Patents by Inventor William A. Burton

William A. Burton 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: 9020943
    Abstract: Disclosed are method(s), system(s), and computer program product(s) for automatically categorizing a defect into a category based at least on a keyword related to the defect. The method identifies information regarding the defect and identifies additional information related to categorizing the defect. The method identifies a keyword and determines whether the defect may be categorized into a category using the keyword. The method further comprises determining if the result of categorization is deterministic. In some embodiments, the method or the system further comprises associating a first score for categorizing the defect into the category based on the keyword and a second score for categorizing the defect into the category based on another keyword. In some embodiments, the method or the system further comprises identifying or determining a relationship between the first score and the second score with respect to the first category for the defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Bob Caldwell, Sandesh Rao, William Burton, Joshua Ort, Mark Brewer-Tillotson
  • Publication number: 20140345877
    Abstract: An actuation system and method, the system including a tubular having a passage, and an assembly disposed with the tubular. The assembly includes a degradable restriction, the restriction only partially blocking the passage prior to being degraded. The assembly is configured to receive and prevent further movement of a restrictor through the tubular prior to the restriction being degraded. The assembly is further configured to release the restrictor when the restriction is degraded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Matthew T. McCoy, Matthew D. Solfronk, Jack D. Farmer, William A. Burton, James G. King, Jason J. Barnard, Edward J. O'Malley
  • Patent number: 8655249
    Abstract: A belt-roll fuser system includes a belt-roll fuser module that is movable to engage and disengage to a main frame of the belt-roll fuser system. The belt-roll fuser has an internal pressure member that defines a fusing nip with an external pressure member of the main frame when the belt-roll fuser module is engaged. The belt-roll fuser module is movable by a latch, and when engaged, a nip load path crosses through a point at which the latch attaches to the belt-roll fuser module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Augusto E. Barton, Paul M. Fromm, William A. Burton, Stephen B. Williams, Brian J. Dunham
  • Patent number: 8577271
    Abstract: A belt-roll fuser stripping system has a stripping shoe and a stripping shim. The shim is support by a support member. The support member supports the shim to maintain a desired nip pressure profile, and reduce deformation and wear of the shim and belt-roll fuser components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Augusto E. Barton, Paul M. Fromm, William A. Burton
  • Patent number: 8539587
    Abstract: A data structure has within it the following elements: an identification of a data structure type; and a proof that two or more instances of the data structure type are as trustworthy as each other. Methods and devices using such data structures are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Graeme John Proudler, William Burton, Dirk Kuhlmann, David Plaquin
  • Publication number: 20130239222
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor and a memory to implement a method to provide a proof that two or more instances of a data structure type are as trustworthy as each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Graeme John Proudler, William Burton, Dirk Kuhlmann, David Plaquin
  • Patent number: 8492710
    Abstract: Time-of-flight mass spectrometer instruments are disclosed for monitoring fast processes with large dynamic range using a multi-threshold TDC data acquisition method or a threshold ADC data acquisition method. Embodiments using a combination of both methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Ionwerks, Inc.
    Inventors: Katrin Fuhrer, Marc Gonin, Thomas F. Egan, William Burton, J. Albert Schultz, Valerie E. Vaughn, Steven R. Ulrich
  • Publication number: 20130043041
    Abstract: An actuation system and method, the system including a tubular defining a passage, and an assembly disposed with the tubular, the assembly including a restriction operatively arranged to receive a restrictor for enabling actuation of the assembly, the restriction including a degradable material with a protective layer thereon, the degradable material degrading upon exposure to a fluid in the passage and the protective layer isolating the degradable material from the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Matthew T. McCoy, Matthew D. Solfronk, Jack D. Farmer, William A. Burton, James G. King, Jason J. Barnard, Edward J. O'Malley
  • Publication number: 20120278269
    Abstract: Disclosed are method(s), system(s), and computer program product(s) for implementing expert assessment of a product. Some embodiments are directed at improved methods, systems, and computer program product form implementing expert assessment of product fixes/patches or upgrade. In some embodiments, the method or the system identifies or receives information regarding a client system on which the product runs and a reasoning rule for the expert assessment; analyzes the received or identified information based upon the reasoning rule; and determines the expert assessment based on the result of the act of analyzing the information. In some embodiments, the method or the system further comprises optimizing the expert assessment based on other information; determining whether the determination of the expert assessment is deterministic; and determining whether or not there exists a conflict in the expert assessment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Bob CALDWELL, Sandesh Rao, William Burton, Joshua Ort, Mark Brewer-Tillotson
  • Publication number: 20120263508
    Abstract: A belt fuser system has a cleaning member with a changeable wick. The cleaning member has a first belt cleaning surface and a second belt cleaning surface. The cleaning member rotates about a longitudinal axis for bringing the first belt cleaning surface and the second belt cleaning surface in contact with a back of a fuser belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: William A. Burton, Paul M. Fromm, Augusto E. Barton
  • Publication number: 20120251202
    Abstract: A belt-roll fuser stripping system has a stripping shoe and a stripping shim. The shim is support by a support member. The support member supports the shim to maintain a desired nip pressure profile, and reduce deformation and wear of the shim and belt-roll fuser components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Augusto E. BARTON, Paul M. Fromm, William A. Burton
  • Publication number: 20120189969
    Abstract: A belt-roll fuser system includes a belt-roll fuser module that is movable to engage and disengage to a main frame of the belt-roll fuser system. The belt-roll fuser has an internal pressure member that defines a fusing nip with an external pressure member of the main frame when the belt-roll fuser module is engaged. The belt-roll fuser module is movable by a latch, and when engaged, a nip load path crosses through a point at which the latch attaches to the belt-roll fuser module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Augusto E. BARTON, Paul M. Fromm, William A. Burton, Stephen B. Williams, Brian J. Dunham
  • Patent number: 8219514
    Abstract: Disclosed are method(s), system(s), and computer program product(s) for implementing expert assessment of a product. Some embodiments are directed at improved methods, systems, and computer program product form implementing expert assessment of product fixes/patches or upgrade. In some embodiments, the method or the system identifies or receives information regarding a client system on which the product runs and a reasoning rule for the expert assessment; analyzes the received or identified information based upon the reasoning rule; and determines the expert assessment based on the result of the act of analyzing the information. In some embodiments, the method or the system further comprises optimizing the expert assessment based on other information; determining whether the determination of the expert assessment is deterministic; and determining whether or not there exists a conflict in the expert assessment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Bob Caldwell, Sandesh Rao, William Burton, Joshua Ort, Mark Brewer-Tillotson
  • Patent number: 8211461
    Abstract: The invention features compositions for administration of an oxidatively transformed carotenoid or a component thereof and methods of promoting weight gain and feed conversion efficiency therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Chemaphor Inc.
