Patents by Inventor Shunsuke Watanabe

Shunsuke Watanabe 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: 20200269574
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a flow channel forming substrate that forms an individual flow channel including a nozzle and a pressure chamber, a first common liquid chamber, and a second common liquid chamber; and a pressure generating element that causes a pressure change in a liquid in the pressure chamber, in which the first common liquid chamber is coupled to the second common liquid chamber via the individual flow channel, a compliance of the first common liquid chamber is larger than a compliance of the second common liquid chamber, and in the individual flow channel, a flow channel resistance between a first coupling portion with the first common liquid chamber and the pressure chamber is smaller than a flow channel resistance between a second coupling portion with the second common liquid chamber and the pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Katsutomo TSUKAHARA, Shunsuke WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10727851
    Abstract: An atomic oscillator includes a light source unit including a light source and a first temperature control device controlling the light source to have a first temperature, an atom cell unit including an atom cell accommodating an alkali metal atom and that light emitted from the light source enters and a second temperature control device controlling the atom cell to have a second temperature different from the first temperature, and a container accommodating the light source unit and the atom cell unit and has a first surface and a second surface different from the first surface. The light source unit is mounted to the first surface, and an air gap is present between the light source unit and the second surface. The atom cell unit is mounted to the second surface, and an air gap is present between the atom cell unit and the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro Hashi, Koji Chindo, Yasunori Onishi, Shunsuke Watanabe, Katsuhiko Maki, Mutsuhiko Ota, Noriaki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10727850
    Abstract: An atomic oscillator includes an atom cell that accommodates an alkali metal atom therein, a container that houses the atom cell, a substrate on which the container is disposed, and a thermally insulating mount that is fixed to the substrate and positions the container relative to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Onishi, Shunsuke Watanabe, Yukihiro Hashi
  • Patent number: 10659066
    Abstract: An atomic oscillator includes an atom cell that accommodates an alkali metal atom, a container that accommodates the atom cell, a heating device that is disposed in the container and heats the atom cell, a substrate on which the container is disposed, and a positioning member that is disposed on the substrate and positions the container. The atom cell is pressed against the container toward the heating device. The heating device is pressed against the container toward the atom cell, and the container is in turn pressed against the positioning member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Watanabe, Yasunori Onishi, Yukihiro Hashi
  • Patent number: 10639898
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head unit capable of ejecting a liquid from a nozzle provided in a nozzle surface of a nozzle plate, an anchoring plate in which the head unit is anchored and that is provided with an opening region that exposes the nozzle surface, and a wiper member that wipes an anchoring plate exposed-surface located on the opposite side of the head unit of the anchoring plate and the nozzle surface. When an angle of contact between the nozzle surface and the liquid is taken as ?n, an angle of contact between the anchoring plate exposed-surface and the liquid is taken as ?s, and an angle of contact between the wiper member and the liquid is taken as ?w, the relationship ?n>?s>?w>90° is fulfilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Watanabe, Yuma Fukuzawa, Katsumi Enomoto, Hiroaki Okui, Yoshinao Miyata, Satoshi Oguchi, Fujio Akahane
  • Patent number: 10625503
    Abstract: In a plan view from a perpendicular direction to a surface of a wiring substrate on which a wiring is provided, a buried wiring, a connection wiring, and a terminal portion of an external wiring are formed at an overlapping position, in which a recessed portion is provided at a position corresponding to the buried wiring on a surface of the connection wiring on an opposite side to the wiring substrate, and in which, in a direction intersecting an extension direction of the wiring on the surface of the wiring substrate on which the wiring is provided, a width of the connection wiring is larger than a width of the buried wiring, a width of the terminal portion of the external wiring is larger than a width of the recessed portion, and the terminal portion is provided across the recessed portion of the connection wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Tomimatsu, Daisuke Yamada, Eiju Hirai, Motoki Takabe, Shunsuke Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20200101735
    Abstract: A head includes a first flow path forming member in which a first flow path communicating with a nozzle opening is formed, a sealing member which seals an opening of the first flow path, and a second flow path forming member which has a second flow path to supply a liquid to the first flow path. A communication portion of the first flow path communicates with a communication portion of the second flow path via a communication port of the sealing member interposed therebetween. The sealing member includes a diaphragm layer which forms one surface of the first flow path and a resin layer laminated on the diaphragm layer, and at least a part of an inside wall of the communication port is covered with a resin cover layer formed from a second resin different from a first resin which forms the resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Noriaki OKAZAWA, Shunsuke Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20200001601
