Patent ID: 6962407

Claim:
An inkjet recording head comprising: a head body including: an orifice plate having a plurality of orifices in an array extending substantially across said head body; a substrate having a thickness sufficient to include and including: a plurality of ink ejection units, each ink ejection unit arranged so as to correspond to each of said plurality of orifices; a plurality of individual ink flow paths, each individual ink flow path for supplying ink to each of said plurality of orifices; and at least one common ink flow path extending substantially across said head body within said substrate and having a portion extending through said substrate for supplying ink to said plurality of individual ink flow paths; and a metal film having a limited thickness on a part of at least one side of said head body opposite to said orifice plate and said ink ejection units, extending within a region surrounded by circumferential edges of said substrate, a whole film surface thereof being in contact with an inkjet head frame on which said inkjet recording head is to be mounted.