Patents by Inventor Mark H. MacKenzie

Mark H. MacKenzie 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: 20220105726
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a description of an example printhead having multiple ejection dies. The ejection dies are coupled to a temperature sensor and send temperature signals to a controller. The printhead can also include a heater coupled to the ejection dies to apply heat to at least one ejection die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Garrett E. Clark, Michael W. Cumbie, Mark H. MacKenzie
  • Patent number: 11220107
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a description of an example printhead having multiple ejection dies. The ejection dies are coupled to a temperature sensor and send temperature signals to a controller. The printhead can also include a heater coupled to the ejection dies to apply heat to at least one ejection die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Garrett E Clark, Michael W. Cumbie, Mark H. MacKenzie
  • Patent number: 10780699
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure a printhead is described. The printhead includes a number of nozzles to deposit an amount of fluid onto a print medium and an ink delivery system to deliver the amount of fluid from an ink tank to the number of nozzles. The printhead also includes an attachment feature to removably couple a removable printhead cover to the printhead. The printhead further includes a removable printhead cover removably coupled to the printhead at the attachment feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Garrett E. Clark, Mark H. MacKenzie
  • Patent number: 10682871
    Abstract: In one example implementation, a printing device may comprise a number of media skewing rollers to skew a print medium to a predetermined angle with respect to a media feed path and a print engine to print an image on the skewed print medium, the print engine skewing a digital representation of the image based on the predetermined angle such that the image printed is aligned with the print medium. In another example implementation, a printing device may comprise a number of skewing rollers to skew a print medium to a predetermined angle with respect to a media path, a number of pinch rollers to receive the skewed print medium prior to printing, and a print engine skewed to the same predetermined angle as the skewed print medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Luke P. Sosnowski, Mark H. MacKenzie
  • Patent number: 10661567
    Abstract: Printheads and methods of fabricating printheads are disclosed. An example printhead includes a substrate and a printhead die disposed on a surface of the substrate, where a top surface of the printhead die projects a first distance from the surface of the substrate. The example printhead also includes a barrier at least partially surrounding the printhead die. A top surface of the barrier projects a second distance from the surface of the substrate, where the first distance is less than the second distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael W. Cumbie, Chien-Hua Chen, Mark H. MacKenzie, Garrett E. Clark
  • Patent number: 10434770
    Abstract: A temperature of one printing element is adjusted based upon a temperature of another of printing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Garrett E. Clark, Michael W. Cumbie, Mark H. MacKenzie, Jose Luis Valero
  • Patent number: 10427406
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a description of an example print bar that includes an ejection die disposed on a support element, and a sensor disposed at a particular location on the support element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Garrett E. Clark, Michael W. Cumbie, Jeremy Sells, Mark H. MacKenzie
  • Patent number: 10363745
    Abstract: Examples described herein include a printhead assembly that includes a housing having a printing material reservoir and a print nozzle array disposed in a side of the housing. The print nozzle array is coupled to the printing material reservoir through a first channel. The printhead assembly can also include a pressure equalization element disposed in the side of the housing and coupled to the printing material reservoir through a second channel to allow air to enter the printing material reservoir when a pressure in the printing material reservoir changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: HEWLETT -PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Garrett E. Clark, Michael W. Cumbie, Mark H. MacKenzie
  • Patent number: 10343433
    Abstract: A skew sensor calibration unit including a scanner providing a scanned image of a sheet as the sheet is conveyed along a transport path, the scanned image including a leading edge of the sheet and a skew detection pattern printed thereon by a printhead. A calibration module measures a top skew of the sheet based on position signals from a plurality of skew sensors indicating a position of a leading edge of a sheet as the sheet is conveyed along the transport path, measure an image skew of the sheet relative to the printhead based on the scanned image, and generates a calibration factor that when applied to the measured top skew provides a calibrated top skew that matches the image skew.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Hsue-Yang Liu, Luke P. Sosnowski, Mark H. Mackenzie
  • Patent number: 10343397
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure a printer cartridge is described. The printer cartridge includes at least one backpressure chamber to provide backpressure to a fluid during deposition of the fluid onto a print medium. The printer cartridge also includes multiple fluid chambers in fluid communication with the at least one backpressure chamber. A fluid chamber provides fluid to a portion of a printhead. Adjacent fluid chambers are selectively in fluid communication with one another via valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Inventors: Mark H. MacKenzie, Garrett E. Clark, Michael W. Cumbie
