| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 347200000 | Specific resistance recording element type | 76 |
| 20080239058 | Thermal Printhead - A thermal printhead (A | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090189968 | HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER IMAGE-FORMING METHOD - A heat-sensitive transfer image forming method, containing: superposing receptor layer side of image-receiving sheet and dye layer side of ink sheet, making a thermal head contact with the sheets from lubricating layer side of ink sheet, and applying heat while making the head and ink sheet move at 60 mm/s or more relatively, and thereby transferring dye to form an image; wherein image-receiving sheet has heat insulation layer containing hollow polymer particles, receptor layer and/or heat insulation layer contains a water-soluble polymer; lubricating layer contains inorganic particles in 0.01-5 mass % to the total solid content of lubricating layer, the particles have Mohs' hardness 3-6 and mean particle size 0.3-5 μm, and the ratio of the maximum width of each particles to the sphere equivalent diameter thereof is 1.5-50; and when 0.7 J/cm | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090207228 | METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE BY THERMAL TRANSFER - A method of forming an image, including the steps of superposing a heat-sensitive transfer sheet on a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, and applying thermal energy from a side of a heat-resistant lubricating layer of the heat-sensitive transfer sheet, to transfer a thermally transferable dye in a thermal transfer layer to a receptor layer, thereby forming a thermally transferred image. The heat-sensitive transfer sheet and the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheets, including constituent layers and components thereof, are as described herein. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090256899 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SURFACE PROPERTY REFORMING SHEET, AND METHOD FOR FORMING IMAGE - An image forming apparatus includes a feeding device feeding a recording medium to be recorded, a thermal transfer sheet having an ink layer to form an image and a protective material layer to form a protective layer protecting the image, a thermal transfer sheet transporting device, a surface property reforming sheet having an image printing opening disposed in such a way that the thermal transfer sheet comes into direct contact with a surface of the recording medium to be recorded and a surface property reforming portion to reform the surface state of the protective layer protecting the image, a reforming sheet moving device, and a thermal head to thermally transfer the ink layer or the protective material layer, wherein a non-adhesion treatment layer is formed on at least a surface of the surface property reforming sheet on the side to come into contact with the thermal transfer sheet. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090315966 | THERMAL HEAD - A thermal head includes a substrate; a plurality of driver ICs configured to be arranged in a main scanning direction; a heater element configured to include a heat storage layer, a heating resistor layer which is made of a plurality of pairs of effective heating portions, and an electrode layer which is patterned to supply electricity to the heating resistor layer; and a protective layer configured to cover a surface of the heater element, wherein the folded electrode is formed by adjusting an area thereof such that a heat distribution of each heating resistor becomes uniform. In such a thermal head, the number of manufacturing processes or the cost does not increase and a heat distribution becomes uniform, so that a good printing result having good a degree of gloss and image can be obtained. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100053294 | THERMAL HEAD AND THERMAL PRINTER - The present invention provides a thermal head with increased contact pressure between a heat generating portion and a printing medium to increase printing quality with a low heat loss. A thermal head includes: a plurality of heat generating resistors formed via an insulating layer; a driver circuit unit for driving the plurality of heat generating resistors to generate a heat; a wiring for connecting the driver circuit unit to the plurality of heat generating resistors; a protecting film formed to cover the plurality of heat generating resistors, the driver circuit unit and the wiring, wherein the plurality of heat generating resistors, the driver circuit unit, the wiring and the protecting film are formed on a substrate, and a thermal insulating layer having a thermal conductivity smaller than 0.5 W/m·K and having a maximum thickness of larger than 10 μm is provided between the heat generating resistor and the substrate. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100134581 | THERMAL HEAD, THERMAL PRINTER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THERMAL HEAD - To improve printing quality and reduce manufacturing cost, a plurality of heating resistors ( | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100289862 | THERMAL PRINTHEAD - A thermal printhead (A | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100302337 | HEATING ELEMENT INCORPORATING AN ARRAY OF TRANSISTOR MICRO-HEATERS FOR DIGITAL IMAGE MARKING - The exemplary embodiments disclosed herein incorporate transistor heating technology to create micro-heater arrays as the digital heating element for various marking applications. The transistor heaters are typically fabricated either on a thin flexible substrate or on an amorphous silicon drum and embedded below the working surface. Matrix drive methods may be used to address each individual micro-heater and deliver heat to selected surface areas. Depending on different marking applications, the digital heating element may be used to selectively tune the wettability of thermo-sensitive coating, selectively change ink rheology, selectively remove liquid from the surface, selectively fuse/fix toner/ink on the paper. