Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Ray

Jeffrey Ray 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: 20050223317
    Abstract: Exemplary systems and methods for managing content of documents are provided. Only the sections of a document that have been revised or added are processed. An original document is retrieved and content is revised or added as desired. The revised or added content may be stored. When it is desired to process the revised or added content, the revised or added content is retrieved. XML files that describe the revised or added content are created, and the revised or added content is processed. For example, the processing may include translating the content. After the revised or added content is processed, XML files that describe the processed revised or added content are parsed and the processed revised or added content is stored. When desired, the processed revised or added content is retrieved and a revised document that includes the revised or added content is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Loralie Byrer, Jon Brueske, Jeffrey Ray
  • Patent number: 6921330
    Abstract: A cleaning shoe of an agricultural combine is provided with a front chaffer located upstream from the main chaffer. The front chaffer has a closed upstream portion and an open downstream portion. The closed upstream portion is upwardly inclined and the open downstream portion is downwardly inclined. The front chaffer is oriented so that an air blast from the cleaning fan passes beneath the closed upstream portion and upwardly through the declined open downstream portion. The open downstream portion is provided with transversely extending louvers through which the air blast passes. The cleaning fan comprises a plurality of radially and transversely extending fan blades. Blade inserts forming air dams are located near each transverse end. The blade inserts are provided with apertures that limited the transverse air flow along the blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Sheldon Joseph Grywacheski, Kenneth Ralph Clifton, Jeffrey Ray Payne, Jeffrey Allan Schlautman, Glenn Pope
  • Publication number: 20050101177
    Abstract: An electrical cord roll-up apparatus has a stationary assembly and a reel assembly that rotably mounts on the stationary assembly. The stationary assembly has a shaft, an insulator on the shaft, axially spaced rings on the insulator and a power input or output cord that connects to the rings. The reel assembly has a reel tube with side flanges on the ends and brush assemblies mounted on the tube in alignment with the rings. The brush assemblies have copper or brass brushes that are pressed against the rings by compression springs, and connectors for connecting to the wires of the electrical cord. Rotating the reel one direction winds the electrical cord onto the reel and rotating the reel in the opposite direction unwinds the electrical cord.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventor: Jeffrey Ray
  • Patent number: 6884109
    Abstract: An electrical cord roll-up apparatus has a stationary assembly and a reel assembly that rotably mounts on the stationary assembly. The stationary assembly has a shaft, an insulator on the shaft, axially spaced rings on the insulator and a power input or output cord that connects to the rings. The reel assembly has a reel tube with side flanges on the ends and brush assemblies mounted on the tube in alignment with the rings. The brush assemblies have copper or brass brushes that are pressed against the rings by compression springs, and connectors for connecting to the wires of the electrical cord. Rotating the reel one direction winds the electrical cord onto the reel and rotating the reel in the opposite direction unwinds the electrical cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Inventor: Jeffrey A Ray
  • Publication number: 20040246295
    Abstract: A printhead capping assembly includes a cap holder, a printhead cap and a pin. The pin includes a head and a shaft. The shaft has a proximal end and a distal end, with the proximal end being adjacent to the head. The head has an outer periphery, and a bottom surface extending outwardly from the shaft toward the outer periphery. The pin has a channel including a first channel portion and a second channel portion. The first channel portion extends from the outer periphery of the head to the shaft. The first channel portion is connected to the second channel portion. The pin is inserted through the second hole and into the first hole to place the head in contact with the second base of the printhead cap. The second base of the printhead cap seals along the first channel portion to define a first vent path portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Charles Stanley Aldrich, Jeffrey Ray Ehlert, Martin Alan Johnson, Daniel Robert LaBar, Robert Michael Meadows
  • Patent number: 6817695
    Abstract: A printhead capping assembly includes a cap holder, a printhead cap and a pin. The pin includes a head and a shaft. The shaft has a proximal end and a distal end, with the proximal end being adjacent to the head. The head has an outer periphery, and a bottom surface extending outwardly from the shaft toward the outer periphery. The pin has a channel including a first channel portion and a second channel portion. The first channel portion extends from the outer periphery of the head to the shaft. The first channel portion is connected to the second channel portion. The pin is inserted through the second hole and into the first hole to place the head in contact with the second base of the printhead cap. The second base of the printhead cap seals along the first channel portion to define a first vent path portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Stanley Aldrich, Jeffrey Ray Ehlert, Martin Alan Johnson, Daniel Robert LaBar, Robert Michael Meadows
  • Publication number: 20040224736
