Patents by Inventor Leonard Smith
Leonard Smith 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).
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Patent number: 6184065Abstract: A photolithographically patterned spring contact is formed on a substrate and electrically connects contact pads on two devices. The spring contact also compensates for thermal and mechanical variations and other environmental factors. An inherent stress gradient in the spring contact causes a free portion of the spring contact to bend up and away from the substrate. An anchor portion remains fixed to the substrate and is electrically connected to a first contact pad on the substrate. The spring contact is made of an elastic material and the free portion compliantly contacts a second contact pad, thereby electrically interconnecting the two contact pads.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1999Date of Patent: February 6, 2001Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Donald Leonard Smith, Andrew Sebastian Alimonda
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Patent number: 6184699Abstract: A photolithographically patterned spring contact is formed on a substrate and electrically connects contact pads on two devices. The spring contact also compensates for thermal and mechanical variations and other environmental factors. An inherent stress gradient in the spring contact causes a free portion of the spring contact to bend up and away from the substrate. An anchor portion remains fixed to the substrate and is electrically connected to a first contact pad on the substrate. The spring contact is made of an elastic material and the free portion compliantly contacts a second contact pad, thereby electrically interconnecting the two contact pads.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1998Date of Patent: February 6, 2001Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Donald Leonard Smith, Andrew Sebastian Alimonda
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Patent number: 5975683Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided which compensates for environmental factors which cause misdirection of ink drops ejected from an ink jet printhead. Ink drops are electrostatically accelerated in a direction perpendicular to a print substrate, decreasing the ink drop flight time from the printhead to print substrate. The decrease in flight time decreases the misdirecting effect of the environmental factors on the ink drops since the environmental factors act on the ink drops for a shorter amount of time. Accelerating the ink drops also increases the spot size created when the drop impacts the print substrate, decreasing the amount of ink needed to create an image on the print substrate. The decrease in ink use results in less cockle and curl in the print substrate. The device also provides electrostatic deflection of the ink drops in directions parallel to the print substrate, increasing the resolution of the printhead.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Donald Leonard Smith, Richard Gregory Stearns
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Patent number: 5936646Abstract: Image processing equipment(100) has a thermally activated write head element (200) that builds up heat during operations and an improved heat exchanger assemblage (300) having a high surface area heat sink (312) that absorbs and then dissipates the heat. Heat exchanger (300), structurally connected to the write head element (200), includes an air moving means (304) having a backward curved impeller (306) driven by a compact planar de motor for producing higher impeller speeds with superior thermal transfer performance.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1996Date of Patent: August 10, 1999Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Gary R. Kenny, Dean Leonard Smith, Roger Stanley Kerr
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Patent number: 5919947Abstract: The present invention relates to a traceless solid phase process for the preparation of an indole derivative, which comprises the following steps:(1) reaction of an optionally substituted 2-iodoaniline derivative via the nitrogen atom of the NH.sub.2 moiety thereof with a dihydropyran-functionalized polymeric resin under conditions effective to form an aminal linkage;(2) reaction of the tetrahydropyran aminal derivative thereby obtained with an acetylene derivative in the presence of a transition metal catalyst under conditions effective to promote indole formation;(3) treatment of the product thereby obtained with acid, whereby the aminal linkage is cleaved and the desired indole derivative is liberated from the resin; and(4) isolation of the desired indole derivative thereby obtained.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 1998Date of Patent: July 6, 1999Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.Inventor: Adrian Leonard Smith
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Patent number: 5914218Abstract: A photolithographically patterned spring contact is formed on a substrate and electrically connects contact pads on two devices. The spring contact also compensates for thermal and mechanical variations and other environmental factors. An inherent stress gradient in the spring contact causes a free portion of the spring contact to bend up and away from the substrate. An anchor portion remains fixed to the substrate and is electrically connected to a first contact pad on the substrate. The spring contact is made of an elastic material and the free portion compliantly contacts a second contact pad, thereby electrically interconnecting the two contact pads.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1996Date of Patent: June 22, 1999Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Donald Leonard Smith, Andrew Sebastian Alimonda
