Patents by Inventor Satoshi Kimura

Satoshi Kimura 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).

  • NUMERICAL CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20180314236
    Abstract: A numerical controller generates a machine configuration table in which function modules to be enabled are set based on an option or a parameter, a memory management table for managing a memory usage, and a performance management table for managing a CPU use rate. The numerical controller determines selected numbers of the function modules, based on the machine configuration table, memory management table, and performance management table, generates a module selection table, and attaches and detaches the function modules according to the selected numbers of the function modules. In this way, resources are assigned to a plurality of function modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Kimura, Akira Kanemaru
  • LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180304623
    Abstract: There is provided an elongated liquid ejection head capable of voltage drop suppression and high-speed ejection operation. For this purpose, in each of flexible circuits electrically connecting element substrates to electrical substrates, a width Wa on a side connected to the electrical substrate is smaller than the width of another area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Shingo Okushima, Satoshi Oikawa, Satoshi Kimura, Tatsurou Mori, Kengo Umeda, Masataka Sakurai
  • LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180304630
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid ejection head capable of performing high-speed ejection operation as well as reducing a depth dimension. For this purpose, in a configuration in which flexible circuits electrically connect element substrates to electrical substrates, the electrical substrates are arrayed in two lines along a plane different from a plane on which the element substrates are arrayed and the flexible circuits electrically connect the element substrates to the electrical substrates while being bent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Shingo Okushima, Satoshi Oikawa, Satoshi Kimura, Tatsurou Mori, Kengo Umeda, Masataka Sakurai
  • Liquid discharging head
    Patent number: 10093098
    Abstract: A liquid discharging head includes a print element substrate including an energy-generating element that generates energy used to discharge a liquid from a discharge port, and an electric wiring member including a plurality of contact pads arranged thereon. The plurality of contact pads are disposed in a contact area and include a first contact pad to which power for driving the energy-generating element is supplied and a second contact pad that has an electrostatic capacity lower than an electrostatic capacity of the first contact pad and that is disposed on an outer circumferential side of the contact area. The electric wiring member is connected to a ground of the print element substrate and includes a guard pad extending linearly outside the second contact pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yosuke Takagi, Yuichiro Akama, Satoshi Kimura
  • Liquid ejection head, liquid ejection apparatus, flow path member, and method for manufacturing liquid ejection head
    Patent number: 10081185
    Abstract: An opposed surface of a first flow path forming member has a groove portion forming a supply passage, and a protruding portion protruding from the edge of the groove portion to form the side wall of the groove portion. An opposed surface of a second flow path forming member has a lid portion that abuts against the protruding portion of the first flow path forming member to cover the opening of the groove portion in the first flow path forming member. A joining member is formed by injection-molding of a resin to abut against an outer surface of the protruding portion of the first flow path forming member and the opposed surfaces of the first and second flow path forming members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Kimura, Yukuo Yamaguchi, Mikiya Umeyama, Yasushi Iijima, Kyosuke Toda, Naoko Tsujiuchi, Hiromasa Amma, Takuya Iwano, Satoshi Oikawa
  • THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA GENERATION SYSTEM, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA GENERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180257273
    Abstract: A three-dimensional image data generation system includes: an editing unit configured to edit grayscale image data in which a density level for specifying an foaming height of a thermally expandable sheet is set for each coordinate in a planar direction; and a conversion unit configured to, when the editing unit changes a size in the planar direction of an image region included in the grayscale image data, convert the density level in correspondence with a ratio of the image region between before and after the change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Kimura
  • Method for manufacturing liquid-ejecting head
    Patent number: 10071512
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a liquid-ejecting head whereby in die slide injection molding it is possible to stably inject resin in secondary molding without damaging the shapes of parts that were formed in primary molding. In order for that, in the connecting section in which a convex section of a cover member is inserted into an opening of a liquid-supply member, the closest distance to the opening in the area where secondary resin is injected is made larger than the gap between the opening and the convex section. As a result, the resin is prevented from flowing into a liquid path during the secondary molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Kimura, Yukuo Yamaguchi, Mikiya Umeyama, Satoshi Oikawa, Hiromasa Amma, Takuya Iwano, Naoko Tsujiuchi, Yasushi Iijima, Kyosuke Toda
