Patents by Inventor Bjoern E. Brunner

Bjoern E. Brunner 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).

  • System and method for varying transfer pressure applied by a transfer roller in a printer
    Patent number: 7860417
    Abstract: A printer and method have been developed that vary the force applied by the transfer roller against the imaging member to facilitate the climb of the transfer roller as the media enters the nip and then apply an appropriate force for effective transfer of an image from the imaging member to the media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Michael E. Jones, Bjoern E. Brunner
  • System And Method For Varying Transfer Pressure Applied By A Transfer Roller In A Printer
    Publication number: 20100067933
    Abstract: A printer and method have been developed that vary the force applied by the transfer roller against the imaging member to facilitate the climb of the transfer roller as the media enters the nip and then apply an appropriate force for effective transfer of an image from the imaging member to the media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael E. Jones, Bjoern E. Brunner
  • Drip plate design for a solid ink printer
    Patent number: 6530655
    Abstract: A drip plate design is provided for a solid ink color printer which reliably directs on-demand ink flow and securely retains solidified ink. The drip plate design includes a combination of one or more sized and shaped cutouts and protrusions for anchoring a solidified ink stick when the printer is not in operation and protrusions that impede downward movement of independent portions of an ink stick so that they remain in contact with a heated melt plate long enough to substantially melt, thereby inhibiting the unchecked sliding off of large separated slivers and chunks of ink during melt and delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Brent R. Jones, Frederick T. Mattern, Paul T. Sullivan, Bjoern E. Brunner
  • Drip plate design for a solid ink printer
    Publication number: 20020180852
    Abstract: A drip plate design is provided for a solid ink color printer which reliably directs on-demand ink flow and securely retains solidified ink. The drip plate design includes a combination of one or more sized and shaped cutouts and protrusions for anchoring a solidified ink stick when the printer is not in operation and protrusions that impede downward movement of independent portions of an ink stick so that they remain in contact with a heated melt plate long enough to substantially melt, thereby inhibiting the unchecked sliding off of large separated slivers and chunks of ink during melt and delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Brent R. Jones, Frederick T. Mattern, Paul T. Sulliivan, Bjoern E. Brunner