Patents by Inventor Takashi TOZUKA

Takashi TOZUKA 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: 20240066867
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid ejection head includes a substrate with a hole, a nozzle plate with a plurality of nozzles, and an actuator on a first surface of the substrate. The actuator has a plurality of pressure chambers aligned to the plurality of nozzles. An electrode has a first portion on the first surface of the substrate and a second portion on a second surface of the substrate. The second surface is on an opposite side of the substrate from the first surface. A manifold has a first liquid hole facing the hole in the substrate and a second liquid hole facing another portion of the substrate other than the hole. A shielding member is between the substrate and the manifold and covers the second liquid hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Keita TAKAHASHI, Takashi TOZUKA, Minoru KOYATA
  • Publication number: 20240025172
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid ejection head includes a substrate with an opening through which a first liquid can pass. An actuator is on a first side of the substrate and has a plurality of pressure chambers. A manifold is on a second side of the substrate. The manifold forms a first flow path for a second fluid. The liquid ejection head has first electrode with portions formed on an upper surface of the actuator, a surface on the first side of the substrate, an inner wall of the opening, and a surface on the second side of the substrate in a region outside the first flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi TOZUKA, Minoru KOYATA
  • Publication number: 20240009997
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid ejection head includes a substrate and an actuator on a first surface side of the substrate. The actuator has pressure chambers and air chambers. Each pressure chamber is connected to an opening in the substrate extending from a second surface side of the substrate to the pressure chamber. A manifold is on the second surface side of the substrate and connected to the opening in the substrate. A common electrode includes a portion on the actuator, a portion on a surface of the substrate, a portion on another surface of the substrate, a portion on a sidewall surface of the opening, and a portion on a side surface of the substrate. Individual electrodes each have a portion on a surface of the actuator and a portion on a surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Minoru KOYATA, Takashi TOZUKA
  • Publication number: 20230087927
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a plate with a plurality of nozzles arranged along a first direction through which liquid is ejected. A substrate is on the plate and includes a hole extending along the first direction by which the liquid is supplied. An actuator is on the substrate along the hole, The actuator has a plurality of pressure chambers, from which the liquid from the hole is ejected by the nozzles, and a plurality of air chambers. Each air chamber is between two of the pressure chambers that are adjacent to each other. A plurality of individual electrodes is formed on the substrate and each is connected to a corresponding one of the pressure chambers. A common electrode is formed on the substrate and an inner peripheral surface of the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Takashi TOZUKA, Minoru KOYATA, Tsubasa KONISHI, Noboru NITTA
  • Patent number: 10081179
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing an inkjet head includes attaching a piezoelectric body facing the substrate, forming slanting side surfaces on the piezoelectric body, the slanting side surfaces extending between a first surface and a second surface of the piezoelectric body such that first surface has a remaining area that is less that a remaining area of second surface, forming a groove in the piezoelectric body from the first surface towards the second surface, the groove passing through two slanting side surfaces on opposite sides of the piezoelectric body, forming a conductive film on an inner surface of the groove, trimming portions of the conductive film proximate to the first surface and the slanting side surfaces such that the conductive film is separated from the first surface and the slanting side surfaces at outer edges of the groove, and forming an insulating film over the conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takashi Tozuka
  • Publication number: 20180086072
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing an inkjet head includes attaching a piezoelectric body facing the substrate, forming slanting side surfaces on the piezoelectric body, the slanting side surfaces extending between a first surface and a second surface of the piezoelectric body such that first surface has a remaining area that is less that a remaining area of second surface, forming a groove in the piezoelectric body from the first surface towards the second surface, the groove passing through two slanting side surfaces on opposite sides of the piezoelectric body, forming a conductive film on an inner surface of the groove, trimming portions of the conductive film proximate to the first surface and the slanting side surfaces such that the conductive film is separated from the first surface and the slanting side surfaces at outer edges of the groove, and forming an insulating film over the conductive film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventor: Takashi TOZUKA