公开(公告)号：US20230158819A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-25

申请号：US18094932

申请日：2023-01-09

Applicant: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Morgan Hassan Malone ,  Raymond E. Maynard ,  Steve Ting Kei Chow ,  Michael F. St.Germain ,  Angel B. Rosales

IPC: B41J29/02 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41J29/18 ,  B41J29/52 ,  B41J29/393

CPC classification number: B41J29/02 ,  B41J3/4075 ,  B41J29/18 ,  B41J29/52 ,  B41J29/393

Abstract: A printer configured to contain a media cartridge, wherein the media cartridge includes: a base defining a media chamber and including a lower wall and an opposing upper wall; an identification circuit disposed on the lower wall, the identification circuit configured to engage with an electronic interface of a printer; a ledge on the upper wall of the base, the ledge configured to receive downward pressure from an inner surface of a lid of the printer in a closed position; wherein the identification circuit is aligned with the ledge to receive at least a portion of the downward pressure.

公开(公告)号：US20220135273A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：US17089889

申请日：2020-11-05

Applicant: Zebra Technologies Corporation

Inventor： Morgan Hassan Malone ,  Edward Anthony Hackett ,  Raymond E. Maynard ,  Michael F. St. Germain ,  Michael C. Wondolowski ,  Daniel V. Carroll ,  Ozgur Ozserin ,  James Roger Morley-Smith ,  Hannah Marie Legg ,  Roger Edward Guinee ,  Ellen Thomas

IPC: B65C9/40 ,  B65C9/18

Abstract: A printer includes: a body defining a media enclosure configured to receive a media supply; an indicator assembly supported by an outer wall of the body, the indicator assembly including a plurality of substantially contiguous illumination surfaces illuminated by respective ones of a set of lights supported within the body; a controller supported by the body, the controller configured to: (i) obtain an operational status of the printer, (ii) retrieve, from a mapping repository, a set of notification control parameters corresponding to the operational status, and (iii) control the set of lights according to the notification control parameters.

公开(公告)号：US12138942B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-12

申请号：US18094932

申请日：2023-01-09

Applicant: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Morgan Hassan Malone ,  Raymond E. Maynard ,  Steve Ting Kei Chow ,  Michael F. St.Germain ,  Angel B. Rosales

IPC: B41J3/407 ,  B41J15/04 ,  B41J29/02 ,  B41J29/18 ,  B41J29/393 ,  B41J29/52

Abstract: A printer configured to contain a media cartridge, wherein the media cartridge includes: a base defining a media chamber and including a lower wall and an opposing upper wall; an identification circuit disposed on the lower wall, the identification circuit configured to engage with an electronic interface of a printer; a ledge on the upper wall of the base, the ledge configured to receive downward pressure from an inner surface of a lid of the printer in a closed position; wherein the identification circuit is aligned with the ledge to receive at least a portion of the downward pressure.

公开(公告)号：US11787588B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-17

申请号：US17842539

申请日：2022-06-16

Applicant: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Morgan Hassan Malone ,  Edward Anthony Hackett ,  Raymond E. Maynard ,  Michael F. St.Germain ,  Michael C. Wondolowski ,  Daniel V. Carroll ,  Ozgur Ozserin ,  James Roger Morley-Smith ,  Hannah Marie Legg ,  Roger Edward Guinee ,  Ellen Thomas

IPC: B32B41/00 ,  B65C9/40 ,  B65C9/18

CPC classification number: B65C9/40 ,  B65C9/18 ,  B65C2210/0037

Abstract: A printer includes: a body defining a media enclosure configured to receive a media supply; an indicator assembly supported by an outer wall of the body, the indicator assembly including a plurality of substantially contiguous illumination surfaces illuminated by respective ones of a set of lights supported within the body; a controller supported by the body, the controller configured to: (i) obtain an operational status of the printer, (ii) retrieve, from a mapping repository, a set of notification control parameters corresponding to the operational status, and (iii) control the set of lights according to the notification control parameters.

公开(公告)号：US11565896B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-31

申请号：US16507581

申请日：2019-07-10

Applicant: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Raymond E. Maynard ,  Angel B. Rosales ,  Steve Ting Kei Chow ,  Joseph D. Moreira ,  Thomas R. Helma

IPC: B65H1/06 ,  B65H3/06 ,  B65H7/02 ,  B65H1/14 ,  B65H1/12 ,  B65H43/04 ,  B65H31/24 ,  B65H3/52 ,  B65H5/26 ,  B41J13/12

Abstract: A media processing device includes: a hopper for supporting a stack of media units (e.g. cards), the hopper including (i) a gate wall configured to abut leading edges of the media units and (ii) an outlet defined at an end of the gate wall; a pick roller at the outlet for engaging an outer one of the media units in the stack and dispensing the outer media unit from the hopper to a media processing path; the gate wall including a flexible gate at the outlet, the flexible gate configured to deflect toward the media processing path responsive to the outer media unit being driven into the flexible gate by the pick roller, wherein the outer media unit deflects when passing by the flexible gate, permitting the outer media unit to be dispensed from the hopper.

