Patents by Inventor Kazuaki Sakurada
Kazuaki Sakurada 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).
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Publication number: 20160129702Abstract: A printing method uses a reaction liquid containing an aggregating agent capable of causing the aggregation of a color material. This printing method includes: applying a first reaction liquid to a recording medium; applying a background color ink that contains a color material for a background color to a region of the recording medium which is coated with the first reaction liquid; drying the recording medium coated with the background color ink by heating the recording medium; applying a second reaction liquid to a region of the dried recording medium which is coated with the background color ink; and applying an image forming ink that contains a color material having a color different from that of the background color ink to a region of the recording medium which is coated with the second reaction liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Satoru KATAGAMI, Kazuaki SAKURADA, Kazuya TAJIMA, Kazuyoshi TANASE, Yuichi WASHIO, Kentaro Miyazaki
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Patent number: 9144998Abstract: The invention relates to a printing method of creating an image on a medium by discharging a plurality of colored inks each containing a colorant and clear ink containing no colorant from a nozzle toward the medium. Further the colored inks are discharged from the nozzle toward a unit region defined in the medium by an amount determined on the basis of respective amounts of cyan ink and magenta ink included in the colored inks to be discharged to the unit region.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2014Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kazuaki Sakurada, Nao Kaneko
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Publication number: 20150174918Abstract: An recording apparatus includes a rotating drum with which a recording medium is fed along an outer peripheral surface, a reaction solution application section configured to apply a reaction solution onto the recording medium at a first position in an outer peripheral surface feed path that runs along the outer peripheral surface of the rotating drum, and an ink ejecting section configured to eject an ink that reacts with the reaction solution onto the recording medium onto which the reaction solution has been applied, at a second position that is more on a downstream side in a direction of feeding of the recording medium than the first position, in the outer peripheral surface feed path.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2014Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Kazuya TAJIMA, Satoru KATAGAMI, Kazuaki SAKURADA, Kentaro MIYAZAKI, Yuichi WASHIO
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Patent number: 8888229Abstract: A method for forming a layer comprises (a) disposing a first droplet to two parts on an underlayer surface so as to form two dot patterns isolated each other on the underlayer surface, (b) fixing the two dot patterns to the underlayer surface, (c) giving lyophilicity with respect to a second droplet to at least the underlayer surface between the two dot patterns, and (d) disposing the second droplet to the underlayer surface between the two dot patterns so as to join the two dot patterns after the step (c).Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2006Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Shintate, Koichi Mizugaki, Kazuaki Sakurada, Kenji Wada
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Publication number: 20140253621Abstract: The invention relates to a printing method of creating an image on a medium by discharging a plurality of colored inks each containing a colorant and clear ink containing no colorant from a nozzle toward the medium. Further the colored inks are discharged from the nozzle toward a unit region defined in the medium by an amount determined on the basis of respective amounts of cyan ink and magenta ink included in the colored inks to be discharged to the unit region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuaki SAKURADA, Nao KANEKO
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Patent number: 8814345Abstract: A printing device has a support and heating unit, a head for discharging color image ink and background image ink on a medium supported by the support and heating unit, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform one of a color image printing process for discharging the color image ink and printing a color image on the medium, and a background image printing process for discharging the background image ink and printing a background image that is a background of the color image on the medium, and to perform the other one of the processes subsequent to the one of the process. The controller is further configured to execute a wait process of evacuating the head to an evacuation position from above the support and heating unit to have the head wait at the evacuation position between the color image printing process and the background image printing process.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2013Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Akihiro Toya, Kazuaki Sakurada
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Patent number: 8678536Abstract: A printing device has a support and heating unit for supporting and heating a medium, a head for discharging color image ink and background image ink on the medium supported by the support and heating unit, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform a color image printing process for executing a plurality of color image recording passes by which the head is moved relative to the medium in a moving direction, and a background image printing process. The controller is configured to execute a wait process of evacuating the head from above the support and heating unit and moving it to an evacuation position to have the head wait at the evacuation position for at least one of between the color image recording passes and between the background image recording passes.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2013Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Akihiro Toya, Kazuaki Sakurada
