Patents by Inventor Eiichiro Watanabe
Eiichiro Watanabe 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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Publication number: 20220363055Abstract: The control section sets, as a first flow rate, a flow rate of the liquid, which is circulated by the circulating mechanism, per unit time, during an ejection operation of ejecting the liquid from the liquid ejecting head. The control section sets, as a second flow rate greater than the first flow rate, a flow rate of the liquid, which is circulated by the circulating mechanism, per unit time, during a recovery operation of recovering a state of the liquid ejecting head.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Eiichiro WATANABE, Hiroaki OKUI
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Patent number: 11433676Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head having a nozzle plate, a case head disposed in a second-direction opposite to a first-direction with respect to the nozzle plate, and a lid member; and a carriage having an outer wall surrounding a periphery of the nozzle plate, in which the lid member has a first-surface, a second-surface, and a third-surface, the first-surface is disposed in the first direction with respect to the nozzle plate, the second-surface is coupled to the first-surface and is disposed to cover a part of a side surface of the case head in a third-direction orthogonal to the first-direction, the third-surface is coupled to the second-surface to extend in the third-direction, and is disposed so as not to abut on the outer wall, and an end portion of the third-surface in the third-direction overlaps the outer wall when viewed in the second-direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Haruki Kobayashi, Eiichiro Watanabe
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Publication number: 20220242119Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes piezoelectric elements for ejecting liquid from nozzles, pressure chambers in communication with the nozzles, individual supply flow passages for supplying the liquid to the nozzles, individual collection flow passages for collecting the liquid not ejected from the nozzles, a diaphragm that defines a wall surface of the pressure chambers and deforms by driving the piezoelectric element, a flexible substrate having a drive circuit electrically coupled to the piezoelectric elements, and a heat release member that is either in contact with an surface of the flexible substrate that faces away from the drive circuit, or in contact with the drive circuit, and conducts heat of the drive circuit to the diaphragm. The heat release member is disposed closer to the individual supply flow passage than to the individual collection flow passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Hiroaki OKUI, Eiichiro WATANABE, Takahiro KANEGAE, Kazuaki UCHIDA
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Publication number: 20220219469Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head, a holding member holding the liquid ejecting head, a fixing member including a head portion, an engaging portion, and a shaft portion that couples the head portion to the engaging portion, and an elastic member including a first opening into which the shaft portion is inserted. One of the liquid ejecting head and the holding member includes a second opening into which the shaft portion is inserted, and the other one of the liquid ejecting head and the holding member includes a first engaged portion to be engaged with the engaging portion. The liquid ejecting head is fixed to the holding member by the engaging portion being brought into engagement with the first engaged portion such that the first opening and the second opening are disposed between the head portion and the engaging portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Hiroaki OKUI, Eiichiro WATANABE
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Publication number: 20220184955Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes an ejection surface including head chips, and a first-positioning-portion and a second-positioning-portion disposed in a second-direction orthogonal to a first-direction with respect to the ejection surface and positioning a holding member, the liquid ejecting head has a first-edge and a second-edge separated from each other in the first-direction and extending along a third-direction parallel to the ejection surface and inclined with respect to the first-direction and the second-direction, and one end portion and the other end portion forming both end portions in the second-direction, and the first-positioning-portion does not overlap a virtual parallelogram having a first-virtual side contacting the first-edge and extending along the third-direction, a second-virtual side contacting the second-edge and extending along the third-direction, a third-virtual side contacting the one end portion and extending along the first-direction, and a fourth-virtual side contacting the otherType: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Hiroaki OKUI, Eiichiro WATANABE, Shun KATSUIE
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Publication number: 20220184956Abstract: A head includes an upper surface opposite from an ejection surface; and an electrical coupling portion disposed at a first-end portion of the upper surface in a Y-direction, an outer shape of the upper surface has first and second edges separated from each other in an X-direction, a third-edge disposed at the first-end portion, and a fourth-edge disposed at a second-end portion opposite from the first-end portion in the Y-direction, along a V-direction, and when viewed in a normal direction, the upper surface is not overlapped with an acute-angled portion of a virtual parallelogram having a first-virtual side contacting the first-edge, a second-virtual side contacting the second-edge, a third-virtual side contacting the third-edge, and a fourth-virtual side contacting the fourth-edge, and projects beyond an obtuse-angled portion of the virtual parallelogram in the X-direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Hiroaki OKUI, Eiichiro WATANABE, Shun KATSUIE
