Print liquid supply
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJudson M. LEISER, Miquel BOLEDA BUSQUETS, Bernd KARLSBOECK, David OLSEN, Michael E. PETERSCHMIDT
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Abstract
A print liquid supply interface structure is provided, to fluidically connect a fluid supply container to a receiving station, comprising a liquid channel having at least one liquid channel wall, the liquid channel including a liquid interface, and at least one key pen next and parallel to the needle receiving portion of the liquid channel, protruding from a base over more than 10 millimeters. In another example a key pen structure is provided. In yet another example an interface structure for receiving a separate key pen is provided.
Claims31
A print liquid supply interface structure to fluidically connect a fluid supply container to a receiving station, comprising
- a liquid channel having at least one liquid channel wall, the liquid channel including
- a liquid interface to fluidically connect to a fluidic needle of the receiving station, the interface including a seal to seal to the needle, and
- a needle receiving portion extending up to the liquid interface defining a needle insertion direction;
- at least one key pen next and parallel to the needle receiving portion of the liquid channel, protruding from a base over more than 10 millimeters;
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- an integrated circuit next to the needle receiving portion of the liquid channel, distanced from a first virtual reference plane that intersects the key pen and needle receiving liquid channel portion, contact pad surfaces of the integrated circuit approximately parallel to and facing said first virtual reference plane and being arranged along a line extending in a lateral direction.
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The interface structure of claim 14, the base comprising a base wall having a hole, wherein
- a base portion of the key pen is separately inserted in the hole, and
- the inserted key pen protrudes from the base wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.