Patents by Inventor Masashi Kitani
Masashi Kitani 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: 20230329975Abstract: A plurality of cassettes are each allowed to supply drug within a certain range of dimensions. A plurality of drivers are each mountable with each of the cassettes and drive the cassettes mounted thereto. The controller controls the drivers individually. The controller allocates drug information of a target drug to the cassette selected in accordance with dimensions of the target drug or to the driver mounted with the cassette thus selected. The controller controls the drivers so that the target drug is supplied from the cassette to which the drug information has been allocated or the driver mounted with the cassette to which the drug information has been allocated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: Takazono CorporationInventors: Masashi Kitani, Yasuyuki Morikawa, Shinya Okuda, Hirofumi Wada, Saki Fujii, Akihito Isaka, Eiichi Taniguchi, Katsuyoshi Sakaguchi
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Publication number: 20160158103Abstract: There is provided a method for handling a medicinal agent container that allows reduction of the time and effort of an operator handling the medicinal agent container. The method for handling a medicinal agent container includes the steps of: setting a container in a container holding body capable of holding a plurality of containers, the container being capable of being filled with a medicinal agent; filling the medicinal agent of interest into the container held by the container holding body; sealing the container; and wrapping the container held by the container holding body and the container holding body into one package.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2013Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: TAKAZONO TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATEDInventors: Fujio Ohsumi, Akihito Isaka, Masashi Kitani
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Patent number: 9136403Abstract: In a semiconductor device including unit cells which are aligned in one direction, wirings disposed along end portions in the one direction have high Young's moduli.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masanori Ogura, Hideo Kobayashi, Tetsunobu Kochi, Masashi Kitani
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Publication number: 20130285189Abstract: In a semiconductor device including unit cells which are aligned in one direction, wirings disposed along end portions in the one direction have high Young's moduli.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masanori Ogura, Hideo Kobayashi, Tetsunobu Kochi, Masashi Kitani
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Patent number: 8531842Abstract: A display module includes a display panel, a unit disposed on an outer side of the display panel, and an adhesive sheet with which the display panel and the unit are stuck together. The adhesive sheet has a first adhesive surface adhering to the display panel and a second adhesive surface adhering to the unit. The edge of the first adhesive surface and the edge of the second adhesive surface are displaced from each other in the adhesive surface direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2010Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Michiko Johnson, Kiyofumi Sakaguchi, Takanori Suzuki, Masashi Kitani
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Publication number: 20110043981Abstract: A display module includes a display panel, a unit disposed on an outer side of the display panel, and an adhesive sheet with which the display panel and the unit are stuck together. The adhesive sheet has a first adhesive surface adhering to the display panel and a second adhesive surface adhering to the unit. The edge of the first adhesive surface and the edge of the second adhesive surface are displaced from each other in the adhesive surface direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2010Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Michiko Johnson, Kiyofumi Sakaguchi, Takanori Suzuki, Masashi Kitani
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Patent number: 6784409Abstract: An electronic device is described which comprises a functional element chip having a photofunctional element formed thereon, a wiring member electrically connected to a terminal of the functional element chip, and an encapsulant for fixing the functional element chip and the wiring member, wherein a light blocking member with an opening portion is provided on a front face side of the wiring member, and wherein an end of the opening portion is located more inside than an inner end of the wiring member.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2001Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masashi Kitani
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Ink jet recording head, method for producing the same and recording apparatus equipped with the same
Patent number: 6609783Abstract: An ink jet recording head with a heat-generating resistance layer for generating thermal energy used for ink discharge, and a wiring electrode layer electrically connected to the heat-generating resistance layer to form an electro-thermal converting element, an insulating protective layer covering the electro-thermal converting element, and an external electrical connection portion electrically connected to the electro-thermal converting element and configured to connect to an external wiring for applying a voltage to the electro-thermal converting element. Further, the external electrical connection portion is formed by a layer grown by electroless plating from the wiring electrode layer through a through hole formed in the insulating protective layer. The external electrical connection portion projects beyond the insulating protective layer and has a flat surface at the most extended projection of the external electrical connection portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 1998Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shuji Koyama, Masashi Kitani, Toshihiro Mori, Teruo Ozaki, Masahiko Kubota -
