Patents by Inventor Steven Warren Steinfield

Steven Warren Steinfield 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).

  • Patent number: 6378984
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an improved print cartridge that reduces dimple in the nozzle member and the attendant nozzle trajectory errors. In a preferred embodiment, a nozzle member has a plurality of ink orifices formed therein by suitable processing techniques. A substrate containing a plurality of heating elements and associated ink ejection chambers is affixed to the nozzle member via suitable processing with a suitable adhesive. The heating elements are mounted on a back surface of the nozzle member, each heating element being located proximate to an associated ink ejection chamber and ink orifice, with the back surface of the nozzle member extending over two or more outer edges of the substrate. The nozzle member includes reinforcing features. These features increase the structural integrity of flex circuit in the vicinity of the orifices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Steven Warren Steinfield, Kirk Edward Novotny