Patent ID: 8038250

Claim:
A recording device comprising: a recording head having a plurality of recording elements and an actuator that includes a plurality of drive portions selectively driving the recording elements; a flexible flat cable having a wiring pattern that has one end electrically connected to the drive portions of the actuator and its other end connected to a signal source and a power source; a drive IC chip that is mounted on the flexible flat cable in a condition of being connected to the wiring pattern, and selectively supplies a drive voltage signal to the drive portions of the actuator; a first heat sink that is in contact with the drive IC chip so as to be thermally conductable; a head holder containing the recording head, the flexible flat cable, the drive IC chip, and the first heat sink; and a second heat sink that is in contact with a wiring pattern formed portion of the flexible flat cable between the drive IC chip and the actuator so as to be thermally conductable, wherein a base end and a fixing member of the second heat sink sandwiches the flexible flat cable in a condition of being thermally conductable and the second heat sink is in contact with both obverse and reverse surfaces of the wiring pattern formed portion of the flexible cable between the drive IC chip and a portion of the flexible cable connected to the actuator.