Patents by Inventor Duane Koehler

Duane Koehler 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: 20190061649
    Abstract: A vehicle wire harness assembly is provided that, in addition to carrying electricity to and from a vehicle closure, acts as a tether that provides structural reinforcement to the vehicle closure during a crash event. The vehicle wire harness assembly includes a wire harness having electrical wires and a sheath. The electrical wires have an electrical wire tensile strength. The wire harness includes one or more reinforcing tendons configured such that the electrical wires and the reinforcing tendon(s) have a combined tensile strength that is at least 50 percent greater than the electrical wire tensile strength. Anchors retain the wire harness to a vehicle body and a body panel closure. Each anchor has a pull-out strength of at least 50 pounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: John E. Hilliker, Duane A. Koehler
  • Publication number: 20190034135
    Abstract: An example system includes a primary device and at least one auxiliary device connected in series with the primary device. The auxiliary device has an identifier indicative of a position of the auxiliary device in the series. The identifier is based on a resistance value associated with the auxiliary device, the resistance value being based at least in part on an upstream device in the series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Duane A Koehler, David J Gembala, Mark Jon Westlund, Ed Tucker, Jerrod Houston Tyler
  • Patent number: 9962959
    Abstract: According to an example, an apparatus may include a controller and a non-transitory computer readable medium on which is stored instructions. The instructions may cause the controller to predict that a user is to instruct a printing device to perform a printing operation, in which the printing device includes a dryer, identify the user in response to the prediction, to access a user profile corresponding to the identified user, in which the accessed profile identifies a type of document that the identified user typically prints, and to adjust a setting of the dryer according to the identified type of document in the accessed profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Yraceburu, Duane A. Koehler, Brooke Hoyer
  • Patent number: 9908328
    Abstract: Assigning firing reservations to primitives can include assigning a plurality of firing reservations to each of the plurality of primitives and reassigning a firing reservation of the plurality of firing reservations from a primitive of the plurality of primitives to another primitive of the plurality of primitives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Guan Kwee Goh, Michael Cumbie, Garrett E Clark, Duane Koehler
  • Publication number: 20180029380
    Abstract: According to an example, an apparatus may include a controller and a non-transitory computer readable medium on which is stored instructions. The instructions may cause the controller to predict that a user is to instruct a printing device to perform a printing operation, in which the printing device includes a dryer, identify the user in response to the prediction, to access a user profile corresponding to the identified user, in which the accessed profile identifies a type of document that the identified user typically prints, and to adjust a setting of the dryer according to the identified type of document in the accessed profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert YRACEBURU, Duane A. KOEHLER, Brooke HOYER
  • Patent number: 9731517
    Abstract: According to an example, an apparatus may include a controller and a non-transitory computer readable medium on which is stored instructions. The instructions may cause the controller to predict that a user is to instruct a printing device to perform a printing operation, in which the printing device includes a dryer, identify the user in response to the prediction, to access a user profile corresponding to the identified user, in which the accessed profile identifies a type of document that the identified user typically prints, and to adjust a setting of the dryer according to the identified type of document in the accessed profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Yraceburu, Duane A. Koehler, Brooke Hoyer
  • Publication number: 20170043578
    Abstract: Assigning firing reservations to primitives can include assigning a plurality of firing reservations to each of the plurality of primitives and reassigning a firing reservation of the plurality of firing reservations from a primitive of the plurality of primitives to another primitive of the plurality of primitives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Guan-Kwee GOH, Michel Cumbie, Garrett E Clark, Duane Koehler
  • Patent number: 9427991
    Abstract: An example device in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a controller to adjust print speed intra-page according to a response curve to substantially track a power curve of a power supply. The controller is to maximize print speed based on short-term energy data corresponding to present and future print data and long-term energy data corresponding to past print data, without exceeding a peak power output and a thermal limit of the power supply when printing according to the response curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Todd Goyen, Duane A Koehler, Matthew A. Shepherd
  • Patent number: 9415585
    Abstract: An example device in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a controller to generate predicted and past power consumption values for at least one pen of a printer device, for a sliding window of future and past time, as a function of ink delivered data scaled by print speed data. The controller is to assign a dynamic power threshold for the present time as a maximum power consumption value of the sliding window, and stop power delivery to the at least one pen if the present power consumption of the at least one pen exceeds the dynamic power threshold by a margin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
    Inventors: Tod Goyen, Duane Koehler, Matthew A. Shepherd
  • Patent number: 8899717
    Abstract: A printing system including a print mechanism to print on a print medium; and a control unit coupled to the print mechanism. The control unit is to determine a page speed for the print medium based on a power budget value of a power supply and to cause the print mechanism to move the print medium through the printing system at the determined page speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Duane A. Koehler, Mark H. MacKenzie, Douglas Harriman, Matthew A. Shepherd
  • Patent number: 8845069
    Abstract: A circuit includes a capacitive-type humidity sensor. The circuit provides start and stop signals to a processor in accordance with a charge voltage across the sensor. The processor performs a counting function to derive an integer count value in response to the start and stop signals. The processor uses the integer count value to determine parameters for controlling an ink-jetting print engine. Printing speed can be controlled in accordance with ambient humidity and/or temperature so that the printed media are sufficiently dried before handling by a user or other operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Duane Koehler, Algird M. Gudaitis, Mark Westlund
