Patents by Inventor Ryohta Matsufuji

Ryohta Matsufuji 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: 20230302799
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes: a nozzle plate having multiple nozzles from each of which a liquid is to be discharged; a housing supporting a peripheral edge of the nozzle plate; a liquid channel between the nozzle plate and the housing; and a coupling portion coupling an inner region of the peripheral edge of the nozzle plate and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Akihiro FUJITA, Ryohta MATSUFUJI
  • Publication number: 20220379609
    Abstract: A discharge head includes a nozzle, a valve body, a piezoelectric element, and a first biasing unit. The nozzle is configured to discharge liquid. The valve body is configured to open and close the nozzle. The piezoelectric element is configured to drive the valve body. The first biasing unit is disposed in parallel with the piezoelectric element. The piezoelectric element is configured to drive the valve body in a direction to open the nozzle when a voltage is applied to the piezoelectric element. The first biasing unit is configured to bias the valve body in the direction to open the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Ryohta MATSUFUJI, Kiyoshi AMARI, Ryo HONDA, Keitaroh SAKAI
  • Patent number: 11130338
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles from which a liquid is discharged in a discharge direction, a plurality of individual chambers communicating with the plurality of nozzles, respectively, a common chamber communicating with each of the plurality of individual chambers, a drive element configured to change a volume of each of the plurality of individual chambers to discharge the liquid in the plurality of individual chambers from the plurality of nozzles, and a refrigerant channel through which a refrigerant flows, the refrigerant channel facing the common chamber via a partition in the discharge direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryohta Matsufuji, Kohta Akiyama, Noriyasu Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20200290352
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle plate including a plurality of nozzles from each of which a liquid is discharged, and a channel member including a plurality of pressure chambers respectively communicating with the plurality of nozzles. The channel member includes a side wall in each of the plurality of pressure chambers, the side wall is perpendicularly bonded to the nozzle plate, a thickness of the side wall increases toward the nozzle plate, and the nozzle plate includes a flat surface in a periphery of each of the plurality of nozzles on a surface of the nozzle plate facing one of the plurality of pressure chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Kohta Akiyama, Yusuke Nonoyama, Ryohta Matsufuji
  • Patent number: 10730292
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles, a plurality of individual liquid chambers, a common liquid chamber, a deformable damper, and a damper chamber. The plurality of nozzles is arrayed in a nozzle array direction, to discharge liquid. The plurality of individual liquid chambers is communicated with the plurality of nozzles. The common liquid chamber supplies liquid to the plurality of individual liquid chambers. The deformable damper constitutes part of a wall face of the common liquid chamber. The damper chamber is disposed along the nozzle array direction with the damper interposed between the damper chamber and the common liquid chamber. The damper chamber extends to an outer area in the nozzle array direction than an individual liquid chamber of the plurality of individual liquid chambers at each end in the nozzle array direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Kohda, Satoru Tobita, Ryo Kasahara, Ryohta Matsufuji, Norimasa Sohgawa
  • Publication number: 20200171828
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles from which a liquid is discharged in a discharge direction, a plurality of individual chambers communicating with the plurality of nozzles, respectively, a common chamber communicating with each of the plurality of individual chambers, a drive element configured to change a volume of each of the plurality of individual chambers to discharge the liquid in the plurality of individual chambers from the plurality of nozzles, and a refrigerant channel through which a refrigerant flows, the refrigerant channel facing the common chamber via a partition in the discharge direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryohta Matsufuji, Kohta Akiyama, Noriyasu Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20180290446
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles, a plurality of individual liquid chambers, a common liquid chamber, a deformable damper, and a damper chamber. The plurality of nozzles is arrayed in a nozzle array direction, to discharge liquid. The plurality of individual liquid chambers is communicated with the plurality of nozzles. The common liquid chamber supplies liquid to the plurality of individual. liquid chambers. The deformable damper constitutes part of a wall face of the common liquid chamber. The damper chamber is disposed along the nozzle array direction with the damper interposed between the damper chamber and the common liquid chamber. The damper chamber extends to an outer area in the nozzle array direction than an individual liquid chamber of the plurality of individual liquid chambers at each end in the nozzle array direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko KOHDA, Satoru TOBITA, Ryo KASAHARA, Ryohta MATSUFUJI, Norimasa SOHGAWA
  • Patent number: 10022963
