Patents by Inventor Patrick Lee Vallad

Patrick Lee Vallad 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).

  • Method of knowledge-based engineering design of an instrument panel
    Patent number: 6477517
    Abstract: A method of knowledge-based engineering design of an instrument panel for a vehicle includes the steps of defining a parameter of the instrument panel using a knowledge-based engineering library stored in a memory of a computer system, generating a model of the instrument panel based on the parameter and analyzing the model of the instrument panel. The method also includes the steps of comparing a result of the analysis of the model of the instrument panel to a predetermined criteria from the knowledge-based engineering library, and varying the parameter so that the model of the instrument panel meets the predetermined criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anis Limaiem, Albert James Dapoz, Basil Taha Alsayyed, Daniel Cornelius Bach, Kousik Chakrabarti, Patrick Lee Vallad, Richard King-Hong Leung, Ta-chuan Sun, Yung-Sen Steven Sheng