Patents by Inventor Donald Hensel

Donald Hensel 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).

  • Publication number: 20120076547
    Abstract: A method for unlocking a door on a cartridge for a dry electrophotographic apparatus includes inserting the cartridge into the electrophotographic apparatus; unlocking a first locking mechanism on the door with a first key mechanism on the electrophotographic apparatus when the cartridge is fully inserted into the electrophotographic apparatus; and unlocking a second locking mechanism on the door with a second key mechanism on the electrophotographic apparatus when the cartridge is fully inserted into the electrophotographic apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Alan E. Rapkin, Donald Hensel
  • Publication number: 20070059070
    Abstract: Apparatus for precisely positioning one or more of the workstations of a document printer/copier relative to an internal drum, including a first member, attached to either a workstation or the internal drum, having two sections, each section having a reference surface forming an angle therebetween, an actuator for changing the included angle between the first reference surface and second reference surface, thus enabling the included angle to be increased or decreased, and a second member having a reference surface that mates with the pair of reference surfaces, associated with the other of the workstation or the internal drum, so as to accurately adjust the workstation relative to the internal drum dependent upon the included angle of the first reference surface and second reference surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Donald Hensel, Christopher Garcia, D. Kepner, Gary Nichols, Jeffrey Ulreich, Thomas Albrecht, Donald Buch, Charles Spehrley
  • Publication number: 20050096139
    Abstract: A protective sleeve of a coupling for drivingly connecting a first shaft and a second shaft. The coupling includes a central disk capable of sliding relative to the first shaft and the second shaft so as to provide a uniform output speed even when the first shaft and second shaft are misaligned. The protective sleeve extends between, and is in sealing relation with, the first shaft and the second shaft, and encapsulates the central disk to shield the central disk from contamination. The protective sleeve is formed of a flexible material, such as polyurethane, to accommodate any misalignment between the first shaft and the second shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Donald Hensel, Gary Nichols
  • Publication number: 20050058478
    Abstract: Apparatus for precisely positioning one or more of the work stations of a document printer/copier relative to an internal drum, including a first member, attached to either a work station or the internal drum, having two sections, each section having a reference surface forming an angle therebetween, an actuator for changing the included angle between the first reference surface and second reference surface, thus enabling the included angle to be increased or decreased, and a second member having a reference surface that mates with the pair of reference surfaces, associated with the other of the work station or the internal drum, so as to accurately adjust the work station relative to the internal drum dependent upon the included angle of the first reference surface and second reference surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Donald Hensel, Christopher Garcia, D. Kepner, Gary Nichols, Jeffrey Ulreich, Thomas Albrecht, Donald Buch, Charles Spehrley