Patents by Inventor Hitoshi USAMI

Hitoshi USAMI 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: 20230147417
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes: a first member; and a second member bonded to the first member, wherein the first member has: a first protrusion protruding to the second member, a second protrusion protruding to the second member, the second protrusion having a height different from the first protrusion, the second member includes: a first portion bonded to the first protrusion with a first adhesive; and a second portion bonded to the second protrusion with a second adhesive, the second portion having a height different from the first portion, and a type of the second adhesive is different from a type of the first adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Yuki FUJIMURA, Hitoshi USAMI
  • Publication number: 20230141751
    Abstract: A head includes: a silicon substrate; an insulating film on the silicon substrate; an electrode wiring on the insulating film; a flexible wiring connected to the electrode wiring; and a conductive film electrically connects the flexible wiring and the electrode wiring in a bonding area. The silicon substrate has an exposed area on a surface of the silicon substrate facing the insulating film, and the exposed area is in a vicinity of the bonding area and is exposed from the insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Yuu SUGIOKA, Toshiaki MASUDA, Kentaroh YAMANAKA, Hitoshi USAMI
  • Publication number: 20230138126
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a first component having a bonding face having a recess and a second component bonded to the bonding face of the first component. The recess includes a first recess to which an adhesive is applied and a second recess extending in an extending direction to connect the first recess and an outer peripheral end of the first component. The first recess includes an inner side face that is an interior of the first component. The second recess includes a first wall face and a second wall face opposed to the first wall face. The first wall face and the second wall face define side walls of the second recess in a width direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the second recess. The extending direction is inclined with respect to a perpendicular line perpendicular to the inner side face of the first recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuto NAGAHASHI, Hitoshi USAMI
  • Patent number: 10507657
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle plate, a channel substrate, a common-liquid-chamber substrate, an adhesive, and a sealant. The nozzle plate includes a plurality of nozzles to discharge liquid. The channel substrate includes a plurality of individual liquid chambers communicated with the plurality of nozzles. The common-liquid-chamber substrate includes a common liquid chamber to supply the liquid to the plurality of individual liquid chambers. The adhesive bonds two of the nozzle plate, the channel substrate, and the common-liquid-chamber substrate. The adhesive faces a channel through which the liquid flows. The sealant surrounds the adhesive at an opposite side of the channel relative to the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Aki Takahashi, Hitoshi Usami, Masaki Kato, Masataka Yoshiike
  • Publication number: 20170151782
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle plate, a channel substrate, a common-liquid-chamber substrate, an adhesive, and a sealant. The nozzle plate includes a plurality of nozzles to discharge liquid. The channel substrate includes a plurality of individual liquid chambers communicated with the plurality of nozzles. The common-liquid-chamber substrate includes a common liquid chamber to supply the liquid to the plurality of individual liquid chambers. The adhesive bonds two of the nozzle plate, the channel substrate, and the common-liquid-chamber substrate. The adhesive faces a channel through which the liquid flows. The sealant surrounds the adhesive at an opposite side of the channel relative to the adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Aki TAKAHASHI, Hitoshi USAMI, Masaki KATO, Masataka YOSHllKE
  • Patent number: 9205652
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head is provided. The liquid ejection head includes a nozzle substrate to eject a droplet of a liquid from a nozzle thereof; a surface treatment layer, which is located on the surface of the nozzle substrate and which is an oxide layer including silicon (Si) and a transition metal capable of forming a passive layer; and an organic liquid repellent layer located on the surface treatment layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sameshima, Shinichi Kakuda, Hisashi Habashi, Takashi Mori, Kaname Morita, Daisuke Takagi, Hitoshi Usami, Tomoyuki Aratani
  • Publication number: 20140375725
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head is provided. The liquid ejection head includes a nozzle substrate to eject a droplet of a liquid from a nozzle thereof; a surface treatment layer, which is located on the surface of the nozzle substrate and which is an oxide layer including silicon (Si) and a transition metal capable of forming a passive layer; and an organic liquid repellent layer located on the surface treatment layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sameshima, Shinichi Kakuda, Hisashi Habashi, Takashi Mori, Kaname Morita, Daisuke Takagi, Hitoshi Usami, Tomoyuki Aratani
  • Publication number: 20110096159
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a measurement apparatus capable of improving measurement precision of a measurement object using measurement light without deteriorating the visibility of the measurement object. An observation illumination device 12 has: three types of light sources, i.e., a LED 51 which emits red single-color light, a LED 52 which emits green single-color light, and a LED 53 which emits blue single-color light. The three types of the light of red, green, and blue emitted from the LEDs 51 to 53 irradiates the measurement object 2 at the same time or in a short period of time, thereby becoming observation light, which is perceived by humans as illumination of white light, and irradiates the measurement object 2. The measurement light source 31 is a light source which emits measurement light used in measurement of the shape of the measurement object 2 and is composed of a light source which emits near-infrared single-color laser light having a wavelength different from that of the LED 51.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi USAMI