Patents by Inventor Akito Endo

Akito Endo 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: 10212822
    Abstract: Provided are a structure for which ink wettability/spreadability in the width direction of a line drawn on a substrate is limited and a high aspect ratio can be achieved, a manufacturing method for said structure, and a line pattern. The present invention provides a structure comprising: a droplet overlapping solidification layer obtained by droplets sloping and continuously overlapping each other in the direction of movement of a substrate and solidifying, a droplet flow solidified layer obtained by the droplets flowing on the droplet overlapping solidification layer and continuously being solidified without the droplets overlapping, and recesses formed at the boundary region between the droplet overlapping solidification layer and the droplet flow solidified layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jun Akedo, Akito Endo
  • Publication number: 20180020553
    Abstract: Provided are a structure for which ink wettability/spreadability in the width direction of a line drawn on a substrate is limited and a high aspect ratio can be achieved, a manufacturing method for said structure, and a line pattern. The present invention provides a structure comprising: a droplet overlapping solidification layer obtained by droplets sloping and continuously overlapping each other in the direction of movement of a substrate and solidifying, a droplet flow solidified layer obtained by the droplets flowing on the droplet overlapping solidification layer and continuously being solidified without the droplets overlapping, and recesses formed at the boundary region between the droplet overlapping solidification layer and the droplet flow solidified layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Jun AKEDO, Akito ENDO
  • Patent number: 9807887
    Abstract: Provided are a structure for which ink wettability/spreadability in the width direction of a line drawn on a substrate is limited and a high aspect ratio can be achieved, a manufacturing method for said structure, and a line pattern. The present invention provides a structure comprising: a droplet overlapping solidification layer obtained by droplets sloping and continuously overlapping each other in the direction of movement of a substrate and solidifying, a droplet flow solidified layer obtained by the droplets flowing on the droplet overlapping solidification layer and continuously being solidified without the droplets overlapping, and recesses formed at the boundary region between the droplet overlapping solidification layer and the droplet flow solidified layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jun Akedo, Akito Endo
  • Publication number: 20160249459
    Abstract: Provided are a structure for which ink wettability/spreadability in the width direction of a line drawn on a substrate is limited and a high aspect ratio can be achieved, a manufacturing method for said structure, and a line pattern. The present invention provides a structure comprising: a droplet overlapping solidification layer obtained by droplets sloping and continuously overlapping each other in the direction of movement of a substrate and solidifying, a droplet flow solidified layer obtained by the droplets flowing on the droplet overlapping solidification layer and continuously being solidified without the droplets overlapping, and recesses formed at the boundary region between the droplet overlapping solidification layer and the droplet flow solidified layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Jun AKEDO, Akito ENDO
  • Patent number: 9120335
    Abstract: A pattern printing apparatus comprising an ink output section including a nozzle that drops ink and a heating section that heats a preheating target region; a driving section that moves the substrate relative to the ink output section; and a control section that controls the driving section. The control section causes the substrate to move relative to the ink output section such that the preheating target region is positioned in a progression path of the drawing target region and causes a pattern formed by the ink to be drawn, and when switching an extension direction of the pattern being drawn, the control section causes the preheating target region to move to an end portion of the pattern drawn before the switching and causing the preheating target region to be heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: ADVANTEST CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bunichi Kakinuma, Takeshi Tanaka, Toshiaki Hayakawa, Jun Akedo, Akito Endo, Hiroki Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20140063111
    Abstract: A pattern printing apparatus comprising an ink output section including a nozzle that drops ink and a heating section that heats a preheating target region; a driving section that moves the substrate relative to the ink output section; and a control section that controls the driving section. The control section causes the substrate to move relative to the ink output section such that the preheating target region is positioned in a progression path of the drawing target region and causes a pattern formed by the ink to be drawn, and when switching an extension direction of the pattern being drawn, the control section causes the preheating target region to move to an end portion of the pattern drawn before the switching and causing the preheating target region to be heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANTEST CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bunichi KAKINUMA, Takeshi TANAKA, Toshiaki HAYAKAWA, Jun AKEDO, Akito ENDO, Hiroki TSUDA
  • Patent number: 8398227
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fine and thick wiring drawn at high speed in such a manner that a region on the substrate, on which region the liquid droplet is scheduled to impact, is heated beforehand, and that immediately after the impact of the liquid droplet on the substrate, the liquid droplet is promptly solidified so as thereby to suppress the spread of the liquid droplet due to the wettability of the liquid droplet to the substrate, and also to suppress the clogging of the nozzle due to the heating of the substrate. Thereby, even in the case where a liquid droplet having a larger volume than before is used, high-speed drawing of a thick and fine wiring having a line width approximately equal to the liquid droplet size is realized independently of the substrate material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jun Akedo, Akito Endo
  • Publication number: 20100302319
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fine and thick wiring drawn at high speed in such a manner that a region on the substrate, on which region the liquid droplet is scheduled to impact, is heated beforehand, and that immediately after the impact of the liquid droplet on the substrate, the liquid droplet is promptly solidified so as thereby to suppress the spread of the liquid droplet due to the wettability of the liquid droplet to the substrate, and also to suppress the clogging of the nozzle due to the heating of the substrate. Thereby, even in the case where a liquid droplet having a larger volume than before is used, high-speed drawing of a thick and fine wiring having a line width approximately equal to the liquid droplet size is realized independently of the substrate material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Jun Akedo, Akito Endo