Patents by Inventor Keisuke KOUNO

Keisuke KOUNO 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: 20230173817
    Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes: a valve unit configured to be movable to a position to close the atmosphere communication hole and a position to open the atmosphere communication hole; and a lever configured to fix the valve unit to the position to close the atmosphere communication hole by pressing the valve unit and configured to be capable of moving the valve unit to the position to open the atmosphere communication hole by removing the pressing against the valve unit, wherein the lever is configured to remove the pressing against the valve unit by moving in a direction intersecting a direction in which the valve unit moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Shinji KISHIKAWA, Keisuke KOUNO, Hiroki HAYASHI, Tatsuo NANJO
  • Publication number: 20230122986
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid storage container comprising: a liquid reservoir reserving a liquid; an air communication passage for communicating the liquid reservoir with an atmosphere; a partition wall separating an inside and outside of the liquid reservoir; a through hole penetrating the partition wall in a first direction; a movable support member capable of moving in the through hole in the first direction; a first seal member disposed in the liquid reservoir and fixed to the movable support member; and a biasing member biasing the movable support member to locate the first seal member at a closing position to close the air communication passage, wherein the movable support member has receiving part receiving an external force to move the first seal member from the closing position so that the inside of the liquid reservoir part communicates with the outside of the liquid reservoir via the air communication passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: Keisuke Kouno
  • Patent number: 11597210
    Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes: a valve unit configured to be movable to a position to close the atmosphere communication hole and a position to open the atmosphere communication hole; and a lever configured to fix the valve unit to the position to close the atmosphere communication hole by pressing the valve unit and configured to be capable of moving the valve unit to the position to open the atmosphere communication hole by removing the pressing against the valve unit, wherein the lever is configured to remove the pressing against the valve unit by moving in a direction intersecting a direction in which the valve unit moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinji Kishikawa, Keisuke Kouno, Hiroki Hayashi, Tatsuo Nanjo
  • Patent number: 11590759
    Abstract: A liquid container is removably mountable into the apparatus body of a liquid ejection apparatus. The liquid container comprises a liquid storage chamber equipped with an air intake hole and a liquid supply port, for storing liquid and a valve unit having a sealing member and an urging member. The urging member is arranged so as to be at least partly rotationally movable and the urging member has urging force for urging the sealing member in the direction of making the sealing member abut the air intake hole. The sealing member is rotationally movable between a position of abutting and closing the air intake hole and a position separated from the air intake hole so as to open the air intake hole in response to a rotary motion of the urging member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuo Nanjo, Hiroki Hayashi, Keisuke Kouno
  • Publication number: 20220097388
    Abstract: A liquid container is removably mountable into the apparatus body of a liquid ejection apparatus. The liquid container comprises a liquid storage chamber equipped with an air intake hole and a liquid supply port, for storing liquid and a valve unit having a sealing member and an urging member. The urging member is arranged so as to be at least partly rotationally movable and the urging member has urging force for urging the sealing member in the direction of making the sealing member abut the air intake hole. The sealing member is rotationally movable between a position of abutting and closing the air intake hole and a position separated from the air intake hole so as to open the air intake hole in response to a rotary motion of the urging member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Tatsuo Nanjo, Hiroki Hayashi, Keisuke Kouno
  • Publication number: 20210362506
    Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes: a valve unit configured to be movable to a position to close the atmosphere communication hole and a position to open the atmosphere communication hole; and a lever configured to fix the valve unit to the position to close the atmosphere communication hole by pressing the valve unit and configured to be capable of moving the valve unit to the position to open the atmosphere communication hole by removing the pressing against the valve unit, wherein the lever is configured to remove the pressing against the valve unit by moving in a direction intersecting a direction in which the valve unit moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Shinji KISHIKAWA, Keisuke KOUNO, Hiroki HAYASHI, Tatsuo NANJO