Patents by Inventor Koichi Toba
Koichi Toba 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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Patent number: 11932022Abstract: Convenience of an ink bottle and a bottle set is improved. An ink bottle includes: a container portion that contains ink; a guiding portion that is formed in one end portion of the container portion, and includes an outflow port from which the ink in the container portion flow out; and a cover that covers at least an end portion of the container portion on the opposite side of the guiding portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Taku Ishizawa, Tadahiro Mizutani, Ryoichi Tanaka, Manabu Akahane, Koichi Toba, Takumi Nagashima, Yoshiaki Shimizu, Tadashi Watanabe, Noriyuki Fukasawa
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Publication number: 20230173814Abstract: Convenience of an ink bottle and a bottle set is improved. An ink bottle includes: a container portion that contains ink; a guiding portion that is formed in one end portion of the container portion, and includes an outflow port from which the ink in the container portion flow out; and a cover that covers at least an end portion of the container portion on the opposite side of the guiding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Taku ISHIZAWA, Tadahiro MIZUTANI, Ryoichi TANAKA, Manabu AKAHANE, Koichi TOBA, Takumi NAGASHIMA, Yoshiaki SHIMIZU, Tadashi WATANABE, Noriyuki FUKASAWA
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Patent number: 11597207Abstract: Convenience of an ink bottle and a bottle set is improved. An ink bottle includes: a container portion that contains ink; a guiding portion that is formed in one end portion of the container portion, and includes an outflow port from which the ink in the container portion flow out; and a cover that covers at least an end portion of the container portion on the opposite side of the guiding portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Taku Ishizawa, Tadahiro Mizutani, Ryoichi Tanaka, Manabu Akahane, Koichi Toba, Takumi Nagashima, Yoshiaki Shimizu, Tadashi Watanabe, Noriyuki Fukasawa
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Publication number: 20220055369Abstract: Convenience of an ink bottle and a bottle set is improved. An ink bottle includes: a container portion that contains ink; a guiding portion that is formed in one end portion of the container portion, and includes an outflow port from which the ink in the container portion flow out; and a cover that covers at least an end portion of the container portion on the opposite side of the guiding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Taku ISHIZAWA, Tadahiro MIZUTANI, Ryoichi TANAKA, Manabu AKAHANE, Koichi TOBA, Takumi NAGASHIMA, Yoshiaki SHIMIZU, Tadashi WATANABE, Noriyuki FUKASAWA
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Patent number: 11192380Abstract: Convenience of an ink bottle and a bottle set is improved. An ink bottle includes: a container portion that contains ink; a guiding portion that is formed in one end portion of the container portion, and includes an outflow port from which the ink in the container portion flow out; and a cover that covers at least an end portion of the container portion on the opposite side of the guiding portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Taku Ishizawa, Tadahiro Mizutani, Ryoichi Tanaka, Manabu Akahane, Koichi Toba, Takumi Nagashima, Yoshiaki Shimizu, Tadashi Watanabe, Noriyuki Fukasawa
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Patent number: 10857802Abstract: A liquid container comprises a liquid supply port provided in a bottom wall, a first chamber configured to contain a liquid, a second chamber configured to contain the liquid and to include at least one sub-chamber having a smaller dimension in the X direction than that of the first chamber, a partition wall configured to part the first chamber from the second chamber, and a connecting hole configured to connect the first chamber with the second chamber. The second chamber is connected with the liquid supply port, and the first chamber is connected with the liquid supply port via the connecting hole and the second chamber. The liquid contained in the first chamber is flowed from the connecting hole into the second chamber and is subsequently introduced through the sub-chamber to the liquid supply port.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Tadahiro Mizutani, Ryoichi Tanaka, Taku Ishizawa, Atsushi Kobayashi, Koichi Toba, Yoshiaki Shimizu, Shun Oya
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Patent number: 10850525Abstract: A liquid container includes: a flexible bag provided with a liquid container that internally contains the liquid; a liquid outlet member attached to a one end portion of the bag; and a connection member that is attached to the one end portion of the bag so as to cover the liquid outlet member and a portion of the one end portion of the bag from the outside. The bag includes a sealed portion on an outer periphery side relative to the liquid container, the sealed portion includes a one end portion-side sealed portion, and a first width, which is a width of the one end portion-side sealed portion in at least a surrounding region of the connection member, is larger than a second width, which is a width of the sealed portion at other ends of the bag.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takumi Nagashima, Hiroyuki Kawate, Hiroyoshi Ozeki, Manabu Yamaguchi, Koichi Toba
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Publication number: 20200139716Abstract: Convenience of an ink bottle and a bottle set is improved. An ink bottle includes: a container portion that contains ink; a guiding portion that is formed in one end portion of the container portion, and includes an outflow port from which the ink in the container portion flow out; and a cover that covers at least an end portion of the container portion on the opposite side of the guiding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Taku ISHIZAWA, Tadahiro MIZUTANI, Ryoichi TANAKA, Manabu AKAHANE, Koichi TOBA, Takumi NAGASHIMA, Yoshiaki SHIMIZU, Tadashi WATANABE, Noriyuki FUKASAWA
