公开(公告)号：US09047027B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-02

申请号：US13793376

申请日：2013-03-11

申请人： Russell Neville ,  Ashok Murthy ,  Yoshiaki Takahashi

发明人： Russell Neville ,  Ashok Murthy ,  Yoshiaki Takahashi

IPC分类号： G06F3/12 ,  H04N1/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/1209 ,  G06F3/1229 ,  G06F3/1236 ,  G06F3/1287 ,  H04N1/00127

摘要： A virtual printer interface node enables a non-cloud-ready printer to communicate with a cloud-based service, residing on an internet. The virtual printer interface node includes a housing; a communication interface to provide communication directly to the network router; and a microcontroller operatively connected to the communication interface. The microcontroller converts commands, received through the communication interface, from the cloud-based service, residing on the internet, to native protocols of the non-cloud-ready networked printer and communicates the converted native protocols to the non-cloud-ready networked printer.

摘要翻译： 虚拟打印机接口节点使非云就绪打印机能够与驻留在互联网上的基于云的服务进行通信。 虚拟打印机接口节点包括壳体; 通信接口，直接向网络路由器提供通信; 以及可操作地连接到通信接口的微控制器。 微控制器将通过通信接口接收的命令从驻留在因特网上的基于云的服务转换为非云就绪网络打印机的本地协议，并将转换的本地协议传送到非云就绪网络打印机 。

公开(公告)号：US20110188067A1

公开(公告)日：2011-08-04

申请号：US12696980

申请日：2010-01-29

申请人： Charles Robert Carlson ,  James Patrick VanWinkle ,  Paul Ronald Herman ,  Shanti Villarreal ,  Brent Rodney Jones ,  Ashok Murthy ,  Sara Kleiman ,  Mark Simon Boyt

发明人： Charles Robert Carlson ,  James Patrick VanWinkle ,  Paul Ronald Herman ,  Shanti Villarreal ,  Brent Rodney Jones ,  Ashok Murthy ,  Sara Kleiman ,  Mark Simon Boyt

IPC分类号： G06K15/02 ,  G06Q50/00 ,  G06Q10/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/0283 ,  G06Q40/12

摘要： Document processing devices and methods are presented, in which the device stores a remaining print unit value in its memory that represents the amount of print units currently available to enable the device to perform the document processing operations, and a programmable computer of the device selectively performs document processing jobs for users and decrements the remaining print unit value until the value reaches zero and the device provides for expenditure of print units according to color content and/or coverage levels determined for a given job.

摘要翻译： 提出文件处理装置和方法，其中装置在其存储器中存储表示当前可用于使装置执行文件处理操作的打印单元的量的剩余打印单位值，并且该装置的可编程计算机选择性地执行 为用户提供文档处理作业，并减少剩余的打印单位值，直到该值达到零，并且该设备根据为给定作业确定的颜色内容和/或覆盖水平提供打印单元的支出。

公开(公告)号：US20070192183A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-16

申请号：US11352928

申请日：2006-02-10

申请人： Tovin Monaco ,  Rich Sauter ,  Russell Neville ,  Ashok Murthy

发明人： Tovin Monaco ,  Rich Sauter ,  Russell Neville ,  Ashok Murthy

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0224 ,  G06Q30/0226 ,  G06Q30/0239

摘要： A system architecture and method are provided that allow a retailer to provide a unique shopping experience to their customers. The customers, who belong to multiple affinity groups and have a purchasing history, are provided coupons via a wireless mobile device at the time they enter a zone on or about a retail location. The customer may use their wireless mobile device to select coupons or incentives for items that they wish to purchase in the store and thereby receive a discount. Retailers and product manufacturers may incentivise customers to purchase their goods at or near the point of product selection.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种系统架构和方法，允许零售商向其客户提供独特的购物体验。 属于多个亲和团体并具有采购历史的客户在进入零售地点或零售点附近的区域时通过无线移动设备提供优惠券。 客户可以使用他们的无线移动设备来选择他们希望在商店购买的物品的优惠券或奖励，从而获得折扣。 零售商和产品制造商可能会激励客户在产品选择或接近产品选购时购买其商品。

公开(公告)号：US06820959B1

公开(公告)日：2004-11-23

申请号：US09089698

申请日：1998-06-03

申请人： Donald Norman Spitz ,  Carl Edmond Sullivan ,  David Amos Ward ,  Benjamin Alan Askren ,  Michael David Lattuca ,  Ashok Murthy ,  Ronald Monroe Nowell, Jr. ,  Darrin Wayne Oliver