    Abstract: A cleaning shoe of an agricultural combine is provided with a front chaffer located upstream from the main chaffer. The front chaffer has a closed upstream portion and an open downstream portion. The closed upstream portion is upwardly inclined and the open downstream portion is downwardly inclined. The front chaffer is oriented so that an air blast from the cleaning fan passes beneath the closed upstream portion and upwardly through the declined open downstream portion. The open downstream portion is provided with transversely extending louvers through which the air blast passes. The cleaning fan comprises a plurality of radially and transversely extending fan blades. Blade inserts forming air dams are located near each transverse end. The blade inserts are provided with apertures that limited the transverse air flow along the blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: Deere & Company, a Delaware corporation
    Inventors: Sheldon Joseph Grywacheski, Kenneth Ralph Clifton, Jeffrey Ray Payne, Jeffrey Allan Schlautman, Glenn Pope
  • Patent number: 6773343
    Abstract: A cleaning shoe of an agricultural combine is provided with a front chaffer located upstream from the main chaffer. The front chaffer has a closed upstream portion and an open downstream portion. The closed upstream portion is upwardly inclined and the open downstream portion is downwardly inclined. The front chaffer is oriented so that an air blast from the cleaning fan passes beneath the closed upstream portion and upwardly through the declined open downstream portion. The open downstream portion is provided with transversely extending louvers through which the air blast passes. The cleaning fan comprises a plurality of radially and transversely extending fan blades. Blade inserts forming air dams are located near each transverse end. The blade inserts are provided with apertures that limited the transverse air flow along the blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Sheldon Joseph Grywacheski, Kenneth Ralph Clifton, Jeffrey Ray Payne, Jeffrey Allan Schlautman, Glenn Pope
  • Publication number: 20040138945
    Abstract: A method for reducing the cost of imaging for customers includes the steps of establishing an imaging reward threshold value; determining a rate of consumption of a supply item; comparing the rate of consumption with the imaging reward threshold value; and, based on an outcome of the comparing step, determining whether the customer qualifies to receive an imaging reward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Christopher Alan Adkins, Michael Clark Campbell, Jeffrey Ray Ehlert, Timothy Lowell Strunk
  • Publication number: 20040023704
    Abstract: A cleaning shoe of an agricultural combine is provided with a front chaffer located upstream from the main chaffer. The front chaffer has a closed upstream portion and an open downstream portion. The closed upstream portion is upwardly inclined and the open downstream portion is downwardly inclined. The front chaffer is oriented so that an air blast from the cleaning fan passes beneath the closed upstream portion and upwardly through the declined open downstream portion. The open downstream portion is provided with transversely extending louvers through which the air blast passes. The cleaning fan comprises a plurality of radially and transversely extending fan blades. Blade inserts forming air dams are located near each transverse end. The blade inserts are provided with apertures that limited the transverse air flow along the blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Sheldon Joseph Grywacheski, Kenneth Ralph Clifton, Jeffrey Ray Payne, Jeffrey Allan Schlautman, Glenn Pope
  • Patent number: 6571965
    Abstract: A dishwasher rack which includes a basket supporting a plurality of fences rotatably about a common axis. The basket has a plurality of wires forming a bottom wall, a pair of side walls and a front and back wall. The bottom wall has a plurality of upwardly oriented tines connected to and extending from the bottom wall in a first area and further has an open area without upwardly oriented tines. A first fence is provided having an axle wire and a plurality of support wires. The axle wire is rotatably supported adjacent the bottom wall such that the first fence may be rotated between a front position and a back position. A second fence is provided having a connection wire and a plurality of support wires. The connection wire is rotatably connected to axle wire such that the second fence may rotate about the axle wire between a front position and a back position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Casey Brian Arthur Beck, Mark H. Nelson, John Irven Smith, Jeffrey Ray Taylor
  • Publication number: 20020150627
    Abstract: The invention discloses a composition comprising (a) soluble creatine, (b) a phosphorus supplement, wherein the phosphorus supplement provides at least 75% of the recommended daily dose of phosphorus value per serving, and (c) a blood buffer, which is preferably citrate and/or (bi)carbonate. The composition is used in a method for increasing the energy capacity within tissue cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Jeffrey Ray Stout, Rudolf Leonardus Lodewijk Smeets, George Verlaan, Geessien Roelien Steenge
  • Patent number: 6352474
    Abstract: The discharge section of an axially arranged rotary combine is provided with a metering edge overhanging a discharge chute. The metering edge is asymmetrical having a downswept edge and an upswept edge. The downswept edge is more open that the upswept edge. The downswept edge opens continually until the bottom dead center of the metering edge. The upswept edge closes continually form the bottom dead center of the metering edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Ray Payne, Merle Ray Gerber
  • Patent number: 6349902
    Abstract: A windsock includes an elongated fuselage with outwardly extending dihedral wings. A dihedral spar extends along the wings and is joined with a coupling that is movably positioned within the fuselage cavity. A stabilizer is also mounted to the coupling and is movable within the fuselage through a limited range of motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Inventor: Jeffrey Ray Cripe
  • Patent number: D447494
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Hougen Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Ray Miller
  • Patent number: D449248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Inventor: Jeffrey Ray Jacobson
  • Patent number: D458631
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Eugene Pangburn, Peter Joseph Mendel, Jeffrey Ray Ehlert