  • IMPREGNATION TEST APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING IMPREGNATION PROPERTY USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180250894
    Abstract: An impregnation test apparatus includes: (1) a main body portion including a stage part having a recessed part in which an object to be impregnated is mounted, a bottom part of the recessed part provided with a plurality of through holes, an upper lid part mounted on the stage part, the upper lid part provided with a plurality of through holes in a parallel direction to the through holes, and a hollow part formed therein by mounting the upper lid part on the stage part, (2) an impregnation liquid supply portion connected to the main body portion and supplying the impregnation liquid to the hollow part of the main body portion through the through hole formed in the stage part, and (3) a fixing mechanism fixing the object to be impregnated mounted on the stage part into the hollow part by mounting the upper lid part on the stage part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicants: Toho Chemical Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi KOBAYASHI, Satoshi KIMURA
  • SEAT SLIDING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180251046
    Abstract: A vehicle seat sliding apparatus includes a lower rail, an upper rail, a slide-lock mechanism that pivots the lock member to a slide-lock position and holds the upper rail in a slide-lock state, and a slide-lock cancellation unit moved by operation of an operation member in a longitudinal direction of the upper rail to cancel an action of the slide-lock mechanism. The slide-lock cancellation unit includes a drive unit and an inclined surface arranged in the drive unit. The drive unit is supported by the upper rail so as to be slidable in the longitudinal direction of the upper rail. Operation of the operation member slides the drive unit. The inclined surface pivots the lock member to a slide-lock cancellation position when sliding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki SUGIMOTO, Makoto SAKAI, Naoaki HOSHIHARA, Yasuhiro KOJIMA, Satoshi KIMURA
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD ON COMPUTER
    Publication number: 20180247453
    Abstract: A method includes defining a virtual space, wherein the virtual space comprises a first avatar associated with a first user, a virtual viewpoint associated with the first avatar, and a second avatar associated with a second user. The method further includes moving the first avatar in response to a first input by the first user. The method further includes moving the second avatar in response to a second input by the second user. The method further includes identifying, in accordance with the first input and a position of the virtual viewpoint, a visual field viewed from the first avatar in the virtual space. The method further includes generating a visual-field image corresponding to the visual field. The method further includes identifying a size of the first avatar. The method further includes identifying a size of the second avatar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Kento NAKASHIMA, Satoshi KIMURA
  • Piezoelectric device, MEMS device, liquid ejecting head, and liquid ejecting apparatus
    Patent number: 10029462
    Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric layer, a first moisture resistant layer, and a second moisture resistant layer stacked in this order. The first moisture resistant layer has a flexibility higher than that of the second moisture resistant layer, and the second moisture resistant layer has a moisture permeability lower than that of the first moisture resistant layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Kimura, Hitoshi Matsumoto
  • LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180178513
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head (recording head) includes a structure (flow path member) having a plurality of stacked plates (a nozzle plate, a flow path plate, and a diaphragm) in which end surfaces at both sides in one direction are aligned. At least two plates of the plates (the nozzle plate, the flow path plate, and the diaphragm) have different coefficients of linear expansion in the one direction, and holding members are fixed to the end surfaces of the structure (flow path member) at both sides in the one direction, the holding members having stiffness higher than stiffness of a plate having the highest coefficient of linear expansion in the one direction among the plates (the nozzle plate, the flow path plate, and the diaphragm).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi KIMURA, Hitoshi MATSUMOTO, Wataru TAKAHASHI, Satoshi SUZUKI
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, AND PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD ON A COMPUTER
    Publication number: 20180165863
    Abstract: [Object] To facilitate emotional understanding among a plurality of users in a virtual experience in which a virtual space is shared by the users. [Solving Means] Provided is an information processing method for providing a first user with a virtual space via a first head-mounted display, the information processing method including the steps of: generating virtual space data for defining a virtual space including a first avatar object associated with the first user, a second avatar object associated with a second user, and a virtual camera for defining a field-of-view image to be provided to the first head-mounted display; identifying an emotion of the second user; determining an effect image to be displayed in association with the second avatar object in the field-of-view image based on the emotion of the second user; and arranging the effect image in the field-of-view image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Norihiro KUBO, Atsushi INOMATA, Satoshi KIMURA, Seiji SATAKE
