Patents by Inventor Tienteh Chen

Tienteh Chen 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: 20220168951
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes multi-fluid kits for three-dimensional printing, three-dimensional printing kits, and methods of three-dimensional printing. In one example, a multi-fluid kit for three-dimensional printing can include a binder agent and an adhesion promoter agent. The binder agent can include water and latex particles in an amount from about 5 wt % to about 30 wt % based on the total weight of the binder agent. The adhesion promoter can include water and an adhesion promoter that includes catechol or a non-polymeric catechol derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Tienteh Chen, Shannon Reuben Woodruff
  • Patent number: 11319454
    Abstract: A polyurethane-based binder dispersion is described. The polyurethane based binder dispersion comprises: a polyurethane, which comprises: (A) a polyisocyanate; (B) a first polyol having a chain with two hydroxyl functional groups at one end of the chain and no hydroxyl groups at an opposed end of the chain; (C) a second polyol having a chain with two hydroxyl functional groups at both ends of the chain; (D) a carboxylic acid functional group with two hydroxyl functional groups; and (E) a compound shown in formula (1): m(M+) n(X)—R—Y— (1), wherein m is 0 or 1, M is a metal, n is 2 to 10, X is an amino group, R is a C1 to C18 alkyl group, a C6 to C30 aromatic compound or a C4 to C20 aliphatic cyclic compound, and Y is SO3- or SO3H, with the proviso that when m is 0, Y is SO3H and when m is 1, Y is SO3-.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Tienteh Chen, Benjamin Abelovski, Or Brandstein, Jun Yang, Gregg A. Lane
  • Publication number: 20220126366
    Abstract: An example of a three-dimensional printing kit includes a particulate build material including from about 80 wt % to 100 wt % metal particles based on a total weight of the particulate build material. The three-dimensional printing kit further includes a binder fluid including water and polymer particles in an amount ranging from about 1 wt % to about 40 wt % based on a total weight of the binder fluid. The polymer particles have from about 1% to about 10% of a phosphate functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventor: TIENTEH CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220112393
    Abstract: A multi-fluid kit for three-dimensional printing can include a fusing agent with water and a radiation absorber, and a detailing agent. The radiation absorber can absorb radiation energy and converts the radiation energy to heat. The detailing agent can include water and from about 0.1 wt % to about 20 wt % organosilanes based on a total weight of the detailing agent, wherein the organosilanes include an organosilane compound with a central silicon having both a water-solubilizing group and multiple hydrolyzable groups attached thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Graciela E. Negri Jimenez, Michael A. Novick, Tienteh Chen, Jacob Wright
  • Publication number: 20220002586
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes three-dimensional printing kits, systems for three-dimensional printing, and methods of three-dimensional printing. In one example, a three-dimensional printing kit can include a particulate build material and a binding agent. The particulate build material can include metal particles. The binding agent can include a polyhydroxy polyol and a water-dispersible blocked polyisocyanate having multiple blocked isocyanate groups. The blocked isocyanate groups can include a blocking group bonded to the carbon atom of the blocked isocyanate group through a labile bond breakable by heating to a deblocking temperature. Breaking the labile bond can produce a released blocking group reacted with hydrogen and an isocyanate group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Tienteh Chen
  • Publication number: 20210362233
    Abstract: Examples of a three-dimensional (3D) printing kit include a particulate build material and a binder fluid. The particular build material includes from about 80 wt % to 100 wt % metal particles based on a total weight of the particulate build material. In some examples, the binder fluid includes water, polymer latex particles in an amount ranging from about 1 wt % to about 40 wt % based on a total weight of the binder fluid, and a silane coupling agent adhesion promoter in an amount ranging from about 0.05 wt % to about 3 wt % based on the total weight of the binder fluid. In some other examples, the binder fluid includes water and polymer latex particles, and the 3D printing kit further includes an adhesion promoter fluid which includes water and the silane coupling agent adhesion promoter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Tienteh Chen
  • Publication number: 20210354196
    Abstract: An example of a multi-fluid kit for three-dimensional printing includes a binder fluid and an adhesion promoter fluid. The binder fluid includes water and polymer particles in an amount ranging from about 1 wt % to about 40 wt % based on the total weight of the binder fluid. The adhesion promoter fluid includes water and an aromatic dihydrazide adhesion promoter in an amount ranging from about 0.1 wt % to about 10 wt % based on a total weight of the adhesion promoter fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventor: Tienteh Chen
