Patents by Inventor Michael J. Souza

Michael J. Souza 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: 7314324
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a printer system for a device that comprises a secure compartment and a top surface displaced at an acute angle relative to a floor. A portion of the secure compartment includes interior of an opening from the top surface. The printer system comprises a support frame attachable to the device and displaced in the secure compartment of the device. The support frame comprises at least one glide rail. The printer system further comprises a printer assembly attached to the support frame. The printer assembly comprises a media holder adapted to hold printable media, a chassis intermediate and attached to the media holder, and a printer attached to the chassis and adapted to print on the media. In a first position, the printer assembly is displaced substantially inside the secure compartment. In a second position, the printer assembly is extended away from the secure compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Sierra Design Group
    Inventors: Robert A. Luciano, Jr., Kurt W. Spencer, Michael J. Souza, Timothy F. Kelley, Robert S. Anderson
  • Patent number: 6857804
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a printer system for a device that comprises a secure compartment and a top surface displaced at an acute angle relative to a floor. A portion of the secure compartment includes interior of an opening from the top surface. The printer system comprises a support frame attachable to the device and displaced in the secure compartment of the device. The support frame comprises at least one glide rail. The printer system further comprises a printer assembly attached to the support frame. The printer assembly comprises a media holder adapted to hold printable media, a chassis intermediate and attached to the media holder, and a printer attached to the chassis and adapted to print on the media. In a first position, the printer assembly is displaced substantially inside the secure compartment. In a second position, the printer assembly is extended away from the secure compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Sierra Design Group
    Inventors: Robert A. Luciano, Jr., Kurt W. Spencer, Michael J. Souza, Timothy F. Kelley, Robert S. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20020146271
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a printer system for a device that comprises a secure compartment and a top surface displaced at an acute angle relative to a floor. A portion of the secure compartment includes interior of an opening from the top surface. The printer system comprises a support frame attachable to the device and displaced in the secure compartment of the device. The support frame comprises at least one glide rail. The printer system further comprises a printer assembly attached to the support frame. The printer assembly comprises a media holder adapted to hold printable media, a chassis intermediate and attached to the media holder, and a printer attached to the chassis and adapted to print on the media. In a first position, the printer assembly is displaced substantially inside the secure compartment. In a second position, the printer assembly is extended away from the secure compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Applicant: Sierra Design Group
    Inventors: Robert A. Luciano, Kurt W. Spencer, Michael J. Souza, Timothy F. Kelley, Robert S. Anderson
  • Patent number: 5254911
    Abstract: A novel parallel-filament type electron gun for electron beam irradiation accelerators or generators and the like having a plurality of longitudinally extending parallel transversely spaced substantially co-planar similar filaments for generating electrons and disposed between a lower co-extensive extractor grid and an upper co-extensive electrostatic lens surface for shaping the electron beam profile, and with constructional features that enable variable width and extremely wide guns to be achieved and with improved beam uniformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignee: Energy Sciences Inc.
    Inventors: Tzvi Avnery, Willem van de Stadt, Michael J. Souza
  • Patent number: D526686
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Sierra Design Group
    Inventors: Robert A. Luciano, Jr., Timothy F. Kelley, Michael J. Souza