Patents by Inventor Walter F. Baier

Walter F. Baier 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: 4698644
    Abstract: An ink jet drop-on-demand print head comprises a plurality of tubular piezoelectric transducers each having two electrodes formed by an electrically conducting coating. A housing member holds the transducers in a position which includes at least one row of transducers. A substrate includes a plurality of electrical conductors, and the substrate is positioned so that each electrical conductor is adjacent one of the electrodes. A resilient connector means is provided which is not conductive along its length but is conductive across its width, and the connector means is positioned to make contact with a selected one of the electrical conductors and only one of the electrodes of one of the transducers. In a specific embodiment, the substrate comprises a flat conductor cable, and in a second embodiment the substrate comprises a printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1987
    Assignee: International Business Machines
    Inventors: Gary A. Drago, Walter F. Baier, Francis C. Lee, Ross N. Mills, Horst G. Mossbrugger