Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Yoshihisa Ueda

Masaki Kataoka

Michiaki Murata

Kenji Yamazaki

Kazuyuki Oda

Toshimichi Iwamori

Norikuni Funatsu

Takayuki Takeuchi

Koichi Saitoh

Ichiro Tomikawa

Toshinobu Hamazaki

Tomoki Umezawa

Kohzo Hara

Koji Ikegami

Kunihito Satou

Kumiko Tanaka

A photoelectric circuit board includes a substrate, an optical waveguide and a core exposure surface. The substrate has an inspection opening. The optical waveguide includes a core and a clad formed around the core. The optical waveguide is formed on one surface side of the substrate, is exposed to the inspection opening, and has a portion curved toward the inspection opening. The core exposure surface is formed in the curved portion of the optical waveguide so that the core is exposed out of the clad.

Photoelectric circuit board

An optical connectorcomprises an optical cable; and a ferrule that is attached to an end of the optical cable and performs optical connection; a cover that defines a through hole that the optical cable passes through, the cover covering the ferrule without contacting the ferrule; and a removal-preventing section that is disposed inside a wall that the through hole of the cover is formed on, and the removal-preventing section preventing a pulling force applied to the optical cable from being transferred to the ferrule.

Optical connector

An ink jet recording head and a process for producing the same, and an ink jet recording apparatus are provided that improve the printing performance and also improve the production efficiency. A conjugated bodyformed by conjugating silicon wafersandis cut, whereby nozzlesare opened, and cutting into head chip units is carried out. At this time, deep groovesare formed on the surface of the silicon waferby anisotropic etching, and they are penetrated by etching on the opposite side. Groovesare formed on the silicon waferby using the thus penetrated deep groovesas a mask.

Process for producing ink jet recording head

The present invention provides an inkjet recording head cartridge and an inkjet recording apparatus that have a simple structure and high reliability. Since individual flow passages in which ink emission orifices are formed are communicated directly with a rectangular ink supply chamber, it is prevented that a bubble of such a size as to cause printing defects rises through an ink supply chamber and blocks the individual flow passages. Also, since ink heated within the ink supply chamber is moved upward to the ink tank chamber by convection and grows an air lump sealed beforehand, it is prevented that a bubble will grow in the ink supply chamber. Furthermore, by allocating a large cross-sectional area to the ink supply chamber, it is prevented that meniscus oscillation of the ink emission orifices is amplified by pressure oscillation caused by ink emission and causes a printing defect. Therefore, reliable printing can be performed with a simple construction.

Inkjet recording head cartridge and inkjet recording apparatus

The present invention provides an ink jet recording head that enables stable high-speed continuous printing, its manufacturing method and an ink jet recording device. A bubble generated in a common liquid chamber is moved to the side of an ink tank via a communicating port formed in a sufficient size and a supply passage. That is, a bubble generated inside a common liquid chamber is exhausted satisfactorily from the common liquid chamber by forming the communicating port in a shape which the bubble can pass, resulting in the supply of ink to the common liquid chamber and an individual passage (nozzle) prevented from being blocked by the bubble. As a result, even if high-speed continuous jetting (printing) is performed, stable printing is enabled.

Ink jet recording head, ink jet recording device and head manufacturing method

The present invention provides an ink jet recording head in which the degree of freedom in the design of the arranged position of an electric signal input-output terminal is enhanced, its manufacturing method and an ink jet recording device, the invention is characterized as follows. The ink jet recording head is formed by laminating a heater element substrate in which a heater element and others are arranged and a passage substrate in which nozzles and others are formed. When the nozzles and others are formed by etching in the passage substrate, a cut-out portion for exposing an electric signal input-output terminal of the heater element substrate is also formed. Therefore, the degree of freedom in the design of the shape and the position of the cut-out portion in the head chip is enhanced. It is possible to prevent a hydrophobic agent from adhering to the electric signal input-output terminal to result in electric connection failure if hydrophobic treatment is applied to a nozzle forming plane by forming the head chip so that the electric signal input-output terminal is not exposed at least on the side of the nozzle forming plane owing to the cut-out portion.

The present invention provides a liquid jet printing head, a method of manufacturing the same, and a liquid jet printing apparatus, which allow stable, high speed, and continuous printing. A liquid jet printing head provides an inflow of liquid from an inlet to a common chamber, then along with the surface of heating elements of a heating element substrate and with a wall of a housing to separate channels. Liquid drops will be ejected by heating the heating elements. Since liquid may flow linearly from the inlet to the separate channels in accordance with the present invention, smooth flow promotes evacuation of bubbles through a nozzle, while cooling the heating element substrate with liquid flowing along with the substrate. The present invention provides thereby stable printing with high speed, continuous ejection (printing) of liquid drops.

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Yoshihisa Ueda