Patent ID: 7156503
Filing Date: 2007-01-02
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink-jet head, comprising: a base member having front and rear ends, and provided with a plurality of proximate ink receiving channel grooves each defined and separated from another by a respective one of a plurality of channel walls each including a piezoelectric material, and said walls extending between and connecting said front and rear ends together; a cover member arranged in contact with said base member and opposed to a surface of said base member provided with said plurality of channel grooves; said channel grooves having inner spaces defined by inner surfaces; a drive electrode formed on at least a portion of inner surfaces of each of said channel grooves; and conductive resin arranged at said rear end of said base member to fill each of said inner spaces of each of said channel grooves adjacent said rear end and being electrically connected to each said drive electrode; wherein said rear end of each of said the channel grooves is shallower than said front end of each said channel groove.