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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2021
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Lai Yu Leo Tse, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kira Barton, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/095 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/095 (2013.01); B41J 2202/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printer having: an ink nozzle; an extractor laterally spaced from the ink nozzle; a plurality of gas nozzles arranged around the ink nozzle; and three modes of operation, including an electrohydrodynamic mode, an aerodynamic mode, and a combined mode. The modes operate as follows: a voltage is applied across the ink nozzle and the extractor in the electrohydrodynamic mode; a jet of gas is discharged from each of the gas nozzles in the aerodynamic mode; and the voltage is applied and the jets of gas are discharged in the combined mode.