Patents Examined by Bradley Thies
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Patent number: 9975336Abstract: In a head, a passageway member has a nozzle which is opened in a first major surface, and a pressurizing chamber which is communicated with the nozzle and is positioned on a second major surface side as the back face of the first major surface. A piezoelectric actuator substrate is superimposed on the second major surface and covers over the pressurizing chamber. An FPC 27 has an insulating base film, an interconnect which is provided on one major surface of the base film, and an insulating film covering the interconnect, and makes its insulating film side face to the side of the piezoelectric actuator substrate which is opposite to the passageway member side. Above the pressurizing chambers, a thickness T of the insulating film from the base film is different between one side and the other side in a predetermined direction along the second major surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Takuji Hashiguchi, Chitoshi Ueki
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Patent number: 9975348Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes analyzing an image of a first flushing pattern applied on a medium during production of a print job to detect presence of one or more defective ink jet nozzles and adjusting to a second flushing pattern during the production of the print job upon detecting the presence of one or more defective print head nozzles.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Kartheek Chandu, Carl Bildstein
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Patent number: 9975335Abstract: In an example implementation, a grounding structure includes a perimeter ground line around the perimeter of a printhead die, and having north, south, east, and west segments. The structure includes an inter-slot ground line extending from the north segment to the south segment between two fluid slots, and an alternative ground line extending from the east segment to the west segment and intersecting the inter-slot ground line in a connection area near ends of the fluid slots.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2014Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Boon Bing Ng, Thida Ma Win, Jose Jehrome Rando
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Patent number: 9969166Abstract: An inkjet head comprises a pressure chamber; a nozzle plate including a first surface at the side of the pressure chamber, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first nozzle formed into a frustum which penetrates the first surface and the second surface and the diameter of which decreases as it goes closer to the second surface, and a second nozzle formed into a frustum which is the same as the frustum of the first nozzle; and a driving element configured adjacent to the pressure chamber to eject droplets from the first nozzle and the second nozzle simultaneously; wherein the part of the first nozzle on the first surface is integrally connected to the part of the second nozzle on the first surface, and the part of the first nozzle on the second surface is separated from the part of the second nozzle on the second surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2016Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Isao Suzuki
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Patent number: 9956788Abstract: A device of the present disclosure has a board reception plate coupled on a first side to a first side plate and coupled on a second side to a second side plate, and the board reception plate is adapted for supporting a board. The apparatus further has a first spring-loaded sliding bar coupled to the first side plate that has a first channel for receiving a first edge of the board and a second spring-loaded sliding bar coupled to the second side plate that has a second channel for receiving a second edge of the board.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Stitch City IndustriesInventor: Fernando Padilla
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Patent number: 9957400Abstract: An ink set for ink jet printing for improving a wide range of color gamut and providing excellent fastness on ink jet printed materials. The ink set including a yellow ink having Color Index Disperse Yellow 65, a magenta ink having Color Index Disperse Red 362, and a cyan ink having Color Index Disperse Blue 60.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: SEIREN CO., LTD.Inventor: Haruki Tatsuta
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Patent number: 9950547Abstract: A thermal transfer printer includes a label feeding roller driving unit, a ribbon roll-up driving unit, a ribbon feeding roller, a ribbon feeding roller driving unit, and a controller. The ribbon feeding roller has an adhesive layer on its surface and is rotated to feed the ink ribbon while holding the ink ribbon on the adhesive layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shuzo Sasaki, Koji Kirita
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Patent number: 9944069Abstract: There is provided a control system including: a motor, a moving apparatus, a detector, a driving circuit, and a controller. The controller executes: inputting, to the driving circuit, a first voltage command value up to a predetermined time; inputting, to the driving circuit, a second voltage command value since the predetermined time, and in accordance with a predetermined transfer function including an integral element; and setting an initial value of the integral element. The predetermined time is a time since the deceleration of the object has been started. When executing the switching from the first voltage command value to the second voltage command value, the controller sets a target position trajectory of the object up to the target stop position. Further, the controller sets the initial value of the integral element.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yuichi Hatakeyama
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Patent number: 9944103Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a recording head in which a plurality of nozzles for discharging liquid droplets; and a pattern forming unit configured to form a test pattern used for positional deviation adjustment including a first pattern serving as a reference pattern and a second pattern serving as an adjustment pattern. The first pattern and the second pattern each are a linear pattern that is parallel to a nozzle arrangement direction and has a disconnected portion. The disconnected portion of the first pattern and the disconnected portion of the second pattern are shifted from each other in the nozzle arrangement direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuhiko Okada, Mamoru Yorimoto, Daisaku Horikawa, Yuichi Sakurada, Makoto Moriwaki
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Patent number: 9931843Abstract: A print head includes a substrate having a hole, a circuit on the substrate, the circuit having traces and a hole corresponding to the hole in the substrate, the hole forming a fluid path, and a raised structure on the substrate around the fluid path, the raised structure positioned to seal the circuit from the fluid path.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2017Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Jonathan R. Brick, Chad D. Freitag, Garry A. Jones, Jon G. Judge, David R. Koehler, Chad J. Slenes, Peter J. Nystrom, Gary D. Redding, Mark A. Cellura
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Patent number: 9927626Abstract: A method of forming a lenticle on a substrate includes operating a plurality of inkjets to eject a plurality of ink drops of an optically transparent ink onto a surface of a substrate between a first printed line of an optically opaque ink and a second printed line of the optically opaque ink to form a lenticle from the optically transparent ink, the first printed line being formed substantially parallel to the second printed line with a separation between the first printed line and the second printed line corresponding to a predetermined width of a lenticle to be formed on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Chu-heng Liu, David Allen Mantell, Jing Zhou, Eli Berkley Mantell
