US 12,145,364 B2
Liquid discharge device and head drive circuit
Yoichiro Kondo, Chino (JP)
Assigned to SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/898,521.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-140967 (JP), filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0067230 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/14233 (2013.01) [B41J 2/04581 (2013.01); B41J 2/04596 (2013.01); B41J 2002/14362 (2013.01); B41J 2002/14491 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid discharge device comprising:
a discharge head that discharges a liquid in response to a drive of a first piezoelectric element;
a substrate that includes a first through-hole;
a first drive circuit, a second drive circuit, and a third drive circuit provided on the substrate;
a metal frame attached to the substrate; and
a first screw that is inserted through the first through-hole and attaches the metal frame to the substrate, wherein
the first drive circuit outputs a first drive signal for driving the first piezoelectric element so that the discharge head discharges a liquid having a first discharge amount,
the second drive circuit outputs a second drive signal for driving the first piezoelectric element so that the discharge head discharges a liquid having a second discharge amount,
the third drive circuit outputs a third drive signal for driving the first piezoelectric element so that the discharge head does not discharge a liquid,
the first drive circuit, the second drive circuit, and the third drive circuit are located side by side in an order of the first drive circuit, the second drive circuit, and the third drive circuit on the substrate along one direction, and
the first through-hole is located between the first drive circuit and the second drive circuit in the one direction.