Patents by Inventor Etsuko Hino

Etsuko Hino 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: 8680179
    Abstract: The invention provides a composite composition comprising a cationically polymerizable organic resin, a cationic photoinitiator, a hydrolysate and/or condensate of at least one hydrolysable silane compound and inorganic nanoparticles. The composite composition is suitable for the preparation of patterned moulded articles or substrates having a patterned coating, in particular by photolithography. Micropatterns obtained show improved properties, such as a high shape stability and an excellent elastic modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignees: Leibniz-Institut fuer Neue Materialien gemeinnuetzige GmbH, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Etsuko Hino, Mitsutoshi Noguchi, Norio Ohkuma, Yoshikazu Saito, Carsten Becker-Willinger, Pamela Kalmes, Michael Veith
  • Patent number: 8535796
    Abstract: A polymerizable composite composition comprising a) a hydrolysate and/or condensate of at least one hydrolysable alkylsilane having at least one alkyl group, at least one hydrolysable arylsilane having at least one aryl group or at least one hydrolysable alkylarylsilane having at least one alkylaryl group, and at least one hydrolysable silane containing an epoxy group, b) at least one organic compound having at least 2 epoxy groups, and c) a cationic initiator, is suitable to provide, upon curing, substrates with a patterned coating or patterned molded articles. The patterned coatings and molded articles obtained show high relaxation ability, high chemical resistance and mechanical stability. Micropatterns can be obtained with high stability of shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignees: Leibniz-Institut fuer Neue Materialien Gemeinnuetzige GmbH, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Carsten Becker-Willinger, Pamela Kalmes, Helmut Schmidt, Etsuko Hino, Mitsutoshi Noguchi, Yoshikazu Saito, Norio Ohkuma
  • Patent number: 8409454
    Abstract: A production process for a structure includes preparing a substrate on which a first layer and a second layer are provided in this order; forming a second mold, which is a part of a mold member serving as a mold for forming the structure, from the second layer; etching the first layer using the second mold as a mask and thereby forming a first mold, which is another part of the mold member from the first layer; providing a coating layer which serves as the structure to cover the first mold and the second mold; and removing the first mold and the second mold and thereby forming the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Etsuko Hino, Shoji Shiba
  • Patent number: 8394307
    Abstract: A Method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head having a flow path forming member for forming a liquid flow path which communicates with a discharge port discharging liquid, comprises; preparing a layer containing a compound having a structure represented by Formula (1) and a structure represented by Formula (2) as a main chain on a substrate, providing a solution in which a resin is dissolved in a compound represented by Formula (3) or (4) on the layer, forming a mold having the shape as the flow path from the resin, providing a layer which will become the flow path forming member so as to cover the mold, and removing the mold to form the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masumi Ikeda, Etsuko Hino
  • Patent number: 8251491
    Abstract: An ink jet head is formed with a nozzle surface having a liquid repellent characteristic. The nozzle surface comprises a condensation product made from a hydrolyzable silane compound having a fluorine containing group and a hydrolyzable silane compound having a cationic polymerizable group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norio Ohkuma, Akihiko Shimomura, Etsuko Hino, Hikaru Ueda, Helmut Schmidt, Peter Müller, Steffen Pilotek, Carsten Becker-Willinger, Pamela Kalmes
  • Patent number: 8227043
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head includes the steps of: forming a solid layer for forming a flow path on a substrate on which an energy generating element is arranged to generate energy that is used to discharge liquid; forming, on the substrate where the solid layer is mounted, a coating layer for coating the solid layer; forming a discharge port used to discharge a liquid, through a photolithographic process, in the coating layer deposited on the solid layer; and removing the solid layer to form a flow path that communicates with the energy element and the discharge port. A material used for the coating layer contains a cationically polymerizable chemical compound, a cationic photopolymerization initiator and an inhibitor of cationic photopolymerization, and a material of the solid layer that forms a boundary with a portion where the discharge port of the coating layer is formed contains a copolymer of methacrylic acid and methacrylate ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiko Kubota, Takumi Suzuki, Tamaki Sato, Ryoji Kanri, Maki Hatta, Kazuhiro Asai, Shoji Shiba, Etsuko Hino, Hiroe Ishikura, Akihiko Okano
  • Patent number: 8215750
