Patents by Inventor Michael Ritchie

Michael Ritchie 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: 20260122795
    Abstract: A tamper detection assembly includes a first body having a plurality of first electrical elements and a second body having a plurality of second electrical elements. The first body and the second body are assembled to enclose a protective volume in an assembled state. The first electrical elements are electrically connected to the second electrical elements to form a tamper circuit that is continuous in the first body and the second body in the assembled state. The first body and the second body are separable in whole from the assembled state into a disassembled state in which the tamper circuit is interrupted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Kenneth Jermstad, Michael Ritchie, Jodi Matzeder, Jeffrey Creak, Christopher Larocque, Julianna Padre
  • Patent number: 12039748
    Abstract: A bubble measurement system includes a bubble detector including a vessel having a flow path configured to receive a flow of fluid includes air bubbles from a bubble generator. The bubble measurement system includes an imaging system having an imaging device for imaging the fluid and air bubbles in the flow path of the vessel of the bubble detector. The imaging system has an imaging controller coupled to the imaging device and receiving images from the imaging device. The imaging controller processes the images to measure bubble size of each air bubble passing through the bubble detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Du Wen, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Shu Wang, Lei Zhou, Michael Ritchie, Michael Pedrick, Philip Amante, Sonny O. Osunkwo
  • Patent number: 11709972
    Abstract: A substrate for a tamper sensor includes a plurality of walls and a tab. The walls define a protective volume with an open side. The walls have a plurality of open edges adjacent the open side and a plurality of interior edges different from the open edges. The tab extends from one of the interior edges of one of the walls and is disposed within the protective volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Anthony Ball, Kenneth Jermstad, Michael Ritchie, Marcus Updyke
  • Publication number: 20230189652
    Abstract: A sensor includes a substrate having a curved surface, a piezoelectric element, and an adhesive disposed between the piezoelectric element and the curved surface along a vertical direction. The adhesive attaches the piezoelectric element to the substrate. The adhesive has an exterior bond surface that has a tapered shape along the vertical direction from the piezoelectric element to the curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Measurement Specialities, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Pedrick, Michael Ritchie, Jodi Matzeder, John Vawter, Achilles Rubiano
  • Publication number: 20230077112
    Abstract: A bubble measurement system includes a bubble detector including a vessel having a flow path configured to receive a flow of fluid includes air bubbles from a bubble generator. The bubble measurement system includes an imaging system having an imaging device for imaging the fluid and air bubbles in the flow path of the vessel of the bubble detector. The imaging system has an imaging controller coupled to the imaging device and receiving images from the imaging device. The imaging controller processes the images to measure bubble size of each air bubble passing through the bubble detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Du Wen, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Shu Wang, Lei Zhou, Michael Ritchie, Michael Pedrick, Philip Amante, Sonny O. Osunkwo
  • Patent number: 11341286
    Abstract: A tamper sensor assembly that includes a substrate with a protective bulk section including tamper circuitry and a hardware section configured to receive hardware circuitry and extending from the protective bulk section; the hardware circuitry electrically connected to the tamper circuitry to alter operation of the hardware circuitry responsive to modification of the tamper circuitry. The substrate additionally includes an attachment section extending from the hardware section. The tamper sensor assembly also includes a first fold in the substrate to position a first portion of the hardware section to extend along the protective bulk section, and a second fold in the substrate to position a second portion of the hardware section to extend along the first portion of the hardware section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GMBH
    Inventors: Kenneth Jermstad, Michael Ritchie, Marcus Updyke, Anthony Ball
  • Publication number: 20210264067
    Abstract: A substrate for a tamper sensor includes a plurality of walls and a tab. The walls define a protective volume with an open side. The walls have a plurality of open edges adjacent the open side and a plurality of interior edges different from the open edges. The tab extends from one of the interior edges of one of the walls and is disposed within the protective volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Measurement Specialties, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Ball, Kenneth Jermstad, Michael Ritchie, Marcus Updyke
