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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7195338 | Inkjet printhead heater with high surface area There is disclosed an ink jet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles and one or more heater elements corresponding to each nozzle. Each heater element is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid in the printhead to a temperature above its boiling point t... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195341 | Power and ground buss layout for reduced substrate size A semiconductor substrate for a micro-fluid ejection device. The substrate includes plurality of micro-fluid ejection actuators disposed adjacent a fluid supply slot in the semiconductor substrate. A plurality of power transistors, occupying a power transistor activ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195342 | Thermal ink jet printhead with laterally enclosed heater element There is disclosed an ink jet printhead that has a plurality of nozzles 3 and one or more heater elements 10 in a bubble forming chamber 7 corresponding to each nozzle 3. Each heater element 10 is configured to heat a bubble formin... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195339 | Ink jet nozzle assembly with a thermal bend actuator An ink jet nozzle assembly for an inkjet printer includes a wafer substrate defining an ink supply passage. A drive circuitry layer is formed on the wafer substrate. A nozzle is formed on the drive circuitry layer and defines an ink chamber in fluid communication wi... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192119 | Printhead nozzle arrangement with a micro-electromechanical shape memory alloy based actuator A printhead nozzle arrangement includes a substrate. Drive circuitry is positioned on the substrate. A nozzle chamber structure is arranged on the substrate and defines a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with a supply of ink and an ink ejection port in fluid co... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192120 | Ink printhead nozzle arrangement with thermal bend actuator An ink jet printhead nozzle arrangement having an ink chamber formed in a wafer substrate and one wall of the chamber having at least one flexible portion. The ink ejection port is formed centrally on the wall with a rim surrounding it. The wall is adapted to move i... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192116 | Systems and methods for dissipating heat from a fluid ejector carriage A system, method and structures for dissipating heat away from a thermal fluid ejector modules through a thermally-conductive carriage molded from a polymer to the ambient air surrounding the structure upon which the thermally-conductive fluid ejector carriage trans... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188935 | Printhead wafer with individual ink feed to each nozzle An inkjet printhead with an array of nozzles formed on one side of a wafer substrate, an array of corresponding ink inlets formed in the other side of the wafer, each of the ink inlets individually associated with one of the nozzles and, a fluid path extending betwe... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188931 | Doubly-anchored thermal actuator having varying flexural rigidity A doubly-anchored thermal actuator for a micro-electromechanical device such as a liquid drop emitter or a fluid control microvalve is disclosed. The thermal actuator is comprised of a base element formed with a depression having opposing anchor. A deformable elemen... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188925 | Fluid ejection head assembly A fluid ejection head of a fluid ejection device is provided, the fluid ejection head having a substrate, a fluid ejection die coupled with the substrate, an electromagnetic radiation-curable adhesive disposed on the substrate, and a cover coupled with the substrate... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188419 | Method of producing nozzle plate formed in-situ on printhead substrate A method of producing an ink jet printhead with a plurality of nozzles and one or more heater elements corresponding to each nozzle. Each heater element is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid in the printhead to a temperature above its boiling point to form a... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188933 | Printhead chip that incorporates nozzle chamber reduction mechanisms A printhead chip includes a substrate that incorporates a drive circuitry layer and defines a plurality of nozzle chambers and respective ink supply channels in fluid communication with the nozzle chambers. A plurality of nozzles is positioned on the substrate to be... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187467 | Image supply apparatus, image output apparatus, control apparatus therefor, and image forming apparatus incorporating them An ink jet printer for forming an ink jet printed long strip of cloth includes a design image generation unit, a receiving unit, a generating unit and a synthesizing unit. The design image generation unit generates design image data representing a design image repea... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182435 | Printhead chip incorporating laterally displaceable ink flow control mechanisms A printhead chip includes a substrate that incorporates drive circuitry and that defines nozzle chambers and nozzle chamber inlets on an inlet side of the substrate. A structural layer on an ink ejection side at the substrate defines ink ejection ports in fluid comm... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182436 | Ink jet printhead chip with volumetric ink ejection mechanisms An inkjet printhead chip includes a substrate that defines a plurality of ink supply channels. A drive circuitry layer is positioned in the substrate. A plurality of nozzle arrangements is positioned on the substrate. Each nozzle arrangement includes a nozzle chambe... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182437 | Inkjet printhead having ink flow preventing actuators An inkjet printhead is provided having an ink supply channel, a plurality of actuators each having a conductive heater, a paddle, and an arm interconnecting the heater and paddle, and a plurality of ink ejection chambers each having a first wall in which a first ape... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182439 | Thermal ink jet printhead with heater element symmetrical about nozzle axis There is disclosed an ink jet printhead having a plurality of nozzles 3 and a bubble forming chamber 7 corresponding to each nozzle respectively. At least one heater element 10 disposed in each bubble forming chamber 7 to heat a bubble fo... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182441 | Printhead module The present invention provides a printhead module. The printhead module comprises a body defining a plurality of ink chambers. There is also provided a rib cage comprising a plurality of ribs and for mounting to the body. A gap is defined between each adjacent pair ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182430 | Ink jet module An ink jet module is provided. The ink jet module comprises: (a) a first micromolding having a first inner face and a first outer face, the first inner face defining a plurality of elongate grooves, each groove being in fluid communication with a respective first in... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178905 | Monolithic ink-jet printhead A monolithic ink-jet printhead, and a method of manufacturing the same, includes a substrate having an ink chamber, an ink channel, and a manifold, a nozzle plate formed on the substrate, a nozzle, a heater, and a conductor. The ink chamber includes sidewalls formed... