Patents by Inventor Michael Povio

Michael Povio 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).

  • Method for extending the lifetime of an endless belt
    Patent number: 7024136
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for extending the lifetime of belts, especially photoreceptor belts inside of a printing device, which includes detensioning the belt during periods where the belt is not in use, such as where a printing device is in an idle state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Steven J. Fiore, Diego Alejandro Pereda, Michael Nicholas Soures, Jennifer Kciuk, Michael Povio, David R. Kamprath
  • Roller for supporting an imaging belt in a printing apparatus
    Publication number: 20060051132
    Abstract: A belt photoreceptor in a xerographic printer is entrained on a roller formed from a set of discs. Each disc defines an outer circumference and a flexible main portion. The outer circumferences of a set of discs effectively form a single outer surface of the roller. The discs are flexible and can move against each other, to allow stabilization of the photoreceptor belt, but are in sufficient contact with one another to enable heat to be distributed evenly across the roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Fiore, Jennifer Kciuk, Michael Soures, Richard Dray, Michael Povio, Gregory Mahoney
  • Method for extending the lifetime of an endless belt
    Publication number: 20050063731
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for extending the lifetime of belts, especially photoreceptor belts inside of a printing device, which includes detensioning the belt during periods where the belt is not in use, such as where a printing device is in an idle state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Steven Fiore, Diego Pereda, Michael Soures, Jennifer Kciuk, Michael Povio, David Kamprath