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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186810 | Liquid ejecting head with heater for heating ink A liquid ejecting head includes: a flow path unit including a nozzle forming member with a plurality of nozzle orifices provided in a row, and a flow path forming substrate made of a metal, in which pressure generating chambers in communication with the nozzle orifi... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8182074 | Liquid ejection head In order to provide a liquid ejection head which enables ejection of a droplet at a higher frequency, according to the invention, a piezoelectric vibrator has a multilayer structure. In the multilayer structure, an upper piezoelectric layer and a lower piezoelectric... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177335 | Transducer interconnect with conductive films An electronic device has an electronic signal source electrically connected to a signal routing circuit, an electrically activated transducer to receive electronic signals through the signal routing circuit, and an anisotropic conductive film to provide electrical c... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177334 | Method of manufacturing substrate and substrate, method of manufacturing liquid drop ejecting head and liquid drop ejecting head, and liquid drop ejecting device The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a substrate which forms a wiring pattern on a substrate having a plurality of through-holes. In the method, the wiring pattern is formed, after burying a filling material into the through-holes and planarizing... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172373 | Fluid ejection device A fluid ejection device including, a drive element capable of storing a charge depending on a voltage applied to the drive element, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a power recovery module that recovers power from the drive element by connecting the first ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172372 | Film formation method, film formation device, piezoelectric film, piezoelectric device, liquid discharge device and piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer When a film containing constituent elements of a target is formed on a substrate through a vapor deposition process using plasma with placing the substrate and the target to face each other, a potential in a spatial range of at least 10 mm extending laterally from t... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8162448 | Liquid ejection head and manufacturing method thereof A liquid ejection head includes a flow channel-forming substrate having a plurality of pressure-generating chambers communicated with nozzles for ejecting droplets, the pressure-generating chambers being arranged in parallel with each other; a plurality of pressure-... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8152280 | Method of making an inkjet printhead A hardwearing inkjet printhead comprises a substrate 10 having an ink ejection circuit 12 and a patterned glass frit planarization layer 22 on its surface. A ceramic body 28 has a substantially flat surface 28B intimately bonded to... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152281 | Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejecting head including a first base member in which a plurality of pressure generating chambers communicating with nozzle openings and a series of partition walls are arranged in parallel, a second base member disposed on the first base member, a reservoir... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8141989 | Ink-jet head and method for manufacturing the same An ink-jet head and a method for manufacturing the ink-jet head are disclosed. The ink-jet head can include: a chamber, which may house a type of ink; a membrane, which may be formed on one side of the chamber, and in a surface of which a holding cavity may be forme... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136926 | Ink-jet head and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed are an ink-jet head and a method of manufacturing the ink-jet head including a plurality of chambers, a membrane covering the plurality of chambers, and a plurality of actuators separated from one another by a virtual dividing line on the membrane such tha... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8128207 | Head chip, liquid jet head, liquid jet recording device, and method of manufacturing the head chip A head chip for a liquid jet recording device has a pair of piezoelectric elements that form a liquid jet channel therebetween, a common electrode formed on a surface of each piezoelectric element on the liquid jet channel side, and a drive electrode formed on an op... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8118409 | Acoustic ink jet printer In an acoustic ink jet printer, a configuration is such that an ink unit 5b and a piezoelectric body unit 5a are separated, and a printing is carried out by the ink unit moving on the piezoelectric body unit. Herein, a configuration is su... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118410 | Piezoelectric printhead and related methods A piezoelectric printhead and related methods provide a first metallic electrode and a second metallic electrode deposited over a top surface and a bottom surface, respectively, of a piezoceramic plate. The second electrode is segmented into a plurality of electrode... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8113632 | Liquid ejecting head, liquid ejecting head unit, and liquid ejecting apparatus Concave portions are provided at both side faces of the reinforcing plate in the juxtaposition direction of the actuators on a discharge face side in which the nozzle orifices are opened. Second exposed portions, in which corner portions that include the discharge f... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113631 | Liquid ejecting head A head for ejecting a liquid from ejection holes, including: a first flow-passage member in which is formed a first liquid-supply passage; a second flow-passage member in which is formed a second liquid-supply passage connected to the first passage and which has out... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113630 | Method, head, and apparatus for ejecting liquid A liquid ejecting method includes ejecting a liquid through a liquid ejecting head. Viscosity of the liquid falls within a range from 6 mPa·s to 15 mPa·s. The liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle that ejects the liquid, a pressure compartment that causes a chang... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8100513 | Ferroelectric film, process for producing the same, ferroelectric device, and liquid discharge device A ferroelectric film having a columnar structure constituted by a plurality of columnar grains, and containing as a main component a perovskite oxide which has a composition expressed by a compositional formula A1+δ[(ZrxTi1−x) | 01/24/2012 |
