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US 10,239,316 B2Granted
Printhead having heated shield plate
AssigneeMemjet Technology Limited
InventorsJason Thelander, David Burke, Andrew Thomas
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Abstract
An inkjet printhead includes: a manifold having a plurality of ink outlets defined in a manifold surface; a plurality of printhead chips mounted to the manifold surface and aligned with the ink outlets; a PCB mounted to the manifold surface and offset from the ink outlets, the PCB being electrically connected to the printhead chips; and a shield plate covering the PCB. The shield plate has one face in thermal contact with the PCB and an exposed opposite face defining a lower surface of the printhead.
Claims16
An inkjet printhead comprising:
- a manifold having a plurality of ink outlets defined in a manifold surface;
- a plurality of printhead chips mounted to the manifold surface and aligned with the ink outlets;
- a PCB mounted to the manifold surface and offset from the ink outlets, the PCB being electrically connected to the printhead chips;
- and
- a shield plate covering the PCB,
- wherein the shield plate has one face in thermal contact with the PCB and an exposed opposite face defining a lower surface of the printhead.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.