发明人： Donald Norman Spitz ,  Carl Edmond Sullivan ,  David Amos Ward ,  Benjamin Alan Askren ,  Michael David Lattuca ,  Ashok Murthy ,  Ronald Monroe Nowell, Jr. ,  Darrin Wayne Oliver

IPC分类号： B41J29377

CPC分类号： B41J2/1623 ,  B41J2/14024 ,  B41J2/1408 ,  B41J2/1603 ,  B41J2/1632 ,  B41J2/1637 ,  B41J2/1645 ,  B41J2002/14362 ,  B41J2202/03

摘要： The invention described in the specification relates to an improved ink jet printer cartridge structure which includes a substrate carrier or nose piece upon which semiconductor devices for ink jet printheads are mounted. The substrate carrier has a top surface containing one or more substrate locator wells each well having well walls, a well base and at least one ink feed slot in each well base and side walls attached to the top surface along the perimeter thereof. One or more of the side walls contain fins for heat removal from the substrate carrier and at least two alignment devices attached adjacent at least one of the side walls for precisely aligning the substrate carrier in a printer carriage. Among the advantages of the substrate carrier is that it provides a suitable means for substrate alignment for multiple substrates, a means for cooling multiple substrates, a means for fixedly or removably attaching the carrier to a ink reservoir body and a means for accurately aligning the carrier and reservoir body in a carriage of a printer.

摘要翻译： 本说明书中描述的本发明涉及一种改进的喷墨打印机盒结构，其包括衬底载体或鼻片，在其上安装用于喷墨打印头的半导体器件。 衬底载体具有包含一个或多个衬底定位器孔的顶表面，每个阱具有井壁，井底和每个井底中的至少一个供墨槽和沿其周边连接到顶表面的侧壁。 侧壁中的一个或多个包含用于从衬底载体散热的翅片和附接到邻近至少一个侧壁的至少两个对准装置，用于将印刷机托架中的基板载体精确对准。 衬底载体的优点之一在于其提供用于多个衬底的衬底对准的合适装置，用于冷却多个衬底的装置，用于将载体固定或可拆卸地附接到储墨体的装置和用于精确对准载体的装置 以及在打印机的托架中的储存器本体。

公开(公告)号：US06183064B2

公开(公告)日：2001-02-06

申请号：US08827240

申请日：1997-03-28

申请人： Ashok Murthy ,  Richard Earl Corley ,  Tonya Harris Jackson ,  Steven Robert Komplin ,  Gary Raymond Williams

发明人： Ashok Murthy ,  Richard Earl Corley ,  Tonya Harris Jackson ,  Steven Robert Komplin ,  Gary Raymond Williams

IPC分类号： B41J214

CPC分类号： B41J2/1634 ,  B41J2/162 ,  B41J2/1623 ,  B41J2/1635 ,  B41J2/1645 ,  Y10T29/49401

摘要： A method for making an inkjet printhead nozzle plate from a composite strip containing a nozzle layer and an adhesive layer is disclosed. The adhesive layer is coated with a polymeric sacrificial layer prior to laser ablating the flow features in the composite strip. A method is also provided form improving adhesion between the adhesive layer and the sacrificial layer. Once the composite strip containing the sacrificial layer is prepared, the coated composite strip is then laser ablated to form flow features in the strip in order to form the nozzle plates. After forming the flow features, the sacrificial layer is removed individual inkjet printhead nozzle plate are separated from the composite strip by singulating the nozzle plates with a laser.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种从包含喷嘴层和粘合剂层的复合带制造喷墨打印头喷嘴板的方法。 在激光烧蚀复合带材中的流动特征之前，将粘合剂层涂覆有聚合物牺牲层。 还提供了一种提高粘合剂层和牺牲层之间的粘附性的方法。 一旦制备了包含牺牲层的复合带材，然后将涂覆的复合带材激光烧蚀以形成条带中的流动特征，以便形成喷嘴板。 在形成流动特征之后，去除牺牲层，通过用激光单分割喷嘴板，单独的喷墨打印头喷嘴板与复合带分离。

