Patents Examined by Cassandra Spyreu
  • Sound reduced rotatable polygon assembly
    Patent number: 6501584
    Abstract: Mirror (1) of a laser printhead has an octagonal outer configuration. During normal use the mirror rotates at high speed, causing noise. To reduce the a wall (13a) surrounds the mirror and has lower flange extensions (13c′, 13c″13c′″13c″″) which firmly contact the lower plate (3) by attaching screws ( 17′, 17″). A cover (13) is over all of the circle defined by the wall and the underside of the cover is partially lined with a sound absorbing layer (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Masami Inouye, Christopher Alan Sanders
  • Wrist mounted light
    Patent number: 6213619
    Abstract: A flashlight assembly is mountable onto a user's wrist to provide a light source which is pivotable in two planes of motion. The assembly includes a housing which is pivotably mounted on a wrist band. The housing includes a light source which is pivotably mounted thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Inventor: Sun Yu