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a member which is provided with a discharge port for discharging a liquid and made of a resin. Here, the member contains a plurality of inorganic particles. In addition, in a surface of the member on which the discharge port is opened, a density of the particles in a circumference of the discharge port is higher than that of the particles in the vicinity thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Etsuko Hino
  • Patent number: 8105761
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid discharge head including a flow path forming member configured to form a flow path communicating with a discharge port to discharge liquid, includes, providing a first layer which includes a photosensitive resin and a light absorption agent on a substrate, and providing a second layer which includes a positive photosensitive resin but substantially does not include the light absorption agent on the substrate, so as to coat the first layer, forming a pattern having a shape corresponding to the flow path by performing a patterning process, and providing a layer which becomes the flow path forming member on the substrate, so as to coat the pattern. The method further includes forming the discharge port by performing a patterning process including exposure of the layer that becomes the flow path forming member, and forming the flow path by removing the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masumi Ikeda, Etsuko Hino, Isamu Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 8087748
    Abstract: An ink jet recording head having a high durability and high ink resistance can enable high-quality image recording by employing a material capable of reducing the internal stress and having satisfactory patterning characteristics. Such an ink jet recording head can be produced with high precision. A cationically photopolymerizable resin composition containing a condensate of a hydrolysable organosilane compound, employed as a material for forming a flow path forming member, enables a reduction of internal stress and a highly precise pattern in the flow path forming member, thereby providing an ink jet recording head having high durability and high ink resistance and capable of high-quality printing over a prolonged time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Etsuko Hino, Norio Ohkuma, Yoshikazu Saito, Mitsutoshi Noguchi, Helmut Schmidt, Carsten Becker-Willinger, Pamela Kalmes
  • Patent number: 8012364
    Abstract: A method for producing an ink jet recording head having high durability and high ink resistance can enabling enable high-quality image recording by employing a material capable of reducing the internal stress and having satisfactory patterning characteristics. Such an ink jet recording head can be produced with high precision. A cationically photopolymerizable resin composition containing a condensate of a hydrolysable organosilane compound, employed as a material for forming a flow path forming member, enables a reduction of internal stress and a highly precise pattern in the flow path forming member, thereby providing an ink jet recording head having high durability and high ink resistance and capable of high-quality printing over a prolonged time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Etsuko Hino, Norio Ohkuma, Yoshikazu Saito, Mitsutoshi Noguchi, Helmut Schmidt, Carsten Becker-Willinger, Pamela Kalmes
  • Patent number: 7985477
    Abstract: A cationically polymerizable composite coating composition comprising: a) a condensation product of at least one hydrolyzable silane having a fluorine-containing group, b) at least one cationically polymerizable organic resin, and c) a cationic initiator, provides, upon curing, substrates with an alkali-resistant, liquid-repellent coating. The composite coating composition may be used in pattern forming methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignees: Leibniz- Institut Fuer Neue Materialien Gemeinnuetzige GmbH, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Helmut Schmidt, Carsten Becker-Willinger, Pamela Kalmes, Etsuko Hino, Norio Ohkuma
  • Publication number: 20110122198
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing an ink jet recording head having a high durability and a high ink resistance and enabling a high-quality image recording by employing a material capable of reducing the internal stress and having satisfactory patterning characteristics. It also provides a method of producing such ink jet recording head with a high precision. A cationically photopolymerizable resin composition containing a condensate of a hydrolysable organosilane compound, employed as a material for forming a flow path forming member, enables a reduction of internal stress and a highly precise pattern in the flow path forming member thereby providing an ink jet recording head having a high durability and a high ink resistance and capable of high-quality printing over a prolonged time, and a producing method therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Etsuko Hino, Norio Ohkuma, Yoshikazu Saito, Mitsutoshi Noguchi, Helmut Schmidt, Carsten Becker-Willinger, Pamela Kalmes
  • Publication number: 20100309247
