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).

  • Patent number: 11654833
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jedidiah Paul Durkin, Ryan Ritter
  • Patent number: 11420565
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Ritter, Jedidiah Paul Durkin, Nancy B. Reppenhagen, Rodrigo Pérez Salinas, Jorge Adolfo Miranda Nieto
  • Publication number: 20220194300
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Ritter, Jedidiah Paul Durkin, Nancy B. Reppenhagen, Rodrigo Pérez Salinas, Jorge Adolfo Miranda Nieto
  • Publication number: 20220134960
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jedidiah Paul Durkin, Ryan Ritter
  • Patent number: 9891130
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jon Larkins, William Jerome Olsen, Keith Richard Warner, Ryan Ritter
  • Publication number: 20160363501
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jon Larkins, William Jerome Olsen, Keith Richard Warner, Ryan Ritter
  • Patent number: 8317308
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher R. Gold, Jonathan Ryan Ritter, Brian Walter Aznoe
  • Publication number: 20120013689
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher R. Gold, Jonathan Ryan Ritter, Brian Walter Aznoe
  • Patent number: 7971980
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Brent Rodney Jones, Brian Walter Aznoe, Jonathan Ryan Ritter
  • Publication number: 20100020143
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brent Rodney Jones, Brian Walter Aznoe, Jonathan Ryan Ritter