Patents Assigned to Kyocera Corporation
  • Publication number: 20240001671
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head in the present disclosure includes a first channel member including a first surface, a plurality of ejection ports in the first surface, a plurality of pressurizing chambers individually communicated with the plurality of ejection ports, and a second surface on the opposite side to the first surface; with a pressurizing member on the second surface; and with a second channel member including a third surface, a fourth surface on the opposite side to the third surface, a raised part which protrudes from the fourth surface, and a first through hole in the raised part. The second channel member is provided on a region in the second surface of the first channel member, in which the pressurizing member is not arranged. When viewed on a plane, an outer circumference of the raised part is located on inner side from an outer circumference of the fourth surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kenko GEJIMA
  • Publication number: 20240001677
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a recording head, a wiper and a head mounting member. The recording head is provided with a nozzle area where a number of ink ejection ports are opened downward. The wiper is configured to move in a wiping direction while coming into contact with the nozzle area to wipe the nozzle area. The head mounting member is provided on a side surface of the recording head in the wiping direction. The surface of the head mounting member has water repellency higher than the side surface of the recording head. A recess portion and a protrusion are alternatively provided in a lower end portion of the head mounting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicants: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasutaka INUI, Naoto MIYAKOSHI, Issei NAKANO, Takuma ARAKI, Yuuji MIZUTANI, Takashi MIYAHARA, Misaki NOMOTO
  • Patent number: 11863852
    Abstract: An electronic device 10 includes a first substrate 12, a second substrate 13, a third substrate 14, a first metal plate 15, and a second metal plate 16. An electronic component 21 is mounted on the first substrate 12. An electronic component 23 is mounted on the second substrate 13. An electronic component 23 is mounted on the third substrate 14. The first metal plate 15 includes a first flat portion 27 and a first shield portion 28. The first flat portion 27 is interposed between the first substrate 12 and the second substrate 13. The first flat portion 27 abuts the electronic component 23. The first shield portion 28 covers the entire circumference of a side surface of the first substrate 12. The second metal plate 16 includes a second flat portion 32 and a second shield portion 33. The second flat portion 32 is interposed between the second substrate 13 and the third substrate 14. The second flat portion 32 abuts the electronic component 23.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Abe, Kazuki Shirato
  • Patent number: 11864259
    Abstract: A user equipment, apparatus, and method receives from a base station, a message for transitioning a user equipment from a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected state to a RRC inactive state, starts a timer included in the message, transitioning to a RRC idle state from the RRC inactive state after the timer expires, discards a cell reselection priority included in the message in response to transitioning to the RRC idle state, and applies another cell reselection priority acquired from a serving cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Masato Fujishiro
  • Patent number: 11858851
    Abstract: A complex according to the present disclosure contains a ?-eucryptite crystal phase and a lithium tantalate crystal phase. In a temperature range of 0 to 50° C., a coefficient of thermal expansion calculated for each 1° C. is within 0±1 ppm/K. Calcium is contained in the lithium tantalate crystal phase. The volume ratio of the ?-eucryptite crystal phase to the lithium tantalate crystal phase is from 90:10 to 99.5:0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Shuzo Iwashita
  • Patent number: 11862878
    Abstract: An antenna includes a radiation conductor, a ground conductor, first-fourth feeding lines, a first feeding circuit, and a second feeding circuit. The first feeding line to the fourth feeding line are configured to be electromagnetically connected to the radiation conductor. The first feeding circuit is configured to feed reversed-phased signals, which have mutually opposite phases, to the first feeding line and the third feeding line. The second feeding circuit is configured to feed reversed-phased signals, which have mutually opposite phases, to the second feeding line and the fourth feeding line. The radiation conductor is configured to be excited in a first direction due to the feed from the first feeding line and the third feeding line. The radiation conductor is configured to be excited in a second direction due to the feed from the second feeding line and the fourth feeding line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromichi Yoshikawa, Nobuki Hiramatsu, Masamichi Yonehara
  • Patent number: 11859112
    Abstract: There is provided a paste composition using copper fine particles that are capable of exhibiting conductivity after low-temperature sintering, which themselves are less oxidized, and that can be produced with a high yield ratio. A paste composition contains: (A) copper fine particles having a thickness or minor axis of 10 to 500 nm and coated with amino alcohol represented by the chemical formula (1) and (B) an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Fujiwara, Yuya Nitanai
