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20090189942 | HUMIDITY CONTROLLED CONTAINER FOR DEVICE INCLUDING A LIQUID - A container assembly includes a container including an inside and an outside, the container being sealed to isolate an environment inside the container from an environment outside the container. An electronic device is disposed inside the container. The electronic device includes an internal cavity, the internal cavity including a liquid. A predetermined mass of desiccant material is disposed inside the container. An air path exists between the desiccant material and the liquid in the internal cavity of the electronic device. The predetermined mass of desiccant material and the liquid maintain a humidity level of the environment inside the container within a desired range. | 07-30-2009 |
20090219353 | DUAL SEATING QUICK CONNECT VALVE - A valve includes a stem, a cap, and a deformable lip. The stem includes a first sealing portion and has a longitudinal axis. The cap is connected to the stem and includes a passageway. The deformable lip extends from a periphery of the cap and includes a second sealing portion. The stem is displaceable relative to the deformable lip along the longitudinal axis of the stem to open the first sealing portion and close the second sealing portion to allow fluid to move through the passageway in the cap. | 09-03-2009 |
20090309940 | LIQUID STORAGE TANK INCLUDING A PRESSURE REGULATOR - A liquid tank for storing liquid includes a liquid chamber, a vent, and a pressure regulator. The liquid chamber includes a wall and the vent leads to atmosphere. The pressure regulator includes an enclosure, a first capillary media member, and a second capillary media member. The enclosure extends into the liquid chamber from the wall of the liquid chamber and includes a hole opening into the liquid chamber. The first capillary media member has a first pore size and is located in the enclosure proximate to the vent. The second capillary media member has a second pore size and is located in the enclosure adjacent to the hole. The second pore size is less than the first pore size. | 12-17-2009 |
20090309941 | INK TANK FOR INKJET PRINTERS - The present invention relates to an ink tank for an ink jet printer. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing the ink tank, as well as well as a method of refilling the ink tank. The ink tank includes an ink tank body and an ink tank lid bonded to the ink tank body at a bond joint. The ink tank lid comprises an opening that leads to a holding area that is adapted to contain a capillary media therein. The holding area comprises a wall that forms a boundary between the capillary media and an enclosure defined by the ink tank body and the ink tank lid. The opening is sized to permit an insertion and removal of the capillary media to and from the holding area when the ink tank lid is bonded to the ink tank body at the bond joint. | 12-17-2009 |
20100149287 | SELECTABLE FILL VOLUME FOR INK RESERVOIR - A method for filling an ink tank to one of several selectable ink fill volumes, by providing an ink tank including an ink reservoir having a maximum fill volume V and selecting an ink fill volume V | 06-17-2010 |
20110025786 | INK RESERVOIR WITH A BIASING VALVE - An ink reservoir that contains ink and is detachably mountable to a printhead, the ink reservoir includes a free ink chamber for containing the ink; a valve assembly extending into the free ink chamber and including a first position for permitting ink to flow from the ink reservoir and a second position for stopping the flow of ink from the ink reservoir; and a wick that receives ink from the ink reservoir for transfer to the printhead. | 02-03-2011 |
20110205268 | METHOD FOR INK TANK PRESSURE REGULATION - A method of regulating pressure in an ink tank including biasing an aperture of the ink tank to a closed position, withdrawing ink from an outlet port of the ink tank to provide a reduced internal pressure in the ink tank. The aperture is opened in response to the reduced internal pressure in the ink tank. The aperture leads to ambient atmospheric pressure outside the ink tank. The biasing step can include using biasing a valve member with a predetermined force against a valve seat at a contact region between the valve member and the valve seat. Opening of the aperture can include moving the member away from the valve seat in response to a difference in pressure between ambient atmospheric pressure and the reduced internal pressure in the tank. | 08-25-2011 |
20110205318 | INK TANK CHECK VALVE FOR PRESSURE REGULATION - An ink tank having a tank body and an aperture leading to an outside of the tank body. A valve is biased to close the aperture but is movable to open the aperture by a reduced pressure within the tank body relative to an external pressure outside the tank body. The valve contacts a valve seat and is biased with a predetermined force against the valve seat by a spring. The predetermined force and the area of a contact region between the closing member and the valve seat determine how much pressure difference is needed to open the aperture. | 08-25-2011 |
