Patents by Inventor Kathleen Feinberg
Kathleen Feinberg 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).
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Patent number: 9093204Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrical component comprising a segment having a diameter in the range of about 1 micrometers to about 10 cm, the segment comprising a plurality of non-metallic, resistive fibers in a non-metallic binder. The segment is precisely trimmed to impart to the segment an electrical resistance within 1% of the desired resistance value. A manufacturing system and methods of manufacturing components having precise specifications also are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Joseph A. Swift, Stanley J. Wallace, Richard W. Seyfried, Kathleen A. Feinberg, Roger L. Bullock
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Patent number: 8827580Abstract: A media feeding and cutting system is disclosed herein which comprises a media cutter including a cutting surface and a digital cutting device, a first feeder configured to automatically transport individual sheets of media from an in-feed receptacle toward the cutter, a positioner configured to position the medium on the cutting surface, a second feeder disposed adjacent to or connected to the cutting surface which is configured to automatically transport the cut medium from the cutter to an out-feed receptacle, and a processor configured to operate the cutter, first feeder, positioner and second feeder. Additional related systems and methods also are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: William J. Nowak, Robert A. Clark, Kathleen A. Feinberg, Peter J. Knausdorf, Thomas C. Hollar, Thomas J. Wyble, Linn C. Hoover, William J. Hannaway, Jess R. Gentner, Frank M. Goetz
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Patent number: 8695960Abstract: A media loading and unloading system, for use with a media cutting system having a cutting table and cutting apparatus to cut or score media held on a surface of the cutting table, includes an elevator assembly and a bi-directional transport system. The elevator assembly includes a drive and multiple vertically displaced bins that are vertically movable up and down by the drive. The bi-directional transport system transports media in a lateral feed direction from the elevator assembly to the cutting table surface and removes media from the cutting table surface in a lateral direction opposite to the feed direction to the elevator assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Barry P. Mandel, William W. Nowak, Robert A. Clark, Linn C. Hoover, Thomas C. Hollar, Peter J. Knausdorf, Thomas J. Wyble, Kathleen A. Feinberg, Ming Yang
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Publication number: 20130266358Abstract: A media feeding and cutting system is disclosed herein which comprises a media cutter including a cutting surface and a digital cutting device, a first feeder configured to automatically transport individual sheets of media from an in-feed receptacle toward the cutter, a positioner configured to position the medium on the cutting surface, a second feeder disposed adjacent to or connected to the cutting surface which is configured to automatically transport the cut medium from the cutter to an out-feed receptacle, and a processor configured to operate the cutter, first feeder, positioner and second feeder. Additional related systems and methods also are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2012Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: William J. Nowak, Robert A. Clark, Kathleen A. Feinberg, Peter J. Knausdorf, Thomas C. Hollar, Thomas J. Wyble, Linn C. Hoover, William J. Hannaway, Jess R. Gentner, Frank M. Goetz
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Patent number: 8493633Abstract: A system for media handling and uniformity calibration for an image scanner includes an optical window, an assist roller, an adjustment mechanism, and a calibration strip. The assist roller receives and guides media through a gap between the assist roller and the optical window. The adjustment mechanism is integrated with the assist roller for controlling the distance between the assist roller and the optical window for smooth passage of media. The controlled reflectivity calibration strip connected to the adjustment mechanism facilitates sensor calibration, such as flat field correction. The adjustment mechanism moves to position the calibration strip in alignment with the optical window whenever sensor calibration is desired.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2010Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Martin Edward Hoover, Steven Robert Moore, Kathleen A. Feinberg
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Publication number: 20130156484Abstract: A media loading and unloading system, for use with a media cutting system having a cutting table and cutting apparatus to cut or score media held on a surface of the cutting table, includes an elevator assembly and a bi-directional transport system. The elevator assembly includes a drive and multiple vertically displaced bins that are vertically movable up and down by the drive. The bi-directional transport system transports media in a lateral feed direction from the elevator assembly to the cutting table surface and removes media from the cutting table surface in a lateral direction opposite to the feed direction to the elevator assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Inventors: Barry P. Mandel, William W. Nowak, Robert A. Clark, Linn C. Hoover, Thomas C. Hollar, Peter J. Knausdorf, Thomas J. Wyble, Kathleen A. Feinberg, Ming Yang
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Publication number: 20120295517Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrical component comprising a segment having a diameter in the range of about 1 micrometers to about 10 cm, the segment comprising a plurality of non-metallic, resistive fibers in a non-metallic binder. The segment is precisely trimmed to impart to the segment an electrical resistance within 1% of the desired resistance value. A manufacturing system and methods of manufacturing components having precise specifications also are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Joseph A. Swift, Stanley J. Wallace, Richard W. Seyfried, Kathleen A. Feinberg, Roger L. Bullock
