Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Shimizu
Yoshiaki Shimizu 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: 10894418Abstract: A liquid supply unit includes an outer shell; a contact portion that is disposed in the outer shell and that is configured to electronically connect to the apparatus-side terminal by making contact with the apparatus-side terminal; a liquid supply port that is disposed on the outer shell and used for inserting the liquid introducing portion; and a receiving portion that extends in a protruding direction in which the guide member protrudes outward in a mounting state in which the liquid supply unit is mounted onto the liquid ejection apparatus, and that is configured to receive the guide member. At least a part of the receiving portion is located between the liquid supply port and the contact portion in a predetermined direction orthogonal to a direction in which the receiving portion extends.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Taku Ishizawa, Satoshi Shinada, Yoshiaki Shimizu, Noriyuki Fukasawa
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Patent number: 10857802Abstract: A liquid container comprises a liquid supply port provided in a bottom wall, a first chamber configured to contain a liquid, a second chamber configured to contain the liquid and to include at least one sub-chamber having a smaller dimension in the X direction than that of the first chamber, a partition wall configured to part the first chamber from the second chamber, and a connecting hole configured to connect the first chamber with the second chamber. The second chamber is connected with the liquid supply port, and the first chamber is connected with the liquid supply port via the connecting hole and the second chamber. The liquid contained in the first chamber is flowed from the connecting hole into the second chamber and is subsequently introduced through the sub-chamber to the liquid supply port.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Tadahiro Mizutani, Ryoichi Tanaka, Taku Ishizawa, Atsushi Kobayashi, Koichi Toba, Yoshiaki Shimizu, Shun Oya
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Publication number: 20200276825Abstract: A liquid container including a liquid storing chamber that stores a liquid, a first member including a cylindrical first side wall surrounding at least a portion of the liquid storing chamber, a first opening surrounded by a first end portion of the first side wall, and a second opening surrounded by a second end portion of the first side wall, a liquid outlet member including an outlet through which the liquid flows out, the liquid outlet member being attached to the first opening, and a second member joined to the first member, the second member sealing the liquid storing chamber from a second opening side. When viewed in a central axis direction of the first member, a joint between the first member and the second member is formed outside an area surrounded by a boundary between the first member and the second member in the liquid storing chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki SHIMIZU, Ryoichi TANAKA, Taku ISHIZAWA, Tadahiro MIZUTANI
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Publication number: 20200269586Abstract: A liquid supply unit includes an outer shell; a contact portion that is disposed in the outer shell and that is configured to electronically connect to the apparatus-side terminal by making contact with the apparatus-side terminal; a liquid supply port that is disposed on the outer shell and used for inserting the liquid introducing portion; and a receiving portion that extends in a protruding direction in which the guide member protrudes outward in a mounting state in which the liquid supply unit is mounted onto the liquid ejection apparatus, and that is configured to receive the guide member. At least a part of the receiving portion is located between the liquid supply port and the contact portion in a predetermined direction orthogonal to a direction in which the receiving portion extends.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Taku ISHIZAWA, Satoshi SHINADA, Yoshiaki SHIMIZU, Noriyuki FUKASAWA
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Patent number: 10752008Abstract: An object is to identify an abnormal mounted state of a liquid supply unit to a liquid ejection apparatus. There is provided a liquid supply unit configured to supply a liquid to a liquid ejection apparatus that comprises a first electrode assembly including a first electrode and a second electrode; an engagement structure; and a mounting structure which the liquid supply unit is mounted to. The liquid supply unit comprises a liquid supply portion; an engaged structure configured to be engaged with the engagement structure in a mounted state and thereby restrict a motion of the liquid supply unit in a first direction that is a direction of dismounting the liquid supply unit; and an electrically conductive portion provided in the engaged structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Shimizu, Satoshi Shinada, Taku Ishizawa, Noriyuki Fukasawa
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Publication number: 20200139716Abstract: Convenience of an ink bottle and a bottle set is improved. An ink bottle includes: a container portion that contains ink; a guiding portion that is formed in one end portion of the container portion, and includes an outflow port from which the ink in the container portion flow out; and a cover that covers at least an end portion of the container portion on the opposite side of the guiding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Taku ISHIZAWA, Tadahiro MIZUTANI, Ryoichi TANAKA, Manabu AKAHANE, Koichi TOBA, Takumi NAGASHIMA, Yoshiaki SHIMIZU, Tadashi WATANABE, Noriyuki FUKASAWA
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Publication number: 20200114651Abstract: A liquid supply unit includes an outer shell, a liquid supply portion that is arranged in the outer shell and can supply a liquid to the liquid ejection apparatus, and an engaged structure including an engaged portion that can engage with the engagement portion of the liquid ejection apparatus, and a first opening that is formed in the outer shell and through which the engagement structure can be inserted. The engaged portion is arranged further inward than an outer surface of the outer shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Taku ISHIZAWA, Satoshi SHINADA, Yoshiaki SHIMIZU, Noriyuki FUKASAWA
