Patents by Inventor Andrew Beard

Andrew Beard 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).

  • Publication number: 20140327595
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radome wall comprising a composite panel of a sandwich type containing two facings separated by a core of an expanded polymeric material wherein the facings contain a multi-layered sheet comprising a consolidated plurality of layers, said layers containing polymeric tapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: DSM IP ASSETS B.V..
    Inventors: Eelco Van Oosterbosch, Lewis Kolak, Chae Thompson, Andrew Beard
  • Patent number: 7536115
    Abstract: A system, method, and article for sending secured data to an image forming device at a remote location. The secured data is unique to the image forming device or a specific class of image forming devices. The secured data is compared to data stored at the image forming device for verifying the identity of the image forming device. If the identity of the image forming device is verified, a setting adjustment of the image forming device is initiated based on the secured data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Andrew Beard, David Ashley Brown, Bryan Scott Willett, Edward William Yohon, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7532339
    Abstract: An interface is provided between two or more self-describing devices, each having a data store, or two ongoing processes on the same device sharing a common data store. The interface includes a datastream having at least one metavariable that is indicative of at least two or more parameters associated with a device. The datastream occurs between the data store of one transmitting device to the data store or one or more receiving devices or between two or more processes that may or may not share a common data store. The metavariable references or implies a number of other variables and allows devices to effectively communication without knowledge of the underlying variables. The metavariable can be data indicative of the configuration and settings of a device or can be a command altering two or more setting of a device upon receipt of the metavariable by the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Andrew Beard, Robert Jerome Borchers, Evan Glenn Goldey, Craig Anthony Rudolph
  • Publication number: 20070300060
    Abstract: A system, method, and article for sending secured data to an image forming device at a remote location. The secured data is unique to the image forming device or a specific class of image forming devices. The secured data is compared to data stored at the image forming device for verifying the identity of the image forming device. If the identity of the image forming device is verified, a setting adjustment of the image forming device is initiated based on the secured data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Eric Andrew Beard, David Ashley Brown, Bryan Scott Willett, Edward William Yohon
  • Patent number: 7116882
    Abstract: A device for cleaving an optical fibre includes a fixing mechanism to fix a fixing element to the optical fibre, and a cleaving mechanism to cleave the optical fibre. The fixing element may be a ferrule, and the fixing element may be fixed to the fibre such that the fibre extends through the fixing element. The cleaving mechanism cleaves the fibre preferably when the fixing element has been fixed to the fibre. The cleaving device may be a hand-held, and hand-operated, tool. The device may enable the possibility of automatic preset positioning and/or orienting of the cleaved fibre end face (which may be angled to the axis of the fibre) with respect to the fixing element. Attachments may be provided for holding the fibre and fixing element during the cleaving operation and for holding a connector body while the fixing element with the cleaved fibre is inserted into the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Raychem NV
    Inventors: Jan Watte, Luiz Neves Mendes, Lodewijk Van Noten, Thomas T. De Boer, Alan Roland Torry, Michael Andrew Beard
  • Publication number: 20050226586
    Abstract: A device for cleaving an optical fibre includes a fixing mechanism to fix a fixing element to the optical fibre, and a cleaving mechanism to cleave the optical fibre. The fixing element may be a ferrule, and the fixing element may be fixed to the fibre such that the fibre extends through the fixing element. The cleaving mechanism cleaves the fibre preferably when the fixing element has been fixed to the fibre. The cleaving device may be a hand-held, and hand-operated, tool. The device may enable the possibility of automatic preset positioning and/or orienting of the cleaved fibre end face (which may be angled to the axis of the fibre) with respect to the fixing element. Attachments may be provided for holding the fibre and fixing element during the cleaving operation and for holding a connector body while the fixing element with the cleaved fibre is inserted into the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Jan Watte, Luis Mendes, Lodewijk Van Noten, Thomas De Boer, Alan, Roland Torry, Michael, Andrew Beard
  • Publication number: 20030167361
    Abstract: A system and method for manipulating the private settings of a peripheral device, where the system includes at least one host computer and a peripheral device in a communication interface. The peripheral device has a data store including setting data for public settings of the peripheral device and private settings of the peripheral device that are implicated in the public settings, and has a variable manager that is in communication with the data store of the peripheral device. The host computer transmits a data packet including one or more public settings for of the peripheral device across the communication interface and the variable manager receives the data packet and retrieves the setting data from the data store in response to receipt of the data packet. The variable manager processes the data packet and manipulates one or more of the private settings of the peripheral device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: ERIC ANDREW BEARD, ROBERT JEROME BORCHERS, EVAN GLENN GOLDEY, JOHN JEFFREY ROBERTS, CRAIG ANTHONY RUDOLPH
  • Patent number: 6615297
    Abstract: A system and method for manipulating the private settings of a peripheral device where the system includes at least one host computer and a peripheral device in a communication interface. The peripheral device has a data store including setting data for public settings of a peripheral device and private settings of the peripheral device that are implicated in the public settings, and has a variable manager that is in communication with the data store of the peripheral device. The host computer transmits a data packet including one or more public settings for of the peripheral device across the communication interface and the variable manager receives the data packet and retrieves the setting data from the data store in response to receipt of the data to packet. The variable manager processes the data packet and manipulates one or more of the private settings of the peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Andrew Beard, Robert Jerome Borchers, II, Evan Glenn Goldey, John Jeffrey Roberts, Craig Anthony Rudolph
  • Publication number: 20030034430
    Abstract: With the use of an absorbent pad in a plastic coster body we are able to wick away condensation from the bottom of a drinking vessel and in doing so will reduce or eliminate a mess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Terry Lee Hailey, George Andrew Beard
  • Patent number: 6498611
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a virtual operator panel for a peripheral device where the system includes a peripheral device including a processor and a data store that stores public settings corresponding to private settings of the peripheral device, each public setting indicative of at least one private setting of the peripheral device. The peripheral device has a device process and a host process, or alternately, is in bidirectional communication with at least one host computer including a data store, a display and a processor. The host computer or host process selectively transmits a request to the peripheral device or device process requesting public settings of the peripheral device for the generation of a virtual operator panel for the peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Andrew Beard, Robert Jerome Borchers, II, Evan Glenn Goldey, Craig Anthony Rudolph
  • Patent number: D969026
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Willing, Max Wolff, Max Tran, Leigh H. Cosentino, Tae Hoon Kang, Lee P. Imrie, Nick D. Eterovic, Andrew Beard
  • Patent number: D969027
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Willing, Max Wolff, Max Tran, Leigh H. Cosentino, Tae Hoon Kang, Lee P. Imrie, Nick D. Eterovic, Andrew Beard
  • Patent number: D990394
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Willing, Max Wolff, Max Tran, Nick D. Eterovic, Andrew Beard
  • Patent number: D990395
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Willing, Max Wolff, Max Tran, Nick D. Eterovic, Andrew Beard
  • Patent number: D1009732
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Willing, Max Wolff, Max Tran, Nick D. Eterovic, Andrew Beard, Nicholas L. Dunderdale