Patents by Inventor Kevin Bontrager

Kevin Bontrager 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).

  • DROP-ON-DEMAND MULTI-PASS PRINTING ON PLASTIC CARDS
    Publication number: 20210379917
    Abstract: A multi-pass drop-on-demand (DOD) card printing mechanism that performs multi-pass DOD printing on a surface of a plastic card whereby the plastic card is transported past one or more DOD print heads multiple times for DOD printing on the card surface with each pass past the DOD print head(s). In a first printing pass, at least one material is applied to a surface of the plastic card using at least one DOD print head. In a second printing pass that occurs after the first printing pass, at least one additional material is applied to the surface of the plastic card in the card processing system using at least one DOD print head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Brett McDonough, Kevin Bontrager, Brendan Hinnenkamp, Cory Wooldridge, Daniel Sarkinen, Jon Wawra
  • Card processing system with drop-on-demand print head automated maintenance routines
    Patent number: 11072169
    Abstract: Maintenance routines that can be used to maintain the operability of one or more DOD print heads in a card processing system. The maintenance routines can include, but are not limited to: a cover routine where a cover or cap is selectively and automatically located over the print head(s) to protect the print head(s); a shake pulse routine that energizes the nozzles of the print head(s) without causing an ejection of ink; a spit routine where the nozzles of the print head(s) are energized to eject one or more drops of ink; and a purge routine where the nozzles are not electrically energized but the pressure holding the ink in the nozzles of the print head(s) is reversed to push ink out of the nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: ENTRUST CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin Bontrager, Daniel Sarkinen, Cory D. Wooldridge, Jon Wawra, Brendan Hinnenkamp, Andrew Luu, Brian O'Dell, Kyle Johnson, Randy Jordan
  • CARD PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH DROP-ON-DEMAND PRINT HEAD AUTOMATED MAINTENANCE ROUTINES
    Publication number: 20190344565
    Abstract: Maintenance routines that can be used to maintain the operability of one or more DOD print heads in a card processing system. The maintenance routines can include, but are not limited to: a cover routine where a cover or cap is selectively and automatically located over the print head(s) to protect the print head(s); a shake pulse routine that energizes the nozzles of the print head(s) without causing an ejection of ink; a spit routine where the nozzles of the print head(s) are energized to eject one or more drops of ink; and a purge routine where the nozzles are not electrically energized but the pressure holding the ink in the nozzles of the print head(s) is reversed to push ink out of the nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Kevin Bontrager, Daniel Sarkinen, Cory D. Wooldridge, Jon Wawra, Brendan Hinnenkamp, Andrew Luu, Brian O'Dell, Kyle Johnson, Randy Jordan