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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157356 | Ink jet printing head There is inexpensively and simply provided a highly reliable printing head including a printing element substrate which is located with high positioning precision and therefore causes no occurrence of ink leak regardless of the printing head having a large printing ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157355 | Heating channel unit, liquid ejecting head, and liquid ejecting apparatus A heating channel unit which includes a communicating channel for supplying liquid from a liquid supply source to a liquid ejecting head. The heating channel unit is detachably mounted between the liquid supply source and the liquid ejecting head, and includes a hea... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8147039 | Head substrate, printhead, head cartridge, and printing apparatus A head substrate is capable of integrating driver transistors while keeping the size small even at high nozzle density, while integrating a functional circuit such as a temperature sensor or energy adjustment circuit. An ink supply port, a heater array which is arra... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8128204 | Liquid ejection head and method for manufacturing liquid ejection head A liquid ejection head and a method of forming the same. The liquid ejection head includes a substrate, an ejection port, a liquid channel, and a supply port. The substrate has, above one side thereof, an energy generating element configured to generate energy used ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8104874 | Inkjet nozzle assembly with moving nozzle opening defined in roof of nozzle chamber An inkjet nozzle assembly includes a nozzle chamber comprising a floor and a roof. The roof has a moving portion which is moveable relative to the floor. A thermal bend actuator is configured for actuating the moving portion. The thermal bend actuator includes an ac... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8083322 | Ink-jet recording head An ink-jet recording head includes a discharge-port portion including a first discharge-port portion continuing from a discharge port, and a second discharge-port portion communicating the first discharge-port portion with a bubble generation chamber. The second dis... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8070261 | Liquid ejection head and image forming apparatus The liquid ejection head comprises: a nozzle from which liquid is ejected; a pressure chamber which accommodates the liquid to be ejected from the nozzle; a pressurizing device which deforms to pressurize the liquid in the pressure chamber to eject the liquid from t... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8061814 | Ink ejection nozzle employing volume varying ink ejecting means A nozzle arrangement includes a substrate defining an ink supply passage; a first endless wall extending from the substrate and bounding the ink supply passage; an elongate actuator anchored at a fixed end to the substrate and configured to reciprocally bend towards... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061813 | Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejecting head that includes a fluid channel formation substrate and pressure generation units. The fluid channel formation substrate is made of a silicon single crystal substrate having a crystal face orientation of. The fluid channel formation substrate ha... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8038262 | Inkjet printhead unit cell with heater element A unit cell for an inkjet printhead includes a substrate that defines an ink inlet passage, the substrate incorporating drive circuitry. Side walls are arranged on the substrate. A nozzle plate is arranged on the side walls such that the nozzle plate and the side wa... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033650 | Paired drop ejector A paired drop ejector includes a chamber having a first wall and a second wall opposite the first wall and a dividing wall disposed between the first and second wall; wherein the first and second wall include a first length and the dividing wall includes a second le... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8029105 | Ambient plasma treatment of printer components A method of treating a printer component, a printhead, and a printer are provided. The method includes providing an electrode proximate to the printer component to be treated; introducing a plasma treatment gas in an area proximate to the printer component to be tre... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7997687 | Printhead nozzle arrangement having interleaved heater elements A printhead nozzle arrangement is provided having a wafer defining a chamber for holding ejection fluid, an ejection port supported by a plurality of bridge members which extend from the ejection port to sides of the chamber, and a plurality of heater elements inter... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7984973 | Thermal bend actuator comprising aluminium alloy A thermal bend actuator, having a plurality of elements, is provided. The actuator comprises a first active element for connection to drive circuitry a second passive element mechanically cooperating with the first element. When a current is passed through the first... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7971971 | Inkjet nozzle assembly having bilayered passive beam An inkjet nozzle assembly includes: a nozzle chamber having a nozzle opening and an ink inlet; and a thermal bend actuator for ejecting ink through the nozzle opening. The actuator includes: an active beam for connection to drive circuitry; a first passive beam fuse... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971970 | Ink ejection device with circular chamber and concentric heater element An ink drop ejection device with a bubble forming chamber for holding an ejectable liquid, a nozzle in fluid communication with the bubble forming chamber, and at least one heater element in the bubble forming chamber for thermal contact with the bubble forming liqu... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7950777 | Ejection nozzle assembly An ejection nozzle assembly is provided having a substrate defining a fluid supply passage, drive circuitry on the substrate, a chamber on the drive circuitry and in fluid communication with the fluid supply passage and an ejection port, an ejection member disposed ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7934809 | Printhead integrated circuit with petal formation ink ejection actuator A printhead integrated circuit includes an ink chamber for storing a fluid; an ink ejection port in fluid communication with the ink chamber; a plurality of actuators radially positioned about the ink ejection port in a petal formation; and a heater structure provid... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7926915 | Inkjet nozzle assembly with thermal bend actuator defining moving portion of nozzle chamber roof An inkjet nozzle assembly includes a nozzle chamber comprising a floor and a roof. The roof has a nozzle opening defined therein, and a moving portion moveable towards the floor. The assembly further comprises a thermal bend actuator, defining at least part of the m... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7922296 | Method of operating a nozzle chamber having radially positioned actuators Provided is a method of operating a nozzle chamber. The nozzle chamber has a wafer defining a chamber with an ink ejection port and ink supply channel along with a plurality of radially positioned actuators about the port. Each actuator has an internal serpentine co... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7914122 | Inkjet printhead nozzle arrangement with movement transfer mechanism A nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead. The nozzle arrangement comprises a substrate incorporating drive circuitry and defining an ink inlet channel; side walls extending from the substrate; a roof fast with the side walls and defining an ink ejection port in ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7905577 | Printhead substrate having electrothermal transducers arranged at high density, printhead, and printing apparatus Plural electrothermal transducers (heaters) belonging to each of blocks having different driving timings are constituted as one group and are connected to a common interconnecting wiring in units of one group. Plural lines are connected to the common wiring such tha... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905576 | Liquid ejection apparatus and image forming apparatus The liquid ejection apparatus includes: a nozzle plate in which a nozzle is formed; a substrate which is opposite to the nozzle plate and is provided with a heat generating element; a bubble generation chamber which has an internal diameter greater than an internal ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7901054 | Printhead including moving portions and sealing bridges An inkjet printhead comprising: a stationary portion; a plurality of moving portions for ejection of ink; and a plurality of seal members. Each seal member connects a respective moving portion with the stationary portion. Each seal member has a non-planar profile co... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901055 | Printhead having plural fluid ejection heating elements A printhead is provided which has a plurality of fluid chambers defined in a substrate, a plurality of covers which each cover a respective fluid chamber, each cover having a plurality of radially extending supports supporting a rim thereby defining a fluid ejection... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901053 | Inkjet printer having thermally stable modular printhead A printer has a plurality of nozzles formed on a substrate. Nozzle chambers receive an ink and a nozzle actuator receives drive signals from drive circuitry formed on the substrate. Upon actuation, the nozzle actuators move to eject ink from the nozzle chamber. Wick... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7896474 | Liquid ejection head and recording apparatus A liquid ejection head includes a plurality of ejection outlets for ejecting a liquid droplet; a plurality of flow paths communicating with the ejection outlets; an ink supply port for supplying liquid to the flow paths; and a plurality of heat generating elements p... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7887162 | Resin composition, resin cured product, and liquid discharge head An epoxy resin composition, including: an epoxy resin (A) represented by Formula (1); an epoxy resin (B) having an epoxy equivalent of 220 or less and having twice or more epoxy groups in a molecule than epoxy groups of the epoxy resin (A); and a photocationic polym... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883185 | Thermal ink-jet ink and ink cartridge using the same There is provided an ink cartridge including: a thermal ink-jet head provided with a heat generating portion that generates thermal energy for ejecting ink from an ejection opening, and contains the ink. In the ink cartridge, the heat generating portion has, at its ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7874644 | Inkjet printhead with shared ink spread restriction walls A printhead for an inkjet printer. The printhead comprising a wafer assembly defining a plurality of ink supply channels; and plural groups of ink ejection nozzle arrangements extending from the wafer assembly, each group of ink ejection nozzle arrangements sharing ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7862154 | Liquid ejection method, liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus The liquid ejection method of ejecting liquid from a nozzle, includes the steps of: growing a column of the liquid from the nozzle; and injecting a bubble into a base of the column of the liquid during growth thereof from the nozzle, by using a bubble supply device ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7850284 | Method for dry etching fluid feed slots in a silicon substrate A method of micro-machining a semiconductor substrate to form one or more through slots therein. The semiconductor substrate has a device side and a fluid side opposite the device side. The method includes diffusing a p-type doping material into the device side of t... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7845765 | Inkjet printers with elongate chambers, nozzles and heaters An inkjet printhead with an array of nozzles arranged in a series of rows, each nozzle having an ejection aperture, a chamber for holding printing fluid and a heater element for generating a vapor bubble in the printing fluid contained by the chamber to eject a drop... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7841702 | Heater stack and method for making heater stack with heater element decoupled from substrate A heater stack includes first strata configured to support and form a fluid heater element responsive to repetitive electrical activation and deactivation to produce cycles of fluid ejection and second strata overlying the first strata to protect the heater element.... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7794055 | Thermal bend actuator comprising aluminium alloy A thermal bend actuator, having a plurality of elongate cantilever beams, is provided. The actuator comprises: a first active beam for connection to drive circuitry, the first beam being defined by a tortuous beam element, the tortuous beam element having a pluralit... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7794056 | Inkjet nozzle assembly having thermal bend actuator with an active beam defining substantial part of nozzle chamber roof An inkjet nozzle assembly is provided. The assembly comprises a nozzle chamber comprising a floor and a roof. The roof has a nozzle opening defined therein, and a moving portion moveable towards the floor. The assembly further comprises a thermal bend actuator, havi... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7784912 | Printhead arrangement having nozzle assemblies with gutter formations Provided is a printhead arrangement for a printer. The arrangement includes a wafer substrate and a layer of drive circuitry deposited on the substrate, as well as a plurality of nozzle assemblies formed on the wafer substrate by means of micro-electromechanical (ME... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7780269 | Ink jet nozzle assembly having layered ejection actuator An ink jet nozzle assembly is provided having a wafer substrate defining an ink supply passage, a drive circuitry layer formed on the wafer substrate, an ink chamber structure on the drive circuitry layer, the ink chamber structure defining an ink chamber in fluid c... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7775637 | Nozzle arrangement with ejection apertures having externally projecting peripheral rim A nozzle arrangement ejects ink through apertures that each have an externally projecting peripheral rim. The nozzle arrangement has a substrate assembly defining an ink inlet passage and including heater element drive circuitry, a nozzle chamber structure formed on... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7744195 | Low loss electrode connection for inkjet printhead An inkjet printhead with planar thermal actuators, with contacts directly deposited onto the CMOS electrodes and suspended heater element, which avoids hotspots caused by vertical or inclined surfaces so that the contacts can be much smaller structures without accep... | 06/29/2010 |
