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US 12,145,379 B2Granted
Thermal head and thermal printer
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorsTomoki Yamashita, Hirotoshi Eto
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Abstract
A thermal head includes a substrate, an electrode, and a gap. The electrode is located on the substrate. The gap is located between the substrate and the electrode. The thermal head contains glass in an inner portion of the gap.
Claims20
A thermal head, comprising:
- a substrate;
- an electrode located on the substrate;
- a gap between the substrate and the electrode, wherein the gap is surrounded only by the substrate and the electrode;
- and
- a conductive component;
- wherein glass and the conductive component are in an inner portion of the gap, and the conductive component is closer to the substrate than the glass in the inner portion of the gap.
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A thermal head, comprising:
- a substrate;
- an electrode located on the substrate;
- and
- a gap between the substrate and the electrode,
- wherein glass is in an inner portion of the gap,
- the substrate comprises:
- a heat storage layer protruding in a thickness direction of the substrate;
- and
- a bonding layer between the substrate and the electrode in a non-disposition area of the heat storage layer,
- the gap is located between the substrate and the bonding layer, and
- a non-disposition area of the electrode comprises a non-disposition area of the bonding layer.
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A thermal head, comprising:
- a substrate;
- an electrode located on the substrate;
- a gap between the substrate and the electrode, wherein the gap is surrounded only by the substrate and the electrode;
- and
- a conductive component;
- wherein glass and the conductive component are in an inner portion of the gap, and the conductive component has a different composition from a composition of the electrode.
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