Patents by Inventor Vincent C. Korthuis
Vincent C. Korthuis 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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Patent number: 11020964Abstract: A fluid ejection system includes a group of actuators and a controller. The controller can determine an operational mode of the fluid ejection system. Examples of operational modes include a service mode. In response to determining the fluid ejection system is in the service mode, the controller can modify a firing event sequence of each actuator in the group of actuators. The modification of the firing event sequence can be based in part on determining the fluid ejection system is operating in the service mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Vincent C Korthuis, James Gardner, Eric T Martin
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Patent number: 10926535Abstract: A fluidic die may include a fluid actuator comprising an electrical resistor, a power node to supply electrical current to the resistor to drive the fluid actuator, a low side switch transistor connected to a ground node and having a gate to control the flow of electrical current through the resistor, a voltage regulator to receive electrical power from the power node and to output a predetermined voltage and a level shifter to control to output a low side switch transistor gate drive voltage using the predetermined voltage and based upon control signals to control the gate to control fluid displacement by the fluid actuator. The predetermined voltage is greater than a voltage of the control signals and is independent of a resistance of the ground node.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Scott A Linn, Vincent C Korthuis, James M Gardner
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Patent number: 10857786Abstract: A fluid ejection device may include a substrate, a first group of fluid drivers on the substrate, a second group of fluid drivers on the substrate, a memory element storing a predetermined offset value and electronics to receive an address of one of the fluid drivers of the first group for actuation control. The electronics may select one of the fluid drivers of the second group for actuation control based on the address and the stored offset value.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Vincent C Korthuis, Eric T Martin
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Publication number: 20200307184Abstract: In some examples, a fluidic die comprises a plurality of actuators and actuation control logic coupled to the plurality of actuators. The fluidic die also includes a multiplexer, coupled to the actuation control logic, to provide the actuation control logic with an actuation signal, the actuation signal to control operation of the plurality of actuators. The fluidic die also comprises an actuation signal generator, coupled to the multiplexer, to provide the multiplexer with a plurality of actuation signals. The fluidic die also includes actuation signal mapping logic to control the multiplexer and the actuation signal generator based on one of a plurality of stored modes, each mode mapping the plurality of actuation signals to the plurality of actuators.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Vincent C. Korthuis, Eric Martin
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Publication number: 20200247116Abstract: In some examples, a fluid ejection device includes a nozzle to dispense fluid, and a recirculation controller to control recirculating of the nozzle. The recirculation controller is to receive, from a fluid ejection controller, an indication corresponding to a start of a sampling time interval, determine, during the sampling time interval, whether a firing event corresponding to firing of the nozzle has occurred, and in response to determining that the firing event has not occurred, cause activation of a recirculation pump to recirculate fluid through a chamber of the nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Eric Martin, Vincent C. Korthuis
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Patent number: 10730287Abstract: A fluid ejection device may include fluid actuators and an actuation controller. Each fluid actuator may have an associated address. The actuation controller is to receive an address for a fluid actuator of the device to be actuated and is further to automatically transmit one of different fire pulses based upon the received address.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Vincent C Korthuis, Eric T Martin
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Patent number: 10688785Abstract: According to an example, a printing system may include a drop ejecting element and a fluid circulating element corresponding to the drop ejecting element. The printing system may also include a logic device that is to receive a data stream addressed to the drop ejecting element, determine whether the data stream indicates that the drop ejecting element is to be energized, and in response to a determination that the data stream does not indicate that the drop ejecting element is to be energized, energize the fluid circulating element.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Vincent C. Korthuis, Eric T. Martin, Michael W. Cumbie, Scott A. Linn
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Patent number: 10668720Abstract: In some examples, a fluid ejection device includes a nozzle to dispense fluid, and a recirculation controller to control recirculating of the nozzle. The recirculation controller is to receive, from a fluid ejection controller, an indication corresponding to a start of a sampling time interval, determine, during the sampling time interval, whether a firing event corresponding to firing of the nozzle has occurred, and in response to determining that the firing event has not occurred, cause activation of a recirculation pump to recirculate fluid through a chamber of the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2016Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Eric Martin, Vincent C Korthuis
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Publication number: 20200139700Abstract: A fluidic die may include a fluid actuator comprising an electrical resistor, a power node to supply electrical current to the resistor to drive the fluid actuator, a low side switch transistor connected to a ground node and having a gate to control the flow of electrical current through the resistor, a voltage regulator to receive electrical power from the power node and to output a predetermined voltage and a level shifter to control to output a low side switch transistor gate drive voltage using the predetermined voltage and based upon control signals to control the gate to control fluid displacement by the fluid actuator. The predetermined voltage is greater than a voltage of the control signals and is independent of a resistance of the ground node.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2017Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Scott A Linn, Vincent C Korthuis, James M Gardner
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Publication number: 20200139707Abstract: A thermal fluid ejection heating element may include a first conductive trace, and an at least partially perforated resistive thin film material electrically coupling the first conductive trace to a second conductive trace. The perforations within the perforated resistive thin film material defines a resistance of the thermal fluid ejection heating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2017Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Stanley J Wang, Erik D Torniainen, Vincent C Korthuis
