Patents by Inventor Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams
Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams 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: 11794465Abstract: Fountain solution latent images are provided on an inking blanket without using laser-induced evaporation systems. Approaches include a rotatable charge retentive surface configured to receive an unfused toned electrostatic pattern of toner particles adhered thereto via electrophotography. The toner includes small diameter polymeric or inorganic particles that may have no color pigment to appear transparent or translucent. Fountain solution is disposed on at least one of the toner, the charge retentive surface and a transfer substrate. The transfer substrate is adjacent the charge retentive surface and forms a nip therebetween, with the transfer substrate sandwiching the unfused toned electrostatic pattern of toner particles and fountain solution against the charge retentive surface at the nip.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams, David K. Biegelsen, Eugene Beh
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Publication number: 20220227116Abstract: Fountain solution latent images are provided on an inking blanket without using laser-induced evaporation systems. Approaches include a rotatable charge retentive surface configured to receive an unfused toned electrostatic pattern of toner particles adhered thereto via electrophotography. The toner includes small diameter polymeric or inorganic particles that may have no color pigment to appear transparent or translucent. Fountain solution is disposed on at least one of the toner, the charge retentive surface and a transfer substrate. The transfer substrate is adjacent the charge retentive surface and forms a nip therebetween, with the transfer substrate sandwiching the unfused toned electrostatic pattern of toner particles and fountain solution against the charge retentive surface at the nip.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2021Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Antonio St. Clair Lloyd WILLIAMS, David K. BIEGELSEN, Eugene BEH
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Patent number: 11020956Abstract: Ink-based digital printing systems useful for ink printing include a photoreceptor layer configured to receive a layer of liquid immersion fluid. The liquid immersion fluid includes dampening fluid, dispersed gas particles, and charge directors that impart charge to the solid particles. The photoreceptor surface is charged to a uniform potential, and selectively discharged using an ROS according to image data to form an electrostatic latent image. The charged liquid immersion fluid adheres to portions of the photoreceptor surface according to the electrostatic latent image to form a fountain solution image. The fluid portion of the fountain solution image can be partially transferred to an imaging member and/or transfer member to form a dampening fluid image, either or both of which may be electrically biased. The dampening fluid image is inked on the transfer member, and the resulting ink image transferred to a print substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center IncorporatedInventors: Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams, David K. Biegelsen, David Mathew Johnson
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Patent number: 10986940Abstract: There is described is described a modular point-of-purchase display, system and method. The modular point of purchase display includes a back wall and a front wall, a bottom wall, at least one side wall, and at least one shelf. A printed electronic device is affixed to a surface of the back wall, the front wall, the bottom wall, the at least one side wall, and the at least one shelf. The display includes a microcontroller electrically coupled to the printed electronic device. The display includes a power supply electrically coupled to the printed electronic device. The display includes a connection device coupled to the printed electronic device. The display includes a modular component coupled to the connection device, wherein the modular component can be removed and replaced with an alternate modular component compatible with the connection device.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignees: Xerox Corporation, Palo Alto Research Center IncorporatedInventors: Chad S. Smithson, Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams, Janos Veres, Ethan Shen
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Patent number: 10857813Abstract: Disclosed are a substrate package, a method of fabricating the substrate package, and a system including the substrate package. The substrate package includes a stack of substrate sheets in an individual form, a continuous form, or a roll form. The stack has a sidewall defined by edges of the substrate sheets and a mark on the sidewall includes mark segments on respective edges. The mark segments vary such that one or more of the mark segments have a respective segment characteristic, such as a length. The segment characteristic can encode information about an attribute of the substrate sheet, such as a physical characteristic of the sheet.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center IncorporatedInventors: Janos Veres, Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams, Marc E. Mosko
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Publication number: 20200353743Abstract: Ink-based digital printing systems useful for ink printing include a photoreceptor layer configured to receive a layer of liquid immersion fluid. The liquid immersion fluid includes dampening fluid, dispersed gas particles, and charge directors that impart charge to the solid particles. The photoreceptor surface is charged to a uniform potential, and selectively discharged using an ROS according to image data to form an electrostatic latent image. The charged liquid immersion fluid adheres to portions of the photoreceptor surface according to the electrostatic latent image to form a fountain solution image. The fluid portion of the fountain solution image can be partially transferred to an imaging member and/or transfer member to form a dampening fluid image, either or both of which may be electrically biased. The dampening fluid image is inked on the transfer member, and the resulting ink image transferred to a print substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Antonio St. Clair Lloyd WILLIAMS, David K. BIEGELSEN, David Mathew JOHNSON
