Patents by Inventor Luke Schmidt

Luke Schmidt 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: 20250390830
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a system and method for order batching. An example method includes receiving a plurality of orders for delivery to a plurality of destinations; generating permutations of the orders corresponding to different sequences of the destinations; estimating, for the permutations, one or more of a total delivery time, a total promise time miss, and a total hold time miss; generating batch scores for the permutations based on the respective total delivery time, total promise time miss, and total hold time miss; generating a permutation ranking based on the batch scores; determining a top-ranked permutation; assigning orders in the top-ranked permutation to one of a plurality of delivery persons; initiating preparation of the orders in response to determining that an estimated arrival interval of the delivery person is within an estimated preparation interval; and dispatching delivery of the orders to the delivery person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventors: Brian Moore, Ben Haverly, Luke Schmidt, Lloyd Engebretsen, Mark Peppers
  • Patent number: 12344180
    Abstract: A seat assembly, comprising a seat back comprising: a cushion; a back panel assembly, including: a substrate panel; an outer panel coupled to the substrate panel via a plurality of protrusions of at least one of the outer panel or the substrate panel; a retainer coupled to the substrate panel and the outer panel; a trim cover engaged with the back panel assembly and covering at least a portion of the cushion; and an airbag disposed at least partially between the outer panel and the trim cover; wherein the retainer is configured to limit movement of the outer panel during deployment of the airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Mark D. Trombley, Alejandro O. Cordoba, Michael Corvino, Robert Elliott, Mayur Manohar Faye, Michael Ferrari, Vito Francesco Mannino, Kiran Mandhare, Owen S. Middleton, Luke Schmidt