Abstract: A liquid jet head includes a head portion having a supply flow path configured to allow liquid supplied from the outside to flow therethrough, a pressure chamber that communicates with the supply flow path, a driver element that drives the pressure chamber, and a nozzle that communicates with the pressure chamber for ejecting liquid droplets. A circuit portion supplies a drive waveform to the driver element. A cooling portion has a cooling flow path configured to allow the liquid to flow therethrough, and the cooling portion is coupled and fixed to the circuit portion to absorb heat energy dissipated by the circuit portion. The supply flow path and the cooling flow path communicate with each other so that the same liquid flows through both paths thereby eliminating the need for a dedicated cooling liquid system and achieving size and cost reduction.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid jet head includes a through hole forming step of forming through holes on a base plate, an actuator plate bonding step of bonding actuator plates to opposite sides of the base plate, and an electrode forming step of forming electrodes on the bonded base plate and the actuator plates. In the through hole forming step, the through holes are formed on the base plate and the inner surfaces of the through holes are roughened. In the electrode forming step, second extraction electrodes are routed to a principal surface of the base plate through the through holes.

Abstract: A liquid jet head includes a base plate, and an actuator portion fixed to the base plate and having an array of alternating ejection channel and a dummy channel. drive electrodes are formed on inner surfaces of the ejection channels and the dummy channels, and extracting electrodes are formed on the base plate on a rear side of the actuator plate and electrically connected to the drive electrodes. an electrode formation region of the base plate on which are formed the extracting electrodes has a surface roughness greater then that of other regions of the base plate.

Abstract: A liquid jet head includes a head chip and a circuit board connected to the head chip. The head chip includes common terminals arranged in a reference direction. The circuit board includes shared terminals, an upper common wiring, and a through electrode. The shared terminals are provided on a lower surface of the circuit board on the head chip side and are electrically connected to the common terminals. The upper common wiring extends in the reference direction and is provided on a top surface of the circuit board opposite to the head chip. The through electrode electrically connects each of the shared terminals to the upper common wiring.

Abstract: A liquid jet head includes an actuator substrate having an alternating array of ejection grooves and non-ejection grooves which penetrate from an upper surface to a lower surface of the actuator substrate and are longer in a substrate surface direction than in a depth direction. A cover plate attached to the actuator substrate covers upper surface openings of the grooves, and a nozzle plate attached to the actuator substrate covers lower surface openings of the grooves. The grooves are formed in such a manner that configurations of the lower surface openings of the ejection grooves and the non-ejection grooves are different.

Abstract: A liquid jet head includes a piezoeletric body substrate and an opaque substrate bonded to the piezoelectric body substrate. The piezoeletric body substrate has ejection grooves arrayed with an identical pitch P in a reference direction and non-ejection grooves arrayed alternately with the ejection grooves while shifted from the ejection grooves by a half pitch (P/2). The opaque substrate has through holes arrayed in the reference direction. The through holes include a row of through holes corresponding in number to and communicating with the respective ejection grooves, a first through hole arranged outside of one end side of the row of through holes so that it does not communicate with any of the ejection grooves, and a second through hole arranged outside of another end side of the row of through holes so that it does not communicate with any of the ejection grooves.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a liquid jet head, a laminated substrate is formed by bonding onto a base substrate piezoelectric substrates having side surfaces joined to each other. Discharge grooves serving as channels for discharging liquid and dummy grooves serving as dummy channels that do not discharge the liquid are formed on a surface of the laminated substrate. The discharge grooves and dummy grooves are alternately arranged relative one another and are parallel to a longitudinal direction of bonding surfaces formed by the joined side surfaces of the piezoelectric substrates. The dummy grooves are formed at the respective bonding surfaces. Drive electrodes are formed on side surfaces of the grooves.

Abstract: A liquid jet head includes a piezoelectric substrate having ejection grooves formed in an upper surface thereof and arranged in a reference direction. A side flow path is formed in a first side surface of the piezoelectric substrate and communicates with the ejection grooves. A cover plate is bonded to the upper surface, and a nozzle plate is bonded to the first side surface and has nozzles communicating with the respective ejection grooves.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a head chip includes a groove forming step for forming grooves which are the bases of ejection grooves on a first surface of the actuator substrate, a substrate grinding step for grinding a second surface of the actuator substrate so that each of the grooves has a predetermined depth, a recessed portion forming step for forming an inspection recessed portion which changes its state in the second surface of the actuator substrate according to the grinding amount of the actuator substrate in the substrate grinding step, and a grinding amount determination step for determining the grinding amount of the actuator substrate on the basis of a state of the inspection recessed portion after the substrate grinding step.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid jet head includes: a groove forming step of alternately forming ejection grooves and non-ejection grooves in a reference direction on an upper surface of an actuator substrate; a cover plate processing step of forming a recessed portion on an upper surface of a cover plate and slits penetrating the cover plate from a bottom surface of the recessed portion through a lower surface located opposite to the upper surface of the cover plate; a substrate bonding step of bonding the lower surface of the cover plate to the upper surface of the actuator substrate to allow the slits to communicate with the respective ejection grooves; and an electrode forming step of simultaneously forming conductive films on side surfaces of the ejection grooves, side surfaces of the non-ejection grooves, and inner surfaces of the slits and the recessed portion.

Abstract: A liquid jet head has spaced-apart side walls that form alternating ejection channels and non-ejection channels. The side walls comprise two piezoelectric materials polarized in opposite directions and laminated together with a polarization boundary interposed between them. Upper and lower members are fixed to respective upper and lower ends of the side walls and overlie upper and lower ends of the channels. Electrodes on opposed wall surfaces of the side walls extend from the upper ends of the side walls to either the vicinity of the polarization boundary or to below the polarization boundary and above the lower ends of the side walls. The polarization boundary is positioned above one-half the depth of the channels to improving the driving efficiency of the piezoelectric body.