公开(公告)号：US20220118779A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-21

申请号：US17071593

申请日：2020-10-15

Applicant: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Morgan Hassan Malone ,  Raymond E. Maynard ,  Steve Ting Kei Chow ,  Michael F. St. Germain ,  Angel B. Rosales

IPC: B41J29/02 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41J29/393 ,  B41J29/52 ,  B41J29/18

Abstract: A media cartridge includes: a base defining a media chamber and including a lower wall and an opposing upper wall; an identification circuit disposed on the lower wall, the identification circuit configured to engage with an electronic interface of a printer; a ledge on the upper wall of the base, the ledge configured to receive downward pressure from an inner surface of a lid of the printer in a closed position; wherein the identification circuit is aligned with the ledge to receive at least a portion of the downward pressure.

公开(公告)号：US20250074726A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18951474

申请日：2024-11-18

Applicant: Zebra Technologies Corporation

Inventor： Raymond E. Maynard ,  Angel B. Rosales ,  Steve Ting Kei Chow ,  Joseph D. Moreira ,  Thomas R. Helma

IPC: B65H3/06 ,  B41J13/12 ,  B65H1/06 ,  B65H1/12 ,  B65H1/14 ,  B65H3/52 ,  B65H3/54 ,  B65H5/26 ,  B65H7/02 ,  B65H31/24 ,  B65H43/04

Abstract: A media processing device includes: a hopper for supporting a stack of media units (e.g. cards), the hopper including (i) a gate wall configured to abut leading edges of the media units and (ii) an outlet defined at an end of the gate wall; a pick roller at the outlet for engaging an outer one of the media units in the stack and dispensing the outer media unit from the hopper to a media processing path; the gate wall including a flexible gate at the outlet, the flexible gate configured to deflect toward the media processing path responsive to the outer media unit being driven into the flexible gate by the pick roller, wherein the outer media unit deflects when passing by the flexible gate, permitting the outer media unit to be dispensed from the hopper.

公开(公告)号：US12128673B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-29

申请号：US18239713

申请日：2023-08-29

Applicant: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Raymond E. Maynard ,  Morgan Hassan Malone ,  Michael F. St.Germain

IPC: B41J29/02 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/32 ,  B41J3/36 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J11/04 ,  B41J15/04 ,  B41J29/13

CPC classification number: B41J11/04 ,  B41J2/17506 ,  B41J2/32 ,  B41J3/36 ,  B41J3/4075 ,  B41J11/0045 ,  B41J15/044 ,  B41J29/02 ,  B41J29/023 ,  B41J29/13

Abstract: A printer includes: a body with a set of interior walls defining a media enclosure configured to receive a media cartridge, and a latch recess in one of the interior walls, including a retaining surface, and a ramp surface; a lid rotatably coupled to the body and movable between open and closed positions; and a latch movably supported by the lid between a locked position and an unlocked position, the latch including: a bias member biasing the latch towards the locked position, a hook surface configured to engage the retaining surface when the lid is closed and the latch is in the locked position, and a cam surface configured via the bias member, when the lid is closed and the latch is released to the unlocked position, to slide against the ramp surface and lift the lid to an intermediate position between the open and closed positions.

公开(公告)号：US20240043159A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US18380490

申请日：2023-10-16

Applicant: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Morgan Hassan Malone ,  Edward Anthony Hackett ,  Raymond E. Maynard ,  Michael F. St. Germain ,  Michael C. Wondolowski ,  Daniel V. Carroll ,  Ozgur Ozserin ,  James Roger Morley-Smith ,  Hannan Marie Legg ,  Roger Edward Guines ,  Ellen Thomas

IPC: B65C9/40 ,  B65C9/18

CPC classification number: B65C9/40 ,  B65C9/18 ,  B65C2210/0037

Abstract: A printer includes: a body defining a media enclosure configured to receive a media supply; an indicator assembly supported by an outer wall of the body, the indicator assembly including a plurality of substantially contiguous illumination surfaces illuminated by respective ones of a set of lights supported within the body; a controller supported by the body, the controller configured to: (i) obtain an operational status of the printer, (ii) retrieve, from a mapping repository, a set of notification control parameters corresponding to the operational status, and (iii) control the set of lights according to the notification control parameters.

公开(公告)号：US11548302B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-10

申请号：US17071593

申请日：2020-10-15

Applicant: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Morgan Hassan Malone ,  Raymond E. Maynard ,  Steve Ting Kei Chow ,  Michael F. St. Germain ,  Angel B. Rosales

IPC: B41J3/407 ,  B41J29/02 ,  B41J29/18 ,  B41J29/52 ,  B41J29/393

Abstract: A media cartridge includes: a base defining a media chamber and including a lower wall and an opposing upper wall; an identification circuit disposed on the lower wall, the identification circuit configured to engage with an electronic interface of a printer; a ledge on the upper wall of the base, the ledge configured to receive downward pressure from an inner surface of a lid of the printer in a closed position; wherein the identification circuit is aligned with the ledge to receive at least a portion of the downward pressure.