Patents by Inventor Osamu Katsuda

Osamu Katsuda 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).

  • Publication number: 20250249692
    Abstract: A processing device is a processing device that performs texture processing treatment on a printed fabric, the processing device including an abutting portion including a plurality of protruding portions that abut on the fabric, and a vibration applying unit configured to apply vibration to the abutting portion, wherein the abutting portion includes a first abutting portion and a second abutting portion disposed with the fabric interposed therebetween, the vibration applying unit includes a first driving unit that applies vibration to the first abutting portion and a second driving unit that applies vibration to the second abutting portion, and a waveform of the vibration applied to the first abutting portion by the first driving unit and a waveform of the vibration applied to the second abutting portion by the second driving unit are opposite in phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Hideki OKADA, Osamu KATSUDA
  • Patent number: 12343991
    Abstract: A processing method includes: a liquid ejecting step of ejecting liquid toward a fabric from an ejecting nozzle hole of a liquid ejecting section and causing the liquid to strike the fabric, the liquid ejecting section including at least one nozzle, the at least one nozzle including the ejecting nozzle hole and a liquid inflow port serving as an inlet to the ejecting nozzle hole; and a vibration application step of applying vibration to the fabric subjected to the liquid ejecting step, and 0.01 mm?d?0.30 mm and 5?D/d?150, where d [mm] is a diameter of the ejecting nozzle hole and D [mm] is a diameter of the liquid inflow port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Okada, Hirokazu Sekino, Osamu Katsuda
  • Patent number: 12337337
    Abstract: A liquid ejection nozzle that has a nozzle hole and ejects a liquid from the nozzle hole in a ejection direction toward a target subject includes a nozzle plate having the nozzle hole, and a pressing member having a through hole having a diameter larger than a diameter of the nozzle hole at a position corresponding to the nozzle hole in the ejection direction and configured to press the nozzle plate from a downstream side in the ejection direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki Abe, Osamu Katsuda
  • Publication number: 20250128529
    Abstract: A printing device 1 includes a transport belt 5 that transports the fabric M in a transport direction A in a state where the first surface M1 of the fabric M faces the adhesive layer 5a, printing section 101 that prints an image on a second surface M2 of the fabric M transported by the transport belt 5, the second surface M2 being on opposite side than the first surface M1, and an infrared imaging section 30 that captures an image of an imaging target I provided on the first surface M1 by using infrared rays with respect to the fabric M transported by the transport belt 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Sho SHIMIZU, Osamu KATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20250129545
    Abstract: A printing device 1 includes a transport belt 5 that transports a cloth M in a transport direction A in a state where a first surface M1 of the cloth M faces the adhesive layer 5a, printing section that print an image on a second surface M2 of the cloth M, which is an opposite side to the first surface M1 and which is transported by the transport belt 5, and an infrared image capturing section 30 that uses infrared light to capture an image of a capture target I formed on the first surface M1 of the cloth M that is transported by the transport belt 5, wherein the printing section has a first head 101 that is configured to eject an image forming ink for forming the image and a second head 102 that is configured to eject a capture target forming ink for forming the capture target I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Sho SHIMIZU, Osamu KATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20250010313
    Abstract: A liquid spray nozzle 1 includes a liquid sending member 2 in which a flow path 2a through which liquid 3 flows is formed; a nozzle member 5 formed with at least one nozzle aperture 5a that sprays the liquid 3 in continuous flow 3a and that forms the continuous flow 3a into droplets 3b; a first member 4 that is provided with a flowing path 4a configured to enable flow of the liquid 3, that is arranged between the liquid sending member 2 and the nozzle member 5, and that has one end 4b inserted into the flow path 2a of the liquid sending member 2; a nozzle pressing member 6 that presses and fixes the nozzle member 5 against the first member 4; and a second member 7 that is fixed to the liquid sending member 2 by pressing the liquid sending member 2 from an outer side of the liquid sending member 2 in a state where the one end 4b is inserted into the flow path 2a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Hirokazu SEKINO, Osamu KATSUDA, Tomoki ABE
  • Publication number: 20240278579
    Abstract: A liquid ejection device includes an ejector configured to eject a liquid in a continuous flow, form the continuous flow into droplets, and cause a collision with an object in a form of the droplets, a liquid feeder includes a liquid reservoir, a displacement part, and a drive unit, the displacement part is placed to increase a volume of the liquid reservoir chamber when displaced to increase a volume of the first pressure chamber relative to the volume of the liquid reservoir, and decrease the volume of the liquid reservoir chamber when displaced to increase a volume of the second pressure chamber relative to the volume of the liquid reservoir, the displacement part is displaced to increase the volume of the first pressure chamber at a suction operation, and the displacement part is displaced to increase the volume of the second pressure chamber at an ejection operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Osamu KATSUDA, Tomoki ABE
  • Publication number: 20240278570
    Abstract: A liquid ejection device includes an ejector configured to eject a liquid in a continuous flow from an ejection surface of the ejector, form the continuous flow into droplets, and cause a collision with an object in a form of the droplets, wherein, in the ejection surface, a plurality of first nozzle rows each including a plurality of first nozzle holes for ejecting the liquid arranged at first distances in a nozzle hole arrangement direction are arranged, the plurality of first nozzle rows is arranged at second distances in a nozzle row arrangement direction crossing the nozzle hole arrangement direction, and the second distance is equal to or more than twice the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Osamu KATSUDA, Takahiro MATSUZAKI, Hirokazu SEKINO
