Patents by Inventor Robert Ritchie

Robert 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: 20250249777
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for EV charging. Some implementations provide an EV charging subscription service to apartment residents. Infrastructure is installed in a parking facility. When residents subscribe, they are assigned a parking spot with a charging port that matches their vehicle. In some implementations, hardware and software assume that many vehicles are charged, that parking spots are assigned to a specific car, and that driving behavior averages out over many vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: Octochi Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Pitman, Robert Ritchie
  • Patent number: 10315334
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method of making a door having first and second door skins and an internal frame. The top and bottom surfaces of the frame are coated with an adhesive and the frame is placed on a first door skin. The second door skin is then placed on the opposite surface of the frame. The assembled components are then pressed to bond the first and second door skins to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Masonite Corporation
    Inventors: Bei-Hong Liang, Michael MacDonald, Geoffrey Hardwick, Robert Ritchie, George Cucchi, Bruce Fedio
  • Publication number: 20160279824
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method of making a door having first and second door skins and an internal frame. The top and bottom surfaces of the frame are coated with an adhesive and the frame is placed on a first door skin. The second door skin is then placed on the opposite surface of the frame. The assembled components are then pressed to bond the first and second door skins to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Bei-Hong LIANG, Michael MacDonald, Geoffrey Hardwick, Robert Ritchie, George Cucchi, Bruce Fedio
  • Patent number: 9346185
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method of making a door having first and second door skins and an internal frame. The top and bottom surfaces of the frame are coated with an adhesive and the frame is placed on a first door skin. The second door skin is then placed on the opposite surface of the frame. The assembled components are then pressed to bond the first and second door skins to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Masonite Corporation
    Inventors: Bei-Hong Liang, Michael MacDonald, Geoffrey Hardwick, Robert Ritchie, George Cucchi, Bruce Fedio
  • Publication number: 20120027999
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method of making a door having first and second door skins and an internal frame. The top and bottom surfaces of the frame are coated with an adhesive and the frame is placed on a first door skin. The second door skin is then placed on the opposite surface of the frame. The assembled components are then pressed to bond the first and second door skins to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Bei-Hong Liang, Michael MacDonald, Geoffrey Hardwick, Robert Ritchie, George Cucchi, Bruce Fedio
  • Publication number: 20060283107
    Abstract: A guy guard assembly for use with a guy wire is disclosed. The assembly comprises a tubular guy guard and a clamp. The tube wall has an aperture. The clamp includes a bolt, a first plastic portion and a second plastic portion. The bolt has a head outside the tube and a threaded shaft extending from the head through the aperture. The first portion is inside the tube against the tube wall; has the bolt extending therethrough; and defines a first jaw. The second portion defines a second jaw and is threaded to the bolt. The portions have a first configuration, wherein the jaws are relatively distal to and spaced from one another to define a slot for said wire and, from the first configuration, are configurable by rotating the bolt to a second configuration, wherein the jaws are relatively proximal to one another to grip said wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Ritchie, John Davies
  • Patent number: D606662
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Inventor: Robert Ritchie
  • Patent number: D371407
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Inventors: Robert Ritchie, Douglas Jan