Patents by Inventor Blair A. Butler

Blair A. Butler 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).

  • Patent number: 11807019
    Abstract: A printing fluid pen includes a plurality of fluid ports, a pressure regulator in fluid communication with a first fluid port, and a valve in fluid communication with a second fluid port. The first fluid port is to deliver printing fluid to a fluid ejection device, and the second fluid port is to direct printing fluid out of the pen. In response to negative pressure, the valve is to open to enable fluids within the pen to exit via the second port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ronald Albert Askeland, Blair A. Butler, Ronald J. Ender, Craig L. Malik, Daniel D. Dowell, Seth Stephen Haddix, Si-Lam J. Choy, Alexander Govyadinov
  • Patent number: 11385573
    Abstract: Examples include an end cap system for a developer unit in a liquid photographic printer. The end cap system includes an end cap and a film that includes a first outermost superficial layer and a second outermost superficial layer opposed to the first outermost superficial layer. The first outermost superficial layer is a pressure sensitive adhesive layer applied to a portion of an inner surface of the end cap. The second outermost superficial layer is a low surface energy layer to be exposed to liquid photographic printing fluid during printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Blair A Butler, James Huai Kiang, Stanley J Kozmiski
  • Publication number: 20220161568
    Abstract: An example printing fluid pen comprises a plurality of fluid ports, a pressure regulator in fluid communication with a first fluid port, and a valve in fluid communication with a second fluid port. The first fluid port is to deliver printing fluid to a fluid ejection device, and the second fluid port to direct printing fluid out of the pen. In response to negative pressure, the valve is to open to enable fluids within the pen to exit via the second port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ronald Albert Askeland, Blair A. Butler, Ronald J. Ender, Craig L. Malik, Daniel D. Dowell, Seth Stephen Haddix, Si-lam J. Choy, Alexander Govyadinov
  • Patent number: 11150571
    Abstract: A roller charging device may include a Y-shaped electrically conductive brush and a screw terminal coupling the Y-shaped electrically conductive brush to a housing of the roller charging device and electrically coupling the Y-shaped electrically conductive brush to a power source. A printing fluid developer may include a plurality of rollers and a plurality of Y-shaped brushes to each contact one of the plurality of rollers wherein each of the Y-shaped brushes provides an electrical charge to each of the plurality of rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: HP Indigo B.V.
    Inventors: Blair A. Butler, Scott Sayer, Ziv Yosef, David Sabo
  • Publication number: 20210310188
    Abstract: In an example of a textile printing method, a thermally curable ink composition is applied on a fabric substrate. The thermally curable ink composition includes from about 1 wt % active to about 6 wt % active of a pigment that absorbs ultraviolet radiation, infrared radiation, or a combination thereof, based on a total weight of the thermally curable ink composition; from about 2 wt % active to about 20 wt % active of a polymeric binder, based on the total weight of the thermally curable ink composition; and an aqueous ink vehicle. In the method, the pigment of the thermally curable ink composition is selectively heated on the fabric substrate by exposing the fabric substrate to an emission wavelength from a narrow wavelength light source for a total exposure time of 3 seconds or less. The selective heating thermally fixes the pigment to the fabric substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Ronald A. Askeland, Blair A. Butler, Jie Zheng, Dennis Z. Guo
  • Publication number: 20210238799
    Abstract: A method of internal recirculation printing can include introducing an ink composition into a firing chamber, the ink composition comprising water, organic co-solvent, pigment, and from 2 wt % to 20 wt % of a dispersed polymer binder with an acid number from 0 mg KOH/g to 45 mg KOH/g, a weight average molecular weight of 40,000 Mw to 2,000,000 Mw, and a particle size from 40 nm to 2 ?m. The method can further include internally recirculating ink composition from the firing chamber, through micro-recirculation fluidics, and back into the firing chamber to be again recirculated or ejected from the firing chamber, as well as ejecting ink composition from the firing chamber through a jetting nozzle onto a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: John L. Stoffel, Dennis Z. GUO, Blair A. BUTLER
  • Patent number: 11016420
    Abstract: A technique includes rotating a squeegee roller to regulate a film thickness of ink on a developer roller; and using the developer roller to transfer a portion of the ink from the developer roller to a photoconductive member. The technique includes creating, by an electrode, a potential bias with the developer roller to transfer the ink to the developer roller; and inhibiting flow streaks on the developer roller, where inhibiting the flow streaks includes restricting a flow of ink between the squeegee roller and the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: David Sabo, Blair A. Butler, Jeffrey Zampell, Avinoam Halpern, Sarah Ann Russell
  • Publication number: 20210088926
    Abstract: A roller charging device may include a Y-shaped electrically conductive brush and a screw terminal coupling the Y-shaped electrically conductive brush to a housing of the roller charging device and electrically coupling the Y-shaped electrically conductive brush to a power source. A printing fluid developer may include a plurality of rollers and a plurality of Y-shaped brushes to each contact one of the plurality of rollers wherein each of the Y-shaped brushes provides an electrical charge to each of the plurality of rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: HP INDIGO B.V.
