B41J 33/24
With drive applied directly to ribbon
Official title: with drive applied directly to ribbon
B41J33/24 (With drive applied directly to ribbon) appears on 93 US grants and 23 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 93
- Published applications
- 23
- Assignees
- 59
- Inventors
- 174
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Printing device, and printing cassette including case that houses input part, output part, and transmission mechanism for transmitting drive force from input part to output part21 Jul 2026US 12,686,217 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Ribbon for use in producing printer activatable indicators2 Dec 2025US 12,485,690 B2Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Thermal overwrite secure indirect thermal printing30 Sep 2025US 12,427,788 B2Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing device and ribbon installation mechanism thereof15 Apr 2025US 12,275,258 B2Godex International Co., Ltd.
- Tape cassette4 Mar 2025US 12,240,258 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Ribbon for use in producing printer activatable indicators28 May 2026US 2026/0145455 A1Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Multilayer ribbon device comprising an endless ribbon for thermal transfer printing apparatus30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116110 A1
- Thermal overwrite secure indirect thermal printing4 Dec 2025US 2025/0367952 A1Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printer27 Nov 2025US 2025/0360738 A1Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Ribbon for use in producing printer activatable indicators20 Mar 2025US 2025/0091373 A1Temptime Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Heat transfer printer34US 4,456,392 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1984
- Thermal printer with reversible ribbon and method therefor34US 6,307,583 B1Illinois Tool Works Inc. · 2001
- Typewriter cartridge and feed mechanism therefor32US 4,302,118 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1981
- Method for percutaneously administering physiologically active agents30US 4,710,497 ANitto Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1987
- Ribbon drive with spring-loaded idler29US 4,252,450 AXerox Corporation · 1981