Patents by Inventor Genji Inada

Genji Inada 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: 10654269
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes an element substrate including an energy-generating element that applies ejection energy to liquid, a first electric wiring board electrically connected to the element substrate, and a second electric wiring board on which an integrated circuit element is mounted and which is electrically connected to the first electric wiring board. An electric signal is supplied to the integrated circuit element mounted on the second electric wiring board through the first electric wiring board, processed by the integrated circuit element, and supplied to the energy-generating element through the second electric wiring board and the first electric wiring board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shin Ishimatsu, Toshiaki Hirosawa, Genji Inada, Hiromasa Amma, Shogo Kawamura, Yasuhiko Osaki, Takuya Iwano
  • Patent number: 10618280
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes an element substrate including an energy-generating element that applies ejection energy to liquid, a first electric wiring board electrically connected to the element substrate, and a second electric wiring board on which an integrated circuit element is mounted and which is electrically connected to the first electric wiring board. An electric signal is supplied to the integrated circuit element mounted on the second electric wiring board through the first electric wiring board, processed by the integrated circuit element, and supplied to the energy-generating element through the second electric wiring board and the first electric wiring board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shin Ishimatsu, Toshiaki Hirosawa, Genji Inada, Hiromasa Amma, Shogo Kawamura, Yasuhiko Osaki, Takuya Iwano
  • Patent number: 10507644
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head including a print element substrate including an ejection opening for ejecting a liquid, a wiring member including wiring electrically connected to the print element substrate, a connection electrically connecting the print element substrate to the wiring member, a support member supporting the wiring member, a sealing material sealing the connection, and a cover member provided on the support member. In the liquid ejecting head, the wiring member is a strip-shaped member, and a portion of the wiring member provided on a surface of the support member that supports the wiring member is covered by the sealing material and the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shogo Kawamura, Toshiaki Hirosawa, Genji Inada, Hiromasa Amma, Yasuhiko Osaki, Takuya Iwano, Shin Ishimatsu
  • Patent number: 10479101
    Abstract: An element substrate has ejection ports for ejecting liquid, pressure chambers for storing the liquid to be ejected from the ejection ports, liquid supply paths for supplying liquid to the pressure chambers, and liquid recovery paths for recovering liquid from the pressure chambers. Filter chambers have respective filters for capturing foreign objects contained in liquid. Liquid is forced to flow upwardly from below relative to the filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Genji Inada, Naozumi Nabeshima, Soji Kondo, Noriyasu Nagai, Takuya Iwano
  • Patent number: 10471728
    Abstract: A page-wide liquid ejection head configured to be removably installed in a main body of a liquid ejection apparatus includes a connection part for liquid through which a liquid is supplied from the main body and an electrical connector through which an electric signal is supplied from the main body. In the liquid ejection head, the connection part for liquid and the electrical connector are located at one side of the liquid ejection head in the longitudinal direction and are provided to face different directions from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Genji Inada, Toshiaki Hirosawa, Hiromasa Amma, Shogo Kawamura, Yasuhiko Osaki, Shin Ishimatsu, Takuya Iwano
  • Patent number: 10391767
    Abstract: A page-wide type liquid ejection head includes a plurality of recording element substrates, each having an ejection port array including a plurality of ejection ports, each ejection port communicating with a pressure chamber including therein a recording element, and a liquid supply path for supplying a liquid to the pressure chamber. The liquid ejection head also includes a flow path member mounting the recording element substrates arranged thereon. The flow path member includes common supply flow paths and individual supply flow paths that connect the liquid supply path to the common supply flow paths, and the individual supply flow paths include portions running obliquely to the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the liquid ejection head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Osaki, Toshiaki Hirosawa, Genji Inada, Hiromasa Amma, Shogo Kawamura, Takuya Iwano, Shin Ishimatsu
  • Publication number: 20190009535
    Abstract: A page-wide type liquid ejection head includes a plurality of recording element substrates, each having an ejection port array including a plurality of ejection ports, each ejection port communicating with a pressure chamber including therein a recording element, and a liquid supply path for supplying a liquid to the pressure chamber. The liquid ejection head also includes a flow path member mounting the recording element substrates arranged thereon. The flow path member includes common supply flow paths and individual supply flow paths that connect the liquid supply path to the common supply flow paths, and the individual supply flow paths include portions running obliquely to the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the liquid ejection head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Osaki, Toshiaki Hirosawa, Genji Inada, Hiromasa Amma, Shogo Kawamura, Takuya Iwano, Shin Ishimatsu
  • Publication number: 20190001691
    Abstract: Element substrate 2 has ejection ports for ejecting liquid, pressure chambers 62 for storing the liquid to be ejected from the ejection ports, liquid supply paths for supplying liquid to the pressure chambers and liquid recovery paths 66 for recovering liquid from the pressure chambers. The filter chambers 23 have respective filters 11 for seizing foreign objects contained in liquid. Liquid is forced to flow from downward to upward relative to the filters 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Genji Inada, Naozumi Nabeshima, Soji Kondo, Noriyasu Nagai, Takuya Iwano
  • Publication number: 20190001674
    Abstract: The liquid ejection head 1 includes an element substrate 4 including an energy-generating element that applies ejection energy to liquid, a first electric wiring board 7 electrically connected to the element substrate 4, and a second electric wiring board 9 on which an integrated circuit element 10 is mounted and which is electrically connected to the first electric wiring board 7. An electric signal is supplied to the integrated circuit element 10 mounted on the second electric wiring board 9 through the first electric wiring board 7, processed by the integrated circuit element 10, and supplied to the energy-generating element through the second electric wiring board 9 and the first electric wiring board 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Shin Ishimatsu, Toshiaki Hirosawa, Genji Inada, Hiromasa Amma, Shogo Kawamura, Yasuhiko Osaki, Takuya Iwano