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Publication number: 20130257942Abstract: A printing device has a support and heating unit for supporting and heating a medium, a head for discharging color image ink and background image ink on the medium supported by the support and heating unit, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform a color image printing process for executing a plurality of color image recording passes by which the head is moved relative to the medium in a moving direction, and a background image printing process. The controller is configured to execute a wait process of evacuating the head from above the support and heating unit and moving it to an evacuation position to have the head wait at the evacuation position for at least one of between the color image recording passes and between the background image recording passes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro TOYA, Kazuaki SAKURADA
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Publication number: 20130257943Abstract: A printing device has a support and heating unit, a head for discharging color image ink and background image ink on a medium supported by the support and heating unit, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform one of a color image printing process for discharging the color image ink and printing a color image on the medium, and a background image printing process for discharging the background image ink and printing a background image that is a background of the color image on the medium, and to perform the other one of the processes subsequent to the one of the process. The controller is further configured to execute a wait process of evacuating the head to an evacuation position from above the support and heating unit to have the head wait at the evacuation position between the color image printing process and the background image printing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro TOYA, Kazuaki SAKURADA
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Publication number: 20120086753Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus including a group of first nozzle rows composed of a plurality of first nozzle rows and a group of second nozzle rows composed of a plurality of second nozzle rows, both the group of first nozzle rows and the group of second nozzle rows satisfying one of the following requirements (1) through (3): (1) a black nozzle row is included, (2) a yellow nozzle row, a magenta nozzle row and a cyan nozzle row are all included, and (3) the secondary color nozzle row for the secondary color made by mixing any two of yellow, magenta and cyan, and at least one of the nozzle row that ejects liquid of the remaining one of yellow, magenta and cyan and the secondary color nozzle row for the secondary color which includes the remaining one of yellow, magenta and cyan are included.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kazuaki Sakurada
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Patent number: 7972651Abstract: A method for forming a multi-layered structure using a droplet-discharging device; the method comprises: (A) forming a first insulating-material layer covering the material-body surface by discharging a droplet of a first insulating material including a first photosensitive resin to a material-body surface; (B) obtaining a first insulating layer by curing in the first insulating-material layer; (C) forming a pattern of an electric conductive material layer on the first insulating layer by discharging a droplet of an electric conductive material to the first insulating layer; and (D) forming a wiring pattern on the first insulating layer by activating the pattern of the electric conductive material layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2005Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Shintate, Kazuaki Sakurada, Jun Yamada
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Publication number: 20110097515Abstract: A pattern forming system including a feeding reel for feeding a tape form substrate that is wound up, a winding reel for winding up the tape form substrate that is fed up, and a droplet discharge apparatus for discharging a droplet onto the tape form substrate, between the feeding reel and the winding reel, to form a pattern, wherein the droplet discharge apparatus includes a table that can move while sucking the tape form substrate, with a slack mechanism for the tape form substrate being placed on the both ends of the table in the longitudinal direction of the tape form substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2010Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuaki SAKURADA, Noboru UEHARA, Tsuyoshi SHINTATE
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Patent number: 7871666Abstract: A pattern forming system including a feeding reel for feeding a tape form substrate that is wound up, a winding reel for winding up the tape form substrate that is fed up, and a droplet discharge apparatus for discharging a droplet onto the tape form substrate, between the feeding reel and the winding reel, to form a pattern, wherein the droplet discharge apparatus includes a table that can move while sucking the tape form substrate, with a slack mechanism for the tape form substrate being placed on the both ends of the table in the longitudinal direction of the tape form substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2008Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kazuaki Sakurada, Noboru Uehara, Tsuyoshi Shintate
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Patent number: 7767252Abstract: A droplet discharge apparatus is used in a multilayer structure forming method of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2005Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Shintate, Kazuaki Sakurada, Jun Yamada
