Patents by Inventor Mikel Zuza Irurueta
Mikel Zuza Irurueta 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: 10328724Abstract: Certain examples described herein relate to printing systems and methods of operating the same. In an example of a printing system, a porosity determiner determines a porosity of a print medium and a signal generator generates a signal relating to a state of a printing fluid collector based on the porosity determined. In an example of a method of operating a printing system, a pressure measurement is obtained from a vacuum system of the printing system when a print medium is present on a media path of the printing system. This is compared to at least one predefined pressure range and, based on the comparison, an indication is provided setting out a state of a printing fluid collector.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Albert Crespi Serrano, Oriol Borrell Avila, Frederic Barnel
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Patent number: 10245849Abstract: In one example, a vapor control heater for a printer includes a housing, a heating element at least partially enclosed by the housing, and a fan to move air over the heating element and into a flow of air from the printer dryer.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2014Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Juan Manuel Valero Navazo, Francisco Javier Perez Gellida, Emilio Angulo Navarro, Ezequiel Jordi Rufes Bernad, Marina Cantero Lazaro, Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Santiago Sanz Ananos, Roger Bastardas Puigoriol, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Oriol Borrell Avila, Eva Blay Lerin
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Patent number: 10195873Abstract: In one example, a printer includes a paper path having a drying area, a printhead near the paper path upstream from the drying area, and a convection dryer to force air simultaneously into an upstream part of the drying area at a first density and into a downstream part of the drying area at a second density less than the first density and to force air into the upstream part of the drying area at a first air speed for a duration and then at a second air speed faster than the first air speed.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Francisco Javier Perez Gellida
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Patent number: 10076903Abstract: A drying assembly is disclosed. An example apparatus includes fans; a temperature sensor; a print engine to access instructions to cause a printer to perform a printing operation on media; and a processor responsive to an output of the temperature sensor to control the fans to force air onto the media to cause a substantially uniform temperature to be maintained across a width of the media during the printing operation and to cause a sum of air flow output by the fans to be maintained at a substantially constant value.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Francisco Javier Perez Gellida, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Oriol Borrell Avila, Juan Manuel Valero Navazo, Roger Bastardas Puigoriol
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Patent number: 9994036Abstract: An example in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes an ink channel of a printer, coupleable to an ink supply to receive an ink. A sensor assembly is mounted to the ink channel, including a sensor in fluid communication with the ink channel to identify an ink level of the ink supply based on a pressure difference between an air pressure, associated with the sensor assembly, and an ink pressure, associated with the ink channel.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Emilio Angulo Navarro, Fernando Bayona Alcolea, Jorge Castano Aspas, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Alfonso Cameno Salinas, Albert Crespi Serrano
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Patent number: 9987858Abstract: In one example, a print zone heater includes a structure defining a plenum, a heating element, a fan to move air over the heating element into the plenum, and a conduit from the plenum to carry heated air into the print zone.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Francisco Javier Perez Gellida, Ezequiel Jordi Rufes Bernad, Marina Cantero Lazaro, Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Santiago Sanz Ananos, Roger Bastardas Pulgoriol, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Juan Manuel Valero Navazo, Emilio Angulo Navarro
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Publication number: 20180050548Abstract: In one example, a printer includes a paper path having a drying area, a printhead near the paper path upstream from the drying area, and a convection dryer to force air simultaneously into an upstream part of the drying area at a first density and into a downstream part of the drying area at a second density less than the first density and to force air into the upstream part of the drying area at a first air speed for a duration and then at a second air speed faster than the first air speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2017Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Francisco Javier Perez Gellida
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Patent number: 9868299Abstract: In one example, a heating system includes a first heater having a first resistive heating element, a second heater having multiple second resistive heating elements arranged in parallel with a group of the second heating elements having a combined resistance equal to a resistance of the first heating element, and a controller to periodically switch power between the first heating element and the group of second heating elements at a zero crossing of an AC power source.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Roger Bastardas Puigoriol, Francisco Javier Perez Gellida, Santiago Sanz Ananos, Juan Manuel Valero Navazo, Mikel Zuza Irurueta
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Publication number: 20180009238Abstract: Certain examples described herein relate to printing systems and methods of operating the same. In an example of a printing system, a porosity determiner determines a porosity of a print medium and a signal generator generates a signal relating to a state of a printing fluid collector based on the porosity determined. In an example of a method of operating a printing system, a pressure measurement is obtained from a vacuum system of the printing system when a print medium is present on a media path of the printing system. This is compared to at least one predefined pressure range and, based on the comparison, an indication is provided setting out a state of a printing fluid collector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2015Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Albert Crespi Serrano, Oriol Borrell Avila, Frederic Barnel
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Patent number: 9849695Abstract: A convection dryer device is disclosed. The convection dryer uses a first fan speed before the leading edge of media reaches a first location in a drying area and a second fan speed, faster than the first fan speed, after the leading edge of media reaches first location.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Francisco Javier Perez Gellida