  • Publication number: 20180361748
    Abstract: A page-wide liquid ejection head configured to be removably installed in a main body of a liquid ejection apparatus includes a connection part for liquid through which a liquid is supplied from the main body and an electrical connector through which an electric signal is supplied from the main body. In the liquid ejection head, the connection part for liquid and the electrical connector are located at one side of the liquid ejection head in the longitudinal direction and are provided to face different directions from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Genji Inada, Toshiaki Hirosawa, Hiromasa Amma, Shogo Kawamura, Yasuhiko Osaki, Shin Ishimatsu, Takuya Iwano
  • Publication number: 20180304620
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head including a print element substrate including an ejection opening for ejecting a liquid, a wiring member including wiring electrically connected to the print element substrate, a connection electrically connecting the print element substrate to the wiring member, a support member supporting the wiring member, a sealing material sealing the connection, and a cover member provided on the support member. In the liquid ejecting head, the wiring member is a strip-shaped member, and a portion of the wiring member provided on a surface of the support member that supports the wiring member is covered by the sealing material and the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Shogo Kawamura, Toshiaki Hirosawa, Genji Inada, Hiromasa Amma, Yasuhiko Osaki, Takuya Iwano, Shin Ishimatsu
  • Patent number: 9987849
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid ejecting device including a damper device which can sufficiently absorb dynamic pressure of a liquid while miniaturization of a device body is achieved and which can be easily manufactured. For that purpose, a part of an ink storage unit in the damper device is formed by a flexible member having a convex shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Genji Inada, Yasushi Iijima, Satoshi Kimura, Yasuhiko Osaki, Kenji Kitabatake
  • Patent number: 9975346
    Abstract: Provided are a liquid ejection head, a liquid ejection apparatus and a manufacturing method for the liquid ejection head which make it possible to achieve both of high-speed printing and a reduction in number of recovering operations. A liquid chamber which is formed in a part of a flow passage that guides liquid to an ejection element substrate includes plural supply paths which are able to supply the liquid by capillarity, are connected together and are different from one another in width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromasa Amma, Mikiya Umeyama, Genji Inada, Takuya Iwano, Yasuyuki Takanaka, Masaya Uetsuki
  • Patent number: 9969167
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head has a plurality of ejection ports for ejecting a liquid, and a housing provided with a pair of liquid chambers which supply the liquid to a corresponding ejection port. A method for manufacturing the liquid ejection head includes: arranging a pair of mold pieces, of which width decreases gradually, to adjoin in the width direction thereof with the width decreasing in the opposite directions, molding a housing, and forming the pair of liquid chambers by drawing the pair of mold pieces from the molded housing in the direction in which the width increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromasa Amma, Mikiya Umeyama, Genji Inada, Takuya Iwano
  • Patent number: 9770911
    Abstract: In a liquid ejection head and a liquid ejection apparatus that can suppress deterioration of image quality, a plurality of second beam-shaped member is provided on the downstream side of a first beam-shaped member in a flow passage connected to an ejection element substrate. The first beam-shaped member divides the flow passage into two flow passages in a liquid-flowing direction and the second beam-shaped member sandwich a line extending from the first beam-shaped member in the liquid-flowing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Genji Inada, Hiromasa Amma, Takuya Iwano, Chiaki Muraoka, Tokuji Kudo, Shimpei Yoshikawa, Monta Matsui
  • Patent number: 9718274
    Abstract: In a liquid ejection head and a liquid ejection apparatus capable of reducing the occurrence of ejection malfunction, in a connecting section where a first flow channel and a second flow channel connect, a projecting member is provided on the flow channel wall forming the second flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Genji Inada, Hiromasa Amma, Takuya Iwano, Chiaki Muraoka, Tokuji Kudo, Shimpei Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20170050441
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid ejecting device including a damper device which can sufficiently absorb dynamic pressure of a liquid while miniaturization of a device body is achieved and which can be easily manufactured. For that purpose, a part of an ink storage unit in the damper device is formed by a flexible member having a convex shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Genji Inada, Yasushi Iijima, Satoshi Kimura, Yasuhiko Osaki, Kenji Kitabatake
  • Publication number: 20160347077
    Abstract: Provided are a liquid ejection head, a liquid ejection apparatus and a manufacturing method for the liquid ejection head which make it possible to achieve both of high-speed printing and a reduction in number of recovering operations. A liquid chamber which is formed in a part of a flow passage that guides liquid to an ejection element substrate includes a plurality of supply paths which is able to supply the liquid by capillarity, is connected together and is different from one another in width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Hiromasa Amma, Mikiya Umeyama, Genji Inada, Takuya Iwano, Yasuyuki Takanaka, Masaya Uetsuki
  • Publication number: 20160347073
    Abstract: Provided are a liquid ejection head and a liquid ejection apparatus which make it possible to suppress deterioration of image quality. Therefore, a plurality of second beam-shaped members is provided on the downstream side of a first beam-shaped member which divides a flow passage connected to an ejection element substrate into two flow passages in a liquid-flowing direction so as to sandwich a line extending the first beam-shaped member in the liquid-flowing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Genji Inada, Hiromasa Amma, Takuya Iwano, Chiaki Muraoka, Tokuji Kudo, Shimpei Yoshikawa, Monta Matsui
  • Publication number: 20160339697
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejection head and a liquid ejection apparatus capable of reducing the occurrence of ejection malfunction. In a connecting section where a first flow channel and a second flow channel connect, a projecting member is provided on the flow channel wall forming the second flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Genji Inada, Hiromasa Amma, Takuya Iwano, Chiaki Muraoka, Tokuji Kudo, Shimpei Yoshikawa