  • Publication number: 20210354203
    Abstract: Examples of a three-dimensional (3D) printing kit include a particulate build material and a binder fluid. The particulate build material includes from about 80 wt % to 100 wt % metal particles based on a total weight of the particulate build material. In some examples, the binder fluid includes water, polymer particles in an amount ranging from about 1 wt % to about 40 wt % based on a total weight of the binder fluid, and a blocked polyisocyanate adhesion promoter in an amount ranging from about 0.05 wt % to about 5 wt % based on the total weight of the binder fluid. In some other examples, the binder fluid includes water and the polymer particles, and the 3D printing kit further includes an adhesion promoter fluid which includes water and the blocked polyisocyanate adhesion promoter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Tienteh Chen, Dennis Z. Guo
  • Publication number: 20210331385
    Abstract: A materials kit for three-dimensional (3D) printing can include a powder bed material comprising thermoplastic polyurethane particles and a fusing agent including a radiation absorber to selectively apply to the powder bed material. The thermoplastic polyurethane particles can have an average particle size from about 20 ?m to about 120 ?m and a melting temperature of from about 100° C. to about 250° C., wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane particles include polyurethane polymer strands having an average of about 10 wt % to about 30 wt % hard segments based on a total weight of the thermoplastic polyurethane particles. The hard segments can include a symmetrical aliphatic diisocyanate and a symmetrical aliphatic chain extender that are polymerized into the thermoplastic polyurethane particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Tienteh Chen, Allen Jin, Kenneth Flack
  • Patent number: 11155726
    Abstract: Inkjet inks are described herein. In an example, an inkjet ink can comprise: at least one colorant; at least one solvent comprising glycerol in an amount of from about 1 wt % to about 20 wt % based on the total weight of the inkjet ink; water; and at least one binder, wherein the binder comprises a polyurethane-based binder dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Benjamin Abelovski, Ryan Vu, Jie Zheng, Dennis Guo, George Sarkisian, Tienteh Chen
  • Publication number: 20210323067
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printing kit can include a particulate build material including from about 80 wt % to 100 wt % metal particles based on the total weight of the particulate build material, and a binder fluid. The binder fluid can include water, latex particles in an amount of from about 1 wt % to about 40 wt % based on the total weight of the binder fluid, and a multihydrazide adhesion promoter in an amount of from about 0.05 wt % to about 3 wt % based on the total weight of the binder fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Tienteh Chen, Vladek Kasperchik, Allen Jin
  • Patent number: 11136466
    Abstract: Yellow inkjet inks are disclosed. In an example, an inkjet ink composition comprises: at least one colorant comprising at least one yellow pigment; at least one solvent comprising at least one triol; water; and at least one binder. The binder comprises a polyurethane-based binder dispersion, which comprises water and a polyurethane. The polyurethane comprises: (A) a polyisocyanate, (B) a first polyol having a chain with two hydroxyl functional groups at one end of the chain and no hydroxyl groups at an opposed end of the chain, (C) a second polyol having a chain with two hydroxyl functional groups at both ends of the chain, (D) a carboxylic acid functional group with two hydroxyl functional groups, and (E) a sulfonate or sulfonic acid functional group having two amino functional groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Dennis Guo, Jie Zheng, Tienteh Chen, Jun Yang, Marcos A. Barreto Caban
  • Patent number: 11098212
    Abstract: An inkjet ink composition comprising a polyurethane-based binder dispersion is described. The polyurethane-based binder dispersion comprises: a polyurethane, which comprises: (A) a polyisocyanate; (B) a first polyol having a chain with two hydroxyl functional groups at one end of the chain and no hydroxyl groups at an opposed end of the chain; (C) a second polyol having a chain with two hydroxyl functional groups at both ends of the chain; (D) a carboxylic acid functional group with two hydroxyl functional groups; and (E) a compound shown in formula (1): m(M+)n(X)—R—Y— (1), wherein m is 0 or 1, M is a metal, n is 2 to 10, X is an amino group, R is a C1 to C18 alkyl group, a C6 to C30 aromatic compound or a C4 to C20 aliphatic cyclic compound, and Y is SO3- or SO3H, with the proviso that when m is 0, Y is SO3H and when m is 1, Y is SO3-.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Tienteh Chen, Benjamin Abelovski, Olakemi Akinlabi, Gregg A. Lane, Or Brandstein
  • Publication number: 20210221994
