Patents by Inventor Hideaki Kawakami
Hideaki Kawakami 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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Patent number: 7633164Abstract: The present invention includes a liquid crystal display device having an oxide film having high adhesiveness to a substrate to thereby prevent oxidation of a wiring material or the like, and includes, an electrode or a terminal electrode having high conductivity, and a manufacturing method therefor. Consequently, in the present invention, a liquid crystal display device has an electrode terminal of a TFT substrate, wherein the electrode is formed on an insulator and is comprised of a conductive layer mainly consisting of copper and an oxide covering an outer part, further the oxide is a layered structure of transparent electrodes, the layered portion having ohmic contact, and the oxide mainly consists of manganese oxide.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2007Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignees: Tohoku University, Advanced Interconnect Materials LLCInventors: Junichi Koike, Hideaki Kawakami
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Publication number: 20090290116Abstract: The present invention includes a liquid crystal display device having an oxide film having high adhesiveness to a substrate to thereby prevent oxidation of a wiring material or the like, and includes, an electrode or a terminal electrode having high conductivity, and a manufacturing method therefor. Consequently, in the present invention, a liquid crystal display device has an electrode terminal of a TFT substrate, wherein the electrode is formed on an insulator and is comprised of a conductive layer mainly consisting of copper and an oxide covering an outer part, further the oxide is a layered structure of transparent electrodes, the layered portion having ohmic contact, and the oxide mainly consists of manganese oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2009Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicants: Tohoku University, Advanced Interconnect Materials, LLCInventors: Junichi Koike, Hideaki Kawakami
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Publication number: 20080278649Abstract: The present invention includes a liquid crystal display device with an oxide film having high adhesiveness to a semiconductor layer or a pixel electrode to thereby prevent oxidation of a wiring material or the like, and includes a source electrode and a drain electrode having high conductivity, and a manufacturing method therefor. In one embodiment of the present invention, a liquid crystal display device has a TFT electrode of a TFT substrate, wherein a source electrode or a drain electrode includes a layer of mainly copper and an oxide covering an outer part of the layer. Further, in the present invention, the semiconductor layer or the pixel electrode and said source electrode or the drain electrode are in ohmic contact in the TFT electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2007Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicants: Tohoku University, Advanced Interconnect Materials, LLCInventors: Junichi Koike, Hideaki Kawakami
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Publication number: 20080252843Abstract: The present invention includes a liquid crystal display device having an oxide film having high adhesiveness to a substrate to thereby prevent oxidation of a wiring material or the like, and includes, an electrode or a terminal electrode having high conductivity, and a manufacturing method therefor. Consequently, in the present invention, a liquid crystal display device has an electrode terminal of a TFT substrate, wherein the electrode is formed on an insulator and is comprised of a conductive layer mainly consisting of copper and an oxide covering an outer part, further the oxide is a layered structure of transparent electrodes, the layered portion having ohmic contact, and the oxide mainly consists of manganese oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2007Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicants: Tohoku University, Advanced Interconnect Materials, LLCInventors: Junichi Koike, Hideaki Kawakami
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Publication number: 20080170193Abstract: The present invention has been made to form an oxide film having high adhesiveness to a substrate to thereby prevent oxidation of a wiring material or the like, and also provide a liquid crystal display device provided with wiring, an electrode or a terminal electrode having high conductivity, and a manufacturing method therefor. Consequently, the present invention, a liquid crystal display device comprising gate wiring or a gate electrode formed on a substrate on a TFT side of the TFT liquid crystal display device, wherein the wiring or the electrode has a structure of being held between two different insulation layers or insulators, and the structure is comprised of a first layer mainly consisting of copper and a second layer consisting of an oxide covering an outer circumferential part of the first layer, further, the second layer has compositional formula of CuXMnYSiZO (0<X<Y, 0<Z<Y).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2007Publication date: July 17, 2008Applicants: Tohoku University, Advanced Interconnect Materials, LLCInventors: Junichi Koike, Hideaki Kawakami
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Publication number: 20060044371Abstract: An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, includes an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a first side of the ink container; a latching lever provided on a second side opposite from the ink container, the latching lever being resiliently supported on the ink container and having a latching claw.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2005Publication date: March 2, 2006Inventors: Hiroyuki Inoue, Sadayuki Sugama, Soichi Hiramatsu, Hideki Yamaguchi, Toshihiko Ujita, Akihiro Yamanaka, Takashi Nojima, Yasuo Kotaki, Keiichiro Tsukuda, Hitoshi Nakamura, Akira Kida, Hideaki Kawakami, Takeshi Iwasaki
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Publication number: 20030117468Abstract: An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, inclues an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a first side of the ink container; a latching lever provided on a second side opposite from the ink container, the latching lever being resiliently supported on the ink container and having a latching claw.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2003Publication date: June 26, 2003Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Inoue, Sadayuki Sugama, Soichi Hiramatsu, Hideki Yamaguchi, Toshihiko Ujita, Akihiro Yamanaka, Takashi Nojima, Yasuo Kotaki, Keiichiro Tsukuda, Hitoshi Nakamura, Akira Kida, Hideaki Kawakami, Takeshi Iwasaki
