Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Shimoyama

Hiroyuki Shimoyama 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: 11759756
    Abstract: In order to efficiently produce a liquid containing ultrafine bubbles of a desired gas, an ultrafine bubble-containing liquid producing apparatus includes a gas dissolving unit that dissolves a predetermined gas into a liquid, and a UFB generating unit that generates ultrafine bubbles in the liquid in which the predetermined gas is dissolved. A CPU performs control under a first condition in a case of causing the gas dissolving unit to operate in a circulation route passing through the dissolving unit. The CPU performs control under a second condition different from the first condition in a case of causing the UFB generating unit to operate in a circulation route passing through the UFB generating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Yamamoto, Masahiko Kubota, Akitoshi Yamada, Yoshiyuki Imanaka, Yumi Yanai, Hiroyuki Ishinaga, Teruo Ozaki, Toshio Kashino, Ikuo Nakazawa, Hiroaki Mihara, Hiroyuki Shimoyama
  • Publication number: 20220331755
    Abstract: Provided is an ultra-fine bubble-containing liquid manufacturing apparatus that can suppress viable cell contamination inside a UFB generating unit. To this end, it is provided with an ultra-fine bubble generating unit that generates an ultra-fine bubble by making film boiling by a heating unit in a liquid in which a gas is dissolved, and a radiating unit that is capable of irradiating a wetted portion of the ultra-fine bubble generating unit with ultraviolet rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shimoyama, Masahiko Kubota, Hiroaki Mihara, Akira Yamamoto, Ikuo Nakazawa, Toshio Kashino
  • Publication number: 20220323917
    Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for a solidified matter of an ultra-fine bubble (UFB)-containing liquid includes: a UFB generating unit that generates the UFB-containing liquid; and a cooling unit that generates the solidified matter of the UFB-containing liquid by cooling the UFB-containing liquid. The cooling unit cools the ultra-fine bubble-containing liquid such that a first solidified portion and a second solidified portion at a lower ultra-fine bubble concentration than that of the first solidified portion are formed in the solidified matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Toshio Kashino, Masahiko Kubota, Akira Yamamoto, Hiroaki Mihara, Hiroyuki Shimoyama, Ikuo Nakazawa
  • Publication number: 20220323915
    Abstract: An ultra-fine bubble-containing liquid generating apparatus (UFB-containing liquid generating apparatus) includes a dissolving unit that generates a gas dissolving liquid and an ultra-fine bubble generating unit that generates ultra-fine bubbles in the gas dissolving liquid. Additionally, the UFB-containing liquid generating apparatus includes a temperature controlling unit that controls at least one of temperatures of the dissolving unit and the ultra-fine bubble generating unit such that the temperature of the ultra-fine bubble generating unit is equal to or lower than the temperature of the dissolving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroaki Mihara, Masahiko Kubota, Akira Yamamoto, Ikuo Nakazawa, Hiroyuki Shimoyama, Toshio Kashino
  • Publication number: 20220288542
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a manufacturing apparatus of an ultra fine bubble-contained liquid that can be utilized effectively because high concentration ultra fine bubbles are maintained for a long time at the time of manufacturing of the ultra fine bubble-contained liquid. One embodiment of the present invention is a manufacturing apparatus of an ultra fine bubble-contained liquid, which includes: a container having a gas supply port through which gas is introduced and a liquid supply port through which a liquid is introduced; and a generation unit inside the container, which is configured to cause an ultra fine bubble to occur in the liquid in which the gas is dissolved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiko Kubota, Akira Yamamoto, Ikuo Nakazawa, Hiroaki Mihara, Hiroyuki Shimoyama, Toshio Kashino
  • Patent number: 11155084
    Abstract: An element substrate is bonded to a support substrate with high positional accuracy. A manufacturing method of the liquid ejecting head includes curing a first adhesive, which is in contact with an element substrate and a support substrate, at a first temperature to perform first temporary fixing, heating a second adhesive, which is in contact with the element substrate and the support substrate, to a second temperature higher than the first temperature so as to cure the second adhesive and perform second temporary fixing and heating a third adhesive, which is in contact with the element substrate and the support substrate, to a third temperature higher than the second temperature so as to cure the third adhesive and bond the element substrate to the support substrate. An elastic modulus of the second adhesive is larger than an elastic modulus of the first adhesive at the second temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Kudo, Hisashi Fukai, Hiroyuki Shimoyama
  • Publication number: 20210129093
