Patents Examined by Anh T Vo
  • Patent number: 11492509
    Abstract: A radiation curable solder mask inkjet ink contains a photo-initiator, a polymerizable compound and a flame retardant wherewith a high quality solder mask withstanding the high thermal stress during the soldering process while maintaining excellent physical properties and flame retardancy may be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: AGFA-Gevaert NV, Electra Polymer Ltd.
    Inventors: Rita Torfs, Johan Loccufier, Clive Landells, Christopher Wall
  • Patent number: 11492483
    Abstract: Provided is an aqueous ink for ink jet, containing a resin particle, and a cyclic amide-based, water-soluble organic solvent. The resin particle has a core portion that contains a cyano group-containing unit, and a shell portion that contains an aromatic group-containing unit, an anionic group-containing unit and a unit derived from a crosslinking agent, but free of cyano group-containing unit. Ink jet recording using the aqueous ink can record images that excel in abrasion resistance and gloss clarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Kishi, Daiji Okamura, Naotoshi Miyamachi, Keisuke Inui, Hirohiko Yuasa, Naofumi Shimomura
  • Patent number: 11480482
    Abstract: A method for printing a strain sensor on a component using an aerosol ink, the method including depositing the aerosol ink on the component using a print head, the aerosol ink comprising chromium containing particles, and monitoring a printing environment parameter associated with printing environment conditions to confirm the printing environment parameter is within a predetermined environmental range of a printing environment parameter baseline value while depositing the aerosol ink on the component using the print head, the printing environment parameter baseline value a predetermined preferred printing environment parameter value within the predetermined environmental range, the monitoring including monitoring an atmospheric composition of the printing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Louis Lefebvre, Ehsan Toyserkani, Chinedu Francis Dibia, Elahe Jabari, Jeremy Vandenberg
  • Patent number: 11479622
    Abstract: An active energy ray curable composition contains an acrylamide compound A1 represented by the following Chemical formula 1 or the following Chemical formula 2; a multi-functional polymerizable compound B1 having an SI value of 3 or less in a skin sensitivity test; a polymerization initiator C1 having no maximum absorption peak in a wavelength range of from 365 to 405 nm; and a hydrogen donor D,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahide Kobayashi, Mitsunobu Morita, Takashi Okada, Takenori Suenaga, Soh Noguchi, Tatsuki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11479045
    Abstract: An ink cartridge adapter or ink cartridge includes a casing; and a plurality of pad electrodes mounted on the casing so as to be movable in a direction outwardly away from a side surface of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Fukushima, Tetsuya Ohashi, Yasuo Kotaki, Ryoji Inoue, Koichi Kubo, Naozumi Nabeshima, Hironori Murakami, Takeho Miyashita, Kyosuke Nagaoka, Noriyasu Nagai
  • Patent number: 11472191
    Abstract: A liquid supply apparatus includes a liquid storage tank in communication with a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid and a cartridge configured to be detachably provided to the liquid storage tank. The liquid storage tank includes an atmosphere communication portion in communication with the atmosphere and a first connecting portion that, in a state where the cartridge is attached to the liquid storage tank, enables the cartridge to be in liquid communication with the liquid storage tank. The liquid storage tank also includes a second connecting portion that, in the state where the cartridge is attached to the liquid storage tank, is connected to the cartridge so as to be liquid-tight with the cartridge and enables the cartridge to be in gaseous communication with the atmosphere communication portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasunori Takei, Hiroki Hayashi, Hiroshi Koshikawa
  • Patent number: 11472190
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to reduce liquid leakage resulting from detachment of a cartridge. One embodiment of the present invention is a printing apparatus including: a cartridge having a casing for storing liquid; and an attachment unit configured to attach the cartridge, and the cartridge has a hollow needle that connects with the attachment unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Seiichiro Karita
  • Patent number: 11472188
    Abstract: A liquid storage container includes a container main body that is capable of storing a liquid and at least a portion of which includes a translucent outer wall; a support member that is integrally formed with the container main body; and a rotation member that is rotatably supported by the support member. The rotation member includes a float that rotates due to fluctuations in a liquid level of the liquid, and a display member that rotates in conjunction with the float and is capable of displaying a position of the float to an outside through the translucent outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahisa Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11472189
    Abstract: A mounting unit includes a mounting portion to which a liquid container that accommodates a liquid is mounted, in which the mounting portion has a liquid introduction portion that is inserted into the liquid container that is mounted to the mounting portion, and a first receiving portion that is provided below the liquid introduction portion, the first receiving portion has a first recess portion and a second recess portion, the liquid introduction portion extends in a direction opposite to a mounting direction that is a direction in which the liquid container moves when the liquid container is mounted to the mounting portion, and the second recess portion is provided at a position closer to a tip of the liquid introduction portion than the first recess portion is in the mounting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Haga, Taro Takekoshi, Nanami Sakai, Akihiko Shiho, Tomoyuki Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 11466172
    Abstract: Provided is an ink-jet recording liquid set including a pretreatment liquid for ink-jet recording and an ink-jet ink, wherein the pretreatment liquid for ink-jet recording includes: composite resin particles in which a polyolefin resin is contained in a polyurethane resin; a coagulant; and water, and the ink-jet ink contains: a pigment; water; and 3-methoxy-1-butanol or 3-methoxy-3-methy-1-butanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Haruka Moriyama, Takayuki Toeda, Hirotaka Tagori
  • Patent number: 11466161
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a series of novel polymerizable compounds based on 3-ketocoumarins, which are useful as photoinitiators and sensitizers, to compositions comprising said compounds and to a process for photopolymerizing comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: IGM RESINS ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: Marika Morone, Vincenzo Razzano, Stephen Postle, Gabriele Norcini
  • Patent number: 11459150