    Inventors: Blair A. Butler, Scott Sayer, Ziv Yosef, David Sabo
  • Publication number: 20200301316
    Abstract: A technique includes rotating a squeegee roller to regulate a film thickness of ink on a developer roller; and using the developer roller to transfer a portion of the ink from the developer roller to a photoconductive member. The technique includes creating, by an electrode, a potential bias with the developer roller to transfer the ink to the developer roller; and inhibiting flow streaks on the developer roller, where inhibiting the flow streaks includes restricting a flow of ink between the squeegee roller and the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: David Sabo, Blair A. Butler, Jeffrey Zampell, Avinoam Halpern, Sarah Ann Russell
  • Patent number: 10635025
    Abstract: A transmission for a developer unit that includes a developer roller to apply LEP ink to a photoconductor, a cleaner roller to clean the developer roller, and a squeegee roller to squeegee ink on the developer roller. In one example, the transmission includes a mechanical drive train to, with the cleaner roller, simultaneously drive the developer roller at a first surface speed and the squeegee roller at a second surface speed slower than the first surface speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: HP Indigo B.V.
    Inventors: Blair A Butler, Andre Garcia, James Kiang, David Sabo
  • Publication number: 20180329336
    Abstract: A transmission for a developer unit that includes a developer roller to apply LEP ink to a photoconductor, a cleaner roller to clean the developer roller, and a squeegee roller to squeegee ink on the developer roller. In one example, the transmission includes a mechanical drive train to, with the cleaner roller, simultaneously drive the developer roller at a first surface speed and the squeegee roller at a second surface speed slower than the first surface speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: HP Indigo B.V.
    Inventors: Blair A Butler, Andre Garcia, James Kiang, David Sabo
  • Publication number: 20180313397
    Abstract: In an example, a torque key may include a body to mate with a wheel, a plurality of driving lugs extending radially outward from the body, and a plurality of key lugs extending radially into the body. The body may have an inner bore to receive a shaft, each driving lug may engage with a driven lug protruding from an axial face of the wheel, and each key lug may engage with a slot of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: HP INDIGO B.V.
