Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Kurosawa

Nobuhiro Kurosawa 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: 7744197
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an inkjet recording head includes an ejecting step, a measuring step, dividing step and applying step. The ejecting step ejects test ink droplets and print ink droplets from nozzles. The measuring step measures ejection results of the test ink droplets. The dividing step divides a plurality of nozzles into a plurality of groups based on the ejection results. The applying step applies a group-based polarizing voltage determined for each group to the piezoelectric elements belonging to a corresponding group to polarize the piezoelectric elements so that ejection results of the print ink droplets fall in a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamada, Satoru Tobita, Hitoshi Kida, Kenichi Kugai, Nobuhiro Kurosawa
  • Publication number: 20060268072
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an inkjet recording head includes an ejecting step, a measuring step, dividing step and applying step. The ejecting step ejects test ink droplets and print ink droplets from nozzles. The measuring step measures ejection results of the test ink droplets. The dividing step divides a plurality of nozzles into a plurality of groups based on the ejection results. The applying step applies a group-based polarizing voltage determined for each group to the piezoelectric elements belonging to a corresponding group to polarize the piezoelectric elements so that ejection results of the print ink droplets fall in a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamada, Satoru Tobita, Hitoshi Kida, Kenichi Kugai, Nobuhiro Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 6682179
    Abstract: An ink jet print head includes pressure chambers, nozzles, and ink channels in a one-to-one correspondence. A diaphragm forms a side of each pressure chamber. The ink channels are formed in a restrictor plate. Piezoelectric elements are attached to the diaphragm and to a piezoelectric element fixing plate, which supports the piezoelectric elements. A housing of the head is formed with a common ink channel for supplying ink to the ink channels and an internal space into which the piezoelectric elements and the piezoelectric element fixing plate are at least partially inserted. A cover is provided for covering the piezoelectric element fixing plate. The cover is connected to the housing and is provided with an internal space large enough to maintain a gap between the cover and the piezoelectric element fixing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takahagi, Nobuhiro Noto, Kenichi Kugai, Nobuhiro Kurosawa, Kenji Yamada
  • Patent number: 6457222
    Abstract: During a method for manufacturing an ink-jet print head, piezoelectric element bars are fixed to a base plate. Then, two corners of the piezoelectric element bars are cut. The bare are then diced to be separated into individual piezoelectric elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuji Torii, Nobuhiro Noto, Keiji Watanabe, Yoshitaka Akiyama, Kenichi Kugai, Nobuhiro Kurosawa, Shigenori Suematsu, Yasuo Takano
  • Publication number: 20020126186
    Abstract: An ink jet print head includes pressure chambers, nozzles, and ink channels in a one-to-one correspondence. A diaphragm forms a side of each pressure chamber. The ink channels are formed in a restrictor plate. Piezoelectric elements are attached to the diaphragm and to a piezoelectric element fixing plate, which supports the piezoelectric elements. A housing of the head is formed with a common ink channel for supplying ink to the ink channels and an internal space into which the piezoelectric elements and the piezoelectric element fixing plate are at least partially inserted. A cover is provided for covering the piezoelectric element fixing plate. The cover is connected to the housing and is provided with an internal space large enough to maintain a gap between the cover and the piezoelectric element fixing plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takahagi, Nobuhiro Noto, Kenichi Kugai, Nobuhiro Kurosawa, Kenji Yamada
  • Patent number: 6264310
    Abstract: An on-demand ink jet head includes a plurality of piezoelectric elements in alignment with one another with one end of each facing in the same direction. The end of each piezoelectric element is bonded by an adhesive material to a diaphragm which, together with a nozzle plate, forms a pressurizing chamber. To confine the fluid state adhesive material expelled out of the endmost piezoelectric elements, a dummy piezoelectric element is disposed outside each endmost piezoelectric element. The adhesive material, when dried, serves as a damper of the piezoelectric element for damping unwanted vibrations of the piezoelectric elements. By the provision of the dummy piezoelectric elements, the distribution of the adhesive material becomes substantially even between the piezoelectric elements, resulting in uniform operations of the piezoelectric elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuji Toru, Nobuhiro Noto, Kenichi Kugai, Takao Matsuoka, Yoshitaka Akiyama, Kazuaki Akimoto, Nobuhiro Kurosawa, Yasuo Takano
  • Patent number: 6053602
    Abstract: An on-demand multi-nozzle ink jet head includes a diaphragm and a plurality of piezoelectric stacks. The diaphragm forms at least one wall of a pressurizing chamber used to increase the pressure of the ink. When print signals are applied to the piezoelectric stacks. The stacks generate pressure fluctuations in the walls of the pressurizing chamber. An elastic material with adhesive properties is used to bond the diaphragm to the piezoelectric stacks, which elastic material has a Shore hardness of less than 80 on the A scale and less than 30 on the D scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Noto, Takuji Torii, Yoshitaka Akiyama, Yasuo Takano, Norimasa Kondo, Nobuhiro Kurosawa