Patents by Inventor Ryan M. Smith

Ryan M. Smith 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: 20190217643
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a device including a frame with a transparent panel. In examples, the device includes a frame defining an opening of a scanner sub-assembly, the frame including a first side and a second side in contact with the first side; and a transparent panel coupled to the frame to cover the opening, a first side of the transparent panel disposed to be substantially planar with a first side of the frame, and a second side of the transparent panel disposed to be substantially planar with the second side of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Rene Valenzuela-Rivas, Ryan M Smith, Christopher J Quijano, Craig L Hopper
  • Publication number: 20190217636
    Abstract: A mechanism for an ADF having upper and lower trays, a base connecting the trays, and a cover pivotally connected to the upper tray includes a housing provided within the base and movable relative thereto. A transmission has a gripping position for transporting paper along a path from the upper tray to the lower tray and a release position allowing a paper jam along the path to be remedied. The cover is pivotable between a first condition maintaining the transmission in the gripping position and a second condition allowing the housing to move relative to the trays to place the transmission in the release position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Ryan M Smith, Keng Leong Ng, Eric Andersen
  • Patent number: 10311986
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus may include an installation platform and a scan head. The scan head may be configured to engage in an index movement, a theta movement, a wrist fold movement, and a scan movement. During the scan movement, a transducer of the scan head travels a circumferential path so as to allow an inspection of a surface that is opposite of a surface on which the installation platform is mounted. The inspection apparatus may be used to inspect a reactor component in a nuclear reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: GE-HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY AMERICAS LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Robert Hastings, Ryan M. Smith, Lenin N. Benicki
  • Patent number: 10112789
    Abstract: A contact interface includes a first contact member including a first contact surface with a first material subsurface and a second material subsurface. The second material subsurface protrudes transversely above the first material subsurface. A second contact member includes a second contact surface to slide in contact with the first contact surface. The first material subsurface comprises a first material. The second material subsurface comprises a second material. The second material has a lower hardness than the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Rene Valenzuela, Ryan M. Smith, Ken Hung, Jeff Lin
  • Publication number: 20180105377
    Abstract: A contact interface includes a first contact member including a first contact surface with a first material subsurface and a second material subsurface. The second material subsurface protrudes transversely above the first material subsurface. A second contact member includes a second contact surface to slide in contact with the first contact surface. The first material subsurface comprises a first material. The second material subsurface comprises a second material. The second material has a lower hardness than the first material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Rene Valenzuela, Ryan M. Smith, Ken Hung, Jeff Lin
  • Patent number: 9661178
    Abstract: A document backing extending in a plane is resiliently biased in a direction substantially parallel to the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ryan M. Smith, Gustaf L. Belt, Kevin L. Bokelman
  • Patent number: 9604265
    Abstract: A fluid jet assembly for washing out material from a cavity. The fluid jet is capable of oscillating in a overlapping revolutions to ensure complete washout of the material in the cavity, preferably an energetic-containing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Inventors: Steve J. Schmit, Ryan M. Smith, Nathan R. Perkins
  • Publication number: 20160112597
    Abstract: A document backing extending in a plane is resiliently biased in a direction substantially parallel to the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan M. Smith, Gustaf L. Belt, Kevin L. Bokelman
  • Patent number: 9264571
    Abstract: A document backing extending in a plane is resiliently biased in a direction substantially parallel to the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Ryan M. Smith, Gustaf L. Belt, Kevin L. Bokelman
  • Publication number: 20150200025
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus may include an installation platform and a scan head. The scan head may be configured to engage in an index movement, a theta movement, a wrist fold movement, and a scan movement. During the scan movement, a transducer of the scan head travels a circumferential path so as to allow an inspection of a surface that is opposite of a surface on which the installation platform is mounted. The inspection apparatus may be used to inspect a reactor component in a nuclear reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: GE-HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY AMERICAS LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Robert HASTINGS, Ryan M. SMITH, Lenin N. BENICKI
  • Patent number: 9056734
    Abstract: An apparatus for lowering and raising a pick arm is disclosed herein. An example of the apparatus includes a shuttle assembly having a first direction of movement and a second direction of movement, and a lift assembly rotatably coupled to the shuttle assembly. The apparatus additionally includes a cam coupled to the lift assembly to transform rotary motion of the lift assembly into substantially linear motion that allows the pick arm to lower as a result of movement of the shuttle assembly in the first direction and that raises the pick arm as a result of movement of the shuttle assembly in the second direction. Other components and attributes of the apparatus are also disclosed herein, as are additionally examples of the apparatus. A method of lowering and raising the pick arm is further disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Glenn W Gaarder, Ryan M. Smith, Daniel Scott Weinstein
  • Patent number: 8810873
    Abstract: A scanner assembly comprising the following components. A scan module having a first surface and configured to receive an image oriented along the first surface. A carriage having a thickness no thicker than a thickness of the scan module perpendicular to the first surface, the carriage configured to receive the scan module and to move the scan module in a direction of travel. A v-bearing coupled to the carriage proximate to one end of the carriage and protruding from the carriage in a direction perpendicular to the first surface. A scan base having a groove and configured to receive the v-bearing. A belt drive configured to move the v-bearing in the groove of the scan base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Edward A. Hill, Stephan W. Emmenegger, David M. Lovelace, Ryan M. Smith
  • Publication number: 20140047935
    Abstract: An apparatus for lowering and raising a pick arm is disclosed herein. An example of the apparatus includes a shuttle assembly having a first direction of movement and a second direction of movement, and a lift assembly rotatably coupled to the shuttle assembly. The apparatus additionally includes a cam coupled to the lift assembly to transform rotary motion of the lift assembly into substantially linear motion that allows the pick arm to lower as a result of movement of the shuttle assembly in the first direction and that raises the pick arm as a result of movement of the shuttle assembly in the second direction. Other components and attributes of the apparatus are also disclosed herein, as are additionally examples of the apparatus. A method of lowering and raising the pick arm is further disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Glenn W. Gaarder, Ryan M. Smith, Daniel Scott Weinstein
  • Patent number: 8371903
    Abstract: Disclosed is a portable demilitarization apparatus and system for segmenting an ordnance and is comprised of a fixed housing having a gantry/robotic positioning system, a high pressure water jet cutting head, and a rotational drive subassembly and a slideable main assembly comprised of a cradle subassembly, a centering ring subassembly, a collection subassembly and a rotational drive mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: G.D.O. Inc.
    Inventors: Duane A. Goetsch, Josh E. Eigh, Nathan R. Perklna, Steven J. Schmit, Ryan M. Smith, George J. Young
  • Publication number: 20120279968
    Abstract: A child resistant cap of the type where a first cap is threaded onto a medication bottle and a second cap is normally freely rotatable over the first cap is provided with an elastomeric closure penetrable by the orificed blunt end of a liquid transfer implement such as an oral syringe to allow a dose of medication to be drawn by the syringe from the bottle in an inverted condition of the bottle without significant leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: THE ANDWIN CORP.
    Inventors: Natalie Levy Sarraf, Ryan M. Smith
  • Publication number: 20120236371
    Abstract: A scanner assembly comprising the following components. A scan module having a first surface and configured to receive an image oriented along the first surface. A carriage having a thickness no thicker than a thickness of the scan module perpendicular to the first surface, the carriage configured to receive the scan module and to move the scan module in a direction of travel. A v-bearing coupled to the carriage proximate to one end of the carriage and protruding from the carriage in a direction perpendicular to the first surface. A scan base having a groove and configured to receive the v-bearing. A belt drive configured to move the v-bearing in the groove of the scan base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Edward A. HILL, Stephan W. Emmenegger, David M. Lovelace, Ryan M. Smith
  • Publication number: 20120227877
    Abstract: A method for demilitarizing projectiles, typically military projectiles, containing a class of energetic materials known as Composition A which are wax desensitized materials. The projectiles are opened to expose the wax desensitized energetic material, which is then removed from the projectile by fluid jet technology. The wax component is separated from the energetic particles only to a degree that will leave an effective amount of desensitizing coating of wax remaining on the particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: G.D.O., Inc
    Inventors: Duane A. Goetsch, Steven J. Schmit, Ryan M. Smith
  • Publication number: 20120227558
    Abstract: Disclosed is a portable demilitarization apparatus and system for segmenting an ordnance and is comprised of a fixed housing having a gantry/robotic positioning system, a high pressure water jet cutting head, and a rotational drive subassembly and a slideable main assembly comprised of a cradle subassembly, a centering ring subassembly, a collection subassembly and a rotational drive mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Duane A. Goetsch, Josh E. Eigh, Nathan R. Perklna, Steven J. Schmlt, Ryan M. Smith, George J. Young
  • Patent number: 8243344
    Abstract: Various embodiments and methods relating to a media drive are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Bokelman, Ryan M. Smith, Gustaf L. Belt
  • Patent number: 8155575
    Abstract: Systems and methods systems and methods for orienting media for improved scan quality are disclosed. In an exemplary implementation, a method may include receiving a transparency media in a media holder, and guiding the transparency media into the media holder. The method may also include accepting the transparency media in the media holder only if the transparency media is oriented with an emulsion side facing toward an imaging surface. The method may also include self-ejecting the transparency media from the media holder if the transparency media is oriented with the emulsion side facing away from the imaging surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ryan M. Smith, Kevin Bokelman, Michael Janczyk