Patents by Inventor Tommy O'CONNOR

Tommy O'CONNOR 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: 11090934
    Abstract: A manifold to provide print fluid to a printhead, the manifold comprising: an inlet to receive print fluid from a print fluid supply; and an outlet to provide print fluid to the printhead; the inlet to couple with a flow control device to control flow of print fluid from the print fluid supply to the manifold; and wherein the inlet comprises an element to engage an actuatable member of the flow control device to activate the flow control device to allow print fluid to flow from the print fluid supply to the printhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Aidan O'Reilly, Tommy O'Connor, Enda Malone, David Kelly
  • Publication number: 20210154999
    Abstract: A manifold to provide print fluid to a printhead, the manifold comprising: an inlet to receive print fluid from a print fluid supply; and an outlet to provide print fluid to the printhead; the inlet to couple with a flow control device to control flow of print fluid from the print fluid supply to the manifold; and wherein the inlet comprises an element to engage an actuatable member of the flow control device to activate the flow control device to allow print fluid to flow from the print fluid supply to the printhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Aidan O'Reilly, Tommy O'Connor, Enda Malone, David Kelly
  • Patent number: 10780704
    Abstract: A print head assembly for an ink-jet printer operable with a continuous ink supply system is disclosed, with an ink compartment, a foam insert, an ink fill port, and a spacer. The ink fill port receives ink fed from an external supply and to be printed by the print head assembly. The ink compartment stores the ink to be printed. The foam insert is in the ink compartment and takes up the ink to be stored. The spacer extends into the ink compartment, provides for the formation of a clearance between the foam insert and the ink fill port and surrounds the ink fill port either completely or with one or more gaps having a gap width. The gap width of none of the gaps presents an aperture angle of more than 25% of 36° with respect to a center of the ink fill port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Aidan O'Reilly, Tommy O'Connor, John Oliver, David Kelly, Stephen Byrne
  • Publication number: 20190329561
    Abstract: A print head assembly for an ink-jet printer operable with a continuous ink supply system is disclosed, with an ink compartment, a foam insert, an ink fill port, and a spacer. The ink fill port receives ink fed from an external supply and to be printed by the print head assembly. The ink compartment stores the ink to be printed. The foam insert is in the ink compartment and takes up the ink to be stored. The spacer extends into the ink compartment, provides for the formation of a clearance between the foam insert and the ink fill port and surrounds the ink fill port either completely or with one or more gaps having a gap width, wherein the gap width of none of the gaps presents an aperture angle of more than 25% of 360° with respect to a center of the ink fill port. Further, a method of manufacturing a print head assembly is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Aidan O'REILLY, Tommy O'CONNOR, John OLIVER, David KELLY, Stephen BYRNE
  • Patent number: 10457055
    Abstract: One example provides a replaceable cartridge for user-installation in a printer system. The replaceable cartridge includes a cartridge body, a cartridge lid and a lid manifold. The cartridge lid covers the cartridge body and includes a lid aperture to supply printing fluid into the cartridge body. The lid manifold is mounted to the cartridge lid and includes a lid manifold input port to be fluidly connected to and disconnected from a carriage manifold of the printer system. The state of the fluid connection depends on a pivot position of the carriage manifold, if the replaceable cartridge is installed in the printer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Aidan O'Reilly, Bryan Murphy, Michael Reynolds, Frank Campbell, Lynn Walsh, Christopher Wallace, Michael E. Peterschmidt, Tommy O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20180215158
    Abstract: One example provides a replaceable cartridge for user-installation in a printer system. The replaceable cartridge includes a cartridge body, a cartridge lid and a lid manifold. The cartridge lid covers the cartridge body and includes a lid aperture to supply printing fluid into the cartridge body. The lid manifold is mounted to the cartridge lid and includes a lid manifold input port to be fluidly connected to and disconnected from a carriage manifold of the printer system. The state of the fluid connection depends on a pivot position of the carriage manifold, if the replaceable cartridge is installed in the printer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Aidan O'REILLY, Bryan MURPHY, Michael RWYNOLDS, Frank CAMPBELL, Lynn WALSH, Christopher WALLACE, Tommy O'CONNOR, Michael E. PETERSCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 9987852
    Abstract: In one example a replaceable tri-color ink cartridge housing includes three chambers for different colors ink. In a further example, a headland may have three parallel ink slots having a length of at least 14.4 millimeters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Aidan O'Reilly, Mark Walsh, Garry Rooney, Tommy O'Connor, John Oliver, Brendan Hall, Willie Sheehan, Stephen Byrne, Michael Dineen
  • Patent number: 9815290
    Abstract: A replaceable tri-color ink cartridge, comprising three chambers for different colors ink; a headland having headland slots each fluidically connected to a respective chamber; and a printhead die attached to the headland, the die including (i) nozzle arrays having a length of at least 14.3 millimeters, and (ii) feed slots that fluidically connect the headland slots to the respective nozzle arrays, wherein each headland slot is longer than the corresponding feed slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Aidan O'Reilly, Mark Walsh, Garry Rooney, Tommy O'Connor, John Oliver, Brendan Hall, Willie Sheehan, Stephen Byrne, Michael Dineen
  • Publication number: 20160332453
    Abstract: A replaceable tri-color ink cartridge, comprising three chambers for different colors ink; a headland having headland slots each fluidically connected to a respective chamber; and a printhead die attached to the headland, the die including (i) nozzle arrays having a length of at least 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Aidan O'REILLY, Mark WALSH, Garry ROONEY, Tommy O'CONNOR, John OLIVER, Brendan HALL, Willie SHEEHAN, Stephen BYRNE, Michael DINEEN
  • Publication number: 20160332454
    Abstract: In one example a replaceable tri-color ink cartridge housing includes three chambers for different colors ink. In a further example, a headland may have three parallel ink slots having a length of at least 14.4 millimeters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Aidan O'REILLY, Mark WALSH, Garry ROONEY, Tommy O'CONNOR, John OLIVER, Brendan HALL, Willie SHEEHAN, Stephen BYRNE, Michael DINEEN