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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8009185 | Thermal head with protective layer A thermal head (A) according to the present invention includes a substrate (1) on which a heat-producing resistor (5), a common electrode (3) and individual electrodes (4) for energizing the heat-producing resistor (5), and a prote... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7969458 | Thermal printhead A thermal printhead (A1) includes a substrate (1) and a heating resistor (3) supported by the substrate (1). An electrode pattern (2) is formed in contact with the heating resistor (3) for applying driving voltage. The heati... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969459 | Thermal print head A thermal printhead (A) includes an insulating substrate (1), a heating resistor (2) provided on the substrate (1) and a protective film (4) covering the heating resistor (2). The protective film (4) is made up of a first la... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7911489 | Thermal print head A thermal print head A includes a substrate 1, a heat generating resistor 3 supported by the substrate 1, and a protective layer 4 which covers the heat generating resistor 3. The protective layer 4 includes a first inner la... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7903132 | Thermal printhead A thermal printhead (A1) includes an insulating substrate and a heating resistor element (3) formed on the substrate and elongated in the primary scanning direction. A plurality of electrodes are connected to the heating resistor element (3). Th... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7876344 | Photographic printing method, manufacturing method of photographic printed material, and printing apparatus A photographic printing method includes the steps of thermally transferring a color material onto a recording medium; further transferring an image protection layer thermally onto the recording medium having the color material; and processing the surface of the imag... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7876343 | Thermal print head and method for manufacturing same A thermal printhead A includes a glaze layer 2 formed on an insulating substrate 1, a resistor layer 3 formed on the glaze layer, a conductor layer 4 formed so that part of the resistor layer is exposed to serve as a heating portion 3 | 01/25/2011 |
| 7859556 | Thermal head and thermal printer using the same A thermal head has a heat storage layer provided on an insulating substrate and a heat generating resistance layer provided on the heat storage layer. An individual electrode and a common electrode are formed on the heat generating resistance layer, and a protective... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7502044 | Thermal head and thermal printer A thermal head includes a substrate, heating resistors aligned on a surface of the substrate, an electrode pattern connected to the heating resistors, a protective film that covers the heating resistors and the electrode pattern, and a conductive film that covers an... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7372477 | Thermal head and manufacturing method thereof A method for manufacturing a thermal head is provided which includes the steps of forming a resistor layer and an insulating barrier layer, patterning the above two layers to form aligned heating resistors, forming a solid electrode layer over the heating resistors ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365763 | Thermal activation apparatus, printer, thermal activation method, and method of manufacturing adhesive label A thermal activation apparatus includes a thermal head for thermal activation, a platen roller for thermal activation pressed against the thermal head, and an air cooling mechanism. The air cooling mechanism includes partitions for separating the thermal activation ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7324126 | Thermal head including bonding pads having irregular surfaces formed by forming irregularities on underlayer A thermal head includes a large number of heating resistors disposed at a regular interval, individual conductors individually connected to each of the heating resistors, and common conductors connected to each of the heating resistors in common, the individual cond... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7297454 | Colorless inkjet ink compositions for improved image quality A colorless ink jet ink composition is provided for printers for printing on both porous and hybrid glossy or semi-glossy media. The ink composition comprises a water soluble polymer or dispersed latex. The ink formulation provides substantially air fast, stain resi... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7261393 | Liquid jetting head, liquid jetting apparatus, and method of manufacturing the liquid jetting head The present invention relates to a liquid jetting head, a liquid jetting apparatus, and a method of manufacturing the liquid jetting head. The invention can be particularly adopted to an ink jet printer of a thermal system. A treatment for building up a coating type... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7256803 | Direct thermal printer A direct thermal printer device that can be used in any application using thermal printers. A direct thermal printer creates images on thermally active medium by applying light energy or radiant thermal energy created by a thermal heat source to create the heat nece... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252368 | Fluid injector The fluid injector includes a base, a first through hole, a fluid actuator, a passivation layer, and a thick hydrophobic film. The base includes a chamber and a surface. The first through hole communicates with the chamber, and is disposed in the base. The fluid act... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252684 | Ceramic in replacement components A method and apparatus for a prosthesis. At least a portion of the prosthesis is made from a ceramic that is treated with ion implantation, which causes a controllable, bilateral compressive stress of the ceramic. A diamond-like-coating (DLC) can be coated on the ce... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252358 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus comprising: a printing head which has a plurality of recording elements and performs recording on the recording medium; a head holder which holds the printing head; a flexible wiring board comprising a flexible insulating band and a plurality o... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253109 | Method of depositing a tantalum nitride/tantalum diffusion barrier layer system We have discovered a method of providing a thin, approximately from about 2 â„« to about 100 â„« thick TaN seed layer, which can be used to induce the formation of alpha tantalum when tantalum is deposited over the TaN seed layer. Further, the ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7170539 | Thermal head, method for manufacturing the same, and method for adjusting dot aspect ratio of thermal head In a thermal head provided with a resistance layer having a plurality of heating element portions which generate heat by energization, an insulating barrier layer which determines the two-dimensional size of each heating element portion by covering each heating elem... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166913 | Heat dissipation for heat generating element of semiconductor device and related method A structure and method are disclosed for heat dissipation relative to a heat generating element in a semiconductor device. The structure includes a plurality of heat transmitting lines partially vertically coincidental with the heat generating element, and at least ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7145584 | Printer having compact thermal head A printer having a thermal head disposed such that when heater elements are in contact with a platen, the following formulas are satisfied: H1≦H≦Hmax; Hmax=(H1+H2)=L tan(θ1+θ3); and θ′=(θ2−θ1)=(3Â... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140721 | Heat generating resistive element, substrate for liquid discharge head having the heat generating resistive element, liquid discharge head, and manufacturing method therefor A heat generating resistive element which is used in a liquid discharge head for discharging a liquid from a discharge port by thermal energy, consisting of a composition ratio of 15–30 at % Fe, 35–60 at % Si, 10–50 at % N and 1–10 at % O, in total to 100 at... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7121748 | Image forming device The image forming device includes a chassis; a thermal head unit pivotably supported by the chassis for executing printing; a platen roller supported by the chassis opposite the thermal head unit; a pressing member that is pivotably supported by the chassis and conf... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7106356 | Thermal head having wear-resistant protective film A method of producing a wear-resistant protective film for a thermal head comprises depositing a wear-resistant protective film by sputtering on a thermal head which includes a substrate, and a heat-developing layer and a pair of electrodes formed on either the subs... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7084511 | Semiconductor device having resin-sealed area on circuit board thereof A semiconductor device having a molded sealing resin for sealing a semiconductor chip on a circuit board thereof reduces resin burrs resulting from the leakage of the sealing resin, and also restrains the occurrence of disconnection caused by a wiring layer being cr... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7034231 | Method for the manufacture of printed circuit boards with plated resistors A process is revealed whereby resistors can be manufactured integral with a printed circuit board by plating the resistors onto the insulative substrate. Uniformization of the insulative substrate through etching and oxidation of the plated resistor are discussed as... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6972782 | Thermal head In order to reduce creases of an ink film so as to offer excellent printing quality, a thermal head for use in a thermal-transfer printer includes a heat-insulating layer; a first projection serving as a part of the heat-insulating layer; a heating element formed on... | 12/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6911124 | Method of depositing a TaN seed layer We have discovered a method of providing a thin approximately from about 20 â„« to about 100 â„« thick TaN seed layer, which can be used to induce the formation of alpha tantalum when tantalum is deposited over the TaN seed layer. Further, the ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6909840 | Localized surface volatilization The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for rapid flash-like volatilization of high and low vapor pressure components from liquid or solid emanators which is in contact with a point or localized heat source. Vaporization is promoted by a geometrical... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6784910 | Thermal head, thermal activation device for thermally active sheet and printer assembly Providing a thermal head capable of preventing the adherence of a thermally active component, a thermal activation device for thermally active sheet employing the thermal head, and a printer assembly employing the thermal activation device. A thermal head has an arr... | 08/31/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6698092 | Methods and systems for forming a die package The described embodiments relate to methods and systems for forming die packages. In one exemplary embodiment, the method for forming die packages contacts interface areas of a die assembly to keep the interface areas free of an insulative material. The m... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6683636 | Thermal head, cleaning method thereof and color thermal printer In a thermal head, a partial glaze layer is formed on an alumina basal plate, and on that laminated are a heating body, an electrode and a protective layer. A photocatalytic layer composed of titanium oxide is provided on the protective layer. Stains of o... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6558563 | Method of fabricating thermal head A thermal head fabricating method forms a lower protective layer made of ceramics for protecting a plurality of heat-generating resistors and electrodes, subjects the lower protective layer to etching processing by a plasma and forms a carbon protective l... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6483528 | Thermal print head and method of manufacturing thereof A thermal printhead (1) comprises a substrate (2), an electrode pattern (3) formed on the substrate, including a common electrode and a plurality of individual electrodes, a heating resister (5)connected to the electrode pattern (3), and a protective coat... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6469724 | Thick-film thermal print head and its manufacturing method The thermal printhead (1) includes an insulating substrate (2), a heating resister (5) formed on the substrate (2), a first glass coat layer (7) formed on the substrate (2) for covering the heating resister (5), and a second glass coat layer (8) formed on... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6448993 | Construction of thermal print head and method of forming protective coating A thermal printhead includes a head substrate (1), a heating resistor (5) provided on the head substrate, a plurality of individual electrodes (2) connected to the heating resistor, and a common electrode (3) connected to the heating resistor. The thermal... | 09/10/2002 |