    Abstract: A flow path formation substrate to which a nozzle plate is mounted includes a pressure chamber per nozzle, an individual supply path leading to the pressure chamber, an individual recovery path communicating with a flow channel near the nozzle. A conduction unit electrically coupled through a lead electrode to a pressure generator causing a pressure of the pressure chamber to vary is located at a position where the conduction unit overlaps with a flow path area of at least one individual flow path of the individual supply path or the individual recovery path in a plan view from a lamination direction in which the nozzle plate and the flow path formation substrate are laminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yuma FUKUZAWA, Motoki TAKABE, Shunsuke WATANABE, Akira MIYAGISHI, Shunya FUKUDA, Junichi SANO
  • Publication number: 20200001608
    Abstract: A head includes a flow path substrate including a flow path of the liquid in the flow path substrate, a nozzle plate which is attached to the flow path substrate and in which the nozzle is formed, a pressure chamber substrate that is attached to a location facing the nozzle plate with the flow path substrate interposed therebetween and that has a pressure chamber, and a pressure generation portion that operates according to an electrical signal from a wiring substrate coupled to an electrode provided on the pressure chamber substrate and that changes a pressure of the pressure chamber to eject the liquid from the nozzle, in which the nozzle plate and the wiring substrate are disposed such that the nozzle plate does not overlap a coupling portion between the wiring substrate and the electrode when viewed in a thickness direction of the flow path substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Toshiro MURAYAMA, Yuma FUKUZAWA, Shunya FUKUDA, Kazuaki UCHIDA, Shunsuke WATANABE, Noriaki OKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200001602
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a flow path substrate, a first plate having a nozzle, and a second plate. A flow path substrate includes a first communication path which passes through a flow path substrate in a thickness direction and has an opening on each of a first plate side and a second plate side, and a second communication path communicating with an opening on a first plate side of a first communication path at a first plate side and extending on the second plate side. A pressure chamber communicating with a first communication path and a first flow path through which a liquid flows into a pressure chamber are formed by a part of a second plate and a part of a flow path substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Toshiro MURAYAMA, Yuma FUKUZAWA, Shunya FUKUDA, Kazuaki UCHIDA, Shunsuke WATANABE, Noriaki OKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200001603
    Abstract: A flow path forming substrate on which a nozzle plate including a plurality of nozzles is mounted forms a supply flow path from a shared supply path shared for liquid supply to the plurality of nozzles, and an individual supply path branching from the shared supply path and leading to a pressure chamber for each of the nozzles, and forms a collecting flow path from an individual collecting path for each of the nozzles communicated with the communication flow path for each of the nozzles communicating with the nozzles and pressure chambers, and a shared collecting path shared for liquid collection from the plurality of nozzles by joining to the individual collecting path. The shared supply path is liquid-tightly closed by a supply-side flexible plate having flexibility, and the collecting flow path is liquid-tightly closed by a collecting-side flexible plate having flexibility over a flow path area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yuma FUKUZAWA, Motoki TAKABE, Shunsuke WATANABE, Akira MIYAGISHI, Shunya FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20190389219
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head including a head unit including a mounting surface on which a plurality of first terminals, to which a signal to eject ink from a nozzle is supplied, are formed, and a flexible wiring substrate including a plurality of second terminals that supply the signal to the head unit, the flexible wiring substrate bonded to the head unit with nonconductive paste while the second terminals and the first terminals are in an electrically coupled state, in which the plurality of second terminals are arranged at pitches of 50 ?m or less, and in which protrusions in contact with surfaces of the first terminals are formed on surfaces of the second terminals, the protrusions protruding at a height exceeding a surface roughness of the second terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Shunsuke WATANABE, Shingo TOMIMATSU
  • Publication number: 20190381794
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head including a head unit including a liquid ejecting unit that ejects a liquid from a nozzle, a drive circuit that drives the liquid ejecting unit, a containing body in which a space that stores the liquid is formed; a fixing plate which contacts the head unit on a nozzle side of the head unit; and a support that contacts the fixing plate and that supports the head unit, in which the support is formed of a material having a thermal conductivity higher than that of the containing body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventor: Shunsuke WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10464320
