Patents by Inventor Michael E. Goodale

Michael E. Goodale 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).

  • CONTAINER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20170341440
    Abstract: A container assembly may include a regulated tank to contain a fluid, a free tank to replenish the fluid in the regulated tank, a first expandable member between an interior of the regulated tank and ambient atmospheric pressure, a second expandable member between the interior of the regulated tank and an inflation port, a first valve to selectively connect the free tank to the regulated tank based upon a pressure differential between the interior of the regulated tank and an interior of the free tank and a second valve actuatable between an open state permitting an interior of the free tank to be pressurized and a closed state. The second valve is actuatable between the open state and the closed state based upon a position of the first expandable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Patrick V. Boyd, Milo A. Undlin, Mike M. Morrow, Michael E. Goodale
  • Ink cartridge having a staked vent sealing member
    Patent number: 8496320
    Abstract: An ink cartridge includes a body that is adapted to contain ink, an air vent provided on the body adapted to enable air to pass into and out of the body, and a sealing member that covers the air vent, the sealing member being heat staked to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ernest Foster, Michael E. Goodale
  • INK CARTRIDGES HAVING HEAT-STAKED VENT SEALING MEMBERS
    Publication number: 20110050820
    Abstract: An ink cartridge includes a body that is adapted to contain ink, an air vent provided on the body adapted to enable air to pass into and out of the body, and a sealing member that covers the air vent, the sealing member being heat staked to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Ernest Foster, Michael E. Goodale