IP Library Granted Patent US 8,802,217
Granted Patent B2
US 8,802,217 · App. 13/072,127 · Granted Aug 12, 2014

Tilt structure

Inventor: Takahiko Yoshizawa (Sakata, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,802,217
App. No.
13/072,127
Granted
Aug 12, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tilt structure includes a shaft section formed on a substrate section, a tilt structure film having one end formed on an upper surface of the shaft section, and the other end bonded to the substrate section, and a thin film section provided to the tilt structure film, located on a corner section composed of the upper surface of the shaft section and a side surface of the shaft section, and having a film thickness thinner than the tilt structure film, the tilt structure film is bent in the thin film section, and an acute angle is formed by the substrate section and the tilt structure film.

Claims (7)

1. A tilt structure comprising:

a shaft section formed on a substrate section;

a thin film having one end formed on an upper surface of the shaft section, and the other end bonded to the substrate section; and

a tilt structure film formed on the thin film, and having a film thickness thicker than the thin film,

wherein the tilt structure film is formed on the other end of the thin film instead of a corner section composed of the upper surface of the shaft section and a side surface of the shaft section,

the thin film is bent on the corner section, and

an acute angle is formed by the substrate section and both of the thin film and the tilt structure film.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 1, 2024
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: CRYSTAL LEAP ZRT
Reel/Frame 066162/0434 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2011
From: YOSHIZAWA, TAKAHIKO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026400/0918 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-086767 · Apr 5, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110244190A1 · Oct 6, 2011