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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1981
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter H Wolf, Campbell, CA (US);
Boyd E Slade, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Dataproducts Corporation, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2191 / ; 101 9305 ; 2191 / ; 400124 ;
Abstract
A stylus wire for use in a matrix printhead includes a thin elongated wire with an integral sphere-like head formed at one end. Also disclosed is a method of forming the sphere-like head using a laser or other device to apply high localized heat to the wire end sufficient to form said sphere-like head.