2007 patents
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Utility
Temperature sensor placement for heater substrate in fuser
19 Dec 23
An example fuser includes a flexible fixing belt, a backup member to form a fixing nip with the fixing belt, a heater substrate for heating the fixing belt at the fixing nip and having a first surface comprising a heating element pattern, a common terminal and a driving power supply terminal for supplying power to the heating element pattern, and a second surface in contact with the fixing belt, and a temperature sensor sheet comprising a temperature sensor, a sensing terminal and an electric wire connecting the temperature sensor to the sensing terminal, wherein the temperature sensor sheet is in contact with the first surface of the heater substrate such that the sensing terminal and the electrical wire do not overlap the common terminal and the driving power supply terminal.
Hojin Ryu, Sunhyung Lee, Sungwoo Kang
Filed: 4 Feb 21
Utility
All-In-One computers with power delivery controllers
19 Dec 23
An all-in-one computer includes a display, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Type-C port, a plurality of USB Type-A ports, a USB hub, a demultiplexer, and a Power Delivery (PD) controller.
Jui-Hsuan Chang, Chia-Ching Lu, Shih-Chieh Liu, Nam Hoang Nguyen
Filed: 30 Apr 20
Utility
Expelling air from a computer enclosure
19 Dec 23
In an example implementation, a computer assembly includes a computer enclosure, a motherboard with an inset edge section that forms a motherboard air gap between the motherboard and a rear wall of the enclosure when the motherboard is installed in the enclosure, a vent opening formed in the enclosure below the motherboard, and an air mover to draw air from above the motherboard, through the air gap, and below the motherboard, and to expel the air drawn below the motherboard from the enclosure through the vent opening.
Andrew Wiltzius, Robert Crane, Heather Burnam Volesky, Julie Duke
Filed: 21 May 19
Utility
Input device tracking systems
19 Dec 23
In an example in accordance with the present disclosure, an input movement tracking device is described.
Adolfo Adolfo Gomez, Jon David Danielson, Mark Allen Lessman, Alexander Klug, Henry Wang
Filed: 11 May 22
Utility
Private speech filterings
19 Dec 23
In some examples, an electronic device comprises an image sensor to detect a user action, an audio input device to receive an audio signal, and a processor coupled to the audio input device and the image sensor.
Edward Etayo, Alan Man Pan Tam, Maureen A. Aragon
Filed: 16 Jun 21
Utility
Increasing electrical conductivity at selected locations of a 3D object
12 Dec 23
A device includes a coater, a dispenser, and a treatment portion.
Kristopher J. Erickson, Thomas C. Anthony, Lihua Zhao
Filed: 17 Jun 22
Utility
Tension adjustments in printers to prevent slipping
12 Dec 23
In example implementations, a printing device is provided.
Ronald R. Anderson
Filed: 18 Jan 23
Utility
Emulating parameters of a fluid ejection die
12 Dec 23
An integrated circuit includes thermal tracking logic, control logic, and an output interface.
John Rossi, Erik D. Ness, James Michael Gardner, Scott A. Linn
Filed: 13 Jul 22
Utility
Print liquid supply
12 Dec 23
In one embodiment a sub-assembly of components is provided to assemble a print liquid supply container, the set including a reservoir and a support structure to form a print liquid supply container, the container having a first, second and third dimensions, the support structure to at least partially surround and support the reservoir and to provide stiffness to the container, at least in a folded and mounted condition, the reservoir including a bag to hold the print liquid, being at least partially flexible to collapse for print liquid to be withdrawn from the reservoir, the bag being configured to inhibit fluid exchange, and a neck that is relatively narrow with respect to the bag in a filled state, with an opening to output print liquid from the bag.
Judson M. Leiser, Miquel Boleda Busquets, Bernd Karlsboeck, David Olsen, Michael E. Peterschmidt
Filed: 16 Dec 22
Utility
Fixer fluids
12 Dec 23
A fixer fluid can include a fixer vehicle with water, an NH-type or N-alkylated lactam co-solvent, and a phosphate ester surfactant.
