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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2005
John Richard Fowler, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Ganesh Vinayak Phatak, Lexington, KY (US);
Matthew Joe Russell, Stamping Ground, KY (US);
Jeffrey Louis Sangalli, Louisville, KY (US);
Joseph Andrew Schaefer, Lexington, KY (US);
David Amos Ward, Cynthiana, KY (US);
John Richard Fowler, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Ganesh Vinayak Phatak, Lexington, KY (US);
Matthew Joe Russell, Stamping Ground, KY (US);
Jeffrey Louis Sangalli, Louisville, KY (US);
Joseph Andrew Schaefer, Lexington, KY (US);
David Amos Ward, Cynthiana, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
An ink jetting assembly includes a body, and an ink jet chip attached to the body. The ink jet chip has a mounting surface, a face surface, an ink channel extending to the face surface, and at least one actuator associated with the ink channel. The actuator includes a plurality of electrical contact pads formed on the face surface. A plurality of passageways extends through the ink jet chip from the mounting surface to the face surface. The ink jetting assembly also includes a plurality of electrodes. Each of the plurality of electrodes passes through a respective passageway of the plurality of passageways and is electrically connected to a respective contact pad of the plurality of electrical contact pads at the face surface.