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110025808 | Thermal head and printer - Provided is a thermal head in which, even when an upper plate substrate and a lower plate substrate are in a bonded state, a thickness of the upper plate substrate is adjusted to an appropriate value to allow an improvement in thermal efficiency. Adopted is a thermal head including: a support substrate; an upper plate substrate having a back surface thereof bonded to a top surface of the support substrate; a heating resistor provided on the upper plate substrate; a concave portion formed in a region of at least one of the top surface of the support substrate and the back surface of the upper plate substrate, which opposes the heating resistor; and a through portion formed in the upper plate substrate, which passes through the upper plate substrate from a top surface of the upper plate substrate to the top surface of the support substrate in a plate thickness direction. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110128340 | Thermal head, manufacturing method therefor, and printer - Provided is a thermal head with enhanced strength and improved thermal efficiency including a cavity portion formed therein at a position corresponding to a heating resistor. Employed is a thermal head ( | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110141215 | RECORDING HEAD AND RECORDING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE RECORDING HEAD - A thermal head (X | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110216147 | Thermal head, printer, and manufacturing method for the thermal head - Provided is a thermal head that is high in durability and reliability with increased printing efficiency as well as increased manufacturing yields. The thermal head ( | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110279625 | OPTICAL RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS HAVING LABEL PRINTER AND METHOD FOR PRINTING LABELS ON OPTICAL DISK - An optical recording/reproducing apparatus having a label printer for printing labels on an optical disk and a method for printing labels on an optical disk. The optical recording/reproducing apparatus includes an optical disk drive unit recording and reproducing information on a recording surface of an optical disk, a label printer module printing labels on a label surface of the optical disk using thermal transfer, and a controller controlling a label printing operation of the optical disk drive unit and the label printer module, wherein the label printer module includes a ribbon cartridge in which a thermal transfer ribbon to which dyes are attached is wound and which is disposed to face the label surface of the optical disk mounted in the optical disk drive unit, and a thermal printhead transferring the dyes attached to the thermal transfer ribbon onto the label surface of the optical disk using thermal transfer. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120069124 | Head unit, printer, and method of manufacturing head unit - In order to secure printing quality, provided is a head unit ( | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120086764 | MODULAR PRINTHEAD FOR OLED PRINTING - The disclosure generally relates to a modular printhead configured for ease of access and quick replacement of the printhead. In one embodiment, the disclosure is directed to an integrated printhead which includes: a printhead die supporting a plurality of micropores thereon; a support structure for supporting the printhead die; a heater interposed between the printhead die and the support structure; and an electrical trace connecting the heater to a supply source. The support structure accommodates the electrical trace through a via formed within it so as to form a solid state printhead containing all of the connections within and providing easily replaceable printhead. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120127254 | THERMAL PRINT HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A thermal print head includes a substrate, a glaze layer formed on the substrate and provided with a heating resistor support portion extending in a primary scanning direction and having an arc-like cross-sectional shape when seen in a direction perpendicular to the primary scanning direction, an electrode layer including a plurality of individual electrodes, each provided with a first strip-shaped portion arranged along the primary scanning direction, each of the first strip-shaped portions formed on the heating resistor support portion, and a common electrode provided with a plurality of second strip-shaped portions arranged along the primary scanning direction, each of the second strip-shaped portions formed on the heating resistor support portion; and a resistor layer including heating portions heated by applying an electric current from the electrode layer and electrode covering portions each configured to cover a gap between the first and second strip-shaped portions. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120133723 | THERMAL HEAD AND THERMAL PRINTER - A thermal head enables printing even after printing for a long time to a print medium with low paper quality. A thermal head | 05-31-2012 |
