Patents by Inventor Manabu Ohara

Manabu Ohara 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).

  • Publication number: 20230191796
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes: an ejection element configured to generate a pressure for ejecting the liquid; a supply channel through which the liquid is supplied to a pressure chamber; a collection channel connected to the supply channel through the pressure chamber and through which the liquid is collected from the pressure chamber; a circulation pump capable of supplying the liquid from the supply channel into the pressure chamber, and collecting the liquid in the pressure chamber through the collection channel and sending the liquid to the supply channel; a first pressure adjustment unit disposed between an outlet channel of the circulation pump and the supply channel and configured to adjust a pressure in the supply channel; and a second pressure adjustment unit disposed between an inlet channel of the circulation pump and the collection channel and configured to adjust a pressure in the collection channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: MANABU OHARA, NAOZUMI NABESHIMA, SOJI KONDO, KAZUYA YOSHII
  • Patent number: 11383519
    Abstract: A liquid storage bottle includes a bottle body having a resin-made first cylindrical part at one end, the first cylindrical part having an opening at its front end, and a tubular nozzle for pouring out the liquid contained in the inside of the bottle body by way of the opening, the tubular nozzle having a resin-made second cylindrical part bonded to the bottle body. The inner peripheral surface of the second cylindrical part is welded to the outer peripheral surface of the first cylindrical part. The outer peripheral surface of the first cylindrical part is provided with an annular groove extending in the circumferential direction and the annular groove is made to contain a part of the resin that is molten during the bonding operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Manabu Ohara, Kenta Udagawa, Hiroki Hayashi, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Noriyasu Nagai, Shoki Takiguchi
  • Patent number: 11273648
    Abstract: A liquid storage bottle includes a bottle main body having a first cylindrical portion formed of a resin and a nozzle and has a second cylindrical portion formed of a resin and welded to the first cylindrical portion on an outer peripheral side of the first cylindrical portion. The first cylindrical portion includes an outer peripheral surface and a first annular surface extending radially outward from an axial end portion of the outer peripheral surface, the second cylindrical portion includes an inner peripheral surface facing the outer peripheral surface of the first cylindrical portion and a second annular surface which extends radially outward from an axial end portion of the inner peripheral surface and faces the first annular surface of the first cylindrical portion, and a peripheral wall portion extending in an axial direction is formed radially outside the second annular surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriyasu Nagai, Kenta Udagawa, Hiroki Hayashi, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Manabu Ohara, Shoki Takiguchi
  • Patent number: 11111061
    Abstract: A liquid storage bottle includes a nozzle which has an inlet through which a liquid is injected, a cylindrical cap which is mountable on the nozzle to open or close the inlet, a slit valve which is provided in the inlet and includes a plurality of slits intersecting each other, and a sealing unit which seals the inlet when the cap is mounted on the nozzle. The cap includes a protrusion which protrudes from a surface facing the inlet toward the slit valve when the cap is mounted on the nozzle, and a tip portion of the protrusion faces the slit valve at a position separated in a radial direction of the nozzle from an intersection of the plurality of slits in a state where the inlet is sealed by the sealing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriyasu Nagai, Kenta Udagawa, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Hiroki Hayashi, Manabu Ohara, Shoki Takiguchi
  • Patent number: 11090944
    Abstract: A liquid storage bottle includes a bottle main body, a nozzle having a discharge port through which a liquid stored in the bottle main body is discharged, a cap mountable on the nozzle and a sealing unit sealing the discharge port when the cap is mounted on the nozzle. The sealing unit includes an annular first rib, an annular second rib and an annular third rib. The outer peripheral surface of the first rib is inclined with respect to the axial direction of the nozzle so that a diameter decreases toward a tip portion of the first rib and the inner peripheral surface of the third rib is inclined with respect to the axial direction of the cap so that a diameter increases toward a tip portion of the third rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoki Takiguchi, Kenta Udagawa, Hiroki Hayashi, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Noriyasu Nagai, Manabu Ohara
  • Patent number: 10836175
    Abstract: A liquid container is enabled to contain a liquid therein. An outer wall of the liquid container has a first surface, a second and a third surfaces are adjacent to the first surface, and the second surface and the third surface face each other. The first surface has a space in which a storage element storing the information on the liquid container is contained. The first surface and the second surface have a first recessed portion that crosses a boundary between the first surface and the second surface, and the first surface and the third surface have a second recessed portion that crosses a boundary between the first surface and the third surface. The first recessed portion and the second recessed portion face each other across the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeho Miyashita, Yasuo Kotaki, Tetsuya Ohashi, Hiroki Hayashi, Manabu Ohara
  • Publication number: 20200307230
    Abstract: A liquid storage bottle includes a bottle main body having a first cylindrical portion formed of a resin and a nozzle and has a second cylindrical portion formed of a resin and welded to the first cylindrical portion on an outer peripheral side of the first cylindrical portion. The first cylindrical portion includes an outer peripheral surface and a first annular surface extending radially outward from an axial end portion of the outer peripheral surface, the second cylindrical portion includes an inner peripheral surface facing the outer peripheral surface of the first cylindrical portion and a second annular surface which extends radially outward from an axial end portion of the inner peripheral surface and faces the first annular surface of the first cylindrical portion, and a peripheral wall portion extending in an axial direction is formed radially outside the second annular surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Noriyasu Nagai, Kenta Udagawa, Hiroki Hayashi, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Manabu Ohara, Shoki Takiguchi
  • Publication number: 20200307224
