Patents by Inventor Timothy Joseph Stephany

Timothy Joseph Stephany 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: 20100032957
    Abstract: This invention is an improvement on systems that use wind to generate electrical power. It reduces visual pollution and cost, and increases the system efficiency over the prior art of wind powered electrical generators. The proposed system uses a plurality of wind-driven energy harnessers or propellers connected to one or a very few electrical generators, replacing the multiplicity of individual wind-power propellers each connected separately to its own generator. It permits better flexibility in design to reduce or unwanted effects, such as visual pollution which is a major problem with present state of the art wind generating plants. The invention also incorporates a storage system to produce energy during period when the harnessers are not capturing sufficient energy from the wind to provide the electrical power needed. The electrical power generated can then be connected to a power grid or other energy network to provide useful energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Timothy Joseph Stephany
  • Patent number: 6361162
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an inkjet printer assembly. The inkjet printer assembly comprises a printhead and a tepidity device. The printhead is capable of providing droplets of ink on a portion of a print receiving medium within a print zone. The portion of the print receiving medium within the print zone is at least partially exposed to an atmosphere having a temperature. The tepidity device is capable of being in thermal contact with the droplets of ink provided on the portion of the print receiving medium within the print zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Adam Penrod, Richard Lee Reel, Timothy Joseph Stephany