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).

  • Patent number: 9457566
    Abstract: There are provided a liquid ejecting head and a support member that can achieve both of breakage avoidance of a print element substrate and deformation suppression of the support member. Therefore a plate thickness of an adhesion part in the support member is thinner that a plate thickness of a main surface other than the adhesion part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomotsugu Kuroda, Yukuo Yamaguchi, Kiyomitsu Kudo, Satoshi Kimura, Naoko Tsujiuchi
  • Patent number: 9452611
    Abstract: A holding member for a liquid storage container includes: a mounting portion for removably mounting the liquid storage container through an opening along a predetermined direction; and a locking member for locking the mounted liquid storage container to the mounting portion by being fitted to the liquid storage container, wherein the mounting portion has a regulating portion for regulating inclination of a posture of the liquid storage container relative to the predetermined direction at the time of mounting the liquid storage container, the regulating portion being a portion provided such that a space between an inner surface of the mounting portion and an outer surface facing thereto of the liquid storage container is partially narrowed along a direction of insertion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Kimura, Tomotsugu Kuroda, Kyosuke Toda, Naoko Tsujiuchi, Kiyomitsu Kudo
  • Patent number: 9446592
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a liquid ejection section including an element substrate having ejection ports for ejecting liquid and an electrical wiring substrate connected to a contact of the liquid ejection apparatus to transmit signals to the element substrate, a liquid tank loading section including a containing space for containing a liquid tank storing liquid to be supplied to the element substrate and a lock member having an engaging part for engaging with a holding part of the liquid tank and a fixation means for rigidly securing the liquid election section and the liquid tank loading section in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sayaka Seki, Kiyomitsu Kudo, Yuichiro Akama, Satoshi Kimura, Tomotsugu Kuroda, Kyosuke Toda, Naoko Tsujiuchi, Yosuke Takagi
  • Publication number: 20160259319
    Abstract: A numerical controller for controlling a machine receives an instruction to reestablish a machine coordinate value of a movable part of the machine and stops a servo motor driving the movable part. When the servo motor is stopped, the numerical controller acquires position information of a position detector provided to the servo motor. Then, the numerical controller updates the machine coordinate value of the movable part based on the position information, and further updates the absolute coordinate value of the movable part based on the updated machine coordinate value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Makoto HAGA, Satoshi KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20160200114
    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: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    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
  • Publication number: 20160200113
    Abstract: To provide an ink cartridge in which a satisfactory electrical connection with a printer main assembly can be established An ink cartridge 1 detachably mountable to a cartridge mounting portion 33 including an ink receiving tube 52, an electrical connecting portion 55 and a locking lever 58, the ink cartridge 1 includes a tube inserting portion 8 into which an ink receiving tube 52 is inserted and which is provided in a lower portion at a front surface 2c of a casing 2, an electrical contact 4 provided above the tube inserting portion 8 and electrically connectable with the electrical connecting portion 55, and an engaging portion 24 provided in a position closer to the electrical contact than to the tube inserting portion 8 and engageable with the locking lever 58.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    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
  • Patent number: 9375920
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejection head that makes it possible to achieve both of the stability of bonding and the shortening of a bonding time when bonding an electrical wiring substrate where thick leads applied with large current and thin leads applied with small current are mixed and a printing element substrate. For this purpose, the electrical wiring substrate includes wiring lines having different widths, and each of the wiring lines of the electric wiring substrate and a connecting terminal of the printing element substrate are connected by inner leads whose number corresponds to width of the wiring line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuichiro Akama, Kiyomitsu Kudo, Satoshi Kimura, Yosuke Takagi
  • Patent number: 9375960