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Patent number: 10543692Abstract: A liquid supply unit includes an outer shell, a liquid supply portion that is arranged in the outer shell and can supply a liquid to the liquid ejection apparatus, and an engaged structure including an engaged portion that can engage with the engagement portion of the liquid ejection apparatus, and a first opening that is formed in the outer shell and through which the engagement structure can be inserted. The engaged portion is arranged further inward than an outer surface of the outer shell.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Taku Ishizawa, Satoshi Shinada, Yoshiaki Shimizu, Noriyuki Fukasawa
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Publication number: 20190378559Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for concentrated arrangement of amplifiers. An example apparatus may include a first amplifier circuit including a first and second transistors. The first width different from the second width, the first length different from the second length. The apparatus further including a second amplifier circuit including a third and fourth transistors. The first transistor including a first gate electrode and the third transistor having a third gate electrode each having a first length and a first diffusion region and a third diffusion region, respectively, each having a first width, and the second transistor including a second gate electrode and the fourth transistor having a fourth gate electrode each with a fourth length and a second diffusion region and a fourth diffusion region, respectively, each having a second width. The first and third transistors are collectively arranged and the second and fourth transistors are collectively arranged.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventor: Yoshiaki Shimizu
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Patent number: 10500866Abstract: The liquid container is detachable from a case of a liquid ejection apparatus. The liquid container has a bag-shaped member that is flexible and has a storage portion for storing a liquid therein, and a connection member attached to the bag-shaped member. The connection member has a liquid introducing outlet into which a liquid introducing portion of the liquid ejection apparatus is inserted, a container-side electrical connection unit to which an apparatus-side electrical connection unit of the liquid ejection apparatus is connected, and a handle that pivots with respect to the connection member. In a state where the liquid container is arranged in the case, the handle is provided at a position exposed to the outside of the case, and when the liquid container is mounted to/removed from the case, the handle is brought into a second orientation in which the handle is pivoted from a first orientation.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Kawate, Tadahiro Mizutani, Yoshiaki Shimizu, Takumi Nagashima, Akihiro Toya, Hiroyoshi Ozeki, Manabu Yamaguchi, Tetsuya Takamoto
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Patent number: 10434786Abstract: A liquid supply unit that includes a liquid ejection apparatus and configured to be mounted onto a holder unit that has a liquid introducing needle that extends in a first direction includes an outer shell, a liquid supply port, and an engagement structure including a first engagement portion, in which the first engagement portion is disposed on a mounting direction side of the outer shell at a position that overlaps with the outer shell when the liquid supply unit is viewed from the demounting direction side.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Noriyuki Fukasawa, Taku Ishizawa, Yoshiaki Shimizu, Satoshi Shinada
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Patent number: 10424368Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for concentrated arrangement of amplifiers. An example apparatus may include a first amplifier circuit including a first and second transistors. The first width different from the second width, the first length different from the second length. The apparatus further including a second amplifier circuit including a third and fourth transistors. The first transistor including a first gate electrode and the third transistor having a third gate electrode each having a first length and a first, diffusion region and a third diffusion region, respectively, each having a first width, and the second transistor including a second gate electrode and the fourth transistor having a fourth gate electrode each with a fourth length and a second diffusion region and a fourth diffusion region, respectively, each having a second width. The first and third transistors are collectively arranged and the second and fourth transistors are collectively arranged.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventor: Yoshiaki Shimizu
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Patent number: 10399344Abstract: A liquid container comprises a liquid supply port provided in a bottom wall, a first chamber configured to contain a liquid, a second chamber configured to contain the liquid and to include at least one sub-chamber having a smaller dimension in the X direction than that of the first chamber, a partition wall configured to part the first chamber from the second chamber, and a connecting hole configured to connect the first chamber with the second chamber. The second chamber is connected with the liquid supply port, and the first chamber is connected with the liquid supply port via the connecting hole and the second chamber. The liquid contained in the first chamber is flowed from the connecting hole into the second chamber and is subsequently introduced through the sub-chamber to the liquid supply port.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Tadahiro Mizutani, Ryoichi Tanaka, Taku Ishizawa, Atsushi Kobayashi, Koichi Toba, Yoshiaki Shimizu, Shun Oya
