Patents by Inventor Ken Ikegame

Ken Ikegame 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: 11970006
    Abstract: The object is to provide a liquid container that can prevent foreign substances from flowing into a liquid ejection apparatus with a simple configuration. The liquid container for containing liquid to be ejected by a liquid ejection apparatus includes: a bag body configured to contain the liquid inside; and a flow path for supplying the liquid contained inside the bag body to the liquid ejection apparatus, wherein, inside a peripheral wall of the flow path, a first capturing unit extending in an anti-gravitational direction and a second capturing unit extending in a gravitational direction are arranged at different positions with respect to a direction in which the liquid flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yu Katano, Hirofumi Ota, Ken Ikegame, Yasuto Kodera, Masao Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20230321991
    Abstract: A liquid storage body includes: a bag part being flexible and configured to store a liquid therein; a liquid outlet part attached to a first end portion of the bag part and configured to discharge to a liquid jetting apparatus stored the liquid in the bag part; and a channel part disposed inside the bag part and configured to let the liquid flow to the liquid outlet part, in which both ends of the channel part are connected to the liquid outlet part, a first area of the channel part is located near a second end portion of the bag part located farthest from the first end portion, and the channel part has a liquid inlet portion through which to take the liquid inside the bag part into the channel part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: HIROSHI INOMATA, KEN IKEGAME
  • Publication number: 20230046404
    Abstract: The object is to provide a liquid container that can prevent foreign substances from flowing into a liquid ejection apparatus with a simple configuration. The liquid container for containing liquid to be ejected by a liquid ejection apparatus includes: a bag body configured to contain the liquid inside; and a flow path for supplying the liquid contained inside the bag body to the liquid ejection apparatus, wherein, inside a peripheral wall of the flow path, a first capturing unit extending in an anti-gravitational direction and a second capturing unit extending in a gravitational direction are arranged at different positions with respect to a direction in which the liquid flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yu Katano, Hirofumi Ota, Ken Ikegame, Yasuto Kodera, Masao Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11524502
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid storage pack including: a flat flexible bag member storing a liquid to be supplied to a liquid ejection apparatus; and a spacer member provided inside the bag member. The spacer member has an outer shape that is symmetrical with respect to a predetermined reference plane, and is disposed such that, in a state where the bag member is fully filled with the liquid, the reference plane is offset from a center plane of the bag member in a thickness direction of the bag member, the center plane passing a center of the bag member in the thickness direction and being perpendicular to the thickness direction. This liquid storage pack can stably supply the liquid therein at a uniform concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken Ikegame
  • Publication number: 20220379621
    Abstract: The object is to provide a liquid container capable of supplying liquid to a liquid ejection apparatus with simple configuration. Liquid container 100 has liquid containing bag 120 and an introduction member. The introduction member includes the first and second liquid introduction members. The first introduction member has the first spacer unit and the first coupling unit integrally connected to the first spacer unit in which the first groove for letting liquid flow to a liquid lead-out unit is formed. The second introduction member has the second spacer unit and the second coupling unit integrally connected to the second spacer unit in which the second groove for letting liquid flow to the liquid lead-out unit is formed. The first and second liquid introduction members are adjoined so that the surface on which the first groove is formed and the surface on which the second groove is formed face each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inomata, Yu Katano, Ken Ikegame, Hirofumi Ota
  • Publication number: 20210268802
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid storage pack including: a flat flexible bag member storing a liquid to be supplied to a liquid ejection apparatus; and a spacer member provided inside the bag member. The spacer member has an outer shape that is symmetrical with respect to a predetermined reference plane, and is disposed such that, in a state where the bag member is fully filled with the liquid, the reference plane is offset from a center plane of the bag member in a thickness direction of the bag member, the center plane passing a center of the bag member in the thickness direction and being perpendicular to the thickness direction. This liquid storage pack can stably supply the liquid therein at a uniform concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Ken IKEGAME
  • Patent number: 10859482
    Abstract: A method of detecting an organic residue is provided. The method comprises a step of bringing a liquid A into contact with a surface of a base material; a step of measuring the contact angle (i) of a liquid B on the surface with which the liquid A came into contact; a step of heating and drying the base material; a step of measuring the contact angle (ii) of the liquid B on the dried surface; and a step of comparing the contact angle (i) with the contact angle (ii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hyou Takahashi, Yohei Hamade, Ken Ikegame
  • Patent number: 10787552
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head includes forming a water-repellent layer containing a condensate of a first hydrolyzable silane compound and a second hydrolyzable silane compound, and irradiating the water-repellent layer with light including a light ray having a wavelength of less than 270 nm, wherein the first hydrolyzable silane compound contains a fluorine-containing group but no carbonyl group between the fluorine-containing group and a silicon atom, and the second hydrolyzable silane compound contains a fluorine-containing group and a carbonyl group between the fluorine-containing group and a silicon atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken Ikegame
  • Publication number: 20180149572
    Abstract: A method of detecting an organic residue is provided. The method comprises a step of bringing a liquid A into contact with a surface of a base material; a step of measuring the contact angle (i) of a liquid B on the surface with which the liquid A came into contact; a step of heating and drying the base material; a step of measuring the contact angle (ii) of the liquid B on the dried surface; and a step of comparing the contact angle (i) with the contact angle (ii).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Hyou Takahashi, Yohei Hamade, Ken Ikegame
  • Publication number: 20180148556
