Patents by Inventor Ed Tucker

Ed Tucker 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: 20210308770
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for depositing material on a component. The system includes a deposition device operatively coupled to a fiber optic Nd:YAG laser. The deposition device includes a focusing prism that focuses the Nd:YAG laser at a focal area on a bladed disk, where the focal area on the bladed disk is between two blades of the disk. The system further includes an imaging means that views the focal area of the component. The imaging means and the fiber optic Nd:YAG laser each are positioned in a substantially similar optical relationship to the focal area on the bladed disk The system further includes an additive material delivery means that delivers additive material to the component at the focal area on the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Gregory Thomas Krause, Dave Keicher, Ed Tucker
  • Patent number: 10824379
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Duane A Koehler, David J Gembala, Mark Jon Westlund, Ed Tucker, Jerrod Houston Tyler
  • 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: 9039162
    Abstract: This invention relates to a media multi-feed rejection apparatus, comprising: a plurality of feed rollers; a feed roller driving means operatively connected to one of the plurality of feed rollers; a clutch means operatively connected to the other of the plurality of feed rollers; and a single channel encoder means operatively connected to the clutch means to measure a rotation of the other of the plurality of feed rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Gary L. Miller, Ed Tucker, Jon Johnson
  • Patent number: 8743488
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a prism mount that retains a prism. The mount includes a ledge that engages a first side of the prism, a support surface structured that engages a second side of the prism, a retaining member that slidably engages a third side of the prism, and a biasing member that biases the retaining member to an engaged position with the prism. The mount further includes a slot disposed between the ledge and the support surface. The retaining member includes a machine screw, and a nut confines the biasing member between the nut and a prism mount body. The biasing member is retained in a counterbore in the prism mount body, and an end of the machine screw protrudes from the counterbore. The prism mount body further includes an alignment slot at a fixed azimuthal angle, and the laser deposition device includes a protrusion that engages the alignment slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Inventors: Dave Keicher, Ed Tucker, Gregory Thomas Krause
  • Publication number: 20140106068
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for depositing material on a component. The system includes a deposition device operatively coupled to a fiber optic Nd:YAG laser. The deposition device includes a focusing prism that focuses the Nd:YAG laser at a focal area on a bladed disk, where the focal area on the bladed disk is between two blades of the disk. The system further includes an imaging means that views the focal area of the component. The imaging means and the fiber optic Nd:YAG laser each are positioned in a substantially similar optical relationship to the focal area on the bladed disk. The system further includes an additive material delivery means that delivers additive material to the component at the focal area on the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: Gregory Thomas Krause, Ed Tucker, Dave Keicher
  • Publication number: 20130040074
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for depositing material on a component. The system includes a deposition device operatively coupled to a fiber optic Nd:YAG laser. The deposition device includes a focusing prism that focuses the Nd:YAG laser at a focal area on a bladed disk, where the focal area on the bladed disk is between two blades of the disk. The system further includes an imaging means that views the focal area of the component. The imaging means and the fiber optic Nd:YAG laser each are positioned in a substantially similar optical relationship to the focal area on the bladed disk. The system further includes an additive material delivery means that delivers additive material to the component at the focal area on the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Gregory Thomas Krause, Ed Tucker, Dave Keicher
  • Publication number: 20110235199
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a prism mount that retains a prism. The mount includes a ledge that engages a first side of the prism, a support surface structured that engages a second side of the prism, a retaining member that slidably engages a third side of the prism, and a biasing member that biases the retaining member to an engaged position with the prism. The mount further includes a slot disposed between the ledge and the support surface. The retaining member includes a machine screw, and a nut confines the biasing member between the nut and a prism mount body. The biasing member is retained in a counterbore in the prism mount body, and an end of the machine screw protrudes from the counterbore. The prism mount body further includes an alignment slot at a fixed azimuthal angle, and the laser deposition device includes a protrusion that engages the alignment slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Dave Keicher, Ed Tucker, Gregory Thomas Krause
  • Publication number: 20070247509
    Abstract: This invention relates to a media multi-feed rejection apparatus, comprising: a plurality of feed rollers; a feed roller driving means operatively connected to one of the plurality of feed rollers; a clutch means operatively connected to the other of the plurality of feed rollers; and a single channel encoder means operatively connected to the clutch means to measure a rotation of the other of the plurality of feed rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: Gary Miller, Ed Tucker, Jon Johnson