Patents by Inventor Hideki Okada

Hideki Okada 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: 12441100
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a conveyer configured to convey a medium in a conveyance direction; a carriage configured to move in a reciprocating direction intersecting the conveyance direction at a position facing the medium conveyed in the conveyance direction; and a head provided on the carriage and including at least one nozzle configured to eject liquid to the medium, in which the head ejects the liquid in a continuous flow, converts the continuous flow into a plurality of droplets and causes the a plurality of droplets to collide with the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Katsuda, Hideki Okada, Hirokazu Sekino
  • Publication number: 20250249692
    Abstract: A processing device is a processing device that performs texture processing treatment on a printed fabric, the processing device including an abutting portion including a plurality of protruding portions that abut on the fabric, and a vibration applying unit configured to apply vibration to the abutting portion, wherein the abutting portion includes a first abutting portion and a second abutting portion disposed with the fabric interposed therebetween, the vibration applying unit includes a first driving unit that applies vibration to the first abutting portion and a second driving unit that applies vibration to the second abutting portion, and a waveform of the vibration applied to the first abutting portion by the first driving unit and a waveform of the vibration applied to the second abutting portion by the second driving unit are opposite in phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Hideki OKADA, Osamu KATSUDA
  • Patent number: 12351978
    Abstract: An ink jet textile printing method of textile printing on a fabric includes mounting and supporting the fabric on an endless belt having an adhesive layer, and adhering an ink containing a pigment, resin particles, and water by an ink jet method. The fabric is a fabric composed of hydrophobic fibers, and the fabric is a fabric treated with a cationic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiko Yamada, Hideki Okada
  • Patent number: 12350948
    Abstract: A printing system includes a printing apparatus that performs printing on a fabric, a processing apparatus, and a control apparatus. The processing apparatus includes contact members having a plurality of protrusions that come in contact with a fabric on which printing has been performed by the printing apparatus, and vibration applying units including vibration generating sources that apply vibration to the contact members. The control apparatus controls an operation of the processing apparatus according to an operation of the printing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Seigo Mizutani, Hideki Okada
  • Patent number: 12343991
    Abstract: A processing method includes: a liquid ejecting step of ejecting liquid toward a fabric from an ejecting nozzle hole of a liquid ejecting section and causing the liquid to strike the fabric, the liquid ejecting section including at least one nozzle, the at least one nozzle including the ejecting nozzle hole and a liquid inflow port serving as an inlet to the ejecting nozzle hole; and a vibration application step of applying vibration to the fabric subjected to the liquid ejecting step, and 0.01 mm?d?0.30 mm and 5?D/d?150, where d [mm] is a diameter of the ejecting nozzle hole and D [mm] is a diameter of the liquid inflow port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Okada, Hirokazu Sekino, Osamu Katsuda
  • Patent number: 12214407
    Abstract: There is provided a press brake that improves bending accuracy of a partial bending method. The press brake includes: a conveying mechanism that intermittently conveys a workpiece; a die; a punch; a crowning mechanism; a bending amount measuring device; and a control device. The control device presses an end portion of the workpiece in a conveying direction by the punch and conveys the workpiece by the conveying mechanism until the pressed portion enters into a measurement range of the bending amount measuring device. The control device drives the crowning mechanism so as to correct a crowning amount in accordance with a difference between a middle bending amount and an end bending amount measured by the bending amount measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignees: KAWASAKI JOKOGYO KABUSXIXI KAISMA, LVD COMPANY NV
    Inventors: Hideki Okada, Wataru Hirabayashi, Kristof Tyvaert, Alexander Cornelus
  • Patent number: 12202026
    Abstract: There is provided a press brake (1) that, if subjecting a workpiece (90) having non-uniform thickness to bending, can efficiently give uniform curvature to the workpiece (90). The press brake (1) includes: a die (2) supporting the workpiece (90); a punch supporting member (4) arranged so as to be opposed to the die (2); a moving mechanism (5) that moves the punch supporting member (4) relative to the die (2); a punch (3) that is supported by the punch supporting member (4), is opposed to the die (2) or the workpiece (90) in a relative movement direction of the punch supporting member (4), and includes punch elements (3a) lined up in a direction orthogonal to the relative movement direction; and punch element adjusting mechanisms that are disposed so as to correspond to the respective punch elements (3a) and adjusts positions of the punch elements (3a) relative to the punch supporting member (4) in the relative movement direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, LVD COMPANY NV
    Inventors: Hideki Okada, Yoshihiro Uetake, Takumi Wada, Kristof Tyvaert, Alexander Cornelus
  • Publication number: 20240386393
    Abstract: An electronic device receives attribute information for a first plurality of pipes, a second plurality of pipes, and a plurality of supply-side structures. The attribute information for the first plurality of pipes includes, for each pipe, location information and a value for a characteristic. The attribute information for the second plurality of pipes includes, for each pipe, location information, and does not include values for the characteristic. The attribute information for the plurality of supply-side structures includes location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi Kato, Lars Stenstedt, Minoda Kazuma, Alexander Gomory, Liuha Sang, Te Hao Liu, Ted Sindabizera Ntwari, Anton Lakhtikov, Kaichi Momose, Hideki Okada, Chase Rowe
  • Patent number: 12145747
    Abstract: An aircraft component assembly jig includes: header plates; positioners provided on each of the header plates, each positioner including a receiver that comes into contact with a lower/upper surface of an aircraft component, each positioner causing the receiver to advance and retract; receiver state detectors, that each detects, as control data, a supporting state of a corresponding one of the receivers; and a circuitry. The circuitry compares each of detection values of the control data with a preset reference value to determine whether an equal support state is achieved, the equal support state being a state where all the receivers are equally supporting the aircraft component. If it is determined that the equal support state is not achieved, the circuitry controls an adjustment-requiring positioner among all the positioners to adjust an advancing/retracting position of the receiver of the adjustment-requiring positioner within a design tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Okada, Shuji Matsui, Fuminori Yano, Kenji Kasahara
