Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Kida

Hitoshi Kida 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: 20160152025
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles to discharge a liquid; a plurality of pressure generators corresponding to the plurality of nozzles; a driver IC to output a drive waveform to each of the plurality of pressure generators; a substrate on which the driver IC is mounted; and a drive voltage supply wire to supply drive voltage to the plurality of pressure generators, disposed on the substrate. In plan view, the driver IC has a rectangular shape and at least part of the drive voltage supply wire crosses over a longer side of the driver IC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Hitoshi KIDA
  • Publication number: 20160031212
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles to discharge liquid droplets; a plurality of piezoelectric elements, each corresponding to a corresponding one of the plurality of nozzles and disposed along a nozzle alignment direction along which the plurality of nozzles is aligned; an actuator member on which the plurality of piezoelectric elements is aligned; and wiring disposed along the nozzle alignment direction, connected to the plurality of piezoelectric elements, and included in the actuator member, the wiring including a first wiring pattern to which the plurality of piezoelectric elements is connected, the first wiring pattern including a near side proximal to and a far side distal from a source of a drive signal for the piezoelectric elements. The near side and the far side are connected via a second wiring pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Hitoshi KIDA
  • Patent number: 9120308
    Abstract: A control circuit is disposed in which an analog switch is built, an ON/OFF-timing of the analog switch can be controlled, and mask-patterns can be set, which mask-patterns are used for switching ON/OFF the analog switch can be selected by analog-switch-selection data, and a number of the mask-patterns which can be set can be selected. The circuit includes mask-pattern-setting units for setting one of the mask-patterns by one of switching control signals; and a selection unit for selecting a mode from modes including a first mode in which the number of mask-patterns is smaller and a second mode in which the number of mask-patterns is larger. When the first mode is selected by the selection unit, to one mask-pattern-setting unit which is not selected by the analog-switch-selection data, the same switching control signal that is supplied to another mask-pattern-setting unit which is selected by the analog-switch-selection data is supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 9028052
    Abstract: A droplet discharging head includes: a nozzle substrate that includes a nozzle opening to discharge a droplet therethrough; a liquid chamber substrate that includes liquid pressure chambers communicating with the nozzle openings; a vibration plate arranged to face the nozzle substrate with the liquid chamber substrate interposed therebetween; piezoelectric elements that are provided to face the liquid pressure chambers with the vibration plate interposed therebetween and are arranged in a predetermined direction; a driving element provided, in a flip-chip implementation, on a flow path substrate that includes the nozzle substrate, the liquid chamber substrate, the vibration plate, and the piezoelectric elements; and a first reinforcing wire that is disposed to at least one of the flow path substrate and the driving element, has a band shape extending in a direction along a row of the piezoelectric elements, and is connected to a common electrode shared by the piezoelectric elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Takemoto, Hitoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 9009973
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid discharging head, the method including forming a plurality of nozzles that discharge liquid droplets, forming a plurality of piezoelectric elements that generate pressure for discharging liquid droplets from the respective nozzles; and performing a repolarization process on the piezoelectric elements to set non-uniformity of the droplet discharging characteristics of the nozzles to be in a predetermined range by combining adjustment of a polarization sensitivity and adjustment of a polarization voltage for each of the piezoelectric elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamada, Tomohiko Koda, Hitoshi Kida
  • Publication number: 20150070421
    Abstract: A control circuit is disposed in which an analog switch is built, an ON/OFF-timing of the analog switch can be controlled, and mask-patterns can be set, which mask-patterns are used for switching ON/OFF the analog switch can be selected by analog-switch-selection data, and a number of the mask-patterns which can be set can be selected. The circuit includes mask-pattern-setting units for setting one of the mask-patterns by one of switching control signals; and a selection unit for selecting a mode from modes including a first mode in which the number of mask-patterns is smaller and a second mode in which the number of mask-patterns is larger. When the first mode is selected by the selection unit, to one mask-pattern-setting unit which is not selected by the analog-switch-selection data, the same switching control signal that is supplied to another mask-pattern-setting unit which is selected by the analog-switch-selection data is supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Kida
  • Publication number: 20150029270
