Patents by Inventor Hajime Nakao

Hajime Nakao 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).

  • Publication number: 20140253627
    Abstract: A flow path unit includes a light transmitting flow path substrate having a liquid flow path and a coupling substrate connected with the flow path substrate. In the flow path unit, a space as a first positioning mark is provided at the side of a first substrate-surface of the flow path substrate or at the inside of the flow path substrate. Further, a film as a second positioning mark is provided at the side of a second substrate-surface of the flow path substrate that is opposite to the first substrate-surface side. Furthermore, a hole as a third positioning mark is provided in the coupling substrate. The second positioning mark is provided at a position where the first positioning mark is projected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hajime Nakao
  • Patent number: 8827423
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a nozzle plate in which a first nozzle row of nozzle openings aligned along a first direction X and a second nozzle row of nozzle openings aligned along the first direction X are disposed side by side along a second direction Y perpendicular to the first direction X; and a channel member including pressure generating chambers aligned along the first direction X, supply paths that supply liquid to the pressure generating chambers, and nozzle communication holes that allows the pressure generating chambers and the nozzle openings to communicate with each other, wherein the supply paths are located at an identical position in the second direction Y and are aligned along the first direction X, the nozzle communication holes include first openings communicating with the pressure generating chambers and second openings open to the nozzle plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hajime Nakao
  • Publication number: 20140249060
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition comprising a lubricating base oil, and a mixture and/or a reaction product of (A) 0.01-0.5% by mass of at least one compound selected from among acid phosphates represented by formula (1) or formula (2), and (B) 0.01-2% by mass of an alkylamine represented by formula (3), based on the total weight of the composition, wherein the acid value due to component (A) is 0.1-1.0 mgKOH/g. [R1 and R2 represent hydrogen or straight-chain alkyl or straight-chain alkenyl groups, with at least one of R1 and R2 being a C6-12 straight-chain alkyl or straight-chain alkenyl group; R3 and R4 represent hydrogen straight-chain alkyl or straight-chain alkenyl groups, with at least one of R3 and R4 being a C13-18 straight-chain alkyl or straight-chain alkenyl group; and R5 and R6 represent hydrogen or C4-30 branched-chain alkyl groups, with at least one of R5 and R6 being a branched-chain alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime NAKAO, Shozaburo KONISHI, Toshio YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20140218446
    Abstract: A flow path component includes a first flow path member that includes a first flow path, a second flow path member that includes a second flow path which communicates with the first flow path, a covering layer that coats a wall surface of the first flow path, and an adhesion layer that adheres the first flow path member and the second flow path member with each other and covers at least a part of an end portion of the covering layer. Also, at least a part of the first flow path of the first flow path member is configured as a pressure chamber that applies pressure to a liquid which is supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hajime NAKAO
  • Publication number: 20140218441
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a communication hole that has a first opening which communicates with a pressure chamber side where pressure is applied to a supplied liquid at one end and a second opening which communicates with a nozzle side ejecting the liquid to which the pressure is applied at the other end, and communicates the pressure chamber and the nozzle with each other, an opening area of the second opening being larger than an opening area of the first opening. An inclined surface that is directed to the second opening is provided on a side where a distance between an edge of the first opening and an edge of the second opening in the first direction is shorter than on the other end side so that stagnation in the flow of the liquid and reduction in bubble discharge are prevented and stable liquid ejection is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hajime NAKAO
  • Patent number: 8740354
    Abstract: A first member and a second member constituting flow passage member are joined at a first joining region that surrounds the periphery of a liquid flow passage and a second joining region that is further to the outside than the first joining region, and in a state where the second joining region has a gas barrier property higher than that of the first joining region, the second joining region seals a gap between the first member and the second member, wherein the liquid ejecting head includes a communication hole that communicates a space between the first member and the second member with the outside, which is surrounded by the first joining region and the second joining region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Nakao, Keiji Hara
  • Publication number: 20140085382
