Patents by Inventor Hiroshige Owaki

Hiroshige Owaki 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).

  • Publication number: 20170225456
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure chamber that communicates with a nozzle which ejects liquid, a liquid chamber that communicates with the pressure chamber, a flexible compliance member that defines a portion of the liquid chamber, and a pressure adjusting mechanism that adjusts a supply pressure of liquid supplied to the liquid chamber. The pressure adjusting mechanism can adjust displacement of the compliance member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Shunsuke WATANABE, Fumiya TAKINO, Shingo TOMIMATSU, Hiroshige OWAKI, Takahiro KANEGAE
  • Patent number: 9682557
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a first nozzle row in which nozzles which eject a liquid are juxtaposed along a first direction, first drive elements which cause the liquid to be ejected from each nozzle of the first nozzle row, a plurality of first individual wirings which are connected to the first drive elements, a first common wiring which is connected in common to the first drive elements, a second nozzle row in which nozzles are juxtaposed along the first direction, second drive elements which cause the liquid to be ejected from each nozzle of the second nozzle row, a plurality of second individual wirings which are connected to the second drive elements, and a second common wiring which is connected in common to the second drive elements and is not connected to the first common wiring. The plurality of first individual wirings, the first common wiring, the second individual wirings, and the second common wiring are connected to a common flexible cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshige Owaki
  • Patent number: 9649842
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a plurality of head units, in each of which a plurality of recording heads are disposed so as to be aligned in a main scanning direction in a holding member as a frame body, and a plurality of nozzle openings for discharging ink being disposed in a sub scanning direction in each recording head. The head units are aligned such that center lines thereof in the main scanning direction differ from each other in the main scanning direction. M (M is a natural number) liquid ejecting heads are attachable to each holding member in the main scanning direction. N (M>N (N is a natural number)) liquid ejecting heads, which discharge liquid, among the M liquid ejecting heads are arranged so as to be close to a center side of an entire width of the head units in the main scanning direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshige Owaki, Mikio Kitagishi, Tomohiro Yuda, Katsuhiro Okubo
  • Patent number: 9592663
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head unit includes a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid through a nozzle formed in a nozzle surface, and a holding member to which the liquid ejecting head is attached. Further, in the liquid ejecting head unit, the holding member includes a holder that supports the liquid ejecting head in a predetermine direction which is different from a direction of the nozzle surface of the liquid ejecting head, and a base portion that sticks out from the holder to a side which is parallel to the predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishii, Hiroshige Owaki, Katsuhiro Okubo, Hiroyuki Hagiwara
  • Publication number: 20170008291
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head unit includes: a fixing plate provided with a plurality of openings; a plurality of heads, each of which is provided for each of the openings; and a channel holder that is provided with a plurality of channels and that accommodates the plurality of heads in cooperation with the fixing plate. Each of heads has a nozzle plate provided with a nozzle row having a plurality of nozzles. The head is fixed to a first surface of the fixing plate. An ejection surface is defined by a second surface of the fixing plate and the nozzle plate. The fixing plate has a plurality of sets, each of which has the plurality of openings. Only a part of the openings constituting each of the sets are disposed to be overlapped in a second direction, and the openings are disposed not to be overlapped in a first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroshige OWAKI, Katsuhiro OKUBO, Takahiro KANEGAE
  • Publication number: 20160311224
    Abstract: A wall-shaped enclosure that forms a space which can accommodate a head chip is formed in a projecting manner at a lower end of a lower case member. Since a cylindrical thick part is formed at the lower end of the lower case member, the lower case member is unlikely to be bent, particularly around the wall-shaped enclosure and a part where the wall-shaped enclosure is disposed. The head chip that is disposed in the space of the lower case member which is unlikely to be bent is unlikely to be subjected to an external force, and the cover member absorbs torsion generated between the head chip and the lower case member so that the head chip is even more unlikely to be subjected to the external force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Shunsuke WATANABE, Katsumi ENOMOTO, Ryota KINOSHITA, Hiroyuki ISHII, Hiroshige OWAKI, Takahiro KANEGAE, Katsuhiro OKUBO
  • Patent number: 9475292