  • Patent number: 12076776
    Abstract: There is provided a press brake that can improve forming accuracy in partial bending. A press brake includes: a conveying mechanism that intermittently conveys a workpiece; a die including a pair of shoulder portions and a groove portion located between the pair of shoulder portions, the pair of shoulder portions being arranged away from each other in a conveying direction of the workpiece and supporting a rear surface of the workpiece; a backup plate that extends on the pair of shoulder portions, covers the groove portion, and is interposed between the die and the workpiece; and a punch that moves relative to the die so as to approach the die each time the conveying mechanism stops conveying the workpiece and presses the workpiece so as to bend the workpiece within an elastic deformation region of the backup plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, LVD COMPANY NV
    Inventors: Hideki Okada, Hiroki Oribe, Hitoshi Yano, Kristof Tyvaert, Alexander Cornelus
  • Patent number: 12077904
    Abstract: A treatment method includes: preparing a vibration applying section including a contact member that has a base and a plurality of protruding portions which are provided so as to protrude from the base and which come into contact with a fabric and including a vibration generation source that applies a vibration to the contact member; and a vibration applying step of, in a state in which the protruding portions are made to be in contact with the fabric, driving the vibration generation source such that the protruding portions vibrate and applying vibration to the fabric via the protruding portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Okada, Akiko Yamada, Kosuke Chidate
  • Publication number: 20240229884
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a coil spring is formed of a wire which is helically wound, and includes an end turn portion and an effective portion, and a surface of the wire in the end turn portion includes an area which is softer than a surface of the wire in the effective portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki OKADA, Yuichiro YAMAUCHI, Ryo TANAKA, Takeshi SUZUKI, Kosuke SHIBAIRI
  • Publication number: 20240140085
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a conveyer configured to convey a medium in a conveyance direction; a carriage configured to move in a reciprocating direction intersecting the conveyance direction at a position facing the medium conveyed in the conveyance direction; and a head provided on the carriage and including at least one nozzle configured to eject liquid to the medium, in which the head ejects the liquid in a continuous flow, converts the continuous flow into a plurality of droplets and causes the a plurality of droplets to collide with the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Osamu KATSUDA, Hideki OKADA, Hirokazu SEKINO
  • Publication number: 20240133440
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a coil spring is formed of a wire which is helically wound, and includes an end turn portion and an effective portion, and a surface of the wire in the end turn portion includes an area which is softer than a surface of the wire in the effective portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki OKADA, Yuichiro YAMAUCHI, Ryo TANAKA, Takeshi SUZUKI, Kosuke SHIBAIRI
  • Patent number: 11898043
    Abstract: An ink jet ink composition set includes a white ink jet ink composition and a nonwhite ink jet ink composition. The white ink jet ink composition contains a white pigment, resin particles, and water, and the nonwhite ink jet ink composition contains a nonwhite pigment, resin particles, and water. The white pigment has cation responsiveness, and the absolute value of zeta potential of the white pigment is lower than the absolute value of zeta potential of the nonwhite pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuto Aoki, Ryota Miyasa, Hideki Okada, Masakazu Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20240017548
    Abstract: A processing method includes: a liquid ejecting step of ejecting liquid toward a fabric from an ejecting nozzle hole of a liquid ejecting section and causing the liquid to strike the fabric, the liquid ejecting section including at least one nozzle, the at least one nozzle including the ejecting nozzle hole and a liquid inflow port serving as an inlet to the ejecting nozzle hole; and a vibration application step of applying vibration to the fabric subjected to the liquid ejecting step, and 0.01 mm?d?0.30 mm and 5?D/d?150, where d [mm] is a diameter of the ejecting nozzle hole and D [mm] is a diameter of the liquid inflow port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Hideki OKADA, Hirokazu SEKINO, Osamu KATSUDA
  • Patent number: 11845871
    Abstract: A treatment liquid composition for ink jet pigment printing is a treatment liquid composition which is used to be adhered to a cloth and which includes a block isocyanate compound, a hydroxyethyl cellulose, and a cationic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Inventors: Hideki Okada, Akiko Yamada
  • Patent number: 11813692
    Abstract: A friction stir welding apparatus is used at a butted portion where a second workpiece is butted against a first workpiece such that the second workpiece is upright on the first workpiece. The friction stir welding apparatus includes: a rotary tool that is plunged into one inner corner of a pair of inner corners that are positioned, at the butted portion, on both sides of the second workpiece, respectively; an inner corner presser that presses the other inner corner of the pair of inner corners; and a mover that moves the rotary tool and the inner corner presser along a direction in which the butted portion extends. The inner corner presser includes a pressing roller that presses the other inner corner while rolling in a state where the inner corner presser is being moved by the mover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Okada, Yusuke Yoshida, Kenichi Kamimuki
  • Publication number: 20230265607
    Abstract: A treatment liquid composition contains a water-resistant agent selected from a polyamide epihalohydrin polymer and dimethylpyrazole-blocked isocyanate, and a polyamine compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventor: Hideki OKADA
  • Publication number: 20230264488
    Abstract: A printing system includes a printing apparatus that performs printing on a fabric, a processing apparatus, and a control apparatus. The processing apparatus includes contact members having a plurality of protrusions that come in contact with a fabric on which printing has been performed by the printing apparatus, and vibration applying units including vibration generating sources that apply vibration to the contact members. The control apparatus controls an operation of the processing apparatus according to an operation of the printing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Seigo MIZUTANI, Hideki OKADA