Patents by Inventor James E. Vianco

James E. Vianco 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 printhead substrate
    Patent number: 8246141
    Abstract: A marking assembly includes a substrate and a marking device. The substrate includes a first portion made from a first material including a plurality of alignment features, and a second portion made from a second material affixed to the first portion of the substrate. The marking device is affixed to the second portion of the substrate and aligned to the alignment features of the first portion of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Dwight J. Petruchik, Mario J. Ciminelli, James E. Vianco, Eric A. Merz, Steven J. Dietl, Steven L. Moore
  • INSERT MOLDED PRINTHEAD SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20080149024
    Abstract: A marking assembly includes a substrate and a marking device. The substrate includes a first portion made from a first material including a plurality of alignment features, and a second portion made from a second material affixed to the first portion of the substrate. The marking device is affixed to the second portion of the substrate and aligned to the alignment features of the first portion of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Dwight J. Petruchik, Mario J. Ciminelli, James E. Vianco, Eric A. Merz, Steven J. Dietl, Steven L. Moore
  • Apparatus for forming a thermoplastic body
    Patent number: 5501594
    Abstract: An improved hot tip (40) for forming a thermoplastic body having a mold cavity (42) and a gate portion (44) has an elongated body member (46) and a channel (48) passing axially through the body member (46). The channel (48) has an inlet end (51) and outlet end (52) for passing a molten material, such as an amorphous resin, therethrough. The body member (46) has a necked-down portion (54) surrounding the outlet end (52) of the channel (48). The necked down portion (54) is configured to permit the outlet end (52) of the channel (48) to proximately contact the gate portion (44) of the mold cavity (42) resulting in a formed body having vestigeless gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Gary R. Glozer, Edgar G. Earnhart, Brett J. Le Beau, Sr., Andrea E. Marek, Rudy Trick, James E. Vianco
  • Retaining rings for optical disk assemblies
    Patent number: 4550396
    Abstract: An optical disk assembly includes a web assembly having a flexible disk-shaped support web carrying a record layer. The support web has an information storage region. A pair of annular retaining ring members engage opposite sides of an annular peripheral region of the web assembly to clamp the support therebetween are formed from malleable stock material which is deformed during assembly of the optical disk assembly to provide a locking interfit therebetween with the peripheral region of the web assembly interleaved between the ring members. The peripheral region of the support is wrapped about an annular reference surface of one ring member and is pushed into an annular recess with undercut area in that ring member. The other ring member is deformed into the recess undercut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1985
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert P. Lehmann, James E. Vianco