Patent ID: 9616670
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B41J,Y10T

Claim:
1. An ink cartridge for an inkjet printer, the cartridge comprising: a front face with interfaces, including an ink socket, for connecting the cartridge to a cartridge receiving structure; a bottom face comprising a latch stop and a latch track to guide and retain a latch of the cartridge receiving structure, the latch track comprising a locking track and an unlocking track; a guide track, in the bottom face, for engaging a guide of the cartridge receiving structure for guiding the cartridge along a straight line for connecting the interfaces with the cartridge receiving structure; a top face opposite the bottom face, the top face being at the top of the cartridge when the cartridge is connected to the cartridge receiving structure; a cutout in the front face that is also open at the top face of the cartridge; and an electrical circuit including a memory for storing cartridge data, an electrical interface of the electrical circuit being disposed in the cutout so as to be recessed into the front face to make electrical contact after other interfaces on the front face are connected as the cartridge is installed in an inkjet printer, the electrical interface comprising electrodes that extend in a plane perpendicular to the front face, the electrodes being arranged on a line parallel to the front face.