# US 9,751,309 B2 · Liquid ejecting apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,751,309 B2 - Document ID: US9751309B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/187,094 - Filed: 2016-06-20 - Published: 2016-10-13 - Granted: 2017-09-05 - Earliest claimed: 2014-07-17 - Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation - Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation - Inventors: Haruki Kobayashi; Yoshiyuki Okazawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9751309B2 ## CPC - B41J 2/1433: {Structure of nozzle plates} - B41J 2/16508: {connected with the printer frame} - B41J 2/17526: {Electrical contacts to the cartridge} - B41J 2/1753: {Details of contacts on the cartridge, e.g. protection of contacts} - B41J 19/005: {Cable or belt constructions for driving print, type or paper-carriages, e.g. attachment, tensioning means} - B41J 2002/14491: {Electrical connection} - B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS ## Abstract A liquid ejecting head including a head which discharges ink from a nozzle surface on which a nozzle is included based on data, a signal line which sends data to the head via a connector, a carriage on which the head is mounted, and a first concave section and second concave section which accommodate the signal line and are included toward the outside of the carriage, in which the signal line is connected to the connector lined up with a terminal in the Y direction, and a position of a folded portion of the signal line which is accommodated in the first concave section and the second concave section overlaps with a fourth portion to a fifth portion which are a section of the carriage, and overlaps with a first portion to a second portion which are a section of the head in the X direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a head that is configured to discharge liquid from a nozzle toward a recording medium, the head having a rigid substrate for receiving head data; a signal line that is configured to send the head data via the rigid substrate; a carriage on which the head is mounted, the carriage being configured to move from a first region to a second region adjacent to the first region in an X direction via a boundary, the first region representing a maximum printable size of the recording medium, the second region being laterally shifted from an area of the maximum printable size of the recording medium; and a cap that is configured to seal the nozzle and that is positioned in the second region, wherein at least part of the rigid substrate is positioned in the first region directly adjacent to the boundary when the cap seals the nozzle in the second region, wherein the rigid substrate includes a connector connected to the signal line, and the connector is positioned in the first region when the cap seals the nozzle in the second region, and the connector is positioned on one side of the head in the X direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an entire region of the first and second regions represents a carriage movable region where the carriage moves. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: ribs that are configured to support the recording medium and that are positioned in the first region. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the connector is positioned between the ribs when the cap seals the nozzle in the second region. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the carriage is configured to move in such a way that the connector passes over the ribs. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the carriage is positioned over the first and second regions when the cap seals the nozzle in the second region. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The liquid ejecting apparatus according claim 2, wherein the carriage and the head are fastened by a screw. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the carriage and the head are fastened by screws, and a distance between the outermost screws in a carriage-moving direction is 0.8 to 1.1 with respect to a length of the rigid substrate in the carriage-moving direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: ribs that are configured to support the recording medium and that are positioned in the first region. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the part of the rigid substrate is positioned between the ribs when the cap seals the nozzle in the second region. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the carriage is configured to move in such a way that the part of the rigid substrate passes over the ribs. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the carriage is positioned over the first and second regions when the cap seals the nozzle in the second region. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the carriage and the head are fastened by a screw. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the carriage and the head are fastened by screws, and a distance between the outermost screws in a carriage-moving direction is 0.8 to 1.1 with respect to a length of the rigid substrate in the carriage-moving direction. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising: ribs that are configured to support the recording medium and that are positioned in the first region, wherein the part of the rigid substrate is positioned between the ribs when the cap seals the nozzle in the second region. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising: ribs that are configured to support the recording medium and that are positioned in the first region, wherein the carriage is configured to move in such a way that the part of the rigid substrate passes over the ribs. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the carriage is positioned over the first and second regions when the cap seals the nozzle in the second region.