# US 11,077,686 B2 · Head assembly and inkjet recording apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,077,686 B2 - Document ID: US11077686B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/752,905 - Filed: 2020-01-27 - Published: 2020-08-06 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2019-01-31 - Assignees: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. - Applicants: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. - Inventors: Tomohiro Sue - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11077686B2 ## CPC - B41J 25/001: {Mechanisms for bodily moving print heads or carriages parallel to the paper surface} - B41J 25/316: with tilting motion mechanisms relative to paper surface - B41J 2/16517: {Cleaning of print head nozzles (B41J2/16505, B41J2/1707 take precedence)} - B41J 2/16585: {for paper-width or non-reciprocating print heads} - B41J 2/2146: {for line print heads} - B41J 25/3086: {with print gap adjustment means between the print head and its carriage} - B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS ## Abstract A head assembly includes a base member, a recording head, a coupling member, and a pressing member. The recording head ejects ink. The coupling member couples the recording head to the base member. The pressing member is in contact with a first surface of the recording head. The coupling member includes an urging member that urges a second surface of the recording head toward the first surface of the recording head. The second surface of the recording head is a surface of the recording head on an opposite side from the first surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A head assembly, comprising: a base member; a recording head configured to eject ink; a coupling member that couples the recording head to the base member; and a pressing member that is in contact with a first surface of the recording head, wherein the coupling member includes an urging member that urges a second surface of the recording head toward the first surface of the recording head, the second surface of the recording head is a surface of the recording head on an opposite side from the first surface, the recording head includes a nozzle surface in which nozzle orifices that allow ink to be ejected therefrom are formed, and an extension part that is placed outside the nozzle surface, the extension part includes a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side from the first surface, the first surface of the recording head includes the first surface of the extension part, the second surface of the recording head includes the second surface of the extension part, the pressing member is in contact with the first surface of the extension part, and the urging member urges the second surface of the extension part. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The head assembly according to claim 1, wherein the coupling member includes a penetration member that penetrates the extension part and a stopper fixed to the penetration member, the penetration member includes a flange that is in contact with the second surface of the extension part, and a shaft that is connected to the flange and that penetrates the extension part to protrude from the first surface of the extension part, the stopper is fixed to part of the shaft protruding from the first surface of the extension part, and the urging member urges the stopper. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The head assembly according to claim 2, further comprising a protective member that is interposed between the flange and the extension part, wherein the protective member includes a slope that is inclined relative to the nozzle surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The head assembly according to claim 2, wherein the coupling member includes an insertion hole into which the shaft is inserted, the stopper and the urging member are disposed in the insertion hole, the urging member includes a first end connected to the stopper and a second end on an opposite side from the first end, and the insertion hole includes a step connected to the second end of the urging member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The head assembly according to claim 1, wherein the recording head includes a first end and a second end on an opposite side from the first end, and the coupling member includes a first coupling member that couples the first end of the recording head to the base member, and a second coupling member that couples the second end of the recording head to the base member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The head assembly according to claim 5, comprising as the pressing member a plurality of pressing members that include a first pressing member located at a side of the first end of the recording head, and a second pressing member located at a side of the second end of the recording head. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The head assembly according to claim 6, wherein the pressing members include, as the first pressing member and the second pressing member, two first pressing members or one first pressing member and one second pressing member or two second pressing members, respectively. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) An inkjet recording apparatus, comprising the head assembly according to claim 1, and an installation base in which the head assembly is installed. ### Claim 9 A head assembly, comprising: a base member; a recording head configured to eject ink; a coupling member that couples the recording head to the base member; and a pressing member that is in contact with a first surface of the recording head, wherein the coupling member includes an urging member that urges a second surface of the recording head toward the first surface of the recording head, the second surface of the recording head is a surface of the recording head on an opposite side from the first surface, the recording head includes a first end and a second end on an opposite side from the first end, and the coupling member includes a first coupling member that couples the first end of the recording head to the base member, and a second coupling member that couples the second end of the recording head to the base member. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The head assembly according to claim 9, comprising as the pressing member a plurality of pressing members that include a first pressing member located at a side of the first end of the recording head, and a second pressing member located at a side of the second end of the recording head. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The head assembly according to claim 10, wherein the pressing members include, as the first pressing member and the second pressing member, two first pressing members or one first pressing member and one second pressing member or two second pressing members, respectively. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) An inkjet recording apparatus, comprising the head assembly according to claim 9, and an installation base in which the head assembly is installed.