Patents by Inventor Hiromasa Anma
Hiromasa Anma 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: 8628179Abstract: A liquid container detachably mountable to a mounting portion of an ink jet recording apparatus, the liquid container including a casing defining a liquid containing chamber, an electrical contact, a light emitter, a display portion for directing emitted light to an outside of the liquid container, and an information storing portion for storing information relating to the liquid container. First and second engaging portions are engageable with respective first and second locking portions of the mounting portion, and are disposed at opposite first and second sides of the casing. A latch lever displaceably supports the second engaging portion away from the second side. A supply port is provided on a third side of the casing between the first and second sides, the electrical contact is disposed at a corner between the second and third sides, and the display portion is disposed adjacent an upper portion of the second side.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2012Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiromasa Anma, Haruyuki Matsumoto, Kenjiro Watanabe, Hajime Yamamoto, Yukuo Yamaguchi, Yasuo Kotaki, Keisuke Matsuo, Kenji Kitabatake, Eiichiro Shimizu
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Publication number: 20120127247Abstract: A liquid container detachably mountable to a mounting portion of an ink jet recording apparatus, the liquid container including a casing defining a liquid containing chamber, an electrical contact, a light emitter, a display portion for directing emitted light to an outside of the liquid container, and an information storing portion for storing information relating to the liquid container. First and second engaging portions are engageable with respective first and second locking portions of the mounting portion, and are disposed at opposite first and second sides of the casing. A latch lever displaceably supports the second engaging portion away from the second side. A supply port is provided on a third side of the casing between the first and second sides, the electrical contact is disposed at a corner between the second and third sides, and the display portion is disposed adjacent an upper portion of the second side.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiromasa Anma, Haruyuki Matsumoto, Kenjiro Watanabe, Hajime Yamamoto, Yukuo Yamaguchi, Yasuo Kotaki, Keisuke Matsuo, Kenji Kitabatake, Eiichiro Shimizu
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Patent number: 8136930Abstract: A liquid container detachably mountable to a mounting portion of an ink jet printer including an information storing portion for storing information relating to the liquid container; a controller controls light emission of a light emitting portion, based on individual information corresponding to the ink container, supplied through a container contact from a printer contact, and the discrimination information stored in the memory; a light guide member having a light incident portion and a light emergence portion, the light guide member configured to guide the light entered from the light incident portion to the light emergence portion so as to cause a light receptor to receive the light emerged from the light emergence portion to obtain light reception information used for discriminating properness of position of the ink container mounted in the mounting portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2007Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiromasa Anma, Haruyuki Matsumoto, Kenjiro Watanabe, Hajime Yamamoto, Yukuo Yamaguchi, Yasuo Kotaki, Keisuke Matsuo, Kenji Kitabatake, Eiichiro Shimizu
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Patent number: 8091998Abstract: A liquid container detachably mountable to a mounting portion of an ink jet recording apparatus, and which includes a liquid chamber, a light emitter, an electrical contact which receives a signal for light emission by the light emitter, and a display portion which directs emitted light from the light emitter toward an outside of the liquid container. A latch lever is elastically deformable and has a latching portion spaced from a first side of the liquid container, the first side being between the latching portion and the liquid chamber. A liquid supply port is disposed at a second side of the liquid container. The electrical contact is disposed at a position which is between the latching portion and the liquid supply port as seen facing both of the first and second sides, and the display portion is disposed adjacent to an upper portion, in use, of the first side.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiromasa Anma, Haruyuki Matsumoto, Kenjiro Watanabe, Hajime Yamamoto, Yukuo Yamaguchi, Yasuo Kotaki, Keisuke Matsuo, Kenji Kitabatake, Eiichiro Shimizu
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Patent number: 8020978Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an ink jet recording cartridge provided with a recording element substrate on the bottom surface, wherein the cartridge can be integrated with the recording element substrate precisely without causing any damage on the substrate, has a high barrier capacity, and can work with various inks and wherein such characteristics of the cartridge are provided by including the steps of pressing a lid to the upper opening of an ink-holding container made of a resin material including glass fibers to cover the opening, and vibration welding the lid to the container where means for holding the lid is vibrated in the direction along the top surface of the container.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2008Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masashi Ogawa, Wataru Takahashi, Hiromasa Anma, Yasuo Kotaki
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Publication number: 20110037815Abstract: A liquid container detachably mountable to a mounting portion of an ink jet recording apparatus, the liquid container includes a casing defining a liquid containing chamber; a supply port, provided in the casing, for supplying liquid contained therein to an ink jet head; a first engaging portion engageable with a first locking portion provided in the mounting portion, the first engaging portion being disposed on one side of the casing; a second engaging portion engageable with a second locking portion provided in the mounting portion, the second engaging portion being disposed opposed to another side of the casing, the another side being opposite the one side; a supporting portion for displaceably supporting the second engaging portion; an information storing portion for storing information relating to the liquid container; a contact electrically connectable with a contact provided in the mounting portion; a light emitting portion; a display portion for directing the light emitted from the emitting portion toType: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2010Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiromasa Anma, Haruyuki Matsumoto, Kenjiro Watanabe, Hajime Yamamoto, Yukuo Yamaguchi, Yasuo Kotaki, Keisuke Matsuo, Kenji Kitabatake, Eiichiro Shimizu