20120073699 | INK TANK FOR INKJET PRINTER - The present invention relates to an ink tank for an ink jet printer. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing the ink tank, as well as well as a method of refilling the ink tank. The ink tank includes an ink tank body and an ink tank lid bonded to the ink tank body at a bond joint. The ink tank lid comprises an opening that leads to a holding area that is adapted to contain a capillary media therein. The holding area comprises a wall that forms a boundary between the capillary media and an enclosure defined by the ink tank body and the ink tank lid. The opening is sized to permit an insertion and removal of the capillary media to and from the holding area when the ink tank lid is bonded to the ink tank body at the bond joint. | 03-29-2012 |
20120081483 | THERMAL DEGASSING DEVICE FOR INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printhead having a drop ejector array, an ink passageway for providing ink to the drop ejector array, and a thermally actuated degassing unit. The degassing unit itself includes a body enclosing an air chamber, a check valve configured to allow air to vent from the air chamber to ambient when the pressure in the air chamber exceeds ambient air pressure by a predetermined amount. The thermal degassing unit includes a thermally-induced pressure build-up time to increase the pressure in the air chamber. The air chamber is allowed to cool which causes internal pressure to drop below ambient and draws gas out of the ink. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081484 | METHOD OF THERMAL DEGASSING IN AN INKJET PRINTER - A method of reducing air in an ink passageway in an inkjet printer by pressurizing a thermally actuated degassing unit that includes an air chamber, venting air through a check valve configured to allow air to vent from the air chamber to ambient when the pressure in the air chamber exceeds ambient air pressure by a predetermined amount The pressurizing is performed by heating an element inside the air chamber. A power supply is connected to the heating element, and power is applied to the heating element during a first time interval to increase the pressure in the air chamber above ambient pressure. Gas is vented from the check valve which allows the heating element to cool during a second time interval to reduce the pressure in the air chamber below ambient pressure. Gas is then drawn from the ink passageway through the membrane into the air chamber. | 04-05-2012 |
20120151738 | FORMING AN INK TANK WITH CAPILLARY BREATHER - A method for forming an ink tank for an inkjet printhead, the method includes providing a housing including a back wall, a side wall extending from the back wall, and an ink supply port for providing ink to the inkjet printhead; providing a convex-shaped flexible wall including a peripheral bonding region; inserting a first capillary member into the housing, the first capillary member including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; inserting a spring into the housing such that a first portion of the spring contacts the back wall; affixing the peripheral bonding region of the flexible wall to an edge of the side wall of the housing to form a reservoir for holding ink; removing air from the reservoir such that the flexible wall is drawn toward the back wall; and adding liquid ink to the reservoir such that the liquid ink contacts the first surface of the first capillary member and such that air from outside the housing contacts the second surface of the first capillary member. | 06-21-2012 |
20120154491 | BIASED WALL INK TANK WITH CAPILLARY BREATHER - An ink tank including a reservoir for holding ink, the reservoir including a flexible wall for adjusting an internal volume of the reservoir; a biasing element for applying a force to the flexible wall that tends to increase the internal volume of the reservoir; an ink supply port for delivering ink from the reservoir to a printhead; and a breather element, at least a portion of which is disposed inside the reservoir, including a capillary material in contact with ink in the reservoir, wherein the breather element is configured to allow air to enter the reservoir in response to an internal pressure of the reservoir being less than atmospheric pressure outside the ink tank by an amount that is related to a property of the biasing element and a capillary pressure of the breather element. | 06-21-2012 |
20120249686 | INKJET CHAMBER AND INLETS FOR CIRCULATING FLOW - An inkjet printhead including a drop generator includes: a substrate including a surface; a chamber disposed on the surface of the substrate, the chamber including: an inlet having a first edge and a second edge, the second edge being separated from the first edge by an inlet width along an inlet width direction; and a chamber center, wherein the first edge and the second edge of the inlet are disposed on a same side of the chamber center relative to the inlet width direction. | 10-04-2012 |
