A liquid ejection head includes: head units arranged in a first direction; first individual heat dissipators each corresponding to one of the head units and disposed on a first side of the head unit in a second direction; and a first common heat dissipator disposed on the first side of the head units in the second direction. The first common heat dissipator extends in the first direction and shared among the head units. Each head unit includes: a unit body including an actuator; and a first driver integrated circuit disposed on the first side of the unit body in the second direction. Each of the first individual heat dissipators is disposed between the first driver integrated circuit and the first common heat dissipator of the head unit so as to be in thermal contact with the first driver integrated circuit and the first common heat dissipator.

A liquid discharge device in which a drive circuit substrate that outputs a first drive signal supplied to a first electrode, a substrate, a first drive circuit that has a first circuit element in which a ground potential is supplied to one end and outputs the first drive signal, a first capacitor in which one end is electrically coupled to the second electrode and a ground potential is supplied to the other end, and a second capacitor in which one end is electrically coupled to the second electrode and a ground potential is supplied to the other end, the substrate includes a first surface and a second surface, the first capacitor is a chip capacitor, the second capacitor is an electrolytic capacitor, the first circuit element and the first capacitor are provided on the first surface, and the second capacitor is provided on the second surface.

A liquid discharge device including a drive circuit substrate that drives a piezoelectric element of a liquid discharge head, and that includes a substrate which includes a first wiring layer having a first wiring through which the first drive signal propagates, a second wiring layer having a second wiring through which the second drive signal propagates, and a third wiring layer located between the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer and having a fourth wiring through which the reference voltage signal propagates, in which a third wiring through which the third drive signal propagates is provided on any one of the first wiring layer, the second wiring layer, and the third wiring layer.

A liquid discharge device including a first piezoelectric element that has a first electrode and a second electrode and discharges a liquid from a first nozzle by being driven, a second piezoelectric element that has a third electrode and a fourth electrode and discharges a liquid from a second nozzle by being driven, a reference voltage signal propagation path that electrically couples the second electrode and the fourth electrode and propagates the reference voltage signal supplied to a first coupling point to the second electrode and the fourth electrode, and a first capacitor electrically coupled to the reference voltage signal propagation path at a second coupling point provided in the reference voltage signal propagation path, in which the second coupling point is located between the first coupling point and the second electrode in the reference voltage signal propagation path.

In a liquid discharge apparatus, a head unit includes a plurality of print heads, and a housing that houses the print heads, in which a first print head in the plurality of print heads includes a substrate that includes a first side, a second side, a first surface, and a second surface, a first nozzle plate, a first integrated circuit that is provided on the first surface, that outputs an abnormality signal indicating presence or absence of abnormality of the first print head, a first flexible wiring substrate that is electrically coupled to the substrate, and a second integrated circuit that is provided on the first flexible wiring substrate, the second integrated circuit is located between the first nozzle plate and the substrate, and the substrate is provided so that the first surface faces downward and the second surface faces upward in a direction along a vertical direction.

A liquid discharging apparatus may include a first head unit and a second head unit. The first head unit includes first and second parts. A position of the second part in a first direction is different from that of the first part, and a width is shorter than a width of the first part in a second direction. The second head unit includes a fourth part and a fifth part. A position of the fifth part in the first direction is different from that of the fourth part, and a width is shorter than a width of the fourth part in the second direction. The first head unit and the second head unit are disposed side by side in the second direction. At least a part of the second part and at least a part of the fifth part do not overlap with each other in the first direction.

A liquid discharge head includes a liquid port, a frame including a liquid channel in which a liquid supplied from the liquid port flows, and an intermediate member between the liquid port and the frame. The liquid port includes a first connection portion connectable to the frame, the frame includes a second connection portion connectable to the first connection portion of the liquid port, and the intermediate member includes a third connection portion connectable to the second connection portion of the frame and a fourth connection portion connectable to the first connection portion of the liquid port.

A head chip, a liquid jet head, a liquid jet recording device, and a method of manufacturing a head chip each capable of ensuring the tolerance of the displacement between nozzle holes and communication holes while ensuring the bonding area between an actuator plate and an intermediate plate are provided. The head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an actuator plate, a nozzle plate disposed so as to be opposed to the actuator plate, and an intermediate plate disposed between the actuator plate and the nozzle plate. The communication holes each include a groove part having a lower-side opening part opening toward the nozzle hole, and a penetrating part having an upper-side opening part opening toward an ejection channel. A dimension in the X direction in the upper-side opening part is larger than a dimension in the X direction in the upper-side opening part, and a dimension in the X direction in the upper-side opening part is no larger than a dimension in the X direction of the channel opening part opening on a channel opening surface of the ejection channel.

According to one embodiment, a liquid ejection head includes an actuator with a plurality of pressure chambers and dummy chambers. The pressure chambers are each part of a groove that is disposed between an adjacent pair of sidewalls. Each pressure chamber is in fluid communication with a nozzle for ejecting a liquid. The dummy chambers are each between an adjacent pair of pressure chambers. A common chamber is fluidly connected to an end of each of the pressure chambers. A throttle portion is at the end portion of each pressure chamber. Each throttle portion blocks a part of a liquid flow path from the first common chamber to the pressure chamber. The first throttle portion is formed of a resin material.

A substrate having a recessed portion, a diaphragm, and a piezoelectric actuator are provided, the diaphragm includes a first layer containing silicon as a constituent element, and a third layer disposed between the first layer and the piezoelectric actuator and containing zirconium as a constituent element, and a laminated side surface of the first layer and the third layer is covered with a moisture-resistant protective film containing at least one selected from the group made of oxide, nitride, metal, and diamond-like carbon.