Patents by Inventor Robert DeWitte
Robert DeWitte 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).
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Publication number: 20250105545Abstract: A header connector includes a header housing extending between a mating end and a terminating end. The mating end is configured to be mated with a plug connector. The header housing has a cavity between the mating end and the terminating end. The header housing has a mounting flange configured to be mounted to a panel. The header connector includes a busbar carrier assembly that includes a busbar carrier and a busbar held by the busbar carrier. The busbar carrier has a support wall and a mounting portion. The busbar is coupled to the support wall. The mounting portion is coupled to the terminating end of the header housing. The busbar is received in the cavity of the header housing for mating with the plug connector when the mounting portion of the busbar carrier is coupled to the terminating end of the header housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventor: Thomas Robert DeWitte
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Publication number: 20250068833Abstract: An application may receive a prompt from a user related to an input for a text field of digital content. An application may generate context data about the digital content. An application may provide the prompt and the context data to a generative language model. An application may receive a response generated by the generative language model and provide the response as a suggestion for the input for the text field.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Inventors: Janice An-Lei Wong, Arielle Baio, Juan Bernardo Mejia Reyes, Carlos Eduardo Knippschild, Michael Blair Crouse, Dmitry Titov, Justin Robert DeWitt, Tarun Bansal, Young Bin Yu, Mingpu Hu, Megan Michaux Jablonski, Travis Coe Service
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Patent number: 12230922Abstract: An electrical header for use in an electrical connector assembly includes a body adapted to mount to an object and having an opening formed therethrough for receiving an electrical terminal. The body further defines a plug on a first side thereof and adapted to engage with a mating electrical connector of the assembly. The plug includes a pair of first opposing sidewalls extending from the body and defining a locking feature adapted to engage with a corresponding locking feature of the mating connector, and a pair of second opposing sidewalls extending from the body and defining a keying feature. The first and second pairs of opposing sidewalls are adapted to mate with a first mating connector oriented in a first direction, and mate with a second mating connector oriented in a second direction distinct from the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2023Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbHInventors: Thomas Robert DeWitte, Adam Price Tyler, Lindsey Gatesman, David James Rhein
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Publication number: 20240391719Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing mail is provided. A feeder serially feeds envelope from a stack of mail. Two cutters at a cutting station cuts one or two edges of the envelopes. As the envelopes travel from the feeder to the cutters the envelope is jogged on two edges to justify the contents with the envelopes. Additionally, an improved feeder is provided to reduce the number of jams created when feeding the envelopes from the stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Inventors: John Allen, Robert DeWitt, Joseph Valinsky
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Patent number: 12134307Abstract: A vehicle mat is configured to prevent hail damage to a body of a vehicle. The vehicle mat may include a vehicle mat body having a plurality of layers including a top layer and a bottom layer. The top layer may be formed of a hail resistant material. The bottom layer may be formed of a flexible magnetic substrate. The flexible magnetic substrate provides sufficient holding strength to magnetically couple the vehicle mat to a vehicle body and maintain the vehicle mat in place during a hail event to thereby assist in preventing hail damage to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Inventor: Robert Dewitt McDowell
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Publication number: 20240204427Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having a mounting end configured to be mounted to a structure. The electrical connector includes an electrical shield having shield walls surrounding a shield cavity. The shield walls are coupled to the housing and provide electrical shielding for the housing. The electrical shield includes grounding tabs extending from the shield walls. The grounding tabs include teeth having cutting edges. The grounding tabs are received in the opening in the structure. The teeth of the grounding tabs configured to engage the structure to electrically ground the grounding tabs to the structure. The cutting edges configured to cut through a coated surface of the structure to directly engage a conductive layer of the structure to electrically connect the electrical shield to the structure through the coated surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: David James Rhein, Thomas Robert DeWitte, Zoran Krnetic, Deborah J. Probert
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Patent number: 11973908Abstract: A system is provided for processing documents. In particular, the system is incorporates a feeder for feeding documents to a device for further processing of the documents. For instance, the system finds particular application in the field of document imaging in which a variety of documents of varying sizes and orientation are to be fed to an imaging system, such as a document scanner. The system may provide an input mechanism for easily identifying a characteristic of one of the documents and the system may include features for handling packets of documents.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: OPEX CorporationInventors: Michael Sullivan, John Allen, David Helmlinger, Robert DeWitt, Michael York, Robert Esche, Kerry D. O'Mara, Gary Miller
