Patents by Inventor Michael L. Ritchey

Michael L. Ritchey 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).

  • Error proofing system for portable tools
    Patent number: 6845279
    Abstract: A system for controlling and monitoring portable tools at a particular work cell remotely by R-F communication to provide error proofing of various parameters including that the correct tool is to be used at a work cell, the tool is properly calibrated for the operation to be performed, that it is being used a proper number of times per part being assembled or inspected, and that the tool has been calibrated within a selected service interval. The tools will be made actuable only by R-F communication with specific factory apparatus whereby theft of such portable tools will be inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Integrated Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Curt D. Gilmore, Michael L. Ritchey
  • Error proofing system for portable tools
    Patent number: RE41160
    Abstract: A system for controlling and monitoring portable tools at a particular work cell remotely by R-F communication to provide error proofing of various parameters including that the correct tool is to be used at a work cell, the tool is properly calibrated for the operation to be performed, that it is being used a proper number of times per part being assembled or inspected, and that the tool has been calibrated within a selected service interval. The tools will be made actuable only by R-F communication with specific factory apparatus whereby theft of such portable tools will be inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Inventors: Curt D. Gilmore, Michael L. Ritchey
  • Error proofing system for portable tools
    Patent number: RE41185
    Abstract: A system for controlling and monitoring portable tools at a particular work cell remotely by R-F communication to provide error proofing of various parameters including that the correct tool is to be used at a work cell, the tool is properly calibrated for the operation to be performed, that it is being used a proper number of times per part being assembled or inspected, and that the tool has been calibrated within a selected service interval. The tools will be made actuable only by R-F communication with specific factory apparatus whereby theft of such portable tools will be inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Inventors: Curt D. Gilmore, Michael L. Ritchey