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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
May. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masashige Mitsuhashi, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Umehara, Niigata, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 ;
Abstract
An inkjet recording head includes a two-dimensional array of a pressure chambers and corresponding array of piezoelectric elements each for applying a pressure wave to ink in a corresponding pressure chamber. In fabrication, a piezoelectric plate temporarily bonded onto a substrate is subjected to sandblasting to form the plurality of piezoelectric elements. After the piezoelectric elements are bonded as a unit onto a diaphragm which constitutes part of the walls of the pressure chambers, the substrate is removed. Dummy patterns equalize the degree of side etching among the piezoelectric elements.