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178903 | Ink jet nozzle to eject ink The present invention relates to an ink jet nozzle to eject ink. The nozzle comprises a body defining a chamber in which the ink to be ejected can be located and an aperture through which the ink is ejected in use. The nozzle further comprises an actuator member hav... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178904 | Ultra-low energy micro-fluid ejection device A micro-fluid ejection device for ultra-small droplet ejection and method of making a micro-fluid ejection device. The micro-fluid ejection device includes a semiconductor substrate containing a plurality of thermal ejection actuators disposed thereon. Each of the t... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175258 | Doubly-anchored thermal actuator having varying flexural rigidity A doubly-anchored thermal actuator for a micro-electromechanical device such as a liquid drop emitter or a fluid control microvalve is disclosed. The thermal actuator is comprised of a base element formed with a depression having opposing anchor. A deformable elemen... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175261 | Thermal ink jet printhead assembly with laminated structure for the alignment and funneling of ink There is disclosed an ink jet printhead assembly which has a plurality of structures laminated together, one of the structures being a printhead with a plurality of nozzles and one or more heater elements in a bubble forming chamber corresponding to each nozzle. Eac... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175973 | Ink jet recording head and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing an ink jet recording head comprising: (a) a process of forming a positive resist layer (I) made of a photodegradation positive resist (i) on a surface of a substrate having an energy generation element; (b) a process of removing a predeter... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175257 | Ink-jet printhead with droplet ejecting portion provided in a hydrophobic layer An ink-jet printhead and a manufacturing method thereof include a substrate on which an ink chamber having a predetermined volume is formed, a passage for supplying ink to the ink chamber which is formed on a bottom of the ink chamber, a nozzle plate which includes ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172266 | Printhead assembly for a pagewidth inkjet printer incorporating an ink storage assembly A printhead assembly for a pagewidth ink jet printer includes an ink storage assembly that defines at least one ink storage chamber. An elongate mounting member is mounted on the ink storage assembly to be in fluid communication with the, or each, ink storage chambe... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172268 | Ink jet head, method for driving the same, and ink jet recording apparatus An ink jet head base body in which a heat accumulation layer, a heater generating heat energy used for discharging ink, and a protection film protecting the heater are sequentially formed on a substrate. The ink jet head base body is characterized in that a total th... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172261 | Recovering apparatus for recovering a status of an ink jet recording head A printer includes an ink jet head, a recovery unit, a moving unit, a conveying unit and a cover. The ink jet head performs printing on a printing medium and has an ink ejection port on an ejection port forming surface. The recovery unit is used for a recovery proce... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172270 | Thermal ink jet printhead with bubble formation surrounding heater element There is disclosed an ink jet printhead that has a plurality of nozzles unit cells 1 and one or more heater elements 10 corresponding to each nozzle 3. Each heater element 10 is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid 11 in the ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172271 | Ink-jet print head and ink-jet recording apparatus An ink-jet print head has a piezoelectric ceramic plate having grooves for receiving ink, a nozzle plate connected to the piezoelectric ceramic plate and having nozzle apertures each disposed in communication with respective ones of the grooves, and an ink storing d... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169538 | Process for making a micro-fluid ejection head structure A device surface of a substrate is dry-sprayed with a polymeric material (e.g., a photoresist) to provide a spray-coated layer on the surface of the substrate. The spray-coated layer has a thickness ranging from about 0.5 to about 20 microns. Flow features are forme... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168789 | Printer with ink printhead nozzle arrangement having thermal bend actuator A printer has a printhead comprising an array of nozzles. A nozzle arrangement has an ink chamber formed in a wafer substrate and one wall of the chamber having at least one flexible portion. The ink ejection port is formed centrally on the wall with a rim surroundi... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168166 | Method of producing inkjet printhead with lithographically formed nozzle plate A method of producing an ink jet printhead with a plurality of nozzles and one or more heater elements corresponding to each nozzle. Each heater element is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid in the printhead to a temperature above its boiling point to form a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168790 | Thermal ink jet printhead with small nozzle dimensions There is disclosed an ink jet printhead that has a plurality of nozzles unit cells 1 and one or more heater elements 10 corresponding to each nozzle 3. Each heater element 10 is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid 11 in the printhe... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165299 | Method of manufacturing an ink-jet recording head A method of manufacturing an ink-jet recording head includes an individual electrode having an individual electrode main body formed at a position corresponding to an ink chamber and an individual electrode lead-out part for supplying power, a piezoelectric element ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165831 | Micro-fluid ejection devices A micro-fluid ejection head structure having multiple arrays of fluid ejection actuators. The structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a first array of fluid ejection actuators for ejecting a first fluid therefrom, and a second array of fluid ejection act... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163577 | Black pigmented ink-jet inks with improved frequency response Compositions, systems, and methods method of rapidly printing a black ink-jet image are provided. The composition can include a liquid vehicle including water, and from 15 wt % to 30 wt % organic solvent, wherein from 3 wt % to 10 wt % of the organic solvent is a me... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7163345 | Printhead having printhead modules vertically offset at join region A printhead comprising: a first and second elongate printhead modules, the printhead modules being disposed end to end on either side of a join region, wherein the first printhead module and the second printhead module are vertically offset at the join region; and, ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7163278 | Ink-jet printhead with improved ink ejection linearity and operating frequency An ink-jet printhead includes a substrate having an ink chamber and a manifold, a nozzle plate formed on the substrate, first and second heaters, first and second conductors, and first and second ink channels. The nozzle plate includes a plurality of passivation lay... | 01/16/2007 |
