Patent ID: 8596756

Claim:
An inkjet array comprising: a body layer defining at least portions of a plurality of pressure chambers; an inlet layer having a plurality of inlets formed through the inlet layer, the inlet layer being bonded to the body layer at a position that enables each inlet in the inlet layer to communicate fluidly with only one pressure chamber in the plurality of pressure chambers; an offset channel layer having a plurality of offset channels formed through the offset channel layer, each offset channel having a first end and a second end, each first end of each offset channel being laterally offset from each second end of each offset channel in the offset channel layer, the offset channel layer being bonded to the inlet layer to position each inlet in the inlet layer proximate only one first end of one offset channel formed in the offset channel layer; and an offset inlet layer having a plurality of offset inlets formed through the offset inlet layer, the offset inlet layer being bonded to the offset channel layer to position each offset inlet in the offset inlet layer proximate only one second end in the offset channel layer to form a continuous fluid path from each offset inlet to only one pressure chamber through only one offset channel and only one inlet, the inlets in the inlet layer are aligned in a plurality of linear arrays and the offset inlets in the offset inlet array are arranged in a plurality of linear arrays, adjacent offset inlets in a linear array of offset inlets are separated by a distance that is greater than a distance between adjacent inlets in a linear array of inlets.