Abstract: The liquid jet head is provided with a piezoelectric substrate having a plurality of groove rows in each of which elongated ejection grooves and elongated non-ejection grooves are alternately arranged in a reference direction. The groove rows are arranged next to one another in the longitudinal direction of the grooves, and in adjacent ones of the groove rows, the right ends of ejection grooves included in a groove row located on a left side and the left ends of non-ejection grooves included in a groove row located on the right side are separated from each other, and overlap each other in a thickness direction of the piezoelectric substrate.

Abstract: A liquid jet head includes a piezoelectric body substrate having an upper surface, a lower surface, at least two groove arrays each having ejection grooves penetrating from the upper surface to the lower surface, and a first opening portion penetrating from the upper surface to the lower surface between the at least two groove arrays. Drive electrodes are provided on side surfaces of the ejection grooves and terminal electrodes are electrically connected to the drive electrodes. A flexible circuit board is electrically connected to the terminal electrodes and extends from the lower surface to the upper surface of the piezoelectric body substrate through the first opening portion.

Abstract: A liquid jet head includes a piezoelectric body substrate on which ejection grooves penetrating from an upper surface to a lower surface and non-ejection grooves open on the lower surface are alternately arranged in a reference direction and form a groove row, a cover plate that includes a liquid chamber communicating with the ejection grooves is bonded on the upper surface of the piezoelectric body substrate, and a nozzle plate that includes nozzles communicating with the ejection grooves is bonded on the lower surface of the piezoelectric body substrate. Common drive electrodes are installed on side surfaces of the ejection grooves, which are on the lower-surface side from nearly ½ the depth of the ejection grooves, and individual drive electrodes are installed on side surfaces of the non-ejection grooves, which are on the lower-surface side from nearly ½ the depth of the non-ejection grooves.

Abstract: A liquid jet head includes an actuator substrate having a principal surface on which ejection channels and non-ejection channels are formed, common electrodes formed on side surfaces of the ejection channels, individual electrodes formed on side surfaces of the non-ejection channels, individual electrode pads for connection to the individual electrodes, and common electrode pads for connection to the common electrodes. A groove is formed on the principal surface of the actuator substrate for isolating the individual electrode pads and the common electrode pads from one another. An external substrate has individual electrode terminals and common electrode terminals for connection to the individual electrode pads and common electrode pads, respectively. A connection wiring that connects the common electrode terminals to each other is formed along the groove to prevent an electrical short circuit between the connection wiring and the individual electrodes.

Abstract: A liquid jet head includes base plates, a first actuator plate and a second actuator plate separately arranged on one principal planes of the base plates, and configured to jet a liquid, first extracting electrodes electrically connected to first drive electrodes, on the one principal plane of the first base plate, and second extracting electrodes electrically connected to second drive electrodes, on the one principal plane of the second base plate. The second extracting electrodes are pulled out on the one principal plane through through holes formed in the base plates.

Abstract: A liquid jet head has a piezoelectric body substrate which includes a groove row in which ejection grooves penetrating the piezoelectric body substrate from an upper surface through a lower surface and non-ejection grooves open on the upper surface are alternately arranged in a reference direction, common drive electrodes formed on both side surfaces of each of the ejection grooves, and individual drive electrodes formed on both side surfaces of each of the non-ejection grooves. A cover plate is bonded to the upper surface of the piezoelectric body substrate and includes a liquid chamber communicating with the ejection grooves, first through electrodes which penetrate the cover plate in a thickness direction and are electrically connected to the individual drive electrodes, and individual terminals placed on a front surface of the cover plate opposite to the piezoelectric body substrate and electrically connected to the first through electrodes.

Abstract: A liquid jet head includes an ejecting portion having a first head chip and a second chip which are laminated with each other, and a circuit board which outputs a drive signal for driving the ejecting portion. A first connection board electrically connects the first head chip to the circuit board, and a second connection board electrically connects the second head chip to the circuit board. A bend portion is provided in the circuit board so that by bending the circuit board at the bend portion, the first electrode terminal portion and the second electrode terminal portion are made to extend in the same direction, and face each other in the lamination direction of the head chips. The circuit board has a connecting terminal that is exposed to the outside through a window in the circuit board when the circuit board is bent at the ending portion.

Abstract: A liquid jet head includes a flow path member having a supply port through which liquid is supplied and a discharge port through which the liquid is discharged, and a cover plate having a liquid supply chamber that communicates with the supply port and a liquid discharge chamber that communicates with the discharge port. An actuator substrate has a plurality of parallel channels that extend between the liquid supply chamber and the liquid discharge chamber and the channels communicate with respective nozzles formed in a nozzle plate. The flow path member, cover plate, actuator substrate and nozzle plate constitute a laminated structure. A communication path is provided in one or both of the cover plate and flow path member for bypassing the liquid from the liquid supply chamber to the liquid discharge chamber so that air bubbles trapped in the liquid can be effectively discharged to the outside.

Abstract: A liquid jet head includes an actuator substrate on which a plurality of grooves is arranged, and a nozzle plate having nozzle holes communicated with the grooves. Drive electrodes extend in the longitudinal direction along both side surfaces of a wall portion of the grooves. An insulating film is disposed between the wall portion and the longitudinal end portions of the drive electrodes so that only the mid-portion of the drive elecrodes directly contacts the side surfaces of the wall portion. When a voltage is applied to the drive electrodes, only the region of the wall portion in the vicinity of the nozzle holes is actuated to eject liquid from the nozzle holes.