Patent number: 6450617Abstract: The ink jet print head provides a good electrical connection with the silicon substrate. A silicon substrate of the ink jet print head the electrodes for electrical connection have a layer construction such that, under a part of the metal bumps, wires drawn from the cavitation resistant film and a metal layer not corroded by the ink are formed overlapping each other. The ink jet printing apparatus uses the ink jet print head constructed as described above.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2000Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masashi Kitani, Teruo Ozaki
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Patent number: 6443563Abstract: Beneath electro-thermal conversion device layers having heaters, a common electrode layer electrically connected to heaters through branch connection parts is laminated through a protective film, and discrete electrodes are formed on an upper surface of the electro-thermal conversion device layers putting the branch connection parts between, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 1999Date of Patent: September 3, 2002Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ichiro Saito, Masashi Kitani, Yoshiyuki Imanaka, Teruo Ozaki, Toshimori Miyakoshi, Muga Mochizuki
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Publication number: 20010048064Abstract: An electronic device is described which comprises a functional element chip having a photofunctional element formed thereon, a wiring member electrically connected to a terminal of the functional element chip, and an encapsulant for fixing the functional element chip and the wiring member, wherein a light blocking member with an opening portion is provided on a front face side of the wiring member, and wherein an end of the opening portion is located more inside than an inner end of the wiring member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2001Publication date: December 6, 2001Inventor: Masashi Kitani
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Patent number: 6323891Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a substrate, photoelectric transfer elements arranged on the substrate, a semiconductor device located in association with the photoelectric transfer elements and a thermal device for discharging heat coming from the semiconductor device to the outside. The thermal device additionally contacts the substrate and acts to cool the photoelectric transfer elements.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 1999Date of Patent: November 27, 2001Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masashi Kitani, Yoshinori Shimamura, Kenji Kajiwara
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Patent number: 6180018Abstract: A method for producing an ink jet printing head comprising a substrate having plural discharge energy generating elements for generating energy to be utilized for discharging an ink and a ceiling plate of a resinous material to be joined to the substrate to constitute, between the ceiling plate and the substrate, ink paths including discharge openings for discharging the ink and plural grooves communicating with the discharge openings and formed in positions corresponding respectively to the discharge energy generating elements is provided which comprises the steps of preparing the substrate provided with the plural discharge energy generating elements, positioning and contacting the ceiling plate and the substrate in such a manner that the discharge energy generating elements are respectively positioned in the grooves, and thermally fusing the contacting portions of the ceiling plate with the substrate while pressing the substrate and the ceiling plate in the positioned state, thereby joining the substrate aType: GrantFiled: April 11, 1997Date of Patent: January 30, 2001Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masashi Miyagawa, Hiroshi Sugitani, Kazuaki Masuda, Masashi Kitani, Masami Kasamoto, Toshihiro Mori, Shuji Koyama, Genji Inada, Masaaki Okada
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Patent number: 6155677Abstract: An ink jet head for performing recording by discharging inks comprises an element substrate provided with a plurality of discharge energy generating elements for discharging the inks and a grooved member integrally having discharge ports, a plurality of grooves constituting ink flow passages provided corresponding to the discharge energy generating elements, a plurality of recess portions constituting a plurality of liquid chambers for supplying the inks to a plurality of ink flow passages, and separation grooves provided between the plurality of recess portions to separate between the recess portions constituting the liquid chambers. The element substrate and the groove member being jointed together. The liquid chambers are separated by the separation grooves for preventing the inks from flowing between the liquid chambers.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 1994Date of Patent: December 5, 2000Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masashi Kitani, Hiroshi Sugitani, Yasuro Kashima, Masanori Takenouchi, Tadanobu Nagami, Kunihiko Maeoka, Nobuyuki Sato, Hajime Yamamoto, Susumu Ito, Minoru Nozawa, Akira Tsujimoto, Seiichiro Karita, Masashi Miyagawa
