Patents by Inventor Keita Sugiura

Keita Sugiura 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: 11548278
    Abstract: A liquid discharging head includes: individual channels aligned in a first direction; and a first common channel and a second common channel extending in the first direction. Each of the individual channels includes a nozzle, a first pressure chamber and second pressure chamber arranged side by side in the first direction, and a connecting channel connecting the nozzle, the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber to one another. A first actuator and a second actuator are provided on the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber, respectively. The first common channel communicates with the first and second pressure chambers; and the second common channel communicates with the connecting channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keita Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20220379613
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes: head units arranged in a first direction; first individual heat dissipators each corresponding to one of the head units and disposed on a first side of the head unit in a second direction; and a first common heat dissipator disposed on the first side of the head units in the second direction. The first common heat dissipator extends in the first direction and shared among the head units. Each head unit includes: a unit body including an actuator; and a first driver integrated circuit disposed on the first side of the unit body in the second direction. Each of the first individual heat dissipators is disposed between the first driver integrated circuit and the first common heat dissipator of the head unit so as to be in thermal contact with the first driver integrated circuit and the first common heat dissipator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Keita SUGIURA
  • Patent number: 11491786
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes an individual channel which includes: a nozzle; a pressure chamber; a descender of which one end in the first direction is nearer to the nozzle than the other end; and a second connecting channel connecting a second common channel and the one end of the descender. A central axis of the nozzle is positioned between the second common channel and a central axis of the descender in the second direction. The descender includes a first portion including the one end and a second portion positioned between the pressure chamber and the first portion in the first direction. In an end, of the descender, opposite to the second connecting channel in the second direction, an inner wall defining the one end of the first portion protrudes toward the second connecting channel in the second direction beyond an inner wall defining the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jiro Yamamoto, Keita Sugiura, Taisuke Mizuno, Shotaro Kanzaki, Hiroshi Katayama
  • Patent number: 11479040
    Abstract: A liquid discharging head includes: individual channels; a first common channel; and a second common channel Each of the plurality of individual channels includes: a pressure chamber, a nozzle, a connecting channel, a first communicating channel, and two second communicating channels. A first vector of the first communicating channel has an orientation from one end to the other end of the first communicating channel. Respective second vectors of the two second communicating channels have orientations, each of the orientations being from one end to the other end of one of the two second communicating channels along an extending direction of the two second communicating channels. The first communicating channel is arranged, with respect to the nozzle, on one side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the two second communicating channels are arranged, with respect to the nozzle, on the other side in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Katayama, Shotaro Kanzaki, Jiro Yamamoto, Keita Sugiura, Taisuke Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11479050
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharging head including: supply manifolds; a supply integration channel which extends linearly along an arrangement direction crossing a longitudinal direction of the supply manifolds; return manifolds; and a return integration channel which extends linearly along the arrangement direction. The supply integration channel has a supply port arranged apart from the supply manifolds, being configured to supply liquid to the supply integration channel via the supply port, and at least a part of the supply port being overlapped, in a plan view, with a pressure chamber-arranging area in which pressure chambers communicating with nozzles are arranged. The return integration channel has a return port arranged apart from the return manifolds, being configured to drain the liquid from the return integration channel via the return port, and at least a part of the return port being overlapped, in the plan view, with the pressure chamber-arranging area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keita Sugiura, Taisuke Mizuno, Shotaro Kanzaki
  • Patent number: 11472182
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes: head units arranged in a first direction; first individual heat dissipators each corresponding to one of the head units and disposed on a first side of the head unit in a second direction; and a first common heat dissipator disposed on the first side of the head units in the second direction. The first common heat dissipator extends in the first direction and shared among the head units. Each head unit includes: a unit body including an actuator; and a first driver integrated circuit disposed on the first side of the unit body in the second direction. Each of the first individual heat dissipators is disposed between the first driver integrated circuit and the first common heat dissipator of the head unit so as to be in thermal contact with the first driver integrated circuit and the first common heat dissipator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Keita Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20220297426
