Patents by Inventor Sean A. Keyes

Sean A. Keyes 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).

  • Patent number: 11822838
    Abstract: A print management service facilitates the secure exchange of print job information between a client who requests a print job and multiple candidates who may wish to bid on the job. The service generates a smart contract that includes some information about the print job but that omits other information, such as the content to be printed. When a print service provider submits a qualifying bid to a processor that executes the smart contract, the smart contract will award the job to that provider, and the print service provider will then receive access to the full content of the print job. The smart contract may require proof of work to trigger payment from the client to the service provider upon completion of the print job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph M. Ferrara, Jr., Ana R. Fietz-Bogota, Sean Keyes, Emmett Spence, Joseph Frederick Casey
  • Patent number: 9644630
    Abstract: A supercharger for a vehicle includes a lower body housing a compressor and an upper lid having a contraction chamber. The upper lid includes an air circulation port and is configured to be coupled to the lower body thereby forming a plenum. The contraction chamber is integrally formed in the upper lid adjacent to the air circulation port and includes an attenuator plate that defines a tuning neck. The tuning neck defines an inlet to and part of a volume of the contraction chamber, and includes a predetermined size and shape configured to attenuate a desired sound frequency generated by operation of the supercharger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey M Orzechowski, Ian McLean, Neil W Loughlin, Sean A Keyes
  • Publication number: 20170022991
    Abstract: A supercharger for a vehicle includes a lower body housing a compressor and an upper lid having a contraction chamber. The upper lid includes an air circulation port and is configured to be coupled to the lower body thereby forming a plenum. The contraction chamber is integrally formed in the upper lid adjacent to the air circulation port and includes an attenuator plate that defines a tuning neck. The tuning neck defines an inlet to and part of a volume of the contraction chamber, and includes a predetermined size and shape configured to attenuate a desired sound frequency generated by operation of the supercharger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Orzechowski, Ian McLean, Neil W. Loughlin, Sean A. Keyes