Patents by Inventor Hirofumi KODERA

Hirofumi KODERA 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: 11970006
    Abstract: The object is to provide a liquid container that can prevent foreign substances from flowing into a liquid ejection apparatus with a simple configuration. The liquid container for containing liquid to be ejected by a liquid ejection apparatus includes: a bag body configured to contain the liquid inside; and a flow path for supplying the liquid contained inside the bag body to the liquid ejection apparatus, wherein, inside a peripheral wall of the flow path, a first capturing unit extending in an anti-gravitational direction and a second capturing unit extending in a gravitational direction are arranged at different positions with respect to a direction in which the liquid flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yu Katano, Hirofumi Ota, Ken Ikegame, Yasuto Kodera, Masao Furukawa
  • Patent number: 10174428
    Abstract: An etchant for copper includes an acid and one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic noncyclic compound, an aliphatic heterocyclic compound and a heteroaromatic compound. The aliphatic noncyclic compound is a saturated aliphatic noncyclic compound (A) including only two or more nitrogen atoms as heteroatoms, and 2 to 10 carbon atoms. The aliphatic heterocyclic compound is a compound (B) including a five-, six-, or seven-membered ring having one or more nitrogen atoms as one or more heteroatoms constituting the ring. The heteroaromatic compound is a compound (C) including a six-membered heteroaromatic ring having one or more nitrogen atoms as one or more heteroatoms constituting the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: MEC Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Kodera, Ikuyo Katayama, Shota Hishikawa
  • Publication number: 20170260632
    Abstract: An etchant for copper includes an acid and one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic noncyclic compound, an aliphatic heterocyclic compound and a heteroaromatic compound. The aliphatic noncyclic compound is a saturated aliphatic noncyclic compound (A) including only two or more nitrogen atoms as heteroatoms, and 2 to 10 carbon atoms. The aliphatic heterocyclic compound is a compound (B) including a five-, six-, or seven-membered ring having one or more nitrogen atoms as one or more heteroatoms constituting the ring. The heteroaromatic compound is a compound (C) including a six-membered heteroaromatic ring having one or more nitrogen atoms as one or more heteroatoms constituting the ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Hirofumi KODERA, Ikuyo KATAYAMA, Shota HISHIKAWA