    Abstract: In order to efficiently produce a liquid containing ultrafine bubbles of a desired gas, an ultrafine bubble-containing liquid producing apparatus includes a gas dissolving unit that dissolves a predetermined gas into a liquid, and a UFB generating unit that generates ultrafine bubbles in the liquid in which the predetermined gas is dissolved. A CPU performs control under a first condition in a case of causing the gas dissolving unit to operate in a circulation route passing through the dissolving unit. The CPU performs control under a second condition different from the first condition in a case of causing the UFB generating unit to operate in a circulation route passing through the UFB generating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Akira Yamamoto, Masahiko Kubota, Akitoshi Yamada, Yoshiyuki Imanaka, Yumi Yanai, Hiroyuki Ishinaga, Teruo Ozaki, Toshio Kashino, Ikuo Nakazawa, Hiroaki Mihara, Hiroyuki Shimoyama
  • Patent number: 10953655
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a laminated body including a first plate having a plurality of ejection nozzles for ejecting a liquid and made from a resin material and a second plate having a plurality of through-holes communicating with the corresponding ejection nozzles and made from a metal material. The laminated body has a plurality of projection parts formed along the array direction Y of the ejection nozzles and having a curved dome shape projecting in the direction from the second plate to the first plate. The second plate has a plurality of through-slits formed adjacent to the projection parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Shimoyama
  • Publication number: 20200331261
    Abstract: An element substrate is bonded to a support substrate with high positional accuracy. A manufacturing method of the liquid ejecting head includes curing a first adhesive, which is in contact with an element substrate and a support substrate, at a first temperature to perform first temporary fixing, heating a second adhesive, which is in contact with the element substrate and the support substrate, to a second temperature higher than the first temperature so as to cure the second adhesive and perform second temporary fixing and heating a third adhesive, which is in contact with the element substrate and the support substrate, to a third temperature higher than the second temperature so as to cure the third adhesive and bond the element substrate to the support substrate. An elastic modulus of the second adhesive is larger than an elastic modulus of the first adhesive at the second temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Satoshi Kudo, Hisashi Fukai, Hiroyuki Shimoyama
  • Publication number: 20200139702
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a laminated body including a first plate having a plurality of ejection nozzles for ejecting a liquid and made from a resin material and a second plate having a plurality of through-holes communicating with the corresponding ejection nozzles and made from a metal material. The laminated body has a plurality of projection parts formed along the array direction Y of the ejection nozzles and having a curved dome shape projecting in the direction from the second plate to the first plate. The second plate has a plurality of through-slits formed adjacent to the projection parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Shimoyama
  • Patent number: 10562301
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a laminated body including a first plate having a plurality of ejection nozzles for ejecting a liquid and made from a resin material and a second plate having a plurality of through-holes communicating with the corresponding ejection nozzles and made from a metal material. The laminated body has a plurality of projection parts formed along the array direction Y of the ejection nozzles and having a curved dome shape projecting in the direction from the second plate to the first plate. The second plate has a plurality of through-slits formed adjacent to the projection parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Shimoyama
  • Patent number: 10343401
    Abstract: A flow path unit is formed by laminating a plurality of lamination plates, and has a first damper chamber extending in a manner overlapping with a plurality of pressure chambers with respect to a longitudinal direction in which the plurality of pressure chambers is aligned, as seen from an opening side of a plurality of nozzles. The first damper chamber is provided at a height between the pressure chamber and the common liquid chamber, as measured along the laminating direction in which the plurality of lamination plates is laminated, and a first support part is provided inside the first damper chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Shimoyama
  • Patent number: 10328696
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a plurality of ejection ports, a plurality of pressure chambers each communicating with each of the ejection ports, a piezoelectric actuator constituting part of walls of the pressure chambers, and a common liquid chamber containing liquid to be supplied to the pressure chambers. The pressure chambers and the common liquid chamber are opposed with an opposing wall interposed therebetween. The opposing wall faces the wall of the pressure chambers constituted by the piezoelectric actuator. A reinforcing portion that supports the opposing wall is provided in the common liquid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ishii, Junichiro Iri, Ryo Sato, Hiroyuki Shimoyama, Kazumasa Matsushita, Kenji Kitabatake
