Patents by Inventor Ryan Ritter
Ryan Ritter 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: 11654833Abstract: A deployable hanger assembly for a vehicle is provided. The hanger assembly includes a housing having a front side, a back side having one or more ribs, and an aperture extending in from the front side, and a deployable hanger that pivots relative to the housing between a flush retracted stored position within the aperture and an outward extending deployed use position. The deployable hanger assembly also includes a backer plate having one or more slots configured to receive the one or more ribs on the back side of the housing, wherein the backer plate is configured to engage a backside of a trim component of the vehicle and the housing is configured to engage a front side of the trim component, and wherein the one or more ribs extend through an opening in the trim component.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jedidiah Paul Durkin, Ryan Ritter
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Patent number: 11420565Abstract: A cargo divider assembly for a cargo area of a vehicle includes a storage compartment defined within the cargo area, first and second receiving slots defined within the storage compartment, and a lid. The lid is operable between a cover position, wherein the lid covers the storage compartment, a first divider position, wherein the lid is received within the first receiving slot and extends a first distance into the storage compartment, and a second divider position, wherein the lid is received within the second receiving slot and extends a second distance into the storage compartment that is greater than the first distance.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ryan Ritter, Jedidiah Paul Durkin, Nancy B. Reppenhagen, Rodrigo Pérez Salinas, Jorge Adolfo Miranda Nieto
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Publication number: 20220194300Abstract: A cargo divider assembly for a cargo area of a vehicle includes a storage compartment defined within the cargo area, first and second receiving slots defined within the storage compartment, and a lid. The lid is operable between a cover position, wherein the lid covers the storage compartment, a first divider position, wherein the lid is received within the first receiving slot and extends a first distance into the storage compartment, and a second divider position, wherein the lid is received within the second receiving slot and extends a second distance into the storage compartment that is greater than the first distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ryan Ritter, Jedidiah Paul Durkin, Nancy B. Reppenhagen, Rodrigo Pérez Salinas, Jorge Adolfo Miranda Nieto
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Publication number: 20220134960Abstract: A deployable hanger assembly for a vehicle is provided. The hanger assembly includes a housing having a front side, a back side having one or more ribs, and an aperture extending in from the front side, and a deployable hanger that pivots relative to the housing between a flush retracted stored position within the aperture and an outward extending deployed use position. The deployable hanger assembly also includes a backer plate having one or more slots configured to receive the one or more ribs on the back side of the housing, wherein the backer plate is configured to engage a backside of a trim component of the vehicle and the housing is configured to engage a front side of the trim component, and wherein the one or more ribs extend through an opening in the trim component.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jedidiah Paul Durkin, Ryan Ritter
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Patent number: 9891130Abstract: A system for testing a pressure sensor of a seat includes a loading device and a processor. The loading device removably applies weight to the seat. The processor receives a measurement of a pre-installation pressure offset of a bladder of the pressure sensor measured before installation of the pressure sensing assembly into the seat. The processor is programmed to receive a weighted measurement from the pressure sensor in the seat when the loading device applies weight to the seat and an empty seat measurement from the pressure sensor in the seat when the loading device does not apply weight to the seat. The processor determines a threshold value by subtracting the empty seat measurement from the weighted measurement. The processor determines a seat pressure offset value by subtracting the pre-installation pressure offset value from the threshold value. The processor compares the seat pressure offset value to a selected range.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Jon Larkins, William Jerome Olsen, Keith Richard Warner, Ryan Ritter
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Publication number: 20160363501Abstract: A system for testing a pressure sensor of a seat includes a loading device and a processor. The loading device removably applies weight to the seat. The processor receives a measurement of a pre-installation pressure offset of a bladder of the pressure sensor measured before installation of the pressure sensing assembly into the seat. The processor is programmed to receive a weighted measurement from the pressure sensor in the seat when the loading device applies weight to the seat and an empty seat measurement from the pressure sensor in the seat when the loading device does not apply weight to the seat. The processor determines a threshold value by subtracting the empty seat measurement from the weighted measurement. The processor determines a seat pressure offset value by subtracting the pre-installation pressure offset value from the threshold value. The processor compares the seat pressure offset value to a selected range.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jon Larkins, William Jerome Olsen, Keith Richard Warner, Ryan Ritter
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Patent number: 8317308Abstract: A solid ink stick for use in solid ink printers is provided that enables adjacent ink sticks to be separated and retained at a predetermined location in the feed channel.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Christopher R. Gold, Jonathan Ryan Ritter, Brian Walter Aznoe
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Publication number: 20120013689Abstract: A solid ink stick for use in solid ink printers is provided that enables adjacent ink sticks to be separated and retained at a predetermined location in the feed channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2010Publication date: January 19, 2012Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Christopher R. Gold, Jonathan Ryan Ritter, Brian Walter Aznoe
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Patent number: 7971980Abstract: An ink stick for use in an imaging device comprises an ink stick body formed of a phase change ink material; and a reflection surface formed in the ink stick body. The reflection surface is configured to receive light from a light source associated with the reflection surface in an ink delivery system of a phase change ink imaging device. The reflection surface is configured to direct the light from the light source away from or onto one or both a first light detector and a second light detector associated with the reflection surface in the ink delivery system.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2008Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Brent Rodney Jones, Brian Walter Aznoe, Jonathan Ryan Ritter
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Publication number: 20100020143Abstract: An ink stick for use in an imaging device comprises an ink stick body formed of a phase change ink material; and a reflection surface formed in the ink stick body. The reflection surface is configured to receive light from a light source associated with the reflection surface in an ink delivery system of a phase change ink imaging device. The reflection surface is configured to direct the light from the light source away from or onto one or both a first light detector and a second light detector associated with the reflection surface in the ink delivery system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2008Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Brent Rodney Jones, Brian Walter Aznoe, Jonathan Ryan Ritter