| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7552986 |
Systems and methods for reducing process direction registration errors of a printhead using a li |
June 30, 2009 |
| Systems and methods are provided for detecting process direction registration errors in a printer. The errors are detected by analyzing a metric of a dash minimum response obtained from a test pattern. The test pattern contains dashes. At least one dash is shifted in the process dire |
| 7548316 |
System and method for lead edge and trail edge sheet constraint and curl sensing |
June 16, 2009 |
| A lead edge and/or trail edge sheet curl sensing and constraint method and system. First and second light emitters and detector pairs are aligned such that the light beams from the first light emitter and second light emitter cross at the transport media sheet substrate path, which c |
| 7545519 |
Lead edge sheet curl sensor |
June 9, 2009 |
| A lead edge sheet curl sensor apparatus and method are disclosed. In general, a first and a second light emitter are aligned wherein the light beams from the first light emitter and second light emitter cross. The first and second light emitter beams cross at the transport media sheet |
| 7543911 |
Systems and methods for reducing cross process direction registration errors of a printhead usin |
June 9, 2009 |
| Systems and methods are provided for determining registration errors in the cross process direction of a printer. A first straight line is obtained by detecting line centers of a first plurality of dashes in a test pattern. A second straight line is obtained by detecting a line cente |
| 7427118 |
Systems and methods for detecting intermittent, weak and missing jets with an inline linear arra |
September 23, 2008 |
| Systems and methods are provided for detecting intermittent, weak or missing jets of a printer. The detection is implemented using a test pattern. Detected failed jets may be confirmed using a verification target. A printhead containing nozzles corresponding to detected failed jets m |
| 7309118 |
Systems and methods for reducing cross process direction registration errors of a printhead usin |
December 18, 2007 |
| Systems and methods are provided for determining registration errors in the cross process direction of a printer. A first straight line is obtained by detecting line centers of a first plurality of dashes in a test pattern. A second straight line is obtained by detecting a line cente |
| 7256411 |
Systems and methods for improving calibration of a linear array sensor |
August 14, 2007 |
| Systems and methods provide calibration for a linear array sensor. A test pattern having a plurality of lines is used. Comparison between expected and measured spacing between a pair of neighboring lines is used to determine sensor position displacement. |
| 7220131 |
Electromechanical device having a plurality of bundles of fibers for interconnecting two planar |
May 22, 2007 |
| According to various embodiments, exemplary interconnects and methods for interconnection are provided that can include contacts formed by fiber bundles. The exemplary interconnects can be used to form separable or non-separable electro-mechanical connections between one or more of the |
| 7154110 |
Systems and methods for improving calibration of a linear array sensor |
December 26, 2006 |
| Systems and methods provide calibration for a linear array sensor. A test pattern having a plurality of lines is used. Comparison between expected and measured spacing between a pair of neighboring lines is used to determine sensor position displacement. |
| 7052763 |
Multi-element connector |
May 30, 2006 |
| An apparatus such as a connector or circuit includes a substrate having a plurality of conductive members and a plurality of non-conductive members. The conductive members include a plurality of conductive fibers in association with a polymer material. The conductive members and the |
| 6806717 |
Spacing compensating electrostatic voltmeter |
October 19, 2004 |
| An electrostatic type voltmeter for measuring the potential on a surface, the voltmeter including a probe; a support for supporting the probe in spaced relationship with the surface, the probe having a plurality of spacing element sites thereon for measuring a distance between each of th |
| 6668155 |
Lead edge paper curl sensor |
December 23, 2003 |
| A sheet curl measurement system and method and an automatic sheet decurling system controlled thereby for the printed paper sheets output of printer. The sheet curl may be remotely sensed without contacting or interfering with the motion of the sheets in their normal sheet path, using a |
| 6456310 |
Bi-cell chevrons detection color registration system for color printing |
September 24, 2002 |
| In color printing with a color registration system for the registration of plural color images on an image bearing surface, such as a photoreceptor belt of a color printer, chevron shaped registration marks are imaged on the image bearing surface, which registration marks correspond to t |
| 6300968 |
Color printing process direction color registration system with expanded chevrons |
October 9, 2001 |
| In color printing with a color registration system for the registration of plural color images on an image bearing surface, such as a photoreceptor belt of a color printer, registration marks are imaged on the image bearing surface, which registration marks correspond to the color images |
| 6246012 |
Electroplated conductive carbon fibers with adhesive |
June 12, 2001 |
| An electrical component has at least one end adapted to be electrically connected to another component. The electrical component includes a support with a plurality of electrically conductive fibers having at least a portion thereof extending outwardly therefrom. The free end of the |
| 6177800 |
Method and apparatus for using shuttered windows in a micro-electro-mechanical system |
January 23, 2001 |
| A windowed shutter on a micro-electro-mechanical system improves output current of a non-contacting electrostatic voltmeter. The output current is increased by increasing the area modulated by the micro-electro-mechanical shutter system and by increasing the speed of that modulation. The |
| 5843567 |
Electrical component containing magnetic particles |
December 1, 1998 |
| There is disclosed an electrical component having an axial direction and two ends for making electrical contact with another component comprising a plurality of electrically conductive fibers in a matrix, the plurality of the fibers being oriented in the matrix in a direction substantial |
