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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marco Padalino, Dallas County, TX (US);
Stephen J Bolema, Santa Cruz County, CA (US);
Mark A Culpepper, Santa Clara County, CA (US);
Assignees:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ; H01L / ; H01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 75 ; 3461 / ; 310323 ; 310328 ; 310340 ; 310367 ; 29 2535 ; 29 2541 ;
Abstract
A method of assembling a stimulator for an inkjet printer by attaching separate piezoelectric elements to a plastic or metallic membrane sheet which sheet, after encapsulation of the piezoelectric transducers, may be cut into a plurality of stimulators. Each individual stimulator which now comprises a membrane, a piezoelectric element, and the encapsulating material can then be bonded to an ink fluid cavity.