Fluid Pattern Dispersing Device Making, E.g., Ink Jet Patents (Class 29/890.1)
  • Publication number: 20120162305
    Abstract: A print head for use in a fused deposition modeling system, the print head includes a cartridge assembly and a liquefier pump assembly retained by the cartridge assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: STRATASYS, INC.
    Inventors: William J. Swanson, J. Samuel Batchelder, Kevin C. Johnson, Timothy A. Hjelsand
  • Patent number: 8205338
    Abstract: A method of forming a multi-lobed nozzle in a nozzle plate. A mask may be used to pattern photoresist on the nozzle plate or for patterning a polymer dry film, for example, which is then used for etching the plate to form multi-lobed nozzles. The formed nozzle plate is disposed over a substrate having a chamber for fluid formed therein and the chamber may include walls for supporting the nozzle plate. The fluid chamber includes a heater over the substrate for ejecting fluid through the nozzle via rapid heating of the fluid. Continuous supply of fluid is provided by forming a fluid supply channel in communication with the fluid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Yonglin Xie
  • Patent number: 8205966
    Abstract: An inkjet print head is provided with a plurality of electrode terminals connected to a plurality of connecting terminals extending from electrical wiring members transmitting drive signals of elements generating energy for ejecting ink, and an insulating portion for insulating the extending portion of the connecting terminal to the connecting portion where the connecting terminal is connected to the electrode terminal from the print element substrate, the connecting portion being sealed by a sealant spreading due to a capillary force between the plurality of the connecting terminals. In order to prevent occurrence of the non-existence region of the sealant due to the blocking of the sealant by the insulating portion, the insulating portion is constructed of a plurality of separated convex portions in contact with the plurality of the connecting terminals respectively to form a groove between the convex portions for allowing the passing of the sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigeki Fukui
  • Patent number: 8205339
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a nozzle substrate includes forming a first hollow recess in a first surface of a silicon substrate, forming a liquid-resistant protective film on the first surface of the silicon substrate including an inner wall of the first hollow recess, forming a second hollow recess in a first surface of a glass substrate, bonding the first surfaces of the silicon substrate and the glass substrate by anodic bonding, reducing a thickness of the glass substrate from a second surface until an aperture is formed in a bottom surface of the second hollow recess to form a second nozzle hole disposed on a droplet feed side, and reducing a thickness of the silicon substrate from a second surface until an aperture is formed in a bottom surface of the first hollow recess to form a first nozzle hole disposed on a droplet discharge side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoki Sakashita
  • Publication number: 20120147094
    Abstract: A sub-carriage includes a first head mounting portion and a second head mounting portion. The second head mounting portion includes at least a portion of constitution members of an adjustment mechanism which adjusts a position of the second head, a first recording head of one side of the same set is fixed in a state of being positioned to the first head mounting portion so that the nozzles are disposed in a defined position, and a second recording head of the other side is fixed to the second head mounting portion in a state where the relative position to the first recording head is defined by the adjustment mechanism based on a landing position in a recording medium of ink ejected from predetermined nozzles of the second recording head with respect to a landing position in a recording medium of ink ejected from predetermined nozzles of the first head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HAGIWARA, Munehide KANAYA, Daisuke HIRUMA
  • Publication number: 20120147093
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head unit includes a liquid ejecting head having a nozzle forming surface provided with nozzle rows consisting of several rows of nozzles for ejecting liquid; and a head fixing member to which the liquid ejecting head is fixed with an intermediate member therebetween. The liquid ejecting head has an intermediate-member fixing portion to which the intermediate member is fixed. The intermediate member has a head-fixing-member bonding surface to be securely bonded to an intermediate-member bonding surface of the head fixing member with adhesive. The head-fixing-member bonding surface has a chamfered portion along at least a portion of an outer edge thereof, the chamfered portion being provided such that the distance from the intermediate-member bonding surface gradually increases from the inner side toward the outer side of the head-fixing-member bonding surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hagiwara, Masayuki Eguchi, Kimiyasu Otsuki, Masanori Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20120147097
    Abstract: There are provided a micro-ejector and a method of manufacturing the same. The micro-ejector includes an upper substrate including an inlet into which a fluid is drawn from the outside and a chamber groove; a lower substrate including a reservoir groove to provide a reservoir storing the fluid drawn through the inlet; a piezoelectric actuator formed on the upper substrate and supplying a driving force for fluid ejection to a chamber; and at least one support protruding from a bottom of the reservoir groove so as to support the upper substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Sang Jin KIM, Suk Ho Song, Bo Sung Ku
  • Patent number: 8191260
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a liquid ejection head includes forming on a substrate a first flow passage wall forming member contacting a solid layer of equal height, exposing a first layer of a negative photosensitive resin material to form an ejection outlet forming member; exposing a second layer, on the first layer, of a negative photosensitive resin material to form a second flow passage wall forming member for forming another part of the wall of the flow passage; placing the exposed first and second layers on the solid layer and the first flow passage wall forming member so that a non-exposed portion of the second layer contacts the solid layer; forming parts of the flow passage and the ejection outlet by removing non-exposed portions of the first and second layers above the substrate; and forming the flow passage by removing the solid layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Kaisha
    Inventors: Maki Kato, Masaki Ohsumi, Yoshinori Tagawa, Kazuhiro Asai, Masahiko Kubota, Tamaki Sato, Akihiko Okano
  • Patent number: 8191998
    Abstract: A compact print head enabling high-quality, high-speed printing is provided. A liquid ejecting head includes: a substrate, having elements that generate energy used to eject liquid from ejection openings, and provided with a liquid supply port that communicates with a surface of the substrate having the elements and an opposite surface thereof; a member, provided above the surface of the substrate, and having walls of a liquid flow path that communicates with ejection openings and the supply port; an insulating layer, provided so as to cover the supply port, and provided with a plurality of through-holes; and a conducting layer electrically coupled to the elements, and provided within the insulating layer so as to be insulated with respect to the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuaki Shibata, Hirokazu Komuro, Takuya Hatsui, Takahiro Matsui
  • Publication number: 20120133709
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, when an electrode protection film of an inorganic material, which is apt to form a pin hole by influence of roughness of a ground, is used, an electrode as a smoothed electrode is formed on the ground of the electrode protection film by a plating method, or a film is formed as a smoothed layer (film) by an inorganic coating material such as SIRAGUSITAL (trade name: New Technology Creating Institute Co., Ltd.), such that the thickness of the electrode protection film is 1.0 ?m or more, and the average surface roughness of the ground of the electrode protection film is 0.6 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masashi Seki, Masashi Shimosato
  • Publication number: 20120133711
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid-jetting head includes: providing a flow passage unit in which a plurality of jetting ports and a plurality of individual liquid flow passages are formed; providing a plurality of actuator units which are arranged to be adjacent to each other on a surface of the flow passage unit and each of which includes a plurality of actuators having individual electrodes corresponding to the individual liquid flow passages; providing a drive circuit for each of the actuator units which supplies a drive signal to each of the actuators; providing a plurality of wiring members each of which is fixed on one of the actuator units to electrically connect the actuator unit and the drive circuit; folding base materials of the wiring members; and joining the base materials to the actuator units after folding the base materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventor: Shuhei HIWADA
  • Publication number: 20120133712
    Abstract: An inkjet head includes an actuator row fixed to a substrate. Plural concave grooves formed in the actuator row at intervals along a row direction serve as pressure chambers. The inkjet head ejects ink in the pressure chambers from nozzles facing the pressure chambers. The actuator row includes a piezoelectric member formed in a convex shape including a trapezoidal section forming sidewalls of the pressure chambers viewed in a latitudinal direction and a flat section projecting sideways from a side of the trapezoidal section. The flat section fits in a recessed section formed in the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masafumi Ohsawa
  • Publication number: 20120124835
