Patent ID: 6663225
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: B41J,B82Y,G06K,G11C,H04N

Abstract:
A fluid ejecting device which comprisesa substrate containing drive circuitry, nozzle chamber walls and a roof wall positioned on the substrate to define a nozzle chamber in which fluid is received and a fluid ejection port from which the fluid is ejected, in use; a fluid ejecting mechanism that is operatively arranged with respect to the nozzle chamber to act on the fluid in the nozzle chamber to eject fluid from the fluid ejection port; a thermal bend actuator that is connected to the drive circuitry to receive an electrical signal from the drive circuitry and to provide actuation of the fluid ejecting mechanism, wherein the thermal bend actuator has a laminated structure of at least three layers in the form of a pair of opposed, outer layers and at least one inner layer, the outer layers having substantially the same thermal expansion and elasticity characteristics.