    Abstract: A coil spring fixing member includes: a mount member having an arrangement surface on which an end portion of the coil spring is disposed; a boss provided on the arrangement surface, on which boss the coil spring is fitted; and a protrusion provided at a site on a side surface of the boss, the site being apart from the arrangement surface by at least a wire diameter of the coil spring, wherein the protrusion is engaged with winding of the coil spring disposed between the arrangement surface and the protrusion, and a portion of the boss ranging includes a first region having a first diameter, and a second region which is nearer to the end portion than the first region and has a diameter smaller than the first diameter, and a step intervenes between the first region and the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Kimura
  • Patent number: 9370928
    Abstract: There are provided a liquid ejecting head having a high fabrication efficiency and a high reliability of an electric connector, and a fabricating method for the liquid ejecting head. A direction in which a channel forming member is incorporated to a casing crosses a direction in which a flat spring is resiliently deformed. In incorporating the channel forming member, an abutment portion formed at the flat spring is allowed to abut on the casing, thus deforming the flat spring. The flat spring is brought into contact with an inside contact pad by a resilient restoring force of the flat spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kyosuke Toda, Kiyomitsu Kudo, Satoshi Kimura
  • Patent number: 9365043
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejection head, including: a connector unit; and a case in which the connector unit is movably placed. The connector unit includes: an electric contact member; and a housing configured to fix a portion between one end and another end of the electric contact member. The electric contact member includes a conductive member, the conductive member including an elastically deformable first electric contact portion formed on the one end side thereof, and an elastically deformable second electric contact portion formed on the another end side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kyosuke Toda, Satoshi Kimura
  • Patent number: 9352567
    Abstract: A method for producing a liquid discharging head includes an element substrate provided with a discharge opening for discharging a liquid and a supporting member that supports the element substrate, the element substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the supporting member having a height reference surface and an element-substrate bonding surface to which the first surface is bonded with an adhesive. The method includes the steps of measuring a height h of the element-substrate bonding surface from the height reference surface; applying the adhesive to the element-substrate bonding surface; and causing the first surface to oppose the element-substrate bonding surface with the adhesive being provided therebetween, and disposing the second surface at a predetermined height m from the measured height h to harden the adhesive at a portion between the element-substrate bonding surface and the element substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoko Tsujiuchi, Satoshi Kimura, Naruyuki Nojo
  • Patent number: 9324933
    Abstract: A piezoelectric material contains a first component that is a rhombohedral crystal and that is configured to have a complex oxide with a perovskite structure and Curie temperature Tc1, a second component that is a crystal other than a rhombohedral crystal and that is configured to have a complex oxide with a perovskite structure and Curie temperature e Tc2, and a third component that is a rhombohedral crystal and that is configured to have a complex oxide with a perovskite structure and Curie temperature Tc3 different from the first component, and in which Tc2 is higher than Tc1, Tc3 is equal to or higher than Tc2, and a value of (0.1×Tc1+0.9×Tc2) is equal to or lower than 280° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Sumi, Kazuya Kitada, Tomohiro Sakai, Yasuaki Hamada, Tetsuya Isshiki, Satoshi Kimura, Akio Ito, Tsuneo Handa
  • Patent number: 9321274
    Abstract: A liquid ejection cartridge having a liquid ejection section for ejecting liquid includes an electrical contact section to be electrically connected to a terminal section of an apparatus main body, the electrical contact section being formed by a plurality of printed substrates arranged on a same surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Takagi, Kiyomitsu Kudo, Yuichiro Akama, Satoshi Kimura, Tomotsugu Kuroda, Kyosuke Toda, Naoko Tsujiuchi, Sayaka Seki
  • Patent number: 9276193
    Abstract: A piezoelectric material contains a first component that is a rhombohedral crystal that is configured to have a complex oxide with a perovskite structure and Curie temperature Tc1, a second component that is a crystal other than a rhombohedral crystal that is configured to have a complex oxide with the perovskite structure and Curie temperature Tc2, and a third component that is configured to have a complex oxide with the perovskite structure in which the component is formed as the same crystal system as the second component and Curie temperature Tc3, in which Tc1 is higher than Tc2, and Tc3 is equal to or higher than Tc1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Sumi, Kazuya Kitada, Tomohiro Sakai, Yasuaki Hamada, Tetsuya Isshiki, Satoshi Kimura, Akio Ito, Tsuneo Handa