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes generating chambers communicating with nozzles, a manifold communicating with the pressure generating chambers, a flexible member that has a compliance region, which is able to perform deflection in response to pressure fluctuation in the manifold, a compliance space disposed on a side opposite to the manifold through the flexible member, a cap member facing the flexible member through the compliance space; a frame-like member disposed between the flexible member and the cap member, and an island-like member to be disposed in the compliance region and separated from the frame-like member. One surface of the frame-like member faces the flexible member and the other surface faces the cap member. In a direction in which the flexible member and the cap member face each other, the island-like member is thinner in thickness than the frame-like member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Kanegae, Katsuhiro Okubo, Hiroshige Owaki, Takashi Kato
  • Patent number: 9434167
    Abstract: A seal member to be arranged between a first member having a first flow channel and a second member having a second flow channel, including: an elastic portion formed of an elastically deformable first material and including at least a communicating portion provided with a communicating hole which communicates a first flow channel and a second flow channel; and a main body portion formed of a second material having higher liquid-resistant properties than the first material and configured to surround the elastic portion in a state in which at least a flow channel seal surface of the communicating portion is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hagiwara, Hiroshige Owaki
  • Patent number: 9421769
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a liquid ejecting head main body that has a nozzle group that is formed by arranging a plurality of nozzles, which eject a liquid, in parallel, and that ejects a liquid from each nozzle, and a fixation member to which the liquid ejecting head main body is fixed. The fixation member has a fixation part to which the liquid ejecting head main body is fixed and a reference surface that is formed on a side opposite fixation part, and which includes a reference part serving as reference for a positioning the liquid ejecting head main body with respect to an installation target, and a position adjusting part adjusting the relative position between the reference surface and the nozzle group is provided between the liquid ejecting head main body and the fixation part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshige Owaki, Hiroyuki Ishii
  • Publication number: 20160229187
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes generating chambers communicating with nozzles, a manifold communicating with the pressure generating chambers, a flexible member that has a compliance region, which is able to perform deflection in response to pressure fluctuation in the manifold, a compliance space disposed on a side opposite to the manifold through the flexible member, a cap member facing the flexible member through the compliance space; a frame-like member disposed between the flexible member and the cap member, and an island-like member to be disposed in the compliance region and separated from the frame-like member. One surface of the frame-like member faces the flexible member and the other surface faces the cap member. In a direction in which the flexible member and the cap member face each other, the island-like member is thinner in thickness than the frame-like member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Takahiro KANEGAE, Katsuhiro OKUBO, Hiroshige OWAKI, Takashi KATO
  • Patent number: 9409392
    Abstract: A wall-shaped enclosure that forms a space which can accommodate a head chip is formed in a projecting manner at a lower end of a lower case member. Since a cylindrical thick part is formed at the lower end of the lower case member, the lower case member is unlikely to be bent, particularly around the wall-shaped enclosure and a part where the wall-shaped enclosure is disposed. The head chip that is disposed in the space of the lower case member which is unlikely to be bent is unlikely to be subjected to an external force, and the cover member absorbs torsion generated between the head chip and the lower case member so that the head chip is even more unlikely to be subjected to the external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Watanabe, Katsumi Enomoto, Ryota Kinoshita, Hiroyuki Ishii, Hiroshige Owaki, Takahiro Kanegae, Katsuhiro Okubo
  • Publication number: 20160167384
    Abstract: A seal member to be arranged between a first member having a first flow channel and a second member having a second flow channel, including: an elastic portion formed of an elastically deformable first material and including at least a communicating portion provided with a communicating hole which communicates a first flow channel and a second flow channel; and a main body portion formed of a second material having higher liquid-resistant properties than the first material and configured to surround the elastic portion in a state in which at least a flow channel seal surface of the communicating portion is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hagiwara, Hiroshige Owaki
  • Patent number: 9346271
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a fixing plate which includes a bottom surface which is fixed onto the nozzle surface of each of a plurality of head units which are provided to line up in a state in which a first gap is formed along a first direction, and a first side surface which extends from an edge of the bottom surface which is positioned closer to an outside in the first direction than the lined-up head units to the head unit side. The fixing plate includes a second gap which is formed between the first side surface and the head units which are positioned at ends in the first direction among the head units. The liquid ejecting head also includes a second outer circumferential mold which fills at least a portion of the first gap, and a third outer circumferential mold which fills at least a portion of the second gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Hiroshige Owaki, Toshinobu Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 9333754
