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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:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2011
Applicants:
Kenneth L. Vandenberghe, Junction City, OR (US);
David Pidwerbecki, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth L. Vandenberghe, Junction City, OR (US);
David Pidwerbecki, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14 (2013.01); B41J 2/161 (2013.01); B41J 2/1623 (2013.01); B41J 2/1626 (2013.01); B41J 2/1628 (2013.01); B41J 2/1629 (2013.01); B41J 2/1631 (2013.01); B41J 2/1642 (2013.01); B41J 2/1645 (2013.01); B41J 2/1646 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printhead is disclosed herein. The printhead includes a die substrate having a surface. A trench is defined in the die substrate surface, and a support is positioned in the trench. A compliant membrane is attached to the die substrate surface, and a gap is defined between a distal end of the support and the compliant membrane.