Patents by Inventor Hidetoshi Tanoue

Hidetoshi Tanoue has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6443566
    Abstract: The method of manufacturing an ink-jet head of this invention includes the steps of forming plural individual electrodes and plural piezoelectric devices stacked in this order on a supporting substrate; flattening a top surface of the supporting substrate including the individual electrodes and the piezoelectric devices by filling a filler in a portion on the supporting substrate where the individual electrodes and the piezoelectric devices are not formed up to substantially the same level as a level of upper surfaces of the piezoelectric devices; forming a common electrode on the entire flattened top surface of the supporting substrate; fixing a pressure chamber part for forming pressure chambers on the common electrode; and removing the supporting substrate after fixing the pressure chamber part on the common electrode. Thus, the entire plane on which the common electrode is to be formed is flattened before forming the common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Watanabe, Hidetoshi Tanoue, Isaku Kanno, Kenji Tomita
  • Publication number: 20020047879
    Abstract: The method of manufacturing an ink-jet head of this invention includes the steps of forming plural individual electrodes and plural piezoelectric devices stacked in this order on a supporting substrate; flattening a top surface of the supporting substrate including the individual electrodes and the piezoelectric devices by filling a filler in a portion on the supporting substrate where the individual electrodes and the piezoelectric devices are not formed up to substantially the same level as a level of upper surfaces of the piezoelectric devices; forming a common electrode on the entire flattened top surface of the supporting substrate; fixing a pressure chamber part for forming pressure chambers on the common electrode; and removing the supporting substrate after fixing the pressure chamber part on the common electrode. Thus, the entire plane on which the common electrode is to be formed is flattened before forming the common electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Osamu Watanabe, Hidetoshi Tanoue, Isaku Kanno, Kenji Tomita
  • Patent number: 6364468
    Abstract: The method of manufacturing an ink-jet head of this invention includes the steps of forming plural individual electrodes and plural piezoelectric devices stacked in this order on a supporting substrate; flattening a top surface of the supporting substrate including the individual electrodes and the piezoelectric devices by filling a filler in a portion on the supporting substrate where the individual electrodes and the piezoelectric devices are not formed up to substantially the same level as a level of upper surfaces of the piezoelectric devices; forming a common electrode on the entire flattened top surface of the supporting substrate; fixing a pressure chamber part for forming pressure chambers on the common electrode; and removing the supporting substrate after fixing the pressure chamber part on the common electrode. Thus, the entire plane on which the common electrode is to be formed is flattened before forming the common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Watanabe, Hidetoshi Tanoue, Isaku Kanno, Kenji Tomita