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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2014
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Yuuna Ookubo, Kyoto, JP;
Yasumitsu Yamamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Masafumi Hirayama, Kyoto, JP;
Shouji Hirose, Kyoto, JP;
Takumi Hatanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Hisatoshi Takada, Kyoto, JP;
Youichi Moto, Kyoto, JP;
Yui Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Yousuke Iwamoto, Kyoto, JP;
KYOCERA CORPORATION, Kyoto-Shi, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A thermal head capable of reducing a possibility of separation of a connector is provided. A thermal head includes a substrate; a plurality of heat generating portions disposed on the substrate; a plurality of electrodes which are disposed on the substrate and are electrically connected to the plurality of heat generating portions, respectively; and a connector including a plurality of connector pins which pinch the substrate and are electrically connected to the plurality of electrodes, respectively, and a housing for containing the plurality of connector pins. The housing is disposed adjacent to the substrate in a sub-scanning direction, and the housing includes a support portion disposed under the substrate. This can reduce a possibility of separation of the connector.