| 20130335499 | THERMAL HEAD MANUFACTURING METHOD, THERMAL HEAD, AND PRINTER - A method of manufacturing a thermal head, including: forming a concave being, which is open on one surface of a support-substrate made of an alumina material; forming an intermediate-layer made of a glass paste by printing the glass paste made of a first-glass-material on the one surface of the support-substrate and baking the glass paste; bonding an upper-substrate to the one surface of the support-substrate by arranging the upper-substrate on the intermediate-layer formed on the one surface of the support-substrate in a laminated state and heating the upper-substrate at a temperature of an annealing point thereof or higher and a softening point thereof or lower, the upper-substrate being made of a second-glass-material having a softening point lower than a softening point of the first-glass-material; and forming a heat generating resistor on a surface of the upper-substrate bonded to the support-substrate at a position opposed to the concave portion. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140022325 | THERMAL HEAD AND THERMAL PRINTER PROVIDED WITH SAME - A thermal head and a printer head are disclosed. The thermal head includes heat generating members, a drive IC disposed, pads and interconnection lines which are all disposed on a substrate. The heat generating members are arranged in a first direction. The drive IC is operable to control driving of the heat generating members. The pads are operable to being electrically connected to terminals of the drive IC. The interconnection lines electrically connect each of the heat generating members to one of the pads. The pads are arranged in a first direction and constitute first pad groups and second pad groups constituted by the pads that constitute the first pad groups. The second pad groups are arranged in the first direction so as to be shifted from each other in a second direction that differs from the first direction. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20150321485 | PRINTING APPARATUS - Printing apparatus ( | 11-12-2015 |
| 347202000 | Glazed layer | 6 |
| 20090115830 | Thermal Print Head - A thermal printhead (A) includes an insulating substrate ( | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090207229 | Thermal print head and method for manufacturing same - A thermal printhead A includes a glaze layer | 08-20-2009 |
| 20100177154 | THERMAL HEAD - To provide a thermal head which provides an excellent adhesion between the common electrode and the heat element, and in which the content of Pb is sufficiently reduced. A thermal head | 07-15-2010 |
| 20120147118 | THERMAL PRINT HEAD - A thermal print head includes a substrate, an electrode layer supported on the substrate and provided with a plurality of mutually spaced-apart portions, a resistor layer provided with a plurality of heating portions arranged along a primary scanning direction, the heating portions lying across the spaced-apart portions, and a protective layer configured to cover the resistor layer, the protective layer including a first layer made of glass matrix and a plurality of alumina grains mixed into the glass matrix. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120154504 | THERMAL PRINTER HEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A thermal printer head that is highly efficient to manufacture is provided, which includes: a first substrate ( | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120287216 | THERMAL HEAD - A thermal head wherein abrasion of an insulating protection film of a heating resistor formed on a partial glaze layer can be suppressed. A heating resistor is provided on the partial glaze layer provided on a ceramic substrate in the longitudinal direction, and the entire surface including the heating resistor is covered by the insulating protection film. A level difference is formed between the insulating protection film over the heating resistor and a flat portion of the insulating protection film over the area outside of the partial glaze layer. The level difference is set so that the insulating protection film on the heating resistor defines a higher portion and a platen roller can press thermal paper on the insulating protection film over the heating resistor and on the flat insulating protection film outside of the partial glaze layer. Thereby, the pressing force of the platen roller can be dispersed. | 11-15-2012 |
| 347203000 | Protective layer | 14 |
| 20090102910 | Thermal Head and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A thermal head (A) according to the present invention includes a substrate ( | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090174757 | THERMAL PRINTHEAD - A thermal printhead (A | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090201355 | Thermal head, thermal printer and manufacturing method of thermal head - A thermal head which forms an image on a recording medium by pressing a protruding portion on which heating elements are arranged on the recording medium while driving the heating elements to be heated includes a support substrate in which a concave gap portion facing the protruding portion is formed and a glaze layer provided on the support substrate and in which the protruding portion is formed, in which the glaze layer has a base layer stacked on the support substrate as well as forming a ceiling surface of the gap portion and a heat resistant layer stacked on the base layer and on which the heating elements are arranged. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20100066798 | THERMAL PRINT HEAD - A thermal print head A includes a substrate | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100085412 | THERMAL PRINT HEAD - A thermal printhead (A) includes an insulating substrate ( | 04-08-2010 |
| 20110032320 | Thermal head and manufacturing method for the thermal head - Provided is a thermal head ( | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110187807 | Recording Head and Recording Apparatus Provided with the Recording Head - There are provided a recording head capable of properly maintaining the function of a protective layer, and a recording apparatus provided with the recording head. A thermal head includes a substrate, a heat-generating element disposed on the substrate, and a protective disposed on the heat-generating element. The protective layer includes first layers and second layers. The first layers and the second layers are laminated one after another alternately multiple times. A constituent material of the second layer having higher sublimation resistance than a constituent material of the first layer. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120224015 | THERMAL HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Adopted is a thermal head, including: a heating resistor provided on a support substrate; a pair of electrode formed on the heating resistor so as to be spaced apart in a direction along a surface of the heating resistor, the pair of electrodes respectively having inclined surfaces which are spaced apart from each other as a distance from the support substrate increases; a burying film for burying a region between the pair of electrodes; and a protective film formed on the region buried by the burying film and on the pair of electrodes. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120242773 | THERMAL-TRANSFER LAMINATE FILM, THERMAL-TRANSFER SHEET, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A thermal-transfer laminate film includes a base film, an untransferring release layer, and an image protection layer. The untransferring release layer is provided on the base film and includes a first thermoplastic resin having a first I/O value. The image protection layer is provided on the untransferring release layer and includes a second thermoplastic resin having a second I/O value, an absolute value of a difference between the first I/O value and the second I/O value being larger than 0.40. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20130307916 | THERMAL HEAD AND THERMAL PRINTER INCLUDING THE SAME - A thermal head includes a substrate, a glass-made thermal storage layer disposed on one main surface of the substrate so as to extend to an edge of the substrate; electrodes disposed on or above the thermal storage layer apart from the edge of the substrate; heat-generating resistors disposed above the thermal storage layer apart from the edge of the substrate, the heat-generating resistors being connected to the electrodes; and a first covering layer disposed on or above the electrodes and the heat-generating resistors. The first covering layer extends from atop the electrodes and the heat-generating resistors toward atop the thermal storage layer on the edge of the substrate, and a protection film is disposed on or above the first covering layer disposed on or above the electrodes and the heat-generating resistors and an edge of the protection film is not disposed above the edge of the substrate. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140232807 | THERMAL HEAD AND THERMAL PRINTER PROVIDED WITH SAME - A thermal head and a thermal printer are disclosed. The thermal head includes a substrate, an an electrode on the substrate, a heating portion connected to the electrode, and a protective layer on the heating portion. The protective layer includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is disposed on the heating portion and includes silicon carbonitride. The second layer is disposed on the first layer and includes silicon oxide. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140333708 | THERMAL HEAD AND THERMAL PRINTER EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - There are provided a thermal head capable of decreasing the possibility of occurrence of layer separation in a protective layer, and a thermal printer equipped with the same. A thermal head includes a substrate; an electrode disposed on the substrate; an electric resistor connected to the electrode, part of which serves as a heat-generating section; and a protective layer disposed on the electrode and on the heat-generating section. The protective layer includes a first layer containing silicon nitride or silicon oxide; and a second layer disposed on the first layer, containing tantalum oxide and silicon oxynitride. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20150009270 | THERMAL HEAD AND THERMAL PRINTER EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A thermal head includes: a substrate; a heat storage layer disposed on the substrate; a heat-generating section disposed on the heat storage layer; an electrode electrically connected to the heat-generating section; a protection layer which coats the heat-generating section and a part of the electrode; and a first coating layer which coats a part of the protection layer and is disposed downstream in a transportation direction of a recording medium, with respect to the heat-generating section, the first coating layer including a first protrusion protruding towards a recording medium side, an end on a heat-generating section side of the first coating layer being positioned between the first protrusion and the heat-generating section, and the end on the heat-generating section side of the first coating layer being positioned in a range of L/2 from the heat-generating section, in which L is a distance between the heat-generating section and the first protrusion. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20160059580 | THERMAL HEAD, AND THERMAL PRINTER - Problem: To provide a thermal head in which separation of a protective layer is unlikely to occur. | 03-03-2016 |
| 347204000 | Heat resistance layer | 9 |
| 20090201356 | THERMAL PRINT HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A thermal printhead (A | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090262175 | HEAT GENERATION SHEET AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided are a heat generation sheet and a method of fabricating the same. The heat generation sheet includes: a base comprising first and second sides; a heat generation layer which is formed in at least one region of the first side of the base and in which a plurality of conductive nanoparticles are physically necked; a protective layer protecting the heat generation layer; and an electric feeding part supplying power to the heat generation layer. The heat generation layer is formed by coating and heat treating a nanoparticle dispersion solution. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100134582 | THERMAL HEAD, THERMAL PRINTER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THERMAL HEAD - To improve heat generating efficiency and printing quality, a plurality of heating resistors ( | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100315476 | Processes and structures for IC fabrication - The present invention discloses methods and apparatuses for the separations of IC fabrication and assembling of separated IC components to form complete IC structures. In an embodiment, the present fabrication separation of an IC structure into multiple discrete components can take advantages of dedicated IC fabrication facilities and achieve more cost effective products. In another embodiment, the present chip assembling provides high density interconnect wires between bond pads, enabling cost-effective assembling of small chip components. In an aspect, the present process forms interconnect wires on a thermal decomposable adhesive, and after positioning the wires at proper bond pad locations, releases the interconnect wires onto the bond pads. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20120133724 | THERMAL PRINT HEAD - A thermal print head includes a substrate, a resistor layer supported on the substrate and provided with a plurality of heating portions arranged along a primary scanning direction, an electrode layer provided with a plurality of individual electrodes arranged along the primary scanning direction, a drive IC configured to selectively apply an electric current to the plurality of heating portions, and a plurality of wires connected to the plurality of individual electrodes and the drive IC, the plurality of individual electrodes including strip-shaped portions electrically connected to the heating portions and arranged along the primary scanning direction and pad portions greater in width in the primary scanning direction than the strip-shaped portions, the pad portions including bonding pads connected to each of the plurality of wires and probe contact pads, the probe contact pads being narrower in width in the primary scanning direction than bonding pads. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120212557 | THERMAL HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND PRINTER - Adopted is a thermal head, including: a support substrate including a concave portion formed in a front surface thereof; an upper substrate, which is bonded in a stacked state to the front surface of the support substrate and includes a convex portion formed at a position corresponding to the concave portion; a heating resistor provided on a front surface of the upper substrate at a position straddling the convex portion; and a pair of electrodes provided on both sides of the heating resistor, in which at least one of the pair of electrodes include: a thin portion, which is connected to the heating resistor at a distal end surface of the convex portion in a region corresponding to the concave portion; and a thick portion, which is connected to the heating resistor and is formed thicker than the thin portion. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20130135417 | THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET - There is provided a thermal transfer sheet that, by virtue of flexibility and heat resistance imparted by a primer layer constituting the thermal transfer sheet, is less likely to be broken even upon exposure to a high level of thermal energy and is highly suitable for high-speed printing. The thermal transfer sheet has a thermally transferable colorant layer provided on one surface of a base material sheet, and a heat-resistant slipping layer provided on the other surface of the base material sheet through a primer layer. The primer layer contains at least a polyvinyl alcohol resin and a crosslinking agent. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130286137 | THERMAL HEAD AND THERMAL PRINTER INCLUDING THE SAME - A thermal head in which power durability of the heat-generating element is improved and a thermal printer including the same. A thermal head according to an embodiment includes a substrate, electrodes disposed in a pair on the substrate, a heat-generating element disposed between the electrodes and connecting the electrodes to one another, an electric resistor layer disposed below the electrodes, and a protection film disposed on the electrodes and the heat-generating element. The electrodes include a first electrode and a second electrode electrically connected to the heat-generating element. The heat-generating element and the electric resistor layer each contain at least one metal selected from Al, Cu, Ag, Mo, Y, Nd, Cr, Ni and W, in a region on a protection film side thereof. A content of the metal contained in the heat-generating element is higher than a content of the metal contained in the electric resistor layer disposed below the first electrode. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130335500 | THERMAL HEAD, PRINTER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THERMAL HEAD - A thermal head comprises: a support substrate; an upper substrate arranged on the support substrate on one surface side thereof in a laminated state; an intermediate layer which is arranged between the upper substrate and the support substrate to bond the upper substrate and the support substrate to each other, and which has one of a through hole and a concave portion to form a cavity portion between the upper substrate and the support substrate; and a heat generating resistor formed on a surface of the upper substrate on a side opposite to the support substrate at a position opposed to the cavity portion, wherein the upper substrate has a melting point lower than a melting point of the intermediate layer. | 12-19-2013 |
| 347205000 | Head substrate | 1 |
| 20110063396 | Thermal head and printer - Provided are a thermal head that has a cavity portion at a position corresponding to heating resistors and is capable of improving thermal efficiency while ensuring strength of the cavity portion, and a printer including the thermal head. The thermal head ( | 03-17-2011 |
| 347206000 | Heating resistive elements | 16 |
