Patents by Inventor Joseph Savola

Joseph Savola 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).

  • Publication number: 20110230287
    Abstract: A lateral travel limiter for the chain of a chain drive assembly as commonly seen on multi-speed bicycles. The chain lateral travel limiter attached to a bicycle frame proximate to a front derailleur and the front chain rings, and is positioned with respect to the front derailleur and the front chain rings so that during a shifting event, and in the event that the front derailleur shifts the chain laterally from a first plane defined by an outer chain ring to second plane defined by an inner chain ring and the chain travels laterally beyond the second plane defined by the inner chain ring, the chain is caught against the chain lateral travel limiter and guided in a manner that redirects the chain to the plane of rotation defined by the chain when engaged and rotating on the inner chain ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Joseph Savola, Eric L. Jensen, Albert Savola, Lawrence A. Rupe
  • Patent number: 7293292
    Abstract: A method and system of selectively and securely enabling an added or premium functionality in a printer can be created by transmitting or inputting to the printer an electronic key correlated to the unique serial number stored in that printer. In this way, the key used to activate an added or premium functionality in a particular printer cannot be used to activate the same functionality in any other printer. This prevents the unauthorized activation of added or premium functions in other printers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen L. Testardi, Joseph Savola, Virginia K. Capps
  • Publication number: 20030053815
    Abstract: A method and system of selectively and securely enabling an added or premium functionality in a printer can be created by transmitting or inputting to the printer an electronic key correlated to the unique serial number stored in that printer. In this way, the key used to activate an added or premium functionality in a particular printer cannot be used to activate the same functionality in any other printer. This prevents the unauthorized activation of added or premium functions in other printers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Stephen L. Testardi, Joseph Savola, Virginia K. Capps
  • Patent number: D635062
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Inventors: Joseph Savola, Eric L. Jensen, Albert Savola, Lawrence A. Rupe