Patents by Inventor Mats G. Ottoson
Mats G. Ottoson 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).
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Patent number: 11794475Abstract: An apparatus includes a reservoir and a printhead. The printhead includes a support structure including a deformable portion defining at least a top surface of a pumping chamber, a flow path extending from the reservoir to the pumping chamber to transfer fluid from the reservoir to the pumping chamber, and an actuator disposed on the deformable portion of the support structure. A trench is defined in a top surface of the actuator. Application of a voltage to the actuator causes the actuator to deform along the trench, thereby causing deformation of the deformable portion of the support structure to eject a drop of fluid from the pumping chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.Inventors: Christoph Menzel, Shinya Sugimoto, Mats G. Ottoson, Wayne Liu
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Publication number: 20230050914Abstract: An apparatus includes a reservoir and a printhead. The printhead includes a support structure including a deformable portion defining at least a top surface of a pumping chamber, a flow path extending from the reservoir to the pumping chamber to transfer fluid from the reservoir to the pumping chamber, and an actuator disposed on the deformable portion of the support structure. A trench is defined in a top surface of the actuator. Application of a voltage to the actuator causes the actuator to deform along the trench, thereby causing deformation of the deformable portion of the support structure to eject a drop of fluid from the pumping chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Christoph Menzel, Shinya Sugimoto, Mats G. Ottoson, Wayne Liu
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Patent number: 11498334Abstract: An apparatus includes a reservoir and a printhead. The printhead includes a support structure including a deformable portion defining at least a top surface of a pumping chamber, a flow path extending from the reservoir to the pumping chamber to transfer fluid from the reservoir to the pumping chamber, and an actuator disposed on the deformable portion of the support structure. A trench is defined in a top surface of the actuator. Application of a voltage to the actuator causes the actuator to deform along the trench, thereby causing deformation of the deformable portion of the support structure to eject a drop of fluid from the pumping chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.Inventors: Christoph Menzel, Shinya Sugimoto, Mats G. Ottoson, Wayne Liu
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Publication number: 20210187949Abstract: An apparatus includes a reservoir and a printhead. The printhead includes a support structure including a deformable portion defining at least a top surface of a pumping chamber, a flow path extending from the reservoir to the pumping chamber to transfer fluid from the reservoir to the pumping chamber, and an actuator disposed on the deformable portion of the support structure. A trench is defined in a top surface of the actuator. Application of a voltage to the actuator causes the actuator to deform along the trench, thereby causing deformation of the deformable portion of the support structure to eject a drop of fluid from the pumping chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.Inventors: Christoph Menzel, Shinya Sugimoto, Mats G. Ottoson, Wayne Liu
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Patent number: 10940688Abstract: An apparatus includes a reservoir and a printhead. The printhead includes a support structure including a deformable portion defining at least a top surface of a pumping chamber, a flow path extending from the reservoir to the pumping chamber to transfer fluid from the reservoir to the pumping chamber, and an actuator disposed on the deformable portion of the support structure. A trench is defined in a top surface of the actuator. Application of a voltage to the actuator causes the actuator to deform along the trench, thereby causing deformation of the deformable portion of the support structure to eject a drop of fluid from the pumping chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.Inventors: Christoph Menzel, Shinya Sugimoto, Mats G. Ottoson, Wayne Liu
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Patent number: 10766258Abstract: A piezoelectric device and method of manufacturing the same and an inkjet head are described. In one embodiment, the inkjet print head comprises a plurality of jets, wherein each of the plurality of jets comprises a nozzle, a pressure chamber connected with the nozzle, a piezoelectric body coupled to the pressure chamber, and an electrode coupled to the piezoelectric body to cause displacement of the piezoelectric body to apply pressure to the pressure chamber in response to a voltage applied to the electrode; and wherein electrodes of two or more of the plurality of jets have different sizes to cause their associated piezoelectric bodies to have a uniform displacement amount when the voltage is applied to the electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: FUJIFILM DIMATIX, INC.Inventors: Yoshikazu Hishinuma, Shinya Sugimoto, Youming Li, Christoph Menzel, Mats G. Ottoson, Darren Imai
