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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8031215 | Thermal head, thermal printer and manufacturing method of thermal head A thermal head which forms an image on a recording medium by pressing a protruding portion on which heating elements are arranged on the recording medium while driving the heating elements to be heated includes a support substrate in which a concave gap portion faci... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7990405 | Thermal head and thermal printer A thermal head is provided with increased contact pressure between a heat generating portion and a printing medium to increase printing quality with a low heat loss. The thermal head includes: a plurality of heat generating resistors formed via an insulating layer; ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7965307 | Thermal head and method of manufacturing thermal head A thermal head is disclosed. The thermal head includes a heat generating element row in which plural heat generating elements are arrayed in a main scanning direction and a glaze that stores heat generated from the respective heat generating elements. The thermal he... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7956880 | Heating resistor element component, thermal printer, and manufacturing method for a heating resistor element component A heating resistor element component has supporting substrate with a concave portion formed in a surface of the supporting substrate. A glass substrate is disposed on the surface of the supporting substrate. At least a region of the glass substrate opposite to the c... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7768541 | Heating resistor element, manufacturing method for the same, thermal head, and printer Provided is a heating resistor element including: an insulating substrate including a glass material; a heat accumulating layer bonded to the insulating substrate through heating to temperature ranging from an annealing point to a softening point in a state of being... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7538785 | Thermal print head and method for manufacturing the same A thermal printhead (A1) includes electrodes (3a-3c) embedded in a glaze layer 2 at least at a portion laminated with a resistor (4). Favorably, the portion of the electrodes (3a-3c) lamina... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7427998 | Thermal head having bent electrode structure and method of manufacturing the same A thermal head having electrode wiring lines in a narrow wiring region, in which a line and a space are narrow, with good pattern accuracy and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A thermal head includes: a plurality of heating resistors arranged in a li... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7283326 | Methods for producing a protective film on recording media A method of producing a protective film on recording media including forming a protective film on at least the surface facing a recording medium, said protective film having the composition represented by the formula: SiCXHYOZNW... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280312 | Method for producing a protective thin film for a magnetic head A protective thin-film for a magnetic head is produced by a method comprising vapor-depositing from an atmosphere containing Si, C and H under an operating pressure of less than 0.05 Torr while applying a negative bias voltage of less than −400 V but greater than ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7212222 | Thermal head and thermal printer A heating element of a thermal head has a first electrode layer formed on a glaze layer and a second electrode layer formed opposite to the first electrode layer. A first insulation layer is formed on the first electrode layer to expose both ends of the first electr... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7188922 | Recording apparatus equipped with heatsink A recording apparatus having: (a) a head unit including an actuator which generates energy required for recording predetermined patterns of image on a recording medium; (b) a circuit board including a driver element which drives the actuator of the head unit; and (c... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190386 | Thermal print head A thermal print head includes an insulating board (2), a glaze layer (21) formed on the board (2), a wiring pattern (22) formed on the glaze layer (21), and an electrode (6) connected to the wiring pattern (22). The e... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7104713 | Printer for a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet A printer has a sheet housing unit for storing a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet having a heat-sensitive adhesive layer on one side and a printable surface on the other side. A set of pull-out rollers pulls the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet out of the sheet housing un... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7061111 | Interconnect structure for use in an integrated circuit A copper interconnect structure is disclosed as comprising a copper layer and an aluminum nitride layer formed over the copper layer. The aluminum nitride layer passivates the copper layer surface and enhances the thermal conductivity of a semiconductor substrate by... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7046265 | Power-saving thermal head A thermal head of the present invention is provided with a thermal insulation layer formed on a radiative substrate, a plurality of heating resistors formed on a top face of the thermal insulation layer, a plurality of power suppliers connected to the heating resist... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7011727 | Thermal transfer film and image forming method A thermal transfer film comprises a coloring layer formed on a substrate film via an intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate layer contains a thermally fusible substance and a non-transferable binder resin, the melt viscosity of the thermally fusible substance ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6950117 | Thermal head A thermal head includes a heat insulating layer made up of an electrically-conductive multiple low oxide ceramic layer of low thermal conductivity made of a chemical compound of Si, plural transition metals and oxygen. A first insulating layer made up of an insulate... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6907656 | Method of manufacturing thermal head A method for manufacturing thermal heads comprises providing a substrate having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, heaters disposed on the first surface, and pairs of electrodes disposed on the first surface, the electrodes of each pair of... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6822665 | Thermal head and controller for controlling the same A thermal head includes a metal substrate; an insulating layer formed on the surface of the metal substrate; a plurality of heating elements disposed on the surface of the insulating layer, the heating elements being arranged with a predetermined pitch along a plura... