Patents by Inventor GANESH VIVAYAK PHATAK

GANESH VIVAYAK PHATAK 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).

  • Insert molded bearing for a rotatable component of an image forming device
    Patent number: 9851652
    Abstract: A bearing assembly for supporting a rotatable component of an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example embodiment includes a metal bearing insert molded into an electrically nonconductive plastic shell. The metal bearing includes a bearing surface that defines a cylindrical opening for receiving an axial end of a shaft. The plastic shell covers an entire outer circumferential surface of the metal bearing and an inner axial side of a portion of the metal bearing forming the opening is inset from an inner axial side of the plastic shell such that the plastic shell shields the metal bearing from electrical arcing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Trey Dustin Gilliam, Philip John Male, Ganesh Vivayak Phatak
  • INSERT MOLDED BEARING FOR A ROTATABLE COMPONENT OF AN IMAGE FORMING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170176882
    Abstract: A bearing assembly for supporting a rotatable component of an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example embodiment includes a metal bearing insert molded into an electrically nonconductive plastic shell. The metal bearing includes a bearing surface that defines a cylindrical opening for receiving an axial end of a shaft. The plastic shell covers an entire outer circumferential surface of the metal bearing and an inner axial side of a portion of the metal bearing forming the opening is inset from an inner axial side of the plastic shell such that the plastic shell shields the metal bearing from electrical arcing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: TREY DUSTIN GILLIAM, PHILIP JOHN MALE, GANESH VIVAYAK PHATAK