Patents Assigned to DYMO
  • Cassette locking and ejecting arrangement
    Patent number: 8540444
    Abstract: A label printer comprising a cassette-receiving bay, said cassette-receiving bay having a base, a top opening opposite the base, and a locking mechanism extending from said base, said locking mechanism having a locking part, said locking part being movable in a first direction and biased in a second direction opposite to said first direction, said locking part having one or more projections such that a force thereon directed towards said base causes the locking part to move in the first direction and wherein said locking part is biased to move in said second direction when the force is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Dymo
    Inventors: Kris Vandermeulen, Erwin Vereecken
  • Printing device and cassette
    Patent number: 8529050
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cassette for a recording medium, comprising an upper casing and a lower casing, a spool for holding a roll of recording medium and disposed the upper and lower casings, and a side casing for enclosing the spool and joining the upper and lower casings, wherein the side casing is fitted to at least one of the upper and lower casings by means of press fit or snap-fit connections. Various embodiments of cassettes and printers are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Dymo
    Inventor: Kris Vandermeulen
  • Printing apparatus
    Patent number: 8517619
    Abstract: A tape printer for printing an image on an image receiving medium including a tape receiving portion for receiving a supply of image receiving medium on which an image is to be printed; a printing mechanism arranged to print an image on said medium; a cutting mechanism for cutting off a portion of said medium, wherein the cutting mechanism comprises a cutter guide track defining a predetermined path for guiding a cutter of the cutting mechanism, wherein different parts of the cutter intersect the medium as the cutter moves to cut off said portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: DYMO
    Inventor: Kris Vandermeulen
  • Cassette for use in a label printer
    Patent number: 8469615
    Abstract: A label printer cassette including a supply of print medium a housing configured to house said print medium. The housing has first and second surfaces and a least one side extending between said first and second surface. A cover is provided on one of the sides movable along the length of that one side between a first position in which the print medium is exposed for printing and a second position in which the print medium is protected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: DYMO
    Inventors: Dirk Van Britsom, Stefaan Van Den Broecke, Kris Vandermeulen, Peter Van Pottelberghe
  • Label printing apparatus
    Patent number: 8465219
    Abstract: A label printing apparatus comprising a cassette receiving bay arranged to receive a cassette; and a cassette positioning mechanism. The cassette positioning mechanism is arranged to move a cassette inserted into the cassette receiving bay into a position in which printing can take place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Dymo, N.V.
    Inventors: Chad Terry, Jonathan Towle, John Aho, Leslie Scenna, Thomas Eagan
  • Label printing apparatus
    Patent number: 8465220
    Abstract: A cassette is provided which includes a supply of label material and a brake. The brake has a first position and a second position. In the first position, the supply is clamped by the brake. In the second position, the supply is removable from the cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Dymo, N.V.
    Inventors: Chad Terry, Jonathan Towle, John Aho, Leslie Scenna, Thomas Eagan
  • SAFETY APPARATUS OF SEAT FOR VEHICLE WITH HEIGHT ADJUST DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130147241
    Abstract: A safety apparatus of a seat for a vehicle with a height adjustment device may include a height link that has one end rotatably connected to a seat rail bracket and the other end fixed to a rear hinge pipe, a restriction link that may be disposed at a side of the height link and has one end pivotally coupled to the seat rail bracket, wherein the restriction link may be elastically biased away from the height link, a first anti-rotation mechanism that may be disposed at the height link and the restriction link to restrict rotation of the height link when a front of the height link rotates upward in a front collision, and a second anti-rotation mechanism that may be disposed at the height link and the restriction link to restrict rotation of the height link when a rear of the height link rotates upward in a rear collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Dymos Incorporated, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Sang Do Park, Hak Gyun Kim, Tae Hoon Lee, Chang Oan Woo, Ki Nam Kim, Eom Seok Yoo, Yong Hee Shin, Tae Kon Park, Yong Sun Oh
  • Tape printing apparatus
    Patent number: 8441510
    Abstract: A printing apparatus that receives a supply of an image receiving medium and includes a platen arranged to feed the image receiving medium selectively in one of a forward and reverse direction. A print head arranged to print an image on the image receiving medium while the medium is fed in the forward direction and an arcuate guide portion partially encasing the platen and movable relative to the surface of the platen. The guide portion having an inoperative position in which it is spaced from the print head to permit a supply of image receiving medium to be received and an operative position wherein the guide portion is moved to be proximate to the print head whereby the guide portion in the operative position restricts movement of the image receiving medium in a direction perpendicular to the forward and reverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: DYMO
    Inventors: Kris Vandermeulen, Erwin Vereecken
  • Apparatus for preventing rotation of seat frame for vehicle
    Patent number: 8408510
    Abstract: An apparatus for preventing rotation of a seat frame for a vehicle having the seat frame that includes an inner link portion and an outer link portion that may be provided with a height adjustment device to adjust a height of a seat and a rack gear link may include a height link, wherein one end portion of the height link may be pivotally connected to a set bracket and the other end portion thereof may be pivotally connected to a cushion side member, and a rotation prevention link provided on the inner link portion wherein one end portion of the rotation prevention link may be pivotally hinged to the height link and the other end portion thereof may be movably installed on the set bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Dymos Inc.
