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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. 22, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2003
Santiago Rodriguez, Boise, ID (US);
Santiago Rodriguez, Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Image forming devices, image forming device consumable assemblies and image forming device communication methods are provided. One exemplary embodiment provides an image forming device configured to use a consumable to form hard images, the image forming device includes first electrical circuitry, second electrical circuitry spaced from the first electrical circuitry, the first electrical circuitry and the second electrical circuitry being configured to assist with the formation of hard images, a receptacle configured to receive a consumable assembly containing a supply of the consumable, a first electrical connection configured to electrically couple the first electrical circuitry with a conductor coupled with the consumable assembly when the consumable assembly is positioned within the receptacle and a second electrical connection configured to electrically couple the second electrical circuitry with the conductor coupled with the consumable assembly when the consumable assembly is positioned within the receptacle to electrically couple the first electrical circuitry and the second electrical circuitry.