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).

  • Patent number: 11768427
    Abstract: A projector includes first and second cooling targets and a cooling device. The cooling device includes a first compressor, a condenser, a first expander configured to decompress a part of the working fluid condensed by the condenser, a first evaporator configured to change the working fluid in a liquid phase flowing from the first expander into the working fluid in a gas phase by using heat from the first cooling target, a second expander configured to decompress the other part of the working fluid condensed by the condenser, a second evaporator configured to change the working fluid in a liquid phase flowing from the second expander into the working fluid in a gas phase by using heat from the second cooling target, and a second compressor configured to compress the working fluid in a gas phase flowing from the second evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaname Nagatani, Osamu Katsuda
  • Patent number: 11714342
    Abstract: A projector includes a first cooling target and a cooling device. The cooling device includes a first compressor configured to compress working fluid in a gas phase, a condenser configured to condense the working fluid in the gas phase into the working fluid in a liquid phase, a first expander configured to decompress the working fluid in the liquid phase, a first evaporator configured to change the working fluid flowed from the first expander to the working fluid in the gas phase with heat of a first cooling target and discharge the changed gas-phase working fluid to the first compressor, a first pipe connecting the first compressor and the condenser, a second pipe connecting the condenser and the first expander, and a base to which the first compressor, the condenser, and the first expander are fixed. The first pipe and the second pipe are provided in the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kaname Nagatani, Osamu Katsuda
  • Publication number: 20230097432
    Abstract: A positive displacement machine includes a case including a tubular guide part in which a pressure chamber is provided, a slide member including a shaft extending in a first direction and a piston provided at an end portion of the shaft and disposed in the guide part, a coupling member coupled to the slide member and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a first rotating member coupled to one end of the coupling member and configured to rotate around a first rotation axis extending in the second direction, and a rocking absorbing mechanism configured to absorb a rocking motion of the piston around an axis extending in the first direction. The rocking absorbing mechanism is provided between the coupling member and the slide member, between the shaft and the piston, or between the piston and an inner wall of the guide part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu KATSUDA, Hidemasa YAMAKAWA, Kaname NAGATANI, Tomoki ABE
  • Patent number: 11573484
    Abstract: A projector includes a first cooling target, a cooling device, and an exterior housing that houses the first cooling target and the cooling device. The cooling device includes a first compressor configured to compress working fluid, a condenser configured to condense the working fluid, a first expander configured to decompress the working fluid, a first evaporator configured to change the working fluid to the working fluid in the gas phase with heat transferred from the first cooling target, a first connection pipe configured to lead the working fluid discharged from the first expander to the first evaporator, a second connection pipe configured to lead the working fluid discharged from the first evaporator to the first compressor, and a first case configured to seal the first expander, the first connection pipe, the first evaporator, and the second connection pipe on an inside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kaname Nagatani, Osamu Katsuda
  • Publication number: 20220331828
    Abstract: A liquid spray nozzle includes a nozzle hole configured to spray a liquid toward an object, a liquid flow channel communicated with the nozzle hole, and a filter disposed in the liquid flow channel, wherein at least one of a part of the filter and a part of the liquid flow channel from the filter to the nozzle hole forms an antibacterial part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Osamu KATSUDA, Kaname NAGATANI, Takahiro MATSUZAKI, Yasunori ONISHI, Tomoki ABE
  • Publication number: 20220323980
    Abstract: A liquid delivery device includes a cylinder having a liquid retention section configured to retain a liquid, a piston configured to change a volume of the liquid retention section, a gas container configured to encapsulate a gas at pressure exceeding atmospheric pressure, a regulator which is coupled to the gas container, and is configured to adjust pressure of the gas delivered from the gas container, a gas flow channel having a supply flow channel configured to supply the gas delivered from the regulator to the piston, and a release-to-atmosphere flow channel configured to release the gas delivered from the regulator to an atmosphere, and a three-way valve provided to the gas flow channel to switch between delivering the gas delivered from the regulator to the supply flow channel and delivering the gas to the release-to-atmosphere flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventor: Osamu KATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20220314242
    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: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoki ABE, Osamu KATSUDA
  • Patent number: 11460760
    Abstract: A projector includes first and second cooling targets and a cooling device. The cooling device includes a first compressor, a condenser, a first expander, a first evaporator configured to change the working fluid into a working fluid in a gas phase by using heat of the first cooling target, a heat exchanger including a first flow path through which the working fluid from the first expander flows and a second flow path, a second expander configured to decompress the working fluid from the first flow path, a second evaporator configured to change the working fluid flowing into the second flow path into the working fluid in a gas phase by using heat of the second cooling target, and a second compressor. The heat exchanger cools the working fluid flowing through the first flow path by the working fluid flowing through the second flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaname Nagatani, Osamu Katsuda
  • Publication number: 20220128892
