Patents by Inventor Julie A. Gordon Whitney

Julie A. Gordon Whitney 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).

  • Method and apparatus for attaching an ink jet filter to an ink cartridge
    Patent number: 6998008
    Abstract: An apparatus for a laser transmission welding process for attaching a synthetic filter material to a filter tower frame in an ink jet printer cartridge. The apparatus includes a laser beam source and a filter clamping fixture containing a base, slide rods attached on first ends thereof to the base, an optics support plate attached to second ends of the slide rods, a movable platform for holding an ink cartridge slidably disposed on the slide rods between the base and the optics support plate, a platform moving device for translating the platform to and from a laser welding position, a laser beam transparent plate suspended by support legs from the optics support plate to a position between the movable platform and the optics support plate. The apparatus greatly improves synthetic filter attachment to a filter tower frame in an ink cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Kin Ming Kwan, David T. Shadwick, Jeanne M. Saldanha, Paul T. Spivey, Jon B. Whitney, Julie A. Gordon Whitney
  • Method and apparatus for attaching an ink jet filter to an ink cartridge
    Publication number: 20050012793
    Abstract: An apparatus for a laser transmission welding process for attaching a synthetic filter material to a filter tower frame in an ink jet printer cartridge. The apparatus includes a laser beam source and a filter clamping fixture containing a base, slide rods attached on first ends thereof to the base, an optics support plate attached to second ends of the slide rods, a movable platform for holding an ink cartridge slidably disposed on the slide rods between the base and the optics support plate, a platform moving device for translating the platform to and from a laser welding position, a laser beam transparent plate suspended by support legs from the optics support plate to a position between the movable platform and the optics support plate. The apparatus greatly improves synthetic filter attachment to a filter tower frame in an ink cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Kin Kwan, David Shadwick, Jeanne M. Singh, Paul Spivey, Jon Whitney, Julie Gordon Whitney