    Abstract: A droplet discharging head includes: a nozzle substrate that includes a nozzle opening to discharge a droplet therethrough; a liquid chamber substrate that includes liquid pressure chambers communicating with the nozzle openings; a vibration plate arranged to face the nozzle substrate with the liquid chamber substrate interposed therebetween; piezoelectric elements that are provided to face the liquid pressure chambers with the vibration plate interposed therebetween and are arranged in a predetermined direction; a driving element provided, in a flip-chip implementation, on a flow path substrate that includes the nozzle substrate, the liquid chamber substrate, the vibration plate, and the piezoelectric elements; and a first reinforcing wire that is disposed to at least one of the flow path substrate and the driving element, has a band shape extending in a direction along a row of the piezoelectric elements, and is connected to a common electrode shared by the piezoelectric elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Takemoto, Hitoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 8899726
    Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting head is disclosed. The liquid droplet ejecting head includes an electromechanical transducer element; a first substrate which includes a first wiring member; a reinforcing member which is mounted on the first substrate; and a second substrate which includes a second wiring member and which is mounted on the reinforcing member, wherein liquid droplets are ejected when driving power is supplied to the electromechanical transducer element via the first wiring member and the second wiring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 8899730
    Abstract: A droplet discharging head includes: a nozzle substrate that includes a nozzle opening to discharge a droplet therethrough; a liquid chamber substrate that includes liquid pressure chambers communicating with the nozzle openings; a vibration plate arranged to face the nozzle substrate with the liquid chamber substrate interposed therebetween; piezoelectric elements that are provided to face the liquid pressure chambers with the vibration plate interposed therebetween and are arranged in a predetermined direction; a driving element provided, in a flip-chip implementation, on a flow path substrate that includes the nozzle substrate, the liquid chamber substrate, the vibration plate, and the piezoelectric elements; and a first reinforcing wire that is disposed to at least one of the flow path substrate and the driving element, has a band shape extending in a direction along a row of the piezoelectric elements, and is connected to a common electrode shared by the piezoelectric elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Takemoto, Hitoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 8752937
    Abstract: An inkjet head includes a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzle holes to eject ink droplets, a plurality of ink chambers in which ink is filled, partitioned by sidewalls in communication with the nozzle holes, a plurality of electric conversion elements to generate energy to the ink in the ink chambers for ejecting the ink droplets from the nozzle holes, and an ink chamber plate on which a plurality of drive circuits are mounted to apply a drive voltage to each of the electric conversion elements. Each of the drive circuits includes, on a side face having a pair of long sides and a pair of short sides, drive voltage terminals arranged along one long side to apply the drive voltage to the electric conversion elements via a wiring, input terminals arranged near one short side to which control signals are input, and output terminals arranged near the other short side to output all the control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 8702188
    Abstract: An OFF timing of a drive waveform is set to be concentrated on a position of the drive waveform where a long time with substantially no voltage fluctuation can be ensured, and a pulse present before the position timewise is sequentially selected and applied to a pressure generating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventor: Hitoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 8664243
    Abstract: (S)-1-(4-Chloro-5-isoquinolinesulfonyl)-3-(methylamino)pyrrolidine monohydrochloride and a crystal thereof, and a crystal of the aforementioned monohydrochloride having a major peak or peaks at one or more positions selected from the group consisting of positions where 2?s are about 13.9°, 21.5°, 21.7°, 22.4°, 22.8°, 24.5° and 35.0° in a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum, which have excellent properties as active ingredient of a medicament for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of glaucoma and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kida, Koki Matsubara, Shunsuke Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20140022305
    Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting head is disclosed. The liquid droplet ejecting head includes an electromechanical transducer element; a first substrate which includes a first wiring member; a reinforcing member which is mounted on the first substrate; and a second substrate which includes a second wiring member and which is mounted on the reinforcing member, wherein liquid droplets are ejected when driving power is supplied to the electromechanical transducer element via the first wiring member and the second wiring member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventor: Hitoshi KIDA
  • Patent number: 8596764
