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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120019602 | PRINTING NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT HAVING FAULT DETECTOR A printing nozzle arrangement is provided having an electrical current source, a fluid chamber having a fluid inlet and fluid ejection port, a heating element within the chamber electrically connected to the electrical current source, and a microprocessor. The heating e... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120007924 | INK EJECTION NOZZLE WITH THERMAL ACTUATOR COIL A printhead for an inkjet printer is disclosed. The printhead has ink nozzles formed on a print face of the printhead. Each ink nozzle has an ink chamber with an ink ejection port and an ink inlet port. A paddle device is arranged inside each chamber. Each ink nozzle fu... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110316935 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD A liquid ejection head including: a flow channel unit including a nozzle plate, and a flow-channel-containing substrate, the nozzle plate and the flow-channel-containing substrate being laminated, a head case formed with a common liquid flow channel configured to supply... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110316936 | GALLIUM NAPHTHALOCYANINE SALTS EXHIBITING REDUCED KOGATION A sulfonated dye salt of formula (II): wherein
| 12/29/2011 |
| 20110261116 | PRINTHEAD INCLUDING SECTIONED STIMULATOR/FILTER DEVICE A jetting module includes a nozzle plate, a thermal stimulation membrane, and an enclosure. Portions of the nozzle plate define a nozzle. The thermal stimulation membrane includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the membrane includes a heater.... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110261115 | Capping Layer for Insulator in Micro-Fluid Ejection Heads A micro-fluid ejection head has a resistor layer defining a heater element. An insulative layer underlies the heater element and a capping layer on the insulative layer substantially prevents ion mobility between the resistor and insulative layers. Resistance stability ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110261118 | PRINTHEAD INCLUDING INTEGRATED STIMULATOR/FILTER DEVICE A jetting module includes a nozzle plate, a thermal stimulation membrane, and an enclosure. Portions of the nozzle plate define a nozzle. The thermal stimulation membrane includes a plurality of pores. At least one of the plurality of pores overlaps the nozzle when view... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110261117 | PRINTHEAD STIMULATOR/FILTER DEVICE PRINTING METHOD A method for forming drops includes providing a jetting module that includes a nozzle plate, portions of the nozzle plate defining a nozzle; a thermal stimulation membrane including a plurality of pores and one or more heating elements; and an enclosure extending from t... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110221825 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD Performing a high-speed recording operation using a slender liquid discharge head substrate causes an uneven temperature distribution for each energy generating element because the center portion of the liquid discharge head substrate is more liable to accumulate heat t... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110210997 | INKJET PRINTHEAD SUBSTRATE, INKJET PRINTHEAD, AND INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS An inkjet printhead substrate comprises: a pair of individual conductive layers configured to supply electrical power to a heat generation element; a first common conductive layer configured to be connected to one of the pair of individual conductive layers; a second co... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110096125 | INKJET PRINTHEAD WITH NOZZLE LAYER DEFINING ETCHANT HOLES An inkjet printhead for an inkjet printer includes a wafer substrate defining an ink supply channel therethrough; side wall portions extending away from a surface of the wafer substrate; a nozzle layer supported on the side wall portions and extending parallel to the su... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110096124 | INKJET PRINTHEAD HAVING LOW-LOSS CONTACT FOR THERMAL ACTUATORS An inkjet printhead that has a supporting substrate, a conductive layer deposited in a pattern on one side of the supporting substrate, an insulating layer deposited such that the conductive layer is between the insulating layer and the supporting substrate, an ink cham... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110063375 | EJECTION NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT HAVING DYNAMIC AND STATIC STRUCTURES An ejection nozzle arrangement is provided having a fluid chamber having a wall and a fluid port, an arm extending through an aperture in the wall, a dynamic structure cantilevered from the wall adjacent the aperture, a static structure cantilevered from the wall adjace... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110050807 | INKJET PRINTHEAD HAVING SELECTIVELY ACTUABLE NOZZLES ARRANGED IN NOZZLE PAIRS An inkjet printhead includes a substrate having an array of nozzles grouped in nozzle pairs. Each nozzle pair has a common nozzle chamber and a single actuator configured to selectively eject ink from one or other of the nozzles in the nozzle pair.... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20100302321 | INKJET NOZZLE ASSEMBLY WITH MOVABLE CROWN AND SKIRT PORTION A nozzle assembly for an inkjet printhead includes a substrate assembly defining an ink inlet aperture; a nozzle having an endless wall portion extending from the substrate assembly and a moveable crown portion from which a skirt portion depends, the nozzle defining a n... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100302320 | HEATER ASSEMBLY FOR PRINTHEAD A heater assembly for a printhead is provided having a heating element including a heating layer and a non-heating layer, and a heat conduction means positioned in the middle of the non-heating layer so as to be spaced from the heating layer to conduct heat generated by... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100295903 | INK EJECTION NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT FOR INKJET PRINTER An ink ejection nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printer includes a wafer substrate with an etched ink chamber and ink channel leading to the chamber; ink ejection nozzle defined over the chamber with an ejection port etched therein; a dielectric actuator arm attached t... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100277551 | MICRO-ELECTROMECHANICAL NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT HAVING CANTILEVERED ACTUATOR A micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead includes a substrate defining an inverted pyramidal ink chamber with a vertex thereof terminating at an ink supply channel defined by the substrate, said substrate having a layer of CMOS drive circuitr... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100245486 | RECORDING ELEMENT SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE RECORDING ELEMENT SUBSTRATE, AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD A recording element substrate includes a substrate; an insulating layer disposed on the substrate; a plurality of heating portions which are arranged on the insulating layer and which produce thermal energy used to eject a liquid; and a plurality of heat conduction memb... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100225708 | MEMS Devices and Methods of Fabrication Thereof MEMS devices and methods of fabrication thereof are described. In one embodiment, the MEMS device includes a bottom alloy layer disposed over a substrate. An inner material layer is disposed on the bottom alloy layer, and a top alloy layer is disposed on the inner mater... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100214367 | PRINTHEAD HAVING NOZZLES WITH STACKED CAPACITIVE ACTUATORS A printhead is provided having a fluid ejection nozzles which each have a substrate, a layer of drive circuitry deposited on the substrate, and subsequent etchant layers deposited on the drive circuitry to define a nozzle chamber with walls and a roof structure defining... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100201751 | INKJET NOZZLE ASSEMBLY WITH LOW DENSITY SUSPENDED HEATER ELEMENT An inkjet nozzle assembly comprises: a nozzle chamber for containing ink, the nozzle chamber having a nozzle opening defined in a roof thereof; and a bubble-forming heater element positioned in the nozzle chamber. The heater element is suspended in the nozzle chamber an... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100201752 | Micro-Fluid Ejection Heads with Multiple Glass Layers Methods for fabricating micro-fluid ejection heads and micro-fluid ejection heads are provided herein, such as those that use non-conventional substrates. One such micro-fluid ejection head includes a substrate having first and second glass layers disposed adjacent to a... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100165054 | Fin-Shaped Heater Stack And Method For Formation A fin-shaped heater stack includes first strata configured to support and form fluid heater elements responsive to repetitive electrical activation and deactivation to produce repetitive cycles of ejection of a fluid, and second strata on the first strata to protect the... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100165055 | Planar Heater Stack And Method For Making Planar Heater Stack A heater stack includes first strata configured to form a fluid heater element responsive to energy from repetitive electrical activation and deactivation to fire repetitive cycles of heating and ejecting fluid from an ejection chamber above the fluid heater element and... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100149280 | SUBSTRATE FOR INK EJECTION HEADS, INK EJECTION HEAD, METHOD OFMANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INK EJECTION HEAD A liquid ejection head according to the present invention includes a heat-generating resistor layer, a first electrode layer, an insulating layer extending over the heat-generating resistive layers and the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer that has a f... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100149255 | PRINTHEAD NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT HAVING INK EJECTING ACTUATORS ANNULARLY ARRANGED AROUND INK EJECTION PORT A printhead for an inkjet printer includes a wafer defining a plurality of nozzle chambers and a plurality of ink supply channel in fluid communication with the plurality of nozzle chambers for supplying the plurality of nozzle chambers with ink; an ink ejection port as... