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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2001
David K McElfresh, San Diego, CA (US);
Mohammad Akhavain, Escondido, CA (US);
Joseph E Scheffelin, Poway, CA (US);
Gerald V Rapp, Escondido, CA (US);
Janis Horvath, San Diego, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A carrier for a plurality of fluid ejection devices includes a substrate and a substructure. The substrate includes a first material and has a first side adapted to receive the fluid ejection devices and a second side opposite the first side, and the substructure is formed of a second material and joined to the second side of the substrate with a lap joint. The lap joint includes a first portion formed by a portion of one of the substrate and the substructure, a second portion formed by a portion of the other of the substrate and the substructure, and a third material interposed between the first portion and the second portion.