Patents by Inventor William Scott Osborne

William Scott Osborne 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: 11897270
    Abstract: Some examples include a valve for a printing fluid supply system, the valve including a static portion and a dynamic portion. The static portion includes a stem extending along a longitudinal axis. The stem includes a head, a tail, and a shaft extending between the head and the tail. The dynamic portion is disposed around the stem. The dynamic portion is longitudinally movable along the stem between a closed position and an opened position. The dynamic portion includes a neck and a body extending longitudinally from the neck, the neck to seal around the head in the closed position and fluidly open in the opened position, the body to slidably fluidly seal against a housing between opened and closed positions. A liquid ink pathway and an air pathway are formed between the static portion and the dynamic portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: William Scott Osborne
  • Publication number: 20230202182
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to an ink supply tank for a printer. The ink supply tank includes a main chamber to supply a printer with ink. The main chamber includes a fill port to receive ink during filling and an exchange port to release the ink. A chamber separator device is configured with a fill surface and a vent port. An overflow chamber can be configured with a vent to pass air into the overflow chamber, a first portion of air in the overflow chamber passes through the vent port of the chamber separator device to a feeder chamber to replace a second portion of ink leaving the ink supply tank to feed a print head and the vent port of the chamber separator device to pass a third portion of ink and a second portion of air from the feeder chamber to the overflow chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: William Scott OSBORNE, Kundan SINGH, Paul Mark HAINES, Sean BERTLES
  • Patent number: 11390088
    Abstract: An example fluid handling system for a printer is disclosed. In an implementation, the fluid handling system includes a first compartment, a second compartment, and a fluid port. The first compartment is fluidly coupled to the second compartment through the fluid port and the first compartment, second compartment and fluid port are disposable within a printer. In addition, the fluid handling system includes a barrier disposed within the fluid port. The barrier separates the fluid port into a first channel and a second channel, wherein the barrier is movable within the fluid port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: William Scott Osborne, David D. Welter
  • Patent number: 11331904
    Abstract: An example of an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a feeder tank to provide print fluid to a nozzle. The feeder tank is disposed below the nozzle to maintain a backpressure. The apparatus also includes a vent port to vent the feeder tank to atmosphere. The apparatus further includes an overflow chamber in fluidic communication with the feeder tank. The overflow chamber is disposed below the nozzle. In addition, the apparatus includes a return channel disposed on the overflow chamber to allow print fluid in the overflow chamber to return to the feeder tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: William Scott Osborne, David D. Welter, John James Cantrell
  • Publication number: 20210309017
    Abstract: An example of an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a main tank disposed above a nozzle. The main tank is to store a bulk amount of print fluid. The apparatus includes a feeder tank in fluidic communication with the main tank and the nozzle. The feeder tank is disposed below the nozzle to maintain a backpressure. The apparatus includes a vent port disposed on the feeder tank. The apparatus includes an exchange port connecting the main tank to the feeder tank. The exchange port allows print fluid to flow from the main tank to the feeder tank in response to a decrease in an amount of print fluid in the feeder tank relative to a threshold amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: William Scott Osborne, David D. Welter, John James Cantrell, Keith William Jariabka
  • Publication number: 20210268803
    Abstract: An example fluid handling system for a printer is disclosed. In an implementation, the fluid handling system includes a first compartment, a second compartment, and a fluid port. The first compartment is fluidly coupled to the second compartment through the fluid port and the first compartment, second compartment and fluid port are disposable within a printer. In addition, the fluid handling system includes a barrier disposed within the fluid port. The barrier separates the fluid port into a first channel and a second channel, wherein the barrier is movable within the fluid port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: William Scott Osborne, David D. Welter
  • Publication number: 20210268792
    Abstract: An example of an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a feeder tank to provide print fluid to a nozzle. The feeder tank is disposed below the nozzle to maintain a backpressure. The apparatus also includes a vent port to vent the feeder tank to atmosphere. The apparatus further includes an overflow chamber in fluidic communication with the feeder tank. The overflow chamber is disposed below the nozzle. In addition, the apparatus includes a return channel disposed on the overflow chamber to allow print fluid in the overflow chamber to return to the feeder tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: William Scott Osborne, David D. Welter, John James Cantrell
  • Publication number: 20210268804
    Abstract: Some examples include a valve for a printing fluid supply system, the valve including a static portion and a dynamic portion. The static portion includes a stem extending along a longitudinal axis. The stem includes a head, a tail, and a shaft extending between the head and the tail. The dynamic portion is disposed around the stem. The dynamic portion is longitudinally movable along the stem between a closed position and an opened position. The dynamic portion includes a neck and a body extending longitudinally from the neck, the neck to seal around the head in the closed position and fluidly open in the opened position, the body to slidably fluidly seal against a housing between opened and closed positions. A liquid ink pathway and an air pathway are formed between the static portion and the dynamic portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: William Scott Osborne
  • Patent number: 8684505
    Abstract: In one example, a structure for supporting a printhead includes: a substrate having a first side and a second side; multiple inlets each protruding from the first side of the substrate through which liquids may be introduced into the structure from the outlets of liquid containers that can be attached to the structure; multiple openings through the substrate from the first side to the second side, each opening positioned near one of the inlets at a location exposed to the outlet of a corresponding one of the containers when the container is attached to the structure; and an air channel on the second side of the substrate connecting each of one or more of the openings to another opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Iain Campbell-Brown, William Scott Osborne, Eugene Cahill, Ivor Cummins, Anoop Haridasan
  • Publication number: 20130242011
    Abstract: In one example, a structure for supporting a printhead includes: a substrate having a first side and a second side; multiple inlets each protruding from the first side of the substrate through which liquids may be introduced into the structure from the outlets of liquid containers that can be attached to the structure; multiple openings through the substrate from the first side to the second side, each opening positioned near one of the inlets at a location exposed to the outlet of a corresponding one of the containers when the container is attached to the structure; and an air channel on the second side of the substrate connecting each of one or more of the openings to another opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Iain Campbell-Brown, William Scott Osborne, Eugene Cahill, Ivor Cummins, Anoop Haridasan