Patents by Inventor Michael Ray RIPPEE

Michael Ray RIPPEE 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).

  • Publication number: 20230056964
    Abstract: An example device includes: a print engine including a fuser; an ambient temperature sensor; a memory storing a plurality of curves that relate, for given respective ambient temperatures, respective time periods for the fuser to heat to a fusing temperature, to respective factors associated with cooling of the fuser; and a processor The processor is to: detect a current ambient temperature using the ambient temperature sensor; select a curve, from the plurality of curves, using the current ambient temperature; determine a current factor associated with cooling of the fuser; and control the fuser to heat to the fusing temperature based on a respective time period determined from the curve and the current factor associated with cooling of the fuser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Brian Christopher MAYER, Michael Ray RIPPEE