Patents by Inventor James Howey

James Howey 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: 20250128472
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) printing system includes a print engine and a resin vessel. The print engine includes a pair of support plates in facing relation that define a receiving space therebetween. The pair of support plates include a pair of profiled ramps and a pair of hooks extending into the receiving space. An outer surface of the resin vessel includes a plurality of fixed rollers and a pair of cam rollers. The plurality of fixed rollers are configured to partially engage the pair of profiled ramps when the resin vessel is translated into the receiving space. In response to being revolved about the horizontal axis, the pair of cam rollers are configured to engage the pair of hooks and to lift and translate the plurality of fixed rollers into complete engagement with the pair of profiled ramps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Eric M. Innes, James Howey
  • Publication number: 20060149698
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for designing and executing workflows can be equipped with a means for manipulation of workflow steps by grouping them, such as by placing them in containers. A container can be associated with a database transaction. In some embodiments, a container property can be set to indicate whether the container must participate, may participate, or may not participate in a database transaction. Further, containers may be placed in parent containers, and optionally inherit the transaction property of the parent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: J. Haselden, James Howey, Sergei Ivanov
  • Publication number: 20060015521
    Abstract: The operation of a data flow is improved by providing for validation of the consistency of the data flow with the external data files it works with, even in the face of changes in those external data files Metadata is stored regarding the external data files. Because external data files may change, this metadata is used when determining whether the external data files are still compatible with the data flow. In such performing such validation, the metadata tracks what changes in the external data files have occurred, and allows increased flexibility in presenting the user with options or in automatically fixing the data flow to correspond with changes in external data files. When the external data files are not available, the stored metadata can be used to validate the data flow to the last information regarding the external data files. The external metadata can be resynchronized to the data flow or to the external data files to provide updated external metadata for later validation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: James Howey, Jeffrey Bernhardt, Theodore Lee
  • Publication number: 20050100072
    Abstract: A high power gas discharge laser for and method of producing laser output light pulses of high energy density is disclosed which may comprise a laser output light pulse beam optical track having a plurality of modular components arranged in order from a laser light source to a laser system output port and defining a laser output light pulse beam path having a single centerline axis; a first optical module and a second optical module in series in the optical track; a flexible interface element intermediate the first and the second optical module and rigidly attached to each of the first and second optical modules; and an optical element having a fixed position in the output laser pulse beam path comprising a rigid attachment to the first optical module, and extending within the flexible interface element. The optical element may comprise a beam expander, which may comprise a lensed beam expander.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: Rajasekhar Rao, Weiman Zhang, James Howey, Gamaralalage Padmabandu, Paolo Zambon, Richard Sandstrom
  • Publication number: 20050068542
    Abstract: A wavemeter for a high repetition rate gas discharge laser having an output laser bean comprising a pulsed output of greater than or equal to 15 mJ per pulse, sub-nanometer bandwidth tuning range pulses having a femptometer bandwidth precision and tens of femptometers bandwidth accuracy range, for measuring bandwidth on a pulse to pulse basis at pulse repetition rates of 4000 Hz and above, is disclosed which may comprise an adjustable optic mounting containing an optic element having an assigned vertical optical plane in the wavemeter optical layout and comprising: a mounting dowel pin positioned on a platform holding the components of the wavemeter; a dowel receiving opening on the adjustable mirror mounting a tangent to which is in the assigned vertical optical plane. The adjustable optic mounting may contain a tilt mechanism incorporated into the adjustable optic mounting enabling tilting the optic element about an axis in a plane parallel to a platform holding components of the wavemeter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: James Howey, Rajasekhar Rao