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).

  • Patent number: 8496316
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a head main body which discharges liquid, a flow path member main body on which a liquid reception member for receiving liquid supplied from the outside is formed, a first case, a second case, and a first insertion portion which is provided on the flow path member main body and through which a securing member for securing the first case, the second case, and the flow path member main body to one another is inserted. In the liquid ejection head, the first insertion portion is formed such that the outer wall covers an exposing portion from which the securing member is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Suzuki, Hiroshige Owaki, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Ishii
  • Patent number: 8491097
    Abstract: A connector connected to an external wiring is fixed on the circuit board by opening a connection port toward the channel member side, the external wiring is inserted into or released from the connection port, and the channel member has a deformation restricting portion protruding from a region, which is opposite the circuit board, toward the circuit board, and substantially abuts against a surface of the circuit board to restrict deformation of the circuit board to the channel member side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Suzuki, Hiroshige Owaki, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8491096
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a head main body including a nozzle opening that ejects a liquid; and a fixed plate fixed to a liquid ejecting surface of the head main body, and including an exposure opening, the nozzle opening of the head main body being formed in the liquid ejecting surface of the head main body, the nozzle opening of the liquid ejecting surface being exposed to the exposure opening. A positioning hole open to the liquid ejecting surface and positioned with respect to the nozzle opening is provided in the head main body. The fixed plate is fixed to the liquid ejecting surface so as to close the positioning hole. The fixed plate includes an extension portion protruding from the liquid ejecting surface. At least two head positioning holes are provided in the extension portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Shigeki Suzuki, Hiroshige Owaki
  • Patent number: 8439494
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a head main body capable of ejecting a liquid supplied from a liquid storage unit, and a supply member provided with a liquid supply passage for supplying the liquid from the liquid storage unit to the head main body. The supply member has a filter mounting member provided with the liquid supply passage, a supply body that supplies the filter mounting member with the liquid, and a filter provided between the filter mounting member and the supply body. The supply member is provided with an outer portion that fixes the filter mounting member, the supply body, and the filter and that is formed by integral molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroshige Owaki, Motonori Okumura, Munehide Kanaya, Nagamitsu Takashima, Yasuto Kanai, Koichi Saito, Kazuyoshi Imai, Hiroyuki Kamikura
  • Patent number: 8393717
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head ejects a liquid from pressure generating chambers through nozzles by varying pressure of the pressure generating chambers. The liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle plate in which the nozzles are formed. A first passage forming board is joined to the nozzle plate. A first liquid passage, including the pressure generating chambers, is formed in the first passage forming board. A second passage forming board is joined to the surface of the first liquid passage forming board and has a second liquid passage communicating with the first liquid passage. A first electrode layer electrically connected to the liquid in the first liquid passage and a second, independent, electrode layer are disposed on a vibration plate. Each of the first and second electrode layers includes a terminal drawn to the outside of a junction portion joining the first and second passage forming boards to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshige Owaki, Yoshinao Miyata
  • Patent number: 8382247
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a plurality of head bodies each having a nozzle plate, a flow channel forming substrate having a plurality of pressure generating chambers that communicate with the plurality of nozzles and a manifold that communicates with the plurality of pressure generating chambers, and pressure generating, and a fixation plate having an exposure aperture formed so that the plurality of nozzles are exposed therethrough and on which the plurality of head bodies are fixedly positioned, wherein the edges of the exposure aperture formed on the fixation plate are located in a region opposite the manifold, and a depression is formed on a side of the fixation plate facing the nozzle plate by depressing the edges of the exposure aperture in the region opposite the manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Hiroshige Owaki
  • Patent number: 8371679
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid ejecting head unit that includes a liquid ejecting head ejecting liquid by driving a pressure generating element. The liquid ejecting head unit includes: the liquid ejecting head that includes first wiring substrates each having a connection wiring electrically connected to the pressure generating element and a support member that supports at least two first wiring substrates in different positions; a second wiring substrate that is commonly connected to the connection wirings of a plurality of the first wiring substrates electrically; and a head substrate to which the second wiring substrate is electrically connected. A connection portion connected to the head substrate is aligned on one face side of the second wiring substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinao Miyata, Hiroshige Owaki, Kazutoshi Goto
  • Publication number: 20130025701
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flow path member includes inserting the first flow path member into each concave portion of the second flow path member and welding the first flow path member and the second flow path member in a circumferential direction of a region where the first flow path and the second flow path communicates each other; and providing two or more injecting portions which are provided with a gap wider than a gap between a wall surface of the concave portion which faces the first flow path member and a circumference surface of the first flow path member inserted into each concave portion which faces the wall surface, communicate with each concave portion, and are opened to the same side as the concave portion to have a concave shape to each concave portion in the second flow path member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki SUZUKI, Hiroshige OWAKI, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Hiroyuki ISHII
  • Patent number: 8333014
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid ejecting head is provided. The liquid ejecting head has nozzle openings and ejects liquid supplied through a liquid supply passage from the nozzle openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kamikura, Hiroshige Owaki, Kazuhide Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8322823
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a flow path forming substrate; an actuator device having a plurality of mounting portions provided on the flow path forming substrate; a wiring substrate which has flexibility and is electrically connected to the mounting portions to supply a driving signal to the actuator device; and a protective substrate provided on the mounting portions side of the flow path forming substrate, wherein a plurality of through-holes, into which the wiring substrate can be inserted, is provided in the protective substrate, a partition wall partitioning the mounting portions is provided between at least adjacent through-holes, and resin is provided in the through-holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshige Owaki
  • Publication number: 20120242739