  • Publication number: 20230422393
    Abstract: A wiring board includes an insulation resin layer, and a wiring conductor positioned on the insulation resin layer. The wiring conductor includes a first and second underlying metal layers, a wiring metal layer positioned on the second underlying metal layer, a tin layer positioned covering the first underlying metal layer, the second underlying metal layer, and the wiring metal layer, and a silane coupling agent layer positioned covering the tin layer. When the wiring conductor is seen in a cross section in a width direction, the wiring metal layer includes, from the first underlying metal layer side, a portion with a width narrower than a width of the first underlying metal layer, a portion with a width equal to the width of the first underlying metal layer, and a portion with a width wider than the width of the first underlying metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Hidetoshi YUGAWA
  • Patent number: 11855741
    Abstract: An origination device transmits a “received data signal” to a signal forwarding device. The “received data signal” comprises a first set of data. The origination device also transmits at least one “received control signal” to the signal forwarding device and to a destination device. The at least one “received control signal” comprises a first set of control information and a second set of control information. The first and second sets of control information are both associated with the first set of data. The first set of control information contains instructions pertaining to the signal forwarding device processing the first set of data. The second set of control information contains instructions pertaining to the destination device processing the first set of data. The signal forwarding device transmits a “forwarded signal” to the destination device. The “forwarded signal” contains forwarded data, based on the first set of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Amit Kalhan, Henry Chang
  • Patent number: 11856659
    Abstract: A board-like structure includes a base body, an internal conductor, and a terminal member. The base body is an insulating member including an upper surface and a lower surface on an opposite side to the upper surface. The internal conductor runs along the upper surface and the lower surface inside the base body. The terminal member is at least partially located inside the base body, is exposed to an external portion of the base body at the lower surface, and is electrically connected to the internal conductor. The terminal member includes an insulating terminal base part and a conductor layer on a surfaces of the terminal base part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Kawanabe, Yoshihiro Okawa
  • Patent number: 11854747
    Abstract: A stacked capacitor includes a body having opposing faces, first side faces in a first direction, and second side faces in a second direction. The body includes a first insulation margin without a first metal film and a second insulation margin without a second metal film. The first metal film includes a metal film edge overlapping the second insulation margin. The second metal film includes a metal film edge overlapping the first insulation margin. The first and second metal films each include multiple sub-films separated by multiple first slits. A first slit includes a first portion extending from the first or second insulation margin along the first side faces and a second portion located in the metal film edge and extending at an angle with the first side faces. The second portion has a length in the first direction greater than or equal to an interval between adjacent first slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Nakao
  • Patent number: 11850868
    Abstract: A circulation device includes first and second valves, first and second pressure measuring portions, a detection unit, and a controller. The first valve controls the flow rate of a liquid from a storage to a droplet discharge unit. The second valve controls the flow rate of the liquid from the droplet discharge unit to the storage. The first pressure measuring portion measures the fluid pressure of the liquid flowing between the first valve and the droplet discharge unit as a supply pressure. The second pressure measuring portion measures the fluid pressure of the liquid flowing between the second valve and the droplet discharge unit as a recovery pressure. The detection unit detects information related to the droplet discharge unit. The controller controls the first and second valves in accordance with the information detected by the detection unit and adjusts the supply pressure and the recovery pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Hozumi, Hiroyuki Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11852515
    Abstract: A fluid measurement apparatus comprises: a first optical emitter configured to emit light to an irradiated object that includes a fluid; an optical detector configured to receive first received light emitted from the first optical emitter and transmitted through the fluid to thereby be shifted in frequency; and an estimation unit configured to estimate a flow state of the fluid based on the first received light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yushi Nagasaka
  • Patent number: 11856643
    Abstract: An electronic equipment 100 includes a cellular communicator 111 configured to perform cellular communication with a base station, a GNSS receiver 120 configured to receive, from a satellite, a satellite signal of information related to disaster, and a controller 130 configured to control whether to perform processing of the satellite signal in response to whether the electronic equipment 100 is in an area of the cellular communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Shibasaki, Daisuke Haraki, Yoshinori Senoo
