Patents by Inventor Zachary Ritchie

Zachary 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: 20240138311
    Abstract: A leading vehicle loads material into a receiving vehicle during an unloading operation and receives a weight value from the receiving vehicle indicative of a weight of material that has been loaded into the receiving vehicle. The leading vehicle controls the unloading operation based on the weight value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Kellen E. O'CONNOR, Jeremy J. FAUST, Zachary RITCHIE, Ryan R. WHITE
  • Publication number: 20220295708
    Abstract: A golf course implement lift system includes a global positioning system for mapping a plurality of obstacles on a golf course, and an electro-hydraulic three point hitch with a towed implement attached thereto. The electro-hydraulic three point hitch is raised when the global positioning system detects the towed implement is approaching one of the plurality of obstacles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Harry K. Voelp, IV, Zachary A. Ritchie, Jason D. Wood
  • Publication number: 20210222405
    Abstract: Embodiments of an intelligent hinged boom excavation system include a hinged boom assembly terminating in an excavation tool, an electro-hydraulic (EH) actuation subsystem, and boom assembly tracking sensors providing tracking data indicative of excavation tool movement. A controller architecture is operable in an excavation depth limiting mode in which the controller architecture: (i) tracks a current position of the excavation tool relative to a virtual excavation floor utilizing the tracking data provided by the boom assembly tracking sensors; (ii) determines when an operator-commanded movement of the hinged boom assembly will result in breach of the virtual excavation floor by the excavation tool; and (iii) when determining that an operator-commanded movement of the hinged boom assembly will result in breach of the virtual excavation floor, controls the EH actuation subsystem to modify the operator-commanded movement in a manner preventing breach of the virtual excavation floor by the excavation tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Todd F. Velde, Zachary Ritchie, Harry K. Voelp, IV