Lockheed Martin Corporation

David Benninger

Wayne Blackwell

John F Hartman

David Bailey

Bruce A Williams

Mark Gaug

Bryan Dalton

Joseph W Porter

Michael W Finney

Jamie R Swetland

Jonathan Wee

Thomas Erb

Clifford Solowiej

Gerald Sensenig

William Olver

Jamie Micha

Matthew Bossard

Kalon Riehle

Kevin Zimmer

Frank Sweet

Leslie Scrivener

John Patrick

Daniel Ondreyko

Kenneth Marks

Michael J Riess

John Nasakaitis

John Nasakaitus

Jamie Swetland

John Nasakiatus

Bruce Willams

John Hartman

The invention generally relates to a facility wide sorting and/or sequencing system for improving product processing operations and, more particularly, to a facility wide system and related functionality for simultaneously sorting and sequencing mixed mail pieces such as, for example, flats and letter mail pieces. The flats and letter mail pieces are placed in frames so that all types of mail pieces can be sorted and/or sequenced simultaneously through merging and diverting a stream of filled trays into and out of different streams at a full or substantially full transport speed.

Facility wide mixed mail sorting and/or sequencing system and components and methods thereof

A circuit card assembly provides signal conditioning for signal discretes in control systems integrating a legacy, distributed processing architecture and a distributed I/O control system. Signal conditioning functions are determined, and the necessary physical circuits to perform the signal conditioning functions are incorporated into a circuit card. The Integrated Signal Conditioning Circuit Card Assembly is installed within the control system between legacy controllers and distributed I/O modules. The Integrated Signal Conditioning Circuit Card Assembly may leave any discrete signal unaltered or otherwise condition discretes with interrupt, interrupt on demand, over-ride, and monitor circuits. The centralized processor accesses and controls the conditioned discretes transmitted over a common hardware connection for use in system feedback and control.

Device and method for discrete signal conditioning

A transporting device includes a power roller mounted to a chassis for transporting a tray between positions. A belt transfers power from the power roller to a shaft. The belt may be used to rotate the shaft. A pulley is mounted to the shaft and rotates in substantially synchronous motion with the shaft. The pulley may also be used to rotate a roller in a bin location for moving a tray from a staging area to a working area. A method is also provided for using the device.

Transfer mechanism and method of use

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David Benninger