Patents Examined by Kendrick X Liu
  • Patent number: 10934443
    Abstract: Disclosed are an infrared transmitting ink composition for an ink jet, a method for forming a bezel pattern by using the same, a bezel pattern formed thereby, and a display substrate comprising the same, wherein the infrared transmitting ink composition enables the check of align markers through an infrared camera and the detection of pressure marks through non-destructive inspection even after the bezel pattern is printed on the display substrate, has excellent storage stability, curing sensitivity, and adhesion with a basic material, and can improve an ink jet process performance. The infrared transmitting ink composition for an ink jet comprises: a lactam black pigment, a perylene black pigment, or a combination thereof; a dispersant; an epoxy compound; an oxetane compound; a photo-polymerization initiator; and an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jaehyun Yoo, Areum Kim, Sungeun Park, Joonhyung Kim
  • Patent number: 10926558
    Abstract: A print apparatus includes a holding unit to hold a roll sheet obtained by winding a sheet, a driving unit, a separation flapper, a pressure contact roller, a print unit, a displacement sensor, and a control unit. The driving unit rotates the held roll sheet. The separation flapper follows a roll sheet surface to separate the sheet from the roll sheet. The pressure contact roller comes into pressure contact with the roll sheet surface. The print unit prints an image on the sheet supplied by rotating the roll sheet in pressure contact with the pressure contact roller in a forward direction. The displacement sensor detects a separation flapper displacement amount according to separation flapper rotation when the sheet is supplied to the print unit after a roll sheet front end is detected. The control unit stops the roll sheet rotation when the amount of displacement exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masato Eiyama
  • Patent number: 10894427
    Abstract: A printer includes a printer head, a sensor, and a processor. The printer head includes printing components. The sensor acquires data with respect to a distance by which the printer is moved in one of moving directions. The processor (i) adjusts a length of an image of a print subject so that the image of the print subject has a length two times a reference travel distance that is based on a distance acquired by the sensor, the distance acquired by the sensor being a distance by which the printer is moved from a starting position in a first moving direction, and (ii) controls the printer head in such a manner that, when the printer is moved in a second moving direction that is opposite to the first moving direction, the printer is made to print the adjusted image at the adjusted position of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takayuki Hirotani
  • Patent number: 10889112
    Abstract: The liquid ejection head includes a plurality of element substrates including first and second element substrates and an electrical wiring substrate. The first and second element substrates each has a heating element array in which a plurality of heating elements producing heat energy for liquid ejection is arrayed, an electrically conductive protection layer covering the plurality of heating elements, an insulating layer arranged between the plurality of heating elements and the electrically conductive protection layer, and a connecting terminal for connecting to the outside. The electrical wiring substrate is electrically connected with the first and second element substrates via the connecting terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kousuke Kubo, Koichi Omata
  • Patent number: 10889131
    Abstract: An irradiator that emits electromagnetic waves through a lattice-like or net-like protective member, and a controller that causes the irradiator to irradiate an irradiation target with the electromagnetic waves while causing relative movement between the irradiation target and the irradiator in a first direction. The protective member is configured or disposed such that no more than one lattice of a plurality of lattices and no more than one node of a plurality of nodes that are formed in the protection member exist in a row along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Nagumo
  • Patent number: 10882314
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head and its manufacturing method are capable of reducing the thickness of a protective layer as compared to the traditional technique so as to efficiently transfer the heat energy generated by a heating resistance element to a droplet of liquid such as ink. To achieve this, power supply wirings are provided in the same layer below the heating resistance element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mineo Shimotsusa, Shinya Iwahashi, Sadayoshi Sakuma, Ichiro Saito
  • Patent number: 10864760
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a feeding unit that feeds a medium placed on a medium placing unit located on a back side (?Y) of the apparatus; a transport unit that transports the medium fed from the feeding unit; a recording unit that performs recording on the medium transported from the transport unit; a reverse path that transports the medium in a reverse direction after recording is performed by the recording unit to turn over the medium; and a feed driving motor that drives the feeding unit, wherein the feed driving motor is disposed above the reverse path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shirane, Shinji Kanemaru, Kazuhisa Nakamura, Yoshikazu Nagai, Keisuke Sasaki, Haruki Miyasaka
