Liquid discharging head and liquid discharging apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11958291-B2
Application number	US-202217826212-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2022
Priority date	May 28, 2021
Publication date	Apr 16, 2024
Grant date	Apr 16, 2024

Abstract

an adhesive having a first amount exists on a side of the first piezoelectric element line, of a joint of the wiring substrate and the pressure chamber substrate or the vibration plate, an adhesive having a second amount that is larger than the first amount exists on a side of the second piezoelectric element line of the wiring substrate, of the joint, and a first discharging element related to the first piezoelectric element line is different from a second discharging element related to the second piezoelectric element line.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid discharging head comprising:
a pressure chamber substrate on which a plurality of first pressure chambers and a plurality of second pressure chambers are formed;
a first piezoelectric element line in which a plurality of piezoelectric elements is arranged, each of the plurality of piezoelectric elements being provided for each of the plurality of first pressure chambers;
a second piezoelectric element line in which a plurality of piezoelectric elements is arranged, each of the plurality of piezoelectric elements being provided for each of the plurality of second pressure chambers;
a wiring substrate that is disposed between the first piezoelectric element line and the second piezoelectric element line and supplies a voltage to the plurality of piezoelectric elements in the first piezoelectric element line and the plurality of piezoelectric elements in the second piezoelectric element line; and
a vibration plate that is disposed, in a thickness direction of the pressure chamber substrate, between the pressure chamber substrate and the plurality of piezoelectric elements, wherein
an adhesive having a first amount exists on a side of the first piezoelectric element line, of a joint of the wiring substrate and the pressure chamber substrate or the vibration plate,
an adhesive having a second amount that is larger than the first amount exists on a side of the second piezoelectric element line of the wiring substrate, of the joint, and
a first discharging element related to the first piezoelectric element line is different from a second discharging element related to the second piezoelectric element line.

2. The liquid discharging head according to claim 1 , wherein
directions that mutually intersect are a first direction and a second direction,
in each of the first piezoelectric element line and the second piezoelectric element line, the plurality of piezoelectric elements is arranged in the first direction, and
the first piezoelectric element line and the second piezoelectric element line are mutually separated in the second direction.

3. The liquid discharging head according to claim 2 , wherein
the first discharging element includes a length of the first pressure chamber in the first direction,
the second discharging element includes a length of the second pressure chamber in the first direction, and
the length of the second pressure chamber in the first direction is longer than the length of the first pressure chamber in the first direction.

4. The liquid discharging head according to claim 2 , wherein
the plurality of piezoelectric elements has
an individual electrode that is provided individually for the plurality of piezoelectric elements,
a common electrode provided in common for the plurality of piezoelectric elements, and
a piezoelectric laminate that is disposed between the individual electrode and the common electrode,
the first discharging element includes a length of the individual electrode, in the first direction, of each of the piezoelectric elements in the first piezoelectric element line,
the second discharging element includes a length of the individual electrode, in the first direction, of the piezoelectric element in the second piezoelectric element line, and
the length of the individual electrode, in the first direction, of the piezoelectric element in the second piezoelectric element line is longer than the length of the individual electrode, in the first direction, of the piezoelectric element in the first piezoelectric element line.

5. The liquid discharging head according to claim 2 , wherein
the plurality of piezoelectric elements has
an individual electrode that is provided individually for the plurality of piezoelectric elements,
a common electrode provided in common for the plurality of piezoelectric elements, and
a piezoelectric laminate that is disposed between the individual electrode and the common electrode,
the first discharging element includes a length of the piezoelectric laminate, in the first direction, of each of the piezoelectric elements in the first piezoelectric element line,
the second discharging element includes a length of the piezoelectric laminate, in the first direction, of the piezoelectric element in the second piezoelectric element line, and
the length of the piezoelectric laminate, in the first direction, of the piezoelectric element in the second piezoelectric element line is shorter than the length of the piezoelectric laminate, in the first direction, of the piezoelectric element in the first piezoelectric element line.

6. The liquid discharging head according to claim 2 , wherein
the first discharging element includes a length of the first pressure chamber in the second direction,
the second discharging element includes a length of the second pressure chamber in the second direction, and
the length of the second pressure chamber in the second direction is longer than the length of the first pressure chamber in the second direction.

7. The liquid discharging head according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a first passage that is configured to make a liquid flow from an outside upstream of the first pressure chamber to a first nozzle that discharges the liquid, through the first pressure chamber; and
a second passage that is configured to make a liquid flow from an outside upstream of the second pressure chamber to a second nozzle that discharges the liquid, through the second pressure chamber, wherein
the first discharging element includes a minimum cross sectional area when viewed in a flowing direction of the liquid in the first passage,
the second discharging element includes a minimum cross sectional area when viewed in a flowing direction of the liquid in the second passage, and
the minimum cross sectional area of the second passage when viewed in the flowing direction of the liquid in the second passage is larger than the minimum cross sectional area of the first passage when viewed in the flowing direction of the liquid in the first passage.

8. The liquid discharging head according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a first nozzle that communicates with the first pressure chamber and discharges a liquid; and
a second nozzle that communicates with the second pressure chamber and discharges a liquid, wherein
the first discharging element includes a diameter of the first nozzle,
the second discharging element includes a diameter of the second nozzle, and
the diameter of the second nozzle is larger than the diameter of the first nozzle.

9. The liquid discharging head according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a nozzle that communicates with both of the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber in common and discharges a liquid.

10. The liquid discharging head according to claim 1 , wherein
the wiring substrate includes
a main body portion that extends in the thickness direction of the pressure chamber substrate, and
a terminal that is bent toward a side of the second piezoelectric element line from an end portion of the main body portion on a side of the pressure chamber substrate.

11. A liquid discharging apparatus comprising:
the liquid discharging head according to claim 1 ; and
a control unit that controls discharge of a liquid by the liquid discharging head.

12. A liquid discharging head comprising:
a pressure chamber substrate on which a plurality of first pressure chambers and a plurality of second pressure chambers are formed;
a first piezoelectric element line in which a plurality of piezoelectric elements is arranged, each of the plurality of piezoelectric elements being provided for each of t

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Mizuta Shohei
• Okui Hiroaki

Classifications

• B41J2/14233 Primary

  of film type, deformed by bending and disposed on a diaphragm · CPC title

• B41J2/14201

  Structure of print heads with piezoelectric elements · CPC title

• B41J2002/14241

  having a cover around the piezoelectric thin film element · CPC title

• B41J2002/14306

  Flow passage between manifold and chamber · CPC title

• B41J2002/14491

  Electrical connection · CPC title