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid replenishment container that replenishes a liquid tank including a liquid supply portion protruding in a first direction with a liquid. The container includes: a container main body capable of storing a liquid; a liquid replenishment nozzle including a first side wall and mountable on the liquid supply portion, the first side wall defining an internal space communicating with the container main body; and a valve body provided in the internal space and causing the liquid supply portion to communicate with the internal space when the liquid replenishment nozzle is mounted. The internal space has a first liquid replenishment flow path formed between the valve body and the first side wall and being constant in cross-section in the first direction, and a second liquid replenishment flow path formed inside the first liquid replenishment flow path and being continuous in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuya Masukawa, Manabu Otsuka
  • Patent number: 11458688
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tubular tissue preparation device provided with: a chamber for accommodating a tubular support body; a first support part for communicating the inside and the outside of the chamber and fixing the tubular support body; and a pressurizing/depressurizing means for controlling the pressure in an inner space of the chamber, wherein the first support part is for fixing a first opening section of the tubular support body, communicating a lumen of the tubular support body and the outside of the chamber, and separating the lumen of the tubular support body and the inner space of the chamber. Also, the present invention provides a tubular tissue preparation kit that includes said device and a device for transporting sheet-shaped tissue. In addition, the present invention provides a tubular tissue preparation method using said device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Tokyo Women's Medical University
    Inventors: Shogo Shimizu, Kazunori Sano, Hidekazu Sekine, Tatsuya Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11454577
    Abstract: Provided is, in a sample of a cell or a micro region at a position designated in a microscope image of a tissue section, an apparatus and a method for analyzing a biomolecule, which are capable of collecting and analyzing a biomolecule in a single cell or in a micro region without damaging surrounding cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventor: Masataka Shirai
  • Patent number: 11453797
    Abstract: An ink set containing an inkjet ink and a treatment liquid, wherein the inkjet ink contains a pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent, a surfactant and water, the water-soluble organic solvent contains an alkyl diol (A) of 2 to 8 carbon atoms, the weighted average boiling point of the water-soluble organic solvent at one atmosphere is from 175 to 240° C., the surfactant contains an acetylenediol-based surfactant, the treatment liquid contains a coagulant, calcium nitrate is included as the coagulant in an amount of 6.8 to 20.8% by mass relative to the total mass of the treatment liquid, and the pH of the treatment liquid is from 2 to 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Mayuko Okamoto, Kazuhiro Jonai, Atsushi Yoda, Norio Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11453219
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to print substance container vibration. A vibrator for a print system may comprise a motor, and a vibration shaft coupled to the motor to cause vibration to provide redistribution of print substance of a print substance container. The vibration may be caused in response to the rotation of an eccentrically loaded weight about a central axis of the vibrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventor: Mathew Lavigne
  • Patent number: 11440328
    Abstract: The present application discloses an inner container type ink cartridge and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method includes the following steps: removing an upper cover of an original ink cartridge to obtain a cartridge shell; electrically connecting an external control circuit board with an original control circuit board of the original ink cartridge; arranging an internal control circuit board at a corresponding position of an inner container; and installing the inner container in the cartridge shell, so that internal contacts of the internal control circuit board of the inner container are electrically connected with the external control circuit board. A first chip of the external control circuit board or a second chip of the internal control circuit board is written with actual ink volume data of the inner container and an adopted program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SPEED INFOTECH (BEIHAI) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chenhai Zhao, Baohai Li
  • Patent number: 11440321
    Abstract: A jetting assembly that can be used to print a high-temperature print material such as a metal or metal alloy, an aqueous ink, or another material, includes an actuator for heating a gas such as a non-volatile gas within a gas cavity. The actuator rapidly heats the gas within the gas cavity, which rapidly increases a volume of the gas, thereby applying a pressure to the print material within an expansion channel that is in fluid communication with the gas cavity. In turn, the print material within the expansion channel applies a pressure to the print material within a nozzle bore, which forces a drop of the print material from a nozzle. The jetting assembly further includes a supply inlet that supplies the print material to the expansion chamber and the nozzle bore, for example, from a reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher T. Chungbin, Scott J. Vader, Zachary S. Vader, Kareem N. Tawil, William R. Harris, David A. Mantell, Viktor Sukhotskiy
  • Patent number: 11440327
    Abstract: A liquid ejection device includes: a casing; a holder for rotatably supporting a sheet roll including a continuous sheet; a power transmission mechanism positioned beside the holder for transmitting rotational driving force thereto; a cartridge attachment portion positioned above the power transmission mechanism; a conveying mechanism for conveying the continuous sheet to a discharge opening of the casing; and a head for ejecting liquid to the continuous sheet. The holder supporting the sheet roll is rotatable about a rotation axis extending in a leftward/rightward direction. A cartridge is attachable to the cartridge attachment portion. An occupying range of the cartridge attachment portion is overlapped with an occupying range of the power transmission mechanism and outside of an occupying range of the sheet roll and the holder in the leftward/rightward direction. The holder and the cartridge are attachable to and detachable from the casing through an opening thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Keita Sugiura
  • Patent number: 11433677
    Abstract: A liquid filling method of filling a liquid storage device including a first tank that stores a liquid to be supplied to an ejection head ejecting the liquid and a second tank that stores the liquid to be supplied to the first tank through a connection port provided in the first tank with the liquid, the method including: injecting the liquid from a liquid storage container into the first tank through a first liquid introduction port provided in the first tank, in a state where a second liquid introduction port provided in the second tank is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Omura, Hiroki Tajima, Keiichiro Tsukuda, Kenji Yabe, Yuji Tamaru, Naoko Shimizu, Sayaka Seki, Yosuke Takagi, Shimpei Yoshikawa, Ryo Sato, Kyosuke Toda