US 12,304,212 B2
Ink cartridge having print head
Yongqun Qiu, Guangdong (CN); Mujia Liao, Guangdong (CN); and Wei Shen, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to ZHUHAI NINESTAR MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Appl. No. 18/001,239
Filed by Zhuhai Ninestar Management Co., Ltd., Guangdong (CN)
PCT Filed Apr. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/091594
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/052488, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202021995427.7 (CN), filed on Sep. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0226822 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17526 (2013.01) [B41J 2/1754 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ink cartridge having a print head, comprising:
an ink container having an ink containing chamber for containing ink;
a print head housing having a mounting chamber, wherein the ink container is mounted in the mounting chamber and is configured to supply ink to a print head mounted on the print head housing; and
a first chip provided at an outer surface of the ink container, wherein at least a part of the first chip is exposed to an outer surface of the ink cartridge, and the part of the first chip exposed to the outer surface of the ink cartridge comprises an information contact, and the information contact is configured for rewriting, upgrading, or recording information;
wherein the ink container comprises a top surface, the first chip further comprises a first substrate, one end of the first substrate extends to the top surface, and the information contact is provided at the end of the first substrate extending to the top surface.