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Patent number: 6142606Abstract: An ink jet recording head comprises ink paths communicated with ink discharge ports for discharging ink, and heat generating portions arranged on the inner wall faces of the ink paths for generating thermal energy utilized for discharging ink from the discharge ports. For this ink jet recording head, liquid-repellent treatment is processed only on the regions that correspond to the heat generating portions of the inner wall faces of the ink paths. With the liquid-repellent treatment processed only on the regions corresponding to the heat generating portions on the inner wall faces of the ink paths, it is made difficult for the refractory substances that may be brought about by the decomposition of colorant or the like contained in ink to be fixed on the regions corresponding to the heat generating portions. As a result, the heat of each heat generating device is transferred to ink evenly to make stable ink discharges obtainable for the provision of recorded images in higher quality.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1998Date of Patent: November 7, 2000Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahiko Kubota, Masashi Kitani, Masami Kasamoto, Shuji Koyama
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Patent number: 6118289Abstract: To securely clean dirty material deposited on ends of board electrical-test probes used in a board test device for executing tests including an incircuit test by a cleaning job executed once, the extreme ends of the contact pins of the board electrical-test probes are pierced through an elastic sheet molded by dispersing fine metal oxide particles dispersed therein in a specific weight percentage amount and then pulled out from the elastic sheet.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1998Date of Patent: September 12, 2000Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masashi Kitani, Kunio Satomi, Shigeo Kikuchi
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Patent number: 6070975Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus comprises an ink tank containing ink; a recording head for performing recording by selectively ejecting ink; a mounting portion for mounting the ink tank and the recording head; a liquid passage coupling portion provided on either or both of the ink tank and the recording head for separating or connecting the ink passages in the ink tank and the recording head; a holding portion provided on either or both of the ink tank and recording head for guiding the ink tank to the recording head in order to hold them separably; and an electrically or mechanically connecting portion provided on either or both of the recording head and mounting portion for electrically or mechanically connecting the recording head to or separating it from the mounting portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1997Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshio Uchikata, Yoshifumi Hattori, Yoji Ara, Masashi Kitani, Etsurou Suzuki, Toshihide Wada, Hiromitsu Hirabayashi, Hideo Saikawa, Masami Kojima, Tadashi Hanabusa, Kenji Kawano, Koichi Tanno, Tetsuyo Ohashi, Toshihiko Bekki, Kenji Aono, Masaharu Ikado
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Patent number: 6000777Abstract: An ink jet recording head comprises a ceiling plate provided with a plurality of grooves to form ink paths, a plurality of extrusions confining the grooves, recesses serving as common liquid chambers conductively connected with the grooves, and supply apertures for supplying ink to the common liquid chambers; and an elemental substrate having a plurality of energy generating elements formed on it to generate energy for use of discharging ink.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 1996Date of Patent: December 14, 1999Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minoru Nozawa, Masashi Kitani
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Patent number: 5963232Abstract: An ink jet recording head includes a substrate with ejection energy generating elements for ejecting ink, a wiring board electrically connected at a first connecting region to an electric connection pad on the substrate and functioning to apply voltage to the ejection energy generating elements, and a plate is combined with the substrate, the plate being provided with a groove constituting an ink passage when it is combined with the substrate. A second connecting region is found between the substrate and plate, the substrate having a projection at a position between the second connecting region and the pad, the first connecting region and second connecting region each being sealed by a resin sealing material.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 1997Date of Patent: October 5, 1999Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masami Kasamoto, Masashi Kitani, Shuji Koyama, Masahiko Higuma, Yoichi Taneya
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Patent number: 5621206Abstract: A method of producing an optical device, includes the steps of forming a space between an optical member and a first mold and a second mold by arranging the optical member between the first mold and the second mold, at least either the first or second mold is arranged to touch one surface of the optical member. A resin member is injected through an injection port provided with the first or second mold in the formed space.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: April 15, 1997Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masashi Kitani, Toyoki Matsushima, Tetsuya Shimada, Makoto Ogura, Masayoshi Murata, Katsumi Komiyama, Tomokazu Dainobu