公开(公告)号：US20220118779A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-21

申请号：US17071593

申请日：2020-10-15

Applicant: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Morgan Hassan Malone ,  Raymond E. Maynard ,  Steve Ting Kei Chow ,  Michael F. St. Germain ,  Angel B. Rosales

IPC: B41J29/02 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41J29/393 ,  B41J29/52 ,  B41J29/18

Abstract: A media cartridge includes: a base defining a media chamber and including a lower wall and an opposing upper wall; an identification circuit disposed on the lower wall, the identification circuit configured to engage with an electronic interface of a printer; a ledge on the upper wall of the base, the ledge configured to receive downward pressure from an inner surface of a lid of the printer in a closed position; wherein the identification circuit is aligned with the ledge to receive at least a portion of the downward pressure.

公开(公告)号：US20240326484A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-03

申请号：US18129496

申请日：2023-03-31

Applicant: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Raymond E. Maynard ,  Morgan Hassan Malone

IPC: B41J15/04 ,  B41J2/315

CPC classification number: B41J15/044 ,  B41J2/315

Abstract: An example disclosed herein includes a media cartridge. The media cartridge includes a housing. The media cartridge further includes a media core supported within the housing where the media core includes at least one detent arranged radially around an inner surface of the media core. The media cartridge includes a locking tab having a cam and at least one tooth. The locking tab being movable between a default position and a flexed position. When the locking tab is in the default position, the at least one tooth is engaged with the at least one detent and in the flexed position, the cam is compressed inwardly causing the at least one tooth to disengage from the at least one detent of the media core.

公开(公告)号：US11772395B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-03

申请号：US17071615

申请日：2020-10-15

Applicant: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Raymond E. Maynard ,  Morgan Hassan Malone ,  Michael F. St. Germain

IPC: B41J29/02 ,  B41J29/13 ,  B41J3/36 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J15/04 ,  B41J2/175

CPC classification number: B41J29/13 ,  B41J2/17506 ,  B41J3/36 ,  B41J3/4075 ,  B41J11/0045 ,  B41J29/02 ,  B41J29/023

Abstract: A printer includes: a body with a set of interior walls defining a media enclosure configured to receive a media cartridge, and a latch recess in one of the interior walls, including a retaining surface, and a ramp surface; a lid rotatably coupled to the body and movable between open and closed positions; and a latch movably supported by the lid between a locked position and an unlocked position, the latch including: a bias member biasing the latch towards the locked position, a hook surface configured to engage the retaining surface when the lid is closed and the latch is in the locked position, and a cam surface configured via the bias member, when the lid is closed and the latch is released to the unlocked position, to slide against the ramp surface and lift the lid to an intermediate position between the open and closed positions.

公开(公告)号：US20230158819A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-25

申请号：US18094932

申请日：2023-01-09

Applicant: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Morgan Hassan Malone ,  Raymond E. Maynard ,  Steve Ting Kei Chow ,  Michael F. St.Germain ,  Angel B. Rosales

IPC: B41J29/02 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41J29/18 ,  B41J29/52 ,  B41J29/393

CPC classification number: B41J29/02 ,  B41J3/4075 ,  B41J29/18 ,  B41J29/52 ,  B41J29/393

Abstract: A printer configured to contain a media cartridge, wherein the media cartridge includes: a base defining a media chamber and including a lower wall and an opposing upper wall; an identification circuit disposed on the lower wall, the identification circuit configured to engage with an electronic interface of a printer; a ledge on the upper wall of the base, the ledge configured to receive downward pressure from an inner surface of a lid of the printer in a closed position; wherein the identification circuit is aligned with the ledge to receive at least a portion of the downward pressure.

公开(公告)号：US20220135273A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：US17089889

申请日：2020-11-05

Applicant: Zebra Technologies Corporation

Inventor： Morgan Hassan Malone ,  Edward Anthony Hackett ,  Raymond E. Maynard ,  Michael F. St. Germain ,  Michael C. Wondolowski ,  Daniel V. Carroll ,  Ozgur Ozserin ,  James Roger Morley-Smith ,  Hannah Marie Legg ,  Roger Edward Guinee ,  Ellen Thomas

IPC: B65C9/40 ,  B65C9/18

Abstract: A printer includes: a body defining a media enclosure configured to receive a media supply; an indicator assembly supported by an outer wall of the body, the indicator assembly including a plurality of substantially contiguous illumination surfaces illuminated by respective ones of a set of lights supported within the body; a controller supported by the body, the controller configured to: (i) obtain an operational status of the printer, (ii) retrieve, from a mapping repository, a set of notification control parameters corresponding to the operational status, and (iii) control the set of lights according to the notification control parameters.