Patents by Inventor Mark D. Bedzyk
Mark D. Bedzyk 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: 8389944Abstract: A digital radiography detector includes a housing having first and second spaced planar members and four side walls defining a cavity. A radiographic image detector assembly is mounted within the cavity for converting a radiographic image to an electronic radiographic image. The detector assembly includes a detector array mounted on a stiffener. A shock absorbing elastomer assembly is located within the cavity for absorbing shock to the detector array/stiffener in directions perpendicular to and parallel to the detector array/stiffener.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2011Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.Inventors: Bradley S. Jadrich, Timothy A. Peter, Sreeram Dhurjaty, Jeffery R. Hawver, Mark D. Bedzyk
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Publication number: 20110272588Abstract: A digital radiography detector includes a housing having first and second spaced planar members and four side walls defining a cavity. A radiographic image detector assembly is mounted within the cavity for converting a radiographic image to an electronic radiographic image. The detector assembly includes a detector array mounted on a stiffener. A shock absorbing elastomer assembly is located within the cavity for absorbing shock to the detector array/stiffener in directions perpendicular to and parallel to the detector array/stiffener.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Inventors: Bradley S. Jadrich, Timothy A. Peter, Sreeram Dhurjaty, Jeffery R. Hawver, Mark D. Bedzyk
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Patent number: 7989773Abstract: A digital radiography detector includes a housing and a radiographic image detector assembly. The housing has a first and second spaced planar members and four side walls defining a cavity. The radiographic image detector assembly is mounted within the cavity for converting a radiographic image to an electronic radiographic image. The detector assembly includes a scintillator screen and a detector array, and the detector assembly is bonded to the first planar member of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2009Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.Inventors: Bradley S. Jadrich, Timothy A. Peter, Sreeram Dhurjaty, Jeffery R. Hawver, Mark D. Bedzyk
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Patent number: 7842928Abstract: A digital radiography detector includes a housing and a radiographic image detector assembly. The housing has a first and second spaced planar members and four side walls defining a cavity. The radiographic image detector assembly is mounted within the cavity for converting a radiographic image to an electronic radiographic image. The detector assembly includes a scintillator screen and a detector array, and the detector assembly is bonded to the first planar member of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2010Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.Inventors: Bradley S. Jadrich, Mark D. Bedzyk
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Publication number: 20100158197Abstract: A digital radiography detector includes a housing and a radiographic image detector assembly. The housing has a first and second spaced planar members and four side walls defining a cavity. The radiographic image detector assembly is mounted within the cavity for converting a radiographic image to an electronic radiographic image. The detector assembly includes a scintillator screen and a detector array, and the detector assembly is bonded to the first planar member of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2010Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Bradley S. Jadrich, Timothy A. Peter, Sreeram Dhurjaty, Jeffery R. Hawver, Mark D. Bedzyk
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Patent number: 7615731Abstract: A photosensor array includes data and scan lines (124, 148), circuitry of each data line/scan line pair formed in a backplane (110) on a substrate (102). On a first electrode scan line (148) a switching element (112) responds to a scan signal, connecting a first terminal (106) to a second terminal (108). A front plane (120) has sensing elements (122) indicating a measure of a received stimulus and including a charge collection electrode (130). An insulating layer (140) disposed between the backplane (110) and the front plane (120) contains at least a first via (136) connecting the first terminal (108) of the switching element (112) in the backplane (110) to a charge collection electrode (130) of the sensing element (122) in the front plane (120). A second via (126) connects between the second terminal (108) of the switching element (112) and the data line (124).Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2006Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.Inventors: Gregory N. Heiler, Timothy J. Tredwell, Mark D. Bedzyk, Roger S. Kerr, Yuriy Vygranenko, Denis Striakhilev, Yongtaek Hong, Jackson C. S. Lai, Arokia Nathan
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Publication number: 20090122959Abstract: A digital radiography detector includes a housing and a radiographic image detector assembly. The housing has a first and second spaced planar members and four side walls defining a cavity. The radiographic image detector assembly is mounted within the cavity for converting a radiographic image to an electronic radiographic image. The detector assembly includes a scintillator screen and a detector array, and the detector assembly is bonded to the first planar member of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2009Publication date: May 14, 2009Inventors: Bradley S. Jadrich, Timothy A. Peter, Sreeram Dhurjaty, Jeffery R. Hawver, Mark D. Bedzyk