20120249687 | INKJET CHAMBER REFILL METHOD WITH CIRCULATING FLOW - A method of printing with an inkjet printhead, the method includes providing an ink source that is fluidically connected to the printhead; filling a chamber of a drop generator of the inkjet printhead with ink; ejecting a drop of ink from the chamber of the inkjet printhead; and refilling the chamber with ink, wherein refilling the chamber comprises: providing an influx of ink into the chamber; and providing a circulating flow of ink around a periphery of the chamber. | 10-04-2012 |
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20120212544 | MOUNTING MEMBER WITH DUAL-FED INK PASSAGEWAYS - An inkjet printhead includes a printhead die including an array of nozzles disposed along a nozzle array direction and an ink feed opening that is fluidically connected to the array of nozzles; and a mounting member including: a first surface to which the printhead die is affixed; a second surface opposite the first surface; and an ink passageway from the second surface to the first surface, the ink passageway including: an elongated opening disposed on the first surface, the elongated opening being adjacent the ink feed opening of the printhead die; and a first opening and a second opening disposed on the second surface, the first and second openings being fluidically connected to the elongated opening disposed on the first surface. | 08-23-2012 |
20130100195 | GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED HUMIDITY ADJUSTMENT OF PRINTHEAD MAINTENANCE - A method of controlling a maintenance operation of an inkjet printhead in an inkjet printer, the method includes providing at least one parameter of the maintenance operation as a function of humidity condition; providing a table of average humidity conditions for a geographic locale in which the printer is located; providing a current date; determining a humidity condition corresponding to the current date; and controlling the maintenance operation, wherein the at least one parameter is determined in accordance with the determined humidity condition. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100196 | WEATHER BASED HUMIDITY ADJUSTMENT OF PRINTHEAD MAINTENANCE - A method of controlling a maintenance operation of an inkjet printhead in an inkjet printer, the method includes providing at least one parameter of the maintenance operation as a function of humidity condition; receiving data corresponding to a current outdoor humidity condition; determining a humidity condition corresponding to the current outdoor humidity condition; and controlling the maintenance operation, wherein the at least one parameter is determined in accordance with the determined humidity condition. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100197 | INDOOR HUMIDITY CONDITION ADJUSTMENT OF PRINTHEAD MAINTENANCE - A method of controlling a maintenance operation of an inkjet printhead in an inkjet printer, the method includes providing at least one parameter of the maintenance operation as a function of humidity condition; providing a humidity sensor external to the inkjet printer; receiving data from a humidity sensor external to the inkjet printer, which data corresponds to a current indoor humidity condition where the inkjet printer is located; determining a humidity condition corresponding to the current indoor humidity condition; and controlling the maintenance operation, wherein the at least one parameter is determined in accordance with the determined humidity condition. | 04-25-2013 |
20130135369 | CARRIAGE PRINTER WITH ADAPTIVE MOTION CONTROL - A carriage printer includes a printhead; a print region; a carriage configured to move the printhead back and forth across the print region; a motor for moving the carriage; a housing; a motion detector for detecting motion of the carriage printer; and a controller configured to control the motor, the controller including a motor control profile that is adaptable based upon the detected motion of the printer housing. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135373 | ADAPTIVE MOTION CONTROL FOR CARRIAGE PRINTER - A method of adaptively controlling motion of a carriage in a carriage printer within a user's environment, the method includes controlling a motor to move a carriage of a carriage printer within a user's environment according to a first motor control profile; acquiring data relative to a motion of the carriage printer as the carriage is moved according to the first motor control profile; analyzing the acquired data relative to the motion of the carriage printer corresponding to the carriage being moved according to the first motor control profile; and controlling the motor to move the carriage of the carriage printer according to a second motor control profile. | 05-30-2013 |
