Patent 7648229 was granted and assigned to Seiko Epson on January, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A liquid jet head includes: a substrate; a pressure generation chamber provided in the substrate; an elastic plate provided above the substrate; a capacitor structure section provided above the elastic plate, the capacitor structure section including a lower electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer and an upper electrode layer; a porous layer provided above the capacitor structure section; a seal layer provided on the porous layer; and a void section formed between the capacitor structure section and the porous layer.