Patents by Inventor Makoto Kurotobi

Makoto Kurotobi 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: 8029685
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid ejection head and a liquid ejection head capable of preventing corrosion of electrodes are provided. The method of manufacturing a liquid ejection head includes: a step of forming porous silicon areas in portions of a silicon substrate where the liquid paths are to be formed; a step of forming in layers in the porous silicon areas a protective layer, a heating resistor layer, an electrode layer and a heat accumulation layer; a step of forming ink ejection openings in the silicon substrate; and a step of removing the porous silicon areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirokazu Komuro, Makoto Kurotobi, Tadashi Atoji, Takehito Okabe
  • Publication number: 20100225712
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an inkjet head includes providing a piezoelectric substrate having a porous structure, a diaphragm on the porous structure, and a piezoelectric substance layer on the diaphragm, and forming a cavity by etching out the porous structure from the piezoelectric substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takehito Okabe, Nobuhiko Sato, Makoto Kurotobi, Kenichi Takeda, Toshihiro Ifuku
  • Patent number: 7743503
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an inkjet head includes providing a piezoelectric substrate having a porous structure, a diaphragm on the porous structure, and a piezoelectric substance layer on the diaphragm, and forming a cavity by etching out the porous structure from the piezoelectric substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takehito Okabe, Nobuhiko Sato, Makoto Kurotobi, Kenichi Takeda, Toshihiro Ifuku
  • Patent number: 7636993
    Abstract: A method for producing a piezoelectric film actuator is provided. This method includes the steps of preparing an intermediate transfer member having a porous layer formed thereon, with a vibrating plate and a piezoelectric layer being provided on the porous layer; bonding the vibrating plate to a nozzle substrate to form a composite structure; and separating the intermediate transfer member from the composite structure at the porous layer to transfer the vibrating plate and the piezoelectric layer to the nozzle substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takehito Okabe, Nobuhiko Sato, Makoto Kurotobi, Kenichi Takeda, Toshihiro Ifuku
  • Publication number: 20080307622
    Abstract: A method for producing a piezoelectric film actuator is provided. This method includes the steps of preparing an intermediate transfer member having a porous layer formed thereon, with a vibrating plate and a piezoelectric layer being provided on the porous layer; bonding the vibrating plate to a nozzle substrate to form a composite structure; and separating the intermediate transfer member from the composite structure at the porous layer to transfer the vibrating plate and the piezoelectric layer to the nozzle substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takehito Okabe, Nobuhiko Sato, Makoto Kurotobi, Kenichi Takeda, Toshihiro Ifuku
  • Publication number: 20080076197
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid ejection head and a liquid ejection head capable of preventing corrosion of electrodes are provided. A method of manufacturing a liquid ejection head includes: a steps of forming porous silicon areas in portions of a silicon substrate where the liquid paths are to be formed; a steps of forming in layers in the porous silicon areas a protective layer, a heating resistor layer, an electrode layer and a heat accumulation layer; a steps of forming ink ejection openings in the silicon substrate; and a steps of removing the porous silicon areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirokazu Komuro, Makoto Kurotobi, Tadashi Atoji, Takehito Okabe
  • Publication number: 20070243330
    Abstract: Disclosed is a manufacturing method of a liquid discharge head having a discharge port which discharges a liquid, a flow path which communicates with the discharge port, a heating portion which is disposed correspondingly to the flow path and which generates heat energy for use in discharging the liquid from the discharge port and a protective layer which prevents the heating portion from being brought into contact with the liquid, the method comprising: forming porous silicon from a surface to an inner portion of a silicon substrate; sealing pores present in the surface of the porous silicon to smoothen the surface of the porous silicon; forming the protective layer on the smoothened surface of the porous silicon; forming the heating portion on the protective layer; forming the discharge port; and removing the porous silicon to form the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirokazu Komuro, Makoto Kurotobi, Tadashi Atoji, Takehito Okabe
  • Publication number: 20060049135
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an inkjet head includes providing a piezoelectric substrate having a porous structure, a diaphragm on the porous structure, and a piezoelectric substance layer on the diaphragm, and forming a cavity by etching out the porous structure from the piezoelectric substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takehito Okabe, Nobuhiko Sato, Makoto Kurotobi, Kenichi Takeda, Toshihiro Ifuku
  • Publication number: 20060049723
    Abstract: A method for producing a piezoelectric film actuator is provided. This method includes the steps of preparing an intermediate transfer member having a porous layer formed thereon, with a vibrating plate and a piezoelectric layer being provided on the porous layer; bonding the vibrating plate to a nozzle substrate to form a composite structure; and separating the intermediate transfer member from the composite structure at the porous layer to transfer the vibrating plate and the piezoelectric layer to the nozzle substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takehito Okabe, Nobuhiko Sato, Makoto Kurotobi, Kenichi Takeda, Toshihiro Ifuku
  • Patent number: 6479409
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of fabricating a semiconductor device, in which an interlayer insulating film having a low dielectric constant is formed by coating a wiring, and either a via hole or a contact hole is formed in the interlayer insulating film. The method of fabricating a semiconductor device having the interlayer insulating film 25 formed on the film-formed substrate 21 with the exposed wiring 23, comprises the step of converting a silicon compound containing only the Si, O, C and H into a plasma gas as a film-forming gas to react the plasma gas, thus forming the block insulating film 24 containing silicon (Si), oxygen (O), carbon (C) and hydrogen (H) between the wiring 23 and the interlayer insulating film 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignees: Canon Sales Co., Inc., Semiconductor Process Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimi Shioya, Kouichi Ohira, Kazuo Maeda, Tomomi Suzuki, Hiroshi Ikakura, Youichi Yamamoto, Yuichiro Kotake, Shoji Ohgawara, Makoto Kurotobi
  • Patent number: 6472330
    Abstract: A method for forming an interlayer insulating film includes the steps of: forming a metal film on a substrate; forming a first insulating film on the metal film; patterning the first insulating film by selectively etching the first insulating film; patterning the metal film by etching the metal film using the patterned first insulating film as a mask; forming an overhang portion of the first insulating film on the metal film by selectively etching a side portion of the metal film; and forming a second insulating film on the entire structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignees: Canon Sales Co., Inc., Semiconductor Process Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Kato, Noboru Tokumasu, Makoto Kurotobi, Taizo Oku
  • Publication number: 20010031563
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of fabricating a semiconductor device, in which an interlayer insulating film having a low dielectric constant is formed by coating a wiring, and either a via hole or a contact hole is formed in the interlayer insulating film. The method of fabricating a semiconductor device having the interlayer insulating film 25 formed on the film-formed substrate 21 with the exposed wiring 23, comprises the step of converting a silicon compound containing only the Si, O, C and H into a plasma gas as a film-forming gas to react the plasma gas, thus forming the block insulating film 24 containing silicon (Si), oxygen (O), carbon (C) and hydrogen (H) between the wiring 23 and the interlayer insulating film 25.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Applicant: CANON SALES CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yoshimi Shioya, Kouichi Ohira, Kazuo Maeda, Tomomi Suzuki, Hiroshi Ikakura, Youichi Yamamoto, Yuichiro Kotake, Shoji Ohgawara, Makoto Kurotobi