  • Patent number: 10850523
    Abstract: For an image forming apparatus including first and second storage chambers, an inequality expression of “R2>A×R1” is met. R1 is a sum of a passage resistance value obtained by flowing air through a first air communication portion and a passage resistance value obtained by flowing liquid through a supply portion. R2 is a passage resistance value obtained by flowing air through a second air communication portion. A is a cross-sectional area ratio obtained by dividing a first average cross-sectional area of a first space of the first storage chamber taken along a plurality of horizontal planes by a second average cross-sectional area of a second space of the second storage chamber taken along the plurality of horizontal planes. The first space contains at least a portion adjacent to the supply portion and accumulating the liquid. The second space contains at least a portion accumulating the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihito Kobayashi, Akinari Ishibe, Yuma Tanabe, Masahiro Hayashi, Masatake Sato
  • Patent number: 10828907
    Abstract: A liquid circulation device includes a housing having an outlet and an inlet, a circulation unit configured to convey liquid out of the housing through the outlet and recover liquid into the housing through the inlet, a liquid supplying unit configured to supply liquid into the housing, an air conveying unit configured to convey air into and out of the housing, a level detecting unit configured to detect a level of the liquid in the housing, a pressure sensing unit configured to detect a pressure of the air in the housing, and a control unit configured to control a pressure of the liquid in the housing by controlling the liquid supplying unit or the air conveying unit, based on the level and the pressure of the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10825263
    Abstract: An apparatus performs methods for device diagnostics based on signals from digital outputs. The apparatus includes an input/output module with a digital output module to be coupled to a device. The input/output module measures one or more characteristics of a digital signal provided by the digital output module, where at least one of the one or more characteristics of the digital signal is associated with an output current of the digital output module. The input/output module also performs one or more diagnostics using the one or more measured characteristics of the digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Nagaraja Sundaresh, Shankar Rao Pendyala, Michael D. Carney, Shripad K. Pande
  • Patent number: 10814649
    Abstract: A printing system includes a liquid ejector configured to deposit a curable layer on a surface of a substrate, the layer having a free surface and an interface between the layer and the substrate. A pre-curing device pre-cures the layer such that a first region closer to the free surface is less cured than a second region closer to the interface. The curing device includes a pre-curing initiator source configured to provide a pre-curing initiator that polymerizes the layer. The curing device also includes a pre-curing inhibitor source configured to deliver an inhibitor that inhibits polymerization of the layer. A particle delivery device delivers particles to the layer after the layer is pre-cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: Warren B. Jackson, Kent A. Evans, Sean E. Doris
  • Patent number: 10807365
    Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus includes a nozzle plate having a nozzle, and a channel unit having a first surface facing and joined with the nozzle plate. The channel unit has a first channel member having the first surface, and a second channel member having a second surface facing and joined with the first channel member. The second channel member is formed with a first pressure chamber, a second pressure chamber, a first opening and a second opening defined by the second surface, a first connecting channel connecting the first pressure chamber and the first opening, and a second connecting channel connecting the second pressure chamber and the second opening. The first channel member is formed with a third connecting channel connecting the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keita Sugiura, Shohei Koide, Jiro Yamamoto, Hiroshi Katayama
  • Patent number: 10807391
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide improvements to printers including the use of engineered structures to limit bending, flexing, and/or twisting during impacts and the use of impact absorbing materials to prevent cracks and breaks. Design features and materials add to the rigidity of the printer design to prevent twisting and flexing during impacts and add to the strength of the printer design in typical breakage areas. For example, embodiments provide improvements that strengthen traditional break areas by the use of improved materials and design optimization to distribute impact forces. Embodiments allow the printer to maintain an operational status following a drop test and/or a tumble test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Hutnak, James A. Lucas, Anthony R. Helberg, Matthew D. Corvese, Roy P. Lyman
  • Patent number: 10807388
