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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2012
Applicant:
Takeo Shirato, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventor:
Takeo Shirato, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16 (2013.01); H05K 2201/055 (2013.01); B41J 2/14201 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ink jet printing head includes a head portion, an ink tank, a first rigid circuit board, a second rigid circuit board, a flexible printed circuit board, and a connector. The connector is disposed on a top surface of the ink tank, the first rigid circuit board is disposed on a side of the ink tank, the second rigid circuit board is disposed between the ink tank and the head portion, and the flexible printed circuit board is disposed in a bent condition between the first rigid circuit board and the second rigid circuit board.