    Abstract: A liquid discharging head includes: individual channels; a first common liquid chamber provided commonly for the individual channels; and a second common liquid chamber provided commonly for the individual channels. Liquid is supplied from the first common liquid chamber to the individual channels and the liquid flows into the second common liquid chamber from the individual channels. Each of the individual channels has: a pressure chamber; a first channel; a nozzle connected to the first channel and configured to discharge the liquid; a second channel separated from the nozzle in a first direction and connecting the pressure chamber and the first channel; and a third channel connected to the first channel on a side opposite to the second channel in the first direction with the nozzle sandwiched between the third channel and the second channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Shotaro Kanzaki, Keita Sugiura
  • Patent number: 11446930
    Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus includes a nozzle plate having a nozzle, and a channel unit having a first surface facing and joined with the nozzle plate. The channel unit has a first channel member having the first surface, and a second channel member having a second surface facing and joined with the first channel member. The second channel member is formed with a first pressure chamber, a second pressure chamber, a first opening and a second opening defined by the second surface, a first connecting channel connecting the first pressure chamber and the first opening, and a second connecting channel connecting the second pressure chamber and the second opening. The first channel member is formed with a third connecting channel connecting the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keita Sugiura, Shohei Koide, Jiro Yamamoto, Hiroshi Katayama
  • Patent number: 11440327
    Abstract: A liquid ejection device includes: a casing; a holder for rotatably supporting a sheet roll including a continuous sheet; a power transmission mechanism positioned beside the holder for transmitting rotational driving force thereto; a cartridge attachment portion positioned above the power transmission mechanism; a conveying mechanism for conveying the continuous sheet to a discharge opening of the casing; and a head for ejecting liquid to the continuous sheet. The holder supporting the sheet roll is rotatable about a rotation axis extending in a leftward/rightward direction. A cartridge is attachable to the cartridge attachment portion. An occupying range of the cartridge attachment portion is overlapped with an occupying range of the power transmission mechanism and outside of an occupying range of the sheet roll and the holder in the leftward/rightward direction. The holder and the cartridge are attachable to and detachable from the casing through an opening thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Keita Sugiura
  • Patent number: 11433672
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head, includes an individual channel, and first and second common channels. The individual channel includes: a nozzle; a pressure chamber; a connection channel; a first communication channel; and a second communication channel. A first vector is defined such that a starting point and ending point are located on the connection channel, and a second vector is defined such that a starting point and an ending point are located on the second communication channel. A first angle formed by a projection vector of the first vector onto the first plane and a projection vector of the second vector onto the first plane is less than 90°. A second angle formed by a projection vector of the first vector onto the second plane and the second vector is less than 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shotaro Kanzaki, Jiro Yamamoto, Taisuke Mizuno, Keita Sugiura, Hiroshi Katayama
  • Patent number: 11413868
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge head including a channel unit including: individual channels aligned in a first direction, and first and second common channels extending in the first direction. Each of the individual channels includes: a nozzle, a pressure chamber, and first and second communicating channels. The channel unit further includes a linking channel linking two pieces of the second communicating channel to each other. Resistance, in one of the two individual channels, from one end of the second communicating channel up to a linking part of the second communicating channel at which the second communicating channel is linked to the linking channel is different from resistance, in the other of the two individual channels, from the one end of the second communicating channel up to the linking part of the second communicating channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Katayama, Shohei Koide, Keita Sugiura, Keita Hirai
  • Patent number: 11396179
    Abstract: There is provided a head unit including: head modules; a plurality of first tubes; and a plurality of second tubes. Each of the head modules includes: energy-applying mechanisms; supply buffer chambers; and return buffer chambers. The supply buffer chambers of the plurality of head module are connected in series via the plurality of first tubes. The return buffer chambers of the plurality of head modules are connected in series via the plurality of second tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keita Sugiura, Atsushi Ito
  • Patent number: 11345146
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge head including a channel member and a temperature sensor. The channel member includes: a plurality of individual channels aligned in a first direction; a first common channel extending in the first direction and communicating with the plurality of individual channels; a second common channel extending in the first direction, communicating with the plurality of individual channels and arranged side by side to the first common channel in a second direction crossing the first direction; and a connecting channel extending in the second direction and connecting an end in the first direction of the first common channel and an end in the first direction of the second common channel. The temperature sensor overlaps with the connecting channel in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keita Sugiura, Shohei Koide, Keita Hirai, Hiroshi Katayama
  • Patent number: 11338582
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus configured to discharge a liquid, including a channel member for the liquid. The channel member is formed to include: individual channels; a first and second manifold channels; and a bypass channel. Each of the individual channels and the bypass channel are all connected to the first manifold channel on only one of an upper and lower sides of a central portion between upper and lower surfaces of the first manifold channel, and connected to the second manifold channel on only one of upper and lower sides of a central portion between upper and lower surfaces of the second manifold channel. A channel resistance of the bypass channel is smaller than that of the individual channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Katayama, Shohei Koide, Keita Hirai, Keita Sugiura
