US Patent Issued to Canon on March 25 for "Water-repellent member, inkjet head, method of manufacturing water-repellent member, and method of manufacturing inkjet head" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,841, issued on March 25, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Water-repellent member, inkjet head, method of manufacturing water-repellent member, and method of manufacturing inkjet head" was invented by Norihiko Ochi (Kanagawa, Japan), Junri Ishikura (Tokyo) and Koji Sasaki (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water-repellent member includes a base layer formed on the substrate, projections dispersedly arranged on the base layer, a first water-repellent material provided on the base layer in contact with the base layer, and a second water-repellent material provided on the projections in contact with the projections. The ...