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Patent number: 6575568Abstract: In a serial recording apparatus having three recording modes, i.e., normal, high-quality, and high-speed recording mode, sheet feed control satisfying requirements in these modes is performed. More specifically, high-speed sheet feed control is performed in the normal or high-speed recording mode, and low-noise sheet feed control with improved precision is performed in the high-quality recording mode although the speed is low.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 1999Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Soichi Hiramatsu, Tetsuo Suzuki, Masahiro Taniguro, Kazuhiro Nakata, Hiroyuki Saito, Haruyuki Yanagi, Takashi Nojima, Kiichiro Takahashi, Satoshi Saikawa, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Hideaki Kawakami
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Patent number: 6520625Abstract: The invention provides a carriage for a recording apparatus, comprising a head mounting portion on which a head cartridge is detachably mounted, a connector portion to be electrically connected with the head cartridge, an operating portion for rendering the head cartridge attachable to or detachable from the head mounting portion, wherein when rotated in a first direction, the operating portion fixes the head cartridge mounted on the head mounting portion and electrically connects the connector portion, while when rotated in a second direction opposite to that in the fixing operation, the operating portion releases the electrical connection between the head cartridge and the connector portion, and a connector protecting member adapted to protect the connector portion and being linked with the rotation of the operating portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2000Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hideaki Kawakami
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Publication number: 20020118248Abstract: An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, inclues an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a first side of the ink container; a latching lever provided on a second side opposite from the ink container, the latching lever being resiliently supported on the ink container and having a latching claw.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 1997Publication date: August 29, 2002Inventors: HIROYUKI INOUE, SADAYUKI SUGAMA, SOICHI HIRAMATSU, HIDEKI YAMAGUCHI, TOSHIHIKO UJITA, AKIHIRO YAMANAKA, TAKASHI NOJIMA, YASUO KOTAKI, KEIICHIRO TSUKUDA, HITOSHI NAKAMURA, AKIRA KIDA, HIDEAKI KAWAKAMI, TAKESHI IWASAKI
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Patent number: 6361158Abstract: An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, inclues an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a first side of the ink container; a latching lever provided on a second side opposite from the ink container, the latching lever being resiliently supported on the ink container and having a latching claw.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1998Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Inoue, Sadayuki Sugama, Soichi Hiramatsu, Hideki Yamaguchi, Toshihiko Ujita, Akihiro Yamanaka, Takashi Nojima, Yasuo Kotaki, Keiichiro Tsukuda, Hitoshi Nakamura, Akira Kida, Hideaki Kawakami, Takeshi Iwasaki
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Patent number: 6336709Abstract: An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, inclues an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; an air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a first side of the ink container; a latching lever provided on a second side opposite from the ink container, the latching lever being resiliently supported on the ink container and having a latching claw.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1998Date of Patent: January 8, 2002Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Inoue, Sadayuki Sugama, Soichi Hiramatsu, Hideki Yamaguchi, Toshihiko Ujita, Akihiro Yamanaka, Takashi Nojima, Yasuo Kotaki, Keiichiro Tsukuda, Hitoshi Nakamura, Akira Kida, Hideaki Kawakami, Takeshi Iwasaki
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Patent number: 6325479Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a movable carriage capable of moving as designed while carrying, hereon, a plurality of different recording heads for discharging ink to record characters and/or images and a plurality of different ink tanks for storing ink to be supplied to the recording heads, the recording heads and the ink tanks being changeable; a restoring unit capable of restoring the recording heads; a detection unit for determining the type of the recording head or the ink tank; and a control unit for causing the restoring unit to restore the recording head in a case where the detection unit has detected change of the recording head or the ink tank to the recording head or the ink tank of the same type, and inhibiting the restoring unit from restoring the recording head in a case where the detection unit has detected change to the recording head or the ink tank of a different type.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 1996Date of Patent: December 4, 2001Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hitoshi Nakamura, Soichi Hiramatsu, Hideki Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Inoue, Seiji Takahashi, Takashi Nojima, Akira Kida, Hideaki Kawakami, Takeshi Iwasaki
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Patent number: 6312095Abstract: A recording apparatus comprises a first gear, a second gear meshable with the first gear, a third gear meshable with the first gear and the second gear. The third gear has a peripheral surface on which a toothed portion meshable with the first gear and an untoothed portion not meshable with a toothed portion of the first gear are disposed opposable to the first gear, and a peripheral surface on which a toothed portion meshable with the second gear is disposed opposable to said second gear, a gear drive switching control unit controls switching such that when the toothed portion adjacent the untoothed portion of the third gear comes into contact with the first gear, the second gear and the third gear are meshed to rotate the third gear to oppose the untoothed portion of the third gear to the first gear, thereby releasing the contact between the first gear and the third gear.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 1995Date of Patent: November 6, 2001Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Soichi Hiramatsu, Hideki Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Inoue, Takashi Nojima, Hitoshi Nakamura, Akira Kida, Hideaki Kawakami, Takeshi Iwasaki