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Patent number: 7495226Abstract: A digital radiography detector includes a housing having first and second spaced planar members and four side walls defining a cavity. A radiographic image detector assembly is mounted within the cavity for converting a radiographic image to an electronic radiographic image. The detector assembly includes a detector array mounted on a stiffener. A shock absorbing elastomer assembly is located within the cavity for absorbing shock to the detector array/stiffener in directions perpendicular to and parallel to the detector array/stiffener.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2006Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.Inventors: Bradley S. Jadrich, Timothy A. Peter, Sreeram Dhurjaty, Jeffery R. Hawver, Mark D. Bedzyk
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Patent number: 7418079Abstract: A method and apparatus for delivering therapeutic radiation (112) to a radiotherapy target (119) in a patient (114) includes a diagnostic X-ray source (124, 125) connected to a treatment couch (116), facing a first side of the patient. An imaging device (118) is connected to the treatment couch facing a second side of the patient. The diagnostic X-ray source and the imaging device move in lockstep with movement of the treatment couch. The patient is in a fixed position relative to the treatment couch.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2006Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.Inventors: Jay S. Schildkraut, Mark D. Bedzyk, Shoupu Chen, Timothy J. Wojcik
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Patent number: 7367733Abstract: An apparatus for transporting a sheet recording medium (12) has an entrance drive roller (16) paired with a corresponding entrance pressure roller (18) to form an entrance nip (14) for transporting the sheet recording medium (12) into a scanning section (20) between the entrance nip (14) and an exit nip (24). The exit nip (24) is formed by an exit drive roller (26) with a corresponding exit pressure roller (28) for transporting the recording medium (12) out from the scanning section (20). At each end of the entrance pressure roller (18), an entrance pressure roller actuation arm (120) actuates the entrance pressure roller (18) to exert variable force against the entrance drive roller (16). At each end of the exit pressure roller (28), an exit pressure roller actuation arm (130) actuates the exit pressure roller (28) to exert variable force against the exit drive roller (26).Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2005Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.Inventors: Mark D. Bedzyk, Jeffrey R. Hawver
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Publication number: 20080067324Abstract: A photosensor array includes data and scan lines (124, 148), circuitry of each data line/scan line pair formed in a backplane (110) on a substrate (102). On a first electrode scan line (148) a switching element (112) responds to a scan signal, connecting a first terminal (106) to a second terminal (108). A front plane (120) has sensing elements (122) indicating a measure of a received stimulus and including a charge collection electrode (130). An insulating layer (140) disposed between the backplane (110) and the front plane (120) contains at least a first via (136) connecting the first terminal (108) of the switching element (112) in the backplane (110) to a charge collection electrode (130) of the sensing element (122) in the front plane (120). A second via (126) connects between the second terminal (108) of the switching element (112) and the data line (124).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2006Publication date: March 20, 2008Inventors: Gregory N. Heiler, Timothy J. Tredwell, Mark D. Bedzyk, Roger S. Kerr, Yuriy Vygranenko, Denis Striakhilev, Yongtaek Hong, Jackson C. S. Lai, Arokia Nathan
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Patent number: 7303345Abstract: An apparatus for recording an image onto a sheet medium (12) has an entrance drive roller (16) paired with a corresponding entrance pressure roller (18) to form an entrance nip (14) for transporting the sheet medium into an image recording section (20). The image recording section has a write head (56) for recording onto a portion of the sheet medium being transported between the entrance nip (14) and exit nip (24). The exit nip is formed by a drive roller (26) paired with a corresponding exit pressure roller (28) for transporting the sheet medium out from the image recording section. A motor (60) provides rotary motion to a pinion roller (40) mechanically coupled to the entrance and exit drive rollers (16, 26). A loading mechanism provides a loading force to nest the pinion roller into rotational contact against a portion of the entrance and exit drive rollers (16, 26).Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2005Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.Inventors: Mark D. Bedzyk, Jeffery R. Hawver
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Publication number: 20070272873Abstract: A digital radiography detector includes a housing having first and second spaced planar members and four side walls defining a cavity. A radiographic image detector assembly is mounted within the cavity for converting a radiographic image to an electronic radiographic image. The detector assembly includes a detector array mounted on a stiffener. A shock absorbing elastomer assembly is located within the cavity for absorbing shock to the detector array/stiffener in directions perpendicular to and parallel to the detector array/stiffener.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2006Publication date: November 29, 2007Inventors: Bradley S. Jadrich, Timothy A. Peter, Sreeram Dhurjaty, Jeffery R. Hawver, Mark D. Bedzyk
