sheets have a pattern defined therein which is designed so as to simulate conventional glue chipped glass sheets. A heated glass ribbon exits a furnace or melter and proceeds through a nip defined between opposing rollers. Pressure on one or both of the rollers in the direction of the nip, combined with a glue chipped simulating pattern defined in an exterior surface of at least one of the rollers, causes the glue chipped simulating pattern to be transferred from the roller (s) into/onto a surface (s) of the hot glass ribbon. After being patterned, the glass ribbon is annealed and cut into a plurality of different sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: James Burnham, James Pettis