Patents by Inventor Shuhei Nakatani
Shuhei Nakatani 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).
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Publication number: 20230311509Abstract: A coating head includes: a plurality of nozzles; a plurality of pressure chambers communicating with the plurality of nozzles; an ink flow path communicating with the plurality of pressure chambers; and a coating layer that is at least partially provided on liquid contact surfaces of the plurality of nozzles, the plurality of pressure chambers, and the ink flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: KENTARO KUMAZAWA, SHUHEI NAKATANI, KAZUNOBU IRIE, FUTOSHI OHTSUKA, YOUSUKE TOYOFUKU
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Publication number: 20220388308Abstract: A liquid discharging head includes a nozzle configured to discharge liquid, a pressure chamber communicated with the nozzle, and an individual channel communicated with the pressure chamber through a narrow part. The liquid discharging head also includes a common channel communicated with the individual channel, an energy generation element configured to generate energy, and a diaphragm configured to convey the energy to the pressure chamber. A metal oxide film is formed at inner walls of the nozzle, the pressure chamber, the narrow part, the diaphragm, and the individual channel, and a hydroxyl group has come out from the metal oxide film.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuhei NAKATANI, Kazunobu IRIE
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Patent number: 11446929Abstract: A liquid discharging head and an ink-jet apparatus that can achieve stable discharging over time by suppressing clogging of a nozzle due to particles and the like contained in liquid, and by suppressing adhesion of particles to a channel and a diaphragm surface. A liquid discharging head includes a nozzle configured to discharge liquid; a pressure chamber communicated with the nozzle; an individual channel communicated with the pressure chamber through a narrow part; a common channel communicated with the individual channel; an energy generation element configured to generate energy; and a diaphragm configured to convey the energy to the pressure chamber, wherein a monomolecular film is formed at inner walls of the nozzle, the pressure chamber, the narrow part, the diaphragm, and the individual channel, the monomolecular film being lyophilic to the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuhei Nakatani, Kazunobu Irie
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Patent number: 11312136Abstract: An ink jet head includes a piezoelectric element that is driven in a d33 mode, a pressure generation chamber in which a pressure is generated by the piezoelectric element, and an individual ink supply flow passage that through which the ink is supplied to the pressure generation chamber. The ink jet head includes an individual ink discharge flow passage that through which the ink is discharged from the pressure generation chamber, and a nozzle that ejects the ink from the pressure generation chamber. In a cross-sectional view in a direction orthogonal to an arrangement direction of the nozzle, inner diameters of the pressure generation chamber, the individual ink supply flow passage, and the individual ink discharge flow passage are shorter on a part close to the nozzle than a part close to the piezoelectric element side. Accordingly, an ink jet head capable of ejecting high-viscosity ink can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazunobu Irie, Hidehiro Yoshida, Shuhei Nakatani, Futoshi Ohtsuka, Yousuke Toyofuku
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Publication number: 20210291521Abstract: An ink jet head includes a piezoelectric element that is driven in a d33 mode, a pressure generation chamber in which a pressure is generated by the piezoelectric element, and an individual ink supply flow passage that through which the ink is supplied to the pressure generation chamber. The ink jet head includes an individual ink discharge flow passage that through which the ink is discharged from the pressure generation chamber, and a nozzle that ejects the ink from the pressure generation chamber. In a cross-sectional view in a direction orthogonal to an arrangement direction of the nozzle, inner diameters of the pressure generation chamber, the individual ink supply flow passage, and the individual ink discharge flow passage are shorter on a part close to the nozzle than a part close to the piezoelectric element side. Accordingly, an ink jet head capable of ejecting high-viscosity ink can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: KAZUNOBU IRIE, HIDEHIRO YOSHIDA, SHUHEI NAKATANI, FUTOSHI OHTSUKA, YOUSUKE TOYOFUKU
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Publication number: 20210167147Abstract: A light emitting device includes a first bank that partitions pixel regions, a second bank that is disposed above the first bank and defines the pixel regions, and a light emitting layer disposed in each of the pixel regions surrounded by the first bank or the second bank. In the light emitting device, at least one of the first bank and the second bank has a communicator via which two or more of the pixel regions including light emitting layers with a same color communicate with each other. Consequently, there are provided the light emitting device capable of improving the wettability with ink at the ends of the first bank and the second bank and thus suppressing a short circuit between an anode and a cathode and a display panel having the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: SHUHEI NAKATANI, HIDEHIRO YOSHIDA, KAZUNOBU IRIE
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Publication number: 20210122161Abstract: A liquid discharging head and an ink-jet apparatus that can achieve stable discharging over time by suppressing clogging of a nozzle due to particles and the like contained in liquid, and by suppressing adhesion of particles to a channel and a diaphragm surface. A liquid discharging head includes a nozzle configured to discharge liquid; a pressure chamber communicated with the nozzle; an individual channel communicated with the pressure chamber through a narrow part; a common channel communicated with the individual channel; an energy generation element configured to generate energy; and a diaphragm configured to convey the energy to the pressure chamber, wherein a monomolecular film is formed at inner walls of the nozzle, the pressure chamber, the narrow part, the diaphragm, and the individual channel, the monomolecular film being lyophilic to the liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuhei NAKATANI, Kazunobu IRIE