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a sheet by discharging a liquid droplet from a nozzle hole to the sheet, includes a voltage applying part that applies a voltage to an electrostatic attraction member to cause the electrostatic attraction member to attract the sheet, and acts as an electrically charging part that causes the liquid droplet to be electrically charged; and a checking part that detects an electrical charge or an induced electric current of the liquid droplet that has been electrically charged, for checking a state of the liquid droplet being discharged from the nozzle hole, wherein an electric potential applied by the voltage applying part is different between at a time when the liquid droplet is separating from the nozzle hole and at a time when the liquid droplet is flying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 8579398
    Abstract: A droplet discharge head includes circuit boards each mounted with one or more nonvolatile memories. The nonvolatile memories are configured in a data-rewritable manner and are used to store written data even when power is turned off. The nonvolatile memories have a write-protect function. One or more of the nonvolatile memories are set to write inhibition state and the write inhibition state is fixed. One or more of the remaining nonvolatile memories are set to rewritable state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventor: Hitoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 8393718
    Abstract: An inkjet head includes: an ink tank plate that includes a nozzle to discharge a liquid; a drive circuit member connected to an electromechanical transducer to apply a voltage to the electromechanical transducer to generate a pressure in an ink tank to discharge a liquid from the nozzle; a liquid supply plate stacked approximately in parallel with the drive circuit member on the ink tank plate; and a sealing material that hermetically seals an electrical connection between the drive circuit member and the wiring member. The liquid supply plate is provided with a receptacle having a hole portion or a concave portion and a mount area surrounded by the receptacle. The drive circuit member is received in the mount area. The sealing material is filled inside the mount area after the liquid supply plate is bonded to the ink tank plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kida, Takeshi Takemoto
  • Publication number: 20120270898
    Abstract: (S)-1-(4-Chloro-5-isoquinolinesulfonyl)-3-(methylamino)pyrrolidine monohydrochloride and a crystal thereof, and a crystal of the aforementioned monohydrochloride having a major peak or peaks at one or more positions selected from the group consisting of positions where 2?s are about 13.9°, 21.5°, 21.7°, 22.4°, 22.8°, 24.5° and 35.0° in a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum, which have excellent properties as active ingredient of a medicament for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of glaucoma and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Hitoshi KIDA, Koki Matsubara, Shunsuke Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20120229542
    Abstract: An inkjet head includes a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzle holes to eject ink droplets, a plurality of ink chambers in which ink is filled, partitioned by sidewalk in communication with the nozzle holes, a plurality of electric conversion elements to generate energy to the ink in the ink chambers for ejecting the ink droplets from the nozzle holes, and an ink chamber plate on which a plurality of drive circuits are mounted to apply a drive voltage to each of the electric conversion elements. Each of the drive circuits includes, on a side face having a pair of long sides and a pair of short sides, drive voltage terminals arranged along one long side to apply the drive voltage to the electric conversion elements via a wiring, input terminals arranged near one short side to which control signals are input, and output terminals arranged near the other short side to output all the control signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Hitoshi KIDA
  • Publication number: 20120212547
    Abstract: A droplet discharging head includes: a nozzle substrate that includes a nozzle opening to discharge a droplet therethrough; a liquid chamber substrate that includes liquid pressure chambers communicating with the nozzle openings; a vibration plate arranged to face the nozzle substrate with the liquid chamber substrate interposed therebetween; piezoelectric elements that are provided to face the liquid pressure chambers with the vibration plate interposed therebetween and are arranged in a predetermined direction; a driving element provided, in a flip-chip implementation, on a flow path substrate that includes the nozzle substrate, the liquid chamber substrate, the vibration plate, and the piezoelectric elements; and a first reinforcing wire that is disposed to at least one of the flow path substrate and the driving element, has a band shape extending in a direction along a row of the piezoelectric elements, and is connected to a common electrode shared by the piezoelectric elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Takemoto, Hitoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 8232292
    Abstract: (S)-1-(4-Chloro-5-isoquinolinesulfonyl)-3-(methylamino)pyrrolidine monohydrochloride and a crystal thereof, and a crystal of the aforementioned monohydrochloride having a major peak or peaks at one or more positions selected from the group consisting of positions where 2?s are about 13.9°, 21.5°, 21.7°, 22.4°, 22.8°, 24.5° and 35.0° in a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum, which have excellent properties as active ingredient of a medicament for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of glaucoma and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kida, Koki Matsubara, Shunsuke Kaneko, Yoshihito Kanzawa