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure chamber that communicates with a nozzle which ejects liquid, a liquid chamber that communicates with the pressure chamber, a flexible compliance member that defines a portion of the liquid chamber, and a pressure adjusting mechanism that adjusts a supply pressure of liquid supplied to the liquid chamber. The pressure adjusting mechanism can adjust displacement of the compliance member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Watanabe, Fumiya Takino, Shingo Tomimatsu, Hiroshige Owaki, Takahiro Kanegae
  • Patent number: 10449765
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a liquid ejection unit, a flexible substrate, and a case member. The liquid ejection unit includes a drive element, a pressure chamber, and a nozzle. The flexible substrate is electrically connected to the drive element. The case member includes a flow channel configured to supply the liquid to the pressure chamber and an opening portion through which the flexible substrate is inserted. The flexible substrate has a straight portion and a wide portion having a width more than that of the straight portion. The case member has a side wall surrounding the opening portion, and a cutout portion formed in the side wall and configured to release the opening portion outward from the side wall. Portions of the side wall across the cutout portion are positioned outside the straight portion of the flexible substrate disposed in the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Tomimatsu, Shunsuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10442188
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head may include a driver element that ejects liquid in a pressure chamber from a nozzle, a liquid storage chamber that stores liquid to be supplied to the pressure chamber, and a driver IC that drives the driver element. At least a part of the liquid storage chamber overlaps with both the driver element and the driver IC when viewed in plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Watanabe, Fumiya Takino, Shingo Tomimatsu
  • Publication number: 20190263120
    Abstract: In a plan view from a perpendicular direction to a surface of a wiring substrate on which a wiring is provided, a buried wiring, a connection wiring, and a terminal portion of an external wiring are formed at an overlapping position, in which a recessed portion is provided at a position corresponding to the buried wiring on a surface of the connection wiring on an opposite side to the wiring substrate, and in which, in a direction intersecting an extension direction of the wiring on the surface of the wiring substrate on which the wiring is provided, a width of the connection wiring is larger than a width of the buried wiring, a width of the terminal portion of the external wiring is larger than a width of the recessed portion, and the terminal portion is provided across the recessed portion of the connection wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Shingo TOMIMATSU, Daisuke YAMADA, Eiju HIRAI, Motoki TAKABE, Shunsuke WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20190143701
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejecting apparatus capable of suppressing ink from remaining on a nozzle surface. A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head unit 16 capable of ejecting a liquid from a nozzle 27 provided in a nozzle surface 22a of a nozzle plate 22, an anchoring plate 17 in which the head unit 16 is anchored and that is provided with an opening region 17a that exposes the nozzle surface 22, and a wiper member 12 that wipes an anchoring plate exposed-surface 17b located on the opposite side of the head unit 16 of the anchoring plate 17 and the nozzle surface 22a. When an angle of contact between the nozzle surface 22a and the liquid is taken as ?n, an angle of contact between the anchoring plate exposed-surface 17b and the liquid is taken as ?s, and an angle of contact between the wiper member 12 and the liquid is taken as ?w, the relationship ?n>?s>?w>90° is fulfilled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Shunsuke WATANABE, Yuma FUKUZAWA, Katsumi ENOMOTO, Hiroaki OKUI, Yoshinao MIYATA, Satoshi OGUCHI, Fujio AKAHANE
  • Publication number: 20190149160
    Abstract: An atomic oscillator includes a light source unit including a light source and a first temperature control device controlling the light source to have a first temperature, an atom cell unit including an atom cell accommodating an alkali metal atom and that light emitted from the light source enters and a second temperature control device controlling the atom cell to have a second temperature different from the first temperature, and a container accommodating the light source unit and the atom cell unit and has a first surface and a second surface different from the first surface. The light source unit is mounted to the first surface, and an air gap is present between the light source unit and the second surface. The atom cell unit is mounted to the second surface, and an air gap is present between the atom cell unit and the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Yukihiro HASHI, Koji CHINDO, Yasunori ONISHI, Shunsuke WATANABE, Katsuhiko MAKI, Mutsuhiko OTA, Noriaki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20190149158
    Abstract: An atomic oscillator includes an atom cell that accommodates an alkali metal atom, a container that accommodates the atom cell, a heating device that is disposed in the container and heats the atom cell, a substrate on which the container is disposed, and a positioning member that is disposed on the substrate and positions the container. The atom cell is pressed against the container toward the heating device. The heating device is pressed against the container toward the atom cell, and the container is in turn pressed against the positioning member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Shunsuke WATANABE, Yasunori ONISHI, Yukihiro HASHI