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Patent number: 10457042Abstract: An object of the disclosure is to provide an inkjet head that makes it possible to realize alleviation of ink-discharge malfunction due to fluid crosstalk possibly caused among multiple discharge components, and that also simultaneously makes it possible to maintain a desirable volume of discharged liquid droplets. Furthermore, another object of the disclosure is to provide an inkjet device including the inkjet head.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuhei Nakatani, Futoshi Ohtsuka, Yousuke Toyofuku
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Patent number: 10369783Abstract: A high precision printing method taking into consideration the variance in the thickness of a printing target. An ink-jet printing method, including: (i) measuring a distance between a printing target and at least one nozzle; (ii) measuring a flying speed and a flying angle of an ink(a) discharged from the at least one nozzle; (iii) printing a test substrate with an ink to identify a location on which an ink(b) is spotted, and calculating a thickness-related displacement that is a displacement from the location on which the ink is spotted, based on a thickness difference between the printing target and the test substrate from results obtained in Step (i), and the flying speed and the flying angle of the ink(a) obtained in Step (ii); and (iv) discharging an ink(c) from the at least one nozzle to achieve actual printing of the printing target with the ink(c) while correcting the thickness-related displacement.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2018Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentaro Kumazawa, Shuhei Nakatani, Takao Nagumo, Takashi Inoue, Futoshi Ohtsuka
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Patent number: 10279369Abstract: Printing apparatus includes: a printer (thin-film carrier, conveyer, and droplet discharger) printing on a thin film by discharging, while shifting thin film in first direction, droplets containing a functional component from a plurality of positions differing from each other in second direction; and a print uniformity controller (print controller and position switcher) performing the printing for a plurality of times, by using the printer and changing position and/or orientation of thin film relative to the plurality of positions.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayo Shinoda, Shuhei Nakatani, Kazuma Tsujita
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Publication number: 20190077144Abstract: An object of the disclosure is to provide an inkjet head that makes it possible to realize alleviation of ink-discharge malfunction due to fluid crosstalk possibly caused among multiple discharge components, and that also simultaneously makes it possible to maintain a desirable volume of discharged liquid droplets. Furthermore, another object of the disclosure is to provide an inkjet device including the inkjet head.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: SHUHEI NAKATANI, FUTOSHI OHTSUKA, YOUSUKE TOYOFUKU
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Publication number: 20180222180Abstract: A high precision printing method taking into consideration the variance in the thickness of a printing target. An ink-jet printing method, including: (i) measuring a distance between a printing target and at least one nozzle; (ii) measuring a flying speed and a flying angle of an ink(a) discharged from the at least one nozzle; (iii) printing a test substrate with an ink to identify a location on which an ink(b) is spotted, and calculating a thickness-related displacement that is a displacement from the location on which the ink is spotted, based on a thickness difference between the printing target and the test substrate from results obtained in Step (i), and the flying speed and the flying angle of the ink(a) obtained in Step (ii); and (iv) discharging an ink(c) from the at least one nozzle to achieve actual printing of the printing target with the ink(c) while correcting the thickness-related displacement.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: KENTARO KUMAZAWA, SHUHEI NAKATANI, TAKAO NAGUMO, TAKASHI INOUE, FUTOSHI OHTSUKA
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Publication number: 20160288153Abstract: Printing apparatus includes: a printer (thin-film carrier, conveyer, and droplet discharger) printing on a thin film by discharging, while shifting thin film in first direction, droplets containing a functional component from a plurality of positions differing from each other in second direction; and a print uniformity controller (print controller and position switcher) performing the printing for a plurality of times, by using the printer and changing position and/or orientation of thin film relative to the plurality of positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: MASAYO SHINODA, SHUHEI NAKATANI, KAZUMA TSUJITA
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Patent number: 9240435Abstract: Disclosed is a coated type organic EL display wherein the light extraction efficiencies of all organic light-emitting elements are improved even when the organic light-emitting elements have different organic light-emitting layers for respective emission colors. Specifically disclosed is an organic EL display which comprises a substrate, a red organic light-emitting element (R), a green organic light-emitting element (G), and a blue organic light-emitting element (B), said organic light-emitting elements being arranged on the substrate. Each of the organic light-emitting elements has a pixel electrode that is a reflective electrode, a functional layer that is formed on the pixel electrode by coating, an organic light-emitting layer that is arranged on the functional layer, a counter electrode that is a transparent electrode arranged on the organic light-emitting layer, and a tapered bank that defines the functional layer formed by coating.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2010Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: JOLED INCInventors: Hidehiro Yoshida, Kenji Okumoto, Tsuneyuki Ejima, Shuhei Nakatani