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Publication number: 20190366723Abstract: A liquid container includes: a flexible bag provided with a liquid container that internally contains the liquid; a liquid outlet member attached to a one end portion of the bag; and a connection member that is attached to the one end portion of the bag so as to cover the liquid outlet member and a portion of the one end portion of the bag from the outside. The bag includes a sealed portion on an outer periphery side relative to the liquid container, the sealed portion includes a one end portion-side sealed portion, and a first width, which is a width of the one end portion-side sealed portion in at least a surrounding region of the connection member, is larger than a second width, which is a width of the sealed portion at other ends of the bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takumi NAGASHIMA, Hiroyuki KAWATE, Hiroyoshi OZEKI, Manabu YAMAGUCHI, Koichi TOBA
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Patent number: 10457065Abstract: There is provided a liquid container that comprises an upper wall and a bottom wall; a liquid supply port provided in the bottom wall; a first chamber provided on a +Z direction side that is an upper wall side; a second chamber provided on a ?Z direction side that is a bottom wall side; a partition wall configured to part the first chamber from the second chamber; and a connecting hole configured to connect the first chamber with the second chamber. The second chamber is connected with the liquid supply port. The first chamber is connected with the liquid supply port via the connecting hole and the second chamber. The second chamber includes a return flow path that is turned back along an X direction. A liquid contained in the first chamber is flowed from the connecting hole through the return flow path to the liquid supply port.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Kobayashi, Koichi Toba, Yasuhiko Yoshikawa, Ryoichi Tanaka, Tadahiro Mizutani
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Patent number: 10399344Abstract: A liquid container comprises a liquid supply port provided in a bottom wall, a first chamber configured to contain a liquid, a second chamber configured to contain the liquid and to include at least one sub-chamber having a smaller dimension in the X direction than that of the first chamber, a partition wall configured to part the first chamber from the second chamber, and a connecting hole configured to connect the first chamber with the second chamber. The second chamber is connected with the liquid supply port, and the first chamber is connected with the liquid supply port via the connecting hole and the second chamber. The liquid contained in the first chamber is flowed from the connecting hole into the second chamber and is subsequently introduced through the sub-chamber to the liquid supply port.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Tadahiro Mizutani, Ryoichi Tanaka, Taku Ishizawa, Atsushi Kobayashi, Koichi Toba, Yoshiaki Shimizu, Shun Oya
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Publication number: 20190232667Abstract: A liquid container comprises a liquid supply port provided in a bottom wall, a first chamber configured to contain a liquid, a second chamber configured to contain the liquid and to include at least one sub-chamber having a smaller dimension in the X direction than that of the first chamber, a partition wall configured to part the first chamber from the second chamber, and a connecting hole configured to connect the first chamber with the second chamber. The second chamber is connected with the liquid supply port, and the first chamber is connected with the liquid supply port via the connecting hole and the second chamber. The liquid contained in the first chamber is flowed from the connecting hole into the second chamber and is subsequently introduced through the sub-chamber to the liquid supply port.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tadahiro MIZUTANI, Ryoichi TANAKA, Taku ISHIZAWA, Atsushi KOBAYASHI, Koichi TOBA, Yoshiaki SHIMIZU, Shun OYA
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Patent number: 10350901Abstract: An ink bottle comprises a container main body configured to contain ink that is to be supplied to an ink tank, an ink outlet forming portion provided on an end of the container main body and configured to include an ink outlet that causes the ink to be flowed out from the container main body, and a valve provided in the ink outlet forming portion and configured to seal the ink outlet in an openable and closable manner. The ink outlet is formed in an end face of the ink outlet forming portion. The end face is arranged to face an opposite side of the ink outlet forming portion that is opposite to a container main body side thereof. A first recess is formed in an outer side portion of the ink outlet on the end face to be recessed toward the container main body side.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Tadahiro Mizutani, Koichi Toba, Ryoichi Tanaka, Taku Ishizawa, Manabu Akahane, Tadashi Watanabe, Noriyuki Fukasawa
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Publication number: 20180207946Abstract: There is provided a liquid container configured to be mounted to a carriage that reciprocates in an X direction. The liquid container comprises an upper wall and a bottom wall; a liquid supply port provided in the bottom wall; a first chamber provided on a +Z direction side that is an upper wall side; a second chamber provided on a ?Z direction side that is a bottom wall side; a partition wall configured to part the first chamber from the second chamber; and a connecting hole configured to connect the first chamber with the second chamber. The second chamber is connected with the liquid supply port. The first chamber is connected with the liquid supply port via the connecting hole and the second chamber. The second chamber includes a return flow path that is turned back along the X direction. A liquid contained in the first chamber is flowed from the connecting hole through the return flow path to the liquid supply port.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Atsushi Kobayashi, Koichi Toba, Yasuhiko Yoshikawa, Ryoichi Tanaka, Tadahiro Mizutani