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Publication number: 20220047647Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for suppressing trypsin activity, comprising: a bacterium belonging to a genus Paraprevotella as an active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: RIKENInventors: Kenya HONDA, Seiko NARUSHIMA, Eiichiro WATANABE, Osamu OHARA, Yusuke KAWASHIMA, Youxian LI
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Publication number: 20220024207Abstract: A liquid ejecting head that has substrates stacked, includes individual flow paths respectively communicating with nozzles, a supply common liquid chamber and a discharge common liquid chamber that communicate with the individual flow paths, and a bypass flow path coupling the supply common liquid chamber to the discharge common liquid chamber, in which the supply common liquid chamber and the discharge common liquid chamber are formed in the same layer among the substrates, and the bypass flow path has a portion formed in a layer different from the supply common liquid chamber and the discharge common liquid chamber, among the substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventor: Eiichiro WATANABE
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Publication number: 20210394521Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a nozzle face; a filter; a downstream chamber that includes a first outlet and a second outlet for discharging the liquid, the downstream chamber being located downstream of the filter; a first flow passage that is in communication with the downstream chamber through the first outlet; a second flow passage that is in communication with the downstream chamber through the second outlet; and a common flow passage that is in communication with the first flow passage and the second flow passage, wherein, as viewed perpendicularly to the nozzle face, the first outlet is located at a position that is shifted from a center of the downstream chamber in a first direction, and the second outlet is located at a position that is shifted from the center of the downstream chamber in a second direction that is opposite of the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventor: Eiichiro WATANABE
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Publication number: 20210394520Abstract: A flow passage member includes: a supply flow passage through which liquid flows; a filter provided on a path of the supply flow passage, the liquid being configured to pass through the filter; a fixing member which constitutes a part of the supply flow passage and to which the filter is fixed; and a first member which constitutes a part of the supply flow passage and to which the fixing member is fixed; wherein the fixing member is made of thermoplastic resin, and the first member is made of any of thermosetting resin, metal, and ceramic.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Eiichiro WATANABE, Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Shingo TOMIMATSU, Katsuhiro OKUBO
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Publication number: 20210370677Abstract: A liquid ejecting head that has an ejection surface configured to eject a liquid includes a plurality of head chips that are long in a first direction. The plurality of head chips are arranged inside a virtual parallelogram including a first virtual side and a second virtual side that are in contact with at least one of the plurality of head chips and that extend in the first direction, and a third virtual side and a fourth virtual side that are in contact with at least one of the plurality of head chips and that extend in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and the ejection surface is not overlapped with an acute-angled portion of the virtual parallelogram when the ejection surface is viewed in a normal direction of the ejection surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Hiroaki OKUI, Eiichiro WATANABE, Shun KATSUIE
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Patent number: 11117375Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a first-valve-mechanism, a second-valve-mechanism, a nozzle plate, and a holder housing the first-valve-mechanisms and the second-valve-mechanisms. When a direction perpendicular to the nozzle plate is a first-direction, the nozzle plate extends in a second-direction and a third-direction. The first-valve-mechanism and the second-valve-mechanism arranged in the third-direction, with a space therebetween. The first-valve-mechanism includes a first-valve-element and a first-downstream-cover-member defining a first-downstream-chamber downstream of the first-valve-element. The second-valve-mechanism includes a second-valve-element and a second-downstream-cover-member defining a second-downstream-chamber downstream of the second-valve-element. The first-downstream-cover-member faces the second-downstream-cover-member. An interval between the nozzle plate and the first-valve-element is equal to an interval between the nozzle plate and the second-valve-element in the first-direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Eiichiro Watanabe
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Patent number: 11072175Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle plate provided with nozzles configured to eject a liquid in a first direction; a case provided in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction with respect to the nozzle plate, and having a flow path pipe that defines a first flow path through which the liquid flows and which protrudes in the second direction; a circuit substrate provided in the second direction with respect to the case and having a first through-hole through which the flow path pipe penetrates; a first seal member provided in the second direction with respect to the circuit substrate; a holder provided in the second direction with respect to the first seal member and having therein a second flow path communicating with the first flow path; a screw fixing the holder to the case; and an adhesive fixing the holder to the case.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Eiichiro Watanabe
