Patents by Inventor Shigeki Fukui
Shigeki Fukui 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).
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Patent number: 11840090Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes: a casing, which is hollow, and has an opening at one end; a lid member, which is fixed to an end portion of the opening of the casing; and a member arranged inside the casing. The lid member has a liquid supply port. The member has a first liquid guide groove, and the casing has a second liquid guide groove. The second liquid guide groove extends from the end portion of the opening to a side opposite to the opening in the side wall inner surface of the casing, the first liquid guide groove extends to a side surface of the member which is in contact with or close to the side wall inner surface of the casing, and the first liquid guide groove and the second liquid guide groove are located so as to allow fluid communication therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeki Fukui, Isamu Yoneda, Hiroki Tajima, Masatoshi Ohira
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Patent number: 11530068Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a container including a casing configured to contain a content, the casing including an inner layer having an inner layer opening and an outer layer having an air communication port communicating between a space between the outer layer and the inner layer and the outside. The method includes preparing a casing in which at least part of the inner layer and at least part of the outer layer are in contact with each other, inserting a support column inside the inner layer through the inner layer opening of the prepared casing, and separating the inner layer from the outer layer by supplying air into the space through the air communication port to bring part of the separated inner layer into contact with the support column. The support column includes a columnar portion and an extending portion extending from the columnar portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tetsuya Yokoyama, Shigeki Fukui, Hitoshi Takada, Akira Shiba
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Publication number: 20220314629Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes: a casing, which is hollow, and has an opening at one end; a lid member, which is fixed to an end portion of the opening of the casing; and a member arranged inside the casing. The lid member has a liquid supply port. The member has a first liquid guide groove, and the casing has a second liquid guide groove. The second liquid guide groove extends from the end portion of the opening to a side opposite to the opening in the side wall inner surface of the casing, the first liquid guide groove extends to a side surface of the member which is in contact with or close to the side wall inner surface of the casing, and the first liquid guide groove and the second liquid guide groove are located so as to allow fluid communication therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Shigeki Fukui, Isamu Yoneda, Hiroki Tajima, Masatoshi Ohira
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Publication number: 20190329477Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a container including a casing configured to contain a content, the casing including an inner layer having an inner layer opening and an outer layer having an air communication port communicating between a space between the outer layer and the inner layer and the outside. The method includes preparing a casing in which at least part of the inner layer and at least part of the outer layer are in contact with each other, inserting a support column inside the inner layer through the inner layer opening of the prepared casing, and separating the inner layer from the outer layer by supplying air into the space through the air communication port to bring part of the separated inner layer into contact with the support column. The support column includes a columnar portion and an extending portion extending from the columnar portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Tetsuya Yokoyama, Shigeki Fukui, Hitoshi Takada, Akira Shiba
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Patent number: 10207511Abstract: There is provided an ink cartridge capable of accomplishing satisfactory electrical connection relative to a printer main assembly. An ink cartridge detachably mountable to a cartridge mounting portion provided with an ink receiving tube and a plurality of electrical connecting portions, the ink cartridge including a tube inserting portion into which the receiving tube is insertable, a substrate provided on a front side in a position above the tube inserting portion, a plurality of electrical contacts electrically connectable with the plurality of electrical connecting portions, the electrical contacts being arranged on the substrate in a direction crossing with a direction from a bottom surface toward an upper surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: 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
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Patent number: 9931855Abstract: A liquid storage container for storing a liquid has a label member attached to a surface thereof. A bonding face of the label member that is bonded to the surface includes a first area and a second area having a low bonding strength. The second area covers a liquid supply port. A score line is formed on the label member, and the score line extends along a boundary between the first area and the second area and is formed in the second area.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeki Fukui, Masanori Kaneko, Keiichiro Tsukuda, Yasuo Kotaki, Tatsuo Nanjo, Masafumi Seki
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Publication number: 20180015728Abstract: 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 2aType: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: 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
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Patent number: 9840082Abstract: To provide an ink cartridge capable of accomplishing satisfactory electrical connection relative to a printer main assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: 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
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Patent number: 9821562Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20170120610Abstract: A liquid storage container for storing a liquid has a label member attached to a surface thereof. A bonding face of the label member that is bonded to the surface includes a first area and a second area having a low bonding strength. The second area covers a liquid supply port. A score line is formed on the label member, and the score line extends along a boundary between the first area and the second area and is formed in the second area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2016Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Shigeki Fukui, Masanori Kaneko, Keiichiro Tsukuda, Yasuo Kotaki, Tatsuo Nanjo, Masafumi Seki
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Publication number: 20170096010Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Inventors: 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
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Patent number: 9597884Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20160200114Abstract: 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 2aType: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20160200113Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: 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
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Patent number: D767672Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuo Nanjo, Yasuo Kotaki, Kenta Udagawa, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Wataru Takahashi, Koichi Kubo, Shigeki Fukui, Naozumi Nabeshima, Soji Kondo, Masafumi Seki, Kazuya Yoshii, Yasunori Senshiki
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Patent number: D767673Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuo Nanjo, Yasuo Kotaki, Kenta Udagawa, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Wataru Takahashi, Koichi Kubo, Shigeki Fukui, Naozumi Nabeshima, Soji Kondo, Masafumi Seki, Kazuya Yoshii, Yasunori Senshiki
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Patent number: D767674Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuo Nanjo, Yasuo Kotaki, Kenta Udagawa, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Wataru Takahashi, Koichi Kubo, Shigeki Fukui, Naozumi Nabeshima, Soji Kondo, Masafumi Seki, Kazuya Yoshii, Yasunori Senshiki
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Patent number: D767675Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuo Nanjo, Yasuo Kotaki, Kenta Udagawa, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Wataru Takahashi, Koichi Kubo, Shigeki Fukui, Naozumi Nabeshima, Soji Kondo, Masafumi Seki, Kazuya Yoshii, Yasunori Senshiki
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Patent number: D816158Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Inventors: Kazuya Yoshii, Yasuo Kotaki, Kenta Udagawa, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Wataru Takahashi, Koichi Kubo, Shigeki Fukui, Naozumi Nabeshima, Soji Kondo, Tatsuo Nanjo, Norihiro Ikebe, Kenichi Kanno, Keiichiro Tsukuda, Hiroki Nakanishi
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Patent number: D869550Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuya Yoshii, Yasuo Kotaki, Kenta Udagawa, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Wataru Takahashi, Koichi Kubo, Shigeki Fukui, Naozumi Nabeshima, Soji Kondo, Tatsuo Nanjo, Norihiro Ikebe, Kenichi Kanno, Keiichiro Tsukuda, Hiroki Nakanishi