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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; G02B / ; B05D / ; B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347244 ; 347238 ; 359619 ; 359620 ; 427 96 ; 427162 ; 427256 ; 427258 ; 427261 ; 4274071 ;
Abstract
An LED array printhead comprises a head substrate which carries an array of semiconductor LED chips and an array of drive IC's in corresponding relation to the LED chips. Each of the LED chips has a plurality of light emitting portions. The printhead further comprises a transparent resin coating for covering at least the LED chip array. The resin coating is provided with at least one convex lens portion at a position corresponding to a selected light emitting portion of the LED whose luminance is lower than a predetermined level.