Patents by Inventor John E. Rueping

John E. Rueping 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).

  • Apparatus and method of delivering a focused beam of a thermodynamically stable/metastable mixture of a functional material in a dense fluid onto a receiver
    Patent number: 6471327
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of focusing a functional material is provided. The apparatus includes a pressurized source of fluid in a thermodynamically stable mixture with a functional material. A discharge device having an inlet and an outlet is connected to the pressurized source at the inlet. The discharge device is shaped to produce a collimated beam of functional material, where the fluid is in a gaseous state at a location before or beyond the outlet of the discharge device. The fluid can be one of a compressed liquid and a supercritical fluid. The thermodynamically stable mixture includes one of the functional material being dispersed in the fluid and the functional material being dissolved in the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Ramesh Jagannathan, Glen C. Irvin, Jr., Seshadri Jagannathan, Sridhar Sadasivan, Suresh Sunderrajan, John E. Rueping, Gary E. Merz
  • Apparatus and method of delivering a beam of a functional material to a receiver
    Publication number: 20020118246
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of delivering a functional material is provided. The apparatus includes a pressurized source of fluid in a thermodynamically stable mixture with a functional material. A discharge device having an inlet and an outlet is connected to the pressurized source at the inlet. The discharge device is shaped to produce a collimated beam of functional material, where the fluid is in a gaseous state at a location before or beyond the outlet of the discharge device. A beam control device is positioned proximate to the outlet of the discharge device such that the collimated beam of functional material is controlled after the collimated beam of functional material moves through the outlet of the discharge device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Ramesh Jagannathan, Glen C. Irvin, Seshadri Jagannathan, Sridhar Sadasivan, Suresh Sunderrajan, John E. Rueping, Gary E. Merz
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DELIVERING A FOCUSED BEAM OF A THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE/METASTABLE MIXTURE OF A FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL IN A DENSE FLUID ONTO A RECEIVER
    Publication number: 20020118245
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of focusing a functional material is provided. The apparatus includes a pressurized source of fluid in a thermodynamically stable mixture with a functional material. A discharge device having an inlet and an outlet is connected to the pressurized source at the inlet. The discharge device is shaped to produce a collimated beam of functional material, where the fluid is in a gaseous state at a location before or beyond the outlet of the discharge device. The fluid can be one of a compressed liquid and a supercritical fluid. The thermodynamically stable mixture includes one of the functional material being dispersed in the fluid and the functional material being dissolved in the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak company
    Inventors: Rameh Jagannathan, Glen C. Irvin, Seshadri Jagannathan, Sridhar Sadasivan, Suresh Sunderrajan, John E. Rueping, Gary E. Merz
  • Molded article with exposed, confined leads, and process for making
    Patent number: 4857940
    Abstract: A molded article containing an electrical element buried therein has at least two leads, and portions of the leads are left exposed. The article is improved in that all of the leads are left confined within the confines of the article, the exposed portions of the leads being disposed within at least one aperture through the article.Also a molding process for making the article useful as a catcher plate for an ink jet printer. Broadly, the process comprises the steps of placing the portions of the leads to be exposed, each in a groove in a post that is part of the mold, and closing the mold cavity with a closure plate containing an elastomeric material aligned with the post and leads, such elastomeric material having a coefficient of thermal expansion that is greater than that of the material used to make the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: John E. Rueping