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Granted Patent B2
US 11,878,522 · App. 17/751,076 · Granted Jan 23, 2024

Inkjet printing apparatus

Inventors: Byeong Hoon Cho (Seoul, KR); Jong Hyuk Kang (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
B41J2/09B41J2/04501B41J2/14B41J2002/14491
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Patent No.
US 11,878,522
App. No.
17/751,076
Granted
Jan 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inkjet printing apparatus comprises an inkjet head disposed above a stage and including nozzles through which ink including bipolar elements is discharged, the bipolar elements each having regions partially doped with different polarities. At least part of the nozzles is deflected from a direction in case that the nozzles are in a deflected state.

Claims (48)

1. An inkjet printing apparatus comprising:

an inkjet head disposed above a stage and including nozzles through which ink including bipolar elements is discharged, the bipolar elements each having regions partially doped with different polarities,

wherein at least part of the nozzles is deflected from a direction in case that the nozzles are in a deflected state.

2. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the inkjet head includes:

a base part; and

an internal tube disposed in the base part and supplied with the ink,

the nozzles are disposed at a lower end of the internal tube, and

the inkjet head causes the ink to flow through the internal tube and to be discharged through the nozzles.

3. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 2 , wherein each of the nozzles includes:

an inlet connected to the internal tube; and

an outlet through which the ink is discharged.

4. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 3 , wherein each of the nozzles further includes an actuator disposed between the inlet and the outlet.

5. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the actuator controls an amount of droplets of the ink discharged from each of the nozzles.

6. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the actuator is attached to the internal tube.

7. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 6 , wherein each of the nozzles further includes a flexible tube disposed between the actuator and the outlet.

8. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 7 , wherein each of the nozzles further includes a microelectronic controller disposed between the flexible tube and the outlet.

9. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the microelectronic controller is connected to at least one microelectronic control wire attached to the microelectronic controller.

10. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 9 , wherein in case that the microelectronic controller moves, the flexible tube is bent in a movement direction in which the microelectronic controller moves.

11. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 9 , wherein

the at least one microelectronic control wire includes a plurality of microelectronic control wires, and

the plurality of microelectronic control wires include:

a first microelectronic control wire connected to an end of the microelectronic controller in a first direction; and

a second microelectronic control wire connected to another end of the microelectronic controller in the first direction.

12. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of microelectronic control wires further include:

a third microelectronic control wire connected to an end of the microelectronic controller in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and

a fourth microelectronic control wire connected to another end of the microelectronic controller in the second direction.

13. An inkjet printing apparatus comprising:

a stage; and

an inkjet head disposed above the stage and including nozzles through which ink including bipolar elements is discharged, each of the bipolar elements having regions partially doped with different polarities, wherein

sprayed droplets of the ink have a first pitch in case that the nozzles are in a non-deflected state, and

the sprayed droplets of the ink have a second pitch which is different from the first pitch in case that the nozzles are in a deflected state in which at least part of the nozzles are deflected from a direction.

14. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 13 , wherein

the nozzles have the first pitch in the non-deflected state, and

the nozzles have the second pitch in the deflected state.

15. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the at least part of the nozzles includes a microelectronic controller that deflects the at least part of the nozzles from the direction.

16. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the microelectronic controller is connected to at least one microelectronic control wire attached to the microelectronic controller.

17. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the inkjet head is movable in a vertical direction.

18. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the inkjet head is movable in the vertical direction to adjust a pitch on the stage between the ink discharged by the nozzles.

19. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 13 , wherein

the inkjet head is capable of being tilted with respect to the stage, and

the inkjet head is tilted to adjust a pitch on the stage between the ink discharged by the nozzles.

20. The inkjet printing apparatus of claim 13 , wherein

the inkjet head includes:

a base part; and

an internal tube disposed in the base part and supplied with the ink;

the nozzles are disposed at a lower end of the internal tube, and

the inkjet head causes the ink to flow through the internal tube and to be discharged through the nozzles.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2022
From: CHO, BYEONG HOON; KANG, JONG HYUK
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0074253 · Jun 8, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220388303A1 · Dec 8, 2022