Patents by Inventor Stephen Ray Ricketts

Stephen Ray Ricketts 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).

  • Media preheater
    Patent number: 8038281
    Abstract: A heater for preheating media in an imaging device including a substantially planar polymeric carrier having an exterior surface. A channel is recessed into the exterior surface of the carrier. A resistance heating element is disposed in the channel, the resistance heating element having a first and second end for coupling to a power source. The heater includes an over molded polymeric layer disposed in the channel such that the resistance heating element is substantially encapsulated in the channel and such that an exterior surface of the over molded layer is substantially flush with the exterior surface of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Kelvin Kwong, Darrell Ray Finneman, Stephen Ray Ricketts, Samuel John Geser
  • Media preheater
    Publication number: 20080174647
    Abstract: A heater for preheating media in an imaging device comprises a substantially planar polymeric carrier having an exterior surface. A channel is recessed into the exterior surface of the carrier. A resistance heating element is disposed in the channel, the resistance heating element having a first and second end for coupling to a power source. The heater includes an over molded polymeric layer disposed in the channel such that the resistance heating element is substantially encapsulated in the channel and such that an exterior surface of the over molded layer is substantially flush with the exterior surface of the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Kelvin Kwong, Darrell Ray Finneman, Stephen Ray Ricketts, Samuel John Geser