Patents by Inventor Thomas Frederick Papallo

Thomas Frederick Papallo 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 for quality function deployment
    Patent number: 6351680
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the invention is directed to a method for performing quality function deployment for a system having a plurality of levels. The method includes obtaining a plurality of first level critical to quality parameters and obtaining a plurality of first level key control parameters. A first level quality matrix is generated identifying an effect at least one first level key control parameter has on at least one first level critical to quality parameter. The first level key control parameters are arranged into a first group and a second group. A second level quality matrix is generated for the first group. The second level quality matrix includes second level critical to quality parameters corresponding to the first group of first level key control parameters and a second level key control parameter. The second level quality matrix identifies an effect said second level key control parameter has on at least one second level critical to quality parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mohamed Ahmed Ali, Bharat Sampathkumaran Bagepalli, Bijan Dorri, Thomas Gerard Ebben, Aniruddha Dattatraya Gadre, Michael Solomon Idelchik, Khan Mohamed Khirullah Genghis Khan, Brian Douglas Lounsberry, Arlie Russell Martin, Thomas Frederick Papallo, Jr., Mark Alan Preston, Raymond Kelsey Seymour, Douglas J. Snyder