LIQUID JET HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID JET HEAD

• US 20110279550A1
• Filed: 05/12/2011
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Otaka, Shimpei, Ono, Takayuki
• Granted Patent: US 8,342,655 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 347/54
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/14 Structure thereof only for on-demand ink jet heads
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/155 for line printing
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2002/14362 Assembling elements of heads
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2002/14491 Electrical connection
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2202/20 Modules
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49401 Fluid pattern dispersing device making, e.g., ink jet

Abstract

A liquid discharge head includes a recording element substrate including an energy generating element, a wiring substrate including wiring, a support substrate for supporting the recording element substrate and the wiring substrate so that a side end portion of the recording element substrate and a side end portion of the wiring substrate are adjacent to each other, and a sealing member, wherein the side end portion of the wiring substrate has a step portion, a distance between a second portion of the step portion on the side opposite to the support substrate and the side end portion of the recording element substrate is larger than a distance between a first portion of the step portion on the side of the support substrate and the side end portion of the recording element substrate, and a part of the wiring is formed in the first portion.

Claims

1. A liquid discharge head comprising:

a recording element substrate including an energy generating element that generates energy used to discharge liquid from a discharge port;

a wiring substrate including wiring electrically connected to the energy generating element;

a support substrate for supporting the recording element substrate and the wiring substrate so that a side end portion of the recording element substrate and a side end portion of the wiring substrate are adjacent to each other; and

a sealing member provided to fill a gap between the side end portion of the recording element substrate and the side end portion of the wiring substrate,

wherein the side end portion of the wiring substrate has a step portion, a distance between a second portion of the step portion on the side opposite to the support substrate and the side end portion of the recording element substrate is larger than a distance between a first portion of the step portion on the side of the support substrate and the side end portion of the recording element substrate, and a part of the wiring is formed in the first portion.

2. The liquid discharge head according to claim 1,

wherein, with respect to a thickness direction of the wiring substrate, the number of wirings formed in an area of the wiring substrate on the side of the support substrate is greater than the number of wirings formed in an area of the wiring substrate on the side opposite to the support substrate.

3. A liquid discharge head comprising:

a recording element substrate including an energy generating element that generates energy used to discharge liquid from a discharge port;

a wiring substrate including wiring electrically connected to the energy generating element;

a support substrate for supporting the recording element substrate and the wiring substrate so that a side end portion of the recording element substrate and a side end portion of the wiring substrate are adjacent to each other;

a sheet member provided on the wiring substrate so that a side end portion of the recording element substrate and a side end portion of the sheet member provided on the wiring substrate are adjacent to each other; and

a sealing member provided to fill a gap between the side end portion of the recording element substrate and the side end portions of the wiring substrate and the sheet member,

wherein a distance between the side end portion of the sheet member and the side end portion of the recording element substrate is larger than a distance between the side end portion of the wiring substrate and the side end portion of the recording element substrate.

4. A method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head, the method comprising:

preparing a liquid discharge head including a recording element substrate including an energy generating element that generates energy used to discharge liquid from a discharge port, a wiring substrate including wiring electrically connected to the energy generating element, and a support substrate for supporting the recording element substrate and the wiring substrate so that a side end portion of the recording element substrate and a side end portion of the wiring substrate are adjacent to each other, wherein the side end portion of the wiring substrate has a step portion, a distance between a second portion of the step portion on the side opposite to the support substrate and the side end portion of the recording element substrate is larger than a distance between a first portion of the step portion on the side of the support substrate and the side end portion of the recording element substrate, and a part of the wiring is formed in the first portion; and

filling a gap between the first portion of the step portion and the side end portion of the recording element substrate with a sealing member by disposing an injection port of a needle for injecting the sealing member between the second portion of the step portion and the side end portion of the recording element substrate and injecting the sealing member from the injection port.

5. The method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head according to claim 4,

wherein a distance between the second portion of the step portion and the side end portion of the recording element substrate is greater than an outer diameter of the needle and a distance between the first portion of the step portion and the side end portion of the recording element substrate is smaller than the outer diameter of the needle.

6. A method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head, the method comprising:

preparing a liquid discharge head including a recording element substrate including an energy generating element that generates energy used to discharge liquid from a discharge port, a wiring substrate including wiring electrically connected to the energy generating element, a support substrate for supporting the recording element substrate and the wiring substrate so that a side end portion of the recording element substrate and a side end portion of the wiring substrate are adjacent to each other, and a sheet member provided on the wiring substrate so that a side end portion of the recording element substrate and a side end portion of the sheet member provided on the wiring substrate are adjacent to each other, wherein a distance between the side end portion of the sheet member and the side end portion of the recording element substrate is larger than a distance between the side end portion of the wiring substrate and the side end portion of the recording element substrate, and

filling a gap between the side end portion of the wiring substrate and the side end portion of the recording element substrate with a sealing member by disposing an injection port of a needle for injecting the sealing member between the side end portion of the sheet member and the side end portion of the recording element substrate and injecting the sealing member from the injection port.

7. The method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head according to claim 6,

wherein a distance between the side end portion of the sheet member and the side end portion of the recording element substrate is greater than an outer diameter of the needle and a distance between the side end portion of the wiring substrate and the side end portion of the recording element substrate is smaller than the outer diameter of the needle.