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid ejection head manufacturing method including step A of preparing a substrate having the flow path mold; step B of arranging a first layer serving as the flow path wall member so as to cover the flow path mold; step C of curing a portion serving as a flow path sidewall of the first layer; step D of arranging a second layer so as to cover the cured portion of the first layer and the flow path mold; step E of planarizing the second layer by pressing the second layer toward the substrate side; step F of arranging the ejection port in the first layer and the second layer; and step G of forming the flow path by removing the flow path mold in this order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiko Okano, Yasuaki Tominaga
  • Publication number: 20120120155
    Abstract: Provided are a method for manufacturing a droplet ejection head having a structure in which a substrate having an energy-generating element that imparts energy to a liquid to eject a liquid droplet from an ejection orifice and an orifice plate having the ejection orifice formed therein are laminated through a flow channel member for forming a pattern of a liquid flow channel that is a region in which the liquid flows, wherein at least one of a plate before being laminated and the flow channel member before being laminated has a void of at least one of a through-hole other than the ejection orifice and a recess in the face to be laminated; and the droplet ejection head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 8176607
    Abstract: A method for fabricating VHF and/or UHF quartz resonators (for higher sensitivity) in a cartridges design with the quartz resonators requiring much smaller sample volumes than required by conventional resonators, and also enjoying smaller size and more reliable assembly. MEMS fabrication approaches are used to fabricate with quartz resonators in quartz cavities with electrical interconnects on a top side of a substrate for electrical connection to the electronics preferably through pressure pins in a plastic module. An analyte is exposed to grounded electrodes on a single side of the quartz resonators, thereby preventing electrical coupling of the detector signals through the analyte. The resonators can be mounted on the plastic cartridge or on arrays of plastic cartridges with the use of inert bonding material, die bonding or wafer bonding techniques. This allows the overall size, cost, and required biological sample volume to be reduced while increasing the sensitivity for detecting small mass changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Randall L. Kubena, Tsung-Yuan Hsu
  • Patent number: 8176630
    Abstract: A liquid droplet ejection head includes: a nozzle plate that has a plurality of nozzles ejecting a liquid droplet; a flow path member that includes: pressure generating chambers that communicate with the nozzles; and liquid supply paths through which liquid is supplied to the pressure generating chambers; and a damper portion that is disposed in at least one part of a region, the region being on the nozzle plate, corresponding to the liquid supply paths, the damper portion reducing a fluctuation of an ejection amount of the liquid droplets to enable stable ejection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Kataoka, Hideki Fukunaga, Hiroshi Inoue, Yuji Nishimura, Susumu Hirakata, Atsumichi Imazeki
  • Publication number: 20120113189
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a head main body including a nozzle opening that ejects a liquid; and a fixed plate fixed to a liquid ejecting surface of the head main body, and including an exposure opening, the nozzle opening of the head main body being formed in the liquid ejecting surface of the head main body, the nozzle opening of the liquid ejecting surface being exposed to the exposure opening. A positioning hole open to the liquid ejecting surface and positioned with respect to the nozzle opening is provided in the head main body. The fixed plate is fixed to the liquid ejecting surface so as to close the positioning hole. The fixed plate includes an extension portion protruding from the liquid ejecting surface. At least two head positioning holes are provided in the extension portion. 16443.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Shigeki SUZUKI, Hiroshige OWAKI
  • Publication number: 20120113198
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head is provided which includes: an ejection element substrate having an energy generating element, an ejection orifice for ejecting a liquid, and a liquid supply port communicatively connected to the ejection orifice; and a support member supporting the ejection element substrate and having a liquid guide path for supplying the liquid to the liquid supply port. The support member is formed by baking a laminate including at least one guide path plate having a through-hole for constituting a part of the liquid guide path, a filter plate having an opening for disposing a filter member for filtering the liquid, and a filter member disposed in the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takeshi Shibata
  • Patent number: 8171634