| 20090102911 | HEATING RESISTOR ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME, THERMAL HEAD, AND PRINTER - Provided is a heating resistor element including: an insulating substrate including a glass material; a heat accumulating layer bonded to the insulating substrate through heating to temperature ranging from an annealing point to a softening point in a state of being adhered to a surface of the insulating substrate, and including the same material as the glass material of the insulating substrate; and a heating resistor provided on the heat accumulating layer, in which, on at least one of bonded surfaces between the insulating substrate and the heat accumulating layer, at least one of the insulating substrate and the heat accumulating layer is provided with a concave portion in a region opposed to the heating resistor to form a hollow portion. Accordingly, deformation caused by a difference in coefficient of thermal expansion is suppressed to improve printing quality. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102912 | HEATING RESISTOR ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME, THERMAL HEAD, AND PRINTER - Provided is a heating resistor element, including: an insulating substrate ( | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090231408 | Heating resistor element component, thermal printer, and manufacturing method for a heating resistor element component - To reduce a plate thickness of an insulating film, a heating resistor element component is provided, which includes: a supporting substrate; an insulating film disposed on a surface of the supporting substrate; a plurality of heating resistors arranged at intervals on the insulating film; a common wire connected to one end of each of the plurality of heating resistors; and individual wires each connected to another end of each of the plurality of heating resistors, in which: the surface of the supporting substrate is provided with a concave portion in a region thereof, the region being opposed to heating portions of the plurality of heating resistors; and when the insulating film is superimposed on the supporting substrate, the insulating film includes a heterogeneous phase formed through irradiation of a phemtosecond laser at least in a region thereof, the region being opposed to the concave portion. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090262176 | Heating resistance element component and printer - Provided is a heating resistance element component, including: a supporting substrate; an insulating film laminated on the supporting substrate; a plurality of heating resistors formed on the insulating film, the plurality of heating resistors being arranged in a zigzag shape along a main scanning direction and having a substantially square shape; a common wire connected to one end of each of the plurality of heating resistors; individual wires each connected to another end of the each of the plurality of heating resistors; and concave portions formed in regions which are opposed to the plurality of heating resistors and are located on a surface of the supporting substrate, in which an arrangement pitch of the plurality of heating resistors in a sub-scanning direction is larger than an arrangement pitch of the plurality of heating resistors in a main scanning direction. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100118105 | Thermal head manufacturing method, thermal head, and printer - To provide a thermal head and a printer which realize improved heating efficiency and improved strength, and to manufacture the thermal head stably, provided is a thermal head manufacturing method including: a concave portion forming step of forming a concave portion on one surface of a supporting substrate; a bonding step of bonding a thin plate glass shaped like a substantially flat board, to the one surface of the supporting substrate where the concave portion has been formed in the concave portion forming step, in a manner that hermetically seals the concave portion and forms a hollow portion; a heating step of heating the supporting substrate and the thin plate glass which have been bonded together in the bonding step, to thereby soften the thin plate glass and expand gas trapped inside the hollow portion; and a heating resistor forming step of forming a heating resistor on the thin plate glass so as to be opposed to the hollow portion, wherein the heating step concavely curves a surface of the thin plate glass that is on the hollow portion side. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100134583 | THERMAL HEAD, THERMAL PRINTER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THERMAL HEAD - To improve print quality, a plurality of heating resistors ( | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100231680 | THERMAL HEAD - A thermal head includes: a head substrate including a plurality of heating elements arranged in a row; and a heat dissipation member supporting the head substrate, wherein heat from the heating elements is transferred to the heat dissipation member through the head substrate, a surface of the heat dissipation member opposing the head substrate is provided with a heat accumulation adjusting groove which has a recessed shape along the arrangement direction of the row of the heating elements, and both edge portions of the surface of the heat dissipation member in a width direction of the heat accumulation adjusting groove come in contact with a rear surface of the head substrate opposing the heat dissipation member, the width direction being perpendicular to the arrangement direction of the heating elements. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110141216 | Thermal head and printer - Provided is a thermal head capable of making good contact to a thermal recording medium or the like to increase heat transfer efficiency while maintaining the number of manufacturing steps and manufacturing cost. Provided is a thermal head ( | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110149008 | Thermal head and printer - Provided is a thermal head capable of enhancing heat-insulating performance while maintaining mechanical strength of an upper substrate. A thermal head ( | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110157291 | Wear-indicating resistors for thermal printhead - A thermal printhead includes a substrate, a nonconductive coating over the substrate, a number of heating elements disposed on the substrate, and one or more resistors at least partially disposed within the nonconductive coating. The heating elements cause thermochromic media to selectively darken in accordance with selective activation of the heating elements as the media moves in relation to the thermal printhead, to print a desired image on the media. The nonconductive coating protects the heating elements and wears away with usage of the printhead. The media comes into contact with the nonconductive coating during printing of the desired image on the media. The resistors indicate wear of the thermal printhead, and have electrical resistances that increase as the resistors are worn away in accordance with wearing away of the nonconductive coating. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20130088557 | THERMAL HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND THERMAL PRINTER - The thermal head includes a support substrate, a glaze layer, heating resistors provided on the surface of the glaze layer, and a pair of electrode portions formed on the surface of the heating resistor. Each of the pair of electrode portions includes a thick electrode portion and a thin electrode portion. The thick electrode portion includes a flat surface having a thickness h | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130141507 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THERMAL HEAD, AND THERMAL PRINTER - A method of manufacturing a thermal head, comprising the steps of: bonding a support substrate and an upper substrate, which have a flat shape, together in a laminated state, the support substrate and the upper substrate having opposed surfaces, at least one of which includes a concave portion; thinning the upper substrate bonded onto the support substrate; a measurement step of measuring a thickness of the thinned upper substrate; determining a target resistance value of a heating resistor from the following expression based on the measured thickness of the upper substrate; and forming the heating resistor having the target resistance value at a position opposed to the concave portion, Rh=R | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141508 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THERMAL HEAD, AND THERMAL PRINTER AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a thermal head, comprising the steps of: bonding a support substrate and an upper substrate, which have a flat shape, together in a laminated state, the support substrate and the upper substrate having opposed surfaces, at least one of which includes a heat-insulating concave portion; thinning the upper substrate bonded onto the support substrate in the bonding step; measuring a thickness of the upper substrate thinned in the thinning step; forming an identifying resistor having a resistance value varied in accordance with the thickness of the upper substrate measured in the measurement step, the identifying resistor including one end grounded; and forming a heating resistor on a surface of the upper substrate thinned in the thinning step at a position opposed to the heat-insulating concave portion. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130169729 | THERMAL HEAD, PRINTER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THERMAL HEAD - A thermal head including: a laminated substrate including a support substrate and an upper substrate at least one of which has a recess formed in a surface thereof; a heat generating resistor formed on a surface of the upper substrate in the laminated substrate at a position opposed to the recess; and a pair of electrode portions connected to each of both ends of a heat generating resistor, wherein the laminated substrate further includes: an intermediate metal layer sandwiched between the support substrate and the upper substrate and bonded thereto in a laminated state; and a surrounding metal layer formed of a metal material, the surrounding metal layer provided in contact with the intermediate metal layer and formed from a surface of the support substrate extending in a thickness direction thereof to a surface thereof opposite to a portion bonded to the upper substrate. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130328989 | Inkjet Printer having an Image Drum Heating and Cooling System - An inkjet offset printer includes an image receiving drum assembly having a hollow drum with an external surface and an internal surface defining an internal cavity. A heating and a cooling system located in the internal cavity provides distributed heating and cooling to the internal surface of the drum. Heating and cooling can be provided to individual regions of the internal drum surface to maintain a substantially uniform external drum surface temperature. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20160031228 | SINGLE HEATING PLATEN DOUBLE-SIDED SUBLIMATION PRINTING PROCESS AND APPARATUS - A process and apparatus for sublimating printed images onto two or more sides of a product simultaneously using a single heating platen are disclosed. The apparatus is configured to print one or more images onto transfer media, then position the transfer media onto a substrate. A product to receive the sublimated image is positioned on top of the transfer media, and the apparatus manipulates the transfer media to substantially surround the product and place at least one image onto each side of the product to be sublimated. A single heating platen then engages the transfer media to sublimate the image. The heating platen is configured, using a control, to sublimate opposing sides of a product substantially simultaneously in a single thermal cycle. | 02-04-2016 |
| 347208000 | Specific conductor means (e.g., electrode, conducting pattern, etc.) | 9 |