  • Publication number: 20230404417
    Abstract: An electronic device that may include a first surface configured to be pressed onto a subject; a second surface disposed opposite to the first surface; a sensor configured to acquire a pulse wave of the subject; and a controller configured to calculate an index based on a propagation phenomenon of the pulse wave acquired by the sensor. The second surface may comprise a pressing part configured to be pressed by the subject. The sensor may be disposed adjacent to the first surface relative to the second surface. Also, the controller may be configured to start calculating the index based on a determination that an amplitude of the pulse wave acquired in a predetermined time is at or greater than a predetermined level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromi AJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230408672
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a transmission antenna and a reception antenna. The transmission antenna is configured to transmit a transmission wave. The reception antenna is configured to receive a reflection wave generated by reflection of the transmission wave. The electronic device allows the frequency at which the transmission wave is transmitted to be variable in multiple segments and detects an object that reflects the transmission wave based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission wave and a reception signal received as the reflection wave. The electronic device transmits sensing information to an information processing apparatus along with position information of the electronic device. The sensing information is based on the transmission signal transmitted at a frequency in one of the multiple segments as the transmission wave and the reception signal received as the reflection wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masamitsu NISHIKIDO, Masayuki SATO, Satoshi KAWAJI, Youhei MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20230408668
    Abstract: An electronic device included in a mobility device includes a transmission antenna, a reception antenna, and a controller. The transmission antenna transmits a transmission wave. The reception antenna receives a reflected wave that is the transmission wave having been reflected. The controller detects an object, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission wave and a reception signal received as the reflected wave. The controller determines whether the mobility device is rearmost among multiple mobility devices traveling in a platoon, in accordance with whether an object having a relative velocity of a predetermined threshold or less relative to the mobility device is detected at a predetermined distance behind the mobility device in a traveling direction of the mobility device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru SAHARA, Jun KURODA, Takuya HOMMA, Fangwei TONG, Kenji YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230408637
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first sensor and a second sensor. Each of the first sensor and the second sensor includes a transmission antenna, a reception antenna, and a controller. The transmission antenna transmits a transmission wave. The reception antenna receives a reflected wave that is the transmission wave having been reflected. The controller detects an object that reflects the transmission wave, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission wave and a reception signal received as the reflected wave. The first sensor and the second sensor are disposed in respective directions that are not parallel to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Youhei MURAKAMI, Satoshi KAWAJI, Masayuki SATO, Masamitsu NISHIKIDO
  • Publication number: 20230411335
    Abstract: There are provided a thermosetting resin composition for semiconductor bonding and a thermosetting resin composition for light emitting device which have high thermal conductivity and an excellent heat dissipation property and are capable of reliable pressure-free bonding of a semiconductor element and a light emitting element to a substrate. A thermosetting resin composition comprising: (A) silver fine particles ranging from 1 nm to 200 nm in thickness or in minor axis; (B) a silver powder having an average particle size of more than 0.2 ?m and 30 ?m or less; (C) resin particles; and (D) a thermosetting resin, wherein an amount of the resin particles (C) is 0.01 to 1 part by mass and an amount of the thermosetting resin (D) is 1 to 20 parts by mass, to 100 parts by mass being a total amount of the silver fine particles (A) and the silver powder (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu FUJIWARA, Yu SATAKE, Yuya NITANAI
  • Publication number: 20230408777
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, an optical circuit board includes a wiring board and an optical waveguide. The wiring board has a first region on which a silicon photonics device is mounted, a cavity, and a second region, with the cavity interposed between the first region and the second region. The wiring board further includes a first conductor layer in the second region. The optical waveguide is located on the first conductor layer and includes a core surrounded by claddings. The first conductor layer includes a portion protruding toward the first region above the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinori NAKATOMI