  • Patent number: 11331906
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes: a supply manifold; a feedback manifold; and a plurality of individual flow channels. Each of the individual flow channels includes: a supply portion, a descender portion, and a feedback portion. The supply manifold has a plurality of supply ports, and the feedback manifold has a plurality of feedback ports. A distance between the center of the supply manifold in one direction and the plurality of supply ports of the supply manifold is longer than ¼ of a width of the supply manifold in the one direction, and a distance in the one direction between the center of the feedback manifold in the one direction and the plurality of feedback ports of the feedback manifold is shorter than ¼ of a width of the feedback manifold in the one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shohei Koide, Keita Hirai, Keita Sugiura, Hiroshi Katayama
  • Publication number: 20220126582
    Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus includes: individual channels; and a manifold commonly provided for the individual channels. Each of the individual channels has: a nozzle; a pressure chamber arranged away from the nozzle in a predetermined direction to extend along a plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction and connected to the manifold, a connecting channel connected to the pressure chamber to form at least a part of a channel communicating the pressure chamber and the nozzle, and a circulation channel connected to the connecting channel to form a part of a channel communicating the connecting channel and the pressure chamber. The connecting channel has a throttle, and the throttle has a smaller diameter along the plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction than a diameter, of a part of the connecting channel except the throttle, along the plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventor: Keita Sugiura
  • Patent number: 11305532
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes pressure chambers arrayed in an array direction, a supply manifold extending in the array direction, a return manifold disposed below the supply manifold, and a bypass channel. Each pressure chamber receives a pressure for ejecting liquid from a corresponding nozzle. The supply manifold communicates with the pressure chambers and includes a supply opening through which liquid enters from an exterior. The return manifold is formed by a first forming unit to extend in the array direction and communicate with the pressure chambers, and includes a return opening through which liquid exits to the exterior. The bypass channel connects the supply manifold and the return manifold. The first forming unit includes a first top surface defining a top surface of the return manifold, and a first protrusion protruding downward from the first top surface and having a lower end at which the bypass channel is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keita Hirai, Shohei Koide, Keita Sugiura, Hiroshi Katayama
  • Patent number: 11298942
    Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus includes: individual channels; and a manifold commonly provided for the individual channels. Each of the individual channels has: a nozzle; a pressure chamber arranged away from the nozzle in a predetermined direction to extend along a plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction and connected to the manifold, a connecting channel connected to the pressure chamber to form at least a part of a channel communicating the pressure chamber and the nozzle, and a circulation channel connected to the connecting channel to form a part of a channel communicating the connecting channel and the pressure chamber. The connecting channel has a throttle, and the throttle has a smaller diameter along the plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction than a diameter, of a part of the connecting channel except the throttle, along the plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keita Sugiura
  • Patent number: 11285720
    Abstract: A liquid discharging head includes: a pressure chamber; a descender extending from the pressure chamber in a first direction; a communicating channel extending from the descender in a second direction crossing the first direction; a first return channel and a second return channel connecting the communicating channel and a return manifold; and a nozzle connected to the communicating channel. The first return channel and the second return channel are connected, with respect to the communicating channel, at facing positions, respectively, the facing positions facing each other in a direction orthogonal to the second direction; and the nozzle is provided, in the communicating channel, at a position which is offset from an axis of the descender, and which is sandwiched between a connecting location of the first return channel with respect the communicating channel and a connecting location of the second return channel with respect to the communicating channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keita Sugiura, Jiro Yamamoto, Shotaro Kanzaki, Taisuke Mizuno, Hiroshi Katayama
  • Patent number: 11285726
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a supply manifold, a return manifold, and individual channels each connected, at its upstream end, to the supply manifold and, at its downstream end, to the return manifold. Each of the individual channels communicates with a corresponding one of nozzles arranged in an array on a nozzle surface. The supply manifold and the return manifold extend in an extending direction along the nozzle array. The return manifold includes a lower portion located below the supply manifold to overlap the supply manifold in plan view orthogonal to the nozzle surface, and a standing portion located at at least one of opposite ends of the lower portion in the extending direction to be outside the supply manifold in plan view. The standing portion has a height to cover at least a portion of an end of the supply manifold when viewed in the extending direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keita Hirai, Shohei Koide, Keita Sugiura, Hiroshi Katayama