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20080292856 | Mechanically flexible and durable substrates and method of making - A flexible substrate are disclosed comprising an amorphous inorganic composition, wherein the substrate has a thickness of less than about 250 μm and has at least one of: a) a brittleness ratio less than about 9.5 (μm) | 11-27-2008 |
20090202808 | DAMAGE RESISTANT CHEMICALLY-TOUGHENED PROTECTIVE COVER GLASS - The invention is directed to a high strength, chemically toughened protective glass article, the glass article having a high damage tolerance threshold of at least 1500 g as measured by the lack of radial cracks when the load is applied to the glass using a Vickers indenter; preferably greater than 2000 g s measured by the lack of initiation of radial cracks when the load is applied to the glass using a Vickers indenter | 08-13-2009 |
20100035038 | STRENGTHENED GLASS ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING - A strengthened glass article having a central tension that is below a threshold value above which the glass exhibits frangible behavior. The central tension varies non-linearly with the thickness of the glass. The glass article may be used as cover plates or windows for portable or mobile electronic devices such as cellular phones, music players, information terminal (IT) devices, including laptop computers, and the like. | 02-11-2010 |
20110165393 | IMPACT-DAMAGE-RESISTANT GLASS SHEET - Impact-damage-resistant glass sheet comprising at least one chemically etched surface in combination with a tempering surface compression layer, the glass sheet exhibiting a high standardized ball drop failure height and a high flexural modulus of rupture strength, useful to provide damage-resistant glass cover sheets for consumer electronic video display devices, is provided by subjecting thin glass sheet to a combination of a surface tempering treatment and a surface etching treatment that improves strength while maintaining the optical glass sheet properties required for video display applications. | 07-07-2011 |
20120111057 | STRENGTHENED GLASS ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING - A strengthened glass article having a central tension that is below a threshold value above which the glass exhibits frangible behavior. The central tension varies non-linearly with the thickness of the glass. The glass article may be used as cover plates or windows for portable or mobile electronic devices such as cellular phones, music players, information terminal (IT) devices, including laptop computers, and the like. | 05-10-2012 |
20120202040 | STRENGTHENED GLASS ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING - A strengthened glass article having a central tension that is below a threshold value above which the glass exhibits frangible behavior. The central tension varies non-linearly with the thickness of the glass. The glass article may be used as cover plates or windows for portable or mobile electronic devices such as cellular phones, music players, information terminal (IT) devices, including laptop computers, and the like. | 08-09-2012 |
20130086946 | DAMAGE RESISTANT, CHEMICALLY TOUGHENED PROTECTIVE COVER GLASS - The invention is directed to a high strength, chemically toughened protective glass article, the glass article having a high damage tolerance threshold of at least 1500 g as measured by the lack of radial cracks when the load is applied to the glass using a Vickers indenter; preferably greater than 2000 g is measured by the lack of initiation of radial cracks when the load is applied to the glass using a Vickers indenter | 04-11-2013 |
20130095310 | DAMAGE RESISTANT, CHEMICALLY TOUGHENED PROTECTIVE COVER GLASS - The invention is directed to a high strength, chemically toughened protective glass article, the glass article having a high damage tolerance threshold of at least 1500 g as measured by the lack of radial cracks when the load is applied to the glass using a Vickers indenter; preferably greater than 2000 g s measured by the lack of initiation of radial cracks when the load is applied to the glass using a Vickers indenter | 04-18-2013 |
20130202868 | STRENGTHENED GLASS ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING - A strengthened glass article having a central tension that is below a threshold value above which the glass exhibits frangible behavior. The central tension varies non-linearly with the thickness of the glass. The glass article may be used as cover plates or windows for portable or mobile electronic devices such as cellular phones, music players, information terminal (IT) devices, including laptop computers, and the like. | 08-08-2013 |
