ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER

    公开(公告)号:US20190044055A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-07

    申请号:US16047367

    申请日:2018-07-27

    摘要: An electromechanical transducer includes an electromechanical transducer film of laminated layers including a perovskite-type complex oxide represented by a general formula of ABO3; and a pair of electrodes opposed to each other with the electromechanical transducer film interposed between the pair of electrodes. In the general formula of ABO3, A includes Pb and B includes Zr and Ti. A variable ratio ΔPb of Pb, determined by Pb(max)−Pb(min), is 6% or less and a variable ratio ΔZr of Zr, determined by Zr(max)−Zr(min), is 9% or less, where an atomic weight ratio of Pb in the electromechanical transducer film is denoted by Pb/B, an atomic weight ratio of Zr in the electromechanical transducer film is denoted by Zr/B, a maximum value and a minimum value of the atomic weight ratio of Pb in a film thickness direction of the electromechanical transducer film are denoted by Pb(max) and Pb(min), respectively, and a maximum value and a minimum value of the atomic weight ratio of Zr in the film thickness direction of the electromechanical transducer film are denoted by Zr(max) and Zr(min), respectively.

    LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20230330990A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-19

    申请号:US18132451

    申请日:2023-04-10

    IPC分类号: B41J2/14 H10N30/20 H10N30/88

    摘要: A liquid discharge head includes: a nozzle plate including a nozzle; a liquid chamber substrate having an individual chamber; a diaphragm; a piezoelectric actuator including a piezoelectric body, a wiring portion covering a first region of the piezoelectric actuator; and a protective film covering a second region of the piezoelectric actuator other than the first region. A first outer periphery of the piezoelectric body in the second region is interior of a second outer periphery of the individual chamber in the second region. A gap region between the first outer periphery and the second outer periphery has: a first gap region having a first width in the longitudinal direction; and a second gap region having a second width in a transverse direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, the second width larger than the first width. The protective film covers a part of the first gap region in the second region.

    LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, HEAD MODULE, HEAD DEVICE, LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20220242123A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-04

    申请号:US17567893

    申请日:2022-01-04

    IPC分类号: B41J2/16

    摘要: A liquid discharge head having a nozzle substrate including a nozzle from which a liquid is discharged in a liquid discharge direction, a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle, a diaphragm defining a part of wall of the pressure chamber, and a pressure generator on a first surface of the diaphragm opposite to a second surface of the diaphragm facing the pressure chamber, the pressure generator configured to deform the diaphragm. A gap between a first line and a second line is 40 μm or less in a direction perpendicular to the liquid discharge direction, where the first line extends, in the liquid discharge direction, from a displacement center at which the diaphragm deforms with a maximum displacement amount, and the second line extends from a central position of the nozzle in the liquid discharge direction.

    PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20240316932A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18607640

    申请日:2024-03-18

    申请人: Toshiaki MASUDA

    发明人: Toshiaki MASUDA

    IPC分类号: B41J2/14 H10N30/87

    CPC分类号: B41J2/14274 H10N30/87

    摘要: A piezoelectric actuator includes: a substrate having a pressure chamber elongated in a first direction, the pressure chamber having one end in the first direction; a diaphragm on the substrate and having a one face facing the pressure chamber; and a piezoelectric element including: a lower electrode; a piezoelectric body; and an upper electrode, sequentially laminated on another face of the diaphragm opposite to the one face, the piezoelectric element extending across the one end of the pressure chamber in the first direction, and the lower electrode including multiple lower electrode divisions across the one end in the first direction and separated from each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.

    LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, HEAD MODULE, LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20190270310A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-05

    申请号:US16278937

    申请日:2019-02-19

    IPC分类号: B41J2/175 B41J2/145

    摘要: A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles to discharge a liquid, a plurality of pressure chambers communicating with the plurality of nozzles, respectively, a plurality of individual supply channels communicating with the plurality of pressure chambers, respectively, a plurality of common-supply branch channels each having a side face and a bottom face and communicating with two or more of the plurality of individual supply channels, respectively, and a common-supply main channel communicating with the plurality of common-supply branch channels. The plurality of common-supply branch channels includes a curved portion on a corner between the side face and the bottom face of each of the plurality of common-supply branch channels along a direction of liquid flow in the plurality of common-supply branch channels.

    LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20170100934A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-13

    申请号:US15268711

    申请日:2016-09-19

    IPC分类号: B41J2/14

    摘要: A liquid discharge head includes an actuator substrate and a holding substrate. The actuator substrate includes a plurality of individual liquid chambers and a plurality of pressure generating elements. The plurality of individual liquid chambers is communicated with a plurality of nozzles to discharge liquid. The plurality of pressure generating elements is arrayed to pressurize liquid in the plurality of individual liquid chambers. The holding substrate includes a plurality of recessed portions to accommodate the plurality of pressure generating elements. The holding substrate is bonded to the actuator substrate with an adhesive. The holding substrate has a plurality of openings as a plurality of channels communicating the plurality of individual liquid chambers with a common liquid chamber to supply liquid to the plurality of individual liquid chambers. At least one corner of each of the plurality of openings at least partially has a curved surface.