Patents by Inventor Takehito Nishida
Takehito Nishida 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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Patent number: 7935264Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of liquid chambers for pressurizing a liquid, the plurality of liquid chambers communicating with discharge ports respectively; and a plurality of piezoelectric elements provided in correspondence with the plurality of liquid chambers, respectively, the plurality of piezoelectric elements each including a lower electrode, a piezoelectric body film, and an upper electrode which are sequentially laminated in the stated order from the plurality of liquid chambers side. The lower electrode is provided up to a region corresponding to a portion between the plurality of liquid chambers. The piezoelectric body film is reduced in thickness at the region corresponding to the portion between the plurality of liquid chambers relative to the thickness of a region corresponding to the plurality of liquid chambers and completely covers at least the lower electrode provided to the region corresponding to the portion between the plurality of liquid chambers.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2007Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Nozu, Tatsuo Furuta, Takehito Nishida
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Patent number: 7503114Abstract: A method for producing an ink jet head including, on a substrate, a piezoelectric element for discharging an ink from a discharge port, and an ink flow path communicating with the discharge port so as to correspond to the piezoelectric element, the method comprising in this order a step of providing, on the substrate, a mold material corresponding to the ink flow path, a step of providing a wall material of the ink flow path so as to cover the mold material, a step of eliminating a portion of the substrate corresponding to the piezoelectric element thereby forming a space in the substrate, and a step of eliminating the mold material thereby forming the ink flow path.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2006Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Tokunaga, Osamu Kanome, Takehito Nishida
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Patent number: 7354520Abstract: An optical element comprising at least a plurality of pixels formed on a substrate and partition walls arranged respectively between adjacent pixels is manufactured by a method comprising steps of forming partition walls of a resin composition on a substrate, performing a dry etching process by irradiating the substrate carrying the partition walls formed thereon with plasma in an atmosphere containing gas selected from oxygen, argon and helium, performing a plasma treatment process by irradiating the substrate subjected to the dry etching process with plasma in an atmosphere containing at least fluorine atoms, and forming pixels by applying ink to the areas surrounded partition walls by means of an ink-jet system.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2003Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takeshi Okada, Katsuhiko Takano, Junichi Sakamoto, Shoji Shiba, Kenichi Iwata, Hiroshi Taniuchi, Takehito Nishida, Yoshikatsu Okada
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Publication number: 20080062230Abstract: A liquid discharge head, comprising: a plurality of liquid chambers for pressurizing a liquid, the plurality of liquid chambers communicating with discharge ports respectively; and a plurality of piezoelectric elements provided in correspondence with the plurality of liquid chambers respectively, the plurality of piezoelectric elements each including a lower electrode, a piezoelectric body film, and an upper electrode which are sequentially laminated in the stated order from the plurality of liquid chambers side, the lower electrode being provided up to a region corresponding to a portion between the plurality of liquid chambers, wherein the piezoelectric body film is reduced in thickness at the region corresponding to the portion between the plurality of liquid chambers than at a region corresponding to the plurality of liquid chambers and completely covers at least the lower electrode provided to the region corresponding to the portion between the plurality of liquid chambers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2007Publication date: March 13, 2008Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi Nozu, Tatsuo Furuta, Takehito Nishida
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Patent number: 7207109Abstract: A method for producing an ink jet head including, on a substrate, a piezoelectric element for discharging an ink from a discharge port, and an ink flow path communicating with the discharge port so as to correspond to the piezoelectric element, the method comprising in this order a step of providing, on the substrate, a mold material corresponding to the ink flow path, a step of providing a wall material of the ink flow path so as to cover the mold material, a step of eliminating a portion of the substrate corresponding to the piezoelectric element thereby forming a space in the substrate, and a step of eliminating the mold material thereby forming the ink flow path.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2004Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Tokunaga, Osamu Kanome, Takehito Nishida
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Publication number: 20070084054Abstract: A method for producing an ink jet head including, on a substrate, a piezoelectric element for discharging an ink from a discharge port, and an ink flow path communicating with the discharge port so as to correspond to the piezoelectric element, the method comprising in this order a step of providing, on the substrate, a mold material corresponding to the ink flow path, a step of providing a wall material of the ink flow path so as to cover the mold material, a step of eliminating a portion of the substrate corresponding to the piezoelectric element thereby forming a space in the substrate, and a step of eliminating the mold material thereby forming the ink flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2006Publication date: April 19, 2007Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: HIROYUKI TOKUNAGA, OSAMU KANOME, TAKEHITO NISHIDA
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Patent number: 7117597Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid discharge head provided with a liquid flow path communicating with a liquid discharge port on a substrate has a step of forming a first electrically conductive layer on the substrate, a step of forming a molding member into the pattern shape of the flow path on the substrate, a step of forming a second electrically conductive layer on the molding member so as not to contact with the first electrically conductive layer, a step of forming a metal film by a plating process around the molding member by the utilization of the first electrically conductive layer and the second electrically conductive layer, and a step of removing the molding member and forming the flow path.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2005Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takehito Nishida
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Publication number: 20060191749Abstract: A hall door apparatus of an elevator includes a gate frame, a doorsill, and a door panel. The gate frame is provided in an entrance port between an elevator hall of a building and an elevator shaft. The doorsill is arranged in a lower portion of the gate frame. The door panel is of a biparting door type, and is set on the doorsill to face the gate frame. Sealing members are made of an elastic material such as a rubber, and seal gaps between the door panel and a jamb portion and header panel portion of the gate frame, and between the door panel and the doorsill.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2006Publication date: August 31, 2006Inventors: Koyu Sasaki, Seiichi Someya, Takehito Nishida, Satoshi Takasawa