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a nozzle plate in which a first nozzle row of nozzle openings aligned along a first direction X and a second nozzle row of nozzle openings aligned along the first direction X are disposed side by side along a second direction Y perpendicular to the first direction X; and a channel member including pressure generating chambers aligned along the first direction X, supply paths that supply liquid to the pressure generating chambers, and nozzle communication holes that allows the pressure generating chambers and the nozzle openings to communicate with each other, wherein the supply paths are located at an identical position in the second direction Y and are aligned along the first direction X, the nozzle communication holes include first openings communicating with the pressure generating chambers and second openings open to the nozzle plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Sekio Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hajime Nakao
  • Patent number: 8678559
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a head body; and a flow path member having a liquid flow path circulating a liquid, supplied from a liquid storage unit, and a bubble chamber formed in the middle of the liquid flow path and in which air bubbles are caused to stay, wherein a compliance section (a sealing film) displaced according to a volume change in the air bubbles inside the bubble chamber is formed at upstream side of the bubble chamber so that an amount of the volume change in the compliance section due to the displacement of the compliance section is larger than an amount of a volume change in the air bubbles due to a change in the ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hajime Nakao
  • Patent number: 8672458
    Abstract: A common electrode includes a plurality of individual sections arranged so as to correspond to pressure chambers that are divided by a plurality of slits, and a base section that joins one end of the individual sections. The individual sections on a base section side gradually widen in plain view. The common electrode has thin film sections at the individual sections and a thick film section at the base section, and the film thickness gradually increases from the thin film sections towards the thick film section in a region between the thin film sections and the thick film section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hajime Nakao
  • Publication number: 20130345103
    Abstract: A gear oil composition is provided having fuel saving performance and providing gears or bearings with sufficient durability. The composition includes a base oil having a blend of (A) a mineral lubricating base oil having a 100° C. kinematic viscosity of 2 to 6 mm2/s, a % CA of 0.5 or less and a tertiary carbon content of 7% or more and (B) a solvent-refined mineral lubricating oil having a 100° C. kinematic viscosity of 10 to 70 mm2/s in an amount of 2 to 40 percent by mass based on the total base oil composition mass; (D) zinc dialkyldithiophosphate in an amount of 0.02 to 0.5 percent by mass based on the zinc amount; and (E) an alkaline earth metal detergent having a base number of 100 mgKOH/g or greater in an amount of 0.1 to 0.5 percent by mass, based on the metal amount, of the gear oil composition mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime Nakao, Hitoshi Komatsubara
  • Patent number: 8299006
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil, a compressor oil composition, a hydraulic oil composition, a metalworking oil composition, a heat treating oil composition, a lubricating oil composition for machine tools and a lubricating oil composition which comprise a lubricating oil base oil having % CA of not more than 2, % CP/% CN of not less than 6 and an iodine value of not more than 2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Tagawa, Yuji Shimomura, Ken Sawada, Katsuya Takigawa, Toshio Yoshida, Shinichi Mitsumoto, Eiji Akiyama, Junichi Shibata, Satoshi Suda, Hideo Yokota, Masahiro Hata, Hiroyuki Hoshino, Hajime Nakao, Shozaburo Konishi
  • Publication number: 20120248226
    Abstract: The portions at the circumferential edges of a flow channel formation plate in which the corner portions of a dummy flow channel portion are formed are weaker than other portions, and thus when thermal stress has occurred due to temperature changes when the constituent elements of a flow channel unit are affixed to each other, cracks can be induced preferentially in the weak portion, rather than the other portions, starting from the ends of the corner portions. In particular, although similar corner portions are formed in a common liquid chamber, the intersection angle of the corner portions in the dummy flow channel portion is smaller than the intersection angle of the corner portions in the common liquid chamber, and thus it is easier for stress to concentrate in the corner portions of the dummy flow channel portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nozomi OGAWA, Hajime NAKAO, Isamu TOGASHI
  • Publication number: 20120242753
    Abstract: A first member and a second member constituting flow passage member are joined at a first joining region that surrounds the periphery of a liquid flow passage and a second joining region that is further to the outside than the first joining region, and in a state where the second joining region has a gas barrier property higher than that of the first joining region, the second joining region seals a gap between the first member and the second member, wherein the liquid ejecting head includes a communication hole that communicates a space between the first member and the second member with the outside, which is surrounded by the first joining region and the second joining region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime Nakao, Keiji Hara