20130273324 | STRENGTHENED GLASS ARTICLES HAVING ETCHED FEATURES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME - Strengthened glass articles having laser etched features, electronic devices, and methods of fabricating etched features in strengthened glass articles are disclosed. In one embodiment, a strengthened glass article includes a first strengthened surface layer and a second strengthened surface layer under a compressive stress and extending from a first surface and a second surface, respectively, of the strengthened glass article to a depth of layer, and a central region between the first strengthened surface layer and the second strengthened surface layer that is under tensile stress. The strengthened glass article further includes at least one etched feature formed by laser ablation within the first surface or the second surface having a depth that is less than the depth of layer and a surface roughness that is greater than a surface roughness of the first surface or second surface outside of the at least one etched feature. | 10-17-2013 |
20140106146 | ARTICLES HAVING RETAINED STRENGTH - One or more aspects of the disclosure pertain to an article including a film disposed on a glass substrate, which may be strengthened, where the interface between the film and the glass substrate is modified, such that the article retains its average flexural strength, and the film retains key functional properties for its application. Some key functional properties of the film include optical, electrical and/or mechanical properties. The bridging of a crack from one of the film or the glass substrate into the other of the film or the glass substrate can be prevented by inserting a crack mitigating layer between the glass substrate and the film. | 04-17-2014 |
20140106150 | ARTICLES WITH A LOW-ELASTIC MODULUS LAYER AND RETAINED STRENGTH - One or more aspects of the disclosure pertain to an article including a film disposed on a glass substrate, which may be strengthened, where the interface between the film and the glass substrate is modified, such that the article has an improved average flexural strength, and the film retains key functional properties for its application. Some key functional properties of the film include optical, electrical and/or mechanical properties. The bridging of a crack from one of the film or the glass substrate into the other of the film or the glass substrate can be suppressed by inserting a nanoporous crack mitigating layer between the glass substrate and the film. | 04-17-2014 |
20150052949 | IMPACT-DAMAGE-RESISTANT GLASS SHEET - Impact-damage-resistant glass sheet comprising at least one chemically etched surface in combination with a tempering surface compression layer, the glass sheet exhibiting a high standardized ball drop failure height and a high flexural modulus of rupture strength, useful to provide damage-resistant glass cover sheets for consumer electronic video display devices, is provided by subjecting thin glass sheet to a combination of a surface tempering treatment and a surface etching treatment that improves strength while maintaining the optical glass sheet properties required for video display applications. | 02-26-2015 |
20150079398 | Fracture-Resistant Layered-Substrates and Articles Including the Same - Embodiments of a layered-substrate comprising a substrate and a layer disposed thereon, wherein the layered-substrate is able to withstand fracture when assembled with a device that is dropped from a height of at least 100 cm onto a drop surface, are disclosed. The layered-substrate may exhibit a hardness of at least about 10 GPa or at least about 20 GPa. The substrate may include an amorphous substrate or a crystalline substrate. Examples of amorphous substrates include glass, which is optionally chemically strengthened. Examples of crystalline substrates include single crystal substrates (e.g. sapphire) and glass ceramics. Articles and/or devices including such layered-substrate and methods for making such devices are also disclosed. | 03-19-2015 |
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20090041198 | HIGHLY COLLIMATED AND TEMPORALLY VARIABLE X-RAY BEAMS - Systems and methods for highly collimated and temporally variable X-ray beams. Disclosed herein is a system for producing a collimated X-ray beam, the system including one or more distributed electron sources configured to produce electron beams, one or more X-ray production targets configured to receive the electron beams and to generate X-ray beams at X-ray focal spots, X-ray optics configured to collect the X-ray beams from the X-ray focal spots, wherein the X-rays optics are configured to focus the X-ray beams to a single virtual focal spot, and an X-ray collimator configured to collimate the X-ray beams from the virtual focal spot to generate the collimated X-ray beam. | 02-12-2009 |