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100149282 | PRINTHEAD NOZZLE CELL HAVING PHOTORESIST CHAMBER A nozzle cell of a printhead is provided which has a multi-layer substrate defining a fluid inlet, side walls extending from the substrate around the fluid inlet and comprising walls of silicon nitride encapsulating hardened photoresist, an apertured roof supported by t... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100149281 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD A liquid ejection head substrate includes a primary conductive layer; an insulating layer; a pair of secondary conductive layers; a first connecting portion where the primary conductive layer is electrically connected to the secondary conductive layers, the first connec... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100141710 | Nozzle Device With Expansive Chamber-Defining Layer A nozzle device for an inkjet printhead includes a substrate assembly defining an ink supply; a chamber-defining layer defining a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with a nozzle opening and the ink supply; and an actuating arm coupled to the substrate assembly and t... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100128091 | INKJET PRINTHEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Disclosed are an inkjet printhead and a method of fabricating the same. The inkjet printhead can include a substrate; a chamber layer formed on the substrate and a nozzle layer formed on the chamber layer. The chamber layer defines one or more ink chambers in which ink ... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100123759 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, LIQUID-EJECTION HEAD SUBSTRATE, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS INCLUDING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND METHOD OF CLEANING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD A liquid ejection head includes a liquid-ejection head substrate including an element, which generates thermal energy used for ejecting a liquid from an ejection port, and a protective layer, which covers at least the element, and in which first layers and second layers... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100118092 | Printhead Nozzle Arrangement Having Variable Volume Nozzle Chamber A printhead has a plurality of nozzle arrangements. Each arrangement includes a substrate defining an ink inlet aperture with a wall portion bounding the ink inlet aperture and a crown portion defining a nozzle opening; a skirt portion depending from the crown portion t... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100110146 | HEATER STACK AND METHOD FOR MAKING HEATER STACK WITH CAVITY BETWEEN HEATER ELEMENT AND SUBSTRATE A heater stack includes first strata configured to support and form a fluid heater element responsive to repetitive electrical activation and deactivation to produce repetitive cycles of fluid ejection from an ejection chamber above the heater element and second strata ... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100110147 | Inkjet Nozzle Assembly With Thermal Bend Actuator Defining Part Of Nozzle Chamber Roof An inkjet nozzle assembly includes a nozzle chamber having a floor and a roof, wherein moving portion of the roof is moveable towards the floor for ejection of ink. A thermal bend actuator defines part of the moving portion of the roof, and an active beam of the actuato... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100097430 | Inkjet Printhead Nozzle Assembly Having A Raised Rim To Support An Ink Meniscus A nozzle assembly for an inkjet printhead includes a substrate defining a nozzle chamber and an ink inlet channel in fluid communication with said chamber; a nozzle defined on the substrate and located over the nozzle chamber, said nozzle having a crown portion with a s... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100073432 | Ink Jet Printhead Incorporating Heater Element Proportionally Sized To Drop Size An inkjet printhead comprises a plurality of nozzles; a supply of printing fluid in fluid communication with the plurality of nozzles; and a plurality of heater elements corresponding respectively to each of the nozzles, the heater elements for heating the printing flui... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100073430 | Ink Jet Nozzle Arrangement With A Segmented Actuator Nozzle Chamber Cover A nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printer comprises a nozzle chamber; an ink supply channel for supplying ink to the nozzle chamber; a cover for covering the nozzle chamber, the cover defining an ink ejection port through which ink is ejected; a plurality of thermal be... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100073431 | Nozzle Structure With Reciprocating Cantilevered Thermal Actuator A nozzle structure for an inkjet printer printhead includes an ink ejection port; a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with the ink ejection port and an ink supply channel of the inkjet printer printhead; and a cantilevered thermal actuator terminating in a free end ... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100053277 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD A present invention provides a print head improving an ink refill speed to reduce the time from the end of ejection of ink droplets until the beginning of next ejection of ink droplets and maintaining the high quality of images obtained by printing. An ink jet print hea... | 03/04/2010 |
