Patents by Inventor Jose Miguel Toran

Jose Miguel Toran 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).

  • Media advancing device and method of displacing a medium
    Patent number: 7309179
    Abstract: A media advancing device for a hardcopy apparatus comprising: a platen having at least one slot and a top surface, whereby a medium advances on the top surface; and a plurality of openings connecting the top surface to at least one zone of negative pressure; and a revolving overdrive roller having an outer surface, the outer surface emerging above the top surface through the slot, the overdrive roller being substantially sealed in a housing below the top surface, the housing separating the overdrive roller from the zone of negative pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jose Miguel Toran, Xavier Gros, Raimon Castells
  • Position measurement system and method
    Patent number: 6851789
    Abstract: A hardcopy device having a scanning head arranged to reciprocate across a scan axis, and first and second codestrips arranged substantially parallel to the scan axis, the first and second codestrips being offset from one another in the scan axis, such that the device may determine the position of the head along the scan axis relative to the first and second codestrips in a first set of positions but relative to only one of the first and second codestrips in a second set of positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Emilio Cano, Juan Perez, Jose Miguel Toran
  • Position measurement system and method
    Publication number: 20040218004
    Abstract: A hardcopy device having a scanning head arranged to reciprocate across a scan axis, and first and second codestrips arranged substantially parallel to the scan axis, the first and second codestrips being offset from one another in the scan axis, such that the device may determine the position of the head along the scan axis relative to the first and second codestrips in a first set of positions but relative to only one of the first and second codestrips in a second set of positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Emilio Cano, Juan Perez, Jose Miguel Toran