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Kenneth J Launie

from West Newton, MA
Age ~70
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Also known as:
Kenneth Joseph Launie
Phone and address:
459 Crafts St, Newton, MA 02465
Related to:
Ian L Mcmullen, 37Neil L Mcmullen, 35
Connected to:
Peter Launie, 68Jeremy S Launier, 51Billy R Launius, 70Christopher S Launius, 35Kyle Launius, 45Luann P Launius, 70Sheryl K Launius, 65Mavis A Launsby, 72Bonnie L Launse, 63Jennie M Launstein-Bevins, 37

Kenneth Launie Phones & Addresses

  • 459 Crafts St, West Newton, MA 02465
  • Newton, MA
  • 15 Salem St, Cambridge, MA 02139
  • 209 Hamilton St, Cambridge, MA 02139
  • 1526 Mystic Valley Pkwy, Medford, MA 02155

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Kenneth Launie

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Location:
Greater Boston Area
Industry:
Consumer Electronics

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Lens Cover Assembly For A Folding Camera

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US Patent:
6527461, Mar 4, 2003
Filed:
Sep 10, 2001
Appl. No.:
09/950179
Inventors:
Kenneth J. Launie - Cambridge MA
Robert L. Stephansky - Stoughton MA
Assignee:
Polaroid Corporation - Waltham MA
International Classification:
G30B 1704
US Classification:
396348, 396448
Abstract:
A lens cover assembly for a folding camera includes a main frame assembly and a lens assembly pivotally mounted on the main frame assembly and movable between a closed position in which the lens assembly is disposed at least in part within the main frame assembly and an open position in which the lens assembly upstands from the main frame assembly, the lens assembly having a lens therein. A lens cover member is pivotally mounted on the lens assembly and is movable between a first position in which the lens cover member completely covers the lens, and a second position in which the lens cover member is removed from the lens. A mechanical linkage interconnects the main frame assembly and the lens cover member and is operative, upon moving the lens assembly from the closed position to the open position, to move the lens cover member to the second position, and further operative, upon moving the lens assembly from the open position to the closed position, to move the lens cover member to the first position.

Nonrotating Platen For Thermal Printing

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US Patent:
8305408, Nov 6, 2012
Filed:
May 25, 2007
Appl. No.:
11/753753
Inventors:
Kenneth J. Launie - Cambridge MA, US
Leo R. Lechtenberg - Middleboro MA, US
Juan C. Van Dijk - Sudbury MA, US
William T. Vetterling - Lexington MA, US
Assignee:
Zink Imaging, Inc. - Bedford MA
International Classification:
B41J 2/32
B41J 2/38
US Classification:
347171, 347185, 347186, 347187
Abstract:
Devices and methods for thermally printing on a thermal image member are disclosed using a thermal print head and a nonrotating platen. The nonrotating platen is adapted to bias the thermal imaging member against the print head. The nonrotating platen includes an elastic member and a mounting means for securing at least one end of the elastic member with respect to the print head. A portion of the thermal imaging member is placed in a printing nip formed between a thermal print head and the nonrotating platen. The print head exerts a torque on the elastic member when the elastic member biases the imaging member against the print head. The thermal imaging member is translated along a transport direction through the printing nip, such that at least one surface of the imaging member slides across the nonrotating platen. The print head forms an image upon the translated thermal imaging member.

Self-Developing Camera

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US Patent:
60553758, Apr 25, 2000
Filed:
Feb 4, 1998
Appl. No.:
9/018375
Inventors:
Lawrence M. Douglas - So. Easton MA
John P. Kirby - Peabody MA
Kenneth J. Launie - Cambridge MA
Frank S. Silveira - Wilmington MA
Assignee:
Polaroid Corporation - Cambridge MA
International Classification:
G03B 1750
US Classification:
396 33
Abstract:
A photographic apparatus for use with self-developing film wherein the apparatus comprises a light-tight housing assembly having a film unit exit for allowing the film units to exit the housing assembly; an exposure control assembly including a shutter button; the exposure control assembly includes a biased carriage assembly movable between ambient, strobe and strobe charge positions in response to manual displacement thereof; a spread roller assembly including spread rollers for spreading the processing fluid in the film units; a manually operable drive mechanism is mounted in the housing assembly for bidirectional linear movement between extended and retracted positions and carries a pick for engaging and advancing a topmost film unit of the film stack into the nip, and for rotatably driving the spread roller member in response to pulling of the drive mechanism by an operator to process the film unit and eject the same from the exit; and, an interlocking assembly cooperates with the shutter button and the drive mechanism to prevent the drive mechanism from moving until the shutter button is actuated, and preventing the drive mechanism from being reinserted into the housing assembly until the drive mechanism has been pulled sufficiently so that a film unit has been processed by the spread roller member and exits the housing assembly.