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of heaters, a plurality of temperature sensors, an object sensor, and control circuitry. The temperature sensors are formed at positions corresponding to the heaters. The object sensor is configured to detect an overlap region of a medium and the heaters. The control circuitry is configured to correct temperature information acquired by the temperature sensors, according to the overlap region detected by the object sensor and the positions of the temperature sensors, and control the heaters based on the corrected temperature information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Kizaki, Junji Nakai, Masafumi Yamada, Shizuho Katahira
  • Patent number: 10796210
    Abstract: A plotter includes a mounting portion, a first movement mechanism, a second movement mechanism, a processor, and a memory. The mounting portion is configured to mount with a pen containing a liquid. The first movement mechanism is configured to relatively move the mounting portion and a workpiece in a movement direction. The second movement mechanism configured to relatively move the mounting portion and the workpiece in a direction intersecting the movement direction. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, instruct the processor to perform processes. The processes include acquiring plot data, acquiring information relating to a remaining amount of the liquid of the pen, setting a relative movement speed of the mounting portion and the workpiece, and controlling the first movement mechanism and the second movement mechanism at the set movement speed, and performing drawing on the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Hasegawa, Daisuke Abe, Keiji Takimoto
  • Patent number: 10782068
    Abstract: The apparatus (100) comprises several stations for treating fabric (10). For example, a cleaning station (20) is provided that is arranged to remove loose debris from the fabric and move the fabric in a continuous motion through the cleaning station. A treatment station (40) is then arranged to receive the fabric from the cleaning station and to transfer treatment fluid to the fabric in a treatment zone. Finally, a drying station (50) is arranged to receive the fabric from the treatment station and to dry the fabric in a drying zone. Advantageously, the treatment station is arranged to transfer the treatment fluid by spraying the treatment fluid under pressure onto a side of the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Technijet Digital Limited
    Inventor: David McFarlane
  • Patent number: 10772211
    Abstract: Disclosed are a cartridge nozzle assembly and an apparatus for injecting ink including the cartridge nozzle assembly. In the ink injecting apparatus for forming a pattern by adhering the ink injected from a nozzle onto a substrate, the ink injecting apparatus includes a cartridge nozzle assembly, in a cartridge type, including a chamber sealingly accommodating the ink, and the nozzle for discharging the ink accommodated in the chamber; and a cartridge nozzle fixing member for replaceably fixing the cartridge nozzle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: ENJET CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Do Young Byun, Vu Dat Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10758152
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for compensating and calibrating a bio-impedance measurement device are provided. In the method and apparatus, a memory stores a plurality of compensation parameters and a first detection channel receives a first detection signal, compensates the first detection signal using a first compensation parameter of the plurality of compensation parameters. In the method and apparatus, a second detection channel receives a second detection signal and a third detection signal and compensates the second and third detection signals using second and third compensation parameters of the plurality of compensation parameters and the compensated first detection signal. The impedance measurement device generates a first output signal representative of a first impedance measurement and a second output signal representative of a second impedance measurement based on the compensated first, second and third detection signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Marco Passoni, Alessia Cagidiaco, Stefano Rossi
  • Patent number: 10751999
    Abstract: A roll wiping member unit includes a long wiping member and a core. The long wiping member has a starting end and a terminating end at ends in a longitudinal direction and a wiping portion that is subjected to a tensile load at a position between the starting end and the terminating end. The long wiping member is configured to wipe a liquid ejecting head at the wiping portion. The long wiping member is wound on the core from the terminating end in a roll. The long wiping member has a weak portion having strength that does not withstand the tensile load at a position closer than the wiping portion to the terminating end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoji Fujimori, Toshio Nakata
  • Patent number: 10737513
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a discharge portion that discharges liquid to a medium to be transported in a transporting direction, and a supporting portion that has a supporting surface supporting the medium, in which the supporting surface does not have unevenness in a width direction intersecting the transporting direction, but has groove portions formed continuously along the width direction, and the groove portions are formed with suction holes which suck the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ryota Takenaka, Mikio Kitagishi