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing an ink jet recording head having a high durability and a high ink resistance and enabling a high-quality image recording by employing a material capable of reducing the internal stress and having satisfactory patterning characteristics. It also provide a method of producing such ink jet recording head with a high precision. A cationically photopolymerizable resin composition containing a condensate of a hydrolysable organosilane compound, employed as a material for forming a flow path forming member, enables a reduction of internal stress and a highly precise pattern in the flow path forming member thereby providing an ink jet recording head having a high durability and a high ink resistance and capable of high-quality printing over a prolonged time, and a producing method therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Etsuko Hino, Norio Ohkuma, Yoshikazu Saito, Mitsutoshi Noguchi, Helmut Schmidt, Carsten Becker-Willinger, Pamela Kalmes
  • Publication number: 20100260978
    Abstract: The invention provides a composite composition comprising a cationically polymerizable organic resin, a cationic photoinitiator, a hydrolysate and/or condensate of at least one hydrolysable silane compound and inorganic nanoparticles. The composite composition is suitable for the preparation of patterned moulded articles or substrates having a patterned coating, in particular by photolithography. Micropatterns obtained show improved properties, such as a high shape stability and an excellent elastic modulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Etsuko Hino, Mitsutoshi Noguchi, Norio Ohkuma, Yoshikazu Saito, Carsten Becker-Willinger, Pamela Kalmes, Michael Veith
  • Patent number: 7810904
    Abstract: A method for producing an ink jet recording head having high durability and high ink resistance can enable high-quality image recording by employing a material capable of reducing the internal stress and having satisfactory patterning characteristics. Such an ink jet recording head can be produced with high precision. A cationically photopolymerizable resin composition containing a condensate of a hydrolysable organosilane compound, employed as a material for forming a flow path forming member, enables a reduction of internal stress and a highly precise pattern in the flow path forming member, thereby providing an ink jet recording head having a high durability and a high ink resistance and capable of high-quality printing over a prolonged time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Etsuko Hino, Norio Ohkuma, Yoshikazu Saito, Mitsutoshi Noguchi, Helmut Schmidt, Carsten Becker-Willinger, Pamela Kalmes
  • Publication number: 20100252529
    Abstract: A production process for a structure comprising: preparing a substrate on which a first layer and a second layer are provided in this order; forming a second mold which is a part of a mold member serving as a mold for forming the structure from the second layer; etching the first layer using the second mold as a mask and thereby forming a first mold which is another part of the mold member from the first layer; providing a coating layer which serves as the structure to cover the first mold and the second mold; and removing the first mold and the second mold and thereby forming the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Etsuko Hino, Shoji Shiba
  • Publication number: 20100245476
    Abstract: An ink jet head is formed with a nozzle surface having a liquid repellent characteristic. The nozzle surface comprises a condensation product made from a hydrolyzable silane compound having a fluorine containing group and a hydrolyzable silane compound having a cationic polymerizable group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norio Ohkuma, Akihiko Shimomura, Etsuko Hino, Hikaru Ueda, Helmut Schmidt, Peter Müller, Steffen Pilotek, Carsten Becker-Willinger, Pamela Kalmes
  • Patent number: 7789490
    Abstract: An ink jet recording head can record an image having a high quality level for a long period of time by use of a material having a reduced linear expansion coefficient and a satisfactory patterning characteristic. The liquid discharge head includes an energy generating element which generates energy for discharging a liquid; a discharge port which discharges the liquid; and a flow path forming member to form a flow path which supplies the liquid to the discharge port, the flow path forming member being formed of a cured material of a resin composition including a cationic polymerizable resin, a cationic photopolymerization initiator, a condensation product of hydrolyzable organic silane compounds, and inorganic fine particles having an average particle diameter of 50 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Saito, Norio Ohkuma, Etsuko Hino, Mitsutoshi Noguchi
  • Patent number: 7758158
    Abstract: An ink jet head is formed with a nozzle surface having a liquid repellent characteristic. The nozzle surface comprises a condensation product made from a hydrolyzable silane compound having a fluorine containing group and a hydrolyzable silane compound having a cationic polymerizable group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norio Ohkuma, Akihiko Shimomura, Etsuko Hino, Hikaru Ueda, Helmut Schmidt, Peter Muller, Steffen Pilotek, Carsten Becker-Willinger, Pamela Kalmes
  • Publication number: 20100149265
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a member which is provided with a discharge port for discharging a liquid and made of a resin. Here, the member contains a plurality of inorganic particles. In addition, in a surface of the member on which the discharge port is opened, a density of the particles in a circumference of the discharge port is higher than that of the particles in the vicinity thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Etsuko Hino