    Abstract: An example three-dimensional (3D) printing kit includes a particulate build material, which includes from about 80 wt % to 100 wt % metal particles based on a total weight of the particulate build material. In some examples, the kit also includes a binder fluid, which includes water and a curable polyurethane adhesion promoter in an amount ranging from about 0.5 wt % to about 15 wt % based on a total weight of the binder fluid. The curable polyurethane adhesion promoter is formed from a polyisocyanate; an acrylate or methacrylate, the acrylate or methacrylate having at least one hydroxyl functional group and having an acrylate functional group or a methacrylate functional group; a carboxylic acid including one or two hydroxyl functional groups, an amount of the carboxylic acid ranging from 0 wt % to about 10 wt %; and a sulfonate or sulfonic acid having one or two hydroxyl functional groups or one or two amino functional groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Tienteh Chen
  • Publication number: 20210213532
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printing kit can include a particulate build material including from about 80 wt % to about 100 wt % metal particles, a binder fluid including water and latex particles in an amount of from about 5 wt % to about 30 wt % based on a total weight of the binder fluid, and an amine-bearing phosphonic adhesion promoter included in the binder fluid in an amount of from about 0.05 wt % to about 3.5 wt % based on a total amount of the binder fluid, or a separate adhesion promoter fluid in an amount of from about 0.1 wt % to about 5 wt % based on a total amount of the adhesion promoter fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark Kowalski, Tienteh Chen
  • Publication number: 20210197271
    Abstract: Examples of a three-dimensional (3D) printing kit include a particulate build material and a binder fluid. The particular build material includes from about 80 wt % to 100 wt % uncoated metal particles based on a total weight of the particulate build material. In some examples, the binder fluid includes water, polymer particles in an amount ranging from about 1 wt % to about 40 wt % based on a total weight of the binder fluid, and a poly(carbodiimide) adhesion promoter in an amount ranging from about 0.05 wt % to about 5 wt % based on the total weight of the binder fluid. In some other examples, the binder fluid includes water and the polymer particles, and the 3D printing kit further includes an adhesion promoter fluid which includes water and the poly(carbodiimide) adhesion promoter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Tienteh Chen
  • Publication number: 20210139728
    Abstract: An example of a composition includes a host metal present in an amount of at least about 90 wt % based on a total weight of the composition. A flow additive is also present in an amount of less than about 10 wt % based on the total weight of the composition. The flow additive consists of an organic particle having crosslinked polymer chains, a glass transition temperature (Tg) of at least 90° C., and a primary particle diameter of 100 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Tienteh Chen, Vladek Kasperchik
  • Publication number: 20200398338
    Abstract: An example of a method for making a build material composition for three-dimensional (3D) printing includes freezing a dispersion of flow additive nanoparticles in a liquid to form a frozen liquid containing the flow additive nanoparticles. The frozen liquid containing the flow additive nanoparticles is lyophilized to form flow additive agglomerates having a porous, fractal structure. The flow additive agglomerates are mixed with a host metal. The flow additive nanoparticles have an average flow additive particle size ranging from about 1 to about 3 orders of magnitude smaller than an average host metal particle size of the host metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Vladek Kasperchik, Mohammed S. Shaarawi, James McKinnell, Tienteh Chen
  • Patent number: 10829583
    Abstract: A radiation curable polyurethane-based binder dispersion includes water and a radiation curable polyurethane dispersed in the water. The polyurethane is formed from: a polyisocyanate; a polyol having a chain with two hydroxyl functional groups at one end of the chain and no hydroxyl groups at an opposed end of the chain, and having a number average molecular weight ranging from about 500 to about 5,000; an acrylate or methacrylate, the acrylate or methacrylate having at least one hydroxyl functional group and having an acrylate functional group or a methacrylate functional group; an alcohol or a diol or an amine having a number average molecular weight less than 600; and a sulfonate or sulfonic acid having one or two amino functional groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Tienteh Chen, Bin Huang, Benjamin Abelovski, George Sarkisian
  • Patent number: 10829658
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to an inkjet ink set including a black ink with a black pigment, a yellow ink with a yellow pigment, a cyan ink with a cyan pigment and a magenta ink with a magenta pigment, wherein at least one of the ink further contains a polyurethane binder; non-ionic surfactants; humectant solvent; non-volatile glycol ether co-solvent; a polyethylene wax emulsion and a balance of water. The inkjet ink set can also includes an orange ink, a green ink and/or a violet ink. The present disclosure refers also to a system for printing the ink set described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alireza Rahimi, George Sarkisian, Yi-Hua Tsao, Benjamin Abelovski, Gregg A. Lane, Tienteh Chen, Or Brandstein, Jun Yang, Olakemi Akinlabi