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US 11,298,950 B2Granted
Print liquid supply units
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAnthony Donald Studer, David Olsen, Quinton Buford Weaver, Brian Allen Nichols
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Abstract
Examples of a print liquid supply unit are described herein. In some examples, the print liquid supply unit includes a first housing component that is welded to a second housing component along a supply joint. In some examples, the print liquid supply unit also includes a conductor situated through the supply joint from an outside of the supply unit to an inside of the supply unit. In some examples, the conductor is sealed in the supply joint with a sealing material.
Claims21
A print liquid supply unit, comprising:
- a first housing component that is welded to a second housing component along a supply joint;
- a first conductor situated through the supply joint from an outside of the supply unit to an inside of the supply unit, wherein the first conductor is sealed in the supply joint with a sealing material;
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- a second conductor situated through the supply joint, wherein the first conductor is a serial data line and the second conductor is a clock line.
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A print liquid container, comprising:
- a container property sensor including at least one of a digital liquid level sensor, temperature sensor, strain sensor, or pressure sensor connected to a container wall;
- a first conductor coupled to the container property sensor that passes through a slot in the container wall, wherein the slot is distanced from a joint of container shells;
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- a second conductor, wherein the first conductor is a serial data line and the second conductor is a clock line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.