Patents by Inventor Kim Brown

Kim Brown 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).

  • Patent number: 9340382
    Abstract: A method and article determine a greatest distance between adjacent sensors along the media path and command a flushing to advance media the determined greatest distance in the print engine and the peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Newell, Jr., Kim Brown, Robert J. Lavey
  • Patent number: 8379233
    Abstract: A printing device for use with a peripheral media-handling device defining a peripheral media path with a first sensor therealong including a print engine coupled with the peripheral media-handling device to accommodate conveyance of media therebetween, the print engine defining an engine media path between an inlet and an outlet thereof, and including a second sensor therealong, and a processor configured to calculate a greatest distance collectively along the media paths that media can travel without reaching one of the sensors, the processor being further configured to command substantially simultaneous flushing of the peripheral media-handling device and the print engine to advance media the calculated greatest distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Newell, Jr., Kim Brown, Robert J. Lavey
  • Publication number: 20090272502
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new design for a shower curtain which is easy to hang by the user. The shower curtain of the present invention comprises an elongated flap panel which runs the length of the top of the unit and folds over the shower curtain rod and fastens to itself. Notably, appropriately positioned along the top and bottom of this panel extension is a series of corresponding snap fasteners. Although the fastening means illustrates the use of snaps, other fastening means are also useful for this invention. Other fastening means include, but are not limited to: plastic snaps, hook and loop fasteners, and a plastic “Zip-Lock™” type fastener, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventor: Kim Brown
  • Patent number: 7421215
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods for determining if a media jam has been detected by a print engine, an input device, or an output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kim Brown, Brian L. Watts, Carlos F. Becerra
  • Publication number: 20070201885
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods for determining if a media jam has been detected by a print engine, an input device, or an output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Kim Brown, Brian Watts, Carlos Becerra
  • Patent number: 7228079
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods for determining if a media jam has been detected by a print engine, an input device, or an output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kim Brown, Brian L. Watts, Carlos F. Becerra
  • Publication number: 20060029401
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods for determining if a media jam has been detected by a print engine, an input device, or an output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Kim Brown, Brian Watts, Carlos Becerra
  • Publication number: 20040247354
    Abstract: A printing device for use with a peripheral media-handling device defining a peripheral media path with a first sensor therealong including a print engine coupled with the peripheral media-handling device to accommodate conveyance of media therebetween, the print engine defining an engine media path between an inlet and an outlet thereof, and including a second sensor therealong, and a processor configured to calculate a greatest distance collectively along the media paths that media can travel without reaching one of the sensors, the processor being further configured to command substantially simultaneous flushing of the peripheral media-handling device and the print engine to advance media the calculated greatest distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Newell, Kim Brown, Robert J. Lavey