| 20090195632 | Thermal head and thermal printer - A thermal head which forms an image on a recording medium by pressing a protruding portion on which heating elements are arranged on the recording medium while driving the heating elements to be heated includes a head body portion in which the protruding portion and a concave gap portion facing the protruding portion are formed and a heat conductive layer provided on the side of the protruding portion of the head body portion, in which the heat conductive layer includes an electric insulating layer securing electric insulation to the heating elements and a heat diffusion layer diffusing heat generated from the heating elements. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20120212558 | THERMAL HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND PRINTER - Adopted is a thermal head, including: a support substrate including a concave portion formed in a front surface thereof; an upper substrate, which is bonded in a stacked state to the front surface of the support substrate and includes a convex portion formed at a position corresponding to the concave portion; a heating resistor provided on a front surface of the upper substrate at a position straddling the convex portion; and a pair of electrodes provided on both sides of the heating resistor, in which at least one of the pair of electrodes include: a thin portion, which is connected to the heating resistor in a region corresponding to the concave portion; and a thick portion, which is connected to the heating resistor and is formed thicker than the thin portion. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120320139 | Thermal Printhead with Optimally Shaped Resistor Layer - A thermal printhead having an optimal resistor element shape which is capable of high speed and high quality printing is provided. The thermal printhead for progressively printing a pattern of dots on a thermosensitive paper moving in one direction, includes a substrate, and a plurality of resister elements on the substrate arranged in a substantially straight line extending in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the thermosensitive paper, the plurality of resistor elements each corresponding to respective one of the dots constituting the pattern to be printed onto the thermosensitive paper, each of the resistor elements having a heat transfer area that will be in contact with the thermosensitive paper upon printing the dot, wherein at least one of two sides of the heat transfer area that are substantially perpendicular to the moving direction of the thermosensitive paper has a sag in a substantially middle portion thereof to adjust a shape of the dot. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20140285607 | HEATING HEAD UNIT AND HEATING HEAD - A heating head with not so long heating elements to be connected, being adaptable to long and two-dimensional media. On one surface of a rectangular head substrate having long and short sides, a strip-like heating element is provided continuously from end to end of the substrate along the long side thereof. A pair of electrode connecting portions including the same material as that of the heating element and extending along the short sides of the substrate is provided at both ends of the heating element. A pair of electrodes is formed on one surface of the substrate between the heating element and a side edge of the long side at the electrode connecting portion side, so as to be partially overlapping with the electrode connecting portions, respectively, thereby effecting electrical connection, and a substrate temperature control means is provided. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20160001573 | THERMAL HEAD AND THERMAL PRINTER - A thermal head capable of efficiently radiating heat transferred to a protective member is provided. A thermal head includes a substrate; a plurality of heat generating portions disposed on the substrate; an electrode which is disposed on the substrate and is electrically connected to the heat generating portions; a conductive member electrically connected to the electrode; a protective member which is in contact with the conductive member and protects the conductive member; and a heatsink on an upper surface of which the substrate is disposed, wherein the protective member is also in contact with the heatsink. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160107452 | THERMAL PRINT HEAD AND THERMAL PRINTER - The object is to provide a thermal print head capable of improving printing quality on a medium. The Solution is to provide a base member | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160375698 | THERMAL HEAD - A thermal head including: a common electrode that includes a plurality of comb teeth portions extending in a first direction in which a paper is conveyed; a plurality of discrete electrodes, each of which extends in the first direction, and is arranged between the comb teeth portions; and a resistor that is electrically connected to the comb teeth portions and the discrete electrodes, and has such a shape that two connection positions of two discrete electrodes adjacent to each other and the resistor shift from each other in the first direction. | 12-29-2016 |
| 347209000 | With means for driving or supplying current to the resistive heating elements | 2 |
| 20090174758 | THERMALHEAD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF SAME, AND PRINTING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME - The object of the invention is to provide a reliable thermal head designed to prevent electrostatic discharge damage from occurring in the bonding pad portion due to the protective layer being electrostatically charged; a method for manufacture of the thermal head; and a printing head for the thermal head. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20120113207 | DETECTION SYSTEM USING HEATING ELEMENT TEMPERATURE OSCILLATIONS - A data storage system includes a recording head and a compensating resistor. The recording head has a heating element. The compensating resistor is in electrical series with the heating element and is external to the recording head. A method includes applying an alternating current at a first angular frequency to a recording head. A voltage drop across the recording head heating element is measured. A component of the voltage drop is extracted. The component has a frequency that is three times the frequency of the first angular frequency. | 05-10-2012 |
