Patents by Inventor Kirk Lawrence Stechschulte

Kirk Lawrence Stechschulte 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).

  • Compliant Sealing Materials and Methods For Sealing Nozzles For A Micro-Fluid Ejection Head
    Publication number: 20080303855
    Abstract: A compliant sealing structure suitable for sealing a micro-fluid ejection head, methods of sealing a micro-fluid ejection head, ejection heads sealed by the method and structure. The sealing structure includes an elastomeric pad suitable for sealing nozzles of the micro-fluid ejection head. A removable shrink wrap film is applied to the ejection bead and is configured for covering at least a portion of the elastomeric pad and for fixedly holding the elastomeric pad adjacent the nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Alan Bidwell, Girish Shivaji Patil, Tu Phan, Kirk Lawrence Stechschulte
  • Flexible toner feed member
    Patent number: 7433632
    Abstract: A toner feeding device and method to supply toner from a toner reservoir to a selected location in the printer such as a toner supply roll. The toner feeding device may contact with a portion of an inner wall of a toner reservoir and may flex and may subsequently recover to convey toner particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Alan Askren, Ronald Willard Baker, Lenci Robert Kappes, Sean David Smith, Kirk Lawrence Stechschulte