| 5835975 |
Paper property sensing system |
November 10, 1998 |
| A sensor system for measuring physical properties of paper. The paper property sensor system includes a surface and a diaphragm opposed to each other. The small diaphragm includes a first pair and a second pair p-type piezoresistors. Each piezoresistor of the first pair has a longitudina |
| 5812908 |
Carbon fiber electrical contact mounting for rotating elements |
September 22, 1998 |
| A device for transferring electrical charge from an electrically conductive element to a rotating element is provided. The device has a body including a pultruded composite member having a multiplicity of electrically conductive fibers provided with a polymer matrix. The plurality of |
| 5794100 |
Carbon fiber electrical contact for rotating elements |
August 11, 1998 |
| A device for transferring electrical charge between a first element and a second element is provided. The elements have relative rotational motion therebetween. The device has a body including a multiplicity of electrically conductive fibers. A substantial portion of the fibers extend |
| 5744732 |
Sheet materials transport system |
April 28, 1998 |
| A system for transporting a sheet of material including an actuator, a position sensing system, and a tactile sensor system. The actuator imparts a known force to a sheet, moving it through to the position sensing system, which measures the sheet velocity at various points. Afterward, |
| 5714697 |
Sheet materials mass measuring system |
February 3, 1998 |
| A system for measuring the mass of a sheet of material including an actuator, a position sensing system, and a tactile sensor system. The actuator imparts a known force to a sheet, moving it through to the position sensing system, which measures the sheet velocity at various points. |
| 5633700 |
Actuator for actuating a surface contacting probe of a contacting electrostatic voltmeter |
May 27, 1997 |
| A contacting electrostatic voltmeter suitable for sampling positive or negative potentials on an electrostatically charged surface. The electrostatic voltmeter includes a selectively controllable actuation mechanism that enables the use of a contacting electrostatic voltmeter to samp |
| 5599615 |
High performance electric contacts |
February 4, 1997 |
| There is disclosed an electrical component for making electrical contact with another component comprising a composite member including a plurality of electrically conductive, nonmetallic fibers in an electrically conductive metallic matrix wherein said composite member has an axial |
| 5436696 |
Fibrillated pultruded electronic component for grounding a photoconductor |
July 25, 1995 |
| An electronic component for making electrical contact with another component comprising a nonmetallic pultruded composite member having a plurality of small generally circular cross section conductive fibers in a polymer matrix said plurality of fibers being oriented in said matrix in a |
| 5420465 |
Switches and sensors utilizing pultrusion contacts |
May 30, 1995 |
| Electronic switches and sensors have pultruded contact members. A switch includes first and second contact members, at least one of which including a pultruded contact member having an insulating body and a plurality of conductive fibers carried within the insulating body. The pultruded |
| 5414216 |
Electrostatographic reproducing machine resistive carbon fiber wire |
May 9, 1995 |
| An electrostatographic reproduction machine wherein at least a portion of the wiring is formed from partially carbonized polyacrylonitrile filaments having a resistivity of between 1.times.10.sup.2 and 1.times.10.sup.10 ohm-cm. Preferably, the interconnects from the power source to the c |
| 5410386 |
Hollow pultruded electical contact |
April 25, 1995 |
| An electroconductive contact is formed of a pultruded member that has a hollow construction. The pultruded member includes a plurality of continuous electroconductive strands embedded in a resin material. At least one end of the pultruded member has laser fibrillated strands that are |
| 5396044 |
Method of making a fibrillated pultruded electronic component using a laser beam |
March 7, 1995 |
| A method of making a connector by applying a focused beam from a laser to a polymer matrix containing plurality of conductive fibers in parallel. The laser is applied at one end of the matrix to volatilize the matrix so as to expose the plurality of conductive fibers to provide a laser |
| 5354607 |
Fibrillated pultruded electronic components and static eliminator devices |
October 11, 1994 |
| Static eliminator device includes a nonmetallic pultruded composite member having a plurality of conductive carbon fibers provided within a polymer matrix of thermosetting resin, wherein the plurality of carbon fibers are oriented within the polymer matrix in a longitudinal direction of |
| 5281771 |
Multilayer wiring board, interlevel connector, and method for making same |
January 25, 1994 |
| An interlevel connector, a multilayer wiring board assembly, and method for making the same are presented. The interlevel connector includes a dielectric substrate having a plurality of through holes and a corresponding plurality of pultrusions. Each pultrusion includes a plurality o |
| 5270106 |
Fibrillated pultruded electronic component |
December 14, 1993 |
| An electronic component for making electrical contact with another component comprising a nonmetallic pultruded composite member having a plurality of small generally circular cross section conductive fibers in a polymer matrix the plurality of fibers being oriented in the matrix in a |
| 5139862 |
Pultruded electronic device |
August 18, 1992 |
| An electronic device for conducting electric current has two contacting components at least one of which is a nonmetallic electronic contact in the form of a pultruded composite member made of a plurality of small generally circular cross section conductive fibers in a polymer matrix, |
| 4641949 |
Conductive brush paper position sensor |
February 10, 1987 |
| The present invention is concerned with a switching element comprised of oppositely disposed conductive fiber brushes and/or brush-like elements for detecting the presence or absence of paper at various locations in a xerographic copy machine. The oppositely disposed brushes are made fro |
