Patents by Inventor Eric T. Martin
Eric T. Martin 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).
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Publication number: 20240065884Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing targeted temperature management (TTM) therapy to a patient. The TTM system can include multiple embodiments of a thermal pad including embodiments that are convertible from a first patient contact area to a second patient contact area. Embodiments of thermal pads can include pads that are expandable, extendable, and/or comprise attachable or removable portions. The TTM system can include embodiments where a second thermal pad is coupled to a first thermal pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Eric A. Fallows, Nicholas J. Jardine, Qihua Xu, Adam T. Martin, Sean E. Walker
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Publication number: 20240051292Abstract: In some examples, a fluidic die includes fluidic actuators, switches, and electrically conductive lines in an electrically conductive layer of the fluidic die. The electrically conductive lines electrically connect the switches to respective actuators. A first dimension of a first electrically conductive line is different from a second dimension of a second electrically conductive line to match a first resistance of the first electrically conductive line having a first length to a second resistance of the second electrically conductive line having a second length different from the first length.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Vincent C. KORTHUIS, Rogelio CICILI, Eric T. MARTIN, Kellie Susanne JENSEN, James R. PRZYBYLA
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Publication number: 20230382116Abstract: In some examples, a fluidic die includes an arrangement of fluidic elements to dispense a fluid, each fluidic element of the fluidic elements including a fluidic actuator and a fluid chamber. An array of fluid feed holes is arranged in a plurality of dimensions to communicate the fluid with the fluidic elements, where each of multiple fluid feed holes along a first dimension of the plurality of dimensions is distinct from multiple fluid feed holes along a second dimension of the plurality of dimensions. The fluidic die includes first circuit elements operable at a first power supply voltage, the first circuit elements interspersed in regions between the fluidic elements along different axes of the fluidic die.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2020Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Eric T. Martin, James R. Przybyla
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Publication number: 20230382109Abstract: In some examples, a fluidic die includes an arrangement of fluidic elements to dispense a fluid, where each fluidic element of the fluidic elements includes a fluidic actuator and a fluid chamber. The fluidic die includes an array of fluid feed holes in a plurality of dimensions to communicate the fluid with the fluidic elements, where each of multiple fluid feed holes along a first dimension of the plurality of dimensions is distinct from multiple fluid feed holes along a second dimension of the plurality of dimensions. The fluidic die includes circuit elements interspersed in regions between the fluidic elements along different axes of the fluidic die, where each circuit element of the circuit elements includes an active device. The fluidic elements and the circuit elements are formed on a common substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2020Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Eric T. Martin, James R. Przybyla, Garrett E. Clark
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Publication number: 20230382127Abstract: According to examples, an apparatus may include a substrate having a fluid recirculation channel and a membrane adjacent to the fluid recirculation channel, in which the membrane is portion of the substrate having a smaller thickness than other portions of the substrate. The apparatus may also include a component layer, in which a fluid ejection chamber may be formed in the component layer. The fluid ejection chamber may include a nozzle and fluid may be received into the fluid ejection chamber through an inlet port and recirculated to the fluid recirculation channel through an outlet port. The apparatus may further include active circuit elements formed on the membrane, in which the active circuit elements may control ejection of fluid from the fluid ejection chamber through the nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2020Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Eric T. Martin, James R. Przybyla
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Publication number: 20230347646Abstract: An example fluid ejection device comprises a plurality of distinct fluid channels. Each fluid channel comprises a distinct fluid inlet to the ejection device. A subset of the plurality of distinct fluid channels comprises fluid recirculating fluid channels, and the remaining fluid channels comprising non-recirculating fluid channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Daryl Eugene Anderson, James R. Przybyla, Eric T. Martin, Garrett E. Clark
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Patent number: 11731426Abstract: In various examples, a fluid ejection device may include a substrate with a fluid feed hole and a corrosion-detecting conductive path or sensor disposed behind a wall of the fluid feed hold. The corrosion-detecting conductive path or sensor may close a circuit in response being exposed to a fluid contained within the fluid feed hole.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P.Inventors: Donald J. Milligan, Eric T. Martin, Rogelio Cicili
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Publication number: 20230202167Abstract: A fluidic die may include a substrate supporting a fluid actuator address line and first and second groups of fluid actuators connected to the fluid actuator address line. The first group of fluid actuators may include first and second types of fluid actuators having different operating characteristics. The second group of fluid actuators may include the first and the second types of fluid actuators. The fluid actuators of the first and second groups have addresses such that a fluid actuator of the first type in the first group and a fluid actuator of the second type in the second group are both enabled in response to a single enabling event on the fluid actuator address line.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Sean P. McClelland, Donald J. Milligan, Eric T. Martin
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Publication number: 20230191779Abstract: A fluidic die may include a substrate supporting a fluid actuator address line and first and second groups of fluid actuators connected to the fluid actuator address line. The first group of fluid actuators may include first and second types of fluid actuators having different operating characteristics. The second group of fluid actuators may include the first and the second types of fluid actuators. The fluid actuators of the first and second groups have addresses such that a fluid actuator of the first type in the first group and a fluid actuator of the second type in the second group are both enabled in response to a single enabling event on the fluid actuator address line.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Sean P. McClelland, Donald J. Milligan, Eric T. Martin
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Patent number: 11618253Abstract: A fluidic die may include a substrate supporting a fluid actuator address line and first and second groups of fluid actuators connected to the fluid actuator address line. The first group of fluid actuators may include first and second types of fluid actuators having different operating characteristics. The second group of fluid actuators may include the first and the second types of fluid actuators. The fluid actuators of the first and second groups have addresses such that a fluid actuator of the first type in the first group and a fluid actuator of the second type in the second group are both enabled in response to a single enabling event on the fluid actuator address line.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Sean P. McClelland, Donald J. Milligan, Eric T. Martin