Jie Zheng, Dennis Z. Guo
Filed: 11 Oct 19
Utility
Sacrificial barriers
12 Dec 23
A system includes a controller to receive data corresponding to an object or slices of the object to be generated by a 3D printer, wherein the 3D printer includes an array of printhead nozzles to selectively eject a print agent on a layer of build material in a build chamber having a build chamber wall, the array of printhead nozzles spanning substantially the full width of the build chamber and moveable along a length of the build chamber.
Roger Fadurdo Orellana, Pol Fornos Martinez, Salvador Sanchez Ribes, Ismael Fernandez Aymerich, Manuel Freire Garcia
Filed: 23 Apr 19
Utility
Radiation amount determination for an intended surface property level
12 Dec 23
According to examples, an apparatus includes a processor and a memory on which is stored machine readable instructions.
Krzysztof Nauka, Andrew E. Fitzhugh, Lihua Zhao
Filed: 28 Oct 21
Utility
Printed shrink sleeves
12 Dec 23
Herein is described a method of providing a printed shrink sleeve, the method comprising: providing a printed substrate comprising a liquid electrophotographically printed ink image; and coating the liquid electrophotographically printed ink image of the printed substrate with a water-based overprint varnish composition.
Inna Tzomik, Albert Teishev, Katty Noorany, Daniel Skvirsky
Filed: 25 Jul 19
Utility
Digital assistant to collect user information
12 Dec 23
In example implementations, an apparatus is provided.
Rafael Dal Zotto
Filed: 29 Apr 19
Utility
Print control based on the difference in the residual quantity ratio of toners
12 Dec 23
An example image forming apparatus includes a print engine to form an image by using toners of different colors, a memory to store toner quantity information of the different colors of toners, and a processor to perform a print job by reducing a use of a toner with a small toner residual quantity ratio when a difference in a residual quantity ratio of the toner for each color is greater than or equal to a determined value on the basis of the stored toner quantity information.
Seung Youl Lee, Hae Kee Lee
Filed: 24 Sep 20
Utility
Subscription-based print job execution
12 Dec 23
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the processor to associate a first subscription of a first user to a second subscription of a second user.
Shinoj Bhaskaran
Filed: 1 Jul 21
Utility
Virtual reality headsets and method of managing user experience with virtual reality headsets
12 Dec 23
A method of managing user experience with a virtual reality (VR) headset includes: with a server, receiving data from a number of sensors that are detecting parameters associated with a user during use of the VR headset; with the server, analyzing the data from the sensors to predict a negative effect on the user from the use of the VR headset; and with the server, taking action to minimize the negative effect on the user that is predicted.
Anuradha Kulkarni, Tulit Pal, Narendra Kumar Chincholikar
Filed: 21 Oct 21
Utility
Blockchain-based distributed ledgers for image forming apparatuses
12 Dec 23
In one example, a cloud printing server may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor.
Ranjeetha Venkatesh, Sudhindra Venkatesh Kulkarni
Filed: 17 Jul 19
Utility
Submitting 3D object models for 3D printing having stored digital model in a 3D print file as an integerized triangle mesh
5 Dec 23
In an example implementation, a method of submitting 3D object models to a 3D printing system includes receiving a digital object model as a triangle mesh, and integerizing floating-point X, Y, Z, coordinate values of triangle vertices that define triangles of the triangle mesh.
Jordi Roca Vila, Sergio Gonzalez Martin, Jordi Sanroma Garrit
Filed: 30 Apr 21
Utility
Three-dimensional printing
5 Dec 23
An example of a three-dimensional (3D) printing kit includes a build material composition, an epoxy agent to be applied to at least a portion of the build material composition during 3D printing, and a fusing agent to be applied to the at least the portion of the build material composition during 3D printing.
Adekunle Olubummo, Lihua Zhao, Aja Hartman
Filed: 22 Sep 18