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Patent number: 7244072Abstract: An apparatus for recording an image onto a sheet medium (12) has an entrance nip (14) for transporting the sheet medium (12) into an image recording section (20). A write head (56) records onto a portion of the sheet medium (12) between the entrance nip (14) and exit nip (24). The exit nip (24) is formed by a drive roller (26) paired with a corresponding exit pressure roller (28). A motor (60) provides rotary motion to either the entrance drive roller (16) or the exit drive roller (26). A coupling apparatus (54) has a coupling roller (36) and a loading mechanism providing a loading force to nest the coupling roller (36) into continuous rotational contact against the entrance and exit drive rollers (16,26), whereby rotation is transferred between the exit drive roller (26) and the entrance drive roller (16).Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2004Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Jeffery R. Hawver, Mark D. Bedzyk, Scott C. Milton
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Patent number: 7009786Abstract: A positioning device disposes an optical component with respect to an optical axis. The positioning device has a lens carrier (14) for housing the lens (18) or other optical component, a mount (12) supporting the lens carrier along the optical axis, the lens carrier movable within the mount in at least one direction. An extended member is coupled to the lens carrier for setting the position of the carrier within the mount. A movable cam urges the extended member to effect movement in the at least one direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2004Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Mark D. Bedzyk
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Patent number: 6811938Abstract: A method of aligning a substrate for use in manufacture of OLED displays with a laser which produces a beam that causes the transfer of organic material from a donor element to the substrate, including providing at least one fiducial mark on the substrate; positioning the substrate relative to the laser and providing relative movement between the substrate and the laser and the laser beam until the laser beam impinges upon the fiducial mark; and detecting when the laser beam impinges upon the fiducial mark and determining the position and orientation of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2002Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Lee W. Tutt, Mark D. Bedzyk
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Publication number: 20040206307Abstract: Making an OLED device, in a controlled environment, includes positioning a substrate having an electrode in a first station and coating one or more first organic layer(s); using a robot to grasp and remove the substrate from the first station and positioning the coated substrate into a second station, with a donor element that includes emissive organic material; applying radiation to selectively transfer organic material from the donor element to the substrate to form an emissive layer; forming a second electrode in a third station; and controlling the atmosphere in the stations so that the water vapor partial pressure is less than 1 torr but greater than 0 torr, or the oxygen partial pressure is less than 1 torr but greater than 0 torr, or both the water vapor partial pressure and the oxygen partial pressure are respectively less than 1 torr but greater than 0 torr.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2003Publication date: October 21, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Michael L. Boroson, Bradley A. Phillips, David B. Kay, Andrea S. Rivers, Mark D. Bedzyk, Lee W. Tutt, Myron W. Culver, Giana M. Phelan
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Patent number: 6777025Abstract: A method for tensioning unrolled donor substrate to facilitate transfer of organic material to form a layer on the unrolled donor substrate, comprising the steps of: delivering of a portion of the unrolled donor substrate from a roll to a frame disposed in an organic coating chamber, such frame defining an aperture; engaging the unrolled donor substrate and tensioning such material using a first clamp assembly associated with the frame; coating the tensioned donor substrate with an organic layer in the organic coating chamber; and cutting the unrolled tensioned portion of donor substrate into a sheet before or after it has been coated with organic material.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Mark D. Bedzyk
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Publication number: 20040123940Abstract: A method for tensioning unrolled donor substrate to facilitate transfer of organic material to form a layer on the unrolled donor substrate, comprising the steps of: delivering of a portion of the unrolled donor substrate from a roll to a frame disposed in an organic coating chamber, such frame defining an aperture; engaging the unrolled donor substrate and tensioning such material using a first clamp assembly associated with the frame; coating the tensioned donor substrate with an organic layer in the organic coating chamber; and cutting the unrolled tensioned portion of donor substrate into a sheet before or after it has been coated with organic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2002Publication date: July 1, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Mark D. Bedzyk
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Publication number: 20040048173Abstract: A method of aligning a substrate for use in manufacture of OLED displays with a laser which produces a beam that causes the transfer of organic material from a donor element to the substrate, including providing at least one fiducial mark on the substrate; positioning the substrate relative to the laser and providing relative movement between the substrate and the laser and the laser beam until the laser beam impinges upon the fiducial mark; and detecting when the laser beam impinges upon the fiducial mark and determining the position and orientation of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2002Publication date: March 11, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Lee W. Tutt, Mark D. Bedzyk