Patents by Inventor Michael S. Leiter

Michael S. Leiter 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).

  • Ink cartridge body and carrier assembly
    Patent number: 6692107
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ink cartridge body which is removably mountable in a printer carriage area of an ink jet printer and an alignment and latching mechanism for the ink cartridge body. The printer carriage area includes at least first and second spaced-apart elongate guide rails and the ink cartridge body includes a printhead and at least two bearing points at predetermined locations on the ink cartridge body, each of the bearing points disposed on the cartridge body for separately engaging at least one of the elongate guide rails for aligning and maintaining the printhead in a predetermined orientation relative to the print media in the printer. The invention substantially reduces the number of parts and tolerances thereof required for aligning a printhead relative to a print media by directly aligning the cartridge body rather than the carrier in the carriage area of the printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Lattuca, James P. Harden, Larry S. Foster, Frank M. Hughes, Darren W. Tosh, Michael S. Leiter, Benjamin A. Askren, David A. Ward, Brian D. Smith, Robert A. Samples, Donn D. Bryant, Paul D. Horrall, David M. Cseledy
  • Ink cartridge body and carrier assembly
    Publication number: 20010048453
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ink cartridge body which is removably mountable in a printer carriage area of an ink jet printer and an alignment and latching mechanism for the ink cartridge body. The printer carriage area includes at least first and second spaced-apart elongate guide rails and the ink cartridge body includes a printhead and at least two bearing points at predetermined locations on the ink cartridge body, each of the bearing points disposed on the cartridge body for separately engaging at least one of the elongate guide rails for aligning and maintaining the printhead in a predetermined orientation relative to the print media in the printer. The invention substantially reduces the number of parts and tolerances thereof required for aligning a printhead relative to a print media by directly aligning the cartridge body rather than the carrier in the carriage area of the printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventors: Michael D. Lattuca, James P. Harden, Larry S. Foster, Frank M. Hughes, Darren W. Tosh, Michael S. Leiter, Benjamin A. Askren, David A. Ward, Brian D. Smith, Robert A. Samples, Donn D. Bryant, Paul D. Horrall, David M. Cseledy