    Abstract: A projector includes a first cooling target, a cooling device, and an exterior housing that houses the first cooling target and the cooling device. The cooling device includes a first compressor configured to compress working fluid, a condenser configured to condense the working fluid, a first expander configured to decompress the working fluid, a first evaporator configured to change the working fluid to the working fluid in the gas phase with heat transferred from the first cooling target, a first connection pipe configured to lead the working fluid discharged from the first expander to the first evaporator, a second connection pipe configured to lead the working fluid discharged from the first evaporator to the first compressor, and a first case configured to seal the first expander, the first connection pipe the first evaporator, and the second connection pipe on an inside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kaname NAGATANI, Osamu KATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20210294189
    Abstract: A projector includes a first cooling target and a cooling device. The cooling device includes a first compressor configured to compress working fluid in a gas phase, a condenser configured to condense the working fluid in the gas phase into the working fluid in a liquid phase, a first expander configured to decompress the working fluid in the liquid phase, a first evaporator configured to change the working fluid flowed from the first expander to the working fluid in the gas phase with heat of a first cooling target and discharge the changed gas-phase working fluid to the first compressor, a first pipe connecting the first compressor and the condenser, a second pipe connecting the condenser and the first expander, and a base to which the first compressor, the condenser, and the first expander are fixed. The first pipe and the second pipe are provided in the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Kaname NAGATANI, Osamu KATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20210232029
    Abstract: A projector includes first and second cooling targets and a cooling device. The cooling device includes a first compressor, a condenser, a first expander, a first evaporator configured to change the working fluid into a working fluid in a gas phase by using heat of the first cooling target, a heat exchanger including a first flow path through which the working fluid from the first expander flows and a second flow path, a second expander configured to decompress the working fluid from the first flow path, a second evaporator configured to change the working fluid flowing into the second flow path into the working fluid in a gas phase by using heat of the second cooling target, and a second compressor. The heat exchanger cools the working fluid flowing through the first flow path by the working fluid flowing through the second flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Kaname NAGATANI, Osamu KATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20210232030
    Abstract: A projector includes first and second cooling targets and a cooling device. The cooling device includes a first compressor, a condenser, a first expander configured to decompress a part of the working fluid condensed by the condenser, a first evaporator configured to change the working fluid in a liquid phase flowing from the first expander into the working fluid in a gas phase by using heat from the first cooling target, a second expander configured to decompress the other part of the working fluid condensed by the condenser, a second evaporator configured to change the working fluid in a liquid phase flowing from the second expander into the working fluid in a gas phase by using heat from the second cooling target, and a second compressor configured to compress the working fluid in a gas phase flowing from the second evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Kaname NAGATANI, Osamu KATSUDA
  • Patent number: 10866496
    Abstract: A projector includes an exterior housing of the projector, a first cooling target, and a cooling apparatus provided in the exterior housing and cooling the first cooling target. The cooling apparatus includes a first compressor compressing an operating fluid in a gas phase, a condenser condensing the gas-phase operating fluid compressed by the first compressor into the operating fluid in a liquid phase, a first expander decompressing the liquid-phase operating fluid condensed by the condenser to change to the operating fluid in which the liquid phase and the gas phase are mixed with each other, and a first evaporator changing part of the liquid-phase operating fluid supplied from the first expander to the gas-phase operating fluid by using heat transferred from the first cooling target and discharging the gas-phase operating fluid to the first compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaname Nagatani, Osamu Katsuda
  • Patent number: 10845563
    Abstract: An accessory for a camera body including a plurality of camera-side terminals, a camera-side protruding portion, and an elastic member, the accessory includes: a first terminal that changes a voltage at the first camera-side terminal by contacting with a first camera-side terminal; an eighth terminal to which a first clock signal is input by contacting with a first camera-side clock terminal; a tenth terminal that outputs a second clock signal by contacting with a second camera-side clock terminal; and an accessory-side protruding portion that is to be pressed toward the camera body side by the elastic member, wherein: the accessory-side protruding portion has a contacting portion to contact with the elastic member; and a distance between the eighth terminal and the contacting portion and a distance between the tenth terminal and the contacting portion are shorter than a distance between the first terminal and the contacting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Goto, Osamu Katsuda, Koji Nagaoka, Takayuki Funaoka
  • Patent number: 10831084
    Abstract: An accessory for a camera body including a plurality of camera-side terminals, a camera-side protruding portion, and an elastic member, the accessory includes: a first terminal that changes a voltage at the first camera-side terminal by contacting with a first camera-side terminal; an eighth terminal to which a first clock signal is input by contacting with a first camera-side clock terminal; a tenth terminal that outputs a second clock signal by contacting with a second camera-side clock terminal; and an accessory-side protruding portion that is to be pressed toward the camera body side by the elastic member, wherein a distance between the eighth terminal and the accessory-side protruding portion and a distance between the tenth terminal and the accessory-side protruding portion are shorter than a distance between the first terminal and the accessory-side protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Goto, Osamu Katsuda, Koji Nagaoka, Takayuki Funaoka
  • Patent number: D885462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Nagaoka, Osamu Katsuda
  • Patent number: D898103
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Nagaoka, Osamu Katsuda
  • Patent number: D898104
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Nagaoka, Osamu Katsuda
  • Patent number: D918285
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Nagaoka, Osamu Katsuda
  • Patent number: D937926
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Nagaoka, Osamu Katsuda