Patents by Inventor Dan BENNETT
Dan BENNETT 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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Publication number: 20190084454Abstract: A suspension pedestal may be employed with a vehicle seat (e.g. a boat seat). The suspension pedestal comprises a piston partially received within a base, and an isolator to mitigate relative movement between the base and piston. A flange extends circumferentially around the base, and is releasably fixable to the base at any point between the ends of the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Dan Bennett CHARBONEAU, Daryl Peter PEEREBOOM, Mark Leighton FOSTER, Paul Wesley TAYLOR
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Patent number: 10015843Abstract: A sliding window assembly for a vehicle is disclosed. The assembly includes panels and heating grids coupled to respective panels for defrosting the panels. The assembly further includes a conductive element in continuous electrical connection to the panels for defrosting the panels.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2010Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: AGC AUTOMOTIVE AMERICAS CO.Inventors: Mark S. Ackerman, Dan Bennett, David W. Lahnala
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Patent number: 10015842Abstract: A cable drive system and a sliding window assembly for a vehicle are disclosed. The sliding window assembly includes a track adapted to be coupled to the vehicle. The sliding window assembly further includes a sliding panel coupled to the track and movable relative to the track between an open position and a closed position. A heating grid is coupled to the sliding panel for defrosting the sliding panel. The sliding window assembly also includes a cable coupled to the sliding panel for moving the sliding panel between the open and closed positions. In addition, the sliding window assembly includes a conductive element electrically connected to the heating grid and coupled with the cable such that the conductive element moves concurrently with the cable as the cable moves the sliding panel between the open and closed positions.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2010Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: AGC AUTOMOTIVE AMERICANS CO.Inventors: Dan Bennett, Mark S. Ackerman, David W. Lahnala
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Patent number: 9709927Abstract: A developer unit according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for storing a developer mix that includes toner and magnetic carrier beads. A magnetic roll is mounted on the housing. An outer surface of a sleeve of the magnetic roll is positioned to carry the developer mix from the reservoir through a front portion of the magnetic roll that is exposed from the reservoir to permit transfer of toner from the outer surface of the sleeve to a photoconductive drum and back to the reservoir as the sleeve rotates in an operative rotational direction. An air vent is positioned along a rear portion of the magnetic roll for exiting air in the reservoir from the housing. An entire opening of the air vent is positioned vertically higher than the rotational axis of the sleeve when the developer unit is in an operative orientation.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.Inventors: Michael Brian Bacelieri, Robert Dan Bennett, III, Jenny Marie Berens, Mark Leo Doerre, Courtney Harrison Soale
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Patent number: 9389540Abstract: A developer unit according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for storing a developer mix that includes toner and magnetic carrier beads. A magnetic roll includes a stationary core and a sleeve positioned around the core that is rotatable relative to the core. The stationary core includes at least one permanent magnet having circumferentially spaced magnetic poles. An upper and a lower magnetically permeable metal shunt are positioned at each axial end of the magnetic roll. Each upper shunt and each lower shunt is positioned axially outboard of the core and in close proximity to the outer surface of the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2015Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.Inventors: Robert Dan Bennett, III, Gary Allen Denton, Katherine Marie Gilliam, Elliott Vincent Jernigan, Matthew Lee Rogers, Dominique Renee Rowe, Daniel Enrique Alonzo, Royden Thomas Kern
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Publication number: 20160091831Abstract: A developer unit according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for storing a developer mix that includes toner and magnetic carrier beads. A magnetic roll includes a stationary core and a sleeve positioned around the core that is rotatable relative to the core. The stationary core includes at least one permanent magnet having circumferentially spaced magnetic poles. An upper and a lower magnetically permeable metal shunt are positioned at each axial end of the magnetic roll. Each upper shunt and each lower shunt is positioned axially outboard of the core and in close proximity to the outer surface of the sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Robert Dan Bennett, III, Gary Allen Denton, Katherine Marie Gilliam, Elliott Vincent Jernigan, Matthew Lee Rogers, Dominique Renee Rowe, Daniel Enrique Alonzo, Royden Thomas Kern
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Patent number: 9291947Abstract: A developer unit for a dual component development electrophotographic image forming device includes a housing having a reservoir for storing a developer mix that includes toner and magnetic carrier beads. An axial sealing rib projects from an inner side of the housing toward the outer surface of a sleeve of a magnetic roll. The axial sealing rib extends along an axial length of the sleeve. A distal end of the axial sealing rib is positioned in close proximity to and spaced from the outer surface of the sleeve. The axial sealing rib is positioned to impede the flow of developer mix in the reservoir in a direction counter to an operative rotational direction of the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2015Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.Inventors: Michael Brian Bacelieri, Robert Dan Bennett, III, Gary Allen Denton, Mark Doerre, Katherine Marie Gilliam, Elliott Vincent Jernigan, Michael David Maul, Matthew Lee Rogers, Dominique Renee Rowe, Robert Christopher Sbert, Keith Seaman, Courtney Harrison Soale
