Patents by Inventor Osamu Katsuda

Osamu Katsuda 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: 20240173960
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a conveyor for a medium; a carriage configured to move in a carriage movement direction at a position facing the conveyed medium; a head provided on the carriage and including at least one nozzle configured to eject a liquid to the medium in a continuous flow, make the continuous flow into droplets, and cause the droplets to collide with the medium; a liquid storage configured to store the liquid to be sent to the nozzle; and a liquid sending unit configured to send the liquid in the liquid storage to the nozzle continuously while restricting a pressure fluctuation during one time of movement of the carriage in the carriage movement direction. A volume of the liquid storage is larger than a volume of the liquid ejected from the nozzle during one time of movement of the carriage in the carriage movement direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Osamu KATSUDA, Hirokazu SEKINO
  • Publication number: 20240140085
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a conveyer configured to convey a medium in a conveyance direction; a carriage configured to move in a reciprocating direction intersecting the conveyance direction at a position facing the medium conveyed in the conveyance direction; and a head provided on the carriage and including at least one nozzle configured to eject liquid to the medium, in which the head ejects the liquid in a continuous flow, converts the continuous flow into a plurality of droplets and causes the a plurality of droplets to collide with the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Osamu KATSUDA, Hideki OKADA, Hirokazu SEKINO
  • Publication number: 20240017548
    Abstract: A processing method includes: a liquid ejecting step of ejecting liquid toward a fabric from an ejecting nozzle hole of a liquid ejecting section and causing the liquid to strike the fabric, the liquid ejecting section including at least one nozzle, the at least one nozzle including the ejecting nozzle hole and a liquid inflow port serving as an inlet to the ejecting nozzle hole; and a vibration application step of applying vibration to the fabric subjected to the liquid ejecting step, and 0.01 mm?d?0.30 mm and 5?D/d?150, where d [mm] is a diameter of the ejecting nozzle hole and D [mm] is a diameter of the liquid inflow port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Hideki OKADA, Hirokazu SEKINO, Osamu KATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20230383451
    Abstract: A fabric processing device includes a transport unit configured to transport a fabric in a transport direction; a support unit configured to support the fabric; a liquid ejecting unit configured to eject a liquid onto the fabric supported by the support unit; and an adjusting unit configured to adjust the liquid ejected as a continuous flow from the liquid ejecting unit to collide with the fabric in a state of being liquid droplets. The fabric processing device having such a configuration can effectively improve texture of the fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Hirokazu SEKINO, Osamu KATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20230383450
    Abstract: A fabric processing device includes a transport unit configured to transport a fabric in a transport direction; a support unit configured to support the fabric; and a liquid ejecting unit configured to eject a liquid onto the fabric supported by the support unit. The liquid ejecting unit is configured to eject the liquid in a continuous flow at an ejecting speed of 30 m/s or more, and the liquid ejected as the continuous flow is caused to collide with the fabric in a state of being liquid droplets to process the fabric. The fabric processing device having such a configuration can effectively improve texture of the fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Hirokazu SEKINO, Osamu KATSUDA, Takeshi SETO
  • Publication number: 20230324082
    Abstract: A positive displacement machine includes a housing including a guide part, a slide member including a piston disposed in the guide part, a coupling member coupled to the slide member, a first rotating member coupled to the coupling member and configured to rotate centering on a first rotation axis, a second rotating member coupled to the coupling member and configured to rotate, centering on a second rotation axis, in an opposite direction of a rotating direction of the first rotating member, and a first motor including a first rotor coupled to the first rotating member and a first stator disposed on an outer side of the first rotor, The first motor includes a first adjusting mechanism configured to adjust an angle of the first stator with respect to the first rotor, the angle being centered on the first rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Osamu KATSUDA, Kaname NAGATANI, Hidemasa YAMAKAWA, Tomoki ABE
  • Publication number: 20230323869
    Abstract: A positive displacement machine includes a housing including a tubular guide part in which a pressure chamber is provided, a slide member including a piston disposed in the guide part, the slide member sliding in a first direction, a coupling member coupled to the slide member and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a first rotating member coupled to a first end portion of the coupling member and configured to rotate centering on a first rotation axis extending in the second direction, and a first motor. The first motor includes a first rotor coupled to the first rotating member and configured to rotate centering on the first rotation axis and an adjuster configured to adjust a position of the first rotor with respect to the housing, the position extending along an imaginary plane perpendicular to the first rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Osamu KATSUDA, Kaname NAGATANI, Hidemasa YAMAKAWA