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Publication number: 20240109723Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for sorting or retrieving items to/from a plurality of destinations areas. The items are loaded onto one of a plurality of independently controlled delivery vehicles. The delivery vehicles follow a track that guides the delivery vehicles to/from the destination areas, which are positioned along the track. Once at the appropriate destination area, an item is transferred between the delivery vehicle and the destination area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Robert DeWitt, Peter M. Chezik, Joseph Valinsky, S. N. Kartik, Ola Stahl
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Patent number: 11916336Abstract: An electrical header for use in an electrical connector assembly includes a body for mounting to an object and having an opening formed therethrough for receiving an electrical terminal. The body further defines a plug on a first side thereof for engaging with a mating electrical connector of the assembly. The plug includes a pair of first opposing sidewalls extending from the body at a first height and defining a locking feature for engaging with a corresponding locking feature of the mating connector, and a pair of second opposing sidewalls extending from the body at a second height, less than the first height. The first and second pairs of opposing sidewalls are adapted to mate with a first mating connector oriented in a first direction, and mate with a second mating connector oriented in a second direction distinct from the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbHInventors: Thomas Robert DeWitte, Adam Price Tyler, Lindsey Gatesman, David James Rhein
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Publication number: 20240047924Abstract: An electrical header for use in an electrical connector assembly includes a body adapted to mount to an object and having an opening formed therethrough for receiving an electrical terminal. The body further defines a plug on a first side thereof and adapted to engage with a mating electrical connector of the assembly. The plug includes a pair of first opposing sidewalls extending from the body and defining a locking feature adapted to engage with a corresponding locking feature of the mating connector, and a pair of second opposing sidewalls extending from the body and defining a keying feature. The first and second pairs of opposing sidewalls are adapted to mate with a first mating connector oriented in a first direction, and mate with a second mating connector oriented in a second direction distinct from the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbHInventors: Thomas Robert DeWitte, Adam Price Tyler, Lindsey Gatesman, David James Rhein
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Publication number: 20240034135Abstract: A vehicle mat is configured to prevent hail damage to a body of a vehicle. The vehicle mat may include a vehicle mat body having a plurality of layers including a top layer and a bottom layer. The top layer may be formed of a hail resistant material. The bottom layer may be formed of a flexible magnetic substrate. The flexible magnetic substrate provides sufficient holding strength to magnetically couple the vehicle mat to a vehicle body and maintain the vehicle mat in place during a hail event to thereby assist in preventing hail damage to the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventor: Robert Dewitt McDowell
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Publication number: 20230356958Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for sorting items to a plurality of sort destinations. The items are fed into the apparatus at an input station having a scanning station. The scanning station evaluates one or more characteristics of each item. The items are then loaded onto one of a plurality of independently controlled delivery vehicles. The delivery vehicles are individually driven to sort destinations. Once at the appropriate sort destination, the delivery vehicle ejects the item to the sort destination and returns to receive another item to be delivered. A re-induction conveyor may be provided for receiving select items from the vehicles and conveying the items back to the input station for re-processing. Additionally, a controller is provided to control the movement of the vehicles based on a characteristic each item being delivered by each vehicle. The system may also include vehicles having edge-detection assemblies for detecting items being loaded onto or discharged from the vehicles.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Monty McVaugh, Alexander Stevens, Robert DeWitt, James Walsh, Gregory Wilson
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Publication number: 20230299546Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprises a header and a backing plate attachable thereto. The header includes a plug portion for connecting to a complementary mating connector, and a base having a plurality of mounting through holes for fixing the header to a mounting surface. The backing plate includes a plurality of mounting elements corresponding in location to the plurality of mounting holes of the header for fixing the backing plate to the header on an underside of the mounting surface, and a central opening corresponding in location to the plug portion of the header with the backing plate fixed to the header.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2022Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicants: Tyco Electronics Canada ULC, TE Connectivity Solutions GmbHInventors: Zoran Krnetic, David James Rhein, Thomas Robert DeWitte, Lindsey Gatesman, Adam Price Tyler, Praveen Kumar HM