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Patent number: 10744754Abstract: Ink-based digital printing systems useful for ink printing include a photoreceptor layer configured to receive a layer of liquid immersion fluid. The liquid immersion fluid includes dampening fluid, dispersed gas particles, and charge directors that impart charge to the solid particles. The photoreceptor surface is charged to a uniform potential, and selectively discharged using an ROS according to image data to form an electrostatic latent image. The charged liquid immersion fluid adheres to portions of the photoreceptor surface according to the electrostatic latent image to form a fountain solution image. The fluid portion of the fountain solution image can be partially transferred to an imaging member and/or transfer member to form a dampening fluid image, either or both of which may be electrically biased. The dampening fluid image is inked on the transfer member, and the resulting ink image transferred to a print substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center IncorporatedInventors: Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams, David K. Biegelsen, David Mathew Johnson
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Publication number: 20200245783Abstract: There is described is described a modular point-of-purchase display, system and method. The modular point of purchase display includes a back wall and a front wall, a bottom wall, at least one side wall, and at least one shelf. A printed electronic device is affixed to a surface of the back wall, the front wall, the bottom wall, the at least one side wall, and the at least one shelf. The display includes a microcontroller electrically coupled to the printed electronic device. The display includes a power supply electrically coupled to the printed electronic device. The display includes a connection device coupled to the printed electronic device. The display includes a modular component coupled to the connection device, wherein the modular component can be removed and replaced with an alternate modular component compatible with the connection device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Chad S. Smithson, Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams, Janos Veres, Ethan Shen
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Publication number: 20200156387Abstract: Disclosed are a substrate package, a method of fabricating the substrate package, and a system including the substrate package. The substrate package includes a stack of substrate sheets in an individual form, a continuous form, or a roll form. The stack has a sidewall defined by edges of the substrate sheets and a mark on the sidewall includes mark segments on respective edges. The mark segments vary such that one or more of the mark segments have a respective segment characteristic, such as a length. The segment characteristic can encode information about an attribute of the substrate sheet, such as a physical characteristic of the sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Janos Veres, Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams, Marc E. Mosko
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Publication number: 20200101764Abstract: Disclosed are a substrate package, a method of fabricating the substrate package, and a system including the substrate package. The substrate package includes a stack of substrate sheets in an individual form, a continuous form, or a roll form. The stack has a sidewall defined by edges of the substrate sheets and a mark on the sidewall includes mark segments on respective edges. The mark segments vary such that one or more of the mark segments have a respective segment characteristic, such as a length. The segment characteristic can encode information about an attribute of the substrate sheet, such as a physical characteristic of the sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Janos Veres, Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams, Marc E. Mosko
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Patent number: 10596830Abstract: Disclosed are a substrate package, a method of fabricating the substrate package, and a system including the substrate package. The substrate package includes a stack of substrate sheets in an individual form, a continuous form, or a roll form. The stack has a sidewall defined by edges of the substrate sheets and a mark on the sidewall includes mark segments on respective edges. The mark segments vary such that one or more of the mark segments have a respective segment characteristic, such as a length. The segment characteristic can encode information about an attribute of the substrate sheet, such as a physical characteristic of the sheet.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center IncorporatedInventors: Janos Veres, Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams, Marc E. Mosko
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Publication number: 20200016885Abstract: Ink-based digital printing systems useful for ink printing include a photoreceptor layer configured to receive a layer of liquid immersion fluid. The liquid immersion fluid includes dampening fluid, dispersed gas particles, and charge directors that impart charge to the solid particles. The photoreceptor surface is charged to a uniform potential, and selectively discharged using an ROS according to image data to form an electrostatic latent image. The charged liquid immersion fluid adheres to portions of the photoreceptor surface according to the electrostatic latent image to form a fountain solution image. The fluid portion of the fountain solution image can be partially transferred to an imaging member and/or transfer member to form a dampening fluid image, either or both of which may be electrically biased. The dampening fluid image is inked on the transfer member, and the resulting ink image transferred to a print substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2018Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Antonio St. Clair Lloyd WILLIAMS, David K. BIEGELSEN, David Mathew JOHNSON
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Patent number: 8308281Abstract: An ink umbilical provides different colors of heated ink to multiple print heads in an integrated structure. The ink umbilical includes a first plurality of ink carrying conduits mounted on one side of a heater and a second plurality of conduits mounted on a second side of the heater opposite the first side of the heater. The heater is operated to keep the ink in the conduits on each of the heater in a predetermined temperature range.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2011Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Chad David Freitag, Roger G. Leighton, Ivan A. McCracken, Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams
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Publication number: 20110205317Abstract: An ink umbilical provides different colors of heated ink to multiple print heads in an integrated structure. The ink umbilical includes a first plurality of ink carrying conduits mounted on one side of a heater and a second plurality of conduits mounted on a second side of the heater opposite the first side of the heater. The heater is operated to keep the ink in the conduits on each of the heater in a predetermined temperature range.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2011Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Chad David Freitag, Roger G. Leighton, Ivan A. McCracken, Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams
