Patent ID: 7625073

Claim:
A liquid discharge head, comprising: a discharge port for discharging liquid; a liquid chamber communicating with the discharge port; a piezoelectric element including one electrode layer having a uniform thickness and independently arranged in correspondence with the liquid chamber, another electrode layer having a uniform thickness and a piezoelectric film having a uniform thickness and sandwiched between the one electrode layer and the other electrode layer, and including a piezoelectric drive portion at which the piezoelectric film deforms and displaces, arranged in correspondence with an entire width of the liquid chamber with respect to an arranging direction of the one electrode layer; and a vibration plate interposed between the piezoelectric element and the liquid chamber, a portion thereof corresponding to an outside of the liquid chamber being fixed, wherein a bending rigidity of both ends of the portion of the vibration plate corresponding to the liquid chamber in the arranging direction is greater than a bending rigidity of a region between both ends, wherein the Young's modulus of the portion corresponding to both ends of the vibration plate is greater than the Young's modulus of the region between both ends, and wherein the vibration plate is made by joining two materials, each having a different Young's modulus.