    Inventors: Blair A. Butler, Eric G. Nelson, John W. Godden
  • Patent number: 9360221
    Abstract: A gas turbine includes a compressor and at least one combustor downstream from the compressor. The combustor includes a burner having an inner shroud extending axially along at least a portion of the burner, an outer shroud radially separated from the inner shroud and extending axially along at least a portion of the burner, and a plurality of stator vanes extending radially between the inner shroud and the outer shroud. The stator vanes have an inner end proximate the inner shroud and an outer end proximate the outer shroud. The burner further includes a vortex tip at one of either the inner end or the outer end of the stator vanes. The vortex tip provides a gap between the inner end and the inner shroud or the outer end and the outer shroud, and the vortex tip includes a plurality of fuel ports. The gas turbine further includes a turbine downstream from the combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jesse Blair Butler, David Leach, Kevin Weston McMahan, Mark Allan Hadley, Geoffrey David Myers
  • Patent number: 9097126
    Abstract: A system includes at least one gas turbine blade that includes at least one recess disposed in a surface of the at least one gas turbine blade. The system also includes a porous insert that includes multiple pores that enable a cooling fluid to flow through the porous insert. The system further includes a cover plate, wherein the porous insert is disposed within the at least one recess, and the cover plate is disposed over the porous insert to enclose the porous insert within the at least one recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Prue, Jesse Blair Butler
  • Patent number: 8814318
    Abstract: Pre-treatment composition and printing method, for producing durable images, using it are disclosed. Said pre-treatment composition includes a liquid vehicle, a polyvalent metal salt as fixing agent, and a latex resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from ?22° C. to 20° C. Said method encompasses applying the pre-treatment composition onto a recording medium and applying an ink composition including an aqueous liquid vehicle and a colorant, over said pre-treatment composition, wherein the time interval between the finishing point of the application of the pre-treatment composition and between the starting point of the application of the ink composition is between 1 and 30 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: George Sarkisian, Ali Emamjomeh, Blair A. Butler
  • Publication number: 20140123652
    Abstract: A gas turbine includes a compressor and at least one combustor downstream from the compressor. The combustor includes a burner having an inner shroud extending axially along at least a portion of the burner, an outer shroud radially separated from the inner shroud and extending axially along at least a portion of the burner, and a plurality of stator vanes extending radially between the inner shroud and the outer shroud. The stator vanes have an inner end proximate the inner shroud and an outer end proximate the outer shroud. The burner further includes a vortex tip at one of either the inner end or the outer end of the stator vanes. The vortex tip provides a gap between the inner end and the inner shroud or the outer end and the outer shroud, and the vortex tip includes a plurality of fuel ports. The gas turbine further includes a turbine downstream from the combustor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jesse Blair Butler, David Leach, Kevin Weston McMahan, Mark Allan Hadley, Geoffrey David Myers
  • Publication number: 20140116660
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a component is provided. The component includes a substrate having an outer surface and an inner surface, where the inner surface defines at least one interior space. The fabrication method includes forming at least one groove in the outer substrate surface. Each groove extends at least partially along the outer substrate surface and has an asymmetric cross-section. The method further includes forming at least one access hole in the substrate. Each access hole connects the respective groove in fluid communication with the respective interior space. A coating is disposed over at least a portion of the substrate surface, such that the groove(s) and the coating together define one or more channels for cooling the component. A component is also disclose and has at least one groove with an asymmetric cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Jesse Blair Butler, Ronald Scott Bunker, Scott Andrew Weaver, Kevin Richard Kirtley
  • Publication number: 20140072448
    Abstract: A system includes at least one gas turbine blade that includes at least one recess disposed in a surface of the at least one gas turbine blade. The system also includes a porous insert that includes multiple pores that enable a cooling fluid to flow through the porous insert. The system further includes a cover plate, wherein the porous insert is disposed within the at least one recess, and the cover plate is disposed over the porous insert to enclose the porous insert within the at least one recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Prue, Jesse Blair Butler
  • Publication number: 20140044557
    Abstract: A turbine blade includes an outer surface, and a rim surrounds at least a portion of the outer surface. A trench in the rim extends around at least a portion of the outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Anthony Louis Giglio, Scott Edmond Ellis, Jesse Blair Butler, Camilo Andres Sampayo
  • Patent number: 8465118
    Abstract: A printing system and method form one or more pretreatment compositions on a medium. The one or more pretreatment compositions are selected based upon a parameter of the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ali Emamjomeh, George Sarkisian, Blair A. Butler, Elizabeth Ann Visnyak, Sean W. Dobbins, David S. Vejtasa