Patents by Inventor Dirk Lovelace

Dirk Lovelace 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: 9108422
    Abstract: An apparatus useful in the assembly of printer cartridges includes a plurality of accumulator bags removeably secured to a carrier sheet. Each accumulator bag includes a first polymer film panel and a second polymer film panel welded together to form a pressurizable chamber with an aperture formed in the bag to provide access to the pressurizable chamber. An annular adhesive element is secured to each bag such that an aperture of the annular adhesive element is generally concentric with the aperture of the accumulator bag. The carrier sheet includes an upper adhesive stripe, a lower adhesive stripe, and a silicone stripe. The plurality of accumulator bags is removeably secured to the carrier sheet by adhering an upper portion of each bag to the upper adhesive stripe, adhering a lower portion of each bag to the lower adhesive stripe, and positioning the annular adhesive element in contact with the silicone stripe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: CCL Label, Inc.
    Inventors: John Walsh, Dirk Lovelace, Vance P. Mattison, Paul Janousek
  • Publication number: 20150022148
    Abstract: A battery includes a first terminal, a second terminal, body connecting the first and second terminals, and an outer layer or label. The label may be provided with a power indicator apparatus and a visual charge indicator having improved visibility. The label may alternatively or additionally be provided with a plurality of visual charge indicators and/or other features and functionality, including sensory features that appeal to the sense of touch and/or sight. The label may further or alternatively include a circuit or antenna configured to receive a signal from a charger and convert it into energy or charge stored within the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Paul Janousek, Valdis Barnett, Dirk Lovelace, Anne Shim
  • Publication number: 20140370344
    Abstract: A battery includes a first terminal, a second terminal, body connecting the first and second terminals, and an outer layer or label. The label may be provided with a sealant or absorbent feature configured to seal and/or absorb at least a portion of a material leaking from a battery associated with battery assembly label. The label may alternatively comprise a quick response code. The label may alternatively comprise an anti-counterfeiting security feature. The label may alternatively be provided with a designated area that is distinguished from at least one other portion of the battery assembly label and sized and configured to receive markings from a writing utensil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Dirk Lovelace, Jamie Rieg, Anne Shim, Paul Janousek
  • Publication number: 20110154699
    Abstract: The present invention describes a label comprising a shrinkable film material section with a leading end, a trailing end, an upper edge portion and a lower edge portion, where the upper edge portion and the lower edge portions extend between the leading end and the trailing end of the section, wherein the section is wrapped around an article with the leading end secured to the article with a patterned adhesive, and the adhesive is confined to a narrow region of the leading end such that the trailing end overlaps and is secured to the leading end by the patterned adhesive, and the adhesive is also confined to a narrow region of said trailing edge, allowing the section to encircle the article in an initially unshrunken or first condition such that when a catalyst is subsequently applied to the section, the section shrinks around the article and is thus securely adhered to the article by the adhesive at both the leading end and the trailing end of the film section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Walsh, Charles K. Herrmann, Dirk Lovelace, Robert Morris, Dennis Rene Benoit
  • Publication number: 20110123752
    Abstract: A sheet of printed labels where the facestock and the liner are microperforated around and through the depth of the perimeter of each of the labels provided in the sheet of printed labels. An attachment pattern or feature is provided on one or both of the facestock or shelf area to facilitate attachment of the shelf taker. Combining the microperforations along the perimeter with a connecting smooth full cut portion provides a smooth full cut for ease of removal of the label from the sheet and removal of the facestock from the liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mathew S. Mellis, Dirk Lovelace, Vance P. Mattison, John Walsh