Patents by Inventor Eric Berner

Eric Berner 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: 10286611
    Abstract: A printing device includes a carriage slidably mounted on a carriage rail, the carriage to move along the carriage rail, and a selectable drive system includes a capping system to cap a number of pens coupled to the carriage, a scan drive system to drive components of a scanning device associated with the printing device, a drive selector assembly to select between driving the capping system to a printing system drive position or driving the scan drive system depending on a position of a selector swing arm of the drive selector assembly, and a shifter to selectively shift the drive selector assembly between a scanning system drive position of the selector swing arm and a printing system drive position of the selector swing arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Berner Strom, John J Contrell, Sierra Lynn Wolf, Josh Dankovchik, Robert De La O, Bill Fournier
  • Publication number: 20190018277
    Abstract: A privacy glazing structure may include an electrically controllable optically active material that provides controlled transition between a privacy or scattering state and a visible or transmittance state. To make electrical connections with electrode layers that control the optically active material, the privacy glazing structure may include electrode engagement regions. In some examples, the electrode engagement regions are formed as notches in peripheral edges of opposed panes bounding the optically active material. The notches may or may not overlap to provide a through conduit in the region of overlap for wiring. In either case, the notches may allow the remainder of the structure to have a flush edge surface for ease of downstream processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Eric Berner, Eric Bjergaard, Timothy Braun, Andrew DeMiglio, Chad Peters
  • Publication number: 20180304554
    Abstract: A printing device includes a carriage slidably mounted on a carriage rail, the carriage to move along the carriage rail, and a selectable drive system includes a capping system to cap a number of pens coupled to the carriage, a scan drive system to drive components of a scanning device associated with the printing device, a drive selector assembly to select between driving the capping system to a printing system drive position or driving the scan drive system depending on a position of a selector swing arm of the drive selector assembly, and a shifter to selectively shift the drive selector assembly between a scanning system drive position of the selector swing arm and a printing system drive position of the selector swing arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Eric Berner Strom, John J Contrell, Sierra Lynn Wolf, Josh Dankovchik, Robert De La O, Bill Fournier
  • Publication number: 20180283500
    Abstract: A selectable drive printing device includes a drive selector system to select between driving a print drive system and driving a scan drive system based at least partially on a position of a selector swing arm of the drive selector system. The selectable drive printing device includes a shifter to selectively shift the drive selector system between a scanning system drive position of the selector swing arm and a printing system drive position of the selector swing arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Eric Berner Strom, John J Cantrell, Robert Lawrence Winburne
  • Publication number: 20180264825
    Abstract: Restraining a carriage includes a carriage restraint to secure the carriage of a printer, wherein the carriage restraint moves between an engaged position and a disengaged position and an engagement assembly to selectively move the carriage restraint between the engaged position and a disengaged position in between printing operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Eric Berner Strom, John Barker, Josh Dankovchik
  • Publication number: 20180257414
    Abstract: A selectable drive printing device includes a feedshaft to selectively drive a print drive system and a scan drive system, and a shifter to selectively shift a drive selector assembly of the selectable drive printing device between a scanning system drive position wherein the scan drive system is driven and a printing system drive position wherein the print drive system is driven. The shifter is coaxially and rotatably coupled around the feedshaft. Further, the shifter selectively drives the print drive system and the scan drive system based on an angular position of the shifter about the feedshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Eric Berner Strom, John J Cantrell, Alexander David Laws
  • Patent number: 9539815
    Abstract: Low-profile service stations for use with printers are described herein. One example service station includes a shuttle to support a cap sled. The shuttle has a shuttle drive and a pump drive positioned such that at least one of the shuttle drive and the pump drive does not extend between a first side and a second side of the shuttle. The shuttle drive is coupled to a printer drive to move the shuttle between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Scott Martin, Lynn A. Collie, Eric Berner Strom
  • Publication number: 20120320126
    Abstract: Low-profile service stations for use with printers are described herein. One example service station includes a shuttle to support a cap sled. The shuttle has a shuttle drive and a pump drive positioned such that at least one of the shuttle drive and the pump drive does not extend between a first side and a second side of the shuttle. The shuttle drive is coupled to a printer drive to move the shuttle between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Scott Martin, Lynn A. Collie, Eric Berner Strom