Patents by Inventor Jacob J. Ruden

Jacob J. Ruden 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).

  • Support for carriage guide in printer
    Patent number: 8523318
    Abstract: A carriage printer includes a printhead; a carriage guide disposed along a carriage scan direction, the carriage guide including a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a carriage for transporting the printhead along the carriage scan direction across the print region, the carriage including a bearing surface that is configured to contact the carriage guide as the carriage transports the printhead; a plurality of carriage guide supports each including a support surface, the plurality of carriage guide supports including a first carriage guide support disposed proximate the first end; a second carriage guide support disposed proximate the second end; and a third carriage guide support disposed between the first carriage guide support and the second carriage guide support; a first biasing force applied in a bias direction proximate the first end; and a second biasing force applied in the bias direction proximate the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Ang Beng Keong, Venkatesh Mysore Nagaraja Rao, Jacob J. Ruden
  • SUPPORT FOR CARRIAGE GUIDE IN PRINTER
    Publication number: 20130070019
    Abstract: A carriage printer includes a printhead; a carriage guide disposed along a carriage scan direction, the carriage guide including a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a carriage for transporting the printhead along the carriage scan direction across the print region, the carriage including a bearing surface that is configured to contact the carriage guide as the carriage transports the printhead; a plurality of carriage guide supports each including a support surface, the plurality of carriage guide supports including a first carriage guide support disposed proximate the first end; a second carriage guide support disposed proximate the second end; and a third carriage guide support disposed between the first carriage guide support and the second carriage guide support; a first biasing force applied in a bias direction proximate the first end; and a second biasing force applied in the bias direction proximate the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Ang Beng Keong, Venkatesh Mysore Nagaraja Rao, Jacob J. Ruden