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Patent number: 5848685Abstract: A photolithographically patterned spring contact is formed on a substrate and electrically connects contact pads on two devices. The spring contact also compensates for thermal and mechanical variations and other environmental factors. An inherent stress gradient in the spring contact causes a free portion of the spring contact to bend up and away from the substrate. An anchor portion remains fixed to the substrate and is electrically connected to a first contact pad on the substrate. The spring contact is made of an elastic material and the free portion compliantly contacts a second contact pad, thereby electrically interconnecting the two contact pads.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1996Date of Patent: December 15, 1998Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Donald Leonard Smith, Andrew Sebastian Alimonda
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Patent number: 5832986Abstract: An improved heat exchanger (10) has a heat sink (22) with fins (24) having a very high heat transfer coefficient structurally associated with a compact, high air velocity air moving means (14). Air moving means (14) of the invention employs a backward curved impeller (16) driven by a compact planar dc motor (50) adapted to yield higher than normal impeller speeds with superior thermal transfer performance.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1996Date of Patent: November 10, 1998Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Gary R. Kenny, Dean Leonard Smith, Roger Stanley Kerr
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Patent number: 5783698Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the synthesis of 1,3-disubstituted quinazolinedione derivatives which comprises:(a) reacting a haloformate functionalized polystyrene resin with a substituted anthranilic acid derivative under conditions effective to form a urethane-linkage;(b) reacting the product of step (a) with a primary amine under conditions effective to form an anthranilamide derivative;(c) heating the anthranilamide to effect intramolecular cyclization thereby liberating the 1,3-disubstituted quinazolinedione derivative from the resin into solution; and(d) isolating the 1,3-disubstituted quinazolinedione by filtration and solvent removal.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 1997Date of Patent: July 21, 1998Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LimitedInventor: Adrian Leonard Smith
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Patent number: 5780475Abstract: Disclosed is a class of 1H-indazole derivatives, substituted at the 3-position by a substituted piperazinylmethyl moiety, which are antagonists of dopamine receptor subtypes within the brain, having a selective affinity for the dopamine D4 receptor subtype over other dopamine receptor subtypes, and are accordingly, of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia, while manifesting fewer side-effects than those associated with classical neuroleptic drugs.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1995Date of Patent: July 14, 1998Assignee: Merck, Sharp & Dohme LimitedInventors: Raymond Baker, Janusz Jozef Kulagowski, Paul David Leeson, Adrian Leonard Smith
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Patent number: 5700809Abstract: Compounds of formula I are ligands for dopamine receptor subtypes within the body and are therefore useful in the treatment and/or prevention of disorders of the dopamine system, in particular schizophrenia.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 1995Date of Patent: December 23, 1997Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme, Ltd.Inventors: Paul David Leeson, Adrian Leonard Smith, Mark Peter Ridgill, Raymond Baker, Neil Roy Curtis, Janusz Jozef Kulagowski
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Patent number: 5694053Abstract: A testing device tests devices having a matrix of signal generators or sensors. The testing device uses a test plate having a plurality of signal generators or sensors arranged in a pattern matching the matrix of sensors or signal generators on the device to be tested. Individual signal generators or sensors on the test plate are electromagnetically coupled to a corresponding signal generator or sensor on the device to be tested. The signal generators or sensors on the test plate produce a pattern of signals or sense signals output by the device to be tested. Comparison of the signals output or sensed by the testing device to the signals output or sensed by the device to be tested indicates if the device to be tested is operating properly. A particular testing device is provided for testing the matrix of display electrodes in an active matrix liquid crystal display before liquid crystal processing of the display is completed.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 1996Date of Patent: December 2, 1997Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventor: Donald Leonard Smith