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Patent number: 10974510Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle formation surface disposed between a first roller and a second roller in a medium transport direction, a first positioning portion used for positioning with respect to a first head holding member provided in a first liquid ejecting apparatus in which a distance between the first roller and the second roller in the medium transport direction is set to a first distance, and a second positioning portion used for positioning with respect to a second head holding member provided in a second liquid ejecting apparatus in which the distance between the first roller and the second roller in the medium transport direction is set to a second distance being different than the first distance.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Eiichiro Watanabe
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Publication number: 20210094299Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head having a nozzle plate, a case head disposed in a second-direction opposite to a first-direction with respect to the nozzle plate, and a lid member; and a carriage having an outer wall surrounding a periphery of the nozzle plate, in which the lid member has a first-surface, a second-surface, and a third-surface, the first-surface is disposed in the first direction with respect to the nozzle plate, the second-surface is coupled to the first-surface and is disposed to cover a part of a side surface of the case head in a third-direction orthogonal to the first-direction, the third-surface is coupled to the second-surface to extend in the third-direction, and is disposed so as not to abut on the outer wall, and an end portion of the third-surface in the third-direction overlaps the outer wall when viewed in the second-direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Haruki KOBAYASHI, Eiichiro WATANABE
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Publication number: 20210023842Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle plate provided with nozzles configured to eject a liquid in a first direction; a case provided in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction with respect to the nozzle plate, and having a flow path pipe that defines a first flow path through which the liquid flows and which protrudes in the second direction; a circuit substrate provided in the second direction with respect to the case and having a first through-hole through which the flow path pipe penetrates; a first seal member provided in the second direction with respect to the circuit substrate; a holder provided in the second direction with respect to the first seal member and having therein a second flow path communicating with the first flow path; a screw fixing the holder to the case; and an adhesive fixing the holder to the case.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventor: Eiichiro WATANABE
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Publication number: 20200276815Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a first-valve-mechanism, a second-valve-mechanism, a nozzle plate, and a holder housing the first-valve-mechanisms and the second-valve-mechanisms. When a direction perpendicular to the nozzle plate is a first-direction, the nozzle plate extends in a second-direction and a third-direction. The first-valve-mechanism and the second-valve-mechanism arranged in the third-direction, with a space therebetween. The first-valve-mechanism includes a first-valve-element and a first-downstream-cover-member defining a first-downstream-chamber downstream of the first-valve-element. The second-valve-mechanism includes a second-valve-element and a second-downstream-cover-member defining a second-downstream-chamber downstream of the second-valve-element. The first-downstream-cover-member faces the second-downstream-cover-member. An interval between the nozzle plate and the first-valve-element is equal to an interval between the nozzle plate and the second-valve-element in the first-direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventor: Eiichiro WATANABE
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Publication number: 20200171823Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle formation surface disposed between a first roller and a second roller in a medium transport direction, a first positioning portion used for positioning with respect to a first head holding member provided in a first liquid ejecting apparatus in which a distance between the first roller and the second roller in the medium transport direction is set to a first distance, and a second positioning portion used for positioning with respect to a second head holding member provided in a second liquid ejecting apparatus in which the distance between the first roller and the second roller in the medium transport direction is set to a second distance being different than the first distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventor: Eiichiro WATANABE
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Patent number: 10661574Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid through a nozzle, a supply flow path that supplies liquid from a liquid container containing liquid to the liquid ejecting head, a liquid chamber provided in a buffer chamber disposed in the supply flow path, the liquid chamber being configured to change in volume, a liquid feeding unit of a reversible type disposed in the supply flow path between the liquid container and the liquid chamber, a control portion that controls driving of the liquid feeding unit, and a suction unit that suctions liquid through the nozzle. The control portion controls the liquid feeding unit to perform reverse feeding of the liquid from the liquid chamber to the liquid container before the suction unit suctions the liquid through the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Eiichiro Watanabe, Masaru Kumagai, Yukihiro Hanaoka, Izumi Nozawa
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Patent number: 10569559Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head having nozzles and an opening surface through which the nozzles are opened, the liquid ejecting head being configured to eject liquid from the nozzles, a supply flow path configured to supply the liquid to the liquid ejecting head, a pressurizing mechanism that can pressurize the inside of the supply flow path, an opening/closing mechanism that can open and close the supply flow path, and a control unit that controls operations of the liquid ejecting head, the pressurizing mechanism, and the opening/closing mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yukihiro Hanaoka, Takuya Okina, Eiichiro Watanabe, Masaru Kumagai