Patents by Inventor Joseph Michael Ferrara

Joseph Michael Ferrara 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).

  • Method and system for 3D printing on fabric
    Patent number: 11897188
    Abstract: A method of printing on fabric includes: (a) loading a thermoplastic material into a nozzle of an extruder, such as an extruder of a three dimensional (3D) printer; (b) positioning a substrate that includes fabric in a print area proximate to the nozzle; (c) heating the thermoplastic material in the nozzle to a temperature that is equal to or greater than a melting point temperature of the fabric; and (d) extruding the heated thermoplastic material from the nozzle as a filament onto the fabric to yield a printed pattern on the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Ferrara, Christopher Douglas Atwood
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR 3D PRINTING ON FABRIC
    Publication number: 20210237343
    Abstract: A method of printing on fabric includes: (a) loading a thermoplastic material into a nozzle of an extruder, such as an extruder of a three dimensional (3D) printer; (b) positioning a substrate that includes fabric in a print area proximate to the nozzle; (c) heating the thermoplastic material in the nozzle to a temperature that is equal to or greater than a melting point temperature of the fabric; and (d) extruding the heated thermoplastic material from the nozzle as a filament onto the fabric to yield a printed pattern on the fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Ferrara, Christopher Douglas Atwood
  • System and method for identification of media sheet size
    Patent number: 8919770
    Abstract: A printer extracts a media sheet from a plurality of media sheets in a media supply and moves the media sheet along a media path. A plurality of sensors on the media path generate signals as the media sheet moves past the sensors, and the printer identifies a cross-process direction dimension of the media sheet with references to signals generated by the sensors. The printer identifies the dimension of the print medium without requiring media size sensors in the media supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick T. Mattern, Brent Rodney Jones, Joseph Michael Ferrara, Adam Douglas Ledgerwood, Donald Richard Fess, Kenneth Paul Moore, Arthur Kahn, Gordon Byron Reid
  • System and Method for Identification of Media Sheet Size
    Publication number: 20130292899
    Abstract: A printer extracts a media sheet from a plurality of media sheets in a media supply and moves the media sheet along a media path. A plurality of sensors on the media path generate signals as the media sheet moves past the sensors, and the printer identifies a cross-process direction dimension of the media sheet with references to signals generated by the sensors. The printer identifies the dimension of the print medium without requiring media size sensors in the media supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Frederick T. Mattern, Brent Rodney Jones, Joseph Michael Ferrara, Adam Douglas Ledgerwood, Donald Richard Fess, Kenneth Paul Moore, Arthur Kahn, Gordon Byron Reid