  • Publication number: 20240173960
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a conveyor for a medium; a carriage configured to move in a carriage movement direction at a position facing the conveyed medium; a head provided on the carriage and including at least one nozzle configured to eject a liquid to the medium in a continuous flow, make the continuous flow into droplets, and cause the droplets to collide with the medium; a liquid storage configured to store the liquid to be sent to the nozzle; and a liquid sending unit configured to send the liquid in the liquid storage to the nozzle continuously while restricting a pressure fluctuation during one time of movement of the carriage in the carriage movement direction. A volume of the liquid storage is larger than a volume of the liquid ejected from the nozzle during one time of movement of the carriage in the carriage movement direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Osamu KATSUDA, Hirokazu SEKINO
  • Publication number: 20240140085
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a conveyer configured to convey a medium in a conveyance direction; a carriage configured to move in a reciprocating direction intersecting the conveyance direction at a position facing the medium conveyed in the conveyance direction; and a head provided on the carriage and including at least one nozzle configured to eject liquid to the medium, in which the head ejects the liquid in a continuous flow, converts the continuous flow into a plurality of droplets and causes the a plurality of droplets to collide with the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Osamu KATSUDA, Hideki OKADA, Hirokazu SEKINO
  • Publication number: 20240017548
    Abstract: A processing method includes: a liquid ejecting step of ejecting liquid toward a fabric from an ejecting nozzle hole of a liquid ejecting section and causing the liquid to strike the fabric, the liquid ejecting section including at least one nozzle, the at least one nozzle including the ejecting nozzle hole and a liquid inflow port serving as an inlet to the ejecting nozzle hole; and a vibration application step of applying vibration to the fabric subjected to the liquid ejecting step, and 0.01 mm?d?0.30 mm and 5?D/d?150, where d [mm] is a diameter of the ejecting nozzle hole and D [mm] is a diameter of the liquid inflow port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Hideki OKADA, Hirokazu SEKINO, Osamu KATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20230383451
    Abstract: A fabric processing device includes a transport unit configured to transport a fabric in a transport direction; a support unit configured to support the fabric; a liquid ejecting unit configured to eject a liquid onto the fabric supported by the support unit; and an adjusting unit configured to adjust the liquid ejected as a continuous flow from the liquid ejecting unit to collide with the fabric in a state of being liquid droplets. The fabric processing device having such a configuration can effectively improve texture of the fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Hirokazu SEKINO, Osamu KATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20230383450
    Abstract: A fabric processing device includes a transport unit configured to transport a fabric in a transport direction; a support unit configured to support the fabric; and a liquid ejecting unit configured to eject a liquid onto the fabric supported by the support unit. The liquid ejecting unit is configured to eject the liquid in a continuous flow at an ejecting speed of 30 m/s or more, and the liquid ejected as the continuous flow is caused to collide with the fabric in a state of being liquid droplets to process the fabric. The fabric processing device having such a configuration can effectively improve texture of the fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Hirokazu SEKINO, Osamu KATSUDA, Takeshi SETO
  • Publication number: 20230323869
    Abstract: A positive displacement machine includes a housing including a tubular guide part in which a pressure chamber is provided, a slide member including a piston disposed in the guide part, the slide member sliding in a first direction, a coupling member coupled to the slide member and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a first rotating member coupled to a first end portion of the coupling member and configured to rotate centering on a first rotation axis extending in the second direction, and a first motor. The first motor includes a first rotor coupled to the first rotating member and configured to rotate centering on the first rotation axis and an adjuster configured to adjust a position of the first rotor with respect to the housing, the position extending along an imaginary plane perpendicular to the first rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Osamu KATSUDA, Kaname NAGATANI, Hidemasa YAMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230324082
    Abstract: A positive displacement machine includes a housing including a guide part, a slide member including a piston disposed in the guide part, a coupling member coupled to the slide member, a first rotating member coupled to the coupling member and configured to rotate centering on a first rotation axis, a second rotating member coupled to the coupling member and configured to rotate, centering on a second rotation axis, in an opposite direction of a rotating direction of the first rotating member, and a first motor including a first rotor coupled to the first rotating member and a first stator disposed on an outer side of the first rotor, The first motor includes a first adjusting mechanism configured to adjust an angle of the first stator with respect to the first rotor, the angle being centered on the first rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Osamu KATSUDA, Kaname NAGATANI, Hidemasa YAMAKAWA, Tomoki ABE
  • Patent number: D1039588
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Nagaoka, Osamu Katsuda
  • Patent number: D1039589
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Nagaoka, Osamu Katsuda
  • Patent number: D1056998
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Nagaoka, Osamu Katsuda
  • Patent number: D1057804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Nagaoka, Osamu Katsuda
  • Patent number: D1087205
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Nagaoka, Osamu Katsuda