Camera With Structure For Adjusting Lens Disc Velocity And Calibration Method

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US Patent:
43359450, Jun 22, 1982
Filed:
Jan 2, 1981
Appl. No.:
6/222013
Inventors:
Bruce K. Johnson - Andover MA
Kenneth J. Launie - Stoneham MA
Assignee:
Polaroid Corporation - Cambridge MA
International Classification:
G03B 1318
G03B 908
US Classification:
354197
Abstract:
A camera, including an automatic lens focusing system of the type wherein a disc holding a plurality of different lens elements is accelerated by an arm of a torsion spring to effect disc rotation for sequentially presenting the lens elements at a focusing system, is provided with an arrangement for easily adjusting the amount of energy stored in the spring prior to release to thereby change the resultant disc rotational velocity. The adjustment is made in connection with a method of calibrating disc rotational velocity.

Camera With Lens Disc Stopping System

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US Patent:
43156819, Feb 16, 1982
Filed:
Jan 2, 1981
Appl. No.:
6/222012
Inventors:
Kenneth J. Launie - Stoneham MA
Assignee:
Polaroid Corporation - Cambridge MA
International Classification:
G03B 1320
F16H 5300
US Classification:
354197
Abstract:
A camera including an automatic lens focusing system, wherein a disc holding a plurality of different lens elements is rotated to sequentially present the lens elements at a focusing system, is provided with a disc stopping arrangement comprising a plurality of notches in a peripheral section of the disc and a pawl having a tang therein configured to be received in a selected one of the notches to stop disc rotation and locate a corresponding one of the lens elements at the focusing position. The outer edge portion of the disc, the notches and the pawl tang are specially configured so as to stabilize the pawl prior to tang entry into a notch and to efficiently dissipate inertial energy of the disc.

Camera Having Chamber For Storing Exposed Film Units During Their Development

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US Patent:
50499076, Sep 17, 1991
Filed:
Nov 8, 1990
Appl. No.:
7/610803
Inventors:
Richard J. Fraser - Franklin MA
Kenneth J. Launie - Cambridge MA
George D. Whiteside - Lexington MA
Assignee:
Polaroid Corporation - Cambridge MA
International Classification:
G03B 1752
US Classification:
354 86
Abstract:
An instant type camera having first and second film engaging means for moving an exposed film unit from a film cassette to a film storage chamber. The second film engaging means is mounted for movement from a position on the entry side of a pair of spread rollers to a position on an exit side of the spread rollers. During such movement, the second film engaging means engages a trailing edge of an exposed film unit as it emerges from between the spread rollers and moves it into the storage chamber.

Photographic Apparatus

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US Patent:
D3891658, Jan 13, 1998
Filed:
Jun 27, 1996
Appl. No.:
D/056373
Inventors:
John H. Betts - New York NY
Kenneth J. Launie - Cambridge MA
Jon E. Van Tassell - Concord MA
Assignee:
Polaroid Corporation - Cambridge MA
International Classification:
1601
US Classification:
D16211

Auto Focus Camera With Electronic Lens Disc Pawl Release Arrangement

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US Patent:
43079520, Dec 29, 1981
Filed:
Jun 3, 1980
Appl. No.:
6/156044
Inventors:
Judy Bagdis - Bradford MA
Bruce K. Johnson - Andover MA
Kenneth J. Launie - Stoneham MA
George D. Whiteside - Lexington MA
Assignee:
Polaroid Corporation - Cambridge MA
International Classification:
G03B 1320
US Classification:
354197
Abstract:
An automatic focusing control apparatus focuses subjects in any one of a plurality of different camera-to-subject distance ranges by transmitting a sonar ranging signal and at the same time displacing an objective lens to move through a plurality of different focal positions corresponding respectively to the different camera-to-subject distance ranges, and thereafter detecting an echo signal from a subject and utilizing the detected echo signal to provide a specially timed control signal to ultimately stop the displacement of the objective lens at the appropriate focal position corresponding to the distance range in which the subject is located.
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