Patents by Inventor Miranda Elizabeth Oaks

Miranda Elizabeth Oaks 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).

  • Flat heater for electrophotographic belt fusing systems, and methods of making same
    Patent number: 9201366
    Abstract: An image-forming device includes a belt based fuser for fixing an image to a media substrate. The fuser includes a heater having a base component with at least one heating element disposed thereon. The heater further includes a covering layer covering the at least one heating element providing a substantially even surface to abut a belt. Unevenness, which may be present on the substantially even surface, has a height, defined by a base and a peak, of less than about 10 ?m. A process for producing the heater is also disclosed. The process includes disposing one or more heating elements on a base component of the heater, covering the heating elements of the fuser heater with a covering layer and providing a substantially even outer surface to abut a fuser belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Daniel Creteau, James Douglas Gilmore, Michael David Maul, Miranda Elizabeth Oaks, Katherine Mary Mulloy, Niko Jay Murrell, Jerry Wayne Smith, Scott Shiaoshin Wu
  • Flat Heater for Electrophotographic Belt Fusing Systems, and Methods of Making Same
    Publication number: 20110103853
    Abstract: An image-forming device includes a belt based fuser for fixing an image to a media substrate. The fuser includes a heater having a base component with at least one heating element disposed thereon. The heater further includes a covering layer covering the at least one heating element providing a substantially even surface to abut a belt. Unevenness, which may be present on the substantially even surface, has a height, defined by a base and a peak, of less than about 10 ?m. A process for producing the heater is also disclosed. The process includes disposing one or more heating elements on a base component of the heater, covering the heating elements of the fuser heater with a covering layer and providing a substantially even outer surface to abut a fuser belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Gregory Daniel Creteau, James Douglas Gilmore, Michael David Maul, Miranda Elizabeth Oaks, Katherine Mary Mulloy, Niko Jay Murrell, Jerry Wayne Smith, Scott Shiaoshin Wu