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Patent number: 11765290Abstract: A system is provided for processing documents. In particular, the system is incorporates a feeder for feeding documents to a device for further processing of the documents. For instance, the system finds particular application in the field of document imaging in which a variety of documents of varying sizes and orientation are to be fed to an imaging system, such as a document scanner. The system may provide an input mechanism for easily identifying a characteristic of one of the documents and the system may include features for handling packets of documents.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: OPEX CorporationInventors: Michael Sullivan, John Allen, David Helmlinger, Robert DeWitt, Michael York, Robert Esche, Kerry D. O'Mara, Gary Miller
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Patent number: 11708908Abstract: A gasket assembly includes a substrate, such as a portion of a body of an electrical connector. The substrate defines a mating surface to which a gasket or gasket seal is mechanically fixed. The gasket defines at least one recess or other mounting feature thereon for engaging with a complementary feature of the substrate for fixing the gasket to the substrate. According to an embodiment, the gasket defines a sealing face or sealing wall opposing and/or abutting the mating surface of the substrate, and a sidewall extending from the sealing wall and defined about a perimeter thereof. The sealing wall and sidewall define a circumferential recess configured to receive a peripheral edge of the substrate for securing the gasket to and generally over the mating surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbHInventors: Thomas Robert DeWitte, Zoran Krnetic, Lindsey E. Gatesman, David James Rhein, Eric D. Shields
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Patent number: 11607713Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for sorting items to a plurality of sort destinations. The items are fed into the apparatus at an input station having a scanning station. The scanning station evaluates one or more characteristics of each item. The items are then loaded onto one of a plurality of independently controlled delivery vehicles. The delivery vehicles are individually driven to sort destinations. Once at the appropriate sort destination, the delivery vehicle ejects the item to the sort destination and returns to receive another item to be delivered. A re-induction conveyor may be provided for receiving select items from the vehicles and conveying the items back to the input station for re-processing. Additionally, a controller is provided to control the movement of the vehicles based on a characteristic each item being delivered by each vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2017Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: OPEX CorporationInventors: Monty McVaugh, David Ressler, Douglas Dietrich, Alexander Stevens, Kerry O'Mara, Kevin Cherry, Robert Hodge, Michael York, Robert DeWitt
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Publication number: 20230040699Abstract: A system is provided for processing documents. In particular, the system is incorporates a feeder for feeding documents to a device for further processing of the documents. For instance, the system finds particular application in the field of document imaging in which a variety of documents of varying sizes and orientation are to be fed to an imaging system, such as a document scanner. The system may provide an input mechanism for easily identifying a characteristic of one of the documents and the system may include features for handling packets of documents.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Michael Sullivan, John Allen, David Helmlinger, Robert DeWitt, Michael York, Robert Esche, Kerry D. O'Mara, Gary Miller
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Publication number: 20220329000Abstract: An electrical header for mounting to an object such as an electrical device. The header comprises a body including a base, a first plug end defined on a first side of the base and adapted to mate with a mating connector, and a second plug end defined on a second side of the base and adapted to be inserted into the object. An elastic locking element is arranged on the second plug end and is adapted to engage with and secure the header to the object. The elastic locking element is sized and shaped to be elastically biased by the object in a direction transverse to an insertion direction of the header during removal of the header from the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: TE Connectivity Services GmbHInventors: Thomas Robert DeWitte, David James Rhein, Pushkar S. Kolhatkar
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Publication number: 20220217244Abstract: A system is provided for processing documents. In particular, the system is incorporates a feeder for feeding documents to a device for further processing of the documents. For instance, the system finds particular application in the field of document imaging in which a variety of documents of varying sizes and orientation are to be fed to an imaging system, such as a document scanner. The system may provide an input mechanism for easily identifying a characteristic of one of the documents and the system may include features for handling packets of documents.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Michael Sullivan, John Allen, David Helmlinger, Robert DeWitt, Michael York, Robert Esche, Kerry D. O'Mara, Gary Miller
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Publication number: 20220185161Abstract: The invention is an apparatus for preventing automotive hail damage by the use of magnetic floor mats. These mats may be placed in specific areas and are held in place by a magnetic layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventor: Robert Dewitt McDowell