    Abstract: A liquid storage bottle includes a bottle body having a resin-made first cylindrical part at one end, the first cylindrical part having an opening at its front end, and a tubular nozzle for pouring out the liquid contained in the inside of the bottle body by way of the opening, the tubular nozzle having a resin-made second cylindrical part bonded to the bottle body. The inner peripheral surface of the second cylindrical part is welded to the outer peripheral surface of the first cylindrical part. The outer peripheral surface of the first cylindrical part is provided with an annular groove extending in the circumferential direction and the annular groove is made to contain a part of the resin that is molten during the bonding operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Manabu Ohara, Kenta Udagawa, Hiroki Hayashi, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Noriyasu Nagai, Shoki Takiguchi
  • Publication number: 20200307872
    Abstract: A liquid storage bottle includes a nozzle which has an inlet through which a liquid is injected, a cylindrical cap which is mountable on the nozzle to open or close the inlet, a slit valve which is provided in the inlet and includes a plurality of slits intersecting each other, and a sealing unit which seals the inlet when the cap is mounted on the nozzle. The cap includes a protrusion which protrudes from a surface facing the inlet toward the slit valve when the cap is mounted on the nozzle, and a tip portion of the protrusion faces the slit valve at a position separated in a radial direction of the nozzle from an intersection of the plurality of slits in a state where the inlet is sealed by the sealing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Noriyasu Nagai, Kenta Udagawa, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Hiroki Hayashi, Manabu Ohara, Shoki Takiguchi
  • Publication number: 20200307228
    Abstract: A liquid storage bottle includes a bottle main body, a nozzle having a discharge port through which a liquid stored in the bottle main body is discharged, a cap mountable on the nozzle and a sealing unit sealing the discharge port when the cap is mounted on the nozzle. The sealing unit includes an annular first rib, an annular second rib and an annular third rib. The outer peripheral surface of the first rib is inclined with respect to the axial direction of the nozzle so that a diameter decreases toward a tip portion of the first rib and the inner peripheral surface of the third rib is inclined with respect to the axial direction of the cap so that a diameter increases toward a tip portion of the third rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Shoki Takiguchi, Kenta Udagawa, Hiroki Hayashi, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Noriyasu Nagai, Manabu Ohara
  • Publication number: 20190263132
    Abstract: A liquid container is enabled to contain a liquid therein. An outer wall of the liquid container has a first surface, a second and a third surfaces are adjacent to the first surface, and the second surface and the third surface face each other. The first surface has a space in which a storage element storing the information on the liquid container is contained. The first surface and the second surface have a first recessed portion that crosses a boundary between the first surface and the second surface, and the first surface and the third surface have a second recessed portion that crosses a boundary between the first surface and the third surface. The first recessed portion and the second recessed portion face each other across the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Takeho Miyashita, Yasuo Kotaki, Tetsuya Ohashi, Hiroki Hayashi, Manabu Ohara
  • Patent number: 10336087
    Abstract: A liquid container is enabled to contain a liquid therein. An outer wall of the liquid container has a first surface, a second and a third surfaces are adjacent to the first surface, and the second surface and the third surface face each other. The first surface has a space in which a storage element storing the information on the liquid container is contained. The first surface and the second surface have a first recessed portion that crosses a boundary between the first surface and the second surface, and the first surface and the third surface have a second recessed portion that crosses a boundary between the first surface and the third surface. The first recessed portion and the second recessed portion face each other across the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeho Miyashita, Yasuo Kotaki, Tetsuya Ohashi, Hiroki Hayashi, Manabu Ohara
  • Patent number: 9994031
    Abstract: A liquid container mounted on a recording apparatus and containing a liquid in a liquid containing portion, including a first surface which faces the recording apparatus when the liquid container is mounted on the recording apparatus, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the liquid containing portion has, on a bottom surface which is a lower surface in a gravity direction when the liquid container is mounted on the recording apparatus, a first inclined surface inclining downward in the gravity direction from the first surface side to the second surface side and a second inclined surface inclining upward in the gravity direction from the first surface side to the second surface side in this order from the first surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeho Miyashita, Yasuo Kotaki, Tetsuya Ohashi, Hiroki Hayashi, Manabu Ohara
  • Publication number: 20180154646
    Abstract: A liquid container is enabled to contain a liquid therein. An outer wall of the liquid container has a first surface, a second and a third surfaces are adjacent to the first surface, and the second surface and the third surface face each other. The first surface has a space in which a storage element storing the information on the liquid container is contained. The first surface and the second surface have a first recessed portion that crosses a boundary between the first surface and the second surface, and the first surface and the third surface have a second recessed portion that crosses a boundary between the first surface and the third surface. The first recessed portion and the second recessed portion face each other across the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Takeho Miyashita, Yasuo Kotaki, Tetsuya Ohashi, Hiroki Hayashi, Manabu Ohara
  • Patent number: D925647
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventors: Hitomi Ogasawara, Manabu Ohara, Shoki Takiguchi, Akihisa Shiozaki, Hiroki Hayashi, Noriyasu Nagai, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Kenta Udagawa
  • Patent number: D936140
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Manabu Ohara, Hitomi Ogasawara, Noriyasu Nagai, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Akihisa Shiozaki, Kenta Udagawa, Hiroki Hayashi, Shoki Takiguchi
  • Patent number: D936141
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Manabu Ohara, Shoki Takiguchi, Kenta Udagawa, Hiroki Hayashi, Noriyasu Nagai, Hiroshi Koshikawa
  • Patent number: D942537
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroki Hayashi, Manabu Ohara, Takashi Kusanagi
  • Patent number: D944320
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki Hayashi, Manabu Ohara
  • Patent number: D982073
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenta Udagawa, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Hiroki Hayashi, Noriyasu Nagai, Manabu Ohara, Shoki Takiguchi