    Abstract: A method of producing a plurality of effusion holes in a wall of a combustor of a gas turbine engine comprises: determining a hole pattern definition which provides a functional relationship of the spacing between each adjacent hole within the row of holes; using the hole pattern definition to identify individual positions of the effusion holes to be produced; and using a hole producing system to produce the effusion holes at the identified positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Nagaraja Rudrapatna, Bhawan Patel
  • Patent number: 8171635
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid ejecting head is disclosed. The head includes first and second supply members forming parts of a liquid supply passage. The liquid ejecting head includes a filter disposed between the first and second supply members so as to cross the liquid supply passage, and an integrally molded member fixing the first and second supply members by a resin in a state where the filter is nipped between the first and second supply members. The method includes: disposing the filter in one of the first and second supply members; nipping the filter by the first and second supply members in a state where the filter is sucked, adsorbed, and positioned via a suction hole of the first or second supply member; and forming the integrally molded member in the state where the filter is nipped between the first and second supply members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Katsuhiro Okubo, Kazuhide Nakamura, Nobuyoshi Uji
  • Publication number: 20120105543
    Abstract: There are provided an inkjet head package, an apparatus and a method for assembling the same. The inkjet head package may include a plurality of inkjet heads each having an ink channel so as to eject ink through a plurality of nozzles formed on one surface thereof, and a frame having one surface to which another surface of the plurality of inkjet heads is fixed while facing the one surface thereof, the frame including an opening for exposing a portion of the another surface disposed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Chul Sim, Jae Woo Joung, Yong Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20120105546
    Abstract: Provided is an inkjet head, including: a substrate having an energy generating element for generating energy to be used for ejecting liquid; and a liquid flow path forming member, which forms patterns of an ejection orifice for ejecting the liquid and a liquid flow path communicating with the ejection orifice and which has a surface subjected to water-repellent treatment, in which the inkjet head includes, in a surface having the ejection orifice, multiple water-repellent areas subjected to water-repellent treatment, and multiple recesses each having a bottom in the liquid flow path forming member and having a surface not subjected to water-repellent treatment. Also provided is a method of manufacturing an inkjet head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isamu Horiuchi, Shoji Shiba
  • Publication number: 20120098896
    Abstract: A droplet ejection head includes: a nozzle plate which has a nozzle aperture for ejecting droplets of liquid; a flow channel structure including a pressure chamber which contains the liquid and is connected to the nozzle aperture through a flow channel; and a pressure generating element which applies pressure to the liquid in the pressure chamber, wherein an ejection surface of the nozzle plate where the droplets of the liquid are ejected is made of a fluorine-containing DLC film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventor: Yasukazu Nihei
  • Patent number: 8162440
    Abstract: Provided are an inkjet printhead and a method of manufacturing the same. The inkjet printhead includes: a substrate including an ink feed hole; a chamber layer formed on the substrate and including a plurality of ink chambers in which ink supplied from the ink feed hole may be filled; and a nozzle layer formed on the chamber layer and including a plurality of nozzles through which ink may be ejected, wherein the chamber layer and the nozzle layer are respectively formed of cured products of a first negative photoresist composition and a second negative photoresist composition, wherein the first negative photoresist composition and the second negative photoresist composition include a bisphenol-A novolac epoxy resin represented by Formula 1; at least one epoxy resin selected from a first epoxy resin represented by Formula 2, and a second epoxy resin represented by Formula 3; a cationic photoinitiator; and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Joon Park, Myong-Jong Kwon, Jin-Wook Lee, Young-Ung Ha
  • Patent number: 8161647
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a recording head includes providing a recording element substrate and a circuit board having an inner lead connector, the recording element substrate including an energy generating element configured to generate energy used to discharge ink and an electrical connector to be electrically connected to the element, bonding the electrical connector of the recording element substrate to the inner lead connector of the circuit board, and applying a thixotropic sealant to the inner lead connector to seal the inner lead while exerting shear force on the sealant by ultrasonic vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsutoshi Noguchi