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Publication number: 20200009865Abstract: A piezoelectric device and method of manufacturing the same and an inkjet head are described. In one embodiment, the inkjet print head comprises a plurality of jets, wherein each of the plurality of jets comprises a nozzle, a pressure chamber connected with the nozzle, a piezoelectric body coupled to the pressure chamber, and an electrode coupled to the piezoelectric body to cause displacement of the piezoelectric body to apply pressure to the pressure chamber in response to a voltage applied to the electrode; and wherein electrodes of two or more of the plurality of jets have different sizes to cause their associated piezoelectric bodies to have a uniform displacement amount when the voltage is applied to the electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Yoshikazu Hishinuma, Shinya Sugimoto, Youming Li, Christoph Menzel, Mats G. Ottoson, Darren Imai
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Publication number: 20200001607Abstract: An apparatus includes a reservoir and a printhead. The printhead includes a support structure including a deformable portion defining at least a top surface of a pumping chamber, a flow path extending from the reservoir to the pumping chamber to transfer fluid from the reservoir to the pumping chamber, and an actuator disposed on the deformable portion of the support structure. A trench is defined in a top surface of the actuator. Application of a voltage to the actuator causes the actuator to deform along the trench, thereby causing deformation of the deformable portion of the support structure to eject a drop of fluid from the pumping chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Christoph Menzel, Shinya Sugimoto, Mats G. Ottoson, Wayne Liu
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Patent number: 10442195Abstract: A piezoelectric device and method of manufacturing the same and an inkjet head are described. In one embodiment, the inkjet print head comprises a plurality of jets, wherein each of the plurality of jets comprises a nozzle, a pressure chamber connected with the nozzle, a piezoelectric body coupled to the pressure chamber, and an electrode coupled to the piezoelectric body to cause displacement of the piezoelectric body to apply pressure to the pressure chamber in response to a voltage applied to the electrode; and wherein electrodes of two or more of the plurality of jets have different sizes to cause their associated piezoelectric bodies to have a uniform displacement amount when the voltage is applied to the electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: FUJIFILM DIMATIX, INC.Inventors: Yoshikazu Hishinuma, Shinya Sugimoto, Youming Li, Christoph Menzel, Mats G. Ottoson, Darren Imai
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Patent number: 10406811Abstract: An apparatus includes a reservoir and a printhead. The printhead includes a support structure including a deformable portion defining at least a top surface of a pumping chamber, a flow path extending from the reservoir to the pumping chamber to transfer fluid from the reservoir to the pumping chamber, and an actuator disposed on the deformable portion of the support structure. A trench is defined in a top surface of the actuator. Application of a voltage to the actuator causes the actuator to deform along the trench, thereby causing deformation of the deformable portion of the support structure to eject a drop of fluid from the pumping chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.Inventors: Christoph Menzel, Shinya Sugimoto, Mats G. Ottoson, Wayne Liu
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Publication number: 20180370234Abstract: A piezoelectric device and method of manufacturing the same and an inkjet head are described. In one embodiment, the inkjet print head comprises a plurality of jets, wherein each of the plurality of jets comprises a nozzle, a pressure chamber connected with the nozzle, a piezoelectric body coupled to the pressure chamber, and an electrode coupled to the piezoelectric body to cause displacement of the piezoelectric body to apply pressure to the pressure chamber in response to a voltage applied to the electrode; and wherein electrodes of two or more of the plurality of jets have different sizes to cause their associated piezoelectric bodies to have a uniform displacement amount when the voltage is applied to the electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2017Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Yoshikazu Hishinuma, Shinya Sugimoto, Youming Li, Christoph Menzel, Mats G. Ottoson, Darren Imai
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Publication number: 20180170052Abstract: An apparatus includes a reservoir and a printhead. The printhead includes a support structure including a deformable portion defining at least a top surface of a pumping chamber, a flow path extending from the reservoir to the pumping chamber to transfer fluid from the reservoir to the pumping chamber, and an actuator disposed on the deformable portion of the support structure. A trench is defined in a top surface of the actuator. Application of a voltage to the actuator causes the actuator to deform along the trench, thereby causing deformation of the deformable portion of the support structure to eject a drop of fluid from the pumping chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.Inventors: Christoph Menzel, Shinya Sugimoto, Mats G. Ottoson, Wayne Liu