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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 26, 2013
Applicant:

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);

Inventor:

Christopher R. Morton, Webster, NY (US);

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/04541 (2013.01); B41J 2/0455 (2013.01); B41J 2/0458 (2013.01);
Abstract

An inkjet printhead includes an array of resistive heaters; an array of nozzles associated with the array of resistive heaters; a heater voltage input for providing a heater voltage; a fire control pulse input for providing a fire control pulse having a first pulsewidth for controlling a length of time that current from the heater voltage input is allowed to pass through at least one of the resistive heaters; and a protective circuit configured to receive the fire control pulse from the fire control pulse input, and to override the fire control pulse if the first pulsewidth is greater than or equal to a predetermined length of time.


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