Patents by Inventor Kyle Johns

Kyle Johns 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).

  • Ink jet printing apparatus and method for controlling drop shape
    Patent number: 6299270
    Abstract: A method of ink jet printing including positioning an ink jet print head having a number of nozzles adjacent a sheet of printer media, and moving the sheet or the print head along a scan axis. An ink droplet is expelled from one of the nozzles in an ejection direction offset from perpendicular to the scan axis. The droplet may have a main portion and a tail portion having different velocities and directions, with these parameters and the rate of scanning selected so that both portions strike the same location on the media sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventor: Kyle John Merrill