Patents by Inventor Shimpei Otaka

Shimpei Otaka 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: 8197705
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a substrate for a liquid discharge head having a silicon substrate in which a liquid supply port is provided includes providing the silicon substrate, an etching mask layer having an aperture being formed on one surface of the silicon substrate, forming a region comprising an amorphous silicon in the interior of the silicon substrate by irradiating the silicon substrate with laser light, forming a recess, which has an opening at a part of a portion exposed from the aperture on the one surface, from the one surface of the silicon substrate toward the region, and forming the supply port by performing etching on the silicon substrate in which the recess and the region have been formed from the one surface through the aperture of the etching mask layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keisuke Kishimoto, Hirokazu Komuro, Satoshi Ibe, Takuya Hatsui, Kazuhiro Asai, Shimpei Otaka, Hiroto Komiyama
  • Patent number: 8177988
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a substrate for a liquid discharge head having a silicon substrate provided with a supply port of a liquid comprises steps of preparing a substrate which is provided with a passive film on one side face thereof, has a first recess and a second recess provided therein so as to penetrate from the one side face into the inner part through the passive film, wherein the recesses satisfy a relation of a ×tan 54.7 degrees?d, where a is defined as a distance between the first recess and the second recess, and d is defined as a depth of the second recess, and forming the supply port by anisotropically etching the crystal from the one side face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroto Komiyama, Hirokazu Komuro, Satoshi Ibe, Takuya Hatsui, Keisuke Kishimoto, Shimpei Otaka, Sadayoshi Sakuma
  • Patent number: 8114305
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a silicon substrate for a liquid discharge head with a liquid supply opening formed therein includes: forming one processed portion by laser processing on the substrate from one surface of the substrate; expanding the one processed portion to form a recess portion by performing laser processing at a position which overlaps a part of the one processed portion and does not overlap another part of the one processed portion; and etching from the one surface the substrate with the recess portion formed therein to form the liquid supply opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroto Komiyama, Hirokazu Komuro, Satoshi Ibe, Takuya Hatsui, Keisuke Kishimoto, Kazuhiro Asai, Shimpei Otaka
  • Patent number: 8091234
    Abstract: A manufacturing method, for a liquid discharge head that includes a silicon substrate in which a supply port is formed for supplying a liquid, includes the steps of providing the silicon substrate, a mask layer provided with an opening that corresponds to the supply port being provided on one face of the silicon substrate; forming a groove in the silicon substrate along the shape of the opening in the mask layer; removing, via sandblasting, silicon of the silicon substrate inward of the groove in the silicon substrate; and performing, from the one face, anisotropic etching of the silicon substrate that has been sandblasted, and forming the supply port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Ibe, Hirokazu Komuro, Takuya Hatsui, Kazuhiro Asai, Shimpei Otaka, Hiroto Komiyama, Keisuke Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20110279550
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a recording element substrate including an energy generating element, a wiring substrate including wiring, a support substrate for supporting the recording element substrate and the wiring substrate so that a side end portion of the recording element substrate and a side end portion of the wiring substrate are adjacent to each other, and a sealing member, wherein the side end portion of the wiring substrate has a step portion, a distance between a second portion of the step portion on the side opposite to the support substrate and the side end portion of the recording element substrate is larger than a distance between a first portion of the step portion on the side of the support substrate and the side end portion of the recording element substrate, and a part of the wiring is formed in the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shimpei Otaka, Takayuki Ono
  • Patent number: 7947336
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition, including: an epoxy resin (A) represented by Formula (1); an epoxy resin (B) having an epoxy equivalent of 220 or less and having twice or more epoxy groups in a molecule than epoxy groups of the epoxy resin (A); and a photocationic polymerization initiator (C), in which: the epoxy resins (A) and (B) constitute main components; and a weight of the epoxy resin (A) is 40% or more and a weight of the epoxy resin (B) is 30% or more with respect to a total weight of the epoxy resins (A) and (B): where: R represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, or a t-butyl group; n represents an integer of 0 or more and 4 or less; and m represents an integer of 1 or more and 3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shimpei Otaka, Kazunari Ishizuka, Isamu Horiuchi, Isao Imamura
  • Patent number: 7887162
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition, including: an epoxy resin (A) represented by Formula (1); an epoxy resin (B) having an epoxy equivalent of 220 or less and having twice or more epoxy groups in a molecule than epoxy groups of the epoxy resin (A); and a photocationic polymerization initiator (C), in which: the epoxy resins (A) and (B) constitute main components; and a weight of the epoxy resin (A) is 40% or more and a weight of the epoxy resin (B) is 30% or more with respect to a total weight of the epoxy resins (A) and (B): where: R represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, or a t-butyl group; n represents an integer of 0 or more and 4 or less; and m represents an integer of 1 or more and 3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shimpei Otaka, Kazunari Ishizuka, Isamu Horiuchi, Isao Imamura
