Seiko Epson Corporation

Kunio Wanikawa

Hiroshi Ohara

Hiroshi Watanabe

A liquid discharge head includes a pressure chamber substrate provided with a plurality of pressure chambers, a piezoelectric element row in which a plurality of piezoelectric elements that are provided to correspond to the plurality of pressure chambers respectively and that generate a pressure for discharging a liquid are arranged in a predetermined direction, and a protection portion positioned opposite to the plurality of pressure chambers with respect to the piezoelectric element row, and forming a space common to the plurality of piezoelectric elements, in which in regard to a first portion of the protection portion and a second portion of the protection portion having a position different from the first portion in the predetermined direction, a rigidity of the first portion is higher than a rigidity of the second portion.

Liquid discharge head and liquid discharge apparatus

An electro-optical apparatus having a color filter, and in particular, such an electro-optical apparatus having a high information content, includes a metal layer which serves as both a light shielding layer and as an electrical conductor so that the escape of light between display elements is prevented to improve contrast and also so that the wiring resistance is reduced to reduce rounding of an applied waveform to thereby prevent cross-talk, the apparatus thus being constructed to readily achieve high-image quality. A color filter is disposed on at least one of a pair of transparent substrates which hold therebetween a liquid crystal layer in cooperation with a sealing member. Transparent display electrodes are disposed above the color filter, with a smoothing layer interposed between the electrodes and the color filter. A light shielding layer formed from, e.g., a metal layer formed in a stripe-shaped patter between adjacent columns of color filter elements of the color filter, serves as an electrical conductor and is electrically connected with the transparent display-electrodes via through-holes formed in the color filter and the smoothing layer.

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Matsumoto, Japan

Kunio Wanikawa