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Publication number: 20190232667Abstract: A liquid container comprises a liquid supply port provided in a bottom wall, a first chamber configured to contain a liquid, a second chamber configured to contain the liquid and to include at least one sub-chamber having a smaller dimension in the X direction than that of the first chamber, a partition wall configured to part the first chamber from the second chamber, and a connecting hole configured to connect the first chamber with the second chamber. The second chamber is connected with the liquid supply port, and the first chamber is connected with the liquid supply port via the connecting hole and the second chamber. The liquid contained in the first chamber is flowed from the connecting hole into the second chamber and is subsequently introduced through the sub-chamber to the liquid supply port.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tadahiro MIZUTANI, Ryoichi TANAKA, Taku ISHIZAWA, Atsushi KOBAYASHI, Koichi TOBA, Yoshiaki SHIMIZU, Shun OYA
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Patent number: 10343412Abstract: The liquid container has a spacer member provided in the liquid storage portion. When three directions orthogonal to each other are assumed to be a D direction, a T direction, and a W direction, in the D direction, a direction from a liquid outlet portion toward the other edge portion of the bag is assumed to be a +D direction, and the opposite direction to the +D direction is assumed to be a ?D direction, and a direction in which the dimension of the outer shape of the liquid container is smallest is assumed to be the T direction, and the spacer member has, on the +D direction side, a face inclined such that the dimension in the T direction of the spacer member increases from the +D direction side toward the ?D direction side.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorpoationInventors: Hiroyuki Kawate, Hiroyoshi Ozeki, Manabu Yamaguchi, Takumi Nagashima, Yoshiaki Shimizu
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Publication number: 20190180810Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for concentrated arrangement of amplifiers. An example apparatus may include a first amplifier circuit including a first and second transistors. The first width different from the second width, the first length different from the second length. The apparatus further including a second amplifier circuit including a third and fourth transistors. The first transistor including a first gate electrode and the third transistor having a third gate electrode each having a first length and a first, diffusion region and a third diffusion region, respectively, each having a first width, and the second transistor including a second gate electrode and the fourth transistor having a fourth gate electrode each with a fourth length and a second diffusion region and a fourth diffusion region, respectively, each having a second width. The first and third transistors are collectively arranged and the second and fourth transistors are collectively arranged.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventor: Yoshiaki Shimizu
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Patent number: 10254560Abstract: A lens barrel having a reduced size and a related optical apparatus is disclosed. The lens barrel includes a cylindrical fixed frame and a cylindrical movable frame. The cylindrical first frame includes an outer wall extending around the optical axis and a cylindrical second frame is inserted thereto the first frame. The first frame includes a notch having first assembly portions at both side portions. The second frame includes second assembly portions that are assembled to be fixed to the first assembly portions.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshiaki Shimizu
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Patent number: 10239315Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid supplied from a liquid supplier which has an engaging portion, a container that has an engaging-portion-receiving portion with which the engaging portion engages, and an attaching portion to which the container is detachably attached. The liquid supplier is detachably attached to the attaching portion with movement of the container in a state where the engaging portion has engaged with the engaging-portion-receiving portion. The engaging portion engages with the engaging-portion-receiving portion to be relatively movable in a direction which crosses a movement path of the container when the container is attached to the attaching portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Akihiro Toya, Yoshiaki Shimizu
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Patent number: 10232627Abstract: A container on which a liquid container provided with a handle is removably placed, in which the container includes a plurality of guide portions configured to guide guided portions provided in the liquid container in a guiding direction, and the plurality of guide portions are provided so that at least a part of the handle is disposed on a line which connects the at least two guide portions in a state where the liquid container is placed on the container.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Akihiro Toya, Yoshiaki Shimizu, Hiroyuki Kawate
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Publication number: 20190039380Abstract: An object is to suppress reduction of the stability of electrical connection between a liquid ejection apparatus and a liquid supply unit. A liquid supply unit (20) configured to be mountable to a liquid ejection apparatus (50) that has a first electrode (930a) and a second electrode (930b) comprises a first contact portion (cpb) configured to be in contact with the first electrode (930a) in a state that the liquid supply unit (20) is mounted to the liquid ejection apparatus (50); a second contact portion (cpb) configured to be in contact with the second electrode (930b) in the state that the liquid supply unit is mounted to the liquid ejection apparatus (50); and a wall portion (40) configured such that the first contact portion (cpb) and the second contact portion (cpb) are placed therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Satoshi SHINADA, Taku ISHIZAWA, Yoshiaki SHIMIZU, Noriyuki FUKASAWA