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Publication number: 20060157692Abstract: There is provided an organic transistor having a bottom gate structure, composed of a substrate, a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, source and drain electrodes and an organic semiconductor layer, wherein the gate insulating layer is formed so as to have a low surface energy in a portion thereof in proximity to the source and drain electrodes and a relatively high surface energy in a portion in proximity to the gate electrode, and consist of different compositions in a layer thickness direction, whereby an organic transistor has a short channel and high electric characteristics; as well as a method of manufacturing the organic semiconductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2006Publication date: July 20, 2006Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takatsugu Wada, Hiroyuki Tokunaga, Osamu Kanome, Mika Hanada, Takehito Nishida
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Publication number: 20060026834Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid discharge head provided with a liquid flow path communicating with a liquid discharge port on a substrate has a step of forming a first electrically conductive layer on the substrate, a step of forming a molding member into the pattern shape of the flow path on the substrate, a step of forming a second electrically conductive layer on the molding member so as not to contact with the first electrically conductive layer, a step of forming a metal film by a plating process around the molding member by the utilization of the first electrically conductive layer and the second electrically conductive layer, and a step of removing the molding member and forming the flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2005Publication date: February 9, 2006Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takehito Nishida
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Publication number: 20040194309Abstract: A method for producing an ink jet head including, on a substrate, a piezoelectric element for discharging an ink from a discharge port, and an ink flow path communicating with the discharge port so as to correspond to the piezoelectric element, the method comprising in this order a step of providing, on the substrate, a mold material corresponding to the ink flow path, a step of providing a wall material of the ink flow path so as to cover the mold material, a step of eliminating a portion of the substrate corresponding to the piezoelectric element thereby forming a space in the substrate, and a step of eliminating the mold material thereby forming the ink flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2004Publication date: October 7, 2004Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Tokunaga, Osamu Kanome, Takehito Nishida
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Publication number: 20040058063Abstract: An optical element comprising at least a plurality of pixels formed on a substrate and partition walls arranged respectively between adjacent pixels is manufactured by a method comprising steps of forming partition walls of a resin composition on a substrate, performing a dry etching process of irradiating the substrate carrying the partition walls formed thereon with plasma in an atmosphere containing gas selected at least from oxygen, argon and helium, performing a plasma treatment process of irradiating the substrate subjected to the dry etching process with plasma in an atmosphere containing at least fluorine atoms, and forming pixels by applying ink to the areas surrounding by the partition walls by means of an ink-jet system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2003Publication date: March 25, 2004Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi Okada, Katsuhiko Takano, Junichi Sakamoto, Shoji Shiba, Kenichi Iwata, Hiroshi Taniuchi, Takehito Nishida, Yoshikatsu Okada
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Patent number: 6677243Abstract: An optical element comprising at least a plurality of pixels formed on a substrate and partition walls arranged respectively between adjacent pixels is manufactured by a method comprising steps of forming partition walls of a resin composition on a substrate, performing a dry etching process by irradiating the substrate carrying the partition walls formed thereon with plasma in an atmosphere containing gas selected from oxygen, argon and helium, performing a plasma treatment process by irradiating the substrate subjected to the dry etching process with plasma in an atmosphere containing at least fluorine atoms, and forming pixels by applying ink to the areas surrounded by the partition walls by means of an ink-jet system.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2001Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takeshi Okada, Katsuhiko Takano, Junichi Sakamoto, Shoji Shiba, Kenichi Iwata, Hiroshi Taniuchi, Takehito Nishida, Yoshikatsu Okada
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Publication number: 20020014470Abstract: An optical element comprising at least a plurality of pixels formed on a substrate and partition walls arranged respectively between adjacent pixels is manufactured by a method comprising steps of forming partition walls of a resin composition on a substrate, performing a dry etching process of irradiating the substrate carrying the partition walls formed thereon with plasma in an atmosphere containing gas selected at least from oxygen, argon and helium, performing a plasma treatment process of irradiating the substrate subjected to the dry etching process with plasma in an atmosphere containing at least fluorine atoms, and forming pixels by applying ink to the areas surrounding by the partition walls by means of an ink-jet system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2001Publication date: February 7, 2002Inventors: Takeshi Okada, Katsuhiko Takano, Junichi Sakamoto, Shoji Shiba, Kenichi Iwata, Hiroshi Taniuchi, Takehito Nishida, Yoshikatsu Okada
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Patent number: 6099983Abstract: A fuel cell includes: a fuel supplying portion for supplying a fuel which is reformed at a temperature below 450.degree. C.; a gas generating portion for reforming the supplied fuel to generate a hydrogen containing gas; a temperature control portion for rapidly raising the temperature of the reformed hydrogen containing gas from 450.degree. C. to 600.degree. C. to supply the hydrogen containing gas while maintaining the temperature thereof; and a power generating portion for allowing the temperature controlled fuel to react with a separately supplied oxidizer to generate electricity. The power generating portion comprises at least a fuel electrode, to which the fuel temperature-controlled by the temperature control portion is supplied, and an oxidizer electrode, which is provided so as to face the fuel electrode via an electrolyte layer 6. A plurality of single cells with this construction may be laminated to form a laminated body 12.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 1997Date of Patent: August 8, 2000Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Takao Nakagaki, Takashi Ogawa, Michio Hori, Toshiaki Hayashi, Takehito Nishida