Patent ID: 8801161
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: B41J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A liquid cartridge comprising: a liquid reservoir configured to store liquid therein; a liquid flow path configured to selectively allow the liquid reservoir to be in fluid communication with an exterior of the liquid cartridge; a sensor configured to output a signal relative to a position of an object other than the liquid disposed in the liquid flow path; a storage configured to store data therein; a plurality of terminals, wherein the plurality of terminals comprises: a substrate, wherein the plurality of terminals is disposed on the substrate, wherein the substrate is divided into a rectangular grid along a particular direction and a further direction perpendicular to the particular direction, and wherein each of the plurality of terminals is disposed such that a center portion is positioned within a cell of the rectangular grid, and a cell containing the center portion of the power terminal is aligned with and adjacent to a cell containing the sensor portion in the particular direction, and the cell containing the center portion of the power terminal is not aligned with a cell containing the center portion of the data terminal in either the particular direction or the further direction.