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Patent number: 5665732Abstract: A class of chemical compounds comprising a 1-H-indazole moiety and a substituted heterocyclic moiety, linked via the 3-position of the indazole moiety by a methylene group, are ligands for dopamine receptor subtypes within the body and are therefore useful in the treatment and/or prevention of disorders of the dopamine system, in particular schizophrenia. In formula (I) R represents hydrogen or C.sub.1-6 alkyl, Q represents a moiety of formula Qa, Qb, or Qc.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1995Date of Patent: September 9, 1997Assignee: Merck, Sharp & Dohme Ltd.Inventors: Raymond Baker, Janusz Jozef Kulagowski, Paul David Leeson, Adrian Leonard Smith
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Patent number: 5662069Abstract: An animal bathing unit including a rigid base portion and a panel assembly. The rigid base portion has an upwardly projecting peripheral wall extending completely thereabout to define a relative shallow tub for supporting an animal. The panel assembly is operably associated with the peripheral wall of the base portion. The panel assembly is movable between an upwardly projecting extended position to define an open sided enclosure within which the animal can be contained for bathing, and a collapsed storage position to facilitate storage and transportation of the unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 1995Date of Patent: September 2, 1997Inventor: Leonard Smith
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Patent number: 5566788Abstract: This invention is directed to a caster wheel foot brake assembly which may be used with casters on items such as shopping carts, strollers, moving carts, furniture and the like.The brake assembly includes a foot pedal, pair of connector arms, brake arm, U-shaped braking foot and hinge spring which form an overcenter locking mechanism.In order to engage the braking foot with the caster wheel, the user pushes down on the rear portion of the foot pad, thereby moving the braking foot overcenter in toggle fashion into a releasably locked braking position. In order to disengage the brake, the user may either push down on the front portion of the foot pad or pull back on the shopping cart or other item attached to the caster, thereby moving the braking foot back overcenter into a disengaged nonbraking position.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 1995Date of Patent: October 22, 1996Assignee: EPHTEC, Inc.Inventors: Leonard Smith, Ralph L. Powers
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Patent number: 5042622Abstract: A shopping cart has a foot brake assembly added as an improvement. The assembly comprises a shopping cart caster frame variable length mounting bracket with a worm clamp for mechanically attaching the brake housing and subsequent brake assembly to the shopping cart caster frame. The brake mechanism itself is comprised of a toggle pedal, connector arms, a brake arm, a brake foot travel adjuster rod, a brake foot, aligning and lubricating spacers, as well as required tension pins. The pedal is pivotably attached to the connector arms and pivotably attached to the brake housing. The connector arms are pivotably attached to the brake arm which is pivotably attached to the brake housing. the brake foot travel adjuster rod is screwed into the brake arm and is bonded to the brake foot. The brake foot engages the shopping cart caster wheel when the toggle pedal is depressed by a downward force applied by the operator's foot to the rear portion of the top surface of the toggle pedal.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 1990Date of Patent: August 27, 1991Inventors: Leonard Smith, Ralph L. Powers
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Patent number: 5027633Abstract: A method of bending rule to be used to cut a slot as part of a box makers form comprising locating the rule tangentially of a pair of rollers and driving a former between the rollers so that the rule pivots around the rollers as it is bent.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1990Date of Patent: July 2, 1991Assignee: Deritend Engineering LimitedInventor: Leonard Smith
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Patent number: 4344060Abstract: A fuse assembly comprises a fuse unit and housing therefor made of insulating material and having an initially fully opened side through which said plug-in fuse unit was inserted into said housing. The fuse unit has a pair of spaced, parallel, confronting terminals with portions exposed to the exterior of said housing through spaced openings in the initially fully open side of the housing. A fuse link interconnects other portions of said terminals, the fuse link being positioned to pass by an initially uncovered portion of the initially fully open side of the housing as the fuse unit is inserted into the same. The housing has a closure flap which initially has a position exposing said portion of the initially fully open side of the housing so that the fuse link can pass into the housing therethrough. The flap is folded to cover this open housing portion when the fuse link passes into the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1980Date of Patent: August 10, 1982Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.Inventors: Allen L. Ciesemier, Robert J. Tait, Leonard A. Smith