  • Patent number: 10259221
    Abstract: An element substrate in which a plurality of members are layered. Plates and a substrate serving as the plurality of members being layered and adhered to each other. The element substrate including a plurality of ejection ports that eject a liquid, and a plurality of supply ports that each communicate with a different ejection port. At least one of the members includes a groove that is, when viewing, from above, a surface in which the ejection ports are formed, formed between two ejection ports, each of which communicates to a different supply port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junichiro Iri, Kazuhiro Ishii, Ryo Sato, Hiroyuki Shimoyama, Kazumasa Matsushita, Kenji Kitabatake
  • Publication number: 20180250934
    Abstract: A flow path unit is formed by laminating a plurality of lamination plates, and has a first damper chamber extending in a manner overlapping with a plurality of pressure chambers with a longitudinal direction in which the plurality of pressure chambers is aligned, seen from an opening side of a plurality of nozzles. The first damper chamber is provided at a height between the pressure chamber and the common liquid chamber, in a height along the laminating direction in which the plurality of lamination plates is laminated, and a first support part is provided inside the first damper chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Shimoyama
  • Publication number: 20180162126
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a laminated body including a first plate having a plurality of ejection nozzles for ejecting a liquid and made from a resin material and a second plate having a plurality of through-holes communicating with the corresponding ejection nozzles and made from a metal material. The laminated body has a plurality of projection parts formed along the array direction Y of the ejection nozzles and having a curved dome shape projecting in the direction from the second plate to the first plate. The second plate has a plurality of through-slits formed adjacent to the projection parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Shimoyama
  • Publication number: 20180065366
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a plurality of ejection ports, a plurality of pressure chambers each communicating with each of the ejection ports, a piezoelectric actuator constituting part of walls of the pressure chambers, and a common liquid chamber containing liquid to be supplied to the pressure chambers. The pressure chambers and the common liquid chamber are opposed with an opposing wall interposed therebetween. The opposing wall faces the wall of the pressure chambers constituted by the piezoelectric actuator A reinforcing portion that supports the opposing wall is provided in the common liquid chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ishii, Junichiro Iri, Ryo Sato, Hiroyuki Shimoyama, Kazumasa Matsushita, Kenji Kitabatake
  • Publication number: 20180065367
    Abstract: An element substrate in which a plurality of members are layered. Plates and a substrate serving as the plurality of members being layered and adhered to each other. The element substrate including a plurality of ejection ports that eject a liquid, and a plurality of supply ports that each communicate with a different ejection port. At least one of the members includes a groove that is, when viewing, from above, a surface in which the ejection ports are formed, formed between two ejection ports, each of which communicates to a different supply port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Junichiro Iri, Kazuhiro Ishii, Ryo Sato, Hiroyuki Shimoyama, Kazumasa Matsushita, Kenji Kitabatake
  • Patent number: 9472639
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a substrate of a liquid ejection head including: forming a plurality of recesses in a silicon wafer; etching the silicon wafer with etchant to form a depression and a plurality of through holes formed from the plurality of the recesses in the depression; and manufacturing a plurality of substrates of the liquid ejection head from the silicon wafer by dividing the silicon wafer on the basis of through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shimoyama, Taichi Yonemoto, Shuji Koyama, Masaki Ohsumi, Keiji Matsumoto, Seiichiro Yaginuma
  • Patent number: 9254661
    Abstract: Precise positioning of a film used to seal an electrical connection on a liquid ejecting head is made possible. Specifically, positioning is conducted in a state in which part of the film is held to a finger by suction. Next, the finger is moved downward while in the positioned state, and part of the film is pressed against a wiring board. With part of the film fixed to the wiring board in this way, a sealing resin flows while being covered by the film. Consequently, shifting of the position of the film as the sealing resin flows may be prevented. As a result, it becomes possible to conduct covering with the film in a precisely positioned state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shimpei Otaka, Isao Imamura, Hiroyuki Shimoyama, Tomohiro Takahashi