  • Publication number: 20100248156
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition, including: an epoxy resin (A) represented by Formula (1); an epoxy resin (B) having an epoxy equivalent of 220 or less and having twice or more epoxy groups in a molecule than epoxy groups of the epoxy resin (A); and a photocationic polymerization initiator (C), in which: the epoxy resins (A) and (B) constitute main components; and a weight of the epoxy resin (A) is 40% or more and a weight of the epoxy resin (B) is 30% or more with respect to a total weight of the epoxy resins (A) and (B): where: R represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, or a t-butyl group; represents an integer of 0 or more and 4 or less; and m represents an integer of 1 or more and 3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shimpei Otaka, Kazunari Ishizuka, Isamu Horiuchi, Isao Imamura
  • Publication number: 20100134555
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition, including: an epoxy resin (A) represented by Formula (1); an epoxy resin (B) having an epoxy equivalent of 220 or less and having twice or more epoxy groups in a molecule than epoxy groups of the epoxy resin (A); and a photocationic polymerization initiator (C), in which: the epoxy resins (A) and (B) constitute main components; and a weight of the epoxy resin (A) is 40% or more and a weight of the epoxy resin (B) is 30% or more with respect to a total weight of the epoxy resins (A) and (B): where: R represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, or a t-butyl group; n represents an integer of 0 or more and 4 or less; and m represents an integer of 1 or more and 3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shimpei Otaka, Kazunari Ishizuka, Isamu Horiuchi, Isao Imamura
  • Patent number: 7709554
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition, including: an epoxy resin (A) represented by Formula (1); an epoxy resin (B) having an epoxy equivalent of 220 or less and having twice or more epoxy groups in a molecule than epoxy groups of the epoxy resin (A); and a photocationic polymerization initiator (C), in which: the epoxy resins (A) and (B) constitute main components; and a weight of the epoxy resin (A) is 40% or more and a weight of the epoxy resin (B) is 30% or more with respect to a total weight of the epoxy resins (A) and (B): where: R represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, or a t-butyl group; n represents an integer of 0 or more and 4 or less; and m represents an integer of 1 or more and 3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shimpei Otaka, Kazunari Ishizuka, Isamu Horiuchi, Isao Imamura
  • Patent number: 7687552
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition, including: an epoxy resin (A) represented by Formula (1); an epoxy resin (B) having an epoxy equivalent of 220 or less and having twice or more epoxy groups in a molecule than epoxy groups of the epoxy resin (A); and a photocationic polymerization initiator (C), in which: the epoxy resins (A) and (B) constitute main components; and a weight of the epoxy resin (A) is 40% or more and a weight of the epoxy resin (B) is 30% or more with respect to a total weight of the epoxy resins (A) and (B): where: R represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, or a t-butyl group; represents an integer of 0 or more and 4 or less; and m represents an integer of 1 or more and 3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shimpei Otaka, Kazunari Ishizuka, Isamu Horiuchi, Isao Imamura
  • Publication number: 20100045739
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition, including: an epoxy resin (A) represented by Formula (1); an epoxy resin (B) having an epoxy equivalent of 220 or less and having twice or more epoxy groups in a molecule than epoxy groups of the epoxy resin (A); and a photocationic polymerization initiator (C), in which: the epoxy resins (A) and (B) constitute main components; and a weight of the epoxy resin (A) is 40% or more and a weight of the epoxy resin (B) is 30% or more with respect to a total weight of the epoxy resins (A) and (B): where: R represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, or a t-butyl group; n represents an integer of 0 or more and 4 or less; and m represents an integer of 1 or more and 3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shimpei Otaka, Kazunari Ishizuka, Isamu Horiuchi, Isao Imamura
  • Publication number: 20090314742
    Abstract: A method for processing a substrate includes preparing a substrate having a first layer on a first surface side thereof, the first layer having a material capable of suppressing transmission of laser light, processing the substrate with laser light from a second surface that is opposite the first surface of the substrate toward the first surface of the substrate, and allowing the laser light to reach the first layer to form a hole in the substrate, and performing etching of the substrate from the second surface through the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keisuke Kishimoto, Satoshi Ibe, Takuya Hatsui, Shimpei Otaka, Hiroto Komiyama, Hiroyuki Morimoto, Masahiko Kubota, Toshiyasu Sakai
  • Publication number: 20090065482
