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Patent US8162466 - Printhead having impedance features - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsInk jet printheads and printhead components having a body that include a flow path, a piezoelectric actuator having a piezoelectric layer fixed to the body and an impedance feature in the flow path are described. The impedance feature includes a plurality of posts arranged in a first row, at least one...http://www.google.com/patents/US8162466?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8162466 - Printhead having impedance featuresAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS8162466 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 12/486,693Publication dateApr 24, 2012Filing dateJun 17, 2009Priority dateJul 3, 2002Also published asCN1678460A, CN100352652C, CN101121319A, CN101121319B, EP1519838A2, EP2340938A1, US7052117, US7303264, US20040004649, US20050280675, US20060007271, US20100039479, WO2004005030A2, WO2004005030A3Publication number12486693, 486693, US 8162466 B2, US 8162466B2, US-B2-8162466, US8162466 B2, US8162466B2InventorsAndreas Bibl, John A. Higginson, Paul A. Hoisington, Deane A. Gardner, Robert A. Hasenbein, Melvin L. Biggs, Edward R. MoynihanOriginal AssigneeFujifilm Dimatix, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (101), Non-Patent Citations (19), Referenced by (2), Classifications (36), Legal Events (1) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetPrinthead having impedance features
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No. 10/962,378, mailed Dec. 20, 2007, 14 pages.Referenced byCiting PatentFiling datePublication dateApplicantTitleUS8939556 *Mar 15, 2013Jan 27, 2015Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Fluid ejection deviceUS20130200175 *Mar 15, 2013Aug 8, 2013Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Fluid ejection device* Cited by examinerClassifications U.S. Classification347/94, 347/93, 347/65International ClassificationB41J2/17, B41J2/14, B41J, B41J2/05, B41J2/175, B41J2/045, B41J2/055Cooperative ClassificationB41J2/1646, B41J2/1631, B41J2/1645, B41J2/14233, B41J2/161, B41J2/1623, B41J2002/14403, B41J2002/14419, B41J2/1632, B41J2202/20, B41J2/1642, B41J2/1637, B41J2/1635, B41J2/1628, B41J2002/14306European ClassificationB41J2/14D2, B41J2/16M8T, B41J2/16M1, B41J2/16M5, B41J2/16M3D, B41J2/16M4, B41J2/16M8S, B41J2/16M7, B41J2/16D2, B41J2/16M6, B41J2/16M8CLegal EventsDateCodeEventDescriptionAug 13, 2009ASAssignmentOwner name: DIMATIX, INC.,NEW HAMPSHIREFree format text: CHANGE OF NAME;ASSIGNOR:SPECTRA, INC.;US-ASSIGNMENT DATABASE UPDATED:20100218;REEL/FRAME:23095/863Effective date: 20050502Owner name: FUJIFILM DIMATIX, INC.,NEW HAMPSHIREFree format text: CHANGE OF NAME;ASSIGNOR:DIMATIX, INC.;US-ASSIGNMENT DATABASE UPDATED:20100218;REEL/FRAME:23095/948Effective date: 20060725Owner name: SPECTRA, INC.,NEW HAMPSHIREFree format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:BIBL, ANDREAS;HIGGINSON, JOHN A.;HOISINGTON, PAUL A. 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