Patents by Inventor Gregg Alan Combs

Gregg Alan Combs 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).

  • Patent number: 8605352
    Abstract: An electronic ink containing charged particles includes a combination of resin particles, a pigment, and a charge director. The resin particles exhibit an average particle size less than 1.0 micron and contain a resin that exhibits a molecular weight of 500 to 20,000. The pigment is loaded on the resin particles. The charge director can physically associate with the resin particles. The charged particles may be negative or positive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Yaron Grinwald, Stella Stolin Roditi, Yigal Berson, Zhang-Lin Zhou, Gregg Alan Combs, Jeffrey Todd Mabeck, Albert Teishev
  • Publication number: 20130141780
    Abstract: There is provided a display including a display including a number of display cells (400). Each of the display cells (400) includes a first electrode (414), which is transparent and disposed over a front surface of a display cell (400). A second electrode (418) is disposed opposite the first electrode (414). A dielectric layer (404) is disposed between the first electrode (414) and the second electrode (418), and is patterned to create a plurality of recessed volumes (408). A fluid is disposed in a volume defined by the first electrode (414), the dielectric layer (404), and the recessed volumes (408). The fluid (410) comprises a dye of a different color from an adjacent display cell (400). Charged particles (412) are disposed within the fluid (410).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Yoocharn Jeon, Richard H. Henze, Jong-Souk Yeo, Gary Gibson, Jeffrey Todd Mabeck, Pavel Kornilovich, Gregg Alan Combs, Zhang-Lin Zhou
  • Patent number: 8432598
    Abstract: A transparent conductor structure includes a transparent, insulating substrate and a discontinuous, transparent conducting layer established on the substrate. The discontinuous conducting layer is partitioned into a plurality of segments, each of which has a thickness ranging from about 1 nm to about 10 ?m. Two or more of the segments are connected together by i) a metal trace disposed on or between them, or ii) a mesh, formed from a plurality of metal traces, disposed across a surface of the segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jong-Souk Yeo, Gregg Alan Combs, Tim R. Koch
  • Patent number: 8356752
    Abstract: An electronic ink containing charged particles includes a combination of resin particles, a pigment, and a charge director. The resin particles exhibit an average particle size less than 1.0 micron and contain a resin that exhibits a molecular weight of 500 to 20,000. The pigment is loaded on the resin particles. The charge director can physically associate with the resin particles. The charged particles may be negative or positive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Yaron Grinwald, Stella Stolin Roditi, Yigal Berson, Zhang-Lin Zhou, Gregg Alan Combs, Jeffrey Todd Mabeck, Albert Teishev
  • Publication number: 20120127560
    Abstract: An electro-optical display includes colorant particles that are suspended in a carrier fluid. The colorant particles are controlled by three different types of electrodes. An exposed electrode acts on the colorant particles in an electrokinetic manner by compacting the colorant particles. A passivated electrode acts on the colorant particles in an electrostatic manner by holding the colorant particles once compacted. A reference electrode attracts the colorant particles to compaction areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Jeffrey Todd Mabeck, Gregg Alan Combs, Tim R. Koch, Pavel Kornilovich, Jong-Souk Yeo, Brad Benson
  • Patent number: 8179590
    Abstract: An electro-optical display includes colorant particles that are suspended in a carrier fluid. The colorant particles are controlled by three different types of electrodes. An exposed electrode acts on the colorant particles in an electrokinetic manner by compacting the colorant particles. A passivated electrode acts on the colorant particles in an electrostatic manner by holding the colorant particles once compacted. A reference electrode attracts the colorant particles to compaction areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Todd Mabeck, Gregg Alan Combs, Tim R. Koch, Pavel Kornilovich, Jong-Souk Yeo, Brad Benson
  • Publication number: 20110304905
    Abstract: A display system encompasses electrodes that induce a convective flow of a carrier fluid that transports a colorant species that is suspended in the carrier fluid. At least one of the convection flow, speed, and direction of the colorant species is controlled by operation of the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Jong-Souk Yeo, Gregg Alan Combs, Jeffrey Todd Mabeck, Tim R. Koch, Pavel Kornilovich, Donald Milton Hill
  • Publication number: 20110266347
    Abstract: An electronic ink containing charged particles includes a combination of resin particles, a pigment, and a charge director. The resin particles exhibit an average particle size less than 1.0 micron and contain a resin that exhibits a molecular weight of 500 to 20,000. The pigment is loaded on the resin particles. The charge director can physically associate with the resin particles. The charged particles may be negative or positive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Yaron Grinwald, Stella Stolin Roditi, Yigal Berson, Zhang-Lin Zhou, Gregg Alan Combs, Jeffrey Todd Mabeck, Albert Teishev
  • Publication number: 20110261435
    Abstract: An electronic ink containing charged particles includes a combination of resin particles, a pigment, and a charge director. The resin particles exhibit an average particle size less than 1.0 micron and contain a resin that exhibits a molecular weight of 500 to 20,000. The pigment is loaded on the resin particles. The charge director can physically associate with the resin particles. The charged particles may be negative or positive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Yaron Grinwald, Stella Stolin Roditi, Yigal Berson, Zhang-Lin Zhou, Gregg Alan Combs, Jeffrey Todd Mabeck, Albert Teishev
  • Patent number: 8018642
    Abstract: A display system encompasses electrodes that induce a convective flow of a carrier fluid that transports a colorant species that is suspended in the carrier fluid. At least one of the convection flow, speed, and direction of the colorant species is controlled by operation of the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jong-Souk Yeo, Gregg Alan Combs, Jeffrey Todd Mabeck, Tim R. Koch, Pavel Kornilovich, Donald Milton Hill
  • Publication number: 20110120749
    Abstract: A transparent conductor structure includes a transparent, insulating substrate and a discontinuous, transparent conducting layer established on the substrate. The discontinuous conducting layer is partitioned into a plurality of segments, each of which has a thickness ranging from about 1 nm to about 10 ?m. Two or more of the segments are connected together by i) a metal trace disposed on or between them, or ii) a mesh, formed from a plurality of metal traces, disposed across a surface of the segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Jong-Souk Yeo, Gregg Alan Combs, Tim R. Koch
  • Publication number: 20100245981
    Abstract: A display system encompasses electrodes that induce a convective flow of a carrier fluid that transports a colorant species that is suspended in the carrier fluid. At least one of the convection flow, speed, and direction of the colorant species is controlled by operation of the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Jong-Souk Yeo, Gregg Alan Combs, Jeffrey Todd Mabeck, Tim R. Koch, Pavel Kornilovich, Donald Milton Hill
  • Publication number: 20090115814
    Abstract: An embodiment includes determining a temperature change of a fluid-ejecting substrate, and determining a mass of fluid ejected from the fluid-ejecting substrate from the temperature change of the fluid-ejecting substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Gregg Alan Combs, Karen McPheeters, Jeff Hess
  • Patent number: 7490919
    Abstract: An embodiment includes determining a temperature change of a fluid-ejecting substrate, and determining a mass of fluid ejected from the fluid-ejecting substrate from the temperature change of the fluid-ejecting substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Gregg Alan Combs, Karen McPheeters, Jeff Hess