  • Patent number: 8161648
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a recording head including a recording element substrate provided with an energy-generating element which generates energy used for discharging ink and an ink-supplying port through which ink is supplied to the energy-generating element, and a supporting member which supports the recording element substrate, the recording element substrate and the supporting member being bonded and fixed together by an ultraviolet curable adhesive, the method including applying ultraviolet light, along a line of intersection between a wall surface in the longitudinal direction of the ink-supplying port and a wall surface in the lateral direction of the ink-supplying port, toward a corner which is an intersection point among a side on the supporting member side of the wall surface in the longitudinal direction, a side on the supporting member side of the wall surface in the lateral direction, and the line of intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masato Takikawa
  • Publication number: 20120092422
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes: a nozzle plate including plural nozzles; a piezoelectric element including plural pressure chambers corresponding to the nozzles and sidewalls provided adjacent to the pressure chambers and serving as driving elements configured to press the pressure chambers to eject liquid from the nozzles; a substrate to which the piezoelectric element is bonded; and a frame member placed on the substrate to surround the piezoelectric element. Grooves are formed on the upper end, and in which an adhesive is applied to bond the upper ends of the sidewalls and the nozzle plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicants: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Nobuaki MUROCHI, Hiroyuki Kushida
  • Patent number: 8156650
    Abstract: A selective surface treatment method using a block copolymer, a black matrix and a method of manufacturing the same, and a nozzle plate and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. According to the method of manufacturing a nozzle plate, a block copolymer layer including an ink-phobic polymer block and an ink-philic polymer block may be formed on a stamp, a substrate having nozzles formed therein and an ink-philic coating film formed on an outer surface of the substrate and inner walls of the nozzles may be prepared, and the block copolymer layer formed on the stamp may be transferred onto an upper surface of the ink-philic coating film formed on the outer surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-woon Cha, Wou-sik Kim, Seong-jin Kim
  • Patent number: 8152283
    Abstract: A liquid-jet head has a passage-forming substrate with an individual path including a pressure-generating chamber communicating with a nozzle orifice which ejects a liquid. The head also has a pressure-generating element, a protection plate, a reservoir, a compliance plate, a through hole, an introducing path, and a flexible portion with flexibility in a region of the compliance plate, the region facing the reservoir, which region covers at least from a part facing the through hole to a part surrounding the introducing path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshige Owaki
  • Publication number: 20120075386
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head comprises: a liquid discharge head substrate including an element row in which a plurality of energy generating elements for generating thermal energy for use in discharging liquid are arranged; and a discharge port member corresponding to each of the plurality of energy generating elements, the discharge port members including a plurality of walls in contact with the liquid discharge head substrate to form a plurality of liquid chambers for storing liquid and a plurality of discharge ports which communicate with each of the plurality of the liquid chambers to discharge liquid with the thermal energy generated by the energy generating element; and a plurality of heat dissipating members corresponding to each of the plurality of the liquid chambers and having a first portion exposed to the liquid chamber and a second portion exposed to the atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Ibe, Hiroto Komiyama, Toshiaki Kurosu, Kouji Hasegawa, Koji Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20120073135
    Abstract: A method of forming a printhead nozzle chamber includes steps of forming a first laminate of sacrificial layers on a substrate, the first laminate of sacrificial layers being formed as a ring on the substrate; hard-baking the first laminate of sacrificial layers to cause a shrinkage in the first laminate of sacrificial layers, the shrinkage further causing edges of the first laminate of sacrificial layers to angle inwards and form an approximate trapezoidal cross-section; depositing a TiN layer over the first laminate of sacrificial layer and the substrate, the TiN layer being inclined at portions deposited over the inwardly angled edges; etching the TiN layer to form a paddle and a nozzle chamber rim, the paddle incorporating an inner inclined portion and the nozzle chamber rim incorporating a complementary outer inclined portion, the paddle and nozzle rim defining an aperture therebetween; and removing the first laminate of sacrificial layers