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Patent number: 6189998Abstract: A recovery device is described for use with a recording head of an ink jet recording apparatus. The recording head is mounted on a carriage which can reciprocate. The recovery device includes a cap for capping an ink discharge portion of the recording head when not in use, and a wiper for wiping out the ink discharge portion with a movement of the carriage. The wiper is disposed outside the cap relative to the recording area. The recording head does not pass through an area occupied by the wiper when the recording head performs a predischarge with respect to the cap during recording.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 1995Date of Patent: February 20, 2001Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Haruyuki Yanagi, Soichi Hiramatsu, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Hideaki Kawakami
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Patent number: 6168260Abstract: A recording apparatus for performing recording on a recording medium by use of a recording head, the recording apparatus comprises a carriage for reciprocal scanning of the recording head for recording on the recording medium, a guide for guiding the carriage in directions of the reciprocal scanning, and a positioning member and a press member located opposite to each other with the guide in between on the carriage, wherein the press member is not pressed against the guide in a region except for a predetermined region in a reciprocal scan region of the carriage and the press member is pressed against the guide in the predetermined region.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 1998Date of Patent: January 2, 2001Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Haruyuki Yanagi, Hideaki Kawakami
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Patent number: 6168270Abstract: In the sheet conveying apparatus, convey force of a convey device is changed according to the load applied to a recording sheet in order to constantly convey the recording sheet reliably. A rotary sheet discharge body has convex and concave portions in order to reliably discharge the recording sheet regardless of resistance applied to the recording sheet. Highly frictional material is provided only around the end portions of the rotary sheet discharge body in order to reduce the manufacturing cost and improve the facility of assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 1996Date of Patent: January 2, 2001Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Saikawa, Tetsuo Suzuki, Soichi Hiramatsu, Masahiro Taniguro, Hiroyuki Saito, Haruyuki Yanagi, Takashi Nojima, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Hideaki Kawakami
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Patent number: 6131899Abstract: A sheet supplying apparatus includes a sheet supporter for supporting sheets, a supply rotary device for feeding out the sheets supported by the sheet supporter, a separation member for separating sheets fed by the supply rotary device one by one by elastically changing an inclination angle of the separation member when the sheets fed by the supply rotary means abut against and ride over the separation member, and a sheet guide member removably disposed above the sheet supporting means and adapted to guide the sheet in such a manner that the sheet is subjected to resistance of the separation member smaller than resistance from the separation member to the sheet when the sheets are supplied from the sheet supporter.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 1997Date of Patent: October 17, 2000Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Nojima, Atsushi Noda, Hiroyuki Inoue, Hitoshi Nakamura, Akira Kida, Hideaki Kawakami, Takeshi Iwasaki, Noriko Kawasaki, Takehiko Kiyohara
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Patent number: 6120128Abstract: A container for safekeeping an ink jet cartridge is provided with the main body of a container for storing an ink jet cartridge having a recording head unit, and an ink tank unit containing ink to be supplied to the recording head unit, a lid element for covering the inlet and outlet of the main body of the container for storing or removing the ink jet cartridge, an elastic cap member provided in the main body of the container for covering the recording head unit. This container for safekeeping an ink jet cartridge comprises a rib arranged on the inner wall surface of the lid element for exerting pressure on the recording head unit of the ink jet cartridge to press it to the elastic cap member; and a recess arranged on the inner wall surface of the main body of the container in a position corresponding to the location where the elastic cap member is arranged.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1999Date of Patent: September 19, 2000Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideaki Kawakami, Tetsuo Suzuki, Junichi Asano, Tsutomu Kawai, Shoji Kikuchi, Masahiro Taniguro, Hiroyuki Inoue, Hiroyuki Saito, Koichi Tanno, Haruyuki Yanagi, Takashi Nojima, Makoto Kawarama, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Masaya Shinmachi, Tan At Ming
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Patent number: 6109725Abstract: A wiping mechanism for wiping an ink ejection side surface of an ink jet head for effecting recording by ejection of ink through ejection outlets includes a wiper for wiping the ejection side surface; and control mechanism for controlling operation of the wiper member in accordance with arrival of a carriage carrying the ink jet head and moving in a predetermined direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1996Date of Patent: August 29, 2000Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Saikawa, Tetsuo Suzuki, Naoji Otsuka, Soichi Hiramatsu, Masahiro Taniguro, Atsushi Arai, Hiroyuki Saito, Haruyuki Yanagi, Kentaro Yano, Takashi Nojima, Kiichiro Takahashi, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Hitoshi Nishikori, Hideaki Kawakami, Osamu Iwasaki