  • Patent number: 11768427
    Abstract: A projector includes first and second cooling targets and a cooling device. The cooling device includes a first compressor, a condenser, a first expander configured to decompress a part of the working fluid condensed by the condenser, a first evaporator configured to change the working fluid in a liquid phase flowing from the first expander into the working fluid in a gas phase by using heat from the first cooling target, a second expander configured to decompress the other part of the working fluid condensed by the condenser, a second evaporator configured to change the working fluid in a liquid phase flowing from the second expander into the working fluid in a gas phase by using heat from the second cooling target, and a second compressor configured to compress the working fluid in a gas phase flowing from the second evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaname Nagatani, Osamu Katsuda
  • Patent number: 11714342
    Abstract: A projector includes a first cooling target and a cooling device. The cooling device includes a first compressor configured to compress working fluid in a gas phase, a condenser configured to condense the working fluid in the gas phase into the working fluid in a liquid phase, a first expander configured to decompress the working fluid in the liquid phase, a first evaporator configured to change the working fluid flowed from the first expander to the working fluid in the gas phase with heat of a first cooling target and discharge the changed gas-phase working fluid to the first compressor, a first pipe connecting the first compressor and the condenser, a second pipe connecting the condenser and the first expander, and a base to which the first compressor, the condenser, and the first expander are fixed. The first pipe and the second pipe are provided in the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kaname Nagatani, Osamu Katsuda
  • Publication number: 20230097432
    Abstract: A positive displacement machine includes a case including a tubular guide part in which a pressure chamber is provided, a slide member including a shaft extending in a first direction and a piston provided at an end portion of the shaft and disposed in the guide part, a coupling member coupled to the slide member and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a first rotating member coupled to one end of the coupling member and configured to rotate around a first rotation axis extending in the second direction, and a rocking absorbing mechanism configured to absorb a rocking motion of the piston around an axis extending in the first direction. The rocking absorbing mechanism is provided between the coupling member and the slide member, between the shaft and the piston, or between the piston and an inner wall of the guide part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu KATSUDA, Hidemasa YAMAKAWA, Kaname NAGATANI, Tomoki ABE
  • Patent number: 11573484
    Abstract: A projector includes a first cooling target, a cooling device, and an exterior housing that houses the first cooling target and the cooling device. The cooling device includes a first compressor configured to compress working fluid, a condenser configured to condense the working fluid, a first expander configured to decompress the working fluid, a first evaporator configured to change the working fluid to the working fluid in the gas phase with heat transferred from the first cooling target, a first connection pipe configured to lead the working fluid discharged from the first expander to the first evaporator, a second connection pipe configured to lead the working fluid discharged from the first evaporator to the first compressor, and a first case configured to seal the first expander, the first connection pipe, the first evaporator, and the second connection pipe on an inside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kaname Nagatani, Osamu Katsuda
  • Publication number: 20220331828
    Abstract: A liquid spray nozzle includes a nozzle hole configured to spray a liquid toward an object, a liquid flow channel communicated with the nozzle hole, and a filter disposed in the liquid flow channel, wherein at least one of a part of the filter and a part of the liquid flow channel from the filter to the nozzle hole forms an antibacterial part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Osamu KATSUDA, Kaname NAGATANI, Takahiro MATSUZAKI, Yasunori ONISHI, Tomoki ABE
  • Publication number: 20220323980
    Abstract: A liquid delivery device includes a cylinder having a liquid retention section configured to retain a liquid, a piston configured to change a volume of the liquid retention section, a gas container configured to encapsulate a gas at pressure exceeding atmospheric pressure, a regulator which is coupled to the gas container, and is configured to adjust pressure of the gas delivered from the gas container, a gas flow channel having a supply flow channel configured to supply the gas delivered from the regulator to the piston, and a release-to-atmosphere flow channel configured to release the gas delivered from the regulator to an atmosphere, and a three-way valve provided to the gas flow channel to switch between delivering the gas delivered from the regulator to the supply flow channel and delivering the gas to the release-to-atmosphere flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventor: Osamu KATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20220314242