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Publication number: 20080273068Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an ink jet recording cartridge provided with a recording element substrate on the bottom surface, wherein the cartridge can be integrated with the recording element substrate precisely without causing any damage on the substrate has a high barrier capacity, and can work with various inks and wherein such characteristics of the cartridge are provided by including the steps of pressing a lid to the upper opening of an ink-holding container made of a resin material including glass fibers to cover the opening, and vibration welding the lid to the container where means for holding the lid is vibrated in the direction along the top surface of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2008Publication date: November 6, 2008Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masashi Ogawa, Wataru Takahashi, Hiromasa Anma, Yasuo Kotaki
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Patent number: 7396118Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an ink jet recording cartridge provided with a recording element substrate on the bottom surface, wherein the cartridge can be integrated with the recording element substrate precisely without causing any damage on the substrate, has a high barrier capacity, and can work with various inks and wherein such characteristics of the cartridge are provided by including the steps of pressing a lid to the upper opening of an ink-holding container made of a resin material including glass fibers to cover the opening, and vibration welding the lid to the container where means for holding the lid is vibrated in the direction along the top surface of the container.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2005Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masashi Ogawa, Wataru Takahashi, Hiromasa Anma, Yasuo Kotaki
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Publication number: 20070195141Abstract: A liquid container detachably mountable to a mounting portion of an ink jet recording apparatus, the liquid container includes a casing defining a liquid containing chamber; a supply port, provided in the casing, for supplying liquid contained therein to an ink jet head; a first engaging portion engageable with a first locking portion provided in the mounting portion, the first engaging portion being disposed on one side of the casing; a second engaging portion engageable with a second locking portion provided in the mounting portion, the second engaging portion being disposed opposed to another side of the casing, the another side being opposite the one side; a supporting portion for displaceably supporting the second engaging portion; an information storing portion for storing information relating to the liquid container; a contact electrically connectable with a contact provided in the mounting portion; a light emitting portion; a display portion for directing the light emitted from the emitting portion toType: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2007Publication date: August 23, 2007Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiromasa Anma, Haruyuki Matsumoto, Kenjiro Watanabe, Hajime Yamamoto, Yukuo Yamaguchi, Yasuo Kotaki, Keisuke Matsuo, Kenji Kitabatake, Eiichiro Shimizu
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Patent number: 7213914Abstract: A liquid container detachably mountable to a mounting portion of an ink jet recording apparatus in a slot-like mounting configuration where the liquid container is supported between a pair of engaging portions that respectively engage with a corresponding pair of locking portions on the mounting portion of the recording apparatus. The liquid container is supported in an upright configuration and includes a display portion on an upper side thereof, and a light emitting portion which emits light for display by the display portion. Because the display portion is disposed on an upper side, a user can confirm the display despite the mounting arrangement of the liquid container in the recording apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2004Date of Patent: May 8, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiromasa Anma, Haruyuki Matsumoto, Kenjiro Watanabe, Hajime Yamamoto, Yukuo Yamaguchi, Yasuo Kotaki, Keisuke Matsuo, Kenji Kitabatake, Eiichiro Shimizu
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Patent number: 7125109Abstract: An ink container for supplying through an ink supply port ink accommodated in a main body of the container, the ink container including a substrate mounted on a surface of the main body of the container, and a contact portion and a storing element electrically connected with contact the portion, the contact portion and the storing element being provided on the substrate, Characterized In That the contact portion is disposed at a position more remote from the ink supply port than the storing element.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2004Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenjiro Watanabe, Masanori Takenouchi, Yasuo Kotaki, Wataru Takahashi, Masashi Ogawa, Hiromasa Anma
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Patent number: 7070266Abstract: An ink jet recording head cartridge has a liquid container for retaining a liquid, a discharge circuit section which comprises a supply port for receiving the liquid in the liquid container, a nozzle in communication with the supply port, and a discharge energy generating element, provided in the nozzle, for discharging the liquid; and a flow path for leading the liquid from the liquid container to the discharge circuit section, wherein the flow path comprises a vertical portion extending from a portion connecting to the ink container, and a horizontal portion connecting to a lower end of the vertical portion and connecting to the supply port of the discharge circuit section, a throttle portion whose width becomes narrower in a supply direction of the liquid is formed in a portion, which connects to the vertical portion, of the horizontal portion of the flow path, and a groove shaped flow path whose width is narrower than the total width of the flow path is contiguously formed on an inner wall of the flow patType: GrantFiled: March 12, 2004Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masashi Ogawa, Yasuo Kotaki, Wataru Takahashi, Hiromasa Anma