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventor: Kia Silverbrook
  • Patent number: 8141250
    Abstract: A droplet discharging head comprises a pressure chamber in which fluid is filled through a channel, and a nozzle that is connected to the pressure chamber and which discharges the fluid as a droplet. After the droplet discharging head is assembled, at least the wall surfaces contacting the fluid are coated with a carbonized silicon film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kumiko Tanaka, Michiaki Murata
  • Publication number: 20120069094
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejection head including a substrate including a liquid supply port and an energy generating element, in which the liquid supply port has at least one groove shape formed in a wall surface thereof, the at least one groove shape extending from a rear surface, which is a surface opposite to a front surface on which the energy generating element is formed, toward the front surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiko Okano, Masahiko Kubota, Ryoji Kanri, Yoshiyuki Fukumoto, Masafumi Morisue
  • Publication number: 20120069090
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of heads and a head support member. Each head has multiple nozzles arrayed in at least one row to eject liquid droplets. The support member has first and second positioning portions to position each head. Each head has a first positioning face to position each head in a nozzle array direction and a second positioning face to position each head in a direction perpendicular to the nozzle array direction. The first positioning face and the second positioning face are cut faces formed by cutting. Each of a first distance between the first positioning face and a first reference nozzle and a second distance between the second positioning face and a second reference nozzle is uniform between the heads. Each head is mounted to the support member with the first and second positioning faces contacting the first and second positioning portions, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Shinozaki
  • Patent number: 8137573
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head including a substrate and a member, disposed above the substrate, having passages communicatively connected to discharge ports through which a liquid is ejected includes providing first solid layers made of a positive photosensitive resin above the substrate such that outer side surfaces of the first solid layers form an obtuse angle with the substrate; providing a second solid layer above the substrate such that the second solid layer abuts the outer side surfaces of the first solid layers, the second solid layer being processed into at least one portion of a mold for the passages; exposing portions of the outer side surfaces of the first solid layers through the second solid layer; removing the exposed portions from the first solid layers; and providing a cover layer over the second solid layer, the cover layer being processed into the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Isamu Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20120055021
    Abstract: An inkjet head manufacturing method includes the following steps. Firstly, a multilayered structure with a plurality of microstructure layers is provided. The alignment check holes of the microstructure layers are concentric and have different diameters. Then, the microstructure layers are stacked together and the microstructure layers are aligned with each other according to the concentric and different-diameter alignment check holes, wherein a dry film layer is sandwiched between every two adjacent microstructure layers. The preset slots of the microstructure layers are collectively defined as inlet flow channels, ink chambers, pressure cavities and outlet flow channels. Then, the multilayered structure is assembled and positioned through the dry film layers by a thermal compression process. Then, a cutting knife is used to linearly cut the actuator plate over a spacer between every two adjacent pressure cavities and along a path parallel with rims of the pressure cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: MICROJECT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chiang-Ho Cheng, Ke-Ming Huang, Wen-Ti Lo, Hsien-Chung Tai, Kwo-Yuan Shi
  • Publication number: 20120056938
    Abstract: A tank unit includes two or more liquid accommodating containers disposed in a row. Each of the liquid accommodating containers includes a main body having a concave shape defining a side opening and a film that blocks the side opening. The main body and the film at least partially define a liquid accommodating chamber for accommodating a liquid. The main body includes a facing wall that faces the film across the liquid accommodating chamber and has a wall larger than the side opening. The liquid accommodating containers are disposed such that the film of at least one of the liquid accommodating containers is covered by the facing wall of an adjacent one of the liquid accommodating containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taku Ishizawa, Yoshiaki Shimizu, Masaru Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20120056947