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Patent number: 8234960Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrical component comprising a segment having a diameter in the range of about 1 micrometers to about 10 cm, the segment comprising a plurality of non-metallic, resistive fibers in a non-metallic binder. The segment is precisely trimmed to impart to the segment an electrical resistance within 1% of the desired resistance value. A manufacturing system and methods of manufacturing components having precise specifications also are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Joseph A. Swift, Stanley J. Wallace, Richard W. Seyfried, Kathleen A. Feinberg, Roger L. Bullock
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Publication number: 20120019875Abstract: A system for media handling and uniformity calibration for an image scanner includes an optical window, an assist roller, an adjustment mechanism, and a calibration strip. The assist roller receives and guides media through a gap between the assist roller and the optical window. The adjustment mechanism is integrated with the assist roller for controlling the distance between the assist roller and the optical window for smooth passage of media. The controlled reflectivity calibration strip connected to the adjustment mechanism facilitates sensor calibration, such as flat field correction. The adjustment mechanism moves to position the calibration strip in alignment with the optical window whenever sensor calibration is desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: MARTIN EDWARD HOOVER, STEVEN ROBERT MOORE, KATHLEEN A. FEINBERG
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Publication number: 20110035932Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrical component comprising a segment having a diameter in the range of about 1 micrometers to about 10 cm, the segment comprising a plurality of non-metallic, resistive fibers in a non-metallic binder. The segment is precisely trimmed to impart to the segment an electrical resistance within 1% of the desired resistance value. A manufacturing system and methods of manufacturing components having precise specifications also are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2010Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Joseph A. Swift, Stanley J. Wallace, Richard W. Seyfried, Kathleen A. Feinberg, Roger L. Bullock
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Patent number: 7847191Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrical component comprising a segment having a diameter in the range of about 1 micrometers to about 10 cm, the segment comprising a plurality of non-metallic, resistive fibers in a non-metallic binder. The segment is precisely trimmed to impart to the segment an electrical resistance within 1% of the desired resistance value. A manufacturing system and methods of manufacturing components having precise specifications also are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2007Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Joseph A. Swift, Stanley J. Wallace, Richard W. Seyfried, Kathleen A. Feinberg, Roger L. Bullock
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Patent number: 7753367Abstract: In a printing system in which the print media sheets are alternately fed from the same stack in the same tray by two sheet feeders at opposite sides into different sheet paths, at least one of the sheet feeders is repositionable towards and away from the other for feeding different size sheets, and the connecting sheet path is repositionable with the repositioning of the sheet feeder. The repositioning of the sheet feeder and its associated sheet path may be automatic in coordination with the normal resetting of a tray stack edge guide with the loading of different size sheets into the tray. The enhanced rate sheet feeding may be for a dual print engine printing system and/or selectably common or reversed sheet facing. Alternating coordinated lifting of a nudger roll of one sheet feeder with operation of the opposing sheet feeder, and retard nips spaced from the stack, may be provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2009Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Barry P. Mandel, Robert A. Clark, Kathleen A. Feinberg
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Publication number: 20090236792Abstract: In a printing system in which the print media sheets are alternately fed from the same stack in the same tray by two sheet feeders at opposite sides into different sheet paths, at least one of the sheet feeders is repositionable towards and away from the other for feeding different size sheets, and the connecting sheet path is repositionable with the repositioning of the sheet feeder. The repositioning of the sheet feeder and its associated sheet path may be automatic in coordination with the normal resetting of a tray stack edge guide with the loading of different size sheets into the tray. The enhanced rate sheet feeding may be for a dual print engine printing system and/or selectably common or reversed sheet facing. Alternating coordinated lifting of a nudger roll of one sheet feeder with operation of the opposing sheet feeder, and retard nips spaced from the stack, may be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Inventors: Barry P. Mandel, Robert A. Clark, Kathleen A. Feinberg
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Patent number: 7540484Abstract: In a printing system in which the print media sheets are alternately fed from the same stack in the same tray by two sheet feeders at opposite sides into different sheet paths, at least one of the sheet feeders is repositionable towards and away from the other for feeding different size sheets, and the connecting sheet path is repositionable with the repositioning of the sheet feeder. The repositioning of the sheet feeder and its associated sheet path may be automatic in coordination with the normal resetting of a tray stack edge guide with the loading of different size sheets into the tray. The enhanced rate sheet feeding may be for a dual print engine printing system and/or selectably common or reversed sheet facing. Alternating coordinated lifting of a nudger roll of one sheet feeder with operation of the opposing sheet feeder, and retard nips spaced from the stack, may be provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2005Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Barry P. Mandel, Robert A. Clark, Kathleen A. Feinberg