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Patent number: 10611173Abstract: A fluid ejection device including a plurality of primitives each having a same set of addresses and including a plurality of fluid chambers, each fluid chamber corresponding to a different address of the set of addresses and including a firing mechanism. Input logic receives a series of fire pulse groups, each fire pulse group corresponding to an address of the set of addresses and including warming data having an enable value or a disable value and a series of firing bits, each firing bit corresponding to a different primitive and having a firing value or a non-firing value. For each firing bit of each fire pulse group, when the warming data has the enable value, activation logic provides a warming pulse to the firing mechanism of the fluid chamber corresponding to the firing bit when the firing bit has the non-firing value.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Eric Martin, Vincent C Korthuis
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Publication number: 20200031121Abstract: A fluid ejection system includes a group of actuators and a controller. The controller can determine an operational mode of the fluid ejection system. Examples of operational modes include a service mode. In response to determining the fluid ejection system is in the service mode, the controller can modify a firing event sequence of each actuator in the group of actuators. The modification of the firing event sequence can be based in part on determining the fluid ejection system is operating in the service mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Vincent C Korthuis, James Gardner, Eric T Martin
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Patent number: 10532568Abstract: First electronics may determine a count of bubble jet resistors to be fired by a fire pulse group. A fire pulse generator may generate a fire pulse train for bubble jet resistors, the fire pulse train comprising a precursor pulse and a firing pulse separated by a dead time. Second electronics may adjust a width of the fire pulse for the bubble jet resistors of the fire pulse group by maintaining a first edge of the fire pulse relative to the precursor pulse and adjusting a second edge of the fire pulse relative to the precursor pulse based upon the determined count for the fire pulse group.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Vincent C. Korthuis, Eric T Martin, Michael W. Cumbie, Scott A Linn, Pere Esterri
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Publication number: 20190375207Abstract: A fluid ejection device may include fluid actuators and an actuation controller. Each fluid actuator may have an associated address. The actuation controller is to receive an address for a fluid actuator of the device to be actuated and is further to automatically transmit one of different fire pulses based upon the received address.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2017Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Vincent C Korthuis, Eric T Martin
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Publication number: 20190344562Abstract: A fluid ejection device may include a substrate, a first group of fluid drivers on the substrate, a second group of fluid drivers on the substrate, a memory element storing a predetermined offset value and electronics to receive an address of one of the fluid drivers of the first group for actuation control. The electronics may select one of the fluid drivers of the second group for actuation control based on the address and the stored offset value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2017Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Vincent C Korthuis, Eric T Martin
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Publication number: 20190283449Abstract: A fluid ejection device including a plurality of primitives each having a same set of addresses and including a plurality of fluid chambers, each fluid chamber corresponding to a different address of the set of addresses and including a firing mechanism. Input logic receives a series of fire pulse groups, each fire pulse group corresponding to an address of the set of addresses and including warming data having an enable value or a disable value and a series of firing bits, each firing bit corresponding to a different primitive and having a firing value or a non-firing value. For each firing bit of each fire pulse group, when the warming data has the enable value, activation logic provides a warming pulse to the firing mechanism of the fluid chamber corresponding to the firing bit when the firing bit has the non-firing value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2016Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Eric Martin, Vincent C Korthuis
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Patent number: 10369801Abstract: A liquid propelling component includes a liquid channel, a circuit block. The circuit block includes a first conductor disposed in the liquid channel to be in contact with liquid in the channel and a second conductor insulated from liquid in the channel. The liquid propelling component further includes a memory storing a digital code that corresponds to an analog value of the second conductor under a predefined charge.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2014Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Vincent C Korthuis, David Maxfield, Andrew Queisser
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Publication number: 20190210361Abstract: In some examples, a fluid ejection device includes a nozzle to dispense fluid, and a recirculation controller to control recirculating of the nozzle. The recirculation controller is to receive, from a fluid ejection controller, an indication corresponding to a start of a sampling time interval, determine, during the sampling time interval, whether a firing event corresponding to firing of the nozzle has occurred, and in response to determining that the firing event has not occurred, cause activation of a recirculation pump to recirculate fluid through a chamber of the nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2016Publication date: July 11, 2019Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Eric MARTIN, Vincent C. KORTHUIS
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Publication number: 20190184704Abstract: According to an example, a printing system may include a drop ejecting element and a fluid circulating element corresponding to the drop ejecting element. The printing system may also include a logic device that is to receive a data stream addressed to the drop ejecting element, determine whether the data stream indicates that the drop ejecting element is to be energized, and in response to a determination that the data stream does not indicate that the drop ejecting element is to be energized, energize the fluid circulating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Vincent C. Korthuis, Eric T. Martin, Michael W. Cumbie, Scott A. Linn
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Patent number: 10293603Abstract: A multi-directional single pass printing apparatus may include a print head comprising a collection of slots. The collection of slots may include a central slot for delivering a central slot fluid type, a first serial arrangement of first slots on a first side of the central slot to deliver a first series of respective fluid types and a second serial arrangement of second slots on a second side of the central slot opposite the first side. The second series of slots are to deliver a second series of respective fluid types, wherein the second series of respective fluid types mirror the first series of respective fluid types with respect to the central slot fluid type.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Vincent C Korthuis, Donald J Milligan, Dennis Schloeman