Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Print head with thermomechanical actuator
- Patent Title (中): 打印头与热机械执行器
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Application No.: US11765049Application Date: 2007-06-19
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Publication No.: US07645027B2Publication Date: 2010-01-12
- Inventor: Kenjiro Watanabe
- Applicant: Kenjiro Watanabe
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2006-171691 20060621
- Main IPC: B41J2/04
- IPC: B41J2/04

Abstract:
A print head using a thermomechanical actuator is capable of improving ejection efficiency and improving print quality by stabilizing an ejecting direction. In a print head for ejecting droplets with the thermomechanical actuator having a first layer and a second layer, the first layer includes a heat generation layer and the second layer includes a plurality of dielectric layers. The thermomechanical actuator includes a fixed end and a free end. The plurality of dielectric layers are laminated on a droplet ejecting side in relation to the heat generation layer and between the fixed end and the free end at the same film thickness. A linear expansion coefficient of the dielectric layer of the fixed end side is smaller than that of the heat generation layer. A linear expansion coefficient of the dielectric layer of the free end side is larger than that of the heat generation layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070296766A1 PRINT HEAD Public/Granted day:2007-12-27
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