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Patent number: 7967430Abstract: An ink umbilical provides different colors of heated ink to multiple print heads in an integrated structure. The ink umbilical includes a first and a second plurality of conduits, each conduit in the first and the second plurality of conduits having a flat surface between a first end and a second end of the conduit, and a heater having a first side and a second side, the flat surfaces of the conduits in the first plurality of conduits being coupled to the first side of the heater and the flat surfaces of the conduits in the second plurality of conduits being coupled to the second side of the heater to enable the heater to heat ink being carried between the first and the second ends of the conduits in the first and in the second plurality of conduits.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2009Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Chad David Freitag, Roger G. Leighton, Ivan A. McCracken, Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams
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Publication number: 20090273658Abstract: An ink umbilical provides different colors of heated ink to multiple print heads in an integrated structure. The ink umbilical includes a first and a second plurality of conduits, each conduit in the first and the second plurality of conduits having a flat surface between a first end and a second end of the conduit, and a heater having a first side and a second side, the flat surfaces of the conduits in the first plurality of conduits being coupled to the first side of the heater and the flat surfaces of the conduits in the second plurality of conduits being coupled to the second side of the heater to enable the heater to heat ink being carried between the first and the second ends of the conduits in the first and in the second plurality of conduits.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2009Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Chad David Freitag, Roger G. Leighton, Ivan A. McCracken, Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams
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Patent number: 7568795Abstract: An ink umbilical provides different colors of heated ink to multiple print heads in an integrated structure. The ink umbilical includes a first plurality of conduits, each conduit in the first plurality having a first end and a second end, a second plurality of conduits, each conduit in the second plurality having a first end and a second end, and a heater having a first side and a second side, the first plurality of conduits being coupled to the first side of the heater and the second plurality of conduits being coupled to the second side of the heater so the heater generates heat for ink being carried between the first and the second ends of the first plurality and the second plurality of conduits.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2006Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Chad David Freitag, Roger G. Leighton, Ivan A. McCracken, Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams
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Publication number: 20080151013Abstract: An ink umbilical provides different colors of heated ink to multiple print heads in an integrated structure. The ink umbilical includes a first plurality of conduits, each conduit in the first plurality having a first end and a second end, a second plurality of conduits, each conduit in the second plurality having a first end and a second end, and a heater having a first side and a second side, the first plurality of conduits being coupled to the first side of the heater and the second plurality of conduits being coupled to the second side of the heater so the heater generates heat for ink being carried between the first and the second ends of the first plurality and the second plurality of conduits.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2006Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Chad David Freitag, Roger G. Leighton, Ivan A. McCracken, Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams
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Patent number: 5709181Abstract: A rocker arm and hydraulic lash adjuster assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a shaft mounted rocker arm having a valve actuating arm portion which includes a stepped bore for slidingly receiving a hydraulic element. The bore has an open end, a cylindrical wall and a closed end having a spot face formed therein, and fluidly connected via a passage in the rocker arm to a source of pressurized fluid. The stepped bore is configured to receive a flat wear plate in abutment with the closed end and the hydraulic element such that the wear plate and the hydraulic element cooperate to define a fluid reservoir therebetween for pressurized fluid. The wear plate includes a centrally located through-bore operable to fluidly connect the fluid reservoir and the spot face formed integrally with the closed end of the stepped bore to define a passage from the source of pressurized fluid to the fluid reservoir to thereby fill the hydraulic element with pressurized fluid.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 1997Date of Patent: January 20, 1998Assignee: General Motors CorporationInventor: Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams
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Patent number: 5706771Abstract: A valve actuation assembly for an internal combustion engine is disclosed in which a rotatable rocker arm assembly is actuated by an engine driven camshaft to move a poppet valve reciprocably. The rocker arm assembly includes a hydraulic lash adjuster for disposition between the rocker arm and the valve stem. The lash adjuster includes an actuator at one end having an axially extending neck which terminates in an enlarged head. The enlarged head engages a foot assembly which includes a disk having a socket in which the head is positioned. A retainer ring is disposed in the socket and includes a wall portion which operates to establish an interference fit with the socket so as to fix the ring in the socket and a radially inwardly extending flange member which operates to define an opening through which the actuator neck extends but having a diameter less than that of the enlarged head portion of the actuator to thereby prevent removal of the head from the socket.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1996Date of Patent: January 13, 1998Assignee: General Motors CorporationInventors: Paul Robert Van Heyningen, Oscar Alfredo Estratti, Michael Edward Mc Carroll, Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams, Daniel Patrick O 'Neill, Donald R. Smith, John Joseph Burns