Patents by Inventor Cesar Hurtado

Cesar Hurtado 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).

  • Publication number: 20240009998
    Abstract: Printheads and design of printheads. In one embodiment, a printhead comprises a plurality of jetting channels, and a manifold apparatus fluidly coupled to the jetting channels. For each jetting channel, the printhead includes a first fluid path between the jetting channel and the manifold apparatus, and a second fluid path between the jetting channel and the manifold apparatus. The jetting channel is configured to jet a print fluid via pressure waves generated in a pressure chamber of the jetting channel. Lengths of the first fluid path and the second fluid path are different by a threshold length so that an arrival time of the pressure waves at the manifold apparatus are different by a threshold time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nishimura, Giang Vo, Cesar Hurtado
  • Patent number: 11801677
    Abstract: Printheads and design of printheads. In one embodiment, a printhead comprises a plurality of jetting channels, and a manifold apparatus fluidly coupled to the jetting channels. For each jetting channel, the printhead includes a first fluid path between the jetting channel and the manifold apparatus, and a second fluid path between the jetting channel and the manifold apparatus. The jetting channel is configured to jet a print fluid via pressure waves generated in a pressure chamber of the jetting channel. Lengths of the first fluid path and the second fluid path are different by a threshold length so that an arrival time of the pressure waves at the manifold apparatus are different by a threshold time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nishimura, Giang Vo, Cesar Hurtado
  • Publication number: 20230249460
    Abstract: Printheads and design of printheads. In one embodiment, a printhead comprises a plurality of jetting channels, and a manifold apparatus fluidly coupled to the jetting channels. For each jetting channel, the printhead includes a first fluid path between the jetting channel and the manifold apparatus, and a second fluid path between the jetting channel and the manifold apparatus. The jetting channel is configured to jet a print fluid via pressure waves generated in a pressure chamber of the jetting channel. Lengths of the first fluid path and the second fluid path are different by a threshold length so that an arrival time of the pressure waves at the manifold apparatus are different by a threshold time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nishimura, Giang Vo, Cesar Hurtado
  • Patent number: 11571892
    Abstract: Printheads and manifolds within printheads. In one embodiment, a method comprises determining a resonant frequency of jetting channels for a printhead, and selecting a target length for a manifold fluidly coupled to the jetting channels such that resonant frequencies of the manifold differ from the resonant frequency of the jetting channels by a threshold amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nishimura, Giang Vo, Cesar Hurtado
  • Publication number: 20220281222
    Abstract: Printheads and manifolds within printheads. In one embodiment, a method comprises determining a resonant frequency of jetting channels for a printhead, and selecting a target length for a manifold fluidly coupled to the jetting channels such that resonant frequencies of the manifold differ from the resonant frequency of the jetting channels by a threshold amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nishimura, Giang Vo, Cesar Hurtado