Patents by Inventor Robert Joseph Rinefierd

Robert Joseph Rinefierd 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).

  • Printer device using inter-document gap to reduce motion disturbance and method thereof
    Patent number: 9152101
    Abstract: A printing device, including a fuser section for printing operations and first and second fuser rollers for the fuser section arranged to: displace a plurality of sheets of print material in a process direction; and substantially simultaneously disengage from a trailing edge of a first sheet from the plurality of sheets; and engage a leading edge of a second sheet from the plurality of sheets. A printing device, including: a fuser section for printing operations and including first and second fuser rollers; a motor arranged to rotate the first and second fuser rollers to displace a plurality of sheets of material in a process direction; and a control system configured to measure a torque produced by the motor and according to a value of the measured torque, control a speed at which the first and second fuser rollers displace the plurality of sheets of print material in the process direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Steven M Russel, Charles Bennett, John R Falvo, Robert Joseph Rinefierd, III, Eliud Robles Flores
  • PRINTER DEVICE USING INTER-DOCUMENT GAP TO REDUCE MOTION DISTURBANCE AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150153689
    Abstract: A printing device, including a fuser section for printing operations and first and second fuser rollers for the fuser section arranged to: displace a plurality of sheets of print material in a process direction; and substantially simultaneously disengage from a trailing edge of a first sheet from the plurality of sheets; and engage a leading edge of a second sheet from the plurality of sheets. A printing device, including: a fuser section for printing operations and including first and second fuser rollers; a motor arranged to rotate the first and second fuser rollers to displace a plurality of sheets of material in a process direction; and a control system configured to measure a torque produced by the motor and according to a value of the measured torque, control a speed at which the first and second fuser rollers displace the plurality of sheets of print material in the process direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Steven M Russel, Charles Bennett, John R Falvo, Robert Joseph Rinefierd, III, Eliud Robles Flores
  • Round linear actuator utilizing flat permanent magnets
    Patent number: 6365993
    Abstract: A linear actuator which includes a housing assembly, a shaft assembly disposed within the housing assembly, a plurality of flat magnets disposed within said housing about said shaft, and a structure to support the magnets. Because the magnets are flat magnets, the components that support the magnets may be machined with tolerances that virtually eliminate the air gap between the magnets and the support structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn Arthur Calhoon, Paul Thomas Bottegal, Robert Joseph Rinefierd, Francois Jean Marchand, Robert Michael Slepian