  • Patent number: 10207497
    Abstract: Selecting nozzles can include selecting nozzles of a plurality of nozzles to print a portion of a print job based on content of the print job and assigning firing reservations to the selected nozzles, where a total number of the firing reservations assigned to the selected nozzles is comparatively less than a total number of the plurality of nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael W. Cumbie, Garrett E. Clark, Mark H. MacKenzie
  • Publication number: 20180326728
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a description of an example print bar that includes an ejection die disposed on a support element, and a sensor disposed at a particular location on the support element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Garrett E. Clark, Michael W. Cumbie, Jeremy Sells, Mark H. MacKenzie
  • Publication number: 20180311959
    Abstract: Examples described herein include a printhead assembly that includes a housing having a printing material reservoir and a print nozzle array disposed in a side of the housing. The print nozzle array is coupled to the printing material reservoir through a first channel. The printhead assembly can also include a pressure equalization element disposed in the side of the housing and coupled to the printing material reservoir through a second channel to allow air to enter the printing material reservoir when a pressure in the printing material reservoir changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Garrett E. Clark, Michael W. Cumbie, Mark H. MacKenzie
  • Publication number: 20180311956
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a description of an example printhead having multiple ejection dies. The ejection dies are coupled to a temperature sensor and send temperature signals to a controller. The printhead can also include a heater coupled to the ejection dies to apply heat to at least one ejection die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Garrett E Clark, Michael W. Cumbie, Mark H. MacKenzie
  • Publication number: 20180281400
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure a printer cartridge is described. The printer cartridge includes at least one backpressure chamber to provide backpressure to a fluid during deposition of the fluid onto a print medium. The printer cartridge also includes multiple fluid chambers in fluid communication with the at least one backpressure chamber. A fluid chamber provides fluid to a portion of a printhead. Adjacent fluid chambers are selectively in fluid communication with one another via valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark H. MacKenzie, Garrett E. Clark, Michael W. Cumbie
  • Publication number: 20180281416
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure a printhead is described. The printhead includes a number of nozzles to deposit an amount of fluid onto a print medium and an ink delivery system to deliver the amount of fluid from an ink tank to the number of nozzles. The printhead also includes an attachment feature to removably couple a removable printhead cover to the printhead. The printhead further includes a removable printhead cover removably coupled to the printhead at the attachment feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Garrett E. Clark, Mark H. MacKenzie
  • Publication number: 20180272753
    Abstract: In one example, a system for partially dried inkjet media fusers include a plurality of fusers aligned to receive partially dried inkjet media from a printing device, wherein the plurality of fusers each comprise a top roller and a bottom roller to apply pressure to the received partially dried inkjet media, and a finisher to receive the partially dried inkjet media from the plurality of fusers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Steve O. Rasmussen, Mark H. MacKenzie, Bradley B. Branham, Jeffrey G. Bingham
  • Publication number: 20180264806
    Abstract: Selecting nozzles can include selecting nozzles of a plurality of nozzles to print a portion of a print job based on content of the print job and assigning firing reservations to the selected nozzles, where a total number of the firing reservations assigned to the selected nozzles is comparatively less than a total number of the plurality of nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Michael W. Cumbie, Garrett E. Clark, Mark H. MacKenzie
  • Publication number: 20180222201
    Abstract: Printheads and methods of fabricating printheads are disclosed. An example printhead includes a substrate and a printhead die disposed on a surface of the substrate, where a top surface of the printhead die projects a first distance from the surface of the substrate. The example printhead also includes a barrier at least partially surrounding the printhead die. A top surface of the barrier projects a second distance from the surface of the substrate, where the first distance is less than the second distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Michael W. Cumbie, Chien-Hua Chen, Mark H. MacKenzie, Garrett E. Clark
  • Publication number: 20180222231
    Abstract: A skew sensor calibration unit including a scanner providing a scanned image of a sheet as the sheet is conveyed along a transport path, the scanned image including a leading edge of the sheet and a skew detection pattern printed thereon by a printhead. A calibration module measures a top skew of the sheet based on position signals from a plurality of skew sensors indicating a position of a leading edge of a sheet as the sheet is conveyed along the transport path, measure an image skew of the sheet relative to the printhead based on the scanned image, and generates a calibration factor that when applied to the measured top skew provides a calibrated top skew that matches the image skew.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Hsue-Yang Liu, Luke P. Sosnowski, Mark H. Mackenzie