    Abstract: A liquid ejection nozzle that has a nozzle hole and ejects a liquid from the nozzle hole in a ejection direction toward a target subject includes a nozzle plate having the nozzle hole, and a pressing member having a through hole having a diameter larger than a diameter of the nozzle hole at a position corresponding to the nozzle hole in the ejection direction and configured to press the nozzle plate from a downstream side in the ejection direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoki ABE, Osamu KATSUDA
  • Patent number: 11460760
    Abstract: A projector includes first and second cooling targets and a cooling device. The cooling device includes a first compressor, a condenser, a first expander, a first evaporator configured to change the working fluid into a working fluid in a gas phase by using heat of the first cooling target, a heat exchanger including a first flow path through which the working fluid from the first expander flows and a second flow path, a second expander configured to decompress the working fluid from the first flow path, a second evaporator configured to change the working fluid flowing into the second flow path into the working fluid in a gas phase by using heat of the second cooling target, and a second compressor. The heat exchanger cools the working fluid flowing through the first flow path by the working fluid flowing through the second flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaname Nagatani, Osamu Katsuda
  • Publication number: 20220128892
    Abstract: A projector includes a first cooling target, a cooling device, and an exterior housing that houses the first cooling target and the cooling device. The cooling device includes a first compressor configured to compress working fluid, a condenser configured to condense the working fluid, a first expander configured to decompress the working fluid, a first evaporator configured to change the working fluid to the working fluid in the gas phase with heat transferred from the first cooling target, a first connection pipe configured to lead the working fluid discharged from the first expander to the first evaporator, a second connection pipe configured to lead the working fluid discharged from the first evaporator to the first compressor, and a first case configured to seal the first expander, the first connection pipe the first evaporator, and the second connection pipe on an inside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kaname NAGATANI, Osamu KATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20210294189
    Abstract: A projector includes a first cooling target and a cooling device. The cooling device includes a first compressor configured to compress working fluid in a gas phase, a condenser configured to condense the working fluid in the gas phase into the working fluid in a liquid phase, a first expander configured to decompress the working fluid in the liquid phase, a first evaporator configured to change the working fluid flowed from the first expander to the working fluid in the gas phase with heat of a first cooling target and discharge the changed gas-phase working fluid to the first compressor, a first pipe connecting the first compressor and the condenser, a second pipe connecting the condenser and the first expander, and a base to which the first compressor, the condenser, and the first expander are fixed. The first pipe and the second pipe are provided in the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Kaname NAGATANI, Osamu KATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20210232030
    Abstract: A projector includes first and second cooling targets and a cooling device. The cooling device includes a first compressor, a condenser, a first expander configured to decompress a part of the working fluid condensed by the condenser, a first evaporator configured to change the working fluid in a liquid phase flowing from the first expander into the working fluid in a gas phase by using heat from the first cooling target, a second expander configured to decompress the other part of the working fluid condensed by the condenser, a second evaporator configured to change the working fluid in a liquid phase flowing from the second expander into the working fluid in a gas phase by using heat from the second cooling target, and a second compressor configured to compress the working fluid in a gas phase flowing from the second evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Kaname NAGATANI, Osamu KATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20210232029
    Abstract: A projector includes first and second cooling targets and a cooling device. The cooling device includes a first compressor, a condenser, a first expander, a first evaporator configured to change the working fluid into a working fluid in a gas phase by using heat of the first cooling target, a heat exchanger including a first flow path through which the working fluid from the first expander flows and a second flow path, a second expander configured to decompress the working fluid from the first flow path, a second evaporator configured to change the working fluid flowing into the second flow path into the working fluid in a gas phase by using heat of the second cooling target, and a second compressor. The heat exchanger cools the working fluid flowing through the first flow path by the working fluid flowing through the second flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Kaname NAGATANI, Osamu KATSUDA
  • Patent number: D937926
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Nagaoka, Osamu Katsuda