Illumina Corporation

Zih Corporation

Zamtec Limited

Memjet Technology Limited

Richard Alan Kelley

Christopher Hibbard

Eric Johnson

John Christian Love

David Elliott Kaplan

Anthony John De Ruyter

Hsin-Chih Chen

Geoffrey Philip Dyer

Andy Bound

Petrica Dorinel Balcan

Jon Lucas

Ashish Kumar

Ryan Root

Lawrence Edward Smolenski

Kent Benjamen Kwan

Victor T Escobedo

Randal Wong

Jinsong Gao

John Bailey

Jeffrey D Lueschen

Thomas J Roetker

Paul Daniel Seiter

Greg Williams

Jeffrey Johnson

Paul Fishbein

Bob Yraceburu

Jung Ethan Hoon Lee

Jon Olson

Paul Weiskopf

Lawrence E Smolenski

Edward Ellis Esdaile-Watts

A cartridge for use with chemical or biological analysis systems, as well as methods of using the same, is provided. The cartridge may include a floating microfluidic plate that is held in the cartridge using one or more floating support brackets that incorporate gaskets that may seal against fluidic ports on the microfluidic plate. The floating support brackets may include indexing features that may align the microfluidic plate with the seals.

Flowcell cartridge with floating bracket

Flowcell cartridge with floating seal bracket

A cartridge for use with chemical or biological analysis systems is provided. The cartridge may include a floating microfluidic plate that is held in the cartridge using one or more floating support brackets that incorporate gaskets that may seal against fluidic ports on the microfluidic plate. The floating support brackets may include indexing features that may align the microfluidic plate with the seals.

A printer may include a printhead assembly a clutch assembly, and/or a printer ribbon transport assembly. The printhead assembly may include a printhead biasing assembly defining a biasing ramp which may be configured to apply a biasing force to a printhead support bracket so as to at least partially counteract a ribbon force. The clutch assembly may be configured to supply or take-up a printer ribbon with first and second spool engagement members of different diameters that frictionally engage first and second friction members. The printer ribbon transport assembly may include a rotation lock mechanism configured to prevent rotation of a ribbon take-up core when the take-up core is disengaged from a drive assembly so as to prevent a loss in ribbon tension.

Printer with printhead assembly, clutch assembly, and printer ribbon transport assembly

A system for transporting media in a printer is provided having a media roller rotatably mounted to the printer housing, a motor, a drive belt looped about the motor drive shaft and the roller so as to impart the motor rotational driving force to the roller, a tensioning member pivotally mounted to the housing for contacting and thereby tensioning the drive belt about the motor drive shaft and roller, a brace member mounted to the housing about a slotted arm of the tensioning member, and a locking screw fixed to the housing through the brace member and slotted arm. The pivoted position of the tensioning member relative determines the tension imparted on the drive belt. The locking screw locks the pivoted position and the brace member is fixedly mounted so that rotation of the locking screw is not imparted to the slotted arm during fixing of the locking screw.

System for transporting media in printer

Videocassette display unit

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Richard Alan Kelley