Patents by Inventor Sharon Elbaz

Sharon Elbaz 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).

  • Detecting contact between print apparatus components and photoconductive surfaces
    Patent number: 10627760
    Abstract: In an example, a method includes charging a photoconductive surface in a print apparatus and monitoring an electrical parameter associated with a proximity of a print apparatus component to the photoconductive surface. A relative spacing between the print apparatus component and the photoconductive surface may be changed and a contact between the print apparatus component and the photoconductive surface may be detected when the electrical parameter meets predetermined criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: HP Indigo B.V.
    Inventors: Meir Grinstein, Asaf Shoshani, Sharon Elbaz
  • DETECTING CONTACT BETWEEN PRINT APPARATUS COMPONENTS AND PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SURFACES
    Publication number: 20190346799
    Abstract: In an example, a method includes charging a photoconductive surface in a print apparatus and monitoring an electrical parameter associated with a proximity of a print apparatus component to the photoconductive surface. A relative spacing between the print apparatus component and the photoconductive surface may be changed and a contact between the print apparatus component and the photoconductive surface may be detected when the electrical parameter meets predetermined criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: HP Indigo B.V.
    Inventors: Meir Grinstein, Asaf Shoshani, Sharon Elbaz