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Patent number: 9925790Abstract: A valve driving device including a primary liquid chamber, a secondary liquid chamber, a valve body that opens and closes a communication flow channel through which the primary liquid chamber and the secondary liquid chamber are in communication, a pressure receiving member that partitions the secondary liquid chamber and atmospheric air in a liquid tight manner, and an operation member that opens and closes the valve body by transmitting the reaction of the pressure receiving member to the valve body, in which the pressure receiving member includes a pressure receiving plate portion that operates the operation member, and a pressure receiving film portion that is provided in the periphery of the pressure receiving plate portion, the valve driving device including a pressing driving portion that removes pressing of the pressure receiving plate portion prior to that of the pressure receiving film portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kazuhito Hori, Toshio Kumagai
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Patent number: 9925808Abstract: A paper cassette includes a casing and an end cap. The casing includes a receiving space for storing a stack of paper, one side of the casing defines a paper exit, the end cap is removably attached to the paper exit. When the paper exit is sealed by the end cap, the paper cassette is used to accommodate paper; when the end cap is removed from the paper exit and the paper cassette is inserted into a printing device, the paper cassette is used to feed paper to the printing device. A printing device is further disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yu-Chi Chang
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Patent number: 9925802Abstract: Provided is a highly reliable ink jet recording apparatus capable of preventing the occurrence of image defects. The ink jet recording apparatus includes a liquid absorbing device including a porous body configured to absorb/remove an aqueous liquid component from an image containing the aqueous liquid component and a coloring material, a heat drying device configured to perform a heat drying treatment of the image after being subjected to the liquid absorption treatment, a temperature measuring device configured to measure the temperature of the image after being subjected to the heat drying treatment with the heat drying device, and a determination unit configured to determine the state of the liquid absorbing device from the measured temperature.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2017Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Eisuke Nishitani, Takao Ogata, Akira Morita, Takumi Otani, Toshimori Miyakoshi
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Patent number: 9919541Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus (printing device) includes a support section that supports a medium, a discharge section that discharges a liquid onto the medium that is supported by the support section, a holding section (carriage) that holds the discharge section, and a pressing section (rollers) that can change the position to a first position for pressing the medium against the support section or to a second position for releasing the medium. The pressing section is placed within an area between the holding section and the support section at the first position, and is placed outside the area between the holding section and the support section at the second position.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takayuki Tamaki, Hideyuki Kataoka
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Patent number: 9919515Abstract: A printing system capable of accurately positioning a lenticular array in registration with a rectilinear raster includes a printer that is capable of printing onto a printable surface. The printer has a main support surface on which the printable surface rests. The system further includes a series of raised parallel relief features being spatially formed along a printable substrate that is supported by the main support surface. The raised parallel relief features are raised to a sufficient height above the printable substrate such that when the lenticular array is disposed upon the raised parallel relief features, each raised parallel relief feature fits and is disposed within a valley formed between two respective adjoining lenticules of the lenticular array.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: TRACER IMAGING LLCInventors: Stephen S. Daniell, Steven M. Spiro, Daniel L. Lau
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Patent number: 9919525Abstract: In an example, a fluid ejection apparatus includes a printhead die embedded in a printed circuit board. Fluid may flow to the printhead die through a plunge-cut fluid feed slot in the printed circuit board and into the printhead die.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Chien-Hua Chen, Michael W. Cumbie
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Patent number: 9914300Abstract: A head including a channel formation substrate is provided with a pressure generating chamber which communicates with a nozzle for ejecting a liquid; a piezo element includes a first electrode which is provided on one surface side of a channel formation substrate, a piezoelectric layer is provided on the first electrode, and a second electrode is provided on the piezoelectric layer; and a driving circuit board is bonded to the one surface side of the channel formation substrate via an adhesive layer, and is provided with a driving circuit for driving the piezo element, in which the piezo element and the driving circuit are electrically connected to each other via a bump which is provided on any one of the channel formation substrate and the driving circuit board, and in which the bump and the adhesive layer are provided above the piezoelectric layer of the piezo element.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Hamaguchi, Eiju Hirai, Yoichi Naganuma, Motoki Takabe
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Patent number: 9914315Abstract: A tape cartridge which contains a tape-shaped printing medium and is to be mounted on a mounting section of a tape printer includes a tape roll around which the printing medium is wound and a core shaft portion that rotatably supports the tape roll. An inner circumferential portion of the core shaft includes a shape forming a first fitting portion which is fitted to a pedestal portion erectly disposed on the mounting section when the tape cartridge is mounted on the mounting section, and a second fitting portion which is fitted to a first convex portion erectly disposed on the pedestal portion when the tape cartridge is mounted on the mounting section.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Hideki Sakano
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Patent number: 9908334Abstract: An inkjet printhead assembly includes a manifold assembly and a print chip. The manifold assembly includes an ink passage having an ink outlet and an air passage having an air outlet. The print chip is attached to part of the manifold assembly and is positioned for receiving ink from the ink outlet of the ink passage. The air outlet is offset from the print chip and is configured for delivering a flow of air laterally across the print chip.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2017Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: MEMJET TECHNOLOGY LTD.Inventor: Kia Silverbrook