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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2022
Fujifilm Dimatix, Inc., Lebanon, NH (US);
Christoph Menzel, New London, NH (US);
Shinya Sugimoto, San Jose, CA (US);
Mats G. Ottoson, Saltsjo-Boo, SE;
Wayne Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc., Lebanon, NH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a reservoir and a printhead. The printhead includes a support structure including a deformable portion defining at least a top surface of a pumping chamber, a flow path extending from the reservoir to the pumping chamber to transfer fluid from the reservoir to the pumping chamber, and an actuator disposed on the deformable portion of the support structure. A trench is defined in a top surface of the actuator. Application of a voltage to the actuator causes the actuator to deform along the trench, thereby causing deformation of the deformable portion of the support structure to eject a drop of fluid from the pumping chamber.