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head includes forming a water-repellent layer containing a condensate of a first hydrolyzable silane compound and a second hydrolyzable silane compound, and irradiating the water-repellent layer with light including a light ray having a wavelength of less than 270 nm, wherein the first hydrolyzable silane compound contains a fluorine-containing group but no carbonyl group between the fluorine-containing group and a silicon atom, and the second hydrolyzable silane compound contains a fluorine-containing group and a carbonyl group between the fluorine-containing group and a silicon atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventor: Ken Ikegame
  • Patent number: 9738075
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head provided with a member having discharge ports formed configured to discharge liquid thereon, wherein a discharge port surface of the member having discharge ports arrayed thereon includes fumed silica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaki Ohsumi, Kenji Fujii, Junichi Kobayashi, Ken Ikegame, Nobuhisa Tanahashi
  • Patent number: 9707759
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid-ejecting head, including a member having opened therein an ejection orifice configured to eject a liquid, in which the liquid-ejecting head has, on a side being positioned on the member and having opened therein the ejection orifice, a cured layer of a mixture containing: (a) a condensate of hydrolyzable silane compounds containing a hydrolyzable silane compound having 20 or more fluorine atoms and a hydrolyzable silane compound having a cationically polymerizable group; (b) a fluorine atom-containing nonionic surfactant; and (c) an epoxy resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hyou Takahashi, Kazunari Ishizuka, Yohei Hamade, Ken Ikegame, Satoshi Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 9696620
    Abstract: A composition includes a photoacid generator and a fluorine-containing epoxy resin that is a polymer of monomers that include an acrylic monomer (a) having a perfluoropolyether group having 9 or more carbon atoms and an acrylic monomer (b) having an epoxy group in a composition ratio such that a number of acrylic functional groups derived from the acrylic monomer (b) is larger than a number of acrylic functional groups derived from the acrylic monomer (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ken Ikegame, Miho Ishii
  • Patent number: 9427892
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a liquid ejection head including: a substrate; an ejection orifice forming member having an ejection orifice on the substrate; and a surface layer having a recess that has a bottom portion communicating with the ejection orifice and an opening held in contact with an outside and having a width larger than a width of the ejection orifice, the surface layer being formed on the forming member, the method including: forming a first resin layer serving as the forming member by applying a negative photosensitive resin composition A onto the substrate; forming a second resin layer as the surface layer by applying a negative photosensitive resin composition B having sensitivity lower than sensitivity of the composition A onto the first resin layer; subjecting the first and the second resin layers to pattern exposure collectively; and subjecting the first and the second resin layers to development collectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Miho Ishii, Ken Ikegame
  • Publication number: 20160236467
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid-ejecting head, including a member having opened therein an ejection orifice configured to eject a liquid, in which the liquid-ejecting head has, on a side being positioned on the member and having opened therein the ejection orifice, a cured layer of a mixture containing: (a) a condensate of hydrolyzable silane compounds containing a hydrolyzable silane compound having 20 or more fluorine atoms and a hydrolyzable silane compound having a cationically polymerizable group; (b) a fluorine atom-containing nonionic surfactant; and (c) an epoxy resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Hyou Takahashi, Kazunari Ishizuka, Yohei Hamade, Ken Ikegame, Satoshi Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 9409397
    Abstract: A process for producing a liquid ejection head having a substrate and an ejection orifice forming member having an ejection orifice for ejecting liquid, including forming, on the substrate, a photocationically polymerizable resin layer which includes a photocationically polymerizable resin material and becomes the ejection orifice forming member; laminating, on the uncured photocationically polymerizable resin layer, a layer containing a condensation product of a hydrolyzable silane compound having a cationically polymerizable epoxy group and a hydrolyzable silane compound having a fluorine-containing group; laminating a water-repellent layer including a hydrolyzable silane compound having a perfluoropolyether group on the condensation-product-containing layer; subjecting the photocationically polymerizable resin layer, condensation-product-containing layer, and water-repellent layer to pattern exposure; collectively curing exposed portions of the photocationically polymerizable resin layer, condensation-prod
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Tsutsui, Etsuko Sawada, Ken Ikegame, Hiroaki Mihara, Yohei Hamade
  • Patent number: 9394409
    Abstract: Provided is an ink jet recording head, including a member provided with an ejection orifice for ejecting ink, in which the ink jet recording head further includes a water-repellent layer including a cured product of a condensed product obtained by condensation of a hydrolyzable silane compound having an epoxy group and a hydrolyzable silane compound having a perfluoropolyether group on a surface of the member on a side on which the ejection orifice opens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Etsuko Sawada, Hiroaki Mihara, Ken Ikegame, Satoshi Tsutsui, Yohei Hamade
  • Publication number: 20160136954
    Abstract: Provided is an ink jet recording head, including a member provided with an ejection orifice for ejecting ink, in which the ink jet recording head further includes a water-repellent layer including a cured product of a condensed product obtained by condensation of a hydrolyzable silane compound having an epoxy group and a hydrolyzable silane compound having a perfluoropolyether group on a surface of the member on a side on which the ejection orifice opens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Etsuko Sawada, Hiroaki Mihara, Ken Ikegame, Satoshi Tsutsui, Yohei Hamade
  • Publication number: 20160059553
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head provided with a member having discharge ports formed configured to discharge liquid thereon, wherein a discharge port surface of the member having discharge ports arrayed thereon includes fumed silica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Masaki Ohsumi, Kenji Fujii, Junichi Kobayashi, Ken Ikegame, Nobuhisa Tanahashi
  • Patent number: 9273187
    Abstract: Provided is an ink jet recording head, including a member provided with an ejection orifice for ejecting ink, in which the ink jet recording head further includes a water-repellent layer including a cured product of a condensed product obtained by condensation of a hydrolyzable silane compound having an epoxy group and a hydrolyzable silane compound having a perfluoropolyether group on a surface of the member on a side on which the ejection orifice opens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Etsuko Sawada, Hiroaki Mihara, Ken Ikegame, Satoshi Tsutsui, Yohei Hamade