20090185660 | FIELD EMITTER BASED ELECTRON SOURCE FOR MULTIPLE SPOT X-RAY - A multiple spot x-ray generator is provided that includes a plurality of electron generators. Each electron generator includes an emitter element to emit an electron beam, a meshed grid adjacent each emitter element to enhance an electric field at a surface of the emitter element, and a focusing element positioned to receive the electron beam from each of the emitter elements and focus the electron beam to form a focal spot on a shielded target anode, the shielded target anode structure producing an array of x-ray focal spots when impinged by electron beams generated by the plurality of electron generators. The plurality of electron generators are arranged to form an electron generator matrix that includes activation connections electrically connected to the plurality of electron generators, wherein each electron generator is connected to a pair of the activation connections to receive an electric potential therefrom. | 07-23-2009 |
20100080357 | WIDE COVERAGE X-RAY TUBE AND CT SYSTEM - An x-ray tube is disclosed herein. The x-ray tube includes an anode assembly adapted to rotate generally about a rotational axis. The anode assembly includes a first target surface at least partially disposed at a first angle greater than 70 degrees with respect to the rotational axis and a second target surface at least partially disposed at a second angle greater than 70 degrees with respect to the rotational axis. The first target surface is adapted to emit a first x-ray beam and the second target surface is adapted to emit a second x-ray beam. A CT system is also disclosed. | 04-01-2010 |
20140126704 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING AN ELECTRON BEAM - An X-ray tube assembly includes an electron beam transport tube, a beam tube protection assembly, and a control module. The electron beam transport tube includes an opening configured for passage of an electron beam, and includes an inner surface bounding the opening along a length of the electron beam transport tube. The beam tube protection assembly includes a plurality of beam protection electrode segments disposed within the opening of the electron beam transport tube and configured to protect the inner surface of the electron beam transport tube from contact with the electron beam. The control module is configured to determine a direction of the electron beam responsive to information received from the beam tube protection assembly. | 05-08-2014 |
20140169530 | X-RAY TUBE WITH ADJUSTABLE ELECTRON BEAM - An X-ray tube assembly is provided including an emitter configured to emit an electron beam, an emitter focusing electrode, an extraction electrode, and a downstream focusing electrode. The emitter focusing electrode is disposed proximate to the emitter and outward of the emitter in an axial direction. The extraction electrode is disposed downstream of the emitter and the emitter focusing electrode. The extraction electrode has a negative bias voltage setting at which the extraction electrode has a negative bias voltage with respect to the emitter. The downstream focusing electrode is disposed downstream of the extraction electrode, and has a positive bias voltage with respect to the emitter. When the extraction electrode is at the negative bias voltage setting, the electron beam is emitted from an emission area that is smaller than a maximum emission area from which electrons may be emitted. | 06-19-2014 |
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20090280532 | SERUM-FREE MAMMALIAN CELL CULTURE MEDIUM, AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides a cell culture medium formulation that supports the in vitro cultivation, particularly in suspension, of mammalian cells, particularly epithelial cells and fibroblast cells, and methods for cultivating mammalian cells in suspension in vitro using these media. The media comprise a basal medium and a polyanionic or polyanionic compound, preferably a polysulfonated or polysulfated compound, and more preferably dextran sulfate. The present invention also provides chemically defined, protein-free eukaryotic cell culture media comprising an iron chelate and zinc, which is capable of supporting the growth (and particularly the high-density growth of mammalian cells) in suspension culture, increasing the level of expression of recombinant protein in cultured cells, and/or increasing virus production in cultured cells. | 11-12-2009 |
20090280533 | SERUM-FREE MAMMALIAN CELL CULTURE MEDIUM, AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides a cell culture medium formulation that supports the in vitro cultivation, particularly in suspension, of mammalian cells, particularly epithelial cells and fibroblast cells, and methods for cultivating mammalian cells in suspension in vitro using these media. The media comprise a basal medium and a polyanionic or polyanionic compound, preferably a polysulfonated or polysulfated compound, and more preferably dextran sulfate. The present invention also provides chemically defined, protein-free eukaryotic cell culture media comprising an iron chelate and zinc, which is capable of supporting the growth (and particularly the high-density growth of mammalian cells) in suspension culture, increasing the level of expression of recombinant protein in cultured cells, and/or increasing virus production in cultured cells. | 11-12-2009 |