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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Oikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Shingo Okushima, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Kengo Umeda, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid ejection head includes a recording element substrate which ejects a liquid downward; an electric substrate which is disposed above the recording element substrate, which has a plurality of electric components, including a capacitor, and which is electrically connected to the recording element substrate; a wall which covers the electric substrate such that a liquid can be retained between the wall and the electric substrate; and a sensor which is disposed in an area covered by the wall and which detects for the presence of a liquid. In the attitude of the liquid ejection head as attached to the main unit of a liquid ejection apparatus, the sensor is disposed below the capacitor in a vertical direction.