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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of assembling a print head having an electrical interconnect layer that is manufactured more easily than conventional assemblies to increase the jet density of a piezoelectric ink jet print head.SOLUTION: A method of forming an ink jet print head can include a step of attaching multiple piezoelectric elements 20 to a diaphragm 36, a step of dispensing an interstitial layer 50 over the diaphragm, a step of electrically coupling multiple conductive elements 62 to the multiple piezoelectric elements, and a step of curing the interstitial layer. Multiple electrically isolated conductive particles 54 in the interstitial layer electrically couple the multiple conductive elements to the multiple piezoelectric elements. The conductive particles can be evenly distributed throughout the whole of a dielectric of the interstitial layer or can be localized to the top surface of each piezoelectric element and interposed between the multiple piezoelectric elements and the multiple conductive elements. The conductive elements can be part of a flex circuit manifold printed circuit board 60.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the number of plates forming a nozzle stack of an inkjet print head. SOLUTION: An inkjet external ink manifold 20 includes a manifold body 22. The manifold body includes ink manifold chambers and ports 31 to connect the chambers to an ink reservoir. An adhesion layer 32 is arranged on the ink manifold chambers and sealed. The adhesion layer 32 is provided with ports 34, 36 and 38 to connect the ink manifold chambers to the nozzle stack. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a suitable heater structure for ink jet print head. SOLUTION: A segmented heater structure discharging a fluid onto a medium has heater segments. The area of each heater segment in the heater structure and the power consumption level thereof are selected to discharge fluid droplets of different dimensions based on the pulse voltage and/or the pulse width being used. As the pulse voltage and/or the pulse width being applied to a specified channel increase, a larger number of heating segments in that discharge channel generate bubbles thus producing a larger droplet. Consequently, the volume and the spot size of a discharged fluid droplet can be increased as the pulse voltage and/or the pulse width increase.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid overheating (causing deterioration of mechanic and electrical properties of a brush) a commutator at laser beam cutting. SOLUTION: This electrical part (commutator brush) 114 has one end to electrically contact at least another part (the electrode of a donor roll). The electrical part 114 has a support 118 and a plurality of conductive fibers 116, having sections extended outward from at least the support, so as to form a brush structure. The free end of the brush is constituted to contact other parts. A laser beam cuts the free end so as to minimize heating of the fiber in cutting. This kind of brush can be used as the commutator brush for scavengeless developer of an electrophotographic printer.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high strength filter in which handling and processing step can be carried out without causing any damage while preventing a mixed substance from entering into a channel. SOLUTION: A filter 14 employs a substance which can be fused by laser and removed and the filter 14 is bonded to the ink inlet side of the basic body while being aligned. A thin polymer film is fused and removed while penetrating a mask or a screen and a fine array of small holes is provided in an ink injecting region. The film is laminated to a channel base body to form a filter 14 covering one or more than one ink inlet 25. A substrate is diced therefrom and individual die print head modules, each comprising a filter 14 having one or more than one ink inlet 25, are formed.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a structure for forming an interstitial layer of an inkjet print head which has a dielectric interstitial layer to a uniform thickness.SOLUTION: A flexible upper plate 72 stuck to a press can be used to apply pressure to an uncured dielectric interstitial layer 50. The uncured dielectric interstitial layer 50 is brought into contact with the flexible upper plate 72 and is cured while holding the contact and while applying a pressure to the uncured dielectric interstitial layer 50 using the press 68. Use of not a hard upper plate, but the flexible upper plate 72 forms an interstitial layer which is more uniform or has a flat upper surface on the array of piezoelectric elements 20.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an interconnect and method for interconnecting a tightly packed electrical device array with a flex circuit. SOLUTION: The interconnecting method includes: a step of positioning the contact pad 132 of a flexible circuit with the array element 110 of the electrical device array having a standoff layer 120 beforehand, wherein the standoff layer 120 is disposed between the contact pad 132 and the array element 110, the standoff layer 120 has an opening and the contact pad 132 covers a part of the opening; a step of removing the substrate part of the flexible circuit, forming a through-hole along the flexible circuit and exposing the contact pad 132; and a step of filling a conductive material into the opening of the standoff layer 120 and into the through-hole formed along the flexible circuit 130 contacting the bond pad of the array element and contacting the contact pad of the flexible circuit. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid droplet ejecting device for facilitating control of liquid droplets. SOLUTION: This liquid droplet ejecting device is comprised of a manifold, a viscoelastic structure acoustically coupled to the manifold, and a plurality of liquid droplet generators fluidically communicated to the manifold. The viscoelastic structure can achieve acoustic attenuation over a frequency range including the frequency for generating banding of an image, for example, a frequency range of about 0.5 kHZ to about 5 kHz. In another example, the viscoelastic structure can achieve acoustic attenuation over a frequency range including the frequency which generates density noise in the image, for example, a frequency range of about 5 kHz to about 45 kHz. Moreover, the viscoelastic structure can achieve acoustic attenuation over a frequency range including a liquid droplet ejection frequency. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid droplet discharging device which forms the electrical connection to an electromechanical transducer connected to a metal diaphragm plate in an ink-jet printhead structure. SOLUTION: The droplet discharging device 20 is provided with a diaphragm layer 137 arranged on a fluid channel layer 131, a rough-surfaced adhesion region 137A, which is formed on the surface of the diaphragm layer 137, a thin-film circuit 138, which is arranged on the adhesion region 137A and has a conformal and raised contact region 191, and a plurality of the electromechanical transducers 139. The electromechanical transducer 139 is connected so as to adhere to the conformal and raised contact region 191 by the concavo-convex contact formed between the conformal and raised contact region 191 and the electromechanical transducer 139. The electromechanical transducer 139 is electrically connected to the conformal and raised contact region 191. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a piezoelectric transducer which has high efficiency, simple manufacturing, and high yield. SOLUTION: In a system and method of the piezoelectric transducer 1, a mesa 12 structure, mounted in between a piezoelectric element 22 and a chamber diaphragm 10, is utilized. In the system, the net movement to the chamber diaphragm 10 can be used as a sensor, generating a net charge which is equal to the sum of the charges at each piezoelectric diaphragm 10. Also the system can be used as an actuator, which produces a movement of the piezoelectric element 22 and the chamber diaphragm 10, when a voltage is applied. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI