Patents by Inventor Hideki Okumura

Hideki Okumura 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: 10682862
    Abstract: An ink refill container 63 includes a container main body 64 including an ink storage chamber 76, an ink outlet-forming portion 66 provided on an end portion of the container main body forming an ink outlet 65 that allows the ink to flow out from the ink storage chamber, and a valve 74 provided in the ink outlet-forming portion configured to openably seal the ink outlet, in which the ink outlet-forming portion includes a positioning portion 73 on an outer side of the ink outlet-forming portion. in which the positioning portion 73 is closer to the container main body than the valve 74 is to the container main body in a central axis direction of the ink outlet, and in which the positioning portion partially abuts against an ink tank 41-45 when the valve is opened for refilling the ink to the ink tank, to thereby position the valve relative to the ink tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadahiro Mizutani, Ryoichi Tanaka, Manabu Akahane, Makoto Kobayashi, Naomi Kimura, Hideki Okumura, Shoma Kudo, Tetsuya Takamoto, Hiroaki Sakai
  • Patent number: 10618297
    Abstract: A tank includes: a liquid chamber; an air introduction inlet; a liquid inlet; a liquid outlet; a liquid communication path; a filter; and an exterior wall forming the liquid chamber and including: an upper wall; a bottom wall; a first side wall; and a second side wall positioned farther away from a liquid ejection head than the first side wall is in the in-use state. The liquid communication path has: a first liquid communication path on an outer surface side of the bottom wall; and a second liquid communication path provided on an outer surface side of the first side wall and communicating with the first liquid communication path. The liquid outlet and the filter are positioned at an end part of the first liquid communication path near the second side wall. The liquid outlet is positioned in the liquid communication path near the upper wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Okumura, Takashi Koase
  • Publication number: 20200086648
    Abstract: An ink tank that communicates with an ink ejecting head, includes: an ink chamber configured to house ink; an ink inlet portion that communicates with the ink chamber and that receives ink supplied from an ink supply container; and an ink viewing portion that is a portion of a wall that defines the ink chamber and that enables the ink in the ink chamber to be viewed from an outside, the ink chamber having an ink guide wall for guiding the ink from the ink inlet portion toward the ink viewing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadahiro MIZUTANI, Taku ISHIZAWA, Noriyuki FUKASAWA, Hideki OKUMURA, Naomi KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200072212
    Abstract: A compressor includes a sealed container, a compression element installed inside the sealed container and configured to compress refrigerant, a motor element installed inside the sealed container as a drive source of the compression element, and a pressure switch installed inside the sealed container and configured to open a normally closed contact when pressure inside the sealed container reaches or exceeds a first set pressure, where the pressure switch is connected to all of connection parts of windings forming a part of the motor element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Kanichiro SUGIURA, Shinichi TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi MURATA, Hideki OKUMURA, Takehiko OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20190362919
    Abstract: A pressure switch includes an airtight metallic pressure vessel. A contact mechanism is normally in a closed state and assumes an open state when a pressing force acts thereon. An airtight terminal, provided through an end surface section of the pressure vessel, is connected to the contact mechanism. A metallic first diaphragm is secured to a surface section at one end of the pressure vessel, is moved by a first moving pressure, and is reset by a reset pressure that is lower than the first moving pressure. A first plunger causes the contact mechanism to switch the open state. A metallic second diaphragm is secured to pressure vessel, is moved by a second moving pressure that is higher than the first moving pressure, and is not reset under at least an atmospheric pressure. A second plunger causes the contact mechanism to switch to the open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi MURATA, Hideki OKUMURA, Takehiko OKUMURA, Kanichiro SUGIURA, Shinichi TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10490628
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a drain region of a first conductivity type; a first semiconductor region of the first conductivity type on the drain region; a MOSFET on an upper part of the first semiconductor region; a source electrode configured to cover the MOSFET; and a pair of electrical connection units on both sides of the first semiconductor region, the electrical connection units being configured to electrically connect the drain region and the source electrode while being electrically insulated from the first semiconductor region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Okumura
  • Publication number: 20190299625
    Abstract: An ink refill container 63 includes a container main body 64 including an ink storage chamber 76, an ink outlet-forming portion 66 provided on an end portion of the container main body forming an ink outlet 65 that allows the ink to flow out from the ink storage chamber, and a valve 74 provided in the ink outlet-forming portion configured to openably seal the ink outlet, in which the ink outlet-forming portion includes a positioning portion 73 on an outer side of the ink outlet-forming portion. in which the positioning portion 73 is closer to the container main body than the valve 74 is to the container main body in a central axis direction of the ink outlet, and in which the positioning portion partially abuts against an ink tank 41-45 when the valve is opened for refilling the ink to the ink tank, to thereby position the valve relative to the ink tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tadahiro MIZUTANI, Ryoichi TANAKA, Manabu AKAHANE, Makoto KOBAYASHI, Naomi KIMURA, Hideki OKUMURA, Shoma KUDO, Tetsuya TAKAMOTO, Hiroaki SAKAI
  • Patent number: 10431491
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type on a semiconductor substrate, forming a trench in the semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor layer, forming a semiconductor film having a second conductivity type on an inner wall surface and a bottom surface of the trench, forming a first insulating film including silicon oxide on a side surface and a bottom surface of the semiconductor film, forming a second insulating film including silicon nitride on a side surface and a bottom surface of the first insulating film, and forming a third insulating film including silicon oxide on a side surface and a bottom surface of the second insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventors: Yuhki Fujino, Noboru Yokoyama, Hideki Okumura
  • Publication number: 20190232669
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid tank that can reduce the remaining amount of liquid even if a use state of the liquid tank is in an inclined state. The liquid tank includes an external wall, a liquid discharge port, and a first protruding portion and a second protruding portion that are provided inside the liquid tank and respectively protrude from a third side wall. The height of the second protruding portion from a bottom wall in a use state is higher than the height of the first protruding portion from the bottom wall. The first protruding portion has, at an upper portion thereof, a first inclined portion that is inclined to the upper part in the first direction, and the second protruding portion has, at an upper portion thereof, a second inclined portion that is inclined to the upper part in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoma KUDO, Hideki OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20190176476
    Abstract: A tank includes: a liquid chamber; an air introduction inlet; a liquid inlet; a liquid outlet; a liquid communication path; a filter; and an exterior wall forming the liquid chamber and including: an upper wall; a bottom wall; a first side wall; and a second side wall positioned farther away from a liquid ejection head than the first side wall is in the in-use state. The liquid communication path has: a first liquid communication path on an outer surface side of the bottom wall; and a second liquid communication path provided on an outer surface side of the first side wall and communicating with the first liquid communication path. The liquid outlet and the filter are positioned at an end part of the first liquid communication path near the second side wall. The liquid outlet is positioned in the liquid communication path near the upper wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki OKUMURA, Takashi Koase
  • Patent number: 10308029
    Abstract: A liquid holding unit supplies liquid to a liquid ejector of a liquid ejection device. The liquid holding unit includes a liquid holder, an inlet, a plug, a shaft, and an engagement portion. The liquid holder holds the liquid. The housing accommodates the liquid holder. The inlet is used to fill the liquid holder with the liquid. The plug opens and closes the inlet and includes an elastically deformable plug body that covers the inlet and a holding member that holds the plug body and has higher rigidity than the plug body. The shaft is arranged on one of the housing and the plug. The plug is pivotal about the shaft. The engagement portion arranged on the other one of the housing and the plug and engaged with the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shoma Kudo, Naomi Kimura, Hideki Okumura, Motoyoshi Shirotori, Kazuo Otsuka, Masafumi Furuyama
  • Patent number: 10300703
    Abstract: Provided is a printer wherein ink can be easily injected and filled into a tank. A printer including: a printing head; a housing; a body cover shiftable between a closed state of closing an opening of the housing and an open state of exposing the opening; a tank including an ink container and an ink inlet port receiving the ink injection into the ink container; and a tank cover shiftable between a closed state of closing the ink inlet port and an open state of exposing the ink inlet port. The body cover in the closed state covers a portion of the tank cover, and the ink inlet port is located outside a region of the body cover. The tank cover changes from the closed state to the open state, triggered by the body cover changing from the closed state to the open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Okumura, Naomi Kimura, Shoma Kudo, Motoyoshi Shirotori
  • Publication number: 20190148488
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a drain region of a first conductivity type; a first semiconductor region of the first conductivity type on the drain region; a MOSFET on an upper part of the first semiconductor region; a source electrode configured to cover the MOSFET; and a pair of electrical connection units on both sides of the first semiconductor region, the electrical connection units being configured to electrically connect the drain region and the source electrode while being electrically insulated from the first semiconductor region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventor: Hideki Okumura
  • Patent number: 10173432
    Abstract: A decrease in the capacity of an ink tank can be easily avoided while downsizing a printer. A printer includes a printing head, an ink tank, a carriage provided with the printing head movable back and forth, and a medium conveyance device that conveys a printing medium on a conveyance path intersecting the carriage moving direction. An axis line along the carriage moving direction is an X axis and an axis line orthogonal to the X axis is a Y axis, an axis line orthogonal to the X and Y axises is defined as a Z axis. When viewed along the Z axis, the ink tank is located in a region outside a movable region of the carriage along the Y axis, and is arranged so as to extend across a region outside the conveyance path along the X axis and a region that is overlapped with the conveyance path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Okumura, Shoma Kudo, Naomi Kimura, Motoyoshi Shirotori
  • Publication number: 20180350974
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, the insulating film is provided on a side surface of a second semiconductor layer located at an end in the lateral direction of the second semiconductor layers, or a side surface of a third semiconductor layer located at an end in the lateral direction of the third semiconductor layers. The semiconductive film is provided on a side surface of the insulating film. The semiconductive film is electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode. The semiconductive film has a resistivity higher than a resistivity of one of the second semiconductor layers and a resistivity of one of the third semiconductor layers, and lower than a resistivity of the insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Hideki Okumura, Syotaro Ono, Naoki Kusunoki, Shingo Sato
  • Publication number: 20180342415
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type on a semiconductor substrate, forming a trench in the semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor layer, forming a semiconductor film having a second conductivity type on an inner wall surface and a bottom surface of the trench, forming a first insulating film including silicon oxide on a side surface and a bottom surface of the semiconductor film, forming a second insulating film including silicon nitride on a side surface and a bottom surface of the first insulating film, and forming a third insulating film including silicon oxide on a side surface and a bottom surface of the second insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Yuhki Fujino, Noboru Yokoyama, Hideki Okumura
  • Patent number: 10141399
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, a first insulating layer, and a first insulating region. The second semiconductor region is provided on the first semiconductor region. The first insulating layer is provided around at least a portion of the first semiconductor region and at least a portion of the second semiconductor region. The first insulating layer contacts the second semiconductor region. The first insulating region is provided around at least a portion of the first insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideki Okumura, Masanobu Tsuchitani, Hiroto Misawa, Akira Ezaki, Tatsuya Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20180244063
    Abstract: Provided is a printer wherein ink can be easily injected and filled into a tank. A printer including: a printing head; a housing; a body cover shiftable between a closed state of closing an opening of the housing and an open state of exposing the opening; a tank including an ink container and an ink inlet port receiving the ink injection into the ink container; and a tank cover shiftable between a closed state of closing the ink inlet port and an open state of exposing the ink inlet port. The body cover in the closed state covers a portion of the tank cover, and the ink inlet port is located outside a region of the body cover. The tank cover changes from the closed state to the open state, triggered by the body cover changing from the closed state to the open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki OKUMURA, Naomi Kimura, Shoma Kudo, Motoyoshi Shirotori
  • Publication number: 20180244052
    Abstract: A decrease in the capacity of an ink tank can be easily avoided while downsizing a printer. A printer includes a printing head, an ink tank, a carriage provided with the printing head movable back and forth, and a medium conveyance device that conveys a printing medium on a conveyance path intersecting the carriage moving direction. An axis line along the carriage moving direction is an X axis and an axis line orthogonal to the X axis is a Y axis, an axis line orthogonal to the X and Y axises is defined as a Z axis. When viewed along the Z axis, the ink tank is located in a region outside a movable region of the carriage along the Y axis, and is arranged so as to extend across a region outside the conveyance path along the X axis and a region that is overlapped with the conveyance path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki OKUMURA, Shoma Kudo, Naomi Kimura, Motoyoshi Shirotori
  • Patent number: 10020362
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor region of the first conductivity type, a third semiconductor region of the second conductivity type, and an insulating portion. The second semiconductor region is provided on the first semiconductor region. The third semiconductor region is provided on the second semiconductor region. The insulating portion is located in a vicinity of, and contacts, the second semiconductor region and the third semiconductor region, and the insulating portion includes a plurality of voids therein, the plurality of voids extending around the second semiconductor region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masanobu Tsuchitani, Hideki Okumura, Sadayuki Jimbo, Takuya Yamaguchi