Patents by Inventor Jody Evan McCoy

Jody Evan McCoy 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).

  • Grooved photoconductive drum end cap
    Patent number: 11599056
    Abstract: A photoconductive drum for an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example embodiment includes a cylindrical drum member. A shaft defines a rotational axis of the photoconductive drum. An end cap is positioned at an axial end of the drum member. An electrical contact is positioned against an axially inboard side of the end cap. The electrical contact electrically connects the shaft to the drum member. The electrical contact includes a plurality of projections that contact an inner circumferential surface of the drum member. A plurality of grooves are formed in an outer circumferential surface of the end cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Louis Fahmy, Kyle Benjamin Freels, Jody Evan McCoy
  • GROOVED PHOTOCONDUCTIVE DRUM END CAP
    Publication number: 20230025282
    Abstract: A photoconductive drum for an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example embodiment includes a cylindrical drum member. A shaft defines a rotational axis of the photoconductive drum. An end cap is positioned at an axial end of the drum member. An electrical contact is positioned against an axially inboard side of the end cap. The electrical contact electrically connects the shaft to the drum member. The electrical contact includes a plurality of projections that contact an inner circumferential surface of the drum member. A plurality of grooves are formed in an outer circumferential surface of the end cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: ALFRED LOUIS FAHMY, KYLE BENJAMIN FREELS, JODY EVAN MCCOY
  • Sealing member having internal lubricant additives
    Patent number: 8948649
    Abstract: A sealing member for use in an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example embodiment includes a molded body formed of an elastomer material and internal lubricant additives. The lubricant additives include at least about 20% by weight of the molded body. The lubricant additives include a wet lubricant, a dry lubricant and rounded beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Evan McCoy, Gregory Keith Norris, St. Claire Devon Skepple, Robert Francis Soto, Donald Wayne Stafford
  • SEALING MEMBER HAVING INTERNAL LUBRICANT ADDITIVES
    Publication number: 20130259514
    Abstract: A sealing member for use in an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example embodiment includes a molded body formed of an elastomer material and internal lubricant additives. The lubricant additives include at least about 20% by weight of the molded body. The lubricant additives include a wet lubricant, a dry lubricant and rounded beads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Jody Evan McCoy, Gregory Keith Norris, St. Claire Devon Skepple, Robert Francis Soto, Donald Wayne Stafford
  • Buffed toner metering blade for use with an imaging apparatus
    Patent number: 7162191
    Abstract: A doctor blade for use with an imaging apparatus includes an elongated member, and a metering surface formed on a portion of the elongated member. The metering surface has surface features, which are modified by buffing the metering surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Victor DiGirolamo, David Starling MacMillan, Jody Evan McCoy, Robert Francis Soto, Donald Wayne Stafford