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a flow channel forming substrate made of silicon and having pressure generating chambers that communicate with nozzles through which liquid is ejected, a piezoelectric elements that is disposed on the flow channel forming substrate so as to oppose the pressure generating chambers and varies a pressure of a liquid in the pressure generating chambers, and a protective substrate which has a holding section that houses the pressure generating unit and is bonded to a side of the flow channel forming substrate where the pressure generating unit is disposed, and the flow channel member is made of silicon and is provided with a thermistor that is disposed on a side of the flow channel member opposite to the flow channel forming substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshige Owaki
  • Publication number: 20120229561
    Abstract: A head module includes a head unit having a plurality of heads, a carriage to which the head unit is anchored and that moves in a first direction relative to a recording sheet, and a grounding member that electrically connects the heads to the carriage; the heads are each provided with a cover head that covers first side surfaces and second side surfaces of the heads. Plate-shaped contact portions of the grounding member are caused to make contact with side wall portions of the cover head that are parallel to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishii, Shigeki Suzuki, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Hiroshige Owaki
  • Publication number: 20120229553
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a nozzle plate on which nozzle openings for ejecting liquid are provided, a flow path formation substrate on which pressure generation chambers communicating with the nozzle openings are provided, communicating portions in which the liquid to be supplied to the pressure generation chambers is stored, and piezoelectric elements which generate pressure change in the liquid in the pressure generation chambers. In the liquid ejection head, a thermistor is arranged on a surface of the flow path formation substrate at an opposite side to the nozzle openings and one lead wiring of the thermistor is connected to wiring layers which are formed on the surface of the flow path formation substrate in a state where one side ends of the wiring layers face to the communicating portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshige Owaki, Haruhisa Uezawa
  • Publication number: 20120229568
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a head main body which discharges liquid, a flow path member main body on which a liquid reception member for receiving liquid supplied from the outside is formed, a first case, a second case, and a first insertion portion which is provided on the flow path member main body and through which a securing member for securing the first case, the second case, and the flow path member main body to one another is inserted. In the liquid ejection head, the first insertion portion is formed such that the outer wall covers an exposing portion from which the securing member is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Suzuki, Hiroshige Owaki, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Ishii
  • Publication number: 20120229570
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes head main bodies each having a nozzle plate having nozzle openings, and a case member to which the head main bodies are fixed, and moves relatively in a first direction with respect to a recording sheet, wherein a cover head which covers the side surfaces of the head main body and a peripheral border of the nozzle plate is provided at each head main body, a protective wall is provided for each head main body between an end portion in the first direction of the case member and the head main body, a range in a second direction of the cover head is included in a range in the second direction of the protective wall, and the protective wall is located further on the case member side than the nozzle plate in a third direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Hiroshige Owaki, Shigeki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8240833
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a first supply member and a second supply member, each of which has a liquid supply passage formed therein; a filter that is held between the first supply member and the second supply member in correspondence with the liquid supply passage; a thermally welded portion that is welded to the filter so that the first supply member melts and soaks into the filter in a region that surrounds the liquid supply passage; a bonded portion at which the second supply member is bonded to the filter by the thermally welded portion; and a bonding resin that is formed by being poured into an outer region between the first supply member and the second supply member and outside the thermally welded portion and bonded portion with respect to the liquid supply passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshige Owaki, Hiroyuki Kamikura
  • Publication number: 20120162322
    Abstract: A liquid supplying mechanism includes a flow channel forming member that has a base having a plate-like shape on which an upstream portion of a plurality of liquid supplying flow channels are formed so as to supply ink to each of a plurality of liquid ejection heads that are assembled to a liquid ejection head unit, and a plurality of connection members in a tubular shape that extend from one side of the of the base so as to form a downstream portion of the flow channels that individually communicate with the upstream portion of the respective liquid supplying flow channels and are disposed such that the distal end of the connection members correspond to the positions of the connection holes that are formed on the respective liquid ejection heads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji TSUCHIYA, Hiroshige OWAKI, Hirokazu ONO, Takeo SEINO, Hiroyuki HAGIWARA
  • Patent number: 8201933
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a head body, a supply member having a first member, a second member, and a third member each having a liquid supply channel, the supply member including a first filter provided between the first member and the second member and a second filter provided between the second member and the third member; a first outer portion being provided between the first member and the second member, the first outer member being formed by integral molding for fixing the first member, the second member; a second outer portion being provided on the outer peripheries of the second member and the third member, the second outer portion being formed by integral molding for fixing the second member, the third member, and the second filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshige Owaki, Munehide Kanaya
  • Publication number: 20120147090
    Abstract: A cam roller is engaged with a first engaged surface facing downward in a lifting and lowering direction of a cap and moves so as to follow the rotation trajectory about a shaft in the upward direction approaching a liquid ejecting head and in the downward direction separating from the liquid ejecting head. In addition, in the lifting and lowering direction of the cap, the cam roller is engaged from above with a second engaged surface which faces upward at a position lower than the first engaged surface and the first engaged surface has a plane portion as a non-overlapped area which does not overlap the second engaged surface in a direction perpendicular to both of the lifting and lowering direction and the direction of the shaft in a range that the cam roller follows the rotation trajectory about the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiya SATO, Hiroshi SATOH, Hiroshige OWAKI
  • Publication number: 20120147089
    Abstract: In a clutch mechanism 310, in a state where a suction cap 350 reaches a contact position being in contact with a liquid ejecting head, only the rotation of a third gear 300 in one direction is transmitted to a third rotation shaft J3. During at least one of a period in which the suction cap 350 moves from the contact position to a separating position being separated from the liquid ejecting head and a period in which the suction cap 350 moves from the separating position to the contact position, the rotations of the third gear 300 in both directions of one direction and the other direction are transmitted to the third rotation shaft J3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiya SATO, Hiroshi SATO, Hiroshige OWAKI