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Publication number: 20180207939Abstract: Convenience of an ink bottle and a bottle set is improved. An ink bottle includes: a container portion that contains ink; a guiding portion that is formed in one end portion of the container portion, and includes an outflow port from which the ink in the container portion flow out; and a cover that covers at least an end portion of the container portion on the opposite side of the guiding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Taku Ishizawa, Tadahiro Mizutani, Ryoichi Tanaka, Manabu Akahane, Koichi Toba, Takumi Nagashima, Yoshiaki Shimizu, Tadashi Watanabe, Noriyuki Fukasawa
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Publication number: 20180099506Abstract: A liquid container comprises a liquid supply port provided in a bottom wall, a first chamber configured to contain a liquid, a second chamber configured to contain the liquid and to include at least one sub-chamber having a smaller dimension in the X direction than that of the first chamber, a partition wall configured to part the first chamber from the second chamber, and a connecting hole configured to connect the first chamber with the second chamber. The second chamber is connected with the liquid supply port, and the first chamber is connected with the liquid supply port via the connecting hole and the second chamber. The liquid contained in the first chamber is flowed from the connecting hole into the second chamber and is subsequently introduced through the sub-chamber to the liquid supply port.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tadahiro MIZUTANI, Ryoichi Tanaka, Taku Ishizawa, Atsushi Kobayashi, Koichi Toba, Yoshiaki Shimizu, Shun Oya
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Publication number: 20170355191Abstract: An ink bottle comprises a container main body configured to contain ink that is to be supplied to an ink tank, an ink outlet forming portion provided on an end of the container main body and configured to include an ink outlet that causes the ink to be flowed out from the container main body, and a valve provided in the ink outlet forming portion and configured to seal the ink outlet in an openable and closable manner. The ink outlet is formed in an end face of the ink outlet forming portion. The end face is arranged to face an opposite side of the ink outlet forming portion that is opposite to a container main body side thereof. A first recess is formed in an outer side portion of the ink outlet on the end face to be recessed toward the container main body side.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tadahiro MIZUTANI, Koichi TOBA, Ryoichi TANAKA, Taku ISHIZAWA, Manabu AKAHANE, Tadashi WATANABE, Noriyuki FUKASAWA
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Patent number: 9755012Abstract: In connection with a semiconductor device including a capacitor element there is provided a technique capable of improving the reliability of the capacitor element. A capacitor element is formed in an element isolation region formed over a semiconductor substrate. The capacitor element includes a lower electrode and an upper electrode formed over the lower electrode through a capacitor insulating film. Basically, the lower electrode and the upper electrode are formed from polysilicon films and a cobalt silicide film formed over the surfaces of the polysilicon films. End portions of the cobalt silicide film formed over the upper electrode are spaced apart a distance from end portions of the upper electrode. Besides, end portions of the cobalt silicide film formed over the lower electrode are spaced apart a distance from boundaries between the upper electrode and the lower electrode.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Yoshiyuki Kawashima, Koichi Toba, Yasushi Ishii, Toshikazu Matsui, Takashi Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20170151802Abstract: A liquid supply unit includes a first wall, a second wall that opposes the first wall, a third wall that intersects the first wall and the second wall, a fourth wall that intersects the second wall and opposes the third wall, a fifth wall that intersects the first wall, the second wall, the third wall, and the fourth wall, a sixth wall that intersects the first wall, the second wall, the third wall, and the fourth wall, and opposes the fifth wall, and a seventh wall that intersects the fifth wall and the sixth wall and is located between the first wall and the fourth wall. The direction from the third wall toward the fourth wall is a direction parallel to a moving direction in which the carriage moves back and forth. The seventh wall inclines relative to the gravity direction toward the third wall side.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2016Publication date: June 1, 2017Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Koichi TOBA, Taku ISHIZAWA, Atsuhi KOBAYASHI, Shun OYA, Takumi NAGASHIMA
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Patent number: 9570610Abstract: To improve a semiconductor device having a nonvolatile memory. A first MISFET, a second MISFET, and a memory cell are formed, and a stopper film made of a silicon oxide film is formed thereover. Then, over the stopper film, a stress application film made of a silicon nitride film is formed, and the stress application film over the second MISFET and the memory cell is removed. Thereafter, heat treatment is performed to apply a stress to the first MISFET. Thus, a SMT is not applied to each of elements, but is applied selectively. This can reduce the degree of degradation of the second MISFET due to H (hydrogen) in the silicon nitride film forming the stress application film. This can also reduce the degree of degradation of the characteristics of the memory cell due to the H (hydrogen) in the silicon nitride film forming the stress application film.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Koichi Toba, Hiraku Chakihara, Yoshiyuki Kawashima, Kentaro Saito, Takashi Hashimoto