  • Publication number: 20160052283
    Abstract: A holding member for a liquid storage container includes: a mounting portion for removably mounting the liquid storage container through an opening along a predetermined direction; and a locking member for locking the mounted liquid storage container to the mounting portion by being fitted to the liquid storage container, wherein the mounting portion has a regulating portion for regulating inclination of a posture of the liquid storage container relative to the predetermined direction at the time of mounting the liquid storage container, the regulating portion being a portion provided such that a space between an inner surface of the mounting portion and an outer surface facing thereto of the liquid storage container is partially narrowed along a direction of insertion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Satoshi KIMURA, Tomotsugu Kuroda, Kyosuke Toda, Naoko Tsujiuchi, Kiyomitsu Kudo
  • Publication number: 20160052268
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes: an element-substrate to eject liquid according to an electrical signal; an electrical circuit substrate to send the electrical signal; and a body including the element-substrate on a first face and the electrical circuit substrate on a second face, in which the liquid ejection head is mounted in a mount unit of a liquid ejection apparatus via an electrical connector; the body includes a pressure-receiving portion for receiving a force including components in first and second directions; the liquid ejection head includes first and second positioning portions that determine a position of the body; and the first positioning portion is arranged at both outsides of an arrangement region of the element substrate; the second positioning portion is arranged at both sides of the second face; and the pressure-receiving portion is arranged at the both sides and an intermediate portion of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Tomotsugu Kuroda, Kiyomitsu Kudo, Satoshi Kimura, Kyosuke Toda, Naoko Tsujiuchi
  • Patent number: 9266329
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes an ejection section for ejecting liquid; an electrical wiring substrate having terminals to be electrically connected to the respective electrical contacts of a liquid ejection apparatus; a first loading section to be loaded with a first liquid storing container; and a second loading section to be loaded with a second liquid storing container having a width greater than that of the first liquid storing container. The wall of the liquid ejection head is provided with a rib extending in the height direction on the surface opposite to the surface mounted by the electrical wiring substrate; and the second loading section and the rib are arranged at respective positions where the second loading section and the rib overlap with each other as viewed in the direction of loading the second liquid storing container in the second loading section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomotsugu Kuroda, Kiyomitsu Kudo, Yuichiro Akama, Satoshi Kimura, Kyosuke Toda, Naoko Tsujiuchi, Sayaka Seki, Yosuke Takagi
  • Patent number: 9266341
    Abstract: A liquid tank holding mechanism for detachably holding a liquid tank to a main body portion includes a biasing member, a cover and a lever, wherein: the biasing member biases the liquid tank in a disengaging direction with the liquid tank mounted; the lever includes a lock, a biasing portion, a shaft, and a retainer and is attached to the cover pivotally around the shaft; when the retainer abuts the retainer catch, a center of the shaft is placed so as to be closer to the bearing region than is the shortest line linking a tip of the first bearing portion and a tip of the second bearing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoko Tsujiuchi, Satoshi Kimura, Kyosuke Toda
  • Patent number: 9238361
    Abstract: The liquid ejecting head includes a printing element board having a plurality of printing elements for producing energy used to eject liquid, a contact board having a contact terminal for electrically connecting to a liquid ejection printing apparatus, and a functional element, and a plurality of lands which are provided on a face of the contact board where the functional element is mounted, and to which terminals of the functional element are connected. In addition, a wiring member connects the printing element board to the contact board, a first terminal is configured to be electrically connected to the printing element board, and a second terminal is configured to not be electrically connected to the printing element board, with both terminals disposed on one edge of the contact board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Chiaki Muraoka, Yukuo Yamaguchi, Satoshi Oikawa, Junji Tatsumi, Satoshi Kimura, Takuya Iwano
  • Patent number: D751958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Tomatsu, Yuri Kim, Satoshi Kimura