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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2011
Takeshi Asano, Nagoya, JP;
Takeshi Asano, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet head includes a plurality of nozzles through which ink is dischargeable out of the inkjet head, a pressure chamber plate that is made of metal, a plurality of pressure chambers that are groove portions formed in the pressure chamber plate for applying to the ink a pressure that is necessary in order to discharge the ink from the plurality of nozzles, an actuator that faces a first face of the pressure chamber plate and that includes a plurality of pressure generating portions, and a pressure chamber support member that supports the pressure chamber plate from a second face of the pressure chamber plate, the second face being an opposite face to the first face, and that is made from a material that has a Young's modulus that is greater than a Young's modulus of a material from which the pressure chamber plate is made.