Patents by Inventor Benjamin M Coder

Benjamin M Coder 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: 20210206590
    Abstract: In an example, a device may include a load stop system disposed on one side of a gear wall of an imaging device, adjacent to a media path, and a lift mechanism disposed on an opposite side of the gear wall, adjacent to the load stop system on the same side of the media path. The load stop system may block the media path in a first position, gather media in a second position, and may stow out of the media path in a third position. The load stop system may have a cam gear to drive the load stop system between the first, second, and third positions. The lift mechanism may rotate a picking system to lift away from an input area in a lifted position, and may lower towards the input area in a picking position. The lift mechanism may rotate adjacent to the cam gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander D Laws, Robert L Winburne, Benjamin M Coder, Manlio Castillo
  • Patent number: 10987954
    Abstract: In an example, a load stop may comprise a stop paddle, a paddle link, a swingarm engaged with a motive element, and a cam gear to engage the swingarm with the paddle link. The paddle link may move the stop paddle from a locked position, to a gathering position, and to a stowed position. The swingarm may transfer the motion of the motive element to the cam gear such that the cam gear is to move in a first direction, the cam gear to drive the paddle link to move the stop paddle from the locked position, to the gathering position, and to the stowed position when the motive element moves in a first drive direction, and the swingarm moves the cam gear in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander D Laws, Benjamin M Coder, Robert L Winburne
  • Publication number: 20190001711
    Abstract: In an example, a load stop may comprise a stop paddle, a paddle link, a swingarm engaged with a motive element, and a cam gear to engage the swingarm with the paddle link. The paddle link may move the stop paddle from a locked position, to a gathering position, and to a stowed position. The swingarm may transfer the motion of the motive element to the cam gear such that the cam gear is to move in a first direction, the cam gear to drive the paddle link to move the stop paddle from the locked position, to the gathering position, and to the stowed position when the motive element moves in a first drive direction, and the swingarm moves the cam gear in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander D Laws, Benjamin M Coder, Robert L Winburne