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Patent number: 9280094Abstract: A developer unit for a dual component development electrophotographic image forming device according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for storing a developer mix that includes toner and magnetic carrier beads. An auger is positioned to convey developer mix in the reservoir toward the outer surface of a magnetic roll on a front of the housing. A ledge on an inner surface of the housing extends axially with respect to the magnetic roll along a front of the reservoir. The ledge is positioned upstream from a trim bar and downstream from a pickup pole of the magnetic roll with respect to the operative rotational direction of the magnetic roll. The ledge has a concave curved inner surface that is open to the reservoir and extends from near the trim bar to near a front side of the auger.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.Inventors: Michael Brian Bacelieri, Robert Dan Bennett, III, Gary Allen Denton, Katherine Marie Gilliam, Elliott Vincent Jernigan, Matthew Lee Rogers, Dominique Renee Rowe, Courtney Harrison Soale
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Patent number: 9188907Abstract: A developer unit according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for storing a developer mix that includes toner and magnetic carrier beads. A magnetic roll includes a stationary core and a sleeve positioned around the core that is rotatable relative to the core. The stationary core includes at least one permanent magnet having circumferentially spaced magnetic poles. An upper and a lower magnetically permeable metal shunt are positioned at each axial end of the magnetic roll. Each upper shunt and each lower shunt is positioned axially outboard of the core and in close proximity to the outer surface of the sleeve. A combination of the upper shunt and the lower shunt at each axial end of the magnetic roll surrounds greater than 180 degrees of the outer surface of the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.Inventors: Robert Dan Bennett, III, Gary Allen Denton, Katherine Marie Gilliam, Elliott Vincent Jernigan, Matthew Lee Rogers, Dominique Renee Rowe, Daniel Enrique Alonzo, Royden Thomas Kern
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Patent number: 9027294Abstract: A window assembly is used in a vehicle. The window assembly comprises a transparent pane having an inner surface and an outer surface spaced from the inner surface. The window assembly also comprises a ceramic frit disposed on a portion of the transparent pane. A primer is disposed on at least one of the transparent pane and the ceramic frit for providing a bonding surface. An encapsulation is coupled to the primer.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: AGC Automotive Americas R&D, Inc.Inventor: Dan Bennett
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Publication number: 20130140844Abstract: A window assembly is used in a vehicle. The window assembly comprises a transparent pane having an inner surface and an outer surface spaced from the inner surface. The window assembly also comprises a ceramic frit disposed on a portion of the transparent pane. A primer is disposed on at least one of the transparent pane and the ceramic frit for providing a bonding surface. An encapsulation is coupled to the primer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: AGC AUTOMOTIVE AMERICAS R&D, INC.Inventor: Dan Bennett
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Publication number: 20120091114Abstract: A sliding window assembly for a vehicle is disclosed. The assembly includes panels and heating grids coupled to respective panels for defrosting the panels. The assembly further includes a conductive element in continuous electrical connection to the panels for defrosting the panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2010Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: AGC AUTOMOTIVE AMERICAS CO.Inventors: Mark S. ACKERMAN, Dan BENNETT, David W. LAHNALA
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Publication number: 20120091113Abstract: A cable drive system and a sliding window assembly for a vehicle are disclosed. The sliding window assembly includes a track adapted to be coupled to the vehicle. The sliding window assembly further includes a sliding panel coupled to the track and movable relative to the track between an open position and a closed position. A heating grid is coupled to the sliding panel for defrosting the sliding panel. The sliding window assembly also includes a cable coupled to the sliding panel for moving the sliding panel between the open and closed positions. In addition, the sliding window assembly includes a conductive element electrically connected to the heating grid and coupled with the cable such that the conductive element moves concurrently with the cable as the cable moves the sliding panel between the open and closed positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2010Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: AGC AUTOMOTIVE AMERICAS CO.Inventors: Dan BENNETT, Mark S. ACKERMAN, David W. Lahnala
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Patent number: 6238114Abstract: A print media handling system for an imaging apparatus having a media feed path includes a pair of media support members, each have a first wall defining a media contact surface and a support portion defining a media support surface. The pair of media support members are pivotally mounted to the imaging apparatus for symmetrical operation with respect to a centerline of the media feed path. The pair of media support members define a media bin for receiving printed media. The print media handling system further includes a drive system for operating the pair of media support members between a first position wherein the media support surface of the pair of support members carries a printed media sheet and a second position wherein the printed media sheet is released to fall into the media bin.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2000Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.Inventors: Robert Dan Bennett, III, Michael Craig Leemhuis, David Kyle Murray