US 12,076,990 B2
Piezoelectric actuator, liquid discharge head, liquid discharge device, and liquid discharge apparatus
Akira Shimofuku, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Akira Shimofuku, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/687,690.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-039254 (JP), filed on Mar. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0288933 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/14 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/14233 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A piezoelectric actuator comprising:
a piezoelectric element substrate comprising:
a diaphragm;
multiple piezoelectric elements each comprising:
a first electrode on the diaphragm;
a piezoelectric layer on the first electrode; and
a second electrode on the piezoelectric layer;
a metal wiring layer on the second electrode, the metal wiring layer including wiring patterns coupled to the multiple piezoelectric elements; and
a subframe bonded to a bonding region of the piezoelectric element substrate around a periphery of a first wiring region where the multiple piezoelectric elements are disposed via adhesive,
wherein the subframe has housing recesses respectively housing the multiple piezoelectric elements and a wiring recess different from the housing recesses, the wiring recess facing the wiring patterns in the bonding region around the periphery of the first wiring region where the multiple piezoelectric elements are disposed and not housing any of the multiple piezoelectric elements.