Patents by Inventor Michael A. Ritts

Michael A. Ritts 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: 9111742
    Abstract: An LCD display has a programmable backlight device that produces multiple different color fields from multiple different phosphor elements. The backlight device can be a low resolution FED device. The phosphor is applied by an electrophotographic screening process or direct electrostatic screening process. The FED device can further incorporate a wide gamut phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Istvan Gorog, Peter Michael Ritt
  • Patent number: 8875400
    Abstract: A method for installing an interior structure for a mobile platform is provided. The method may involve carrying a lightweight collapsible frame through a man-door of a mobile platform while the collapsible frame is in a collapsed state. The collapsed frame may then be expanded to provide at least a portion of a load bearing frame for a mobile platform interior structure. A plurality of interchangeable panels may be attached to the collapsible frame to form interior surfaces of the mobile platform interior structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael A. Ritts, Gregory W. Davidson, Christopher J. Mills
  • Patent number: 8259258
    Abstract: An LCD display has a programmable backlight device that produces multiple different color fields from multiple different phosphor elements. The backlight device can be a low resolution FED device. The phosphor is applied by an electrophotographic screening process or direct electrostatic screening process. The FED device can further incorporate a wide gamut phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Istvan Gorog, Peter Michael Ritt
  • Publication number: 20110265307
    Abstract: A method for installing an interior structure for a mobile platform is provided. The method may involve carrying a lightweight collapsible frame through a man-door of a mobile platform while the collapsible frame is in a collapsed state. The collapsed frame may then be expanded to provide at least a portion of a load bearing frame for a mobile platform interior structure. A plurality of interchangeable panels may be attached to the collapsible frame to form interior surfaces of the mobile platform interior structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael A. Ritts, Gregory W. Davidson, Christopher J. Mills
  • Patent number: 7994695
    Abstract: A RGB phosphor system for a carbon nanotube (CNT)/field emission device (FED) display operated between about 4-10 kV. The RGB phosphor system is formed on an interior surface of a screen of the CNT/FED display. The RGB phosphor system includes ZnS:Cu, Al (green phosphor), ZnS:Ag,Cl (blue phosphor) and Y2O2S:Eu+3 (red phosphor). The average particle size for each of the green, blue and red phosphors should be about 3-4 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Collins, Peter Michael Ritt, David Paul Ciampa, James Kleppinger
  • Patent number: 7987596
    Abstract: A method for installing an interior structure for a mobile platform is provided. The method includes carrying a lightweight collapsible frame through a man-door of a mobile platform while the collapsible frame is in a collapsed state. The collapsed frame is then expanded to provide at least a portion of a load bearing frame for a mobile platform interior structure. A plurality of interchangeable panels are removable attached to the collapsible frame to form interior surfaces of the mobile platform interior structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael A. Ritts, Gregory W Davidson, Christopher J. Mills
  • Publication number: 20100164366
    Abstract: A RGB phosphor system for a carbon nanotube (CNT)/field emission device (FED) display operated between about 4-10 kV. The RGB phosphor system is formed on an interior surface of a screen of the CNT/FED display. The RGB phosphor system includes ZnS:Cu, Al (green phosphor), ZnS:Ag,Cl (blue phosphor) and Y2O2S:Eu+3 (red phosphor). The average particle size for each of the green, blue and red phosphors should be about 3-4 microns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Collins, Peter Michael Ritt, David Paul Ciampa, James Kleppinger
  • Publication number: 20100060820
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display front end component joined to a field emission device backlighting unit. The field emission device backlighting unit has a cathode and an anode. The cathode is provided with a plurality of emitter cells. The anode is provided with a screen structure having a plurality of phosphor elements that are each formed as a substantially continuous stripe. Each of the phosphor elements has a plurality of the emitter cells aligned therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: THOMSAON LICENSING
    Inventors: James Kleppinger, Richard Hugh Miller, David Paul Ciampa, Peter Michael Ritt, Ernest Edwin Doerschuk
  • Publication number: 20100045589