公开(公告)号：US6076912A

公开(公告)日：2000-06-20

申请号：US89713

申请日：1998-06-03

申请人： Ashok Murthy

发明人： Ashok Murthy

IPC分类号： B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/16 ,  B41J29/377

CPC分类号： B41J2/1623 ,  B41J2/14024 ,  B41J2/1603 ,  B41J2/164 ,  B41J2202/03

摘要： The invention described in the specification relates to a carrier for an ink jet printhead having unique characteristics which substantially inhibit corrosion and provide improved thermal heat transfer from energizer devices for the ink to the surrounding atmosphere. The carrier has top and bottom surfaces and is adapted to receive a chip and a circuit layer thereon. Another feature of the carrier is a well having a base and walls surrounding the base for receiving a semiconductor chip therein. The walls extend above the top surface of the carrier to a wall height that is substantially equal to the thickness of the circuit layer. The well has a well depth that is substantially equal to the thickness of the chip. A slot formed in the base of the well extends from the bottom surface of the carrier to the base and provide a flow path for ink to the energizers on the chip. Use of a separate carrier for the printhead components provides increased process versatility during the manufacture of the printhead.

摘要翻译： 本说明书中描述的本发明涉及一种用于喷墨打印头的载体，其具有基本上抑制腐蚀的特征，并且提供从用于油墨的增力装置到周围大气的改进的热传递。 载体具有顶表面和底表面，并且适于在其上接收芯片和电路层。 载体的另一个特征是具有围绕基部的基部和壁的阱，用于在其中接收半导体芯片。 壁在载体的顶表面上延伸到基本上等于电路层厚度的壁高度。 该井具有与芯片的厚度基本相等的良好深度。 形成在井的底部中的槽从载体的底表面延伸到基底，并为芯片上的激发器提供油墨的流动路径。 对打印头组件使用单独的托架提供了在打印头制造过程中增加的工艺通用性。

公开(公告)号：US6045214A

公开(公告)日：2000-04-04

申请号：US827241

申请日：1997-03-28

申请人： Ashok Murthy ,  Steven Robert Komplin ,  James Harold Powers

发明人： Ashok Murthy ,  Steven Robert Komplin ,  James Harold Powers

IPC分类号： B41J2/05 ,  B23K26/00 ,  B23K26/20 ,  B41J2/135 ,  B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/16 ,  B41J3/04 ,  B41J21/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/164 ,  B41J2/1404 ,  B41J2/1603 ,  B41J2/162 ,  B41J2/1623 ,  B41J2/1634 ,  B41J2002/14403

摘要： A nozzle plate for an ink jet print head and method therefor is provided. The nozzle plate has a polymeric layer, an adhesive layer attached to the polymeric layer defining a nozzle plate thickness and ablated portions of the polymeric layer and adhesive layer defining flow feature of the nozzle plate which contain ink flow channels, firing chambers, nozzle holes, an ink supply region and one or more projections of polymeric material in the ink supply region of the nozzle plate. The one or more projections are selected from the group consisting of an elongate portion of polymeric material having an ablated portion surrounding the elongate portion, partially ablated spaced elongate fingers having a height which is less than the thickness of the nozzle plate which are parallel to and offset from the ink flow channels, and a plurality of spaced projections having a height which is less than the thickness of the nozzle plate extending from the flow feature surface adjacent the ink flow channels having a spacing between adjacent projections which is sufficient to trap debris before the debris enters the ink flow channels to the firing chambers.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供一种喷墨打印头用喷嘴板及其制造方法。 喷嘴板具有聚合物层，附着到聚合物层的粘合剂层，其限定喷嘴板厚度，并且消融聚合物层的部分和限定喷嘴板的流动特征的粘合剂层，其包含油墨流动通道，燃烧室，喷嘴孔， 墨水供应区域和喷嘴板的供墨区域中的聚合物材料的一个或多个突起。 一个或多个突起选自具有围绕细长部分的消融部分的聚合材料的细长部分，部分切除的间隔开的细长指状物的高度小于喷嘴板的平行于其的厚度， 偏离油墨流动通道，以及多个间隔开的突出物，其高度小于从邻近墨水流动通道的流动特征表面延伸的喷嘴板的厚度，其具有在相邻突出部之间具有足以在其之前捕获碎屑的间隔 碎屑进入喷墨室的墨水流动通道。

公开(公告)号：US08332332B2

公开(公告)日：2012-12-11

申请号：US12696892

申请日：2010-01-29

申请人： Charles Robert Carlson ,  James Patrick VanWinkle ,  Paul Ronald Herman ,  Shanti Villarreal ,  Brent Rodney Jones ,  Ashok Murthy ,  Sara Kleiman ,  Mark Simon Boyt

发明人： Charles Robert Carlson ,  James Patrick VanWinkle ,  Paul Ronald Herman ,  Shanti Villarreal ,  Brent Rodney Jones ,  Ashok Murthy ,  Sara Kleiman ,  Mark Simon Boyt

IPC分类号： G06Q90/00 ,  G03G21/02

CPC分类号： G06Q30/0207 ,  G06Q30/0601

摘要： Methods and systems are presented for managing document processing device usage in which a customer accesses a management system to buy and pay for account credits, and to apply print units to specific managed device by conversion of account credits based on current pricing information for the specified account and the particular device at the time of the request.

