Patents by Inventor Toyoji Asahina

Toyoji Asahina 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).

  • Patent number: 5289209
    Abstract: An ink-jet printing head comprises a laminated unit integrally formed as a sintered ceramic product and including a bottom insulating plate element, a top insulating plate element, and a piezoelectric plate element between the bottom and top insulating plate element, the laminated unit having a pressure chamber formed at the piezoelectric plate element fillable with an ink, the piezoelectric plate element having electrode layers formed on opposite surfaces thereof surrounding the pressure chamber, the laminated unit also being provided with an orifice in communication with the pressure chamber. The piezoelectric plate element is constituted such that its thickness is reduced upon applying a drive pulse voltage thereto, resulting in a decrease of the pressure chamber volume, whereby an ink-jet drop is ejected from the orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naomichi Suzuki, Toyoji Asahina, Shizuo Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Ogawa, Hisato Hiraishi, Yoshihiko Yanagawa, Nagao Mizutani