Patent ID: 8413377

Claim:
A liquid ejection head comprising: a channel member including: a plurality of ejection openings for ejecting liquid; a liquid channel communicated with the plurality of the ejection openings; and a liquid-supply opening for supplying the liquid to the liquid channel; a liquid-supply pipe connected to the liquid-supply opening; an ejection-energy applying portion fixed to the channel member and configured to apply an ejection energy to the liquid in the liquid channel for ejecting the liquid from the plurality of the ejection openings; an electronic part, connected to the ejection-energy applying portion, for driving the ejection-energy applying portion; a cover member held in contact with the channel member so as to form an accommodating space that is defined by the cover member and the channel member, the liquid-supply pipe extending into the accommodating space through the cover member, wherein the electronic part, at least a part of the liquid-supply pipe, and the liquid-supply opening are disposed in the accommodating space; and a liquid absorbing member disposed in the accommodating space so as to cover at least a part of a surface of the liquid-supply pipe; wherein the cover member has a through hole formed therein for communicating the accommodating space with an outside of the cover member; and wherein a part of the liquid absorbing member is exposed to the outside of the cover member through the through hole.