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Patent number: 7029107Abstract: A liquid container containing ink, which is detachably mountable to a carriage, the improvement residing in the provision of an optical medium to which information is writable using visible light and from which the information is readable.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2005Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenji Kitabatake, Keisuke Matsuo, Hiromasa Anma, Hajime Yamamoto
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Patent number: 6994431Abstract: A liquid container containing ink, which is detachably mountable to a carriage, the improvement residing in the provision of an optical medium to which information is writable using visible light and from which the information is readable.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2003Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenji Kitabatake, Keisuke Matsuo, Hiromasa Anma, Hajime Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20060007286Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an ink jet recording cartridge provided with a recording element substrate on the bottom surface, wherein the cartridge can be integrated with the recording element substrate precisely without causing any damage on the substrate, has a high barrier capacity, and can work with various inks and wherein such characteristics of the cartridge are provided by including the steps of pressing a lid to the upper opening of an ink-holding container made of a resin material including glass fibers to cover the opening, and vibration welding the lid to the container where means for holding the lid is vibrated in the direction along the top surface of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2005Publication date: January 12, 2006Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masashi Ogawa, Wataru Takahashi, Hiromasa Anma, Yasuo Kotaki
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Publication number: 20060001716Abstract: A liquid container containing ink, which is detachably mountable to a carriage, the improvement residing in the provision of an optical medium to which information is writable using visible light and from which the information is readable.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2005Publication date: January 5, 2006Inventors: Kenji Kitabatake, Keisuke Matsuo, Hiromasa Anma, Hajime Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20050185034Abstract: A liquid container detachably mountable to a mounting portion of an ink jet recording apparatus in a slot-like mounting configuration where the liquid container is supported between a pair of engaging portions that respectively engage with a corresponding pair of locking portions on the mounting portion of the recording apparatus. The liquid container is supported in an upright configuration and includes a display portion on an upper side thereof, and a light emitting portion which emits light for display by the display portion. Because the display portion is disposed on an upper side, a user can confirm the display despite the mounting arrangement of the liquid container in the recording apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2004Publication date: August 25, 2005Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiromasa Anma, Haruyuki Matsumoto, Kenjiro Watanabe, Hajime Yamamoto, Yukuo Yamaguchi, Yasuo Kotaki, Keisuke Matsuo, Kenji Kitabatake, Eiichiro Shimizu
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Publication number: 20050036016Abstract: An ink container for supplying through an ink supply port ink accommodated in a main body of the container, the ink container including a substrate mounted on a surface of the main body of the container, and a contact portion and a storing element electrically connected with contact the portion, the contact portion and the storing element being provided on the substrate, Characterized In That the contact portion is disposed at a position more remote from the ink supply port than the storing element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2004Publication date: February 17, 2005Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenjiro Watanabe, Masanori Takenouchi, Yasuo Kotaki, Wataru Takahashi, Masashi Ogawa, Hiromasa Anma
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Publication number: 20050007420Abstract: An ink container holder to which a plurality of ink containers are mountable includes ink receiving openings for receiving inks supplied from ink supply ports of ink containers, and contact portions electrically connectable with contacts of storing devices provided on the ink containers, respectively. Distances between the contact portions and corresponding ink receiving openings and different depending on kinds of inks contained in the ink containers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2004Publication date: January 13, 2005Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masashi Ogawa, Masanori Takenouchi, Yasuo Kotaki, Wataru Takahashi, Hiromasa Anma
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Publication number: 20040189760Abstract: An ink jet recording head cartridge has a liquid container for retaining a liquid, a discharge circuit section which comprises a supply port for receiving the liquid in the liquid container, a nozzle in communication with the supply port, and a discharge energy generating element, provided in the nozzle, for discharging the liquid; and a flow path for leading the liquid from the liquid container to the discharge circuit section, wherein the flow path comprises a vertical portion extending from a portion connecting to the ink container, and a horizontal portion connecting to a lower end of the vertical portion and connecting to the supply port of the discharge circuit section, a throttle portion whose width becomes narrower in a supply direction of the liquid is formed in a portion, which connects to the vertical portion, of the horizontal portion of the flow path, and a groove shaped flow path whose width is narrower than the total width of the flow path is sequentially formed on an inner wall of the flow patType: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2004Publication date: September 30, 2004Inventors: Masashi Ogawa, Yasuo Kotaki, Wataru Takahashi, Hiromasa Anma