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Publication number: 20170320323Abstract: A drying assembly is disclosed. An example apparatus includes fans; a temperature sensor; a print engine to access instructions to cause a printer to perform a printing operation on media; and a processor responsive to an output of the temperature sensor to control the fans to force air onto the media to cause a substantially uniform temperature to be maintained across a width of the media during the printing operation and to cause a sum of air flow output by the fans to be maintained at a substantially constant value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2017Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventors: Francisco Javier Perez Gellida, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Oriol Borrell Avila, Juan Manuel Valero Navazo, Roger Bastardas Puigoriol
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Patent number: 9809022Abstract: A drying assembly is disclosed. An example apparatus includes fans; a temperature sensor; a print engine to access instructions to cause a printer to perform a printing operation on media; and a processor responsive to an output of the temperature sensor to control the fans to force air onto the media to cause a substantially uniform temperature to be maintained across a width of the media during the printing operation and to cause a sum of air flow output by the fans to be maintained at a substantially constant value.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Francisco Javier Perez Gellida, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Oriol Borrell Avila, Juan Manuel Valero Navazo, Roger Bastardas Puigoriol
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Publication number: 20170182786Abstract: An example device in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a sensor die having a sensitive region and a bond pad. A bond is formed between a wire and the bond pad of the sensor die. An encapsulant is to retain the wire at the bond pad and mechanically support the wire and the bond, based on covering the bond and wire according to an encapsulant height, extending from the bond pad, greater than a bond height. The encapsulant is localized at the bond pad of the sensor die to enable the sensitive region to remain uncovered by the encapsulant.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2014Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LP.Inventors: Emilio Angulo Navarro, Josiah CHAN, Fernando Bayona Alcolea, Albert Crespi Serrano, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Jorge Castano, Ying Ying HO
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Publication number: 20170173975Abstract: A convection dryer device is disclosed. The convection dryer uses a first fan speed before the leading edge of media reaches a first location in a drying area and a second fan speed, faster than the first fan speed, after the leading edge of media reaches first location.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2014Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Francisco Javier Perez Gellida
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Publication number: 20170057250Abstract: In one example, a heating system includes a first heater having a first resistive heating element, a second heater having multiple second resistive heating elements arranged in parallel with a group of the second heating elements having a combined resistance equal to a resistance of the first heating element, and a controller to periodically switch power between the first heating element and the group of second heating elements at a zero crossing of an AC power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2014Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Roger Bastardas Puigoriol, Francisco Javier Perez Gellida, Santiago Sanz Ananos, Juan Manuel Valero Navazo, Mikel Zuza Irurueta
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Publication number: 20170008297Abstract: An example in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes an ink channel of a printer, coupleable to an ink supply to receive an ink. A sensor assembly is mounted to the ink channel, including a sensor in fluid communication with the ink channel to identify an ink level of the ink supply based on a pressure difference between an air pressure, associated with the sensor assembly, and an ink pressure, associated with the ink channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Emilio Angulo Navarro, Femando Bayona Alcolea, Jorge Castano Aspas, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Alfonso CAMENO SALINAS, Albert Crespi Serrano
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Publication number: 20160368279Abstract: In one example, a print zone heater includes a structure defining a plenum, a heating element, a fan to move air over the heating element into the plenum, and a conduit from the plenum to carry heated air into the print zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2014Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Francisco Javier Perez Gellida, Ezequiel Jordi Rufes Bernad, Marina Cantero Lazaro, Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Santiago Sanz Ananos, Roger Bastandas Pulgoriol, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Juan Manuel Valero Navazo, Emilio Angulo Navarro
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Publication number: 20160355027Abstract: In one example, a vapor control heater for a printer includes a housing, a heating element at least partially enclosed by the housing, and a fan to move air over the heating element and into a flow of air from the printer dryer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2014Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Juan Manuel Valero Navazo, Francisco Javier Perez Gellida, Emilio Angulo Navarro, Ezequiel Jordi Rufes Bernad, Marina Cantero Lazaro, Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Santiaho Sanz Ananos, Roger Bastardas Puigoriol, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Oriol Borrell Avila, Eva Blay Lerin
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Patent number: 9493015Abstract: Methods for curing ink printed on a print medium are disclosed. The methods comprise heating air to a temperature suitable for curing the ink, and blowing the air through a plurality of holes onto the print medium.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Antonio Monclus Velasco, David Claramunt Morera, Raimon Castells De Monet, Francisco Javier Perez Gellida, Xavier Soler Pedemonte, Jesus Garcia Maza, Roger Bastardas Puigoriol, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Elena Laso Plaza, Francisco Javier Rodriguez Escanuela
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Publication number: 20160159090Abstract: A drying assembly is disclosed. An example apparatus includes fans; a temperature sensor; a print engine to access instructions to cause a printer to perform a printing operation on media; and a processor responsive to an output of the temperature sensor to control the fans to force air onto the media to cause a substantially uniform temperature to be maintained across a width of the media during the printing operation and to cause a sum of air flow output by the fans to be maintained at a substantially constant value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Francisco Javier Perez Gellida, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Oriol Borrell Avila, Juan Manuel Valero Navazo, Roger Bastardas Puigoriol