B41J 2/125
Sensors
Official title: Sensors, e.g. deflection sensors {(nozzle clogging detection for cleaning reasons B41J2/16579; detection for compensation for failed nozzles B41J2/2139)}
B41J2/125 (Sensors) appears on 477 US grants and 429 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 477
- Published applications
- 429
- Assignees
- 129
- Inventors
- 897
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Head board, liquid discharge head, and liquid discharge apparatus18 Aug 2026US 12,709,095 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing apparatus24 Feb 2026US 12,558,890 B2SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Head substrate, liquid discharge head, and liquid discharge apparatus13 Jan 2026US 12,521,983 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Substrate treating apparatus and method thereof16 Dec 2025US 12,498,597 B2Semes Co., Ltd.
- Inkjet recording device and inkjet recording method2 Dec 2025US 12,485,671 B2Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
- Printer and associated method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208479 A1Videojet Technologies Inc.
- Manufacturing system and manufacturing method of display panel23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208481 A1Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for optimized ink spread across media range in aqueous inkjet printing16 Apr 2026US 2026/0103000 A1Xerox Corporation
- Automatic trajectory correction methods and systems for acoustic generated drops26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054262 A1Labcyte Inc.
- Liquid leakage detector and ink jet recording apparatus29 Jan 2026US 2026/0027824 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Droplet microactuator system158US 7,815,871 B2Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. · 2010
- Information recording apparatus94US 5,589,858 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1996
- High resolution sensing and control of electrohydrodynamic jet printing84US 8,562,095 B2The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2013
- Movement sensor in a micro electro-mechanical device73US 6,540,319 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2003
- Ink jet printing apparatus with reverse solvent flushing means70US 4,296,418 ARicoh Company, Ltd. · 1981