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US 9,868,309 B2Granted
Print cartridges with one-piece printhead supports
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsKiong Chin Chng, Djuhartini Tandjo
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Abstract
In some examples, a print cartridge includes a housing, a one-piece printhead support attached to the housing, a printhead supported on a head-land surface area, and a trench in the printhead support surrounding the head-land surface area on at least two sides.
Claims20
A print cartridge comprising:
- a housing;
- a one-piece printhead support attached to the housing;
- a printhead supported on a head-land surface area;
- and
- a trench in the printhead support surrounding the head-land surface area on at least two sides.
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A print cartridge comprising:
- a housing;
- a one-piece printhead support having a chiclet portion and a base portion molded together in a two-shot molding process;
- a peninsular-shaped head-land area on the chiclet portion;
- and
- a printhead die supported on the head-land area.
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A method of forming a print cartridge, comprising:
- using a molding process, forming a chiclet portion and a base portion as a single component that forms a one-piece printhead support, the base portion comprising a fluid path extending from a fluid inlet on a first side of the base portion to a fluidic channel of a head-land area on a second side of the base portion;
- mounting a printhead die on the head-land area;
- and
- attaching the one-piece printhead support to a housing of the print cartridge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.