    Inventors: Graham William Burton, Janusz Daroszewski
  • Patent number: 8086158
    Abstract: An enhanced sheet stripping method and apparatus for stripping toner image carrying copy sheets from a surface of a moving heated fusing member forming a fusing nip. The apparatus includes (a) a moving assembly for moving a cut sheet towards the fusing nip; (b) a sheet curling device positioned upstream of the fusing nip relative to movement of the cut sheet for inducing a desired pre-curl in the cut sheet before the cut sheet enters the fusing nip; and (c) a sheet stripping device positioned downstream of the fusing nip for stripping the cut sheet from contact with the surface of the moving heated fusing member as the cut sheet exits the fusing nip. The method includes inducing a desired curl in the cut sheet before the cut sheet enters the fusing nip and enhanced stripping the cut sheet from contact with the surface of the fuser roll as the cut sheet exits the fusing nip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald A Domoto, Elias Panides, Ruddy Castillo, Bryan J Roof, William A Burton, Steven M Russel, Donald M Bott
  • Patent number: 8022335
    Abstract: A rapid warm-up and cool-down pressure roll assembly is provided and includes (a) a rotatable pressure roll including a cylindrical sleeve having an outer surface, and an inner surface defining a hollow interior to the rotatable pressure roll; (b) a thermoelectric assembly sheet positioned within the hollow interior and having a first substrate facing the inner surface of the cylindrical sleeve, a second substrate, an electric current flow path therethrough, and electric current input and output terminals associated with the electric current flow path; and (c) an electric current input switching device connected to the electric current input and output terminals for enabling selective reversing of a direction of electric current flow through the electric current flow path, thereby reversing which of the first substrate and the second substrate of the thermoelectric assembly sheet is hot and which is cold, and therefore selectively enabling a rapid warm-up or rapid cool-down of the cylindrical sleeve of the pr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: William A Burton, Lawrence A Clark, Paul M Fromm, Melissa A Monahan, Steven M Russel, Stephen B Williams, Brendan H Williamson
  • Patent number: 7907858
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically adjusting nip width based on a scanned nip print in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include automatically inserting a sheet of media into a fuser nip in the image production device upon receiving a signal from a user interface, the fuser nip being an intersection of the fuser roll and the pressure roll, generating a nip print in the fuser nip, the nip print being an image created from the pressure between the fuser roll and the pressure roll, scanning the nip print, determining if a nip width adjustment is required based on the scanned nip print, the nip width being the distance of an arc length created by an intersection of the fuser roll and the pressure roll, and if it is determined that a nip width adjustment is required based on the scanned nip print, adjusting the nip width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Melissa Ann Monahan, William A. Burton, Paul Michael Fromm, Eric Scott Hamby, Lawrence Arnold Clark
  • Publication number: 20110049355
    Abstract: Time-of-flight mass spectrometer instruments are disclosed for monitoring fast processes with large dynamic range using a multi-threshold TDC data acquisition method or a threshold ADC data acquisition method. Embodiments using a combination of both methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: IONWERKS, INC.
    Inventors: Katrin Fuhrer, Marc Gonin, Thomas F. Egan, William Burton, J. Albert Schultz, Valerie E. Vaughn, Steven Ulrich
  • Patent number: 7844192
    Abstract: An apparatus (100) and method (300) that adjusts a fuser nip width in an apparatus that can include a fuser member having a fuser nip configured to fuse an image on media is disclosed. The method can include feeding (320) a media sheet in a media sheet travel direction through the fuser nip. The method can also include sensing (330) a media sheet exit temperature of the media sheet after the media sheet exits the fuser nip. The method can also include adjusting (340) a fuser member nip width according to the sensed media sheet exit temperature, where the fuser nip width is substantially parallel to the media sheet travel direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Bradley Williams, Paul M. Fromm, William A. Burton, Steven Matthew Russel
  • Patent number: D698629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Inventors: William K. Hansen, Warren William Burton