Horizontal interface for fluid supply cartridge having digital fluid level sensor
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAnthony D. Studer, David C. Harvey, Michael W. Cumbie
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Abstract
A horizontal interface for a fluid supply cartridge is to connect the fluid supply cartridge to a fluid-ejection device. The horizontal interface includes one or more fluidic interconnect septums to horizontally fluidically interconnect a supply of fluid of the fluid supply cartridge to the fluid-ejection device. The horizontal interface includes an electrical interface to horizontally conductively connect a digital fluid level sensor of the fluid supply cartridge to a corresponding electrical interface of the fluid-ejection device.
Claims15
A horizontal interface for a fluid supply cartridge to connect the fluid supply cartridge to a fluid-ejection device, comprising:
- one or more fluidic interconnect septums to horizontally fluidically interconnect a supply of fluid of the fluid supply cartridge to the fluid-ejection device;
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- a horizontally oriented electrical interface to horizontally conductively connect a digital fluid level sensor of the fluid supply cartridge to a corresponding electrical interface of the fluid-ejection device,
- wherein the horizontally oriented electrical interface is a circuit board insertable into a corresponding connector of the corresponding electrical interface of the fluid-ejection device, or the horizontally oriented electrical interface is a connector into which a corresponding circuit board of the corresponding electrical interface of the fluid-ejection device is insertable.
A fluid supply cartridge horizontally insertable into a fluid-ejection device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a supply of fluid within the housing;
- a digital fluid level sensor within the housing and in contact with the fluid to measure a level of the fluid within the housing;
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- a horizontal interface at an end of the housing to connect the fluid supply cartridge to a fluid-ejection device, comprising:
- a fluid interconnect septum to horizontally fluidically interconnect the supply of fluid to the fluid-ejection device;
- and
- a horizontally oriented electrical interface to horizontally conductively connect the digital fluid level sensor to a corresponding electrical interface of the fluid-ejection device,
- wherein the horizontally oriented electrical interface is a circuit board insertable into a corresponding connector of the corresponding electrical interface of the fluid-ejection device.
A fluid supply cartridge horizontally insertable into a fluid-ejection device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a supply of fluid within the housing;
- a digital fluid level sensor within the housing and in contact with the fluid to measure a level of the fluid within the housing;
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- a horizontal interface at an end of the housing to connect the fluid supply cartridge to a fluid-ejection device, comprising:
- a fluid interconnect septum to horizontally fluidically interconnect the supply of fluid to the fluid-ejection device;
- and
- a horizontally oriented electrical interface to horizontally conductively connect the digital fluid level sensor to a corresponding electrical interface of the fluid-ejection device,
- wherein the horizontally oriented electrical interface is a connector into which a corresponding circuit board of the corresponding electrical interface of the fluid-ejection device is insertable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.