    Abstract: An inkjet head including: a nozzle plate including: a nozzle configured to eject ink; a first electrode formed to surround the nozzle; a piezoelectric film provided to surround the nozzle and in contact with the first electrode; and a second electrode formed in contact with the piezoelectric film and made of a metal material forming the nozzle; and an ink supply path for supplying the ink to the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Chiaki Tanuma, Shuhei Yokoyama, Ryuichi Arai, Ryutaro Kusunoki
  • Publication number: 20120056950
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting recording head using a flow duct material which includes an oxetane resin composition that contains, as necessary components, an oxetane compound having at least one oxetanyl group in a molecule, and a cationic photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicants: TAIYO INK MFG. CO., LTD, SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Igarashi, Shogo Ono, Manabu Tomita, Minoru Kohno, Shigeru Ushiki, Shohei Makita
  • Publication number: 20120055022
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a liquid ejection head, the method including the steps of preparing a substrate having a flow-path-wall member; bonding the flow-path-wall member to a resin layer that is composed of a photo-curing resin and serves as an ejection port member such that spaces serving as the flow paths are provided inside; providing through-holes in the resin layer such that the spaces communicate with the outside air; exposing part of the resin layer; heating the exposed portion of the resin layer; and removing the unexposed portion from the heated resin layer to form the ejection ports, thereby forming the ejection port member in the resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiji Matsumoto, Shuji Koyama, Sakai Yokoyama, Kenji Fujii, Jun Yamamuro
  • Patent number: 8128204
    Abstract: 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 to eject liquid. The ejection port, from which a liquid is ejected, is located at a position corresponding to the energy generating element. The liquid channel communicates with the ejection port and penetrates the substrate from the one side to another side of the substrate. The supply port communicates with the liquid channel. The substrate has a projecting layer extending inward of an inner peripheral portion of an opening in the supply port in the one side, and the projecting layer and the energy generating element are formed of the same material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriyasu Ozaki, Junichi Kobayashi, Shuji Koyama, Tadanobu Nagami, Yoshinori Tagawa, Kenji Fujii, Hiroyuki Murayama, Masaki Ohsumi, Jun Yamamuro, Yoshinobu Urayama, Hiroyuki Abo, Takeshi Terada, Masahisa Watanabe, Taichi Yonemoto
  • Patent number: 8129624
    Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a sense element port, a support ring and a plurality of interference fit slits to provide a flexible interference fit between the sense element port and the support ring to form a substantially flush lap joint. The sensor also includes an electronics board inside the support ring and attached to planar mounting tabs which provide a stable mounting. Gel flow barriers protect electronics board features from unwanted non-conductive gel. Double-ended symmetrical, tapered contact springs provide manufacturing cost savings and contribute to improved alignment of an interface connector of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Sensata Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew F. Willner, Lauren Snedeker, Brian Wilkie, Gifford Plume, Prasanth Ambady
  • Publication number: 20120047738
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of manufacturing a liquid discharge head, which includes providing a substrate on which a solid member that becomes a flow path wall member is disposed to surround a region that becomes a flow path, forming a mold made of a metal or a metal compound inside of the region, disposing a cover layer made of a resin to cover the solid member and the mold, and removing the mold to form the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuji Koyama, Sakai Yokoyama, Kenji Fujii, Jun Yamamuro, Keiji Matsumoto, Tetsuro Honda, Kouji Sasaki, Kenta Furusawa, Keisuke Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20120047737
    Abstract: When protective portions are independently provided for each energy generation element, a leakage current inspection between the protective portions and the energy generation elements cannot be performed at once. Therefore, there is a concern that the inspection in manufacturing a substrate for liquid ejection head requires time. Therefore, the substrate for liquid ejection head is manufactured by performing a leakage current inspection between a connecting portion that is electrically connected to plurality of protective portions and a terminal to which the plurality of energy generation elements are connected, and thereafter removing the connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuzuru Ishida, Takuya Hatsui, Kazuaki Shibata, Takeru Yasuda, Ryoji Oohashi, Yoshiyuki Imanaka, Koichi Omata, Hideo Tamura, Kousuke Kubo, Yuji Tamaru