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a substrate for a liquid discharge head, the substrate including a silicon substrate with a liquid supply opening formed therein, the method including: forming one processed portion by laser processing on the substrate from one surface of the substrate; expanding the one processed portion to form a recess portion by performing laser processing at a position which overlaps a part of the one processed portion and does not overlap another part of the one processed portion; and etching from the one surface the substrate with the recess portion formed therein to form the liquid supply opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroto Komiyama, Hirokazu Komuro, Satoshi Ibe, Takuya Hatsui, Keisuke Kishimoto, Kazuhiro Asai, Shimpei Otaka
  • Publication number: 20090065476
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a substrate for a liquid discharge head having a silicon substrate provided with a supply port of a liquid comprises steps of preparing a substrate which is provided with a passive film on one side face thereof, has a first recess and a second recess provided therein so as to penetrate from the one side face into the inner part through the passive film, wherein the recesses satisfy a relation of a×tan 54.7 degrees?d, when a is defined as a distance between the first recess and the second recess, and d is defined as a depth of the second recess, and forming the supply port by anisotropically etching the crystal from the one side face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroto Komiyama, Hirokazu Komuro, Satoshi Ibe, Takuya Hatsui, Keisuke Kishimoto, Shimpei Otaka, Sadayoshi Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20090065472
    Abstract: To provide a manufacturing method, for a liquid discharge head substrate that includes a silicon substrate in which a liquid supply port is formed, includes the steps of: preparing the silicon substrate, on one face of which a mask layer, in which an opening has been formed, is deposited; forming a first recessed portion in the silicon substrate, so that the recessed portion is extended through the opening from the one face of the silicon substrate to the other, reverse face of the silicon substrate; forming a second recessed portion by performing wet etching for the substrate, via the first recessed portion, using the mask layer; and performing dry etching for the silicon substrate in a direction from the second recessed portion to the other face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Asai, Hirokazu Komuro, Satoshi Ibe, Takuya Hatsui, Shimpei Otaka, Hiroto Komiyama, Keisuke Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20090065473
    Abstract: To provide a manufacturing method, for a liquid discharge head that includes a silicon substrate in which a supply port is formed for supplying a liquid, includes the steps of: providing the silicon substrate, a mask layer provided with an opening that corresponds to the supply port being provided on one face of the silicon substrate; forming a groove in the silicon substrate along the shape of the opening in the mask layer; removing, using sandblasting, silicon of the silicon substrate from the inner wall of the groove in the silicon substrate; and performing, from the one face, anisotropic etching of the silicon substrate that has been sandblasted, and forming the supply port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Ibe, Hirokazu Komuro, Takuya Hatsui, Kazuhiro Asai, Shimpei Otaka, Hiroto Komiyama, Keisuke Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20090065481
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a substrate for a liquid discharge head having a silicon substrate in which a liquid supply port is provided includes providing the silicon substrate, an etching mask layer having an opening being formed on a one surface of the silicon substrate, forming a region comprising an amorphous silicon in the interior of the silicon substrate by irradiating the silicon substrate with laser light, forming a recess, which has an opening at a part of a portion exposed from said opening on said one surface, from said one surface of the silicon substrate toward the region, and forming the supply port by performing etching on the silicon substrate in which the recess and the region have been formed from said one surface through the opening of the etching mask layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keisuke Kishimoto, Hirokazu Komuro, Satoshi Ibe, Takuya Hatsui, Kazuhiro Asai, Shimpei Otaka, Hiroto Komiyama
  • Publication number: 20080309719
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head comprises a discharge port forming member having formed therein a discharge port arranged correspond to an energy generating element which generates energy to eject a liquid and a flow path forming member for forming a flow path to supply ink to the discharge port. At least one of the discharge port forming member and the flow path forming member is made of a cured material of a composition containing an epoxy resin and a phenol resin having a higher oxygen equivalent than that of the epoxy resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazunari Ishizuka, Shimpei Otaka, Isao Imamura
  • Publication number: 20070142491
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition, including: an epoxy resin (A) represented by Formula (1); an epoxy resin (B) having an epoxy equivalent of 220 or less and having twice or more epoxy groups in a molecule than epoxy groups of the epoxy resin (A); and a photocationic polymerization initiator (C), in which: the epoxy resins (A) and (B) constitute main components; and a weight of the epoxy resin (A) is 40% or more and a weight of the epoxy resin (B) is 30% or more with respect to a total weight of the epoxy resins (A) and (B): where: R represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, or a t-butyl group; n represents an integer of 0 or more and 4 or less; and m represents an integer of 1 or more and 3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shimpei Otaka, Kazunari Ishizuka, Isamu Horiuchi, Isao Imamura