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles, a plurality of individual liquid chambers, a common liquid chamber, a deformable damper, and a damper chamber. The plurality of nozzles is arrayed in a nozzle array direction, to discharge liquid. The plurality of individual liquid chambers is communicated with the plurality of nozzles. The common liquid chamber supplies liquid to the plurality of individual liquid chambers. The deformable damper constitutes part of a wall face of the common liquid chamber. The damper chamber is disposed along the nozzle array direction with the damper interposed between the damper chamber and the common liquid chamber. The damper chamber extends to an outer area in the nozzle array direction than an individual liquid chamber of the plurality of individual liquid chambers at each end in the nozzle array direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Kohda, Satoru Tobita, Ryo Kasahara, Ryohta Matsufuji, Norimasa Sohgawa
  • Patent number: 9889662
    Abstract: A liquid droplet discharging head includes discharging orifices to discharge a liquid droplet, pressure generating chambers to apply a pressure to liquid inside the liquid droplet discharging head, a common liquid supplying chamber to accommodate the liquid to the pressure generating chambers, individual supplying paths to communicate the pressure generating chambers with the common liquid supplying chamber, a displacing film for discharging to conduct self displacement to individually apply a pressure to the liquid inside the pressure generating chambers to discharge the liquid from the discharging orifices, a liquid supplying chamber displacing film to conduct self displacement according to a pressure change of the liquid in the common liquid supplying chamber, and individual supplying holes existing at each border between the individual supplying paths and the common liquid supplying chamber and facing the liquid supplying chamber displacing film via the liquid in the common liquid supplying chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryohta Matsufuji
  • Publication number: 20170129245
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles, a plurality of individual liquid chambers, a common liquid chamber, a deformable damper, and a damper chamber. The plurality of nozzles is arrayed in a nozzle array direction, to discharge liquid. The plurality of individual liquid chambers is communicated with the plurality of nozzles. The common liquid chamber supplies liquid to the plurality of individual liquid chambers. The deformable damper constitutes part of a wall face of the common liquid chamber. The damper chamber is disposed along the nozzle array direction with the damper interposed between the damper chamber and the common liquid chamber. The damper chamber extends to an outer area in the nozzle array direction than an individual liquid chamber of the plurality of individual liquid chambers at each end in the nozzle array direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko KOHDA, Satoru TOBITA, Ryo KASAHARA, Ryohta MATSUFUJI, Norimasa SOHGAWA
  • Publication number: 20170120585
    Abstract: A liquid droplet discharging head includes discharging orifices to discharge a liquid droplet, pressure generating chambers to apply a pressure to liquid inside the liquid droplet discharging head, a common liquid supplying chamber to accommodate the liquid to the pressure generating chambers, individual supplying paths to communicate the pressure generating chambers with the common liquid supplying chamber, a displacing film for discharging to conduct self displacement to individually apply a pressure to the liquid inside the pressure generating chambers to discharge the liquid from the discharging orifices, a liquid supplying chamber displacing film to conduct self displacement according to a pressure change of the liquid in the common liquid supplying chamber, and individual supplying holes existing at each border between the individual supplying paths and the common liquid supplying chamber and facing the liquid supplying chamber displacing film via the liquid in the common liquid supplying chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryohta MATSUFUJI
  • Patent number: 9044946
    Abstract: A droplet discharge head includes a nozzle substrate containing a plurality of nozzles to discharge droplets; a channel substrate to form a plurality of individual liquid chambers to which the plurality of nozzles communicate; a common liquid chamber member, comprising a wall, to form a common liquid chamber to supply liquid to the plurality of individual liquid chambers; a wall member to form a deformable damper area on a part of the wall of the common liquid chamber member, in which the channel substrate and the common liquid chamber member are laminated together with the wall member sandwiched in between, and the channel substrate includes a concave-shaped damper chamber corresponding to the damper area; and a plurality of support pillars disposed on a concave-shaped bottom of the damper chamber, the support pillar connecting to the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Kohda, Noriyasu Takeuchi, Takahiro Yoshida, Ryohta Matsufuji
  • Publication number: 20150077469
    Abstract: A droplet discharge head includes a nozzle substrate containing a plurality of nozzles to discharge droplets; a channel substrate to form a plurality of individual liquid chambers to which the plurality of nozzles communicate; a common liquid chamber member, comprising a wall, to form a common liquid chamber to supply liquid to the plurality of individual liquid chambers; a wall member to form a deformable damper area on a part of the wall of the common liquid chamber member, in which the channel substrate and the common liquid chamber member are laminated together with the wall member sandwiched in between, and the channel substrate includes a concave-shaped damper chamber corresponding to the damper area; and a plurality of support pillars disposed on a concave-shaped bottom of the damper chamber, the support pillar connecting to the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Kohda, Noriyasu Takeuchi, Takahiro Yoshida, Ryohta Matsufuji