  • Publication number: 20120051985
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing liquid droplet microarrays, including: providing a lower substrate on which microstructures are patterned; providing an upper substrate to which one or more liquid path lines and a liquid reservoir are linked at both sides thereof; placing the upper substrate over the lower substrate; and arranging liquid droplets in microarrays on the structures of the lower substrate by allowing a liquid contained in the liquid reservoir to flow though the liquid path lines. Provided also are liquid droplet microarrays obtained by the method, a device for delivering a material including the liquid droplet microarrays, and a method for delivering a material through the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: SNU R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sin-Doo LEE, Sang-Wook LEE, Seung Chul PARK
  • Publication number: 20120047736
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a liquid ejection head, the liquid ejection head including: a substrate having an energy generating element that generates energy for ejecting liquid; and a flow path forming member having, on an upper side of the energy generating element, an ejection orifice for ejecting the liquid and a bubble generating chamber communicated with the ejection orifice, the method including: preparing a negative photosensitive resin as a material constituting the flow path forming member; and performing first exposure treatment for forming a first image constituting a side wall of the bubble generating chamber and second exposure treatment for forming a second image constituting a side wall of the ejection orifice so that a side wall of the first image and a side wall of the second image cross each other diagonally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Isamu Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 8122591
    Abstract: In order to provide a manufacturing method for a heating resistor element component, with which an insulating film (undercoat) can be easily handled, damage caused in the insulating film can be reduced, and a high yield can be ensured, the manufacturing method comprises the steps of: processing, on a surface of a supporting substrate (2), a plurality of concave portions (8) each forming a hollow portion (7) at intervals; processing, on the surface of the supporting substrate (2), a concave part (10) for each region straddling the plurality of concave portions (8) in an arrangement direction of the concave portions (8); placing an insulating film (3) made of sheet glass in each concave part (10); and bonding the insulating film (3) to the supporting substrate (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Shoji, Norimitsu Sanbongi, Yoshinori Sato, Toshimitsu Morooka, Keitaro Koroishi
  • Publication number: 20120044301
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ink-jet print head comprises a support member including a flat portion with an ink supply aperture and an ink discharge aperture formed therein so as to circulate and supply ink, the flat portion including a recess, a base plate fitted in the recess of the support member, a nozzle plate laid over the base plate at a predetermined distance from the base plate and including a plurality of nozzles formed therein in a fixed direction, and an actuator disposed between the base plate and the nozzle plate and including a pressure chamber and a piezoelectric member, the pressure chamber being provided for each corresponding nozzle, and the piezoelectric member being provided to form a wall for the pressure chamber and configured to change capacity of the pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keizaburo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20120042518
    Abstract: A method for producing an inkjet printhead that includes aligning and stacking together an aperture plate and a plurality of jetstack plates; bonding together the aperture plate and plurality of jetstack plates; and depositing a layer of coating material to a surface of the aperture plate by inkjet printing to form a coating on at least a portion of the surface of the aperture plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kock-Yee LAW, Yuanjia Zhang, Varun Sambhy
  • Patent number: 8117751
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an inkjet printhead by forming a plurality of actuators on a monolithic substrate, covering the actuators with a sacrificial material, covering the sacrificial material with a printhead surface layer, defining a plurality of nozzle apertures in the printhead surface layer such that each of the actuators corresponds to one of the nozzle apertures and then, removing at least some of the sacrificial material on each of the actuators through the nozzle aperture corresponding to each of the actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Kia Silverbrook