Patents by Inventor Jacob McDonald Smith

Jacob McDonald Smith 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).

  • Drop detector
    Patent number: 10479106
    Abstract: A drop detector includes a printed circuit board (PCB) including a number of optical channels each formed by a light emitter and a light detector and a number of holes defined in the PCB over which the optical channels pass over and through which a number of ejected drops from a number of printheads pass through wherein each of the number of holes defined in PCB are sized to contour the shape of the number of the printheads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Gregory N Burton, Jody L Clayburn, Kurt F Olsen, Steven B Elgee, Jacob McDonald Smith, Kenneth Williams, Lorraine T Golob
  • DROP DETECTOR
    Publication number: 20190009570
    Abstract: A drop detector includes a printed circuit board (PCB) including a number of optical channels each formed by a light emitter and a light detector and a number of holes defined in the PCB over which the optical channels pass over and through which a number of ejected drops from a number of printheads pass through wherein each of the number of holes defined in PCB are sized to contour the shape of the number of the printheads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Gregory N Burton, Jody L Clayburn, Kurt F Olsen, Steven B Elgee, Jacob McDonald Smith, Kenneth Williams, Lorraine T Golob