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Publication number: 20230085502Abstract: According to examples, an apparatus may include fluid chambers that each includes a fluid actuator and an electrode. The fluid actuators may operate at a first voltage level and a monitoring circuitry may operate at a second voltage level that is lower than the first voltage level. The monitoring circuitry may monitor a condition of each fluid chamber based on a selection signal for selecting an electrode associated with a fluid chamber. The monitoring circuitry including an analog multiplexer that includes, for each of the electrodes for the plurality of fluid chambers, a level shifter to receive the selection signal at the second voltage level and to shift a level of the selection signal. The analog multiplexer may also include an analog pass gate to selectively couple the electrode of a respective fluid chamber to the monitoring circuitry based on the level shifted selection signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2020Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Eric T. Martin, Rogelio Cicili
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Publication number: 20230056907Abstract: A fluidic die includes a substrate and a thermal sensor arranged on a membrane region of the substrate. The substrate includes a fluid slot formed in a back side of the substrate, while the membrane region is positioned between the fluid slot and a front side of the substrate. The substrate also includes a plurality of fluid feed holes in the membrane region, where each fluid feed hole is in communication with the fluid slot and the front side of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2020Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Eric T. Martin, Jeremy Joseph Spencer, Donald J. Milligan
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Publication number: 20230027185Abstract: An example input voltage agnostic fluidic device may include a level shifter to adjust an input voltage of control signals received at an input interconnect to a voltage level that is within operational thresholds of on-chip devices of the input voltage agnostic fluidic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2019Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Eric T. Martin, Berkeley Fisher
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Publication number: 20220396070Abstract: An example input voltage agnostic fluidic device may include a level shifter to adjust an input voltage of control signals received at an input interconnect to a voltage level that is within operational thresholds of on-chip devices of the input voltage agnostic fluidic device. A clamp circuit may be provided to clamp circuitry downstream of the level shifter below the operational threshold of the on-chip device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2019Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Eric T. Martin, Berkeley Fisher
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Patent number: 11524498Abstract: In some examples, a fluid dispensing device includes a plurality of fluidic actuators and a decoder to detect that a first fluidic actuator is to be activated, and detect that a sense measurement is to be performed. In response to detecting that the first fluidic actuator is to be activated and the sense measurement is to be performed, the decoder is to suppress activation of the first fluidic actuator at a first time, and activate the first fluidic actuator at a second time corresponding to a sense measurement interval to perform the sense measurement of the first fluidic actuator.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Daryl E. Anderson, Eric T. Martin
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Publication number: 20220250378Abstract: In various examples, a fluid ejection die may include an addressing circuit to selectively activate a primitive having a plurality of fluid ejection nozzles in either a first mode or a second mode based on control data received from a fluid ejection system. In the first mode, the addressing circuit may selectively activate, based on the control data, each of the plurality of fluid ejection nozzles during a respective time slice of a first print period. In the second mode, the addressing circuit may selectively activate, based on the control data, each of a plurality of subsets of nozzles of the plurality of fluid ejection nozzles during a respective time slice of a second print period. Moreover, in some examples, the second print period may be a fraction of the first print period.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2019Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Eric T. Martin, Tsuyoshi Yamashita
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Patent number: 11383516Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a fluidic die is described. The fluidic die includes an array of firing subassemblies grouped into zones. Each firing subassembly includes 1) a firing chamber, 2) a fluid actuator disposed, and 3) a sensor plate. The fluidic die also includes a measurement device per zone to determine a state of a selected sensor plate. The fluidic die includes a selector per firing subassembly to couple the selected sensor plate to the measurement device. The fluidic die also includes a transmission path between each selector and its corresponding sensor plate. A first transmission path for a particular sensor plate has physical properties such that a parasitic capacitance along the first transmission path corresponds to a parasitic capacitance for a second transmission path of a second sensor plate in the zone, regardless of a difference in transmission path length.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Eric T. Martin, Vincent C. Korthuis
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Patent number: 11331909Abstract: Examples of a fluidic die for thermal zone selection with a circular shift register are described herein. In some examples, the fluidic die includes multiple thermal zones. Each thermal zone includes a temperature sensor and a fluidic actuator. The fluidic die also includes shared thermal control circuitry to process an output of the temperature sensor of a selected thermal zone. The fluidic die further includes a circular shift register that includes multiple memory elements. Each memory element is associated with one thermal zone. A token circulates within the circular shift register to select one thermal zone at a time for processing by the shared thermal control circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Daryl E. Anderson, Eric T. Martin, James Michael Gardner
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Patent number: 11318737Abstract: A fluidic die includes primitives arranged to form a number of primitive zones, each primitive zone including a memory to store adjustment data, and at least one signal adjuster to receive a fire signal, and to adjust the received fire signal based on the stored adjustment data to provide an adjusted fire signal to each primitive of the primitive zone. The fluidic die includes an address bus and a set of data lines, each data line corresponding to a different one of the primitives. Mode circuitry directs address data from the address bus to each primitive and print data from each data line to the corresponding primitive when a mode signal has a first value, and directs data representing adjustment data from one of the address bus and the set of data lines to at least one of the memories when the mode signal has a second value.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Vincent C. Korthuis, Rodrigo N. Henriquez, Eric T. Martin
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Patent number: 11312131Abstract: In some examples, a fluid dispensing device includes a plurality of fluidic actuators, and a plurality of sense measurement storage elements to store sense measurement indicators for indicating whether sense measurement is to be performed for fluidic actuators of the plurality of fluidic actuators. The fluid dispensing device further includes a controller to control setting of the sense measurement indicators in the sense measurement storage elements to select which fluidic actuator is to be subject to a sense measurement.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Daryl E. Anderson, Eric T. Martin