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which includes a manifold; a first flow path and a second flow path which are connected to the manifold; a switching unit which switches a communication state between a liquid storage unit and the respective first and second flow paths; a pressure regulating unit which includes a valve which is open due to negative pressure on the manifold side of the first flow path; and a control unit which controls the switching unit, in which the control unit is capable of performing switching between a first mode in which liquid is supplied to the manifold through the valve and a second mode in which liquid is supplied to the manifold without going through the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishii, Hiroshige Owaki, Hiroaki Okui, Hiroyuki Hagiwara
  • Publication number: 20160121609
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a first nozzle row in which nozzles which eject a liquid are juxtaposed along a first direction, first drive elements which cause the liquid to be ejected from each nozzle of the first nozzle row, a plurality of first individual wirings which are connected to the first drive elements, a first common wiring which is connected in common to the first drive elements, a second nozzle row in which nozzles are juxtaposed along the first direction, second drive elements which cause the liquid to be ejected from each nozzle of the second nozzle row, a plurality of second individual wirings which are connected to the second drive elements, and a second common wiring which is connected in common to the second drive elements and is not connected to the first common wiring. The plurality of first individual wirings, the first common wiring, the second individual wirings, and the second common wiring are connected to a common flexible cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroshige OWAKI
  • Patent number: 9290004
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a head body configured to eject liquid, a flow path member including a liquid flow path for supplying the liquid to the head body, and a circuit substrate held by the flow path member and including a temperature detection unit configured to detect a temperature. The flow path member includes a detection region, which has a thermal resistance lower than a thermal resistance of other regions and which is provided in a part of a partition wall that partitions the liquid flow path. The circuit substrate is fixed to the flow path member in a state in which the temperature detection unit faces the detection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshige Owaki, Katsuhiro Okubo, Haruhisa Uezawa
  • Publication number: 20160031210
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a fixing plate which includes a bottom surface which is fixed onto the nozzle surface of each of a plurality of head units which are provided to line up in a state in which a first gap is formed along a first direction, and a first side surface which extends from an edge of the bottom surface which is positioned closer to an outside in the first direction than the lined-up head units to the head unit side. The fixing plate includes a second gap which is formed between the first side surface and the head units which are positioned at ends in the first direction among the head units. The liquid ejecting head also includes a second outer circumferential mold which fills at least a portion of the first gap, and a third outer circumferential mold which fills at least a portion of the second gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Hiroshige OWAKI, Toshinobu YAMAZAKI, Hiroyuki HAGIWARA
  • Patent number: 9193162
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a pressure generation chamber that communicates with a nozzle opening; a pressure generation unit that generates a change in a pressure in the pressure generation chamber; a manifold that communicates with a plurality of pressure generation chambers; and a rib that is provided inside the manifold, in which the rib is formed over the manifold in a direction intersecting a liquid flowing inside the manifold, and in which a notch section that divides the flow inside the manifold into two is provided in the rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshige Owaki, Hiroyuki Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 9174443
    Abstract: A cover member is fixed to a head chip in an area in the vicinity of a nozzle plate but does not constitute a communication path, and thus causes no liquid leakage. The head chip discharges droplets of a discharge liquid that is supplied via the communication path which is formed from nozzles thereof without depending on the cover member. A surface of the nozzle plate is positioned on a side further apart from a printing medium than from a surface of the cover member and is surrounded. As a result, abutting of the printing medium against a side surface of the nozzle plate is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Watanabe, Katsumi Enomoto, Ryota Kinoshita, Hiroyuki Ishii, Hiroshige Owaki, Takahiro Kanegae, Katsuhiro Okubo
  • Patent number: 9150021
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head unit includes: a liquid ejecting head that has a fixing face to be used for attachment and that ejects a liquid from a nozzle; a head fixing member that has stiffness higher than that of the fixing face and that is secured to the fixing face on the liquid ejecting head; and a support member that has an attachment face to which the liquid ejecting head is attached through the head fixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishii, Hiroshige Owaki, Katsuhiro Okubo