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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7095495 | Fluorescent inspection of airfoil cooling holes A system and method are provided for inspecting cooling holes of a completed, lasered, and deburred turbine airfoil. The cooling holes are covered with a very porous tape before placing the turbine airfoil into an air fixture that has a metered amount of fluorescent... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7063402 | Flexible lamination for use with primary ink jet components A flexible lamination method is provided for joining primary ink jet components. Essentially, the existing thermosetting construction techniques are replaced with a thermoplastic construction by replacing epoxy with sheet plastic during the lamination process. The f... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6983199 | Vibration measurement and recording system and method A system and method are provided for allowing simplified access to the raw vibration data. The signal conditioner, even if mounted on the engine or the engine pylon, digitizes the input signals and can analyze and store a finite amount of raw data. The raw signals a... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6980330 | Color table level reservation The present invention addresses problems encountered in the conversion of continuous tone data into binary data for printing on low resolution imaging systems. Representation of the continuous tone data is only roughly approximated through the conversion to binary d... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6962411 | Anti-wicking catcher arrangement for a solvent ink printhead A catcher design is provided wherein vacuum channels are added to both sides of the catcher to remove ink from the face of the catcher and from the eyelid seal. An additional fluid port on the catcher allows the additional vacuum channels to maintain an increased le... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6944334 | Color cross reference selection system and method A system and method are proposed for the printing of all possible colors, including all permutations of primary inks used to make processed colors, in equal increments and of a size easily measurable with a device that will convert the colors into standard color coo... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6926394 | Elastomeric polymer catcher for continuous ink jet printers A catcher device is provided for a continuous ink jet printer of the kind for generating a row of parallel selectively charged drop streams catches charged ink drops. The catcher device combines the attributes of two different materials, specifically a polymer and a... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6910756 | Eyelid with mechanically driven service position override A technique for sealing a printhead of an ink jet printer system on startup, opening the seal to print, and opening further on an arbitrary path for service, is provided for by the present invention. The ink jet printhead has an ink drop generator, a catcher located... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6909948 | Accelerometer configuration The present invention provides a system and method for using the external accelerometer in an aircraft engine configuration as a backup accelerometer, in the event the internally located production accelerometer fails. The sensor location of the external acceleromet... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6890054 | Automatic startup for a solvent ink printing system An automatic start-up sequence is provided for an inkjet printer that uses volatile inks for printing. At startup, colorless flush fluid is employed to remove in the drop generator and from the exterior of the orifice plate and from the charge plate. Jets of the flu... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6886910 | Correcting stimulation nonuniformity at the fluid cavity trench end boundary In a drop generator for use in an ink jet printer, stimulation transducers are bonded near the ends of the jet array on the droplet generator body. The transducers are electrically controlled with an oscillating voltage signal which can be modified in amplitude and ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6869160 | Purge shutdown for a solvent ink printing system A shutdown procedure is provided for removing all solvent ink from the printhead of an ink jet printer system that uses volatile ink for printing. A shutdown method is provided for an inkjet printer that uses volatile inks for printing. Initially, a colorless flush ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6848767 | Automatic startup for a solvent ink printing system An automatic start-up for a continuous ink jet printer provides a dyeless flush fluid to the printhead to remove any particles or ink residue from the printhead and to wet the orifice plate before jets form. The pressure of the flush fluid is then raised to cause th... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6829064 | Ink reduction using diffused bitmap masks A technique is provided for reducing inking of image and text areas in an ink jet printing system. Initially, a shaded image/text multi-bit mask is provided. Half-toning, such as error diffusion, is applied to dither the shaded multi-bit mask to a one-bit mask. An i... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6793314 | Cleaning ink jet print heads using ultra-violet and green Nd-YAG lasers A method and apparatus are provided for removing contaminates from ink jet printer components. The normal output from a Nd-YAG laser is frequency multiplied to be capable of removing particulates and films from ink jet printer components. The laser cleaning techniqu... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6769753 | Minimum period circuit A minimum period circuit is used to process incoming encoder pulses for an imaging system that prints on a recording media in response to pulses from an encoder. The system using the minimum period circuit receives pulses from an encoder and generates output pulses ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6762855 | Variable speed printing system The present invention proposes a printing system whereby a supply of sufficient data is assured to the print engine so that the print engine can run continuously and efficiently. The printing system has at least one marking engine capable of printing an image on a m... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6742876 | Eyelid operation for an ink jet printer A system and method are provided for improving the reliability for operation of the eyelid associated with the ink jet printhead of a continuous ink jet printer. The eyelid actuation technique of the present invention solves the problem of ink jet fluid residue dryi... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6736498 | Eyelid positioning An eyelid positioning technique is provided for an ink jet printer to precisely position the eyelid relative to the catcher to properly seal the print head. The eyelid seals against the catcher to contain ink within the printhead on startup and shutdown of the print... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6725645 | Turbofan engine internal anti-ice device A system and method are provided for preventing the formation of ice on or removing ice from an internal surface of a turbofan engine. A splitter region, associated with a booster compressor of the turbofan engine, is identified. The splitter region has surfaces int... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6688733 | Rapid pressure ramp startup A method is provided for transitioning from a lower pressure state to a final operating pressure state. Initially, an eyelid is used to divert ink into a fluid channel associated with the catcher assembly. Pressure of the ink is reduced to a low ink press... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6688736 | Wicking arrangement to eliminate catcher dripping An inkjet printer has a catcher and eyelid seal for sealing against the catcher during startup and shutdown. A wicking means is provided for removing excess ink from a fluid channel of the catcher having an associated catcher plate, in an area of the eyel... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6681194 | Method of setting a trigger point for an alarm An approach to setting an alarm limit, which triggers an alarm when a measurement signal reaches the limit. As an example, when a measurement signal is obtained indicating a temperature, the measurement signal can be contaminated with artifacts such noise... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6679590 | Shutdown for an ink jet printer A system and method are provided for improving the reliability for shutting down high resolution ink jet printheads for continuous ink jet printers. The shutdown technique fo the present invention solves the problem of ink and/or flush fluid drying in or ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6679081 | Pumped liquid cooling system using a phase change refrigerant An improved cooling system provides cooling away from the surface of electrical and electronic components with very low parasitic power consumption and very high heat transfer rates. The component to be cooled is in thermal contact with a cold plate evapo... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6678953 | Method for making damped combustion cowl structure A method is provided for increasing the contact area between a damper wire and a sheet metal component in a combustion cowl of a gas turbine engine. This increase in contact area reduces the wear rate on the combustor cowl. A first curl is formed in the s... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6637932 | Engine thrust bearing condition monitoring method A method is provided for monitoring engine thrust bearing temperature deviations. Initially, key engine parameters are measured. A bearing temperature rise can be predicted based on the measured parameters. The predicted rise value is compared with the ac... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6615909 | Corrugated matrix heat sink for cooling electronic components An improved heat sink is used to cool electrical and electronic components that generate heat. The heat sink comprises at least one primary corrugated fin pack having a continuous series of vertically extending fins defining channels between adjacent pair... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6543885 | Ink jet charge plate with integrated flexible lead connector structure Metallic bumps are formed for electrical interconnection between the charge plate and the charge drive electronics. This is achieved by having improved electrical connection between an ink jet charge plate and associated charge leads is promoted. This is ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6527363 | Low profile disposable polymer wicking pad A laminated structure utilizes differential adhesive to achieve high adhesion to a wicking material and low adhesion where removal is desired. The low profile wicking pad is useful in any technology where it is desirable to control excess moisture with a ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6519955 | Pumped liquid cooling system using a phase change refrigerant An improved cooling system provides cooling away from the surface of electrical and electronic components with very low parasitic power consumption and very high heat transfer rates. The component to be cooled is in thermal contact with a cold plate evapo... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6508301 | Cold plate utilizing fin with evaporating refrigerant An improved cold plate cooling system provides cooling away from the surface of electrical and electronic components with very low parasitic power consumption and very high heat transfer rates. The component to be cooled is in thermal contact with a cold ... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6505920 | Synchronously stimulated continuous ink jet head An ink jet print head for a continuous ink jet printer includes an orifice plate defining an elongated array of ink jet orifices, an ink manifold for supplying ink to the orifices in the orifice plate, and a shear mode piezoelectric transducer mechanicall... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6483119 | Ultraviolet treatment for liquid dispensing unit A system and method are provided for treating liquids in a dispensing reservoir. An ultraviolet source is located in a liquid dispensing reservoir or well. The ultraviolet source discharges ultraviolet light rays in the dispensing reservoir to treat the l... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6469418 | Vibration monitoring system and method A differential circuit is used to compare the current to the drive transducers to a matched reference circuit. With the capacitive current from the piezoelectric transducer canceled out in this manner, the resulting output current provides a direct measur... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6454835 | Two-phase flow separator A method and apparatus is provided for separating the liquid and non-liquid components of a foamy mixture. The apparatus comprises a filter through which the liquid portion of the foam can pass and through which the gaseous or air component cannot pass, u... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6443549 | Continuous tone reproduction using improved ink jet droplet dispersion techniques A method for improving tone reproduction in a digital printing system is provided. First, an image to be printed is defined. The image will have areas of minimal ink density and areas of medium to high ink density. A randomized dot placement scheme is use... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6435637 | Fluid and vacuum control in an ink jet printing system A system and method are provided for improving the control of vacuum and pressure in an ink jet printing system. The control is positively affected by reducing response time of the system, minimizing overshoot of the controlled parameters, such as ink pre... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6398351 | Flush system for ink change A system for flushing ink residue from a fluid system is provided for use with a continuous ink jet print station. Ink is rapidly drained from the fluid system, and the fluid system is refilled with a flush fluid. The flow of flush fluid is directed throu... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6357866 | Droplet generator A droplet generator for generating a plurality of streams of ink droplets in a continuous ink jet printer comprises a stimulator plate, and the capability of supplying ink to the stimulator plate. The stimulator plate is substantially planar and comprises... | 03/19/2002 |