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Publication number: 20090114421Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrical component comprising a segment having a diameter in the range of about 1 micrometers to about 10 cm, the segment comprising a plurality of non-metallic, resistive fibers in a non-metallic binder. The segment is precisely trimmed to impart to the segment an electrical resistance within 1% of the desired resistance value. A manufacturing system and methods of manufacturing components having precise specifications also are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2007Publication date: May 7, 2009Inventors: Joseph A. Swift, Stanley J. Wallace, Richard W. Seyfried, Kathleen A. Feinberg, Roger L. Bullock
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Patent number: 7298954Abstract: An improved waveguide shuttle optical switch design which provides the function of a variable optical attenuator (VOA). A small degree of intentional misalignment of the waveguide will create different levels of optical attenuation. By finely controlling the misalignment of a selected switched position, a single device may be realized that will provide the functions of both switching and attenuating or just attenuation alone. The optical MEMS device utilizes a latching mechanism in association with a thermal drive actuator for aligning a waveguide shuttle platform. The integration of the switching function and the VOA function reduce the optical loss which is otherwise unavoidable when the inevitable alternative of a separate switch and a separate VOA must necessarily be employed. The resultant improved device can also be applied for correcting the difference in optical intensity created by the manufacturing tolerances inherent in the fabrication of array waveguide gratings.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Xueyuan Liu, Peter M. Gulvin, Kristine A. German, Yao Rong Wang, Jun Ma, Pinyen Lin, Joel A. Kubby, Kathleen A. Feinberg
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Patent number: 7224883Abstract: An optical switch for routing signals includes a latch receiver connected to a waveguide that routes the signals and an actuator that includes an upper plate, a lower plate and a latch connected to the lower plate, the lower plate of the actuator moving vertically when power is applied to the lower plate, causing the latch to move vertically and engage the latch receiver. A latching system includes a switch that includes a latch formed to include an extension on one end of the latch, the latch being driven by power, a latch receiver that is formed to receive the latch and a controller that controls the extension of the latch to engage the latch receiver when the power is applied to the latch, and controls the extension of the latch to lock in place against the latch receiver when the power is removed from the latch.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2005Date of Patent: May 29, 2007Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Peter M. Gulvin, Yao Rong Wang, Jun Ma, Kathleen A. Feinberg, Pinyen Lin
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Publication number: 20060291794Abstract: An improved waveguide shuttle optical switch design which provides the function of a variable optical attenuator (VOA). A small degree of intentional misalignment of the waveguide will create different levels of optical attenuation. By finely controlling the misalignment of a selected switched position, a single device may be realized that will provide the functions of both switching and attenuating or just attenuation alone. The optical MEMS device utilizes a latching mechanism in association with a thermal drive actuator for aligning a waveguide shuttle platform. The integration of the switching function and the VOA function reduce the optical loss which is otherwise unavoidable when the inevitable alternative of a separate switch and a separate VOA must necessarily be employed. The resultant improved device can also be applied for correcting the difference in optical intensity created by the manufacturing tolerances inherent in the fabrication of array waveguide gratings.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2005Publication date: December 28, 2006Inventors: Xueyuan Liu, Peter Gulvin, Kristine German, Yao Wang, Jun Ma, Pinyen Lin, Joel Kubby, Kathleen Feinberg
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Patent number: 7131628Abstract: A vent connects a chamber to the external atmosphere surrounding a device to equalize pressure within the chamber. The vent has a size and shape to allow pressure equalization to occur outside a normal operating cycle of the chamber and controls the pressure to prevent undesirable deflection of a membrane within the chamber and ensure proper operation of the device.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2004Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Kathleen A. Feinberg, Peter M. Gulvin, Nancy Y. Jia, Peter J. Nystrom
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Publication number: 20060222287Abstract: An optical switch for routing signals includes a latch receiver connected to a waveguide that routes the signals and an actuator that includes an upper plate, a lower plate and a latch connected to the lower plate, the lower plate of the actuator moving vertically when power is applied to the lower plate, causing the latch to move vertically and engage the latch receiver. A latching system includes a switch that includes a latch formed to include an extension on one end of the latch, the latch being driven by power, a latch receiver that is formed to receive the latch and a controller that controls the extension of the latch to engage the latch receiver when the power is applied to the latch, and controls the extension of the latch to lock in place against the latch receiver when the power is removed from the latch.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2005Publication date: October 5, 2006Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Peter Gulvin, Yao Wang, Jun Ma, Kathleen Feinberg, Pinyen Lin