Patents by Inventor Jerry Earl Stokesbary

Jerry Earl Stokesbary 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).

  • Multi-color ink tank with elements enabling compatibility with a support structure for individual different color in tanks
    Patent number: 8292411
    Abstract: A multi-color ink tank is adapted to replace individual different color ink tanks in a cavity of a given support structure. Elements on the body of the multi-color ink tank have configurations enabling compatibility with the support structure. The elements include empty opposite side portions of the body defining laterally spaced apart bottom openings that adapt the opposite side portions to seat in spaced slots in the cavity over keys therein and an intermediate central recessed region defined between the opposite side portions that adapts the body to straddle an intermediate slot between the spaced slots and a key therein and also straddle partitions in the cavity forming the slots. The elements also include tabs blocking some latches used to releasably lock some individual ink tanks to thereby identify the latch to be used to releasably lock the multi-color ink tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: James Daniel Anderson, Jr., Jeffery James Buchanan, Gina Marie Johns, Christopher Elliott Lingle, Jason Todd McReynolds, Jerry Earl Stokesbary, Jason Todd Vanderpool
  • MULTI-COLOR INK TANK WITH ELEMENTS ENABLING COMPATIBILITY WITH A SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENT COLOR IN TANKS
    Publication number: 20100103230
    Abstract: A multi-color ink tank is adapted to replace individual different color ink tanks in a cavity of a given support structure. Elements on the body of the multi-color ink tank have configurations enabling compatibility with the support structure. The elements include empty opposite side portions of the body defining laterally spaced apart bottom openings that adapt the opposite side portions to seat in spaced slots in the cavity over keys therein and an intermediate central recessed region defined between the opposite side portions that adapts the body to straddle an intermediate slot between the spaced slots and a key therein and also straddle partitions in the cavity forming the slots. The elements also include tabs blocking some latches used to releasably lock some individual ink tanks to thereby identify the latch to be used to releasably lock the multi-color ink tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: James Daniel Anderson, Jr., Jeffery James Buchanan, Gina Marie Johns, Christopher Elliott Lingle, Jason Todd McReynolds, Jerry Earl Stokesbary, Jason Todd Vanderpool
  • Ink jet pen having a free ink chamber
    Patent number: 7654665
    Abstract: An ink jet pen that is equipped with a free ink chamber. The ink jet pen has a free ink chamber in fluid communication with a negative pressure producing chamber. The negative pressure producing chamber is in communication with a printhead. The ink jet pen has a power source and a surface detection device. The surface detection device is adapted to move along a surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor Daniel Gray, Bhaskar Ramakrishnan, Jerry Earl Stokesbary