  • Patent number: 11089675
    Abstract: A tamper sensor that includes a substrate and a conductive layer placed on the substrate. The tamper sensor also includes an insulation layer that is stacked on the conductive layer to form a layered tamper circuit. In addition, the substrate of the tamper sensor is the only substrate of the tamper sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenneth Jermstad, Michael Ritchie, Marcus Updyke, Anthony Ball
  • Publication number: 20200128663
    Abstract: A tamper sensor that includes a substrate and a conductive layer placed on the substrate. The tamper sensor also includes an insulation layer that is stacked on the conductive layer to form a layered tamper circuit. In addition, the substrate of the tamper sensor is the only substrate of the tamper sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth Jermstad, Michael Ritchie, Marcus Updyke, Anthony Ball
  • Publication number: 20200125774
    Abstract: A tamper sensor assembly that includes a substrate with a protective bulk section including tamper circuitry and a hardware section configured to receive hardware circuitry and extending from the protective bulk section; the hardware circuitry electrically connected to the tamper circuitry to alter operation of the hardware circuitry responsive to modification of the tamper circuitry. The substrate additionally includes an attachment section extending from the hardware section. The tamper sensor assembly also includes a first fold in the substrate to position a first portion of the hardware section to extend along the protective bulk section, and a second fold in the substrate to position a second portion of the hardware section to extend along the first portion of the hardware section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth Jermstad, Michael Ritchie, Marcus Updyke, Anthony Ball
  • Patent number: 7399924
    Abstract: A submersible device sealing system includes a submersible device, a cable having wires connected to the submersible device, and a sheath about the wires. There is a sleeve about the cable sheath, and a crimp about the sleeve. An encapsulant is disposed about the crimp, the wires, and the submersible device to prevent fluid ingress to the wires connected to the submersible device. The encapsulant is made of material separable from the cable sheath but the crimp is made of a material bondable to the encapsulant to seal the submersible device with respect to the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Andrew Hutchinson, Michael Ritchie
  • Publication number: 20080115970
    Abstract: A submersible device sealing system includes a submersible device, a cable having wires connected to the submersible device, and a sheath about the wires. There is a sleeve about the cable sheath, and a crimp about the sleeve. An encapsulant is disposed about the crimp, the wires, and the submersible device to prevent fluid ingress to the wires connected to the submersible device. The encapsulant is made of material separable from the cable sheath but the crimp is made of a material bondable to the encapsulant to seal the submersible device with respect to the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew Hutchinson, Michael Ritchie
  • Publication number: 20070100892
    Abstract: System and method for managing the configuration of resources in an enterprise. Embodiments of the present invention gather, store, and maintain institutional knowledge of configurations of IT resources of an enterprise. A configuration database serves as a temporal record of the configurations of the resources. The configuration database can reflect a dimensional model of the enterprise configuration where various configuration items are linked together. A configuration change can be analyzed and approved, and then reflected in a change to a configuration item (CI) which imposes an appropriate change to other configuration items based on upstream, downstream, peer relationships and/or views. A system according to an embodiment of the invention can also include a change database, an inventory database, a problem database, and/or a service level management subsystem to ensure changes to an enterprise's configuration are consistent with service level agreements and/or operating level agreements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron Kephart, Brian Kilpatrick, Wallace Kirkland, William Waldron, Michael Ritchie, Robert Maloney, Atilio Deambrosi, Philip Howard-Knight, Carol Gatrell
  • Publication number: 20060207989
    Abstract: A container (10) to be movable from an erect configuration to a folded configuration enabling stacking of a plurality of the containers (10). The containers has a pair of side walls (16) that fold down on to the base (14), and a pair of end walls (18) including an upper panel that is pivotally attached to the rim (12), and a lower panel (32) pivotally attached to the base (14). The panels (30, 32) pivot to provide for movement of the rim (12) to the base (14) so the container (10) assumes a folded configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Ritchie, Danika Faulkner