    Inventors: Chan Ho Jeong, Sang Do Park, Hak Gyun Kim, Bong Ku Kim, Tae Hoon Lee, Jong Kweon Pyun, Sang-Nam Park, Yong-Hee Shin
  • Active headrest apparatus for vehicle seat
    Patent number: 8371648
    Abstract: An active headrest apparatus for a vehicle seat. A contact area in which the upper body of a person who is seated in a car in the event of a rear-end collision of the car is moved backward due to an inertial force and contacts a back plate can be increased, and a distance at which a headrest is moved and rises can be increased so that the function of an active headrest can be more faithfully performed and neck injury of the person who is seated in the car can be prevented to the maximum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Dymos Incorporated
    Inventors: Jong-Yoon Lee, Sang-Nam Park, In-Ho Lee, Jin-Young Nam, Do-Hyung Kim
  • Automatic moving apparatus for pre-crash headrest
    Patent number: 8292020
    Abstract: An automatic moving apparatus may include a collision prediction sensor, a control unit comparing a value measured by the collision prediction sensor, with a reference value stored in the control unit, and outputting a control signal when it may be determined that the value measured by the collision prediction sensor is higher than the reference value, and a headrest moving unit moving a headrest unit toward a passenger's head before the headrest unit comes into contact with the passenger's head, and including a stay rod connected to the headrest unit, both sides of the stay rod being placed in a vertical direction, tilting device tilting the stay rod forwards or backwards relative to a seatback in response to the control signal of the control unit, and vertical moving device moving the stay rod in a vertical direction in response to the control signal of the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Dymos Inc.
    Inventors: Su Hwan Hwang, Bong Joon Lee, Eun Soo Kim, Gil Ju Kim, Jun Yeol Heo, Jong Kweon Pyun, In Ho Lee, Seung Jai Kim, Do Hyoung Kim, Sang Nam Park, Dong Gi Kim, Jin Young Nam
  • Power transmission system for vehicle changing power transmission state by electric control
    Patent number: 8276724
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technology of improving mechanism that drives a pilot clutch for operating a main clutch, in a power transmission system for a vehicle changing power transmission state by electric control in which an input shaft and an output shaft coaxially disposed in a main housing is configured such that power is connected/disconnected by the main clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Dymos Inc.
    Inventors: Yongkee Kim, Heecheon Jeong, Manbok Lee
  • Active headrest
    Patent number: 8256838
    Abstract: An active headrest has a simple structure so that injuries of the neck and a portion near the neck of a passenger can be effectively prevented in the event of a rear-end collision and forward and rearward inclinations of the active headrest can be adjusted in an ordinary driving state to improve user's convenience and shake of the active headrest with respect to a vehicle seat in an ordinary state can be prevented to suppress noise and vibration and the quality of the vehicle seat and the car can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Dymos Incorporated
    Inventors: In-Ho Lee, Do-Hyung Kim, Tae-Hyoung Yang, Jong-Yoon Lee, Sang-Nam Park
  • Cassette Locking and Ejecting Arrangement
    Publication number: 20120170959
    Abstract: A label printer comprising a cassette-receiving bay, the cassette-receiving bay having a base, a top opening opposite the base, and a locking mechanism extending from said base, the locking mechanism having a locking part, the locking part being movable in a first direction and biased in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the locking part having one or more projections such that a force thereon directed towards the base causes the locking part to move in the first direction and wherein said locking part is biased to move in the second direction when the force is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: DYMO
    Inventors: Kris Vandermeulen, Erwin Vereecken
  • Printer
    Patent number: D663766
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Dymo
    Inventors: Stefaan Van Den Broecke, Todd James Huthmaker, Koen Elsen, Philip Madden, Yves Peeters, Ward Adriaenssen, Joris Ronsmans
  • Printer
    Patent number: D664189
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: DYMO
    Inventors: Stefaan Van Den Broecke, Todd James Huthmaker, Koen Elsen, Philip Madden, Yves Peeters
  • Printer interface
    Patent number: D674840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: DYMO
    Inventors: Stefaan Van Den Broecke, Todd James Huthmaker, Koen Elsen, Philip Madden, Yves Peeters, Ward Adriaenssen, Joris Ronsmans
  • Printer
    Patent number: D676080
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Dymo
    Inventors: Stefaan Van Den Broecke, Yves Peeters, Philip Madden, Ward Adriaenssen
  • Scale
    Patent number: D679208
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Dymo
    Inventors: Simon Depauw, Tim Ruytjens, Stefaan Van Den Broecke, Yves Peeters
  • Cassette
    Patent number: D681727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: DYMO
    Inventor: Stefaan Van Den Broecke