Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Steven Lunceford

Mark A Smith

Marc A Baldwin

Karen A St Martin

Christopher Vitello

Paul L Nash

Ralph L Stathem

Holli C Ogle

Garry P Liddell

A fluid interconnect for a fluid enclosure includes an overmolded sealing surface of a thermoplastic elastomeric material, the sealing surface having an opening, the sealing surface overmolded upon a thermoplastic surface of a fluid enclosure; and a wall of the thermoplastic elastomeric material connected to the sealing surface, the wall enclosing a pathway, the pathway communicating with the opening at a first end; and a layer connected to the wall, the layer closing the pathway at a second end.

Over-molded fluid interconnect

Methods of creating an internal channel of a fluid-ejection device are provided. One method includes encapsulating a channel core in an element of the fluid-ejection device that corresponds to the internal channel and dissolving at least a portion of the channel core.

Methods for creating channels

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Corvallis, OR, United States of America

Steven Lunceford