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Patent number: 9231031Abstract: Disclosed is a coated type organic EL display wherein the light extraction efficiencies of all organic light-emitting elements are improved even when the organic light-emitting elements have different organic light-emitting layers for respective emission colors. Specifically disclosed is an organic EL display which comprises a substrate and a red organic light-emitting element (R), a green organic light-emitting element (G), and a blue organic light-emitting element (B) arranged on the substrate. Each organic light-emitting element has a pixel electrode that is a reflective electrode, a functional layer formed on the pixel electrode by coating, an organic light-emitting layer arranged on the functional layer, a counter electrode that is a transparent electrode arranged on the organic light-emitting layer, and a tapered bank that defines the functional layer formed by coating. A dimension of a bank-to-bank gap at a top of the bank differs among the R, G, and B elements.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2013Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Hidehiro Yoshida, Kenji Okumoto, Tsuneyuki Ejima, Shuhei Nakatani
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Patent number: 9024053Abstract: A problem of the present invention is to prevent a base layer beneath the layer to be irradiated with light from deterioration in property and a functional thin film from deterioration in property as the fine patterning of a functional film is performed with light irradiation. Means for solving the problem is a compound obtained by dimerizing with light irradiation a compound (A) containing a group that has photosensitivity and can be photodimerized and a group having lyophilicity and a compound (B) containing a group that has photosensitivity and can be photodimerized and a group having liquid-repellency.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2010Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignees: Joled Inc., Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Seiji Shinkai, Shuichi Haraguchi, Tomohiro Shiraki, Masashi Ogawa, Shuhei Nakatani, Kei Sakanoue, Osamu Goto, Hidenobu Kakimoto
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Patent number: 8901594Abstract: The present invention provides an organic EL display panel, which has excellent display qualities with no luminance unevenness and emission color unevenness. The present invention provides the organic EL display panel, which has: a TFT panel having an effective light emitting region (L), which is positioned at a center portion, and a dummy region (D), which is positioned at an outer circumferential portion so as to surround the effective light emitting region (L); a plurality of light emitting elements, which are disposed in the effective light emitting region (L); and a plurality of non-light emitting elements, which are disposed in the dummy region (D). A non-light emitting element among the non-light emitting elements, said non-light emitting element being adjacent to the effective light emitting region (L), also has a dummy hole that is provided in the TFT panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Shuhei Nakatani
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Patent number: 8847211Abstract: A problem of the present invention is to provide a device having good characteristics and long life, wherein a functional thin film is formed in a desired region by a coating method; a thin film transistor; a method for producing the device; and a method for producing the thin film transistor. This problem can be solved by a device comprising: a substrate, a first electrode formed on the substrate, a functional thin film formed above the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed above the functional thin film, characterized by further comprising, in a region surrounding the region where the functional thin film is formed, a film containing a compound in which a group containing fluorine and a ?-conjugated system are bound together by a cycloalkene structure or a cycloalkane structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2010Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignees: Panasonic Corporation, Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Seiji Shinkai, Shuichi Haraguchi, Tomohiro Shiraki, Masashi Ogawa, Shuhei Nakatani, Kei Sakanoue, Osamu Goto, Hidenobu Kakimoto
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Patent number: 8829509Abstract: The present invention provides an organic EL display panel such that, even when a light emitting layer is formed in a line bank, generation of brightness unevenness and emission color unevenness due to application unevenness of an organic light emitting layer is suppressed, and good display quality is achieved. In the present invention, an insulation layer, which would cause application unevenness of the organic light emitting layer, is formed on the organic light emitting layer so as to cover an edge of a pixel electrode. It is possible to suppress film-shape unevenness of the organic light emitting layer, whereby provision and manufacture of an organic EL display panel which exhibits excellent display quality with reduced brightness unevenness and emission color unevenness become possible.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Shuhei Nakatani
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Publication number: 20140097421Abstract: Disclosed is a coated type organic EL display wherein the light extraction efficiencies of all organic light-emitting elements are improved even when the organic light-emitting elements have different organic light-emitting layers for respective emission colors. Specifically disclosed is an organic EL display which comprises a substrate and a red organic light-emitting element (R), a green organic light-emitting element (G), and a blue organic light-emitting element (B) arranged on the substrate. Each organic light-emitting element has a pixel electrode that is a reflective electrode, a functional layer formed on the pixel electrode by coating, an organic light-emitting layer arranged on the functional layer, a counter electrode that is a transparent electrode arranged on the organic light-emitting layer, and a tapered bank that defines the functional layer formed by coating. A dimension of a bank-to-bank gap at a top of the bank differs among the R, G, and B elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hidehiro Yoshida, Kenji Okumoto, Tsuneyuki Ejima, Shuhei Nakatani