  • Publication number: 20140210897
    Abstract: A circuit includes a capacitive-type humidity sensor. The circuit provides start and stop signals to a processor in accordance with a charge voltage across the sensor. The processor performs a counting function to derive an integer count value in response to the start and stop signals. The processor uses the integer count value to determine parameters for controlling an ink-jetting print engine. Printing speed can be controlled in accordance with ambient humidity and/or temperature so that the printed media are sufficiently dried before handling by a user or other operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Duane KOEHLER, Algird M. Gudaitis, Mark Westlund
  • Publication number: 20140210894
    Abstract: A printing system including a print mechanism to print on a print medium; and a control unit coupled to the print mechanism. The control unit is to determine a page speed for the print medium based on a power budget value of a power supply and to cause the print mechanism to move the print medium through the printing system at the determined page speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Duane A. KOEHLER, Mark H. MacKENZIE, Douglas HARRIMAN, Matthew A. SHEPHERD
  • Patent number: 7607746
    Abstract: The present invention includes as one embodiment a method of ejecting a fluid onto a print media. The method includes providing an ejection head having a nozzle that is coupled to a temperature sensor and a memory device. The method further includes measuring an uncalibrated temperature of the ejection head with the temperature sensor, recalling a correction value from the memory device, applying the correction value to the uncalibrated temperature to generate a calibrated temperature, and ejecting fluid from the nozzle onto the print media when the calibrated temperature is within a predefined temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Duane A. Koehler, Jefferson P. Ward, Huston W. Rice
  • Patent number: 7472938
    Abstract: A tailgate structural configuration accommodates the housing of a supplemental tailgate internally within the tailgate. The tailgate is formed with an outer panel and an inner panel to define an internal cavity. The upper portion of the tailgate includes a C-channel frame member connected to both the inner and outer panels to support guide tubes telescopically housing the supplemental tailgate. To enhance structural stability, the tailgate further includes one or two transversely oriented strainers having formed therein flanged depressions or openings for the passage of the guide tubes vertically therethrough. Each guide tube is affixed to a mounting bracket that is detachably connected to the C-channel to support the guide tube within the tailgate. Positioning pins mounted on the mounting bracket affixed to the guide tubes engage locator holes in the C-channel for positioning the supplemental tailgate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Firzlaff, Duane Koehler, Kian-Huat Tan
  • Publication number: 20080094438
    Abstract: The present invention includes as one embodiment a method of ejecting a fluid onto a print media. The method includes providing an ejection head having a nozzle that is coupled to a temperature sensor and a memory device. The method further includes measuring an uncalibrated temperature of the ejection head with the temperature sensor, recalling a correction value from the memory device, applying the correction value to the uncalibrated temperature to generate a calibrated temperature, and ejecting fluid from the nozzle onto the print media when the calibrated temperature is within a predefined temperature range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Duane Koehler, Jefferson Ward, Huston Rice
  • Patent number: 7325896
    Abstract: The present invention includes as one embodiment a method of ejecting a fluid onto a print media. The method includes providing an ejection head having a nozzle that is coupled to a temperature sensor and a memory device. The method further includes measuring an uncalibrated temperature of the ejection head with the temperature sensor, recalling a correction value from the memory device, applying the correction value to the uncalibrated temperature to generate a calibrated temperature, and ejecting fluid from the nozzle onto the print media when the calibrated temperature is within a predefined temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Duane A. Koehler, Jefferson P. Ward, Huston W. Rice, Victorio A. Chavarria, Kenneth D. Saul
  • Publication number: 20070236038
    Abstract: A tailgate structural configuration accommodates the housing of a supplemental tailgate internally within the tailgate. The tailgate is formed with an outer panel and an inner panel to define an internal cavity. The upper portion of the tailgate includes a C-channel frame member connected to both the inner and outer panels to support guide tubes telescopically housing the supplemental tailgate. To enhance structural stability, the tailgate further includes one or two transversely oriented strainers having formed therein flanged depressions or openings for the passage of the guide tubes vertically therethrough. Each guide tube is affixed to a mounting bracket that is detachably connected to the C- channel to support the guide tube within the tailgate. Positioning pins mounted on the mounting bracket affixed to the guide tubes engage locator holes in the C-channel for positioning the supplemental tailgate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Jeff Firzlaff, Duane Koehler, Kian-Huat Tan
  • Patent number: 7234749
    Abstract: A tailgate structural configuration accommodates the housing of a supplemental tailgate internally within the tailgate. The tailgate is formed with an outer panel and an inner panel to define an internal cavity. The upper portion of the tailgate includes a C-channel frame member connected to both the inner and outer panels to support guide tubes telescopically housing the supplemental tailgate. To enhance structural stability, the tailgate further includes one or two transversely oriented strainers having formed therein flanged depressions or openings for the passage of the guide tubes vertically therethrough. Each guide tube is affixed to a mounting bracket that is detachably connected to the C-channel to support the guide tube within the tailgate. Positioning pins mounted on the mounting bracket affixed to the guide tubes engage locator holes in the C-channel for positioning the supplemental tailgate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Firzlaff, Duane Koehler, Kian-Huat Tan
  • Publication number: 20070002364
    Abstract: Embodiments of an imaging device are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Duane Koehler, Volker Smektala, Lee Jackson