  • Publication number: 20120241368
    Abstract: An liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head main body which ejects liquid and a flow channel member to which the head main body is fixed, the flow channel member includes a plurality of liquid chambers to which the liquid is supplied, and a filter chamber which communicates with each liquid chamber and in which a filter is provided, the liquid passing through the liquid chamber and the filter chamber is supplied to the head main body, inlets which are opened to the liquid chamber and communicate with each filter chamber, the filter chamber includes a plurality of first filter chambers which are juxtaposed in a first row and a plurality of second filter chambers which are juxtaposed in a second row, the first filter chambers directly communicate with the inlet, and the second filter chambers communicate with the inlet through the communicating flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji HARA, Hajime NAKAO
  • Patent number: 8247360
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil, a compressor oil composition, a hydraulic oil composition, a metalworking oil composition, a heat treating oil composition, a lubricating oil composition for machine tools and a lubricating oil composition which comprise a lubricating oil base oil having % CA of not more than 2, % CP/% CN of not less than 6 and an iodine value of not more than 2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Tagawa, Yuji Shimomura, Ken Sawada, Katsuya Takigawa, Toshio Yoshida, Shinichi Mitsumoto, Eiji Akiyama, Junichi Shibata, Satoshi Suda, Hideo Yokota, Masahiro Hata, Hiroyuki Hoshino, Hajime Nakao, Shozaburo Konishi
  • Patent number: 8236740
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil, a compressor oil composition, a hydraulic oil composition, a metalworking oil composition, a heat treating oil composition, a lubricating oil composition for machine tools and a lubricating oil composition which comprise a lubricating oil base oil having % CA of not more than 2, % CP/% CN of not less than 6 and an iodine value of not more than 2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Tagawa, Yuji Shimomura, Ken Sawada, Katsuya Takigawa, Toshio Yoshida, Shinichi Mitsumoto, Eiji Akiyama, Junichi Shibata, Satoshi Suda, Hideo Yokota, Masahiro Hata, Hiroyuki Hoshino, Hajime Nakao, Shozaburo Konishi
  • Patent number: 8232233
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil, a compressor oil composition, a hydraulic oil composition, a metalworking oil composition, a heat treating oil composition, a lubricating oil composition for machine tools and a lubricating oil composition which comprise a lubricating oil base oil having % CA of not more than 2, % CP/% CN of not less than 6 and an iodine value of not more than 2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Tagawa, Yuji Shimomura, Ken Sawada, Katsuya Takigawa, Toshio Yoshida, Shinichi Mitsumoto, Eiji Akiyama, Junichi Shibata, Satoshi Suda, Hideo Yokota, Masahiro Hata, Hiroyuki Hoshino, Hajime Nakao, Shozaburo Konishi
  • Patent number: 8227388
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil, a compressor oil composition, a hydraulic oil composition, a metalworking oil composition, a heat treating oil composition, a lubricating oil composition for machine tools and a lubricating oil composition which comprise a lubricating oil base oil having % CA of not more than 2, % CP/% CN of not less than 6 and an iodine value of not more than 2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Tagawa, Yuji Shimomura, Ken Sawada, Katsuya Takigawa, Toshio Yoshida, Shinichi Mitsumoto, Eiji Akiyama, Junichi Shibata, Satoshi Suda, Hideo Yokota, Masahiro Hata, Hiroyuki Hoshino, Hajime Nakao, Shozaburo Konishi
  • Patent number: 8227387
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil, a compressor oil composition, a hydraulic oil composition, a metalworking oil composition, a heat treating oil composition, a lubricating oil composition for machine tools and a lubricating oil composition which comprise a lubricating oil base oil having % CA of not more than 2, % CP/% CN of not less than 6 and an iodine value of not more than 2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Tagawa, Yuji Shimomura, Ken Sawada, Katsuya Takigawa, Toshio Yoshida, Shinichi Mitsumoto, Eiji Akiyama, Junichi Shibata, Satoshi Suda, Hideo Yokota, Masahiro Hata, Hiroyuki Hoshino, Hajime Nakao, Shozaburo Konishi
  • Patent number: 8193129
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil, a compressor oil composition, a hydraulic oil composition, a metalworking oil composition, a heat treating oil composition, a lubricating oil composition for machine tools and a lubricating oil composition which comprise a lubricating oil base oil having % CA of not more than 2, % CP/% CN of not less than 6 and an iodine value of not more than 2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Tagawa, Yuji Shimomura, Ken Sawada, Katsuya Takigawa, Toshio Yoshida, Shinichi Mitsumoto, Eiji Akiyama, Junichi Shibata, Satoshi Suda, Hideo Yokota, Masahiro Hata, Hiroyuki Hoshino, Hajime Nakao, Shozaburo Konishi