Patents by Inventor Robert Pitts
Robert Pitts 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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Patent number: 11427986Abstract: An interlock system for a work vehicle includes a controller configured to output instructions to a first actuator assembly to control a first implement positioned rearward of a chassis of the work vehicle. The controller is configured to instruct the first actuator assembly to block movement of the first implement while an access door of the chassis is in an open state, in which the access door is positioned on a rear portion of the chassis, longitudinally opposite a cab ingress/egress door positioned proximate to a forward portion of the chassis, and the controller is configured to output instructions to a second actuator assembly to control a second implement positioned forward of the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventor: Cory Robert Pitts
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Patent number: 10731318Abstract: A connection system for coupling an implement to a work vehicle includes a receiver assembly of the implement configured to couple the implement to a connector assembly of an arm of the work vehicle. The connection system also includes a frame of the implement including a first end having a mounting portion and a second end coupled to a mounting assembly of the implement. The mounting portion of the frame of the implement is configured to couple the implement directly to a frame of the work vehicle. Additionally, the receiver assembly is directly coupled to the frame of the implement between the first end of the frame of the implement and the second end of the frame of the implement.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Daniel O. Seacat, Cory Robert Pitts, Alexander Fey, Paul Anthony Fanara, Neil A. Detra
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Patent number: 10683637Abstract: An interlock system for a work vehicle includes a controller configured to output instructions to an actuator assembly to control an implement positioned rearward of a chassis of the work vehicle relative to a forward direction of travel. The controller is configured to instruct the actuator assembly to block movement of the implement while an access door positioned on a rear portion of the chassis relative to the forward direction of travel is in an open state.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventor: Cory Robert Pitts
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Publication number: 20200141087Abstract: An interlock system for a work vehicle includes a controller configured to output instructions to a first actuator assembly to control a first implement positioned rearward of a chassis of the work vehicle. The controller is configured to instruct the first actuator assembly to block movement of the first implement while an access door of the chassis is in an open state, in which the access door is positioned on a rear portion of the chassis, longitudinally opposite a cab ingress/egress door positioned proximate to a forward portion of the chassis, and the controller is configured to output instructions to a second actuator assembly to control a second implement positioned forward of the chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventor: Cory Robert Pitts
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Patent number: 10625105Abstract: A connector includes a frame having a first end, a second end, and a pass-through opening extending between the first end and the second end along a longitudinal axis of the frame. The connector further has a gate positioned between the first end and the second end of the frame and movable between a closed position to close the pass-through opening and an open position to open the pass-through opening. A locking mechanism selectively locks the gate in the closed position. The locking mechanism has a rotatable knob connected to at least one of the first end and the second end of the frame and rotatable in a direction about the longitudinal axis, and a locking indent on the gate configured for receiving at least a portion of the rotatable knob when the gate is in the closed position. The rotatable knob is rotationally biased by a biasing mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: MSA Technology, LLCInventors: Mitchell H. Hetrich, Robert Pitt
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Publication number: 20190069644Abstract: A connector includes a frame having a first end, a second end, and a pass-through opening extending between the first end and the second end along a longitudinal axis of the frame. The connector further has a gate positioned between the first end and the second end of the frame and movable between a closed position to close the pass-through opening and an open position to open the pass-through opening. A locking mechanism selectively locks the gate in the closed position. The locking mechanism has a rotatable knob connected to at least one of the first end and the second end of the frame and rotatable in a direction about the longitudinal axis, and a locking indent on the gate configured for receiving at least a portion of the rotatable knob when the gate is in the closed position. The rotatable knob is rotationally biased by a biasing mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2017Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Mitchell H. Hetrich, Robert Pitt
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Publication number: 20190070443Abstract: A connector includes a frame having a first end, a second end, and a pass-through opening extending between the first end and the second end along a longitudinal axis of the frame. The connector further has a gate positioned between the first end and the second end of the frame and movable between a closed position to close the pass-through opening and an open position to open the pass-through opening. A locking mechanism selectively locks the gate in the closed position. The locking mechanism has a rotatable knob connected to at least one of the first end and the second end of the frame and rotatable in a direction about the longitudinal axis, and a locking indent on the gate configured for receiving at least a portion of the rotatable knob when the gate is in the closed position. The rotatable knob is rotationally biased by a biasing mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2017Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Mitchell H. Hetrich, Robert Pitt
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Publication number: 20180238016Abstract: A connection system for coupling an implement to a work vehicle includes a receiver assembly of the implement configured to couple the implement to a connector assembly of an arm of the work vehicle. The connection system also includes a frame of the implement including a first end having a mounting portion and a second end coupled to a mounting assembly of the implement. The mounting portion of the frame of the implement is configured to couple the implement directly to a frame of the work vehicle. Additionally, the receiver assembly is directly coupled to the frame of the implement between the first end of the frame of the implement and the second end of the frame of the implement.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2017Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Daniel O. Seacat, Cory Robert Pitts, Alexander Fey, Paul Anthony Fanara, Neil A. Detra
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Publication number: 20180179733Abstract: An interlock system for a work vehicle includes a controller configured to output instructions to an actuator assembly to control an implement positioned rearward of a chassis of the work vehicle relative to a forward direction of travel. The controller is configured to instruct the actuator assembly to block movement of the implement while an access door positioned on a rear portion of the chassis relative to the forward direction of travel is in an open state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventor: Cory Robert Pitts