摘要翻译： 呈现用于管理文档处理设备使用的方法和系统，其中客户访问管理系统以购买和支付帐户信用，并且基于指定帐户的当前定价信息通过转换帐户信用来将打印单元应用于特定受管理设备 以及请求时的特定设备。

公开(公告)号：US06796019B2

公开(公告)日：2004-09-28

申请号：US10166273

申请日：2002-06-10

申请人： Steven Robert Komplin ,  Ashok Murthy ,  Carl Edmond Sullivan

发明人： Steven Robert Komplin ,  Ashok Murthy ,  Carl Edmond Sullivan

IPC分类号： H05B300

CPC分类号： B41J2/14072 ,  B41J2/1603 ,  B41J2/1623 ,  B41J2/1628 ,  B41J2/1629 ,  B41J2/1631 ,  B41J2/1635 ,  B41J2/1642 ,  B41J2/1645 ,  B41J2/1646 ,  H01L2224/49171 ,  H01L2224/8592 ,  H01L2924/01019 ,  H01L2924/01021 ,  H01L2924/01079 ,  H01L2924/01322 ,  H01L2924/10253 ,  Y10T29/49083 ,  Y10T29/4913 ,  Y10T29/49323 ,  Y10T29/49401 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A process is provided for forming a heater chip module comprising a carrier adapted to be secured to an ink-filled container, at least one heater chip having a base coupled to the carrier, and at least one nozzle plate coupled to the heater chip. The carrier includes a support substrate having at least one passage which defines a path for ink to travel from the container to the heater chip. The heater chip is secured at its base to a portion of the support substrate. At least the portion of the support substrate is formed from a material having substantially the same coefficient of thermal expansion as the heater chip base. A flexible circuit is coupled to the heater chip module such as by TAB bonding or wire bonding.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于形成加热器芯片模块的方法，该加热器芯片模块包括适于固定到填充墨水的容器的载体，至少一个加热器芯片，其具有联接到载体的底部，以及耦合到加热器芯片的至少一个喷嘴板。 载体包括具有至少一个通道的支撑基板，该通道限定油墨从容器行进到加热器芯片的路径。 加热器芯片在其底部固定到支撑基板的一部分。 至少所述支撑基板的所述部分由具有与所述加热器芯片基座基本上相同的热膨胀系数的材料形成。 柔性电路例如通过TAB键合或引线键合耦合到加热器芯片模块。

公开(公告)号：US06254214B1

公开(公告)日：2001-07-03

申请号：US09330716

申请日：1999-06-11

申请人： Ashok Murthy ,  Carl Edmond Sullivan

发明人： Ashok Murthy ,  Carl Edmond Sullivan

IPC分类号： B41J2938

CPC分类号： B41J2/14153 ,  B41J1/00 ,  B41J2/1408

摘要： A system for cooling an inkjet print head with the print head having a nozzle plate and heater chip. The nozzle plate contains a series of firing chambers and nozzles. The heater chip contains several heating elements and cooling channels. Ink is heated in the firing chambers and forced through the nozzles onto paper. A pump is employed to pump the ink from an ink reservoir through the cooling channels in the heater chip in order to maintain the heater chip at a constant temperature. When the printer is actively printing, at least a portion of the ink is returned to the reservoir. When the printer is not actively printing, ink is still pumped through the cooling channels to maintain the heater chip at the proper temperature.

摘要翻译： 一种用于具有喷嘴板和加热器芯片的打印头来冷却喷墨打印头的系统。 喷嘴板包含一系列燃烧室和喷嘴。 加热器芯片包含几个加热元件和冷却通道。 油墨在燃烧室中被加热并被迫通过喷嘴到纸上。 采用泵将墨水从墨水储存器中通过加热器芯片中的冷却通道进行泵送，以便将加热器芯片保持在恒定温度。 当打印机正在主动打印时，至少一部分墨水返回到储存器。 当打印机没有主动打印时，墨水仍然被泵送通过冷却通道，以将加热器芯片保持在适当的温度。