Patents by Inventor Christopher J. Davenport

Christopher J. Davenport 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: 7516637
    Abstract: There is provided a method of texturing a metal sheet or strip (8), which method comprises a plurality of sequential texturing passes each of which is performed by passing the sheet or strip (8) between at least one pair of rollers (7), wherein at least one of each pair of rollers (7) has a textured pattern on the surface thereof and the textured patterns are transferred to the sheet or strip (8) during each texturing pass, and wherein the textured surface on the sheet or strip (8) resulting from each pass overlaps with that from the one or more other passes to form a final textured pattern. There is also provided an apparatus for texturing a metal sheet or strip (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Novelis Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey M. Scamans, Christopher J. Davenport, John A. Hunter, Daniel B. Miller, David S. Wright
  • Patent number: 7404204
    Abstract: A system comprises a client workstation, a single sign-on (“SSO”) server accessible to the client workstation, and a plurality of host servers accessible to the client workstation. Access by the client workstation to a first host server causes the client workstation to be automatically re-directed to the SSO server and the SSO server causes the client workstation to request sign-on credentials from a user if the user has not signed on to any of the host servers. The first host server, not the SSO server, authenticates the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Davenport, Daniel C. Garza-Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20040112104
    Abstract: There is provided a method of texturing a metal sheet or strip (8), which method comprises a plurality oF sequential texturing passes each of which is performed by passing the sheet or strip (8) between at least one pair of rollers (7), wherein at least one of each pair of rollers (7) has a textured pattern on the surface thereof and the textured patterns is transferred to the sheet or strip (8) during cach texturing pass, and wherein the textured surface on the sheet or strip (8) resulting from each pass overlaps with that from the one or more other passes to form a final textured pattern. There is also provided an apparatus for texturing a metal sheet or strip (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Geoffrey M. Scamans, Christopher J Davenport, John A Hunter, Daniel B Miller, David S Wright