Patents by Inventor Sayaka KIMURA

Sayaka 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: 9144970
    Abstract: A flow channel substrate has pressure chambers, and the pressure chambers communicate with nozzle openings for ejecting liquid. Each of piezoelectric elements on the flow channel substrate has a piezoelectric layer, a pair of electrodes, and a wiring layer coupled to the electrodes. The wiring layer has an adhesion layer and a conductive layer on the adhesion layer. The adhesion layer contains at least one selected from nickel, chromium, titanium, and tungsten. The piezoelectric element has an insulating film at least between the wiring layer and the electrodes. The wiring layer and the electrodes of the piezoelectric element are coupled via contact holes created through the insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporatio
    Inventors: Eiju Hirai, Sayaka Kimura
  • Patent number: 9065051
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a piezoelectric element including a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer overlying the first electrode with an orientation control layer therebetween, and a second electrode overlying the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer is made of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure including an A site containing lead and a B site containing zirconium and titanium. The orientation control layer is made of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure including an A site containing lanthanum and a B site containing nickel and titanium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Morozumi, Akira Kuriki, Ichiro Asaoka, Sayaka Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140368583
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a piezoelectric element including a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer overlying the first electrode with an orientation control layer therebetween, and a second electrode overlying the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer is made of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure including an A site containing lead and a B site containing zirconium and titanium. The orientation control layer is made of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure including an A site containing lanthanum and a B site containing nickel and titanium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Koichi MOROZUMI, Akira KURIKI, Ichiro ASAOKA, Sayaka KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20140176646
    Abstract: A flow channel substrate has pressure chambers, and the pressure chambers communicate with nozzle openings for ejecting liquid. Each of piezoelectric elements on the flow channel substrate has a piezoelectric layer, a pair of electrodes, and a wiring layer coupled to the electrodes. The wiring layer has an adhesion layer and a conductive layer on the adhesion layer. The adhesion layer contains at least one selected from nickel, chromium, titanium, and tungsten. The piezoelectric element has an insulating film at least between the wiring layer and the electrodes. The wiring layer and the electrodes of the piezoelectric element are coupled via contact holes created through the insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Eiju HIRAI, Sayaka KIMURA