Patents by Inventor Bill Holland

Bill Holland 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).

  • Inkjet printing apparatus and method thereof
    Patent number: 8425011
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a media transport unit to transport a print media along a print media transport path, at least one printhead assembly including an inkjet printhead having a plurality of nozzles to print on a select portion of the print media, the inkjet printhead forming a print region adjacent to the nozzles in an area between the printhead assembly and a print portion of the print media transport path, and at least one of an electrostatic discharge unit to neutralize a resulting electrical charge on at least the select portion of the print media before the at least select portion of the print media enters the print region and a neutralization unit to neutralize an electric field in the print region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company
    Inventors: Bill Holland, Napolean Leoni, Omer Gila, Eric G. Hanson
  • INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120013672
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a media transport unit to transport a print media along a print media transport path, at least one printhead assembly including an inkjet printhead having a plurality of nozzles to print on a select portion of the print media, the inkjet printhead forming a print region adjacent to the nozzles in an area between the printhead assembly and a print portion of the print media transport path, and at least one of an electrostatic discharge unit to neutralize a resulting electrical charge on at least the select portion of the print media before the at least select portion of the print media enters the print region and a neutralization unit to neutralize an electric field in the print region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Bill Holland, Napolean Leoni, Omer Gila, Eric G. Hanson