  • Liquid ejecting device
    Patent number: 9987849
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid ejecting device including a damper device which can sufficiently absorb dynamic pressure of a liquid while miniaturization of a device body is achieved and which can be easily manufactured. For that purpose, a part of an ink storage unit in the damper device is formed by a flexible member having a convex shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Genji Inada, Yasushi Iijima, Satoshi Kimura, Yasuhiko Osaki, Kenji Kitabatake
  • Manufacture method of liquid supply member, manufacture apparatus, and liquid supply member
    Patent number: 9931850
    Abstract: A housing and a cover member are injection-molded and these housing and cover member are joined within a pair of mold. When the housing and the cover member are joined by molten resin, a mold for suppressing deformation is positioned at a face of the housing opposite to a face receiving a pressure of the molten resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Iwano, Yukuo Yamaguchi, Mikiya Umeyama, Satoshi Oikawa, Hiromasa Amma, Satoshi Kimura, Naoko Tsujiuchi, Yasushi Iijima, Kyosuke Toda
  • LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, FLOW PATH MEMBER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD
    Publication number: 20180086064
    Abstract: An opposed surface of a first flow path forming member has a groove portion forming a supply passage, and a protruding portion protruding from the edge of the groove portion to form the side wall of the groove portion. An opposed surface of a second flow path forming member has a lid portion that abuts against the protruding portion of the first flow path forming member to cover the opening of the groove portion in the first flow path forming member. A joining member is formed by injection-molding of a resin to abut against an outer surface of the protruding portion of the first flow path forming member and the opposed surfaces of the first and second flow path forming members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi Kimura, Yukuo Yamaguchi, Mikiya Umeyama, Yasushi Iijima, Kyosuke Toda, Naoko Tsujiuchi, Hiromasa Amma, Takuya Iwano, Satoshi Oikawa
  • METHOD OF CREATING THREE-DIMENSIONALLY SHAPED OBJECT, PRINT DATA CREATION APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180056693
    Abstract: A method of creating a three-dimensionally shaped object, the method having: a creation step for creating image data for printing an image on a thermally expandable sheet; a printing step for printing an image on the thermally expandable sheet on the basis of the image data created in the creation step; and a protuberation step for partially protuberating the thermally expandable sheet via thermal expansion by irradiating light toward the image printed on the thermally expandable sheet in the printing step. The creation step creates image data such that a grayscale of an image is set so that a fastening portion that fastens a thermally expandable sheet is either intermittently or continuously surrounded by a region where a protuberation height resulting from the thermal expansion is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi KIMURA
  • LIQUID SUPPLY MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID SUPPLY MEMBER
    Publication number: 20180029266
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid supply member capable of suppressing deformation of a liquid supply path and decrease in sealing property of a liquid supply path, during molding, and a manufacturing method of the liquid supply member. For that purpose, in die-slide injection molding that combines two components, a protection portion that protects a part of one component easily affected by heat and pressure, is provided on the other component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Naoko Tsujiuchi, Yukuo Yamaguchi, Mikiya Umeyama, Satoshi Oikawa, Hiromasa Amma, Takuya Iwano, Satoshi Kimura, Yasushi Iijima, Kyosuke Toda
  • MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID SUPPLY MEMBER
    Publication number: 20180029267
    Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing method of a liquid supply member capable of suppressing decrease in sealing property of a liquid supply path and deformation of the liquid supply path or the external shape. For that purpose, a manufacturing process of a liquid supply member prevents inflow of a molten resin into a concave portion of a portion other than a liquid supply flow path in a liquid supply member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Naoko Tsujiuchi, Yukuo Yamaguchi, Mikiya Umeyama, Satoshi Oikawa, Hiromasa Amma, Takuya Iwano, Satoshi Kimura, Yasushi Iijima, Kyosuke Toda
  • INK CARTRIDGE AND INK JET PRINTER
    Publication number: 20180015728
    Abstract: To provide an ink cartridge capable of accomplishing satisfactory electrical connection relative to a printer main assembly An ink cartridge 1 detachably mountable to a cartridge mounting portion 33 provided with an ink receiving tube 52 and a plurality of electrical connecting portions 55, the ink cartridge 1 including a tube inserting portion 8 into which the receiving tube 52 is insertable, a substrate 3 provided on a front side 2c in a position above the tube inserting portion 8, a plurality of electrical contacts 4 electrically connectable with the plurality of electrical connecting portions 55, the electrical contacts 4 being arranged on the substrate 3 in a direction crossing with a direction from a bottom surface 2b toward an upper surface 2a
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Tatsuo Nanjo, Yasuo Kotaki, Kenta Udagawa, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Wataru Takahashi, Koichi Kubo, Shigeki Fukui, Naozumi Nabeshima, Soji Kondo, Masafumi Seki, Kazuya Yoshii, Satoshi Kimura, Kyosuke Toda