Patents by Inventor Stephanie Lauretano

Stephanie Lauretano 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).

  • System and method for transferring mail between containers
    Patent number: 7866936
    Abstract: A system and method for transferring mail between containers in an orderly and secure manner. The system and method utilize ejection rods to lift mail from an input tray into a transfer box assembly that deposits the mail into an output tray in an orderly, stable and secure manner, ensuring that mail is not shuffled or lost during the transfer process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Karl Lewis Schuck, Jacob L. Timm, Stanley Katsuyoshi Wakamiya, Patrick Cowgill, Stephanie Lauretano Miskiewicz, Charles Stewart Shaw
  • System and method for transferring mail between containers
    Publication number: 20080271971
    Abstract: A system and method for transferring mail between containers in an orderly and secure manner. The system and method utilize ejection rods to lift mail from an input tray into a transfer box assembly that deposits the mail into an output tray in an orderly, stable and secure manner, ensuring that mail is not shuffled or lost during the transfer process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Karl Lewis Schuck, Jacob L. Timm, Stanley Katsuyoshi Wakamiya, Patrick Cowgill, Stephanie Lauretano Miskiewicz, Charles Stewart Shaw
  • System and method for sequencing mail in delivery point order
    Publication number: 20050218046
    Abstract: A two-pass mail sorting method for sorting mail into delivery point order. In one embodiment, the method includes the step of forming a delivery point group comprising delivery points that are temporarily or permanently on hold. In another embodiment, the method includes the step of processing saturation mail only after performing the first-pass mail sort. In another embodiment, the method includes partitioning a mail sorting system comprising N outputs into X virtual mail sorting systems having N/X outputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicant: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Daryl Mileaf, Stephanie Lauretano, Jason Park, Patrick Cowgill, Stanley Wakamiya, Charles Shaw
  • Enhanced object-feeder pre-processing system
    Publication number: 20040245714
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system and/or method includes pre-processing objects (such as, e.g., mail or other thin-objects) that are delivered to an object feeder. Various embodiments disclosed herein can have various advantages, such as enhancing processing, improving ergonomics and/or other advantages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Patrick J. Ryan, Daryl S. Mileaf, Thomas A. Hillerich, Stephanie A. Lauretano, William P. McConnell