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6719407 | Thermal head In a thermal head capable of performing printing of high quality while preventing foreign matters such as dirt or the like from accumulating in a portion, on which a heat reserving layer is formed, at the time of printing, the heat reserving layer comprising a proje... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6614460 | Thermal head and method of manufacturing the same A thermal head including a protection layer having mutually opposed first and second surfaces, said first surface having a flat or protruded printing surface which is brought into contact with a heat sensitive record medium, a heat generating section incl... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6529224 | Thermal head enabling continuous printing without print quality deterioration In a thermal head according to the present invention, a sacrificial layer of transition metal is formed on a top surface of a heat radiation substrate; a bridge layer of cermet or ceramic material is formed on a top surface of a heat insulation layer incl... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6424367 | Thick-film thermal printhead A thick-film thermal printhead comprises: an oblong rectangular substrate (1) having at least one longitudinal edge (1a); a partial glaze layer provided on the substrate along the longitudinal edge; a linear heating resistor (11) formed on the partial gla... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6344868 | Thermal head and method of manufacturing the same A thermal head including a protection layer having mutually opposed first and second surfaces, said first surface having a flat or protruded printing surface which is brought into contact with a heat sensitive record medium, a heat generating section incl... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6304280 | Thermal printhead and method of making the same A thermal printhead 1 according to the present invention includes a multiplicity of heating elements 4a formed in a row on an obverse surface of an elongated substrate 2 at a portion which is offset widthwise toward one longitudinal side of the substrate,... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6181360 | Thermal head The present invention provides a thermal head in which the surface of a heat insulating layer formed by vapor deposition such as sputtering or the like is polished to decrease the rate of defects such as failure in the resistance values of heating element... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6151054 | Thermal head and method of manufacturing the same, and heat-sensitive recording method A thermal head, used for an image forming device, comprises a glaze formed at at least a portion of a base plate of the thermal head so that at least a portion of the glaze is protruded, and a plurality of heater portions provided at the glaze, a length o... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6067104 | Thermal print head, method of manufacturing the same and method of adjusting heat generation thereof A polycrystalline layer is formed on a surface of a substrate and metal electrode layers are formed thereon to be opposed to each other. The polycrystalline silicon layer includes an exposed region exposed from the metal electrode layers, and this exposed... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6028618 | Thermal printing head coating A thermal printing head comprising an outermost protective layer and a coating on the outermost surface of the outermost protective layer, wherein the coating comprises a hydrolyzed silane, the silane having the general formula: SiR1 R2 | 02/22/2000 |
| 5978007 | Thermal head A thermal head, in which the catching of a foreign object on a partial glaze is prevented and the head pressure of the partial glaze is not reduced, is provided such that the image quality is improved by preventing the occurrences of line voids, irregular... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5940109 | Thermal printhead, substrate for the same and method for making the substrate A thermal printhead according to the present invention includes a substrate (2) of an insulating material having a substantially flat surface, a heating resistor (3) formed on the substrate (2) to form a plurality of heating dots, a conductor pattern (5, ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5917531 | Thermal head and method of manufacturing the same A thermal head of the present invention includes an insulating substrate (1), a bulging glaze layer (2) of amorphous glass formed on a surface of the insulating substrate (1), a heating resistor layer (5) formed on the bulging glaze layer (2), an electrod... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5745147 | Resistance-stable thermal print heads A thermal print head which includes an array of individually addressable resistors on a substrate is provided to substantially reduce undesirable drift in the resistance values of the resistors. The thermal print head includes a thermally stable glaze hav... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5677062 | Thermal transfer recording sheet A thermal transfer recording sheet comprising a base film, a thermally transferable ink layer formed on one side of the base film, a heat resistant lubricating layer formed on the other side of the base film, wherein the total concentration of alkali meta... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5661513 | Thermal head To realize a high-quality and high-speed printing which can sufficiently comply with high definition, a thermal head having a high heat resistance and excellent thermal responsivity comprises a high thermal conductivity substrate, a heat accumulating laye... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5655288 | Method of manufacturing a thermal head The shape of a localized glaze layer strip for a thermal head is appropriately and suitably formed. A thermoplastic insulating layer is formed on a predetermined area of a substrate, and an unnecessary portion of the insulating layer is removed so as to l... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5623298 | Glazed layer for a thermal print head In a thermal print head, a partial glazed layer has a width of 0.1 to 0.4 mm and a height of 15 to 25 μm. With the partial glazed layer of this size, since the amount of accumulated heat is reduced, no trailing phenomenon would arise so as to improve the... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5514524 | Method of making thermal printhead A method of making thermal printheads is provided which comprises the steps of: (a) preparing a master substrate having plural rows of unit head regions; (b) forming a head glaze member in each unit head region in each row so that an edge of the head glaz... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5473357 | Thermal head and manufacturing method A thermal head having high heat resisting characteristics and heat response capable of being sufficiently adapted for finer printing and achieving high quality printing at a high speed, the substrate thereof being formed of silicon and the heat accumulati... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5444475 | Thermal recording head A thin-film thermal recording head, used in a facsimile machine or a thermal printer, including heat resistors formed from only a Cr--Si--SiO or Ta--Si--SiO alloy thin-film resistor layer and a chromium, molybdenum, nickel, or tungsten thin-film conductor... | 08/22/1995 |