| 8087760 | Liquid ejection head and driving method thereof A liquid ejection head includes a passage unit and an actuator. A nozzle for ejecting liquid and a common liquid chamber are formed in the passage unit. An individual liquid passage formed in the passage unit includes a first passage a pressure chamber, a second pas... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087761 | Liquid discharging head, method of manufacturing liquid discharging head, and image forming apparatus A liquid discharging head includes: a plurality of nozzles that discharge liquid droplets; and a plurality of piezoelectric elements that generate pressure for discharging liquid droplets from the respective nozzles, wherein the piezoelectric elements are performed ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8079676 | System and method for acoustic ejection of drops from a thin layer of fluid Features described herein relate to ejecting drops from a thin layer of fluid. Piezoelectric elements can generate a uniform high acoustic field, which is transferred through a segmented metal support structure and an acoustic horn. The sound waves generate capillar... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075105 | Perovskite-type oxide film, piezoelectric thin-film device and liquid ejecting device using perovskite-type oxide film, as well as production process and evaluation method for perovskite-type oxide film Provided is a perovskite-type oxide film having a perovskite-type crystal structure and containing lead as a chief component, which, when subjected to Raman microspectroscopy at a plurality of points on a surface thereof so as to measure Raman spectra upon applicati... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070268 | Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejecting head includes: a flow channel unit including a flow-channel-formed substrate that defines liquid flow channels including pressure chambers communicating with nozzle openings and a sealing plate formed with a diaphragm that varies the capacities of ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8061820 | Ring electrode for fluid ejection Methods, systems, and apparatus for drive a pumping chamber of a fluid ejection system are disclosed. In one implementation, the actuator for drive the pumping chamber includes a continuous piezoelectric layer between a pair of drive electrodes and a continuous refe... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057018 | Method of manufacturing a liquid jet head and a liquid jet apparatus A method of manufacturing a liquid jet head includes depositing a lower electrode film on a passage forming substrate and patterning the lower electrode film into a predetermined pattern, forming a piezoelectric layer on the passage forming substrate, forming an int... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8047637 | Piezoelectric actuator and manufacturing method thereof, liquid ejecting head, and image forming apparatus A piezoelectric actuator is disclosed. The piezoelectric actuator includes a base member and three or more piezoelectric element members in which plural piezoelectric elements are formed by slits. The three or more piezoelectric element members are arrayed in a line... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047635 | Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting device A liquid ejecting head includes a reservoir forming substrate provided with a reservoir serving as a common liquid chamber; in which at least a portion of a wall surface of the reservoir is an inclined surface, a lower side of the reservoir in a vertical direction i... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047636 | Film depositing apparatus, a film depositing method, a piezoelectric film, and a liquid ejecting apparatus A film depositing apparatus comprises: a process chamber; a target holder provided in the process chamber for holding a target; a substrate holder for supporting a deposition substrate such that the deposition substrate faces the target holder in the process chamber... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8042914 | Jetting error detector, droplet jetting applicator and display device manufacturing method A jetting error detector includes multiple input circuits configured to receive respective voltage values of multiple piezoelectric elements from a droplet jetting head configured to jet droplets through multiple nozzles by use of the multiple piezoelectric elements... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042913 | Fluid ejection device with deflective flexible membrane A fluid ejection device includes a substrate having a fluid channel, a flexible membrane supported by the substrate and extended a length of the fluid channel, an actuator provided on a first portion of the flexible membrane, and a reinforcement member provided on a... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038263 | Piezoelectric inkjet head A piezoelectric inkjet head includes a plurality of pressure chambers filled with ink that is to be ejected, a manifold to supply ink to the pressure chambers and extending in both sides of each of the pressure chambers parallel to a direction in which the pressure ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038264 | Liquid droplet jetting head A plurality of pressure chambers are divided into a first pressure chamber group and a second pressure chamber group, and are arranged such that an interval of the first pressure chamber group and the second pressure chamber group is larger than an interval between ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033653 | Liquid discharge head and recording device A liquid discharge head include a discharge port for discharging liquid; a liquid chamber communicating to the discharge port; a piezoelectric element including one electrode layer, another electrode layer, and a piezoelectric film sandwiched between the one electro... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8033654 | Piezoelectric element, ink jet head and producing method for piezoelectric element A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric film disposed on a substrate and a pair of electrodes disposed in contact with the piezoelectric film and utilizing a bending mode. The piezoelectric film includes domains constituted of a tetragonal crystal and inclu... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8029109 | Liquid jet head and a liquid jet apparatus A lower electrode 60 in a region opposite each of pressure generation chambers 12 is formed to have a width smaller than the width of the corresponding pressure generation chamber 12, and an upper surface and an end surface of the lower electrod... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8029108 | Liquid jetting head and liquid jetting apparatus A liquid droplet jetting head, having: a plurality of dividing walls to divide a plurality of flow channels, wherein at least a portion of the dividing wall is formed with a piezoelectric element; a flow path having a rectangular tubular from formed by an upper wall... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8025369 | Ink-jet head and ink-jet printer having ink-jet head An inkjet head comprises a plurality of individual electrodes each of which includes a first part and a second part connected to an end portion B of the first part. The end portion B is one of the end portions of a first part in a longitudinal direction of a pressur... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8025368 | Injection head manufacturing method and injection head A flow path regulating member for regulating an ink flow path leading into the channels is formed on the rear side of the head chip by exposure and development through lamination of the photo masks having an opening of a predetermined pattern, after a photosensitive... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8020973 | Method of manufacturing a liquid droplet spray device and such spray device The invention concerns a liquid droplet spray device for atomising a liquid substance, Its housing consists of a at least a first substrate (15), a space (12) within the housing for containing the supplied liquid substance, an outlet means arranged in ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8016392 | Liquid transport apparatus, liquid transport head, and piezoelectric actuator A liquid transport apparatus includes: a channel unit; a piezoelectric actuator which applies a pressure to a liquid in a pressure chamber and which has a first and a second piezoelectric layers, a first, a second, and a third electrodes, the first piezoelectric lay... | 09/13/2011 |
