DR. JAMES JOSEPH JORDAN, M.D.
Psychiatric at Saint Peter St, Saint Paul, MN

7284279, Oct 16, 2007

Mar 7, 2003

10/384161

Michael A. Morrison - Eagan MN, US
James A. Jordan - Eagan MN, US
Jon E. Freise - Minneapolis MN, US

DataCard Corporation - Minneapolis MN

H04L 9/32, G06F 21/00

726 34, 726 17, 713184, 713186, 340 58

Improvements in security relating to the use of personalized document production equipment. The invention has particular use with respect to printers that are used to produce plastic cards, such as financial cards and identification cards. The invention prevents the unauthorized production of personalized documents through the use of stolen or fraudulently obtained production equipment or software. The equipment is locked until a user enters authorization data that matches authorization data stored in memory of the equipment. The equipment is able to power-up in the locked state, at which point the user is prompted to enter the authorization data. As a result, if the equipment is stolen, the thief is unable to operate the equipment without the necessary authorization data.

6263796, Jul 24, 2001

Dec 23, 1997

8/997439

James M. Jordan - Eagan MN

Datacard Corporation - Minneapolis MN

B41L 302

101486

The present invention provides an image transfer section of a printer having a control system controlling the operation thereof, as well as a control system and method for controlling the operation of the image transfer section. In particular, the control system and method of the present invention ensures that horizontal and vertical registration of the card and web is attained. The control is adaptive, so as to automatically adjust to differing speeds and gear drives of the independent systems. The control system of the present invention also automatically adjusts the speed of the web take-up roll and the card drive rollers so as to match the speed of the applicator rollers, thereby eliminating the need for slip clutches in the various systems as well as guaranteeing speed matches between the independent systems. Further, since the receptor web has a plurality of horizontally spaced images printed thereon, the control system of the present invention is designed to ensure that the proper image is transferred onto the card.

7144182, Dec 5, 2006

May 31, 2005

11/141598

James H. Jordan - Apple Valley MN, US
James H. Sandlin - Shakopee MN, US

QA1 Precision Products, Inc. - Lakeville MN

F16C 11/00

403143, 403124, 403125, 403126, 403141, 403142

A ball joint having a housing with a cylindrical cavity that has an open receiving end and a closed retaining end receives a polymeric insert and a non-deformable insert therein. The polymeric insert has a cylindrical outer wall that extends upwardly from a base and the interior of the insert defines a concave spherical contour. The non-deformable insert fits into a slot formed in the base of the polymeric insert and rests against the housing's bottom. A ball stud comprising a shank with a spherical ball at one end thereof snaps into the polymeric insert and the non-deformable insert. A retaining ring slips over the shank of the ball stud into the receiving end of the housing and its inner surface also has a spherical contour conforming to the spherical ball. The inserts, the ball of the ball stud and the retainer ring are held in the housing by forming the periphery of the housing at the receiving end to overlay the retaining ring.

5584589, Dec 17, 1996

Jan 25, 1994

8/185774

David A. Adkins - Robbinsdale MN
Steven J. Fitzsimmons - Chaska MN
James M. Jordan - Eagan MN
Richard C. Nubson - Eden Prairie MN
Ronald L. Sattler - Bloomington MN

DataCard Corporation - Minnetonka MN

B41J 1150

400584

A graphics printer apparatus and method using sensors to detect the position of a work piece relative to a print head. A single drive motor driving the feed rollers and a print roller.

8264732, Sep 11, 2012

Feb 27, 2007

11/679611

David L. Anderson - Chanhassen MN, US
James M. Jordan - Eagan MN, US

DataCard Corporation - Minnetonka MN

B41L 3/02

358 118, 27126501, 399 67, 399384, 399401, 399388

A system and method for continuously printing images on a web material and continuously transferring the images to identity documents. A print component prints images on the web material. A registration component registers select images to identity documents. An applicator component applies the select images to the identity documents. A controller maintains throughput of the web material through the print component, registration component, and applicator component. The controller allows the system to continuously print images on the web material and continuously transfer the images to identity documents, in that it synchronizes cycles of the components, so that the components have simultaneous processing cycles and have simultaneous intervals between processing cycles.

6078343, Jun 20, 2000

Feb 10, 1997

8/797181

James M. Jordan - Eagan MN

Datacard Corporation - Minneapolis MN

B41J 1142

347188

A variable speed print apparatus and method provide for adjustment of the effective print speed for each print line being printed on the work piece by determining a maximum shade value to be printed on each print line and adjusting the print speed for each line accordingly. When there is no printing on a given line of the work piece, that print line may be effectively skipped altogether.

8239594, Aug 7, 2012

Nov 7, 2006

11/557188

James M. Jordan - Eagan MN, US
Steven G. Dorfe - Maple Grove MN, US

DataCard Corporation - Minnetonka MN

G06F 13/00, G06F 3/00, G08B 5/36, G05B 23/02

710104, 710 8, 710 10, 710301, 710302, 713300, 340 35, 34082552

A modular card issuance system comprises a plurality of sequentially ordered modules configured such that each module is in electrical communication with its adjacent modules. This system also comprises a main controller that is in electrical communication with each of the modules. Upon power-up of the system and without assistance from the main controller, each module determines its own identity, its relative position among the plurality of modules and the total number of modules in the system. This information is then reported to the main controller upon request from the main controller.

6846000, Jan 25, 2005

Jan 29, 2003

10/353515

James E. Grinde - Farmington MN, US
Karl L. Hacken - Apple Valley MN, US
James J. Jordan - Apple Valley MN, US

Curt Manufacturing, Inc. - Eau Claire WI

B60D 144, B60D 150

280439

An improved fifth wheel hitch for attaching a trailer to a towing vehicle. The hitch includes an outer box support frame having two rails for mounting the trailer hitch to the towing vehicle, a spherical bearing mounted in the frame having a ball joint, and a latch assembly affixed to the spherical bearing to allow the assembly to have two degrees of movement, and a head body. The latch assembly comprises a base plate, a jaw fixed at a first elevation, and a vertically displaceable jaw. A means are provided to raise the vertically displaceable jaw above the level of the fixed jaw to allow release of the king pin latch. When the jaws are coplanar they capture the kingpin of a trailer, and safely lock the trailer to the hitch.