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Patent number: 9122668Abstract: A computing device (e.g., a processor executing instructions on the computing device) receives an input (e.g., from a user or from a data stream) into a cell of a table (e.g., a cell of a spreadsheet, worksheet, or workbook). If the input is a sum (e.g., a formula whose result is the sum of previous cells), then the computing device renders a total column representing the sum on a waterfall chart (e.g., on a user interface rendered on an electronic display). Otherwise, if the input is a static value (e.g., an integer or decimal number), then the computing device renders a change column representing the static value.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2014Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Workiva Inc.Inventors: Thomas Joseph Wacha, Dustin John Holmes, Kyle James McMorrow, Edward Yee Ly, Timothy Lee Gilbert, Sidney Robert Pitt, Tucker Douglas Hays, Kent Wesley Iverson, Rick Warren Maples
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Patent number: 9001570Abstract: A memory configurable to be used in an RTA mode includes an input latch configured to receive an input address bus and to generate a latched address bus that corresponds to a memory location. An address flop is configured to save the latched address and to generate a flopped address. A first block address pre-decoder stage is configured to generate a pre-decoded latched address to an RTA generation logic in response to the latched address bus; and a second block address pre-decoder configured to generate a pre-decoded flopped address to the RTA generation logic in response to the flopped address. The RTA generation logic generates an RTA enable signal one clock cycle before a memory block access, to activate a memory block corresponding to the memory location, such that an array supply voltage of the memory block starts charging one clock cycle before a memory block access.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Rashmi Sachan, Parvinder Rana, Abhishek Kesarwani, Robert Pitts
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Publication number: 20150092475Abstract: A memory configurable to be used in an RTA mode includes an input latch configured to receive an input address bus and to generate a latched address bus that corresponds to a memory location. An address flop is configured to save the latched address and to generate a flopped address. A first block address pre-decoder stage is configured to generate a pre-decoded latched address to an RTA generation logic in response to the latched address bus; and a second block address pre-decoder configured to generate a pre-decoded flopped address to the RTA generation logic in response to the flopped address. The RTA generation logic generates an RTA enable signal one clock cycle before a memory block access, to activate a memory block corresponding to the memory location, such that an array supply voltage of the memory block starts charging one clock cycle before a memory block access.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Rashmi Sachan, Parvinder Rana, Abhishek Kesarwani, Robert Pitts
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Publication number: 20130252847Abstract: The present invention relates to assay assemblies, components of assay assemblies, methods of determining one or more properties of a sample liquid, and methods of making components of assay assemblies. The present invention allows the properties of very small volumes of sample liquid to be probed, by providing a first surface having at least one sample liquid wettable surface region defined by a sample liquid repelling boundary, and a second surface, opposed to the first surface, having analyte binding agent immobilised thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2011Publication date: September 26, 2013Inventors: Ekaterina Olegovna McKenna, Yifan Li, Andrew Robert Pitt, Anthony John Walton, William Parkes
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Patent number: 8270568Abstract: During treatment by brachytherapy, radiation passes beyond the target volume and delivers radiation dose to adjacent tissue such as the lungs and, especially in the case of treatment of the left breast, to the heart. The heart is particularly vulnerable to radiation; to minimise the dose it receives in such circumstances, we propose an apparatus for treatment by brachytherapy comprising an X-ray source sized for insertion into a patient, a respiration state monitor, and a control apparatus adapted to receive respiration state information from the respiration state monitor and control the output of the X-ray source; the control apparatus being arranged to operate the X-ray source at a first output level when the respiration state monitor indicates a degree of lung inflation above a first preset threshold and operate the X-ray source at a second and lower output level when the respiration state monitor indicates a degree of lung inflation below a second preset threshold.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Elekta AB (Publ)Inventor: William Robert Pitt
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Publication number: 20100278306Abstract: During treatment by brachytherapy, radiation passes beyond the target volume and delivers radiation dose to adjacent tissue such as the lungs and, especially in the case of treatment of the left breast, to the heart. The heart is particularly vulnerable to radiation; to minimise the dose it receives in such circumstances, we propose an apparatus for treatment by brachytherapy comprising an X-ray source sized for insertion into a patient, a respiration state monitor, and a control apparatus adapted to receive respiration state information from the respiration state monitor and control the output of the X-ray source; the control apparatus being arranged to operate the X-ray source at a first output level when the respiration state monitor indicates a degree of lung inflation above a first preset threshold and operate the X-ray source at a second and lower output level when the respiration state monitor indicates a degree of lung inflation below a second preset threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2007Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: ELEKTA AB (PUBL)Inventor: William Robert Pitt
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Patent number: 7407006Abstract: A system and method for logging a formation adjacent to a borehole. The system includes a conveyance member, a memory module in communication with the conveyance member, a communications module in communication with the memory module, and a logging tool in communication with the communications module, wherein the communications module is configured to facilitate communication between the memory module and the logging tool.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2005Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.Inventors: Paul Wilson, Robert Malloy, Stephen Senn, Tom Standley, Robert Pitts
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Publication number: 20070082693Abstract: A communication apparatus has a first housing member (100) and a second housing member (200), which are mechanically interconnected so that said first housing member is foldable as well as turnable with respect to said second housing member so as to assume different operating positions. The communication apparatus has a user interface (334) including a display (110) and manual input means (120, 220), and a processing device (300) for providing services (340-346) to a user through said user interface, wherein said display is located in said first housing member. The manual input means comprises a first set of keys (120) comprised in said first housing member (100), and a second set of keys (220) comprised in said second housing member (200), wherein a plurality of said services (340-346) are controllable by said user through said first set of keys.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2003Publication date: April 12, 2007Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATIONInventors: Mikkel Drucker, Jacob Jensen, Niels Emme, Robert Pitt
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Patent number: D565000Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2005Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventor: Robert Pitt
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Patent number: D566700Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2007Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventor: Robert Pitt
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Patent number: D574374Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2007Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventor: Robert Pitt