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Patent number: 7723243Abstract: There is provided a multi-layered structure forming method comprising: (A) forming a first insulating material layer containing a first photo-curing material on a substrate; (B) semi-hardening the first insulating material layer by radiating light having a first wavelength to the first insulating material layer; (C) forming a conductive material layer on the semi-hardened first insulating material layer by ejecting droplets of a conductive material to the semi-hardened first insulating material layer from a nozzle of a liquid droplet ejecting apparatus; (D) forming a second insulating material layer containing a second photo-curing material so as to cover the semi-hardened first insulating material layer and the conductive material layer; and (E) forming a first insulating layer, a conductive layer positioned on the first insulating material, and a second insulating layer covering the first insulating layer and the conductive layer by simultaneously heating the first insulating material layer, the conductiveType: GrantFiled: February 16, 2007Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Shintate, Toshiaki Mikoshiba, Kenji Wada, Kazuaki Sakurada, Jun Yamada
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Patent number: 7676913Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wiring board includes steps of: providing a substrate; forming a first wiring layer on the substrate by photolithography; forming a first insulating layer by ink jetting so as to cover a part of the first wiring layer and expose an exposed section of the first wiring layer; and forming a second wiring layer by ink jetting partly over the first wiring layer, with the first insulating layer being between the part of the first wiring layer and a part of the second wiring layer. A wider variety of conductive material and insulating material can be used for forming the wiring layers and the insulating layers on the substrate by ink jetting, while the wiring board has a first wiring layer having high density.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2008Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hideo Imai, Kazuaki Sakurada
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Patent number: 7629019Abstract: A method for forming a wiring pattern in which a plurality of electrical wirings deposited onto a substrate is conductively connected with each other through a plurality of conductive posts, the method including relatively moving a discharge head having a plurality of nozzles and a substrate in a predetermined direction while discharging droplets from predetermined nozzles among the plural nozzles to form the plural conductive posts, wherein, in the orthogonal direction of the above-referenced predetermined direction, the interval among the plural nozzles “a” and the interval among the plural conductive posts “b” satisfy an equation “b=m×a” (“m” may be any positive integer).Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2005Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kazuaki Sakurada, Noboru Uehara, Tsuyoshi Shintate
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Patent number: 7538031Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wiring substrate having a wiring layer formation step that includes: a first surface processing step in which surface processing is performed on a film formation area of a substrate; a wiring formation step in which a wiring pattern is formed by placing a first liquid material on the film formation area; a second surface processing step in which surface processing is once again performed on the film formation area; and an insulating film formation step in which an insulating film is formed by placing a second liquid material in gaps in the wiring pattern, wherein an affinity between the second liquid material and the film formation area in the insulating film formation step is greater than an affinity between the first liquid material and the film formation area in the wiring formation step.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2005Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Noboru Uehara, Tsuyoshi Shintate, Kazuaki Sakurada
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Patent number: 7518702Abstract: An electrooptical manufacturing apparatus is provided for manufacturing an electrooptical apparatus with an improved liquid crystal display quality. The apparatus basically includes a dam-forming section or apparatus, a droplet-ejecting section or apparatus, a seal-forming section or apparatus and a pressure applying section or apparatus. The dam-forming section is configured and arranged to form a dam that defines a liquid crystal area on the internal surface of a first substrate. The droplet-ejecting section is configured and arranged to eject and drop a specific amount of liquid crystal inside the dam. The seal-forming section is configured and arranged to form a seal that is disposed on the external periphery of the dam for sealing a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate. The pressure applying section is configured and arranged to superpose and press in a vacuum atmosphere the second substrate onto the seal formed on the first substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2004Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kazuaki Sakurada
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Publication number: 20090035453Abstract: A pattern forming system including a feeding reel for feeding a tape form substrate that is wound up, a winding reel for winding up the tape form substrate that is fed up, and a droplet discharge apparatus for discharging a droplet onto the tape form substrate, between the feeding reel and the winding reel, to form a pattern, wherein the droplet discharge apparatus includes a table that can move while sucking the tape form substrate, with a slack mechanism for the tape form substrate being placed on the both ends of the table in the longitudinal direction of the tape form substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuaki Sakurada, Noboru Uehara, Tsuyoshi Shintate