US Patent Issued to KONICA MINOLTA on March 18 for "Inkjet head, and method for producing inkjet head" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,933, issued on March 18, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).

"Inkjet head, and method for producing inkjet head" was invented by Yohei Sato (Hachioji, Japan), Akihisa Shimomura (Atsugi, Japan), Yoshinori Yoshida (Hino, Japan) and Hiroaki Kozai (Kodaira, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet head includes a first and a second channel substrates. At least one of the first and the second channel substrates is formed of silicon. A bonding interface of the first and the second channel substrates is bonded via an adhesive layer. A protective film containing a compound having a Si-C bond is formed on: an ink channel surfa...