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display front end component (60) joined to a field emission device backlighting unit (50). The field emission device backlighting unit (50) includes a screen structure having a plurality of phosphor elements (33R, 33G, 33B) separated by a black matrix (39). The black matrix includes a metallic chrome layer. Spacers (15) separate the cathode (7) from the anode (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: James Francis Edwards, Peter Michael Ritt, David Paul Ciampa
  • Publication number: 20090251043
    Abstract: A resistive spacer coating for a carbon nanotube (CNT)/field emission device (FED) display is described. The resistive spacer coating reduces electrostatic charging of the spacer during operation of the display while maintaining the field potential between the cathode and the phosphor screen. The resistive coating includes one or more resistive materials which are combined with binders that are then applied to the spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: James Francis Edwards, Peter Michael Ritt
  • Publication number: 20090186165
    Abstract: An LCD display has a programmable backlight device that produces multiple different color fields from multiple different phosphor elements. The backlight device can be a low resolution FED device. The phosphor is applied by an electrophotographic screening process or direct electrostatic screening process. The FED device can further incorporate a wide gamut phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Istvan Gorog, Peter Michael Ritt
  • Publication number: 20090185110
    Abstract: An LCD display has a programmable back-light device that produces multiple different color fields from multiple different phosphor elements. The backlight device can be a low resolution FED device. The phosphor is applied by an electrophotographic screening process or direct electrostatic screening process. The FED device can further incorporate a wide gamut phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Istvan Gorog, Peter Michael Ritt
  • Patent number: 7464897
    Abstract: Storage bins for architectural transitions in passenger cabins of airplanes and other vehicles. A transition storage bin is positioned between adjacent rows of straight storage bins and at the location where the fuselage or cabin changes cross-sectional dimensions. The front surface of the transition storage bin is curved to merge smoothly with the front surfaces of the adjacent storage bins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael A. Ritts, Eric M. Klein
  • Publication number: 20070227820
    Abstract: A method for installing an interior structure for a mobile platform is provided. The method includes carrying a lightweight collapsible frame through a man-door of a mobile platform while the collapsible frame is in a collapsed state. The collapsed frame is then expanded to provide at least a portion of a load bearing frame for a mobile platform interior structure. A plurality of interchangeable panels are removable attached to the collapsible frame to form interior surfaces of the mobile platform interior structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Ritts, Gregory Davidson, Christopher Mills
  • Patent number: 7237749
    Abstract: An interior structure for a mobile platform is provided. The interior structure is constructed of a lightweight collapsible frame that can be reconfigured from a compact, substantially flat collapsed state to a non-compact, substantially sprawling expanded state. In the expanded state, the collapsible frame provides at least a portion of a structural load bearing frame for the interior structure. The interior structure additionally includes a plurality of interchangeable panels that attach to the collapsible frame to form interior surfaces of the structure. The panels form such things as the interior wall, ceiling and floor surfaces and can also include amenities such as shelves, lights, beds, closets, electrical outlets, Internet connections and entertainment equipment. The interior structure can be carried though the typical man-door of a mobile platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael A Ritts, Gregory W Davidson, Christopher J Mills
  • Publication number: 20070095979
    Abstract: Storage bins for architectural transitions in passenger cabins of airplanes and other vehicles. A transition storage bin is positioned between adjacent rows of straight storage bins and at the location where the fuselage or cabin changes cross-sectional dimensions. The front surface of the transition storage bin is curved to merge smoothly with the front surfaces of the adjacent storage bins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Ritts, Eric Klein
  • Patent number: D562756
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Michael A. Ritts
  • Patent number: D610522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Ralph Bladt, Joseph P. Condon, Richard Fraker, Domenic S. Giuntoli, Paul Mikulencak, William Quan, Michael A. Ritts, Ryon Christopher Warren
  • Patent number: D611888
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Ralph Bladt, Joseph P. Condon, Richard Fraker, Domenic S. Giuntoli, Paul Mikulencak, William Quan, Michael A. Ritts, Ryon Christopher Warren
  • Patent number: D612793
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Michael A. Ritts