Patents by Inventor Shingo Okushima

Shingo Okushima 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).

  • Publication number: 20240367441
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head has a laminated flow path member on which a supply flow path for individually supplying a plurality of liquids to an element substrate and a collection flow path for individually collecting the liquids are formed. The supply flow path includes first and second common supply flow paths for horizontally leading first and second liquids to positions corresponding to a plurality of element substrates. The first and second common supply flow paths are formed in the same layer of the laminated flow path member. The collection flow path includes a first common collection flow path for horizontally collecting the first liquid and a second common collection flow path for horizontally collecting the second liquid from positions corresponding to the plurality of element substrates. The first and second common collection flow paths are formed in the same layer of the laminated flow path member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yamada, Toru Nakakubo, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Shingo Okushima
  • Publication number: 20240308228
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is a liquid ejection head, including: multiple ejection ports; multiple pressure chambers; a printing element substrate on which a printing element is arrayed in which a supply flow channel that extends in a direction in which the multiple pressure chambers are arrayed and that supplies the multiple pressure chambers with a liquid and a collection flow channel that extends in the direction and that collects the liquid from the multiple pressure chambers are provided; and at least two or more bypasses as flow channels that do not pass through the pressure chambers, in which the at least two or more bypasses include at least one of two or more bypasses for each supply flow channel and two or more bypasses for each collection flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Yumi Komamiya, Shingo Okushima, Daniel Lindenaar, Peter Joseph Hollands, Clemens Weijkamp, Roy Derks, Lambertus van Sas
  • Patent number: 12090758
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a liquid ejection part configured to eject a liquid; and a guide part provided upstream of the liquid ejection part with respect to a conveying direction of a recording medium and configured to guide the front end of the recording medium conveyed to the liquid ejection part. The guide part has an inclined surface inclined so as to be more spaced apart from a conveyance path for the recording medium as the inclined surface is more distant from the liquid ejection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Kimura, Takuya Iwano, Hiromasa Amma, Shingo Okushima
  • Patent number: 12070956
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head has a laminated flow path member on which a supply flow path for individually supplying a plurality of liquids to an element substrate and a collection flow path for individually collecting the liquids are formed. The supply flow path includes first and second common supply flow paths for horizontally leading first and second liquids to positions corresponding to a plurality of element substrates. The first and second common supply flow paths are formed in the same layer of the laminated flow path member. The collection flow path includes a first common collection flow path for horizontally collecting the first liquid and a second common collection flow path for horizontally collecting the second liquid from positions corresponding to the plurality of element substrates. The first and second common collection flow paths are formed in the same layer of the laminated flow path member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yamada, Toru Nakakubo, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Shingo Okushima
  • Publication number: 20240217237
    Abstract: The liquid ejection head including a first liquid ejection module and a second liquid ejection module, each including a printing element substrate having an ejection surface on which a plurality of ejection port rows ejecting liquid is formed and a protection member having an opening corresponding to the ejection port row, and the ejection surface and the protection member are bonded to each other with a bonding adhesive, a space between the first liquid ejection module and the second liquid ejection module is sealed with a sealing member, and on a surface on the opposite side of a surface bonded to the ejection surface with the bonding adhesive, at least one side of the protection member, which is in close proximity to the sealing member, is made water repellent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: TOMOKI TSUJI, SHUZO IWANAGA, HIROMASA AMMA, SHINGO OKUSHIMA, TATSUROU MORI
  • Publication number: 20240217233
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head according to the present disclosure includes: a printing element substrate including an ejection surface provided with a first ejection orifice array in which an ejection orifice configured to be capable of ejecting a liquid is arranged in plurality in an array direction and a second ejection orifice array arranged in a direction intersecting with the array direction and the first ejection orifice array; and a protective member provided with a first opening corresponding to the first ejection orifice array and a second opening corresponding to the second ejection orifice array, wherein the protective member is arranged adjacent to the ejection surface of the printing element substrate via an adhesive arranged between the first ejection orifice array and the second ejection orifice array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: TATSUROU MORI, SHUZO IWANAGA, HIROMASA AMMA, SHINGO OKUSHIMA, SATOSHI KIMURA, KOICHI ISHIDA, TOMOHIRO TAKAHASHI, HIROAKI MIHARA, YUHEI OIKAWA, TAKATOSHI NAKANO, YOSHIHIRO HAMADA, FUMI TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240217236
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid ejection head including: a printing element board having an ejection surface in which an ejection orifice array is formed to eject liquid; and a protective member having an opening corresponding to the ejection orifice array, wherein the shape of the opening is an elongate shape having a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction in the case of viewing from the ejection surface, the opening has a first side surface parallel to the longitudinal direction and a second side surface parallel to the transverse direction, and the protective member s fixed to the ejection surface such that the first side surface has a first inclination angle with the ejection surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: YASUHIKO OSAKI, SHUZO IWANAGA, TATSUROU MORI, HIROMASA AMMA, SHINGO OKUSHIMA, SATOSHI KIMURA, YUHEI OIKAWA, TAKATOSHI NAKANO, KOICHI ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240208218
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a substrate including ejection openings configured to eject liquid; a flow-path member supporting the substrate and having a supply flow path that supplies the substrate with liquid, on one side in a first direction intersecting the arrangement direction of the ejection openings and a collection flow path that collects liquid from the substrate, on the other side; and a heating unit that heats an ejection region including the liquid ejection openings in the substrate. On both sides of the ejection region of the substrate in the first direction, the collection flow path is located on a side where the distance between the ejection region and a side of the substrate in the first direction is longer and the supply flow path is located on a side where the distance between the ejection region and a side of the substrate in the first direction is shorter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: YUMI KOMAMIYA, SHINGO OKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240181777
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head including a recording element substrate configured with a liquid ejection port, the liquid ejection head including: a first positioning member configured with a first positioning part including a recess portion opening in a direction of liquid ejection; and a second positioning member configured with a second positioning part, which includes a groove portion opening in the direction of liquid ejection and extending towards the first positioning member, and a third positioning part, which includes a flat plane portion substantially parallel to the recording element substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: YASUHIKO OSAKI, SATOSHI KIMURA, SHUZO IWANAGA, SHINGO OKUSHIMA, HIROMASA AMMA, SEIJI SUZUKI, TAKAYA SATO, RAN KUDO, RYOSUKE ARAKI
  • Patent number: 11970004
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a liquid discharge substrate that has a discharge-orifice row, pressure generating elements, and pressure chambers. The liquid discharge head discharges a liquid in a block-by-block manner using sequential driving. The discharge-orifice row is disposed so as to incline at an angle ?=Arctan (d1/d2) relative to a direction extending orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the medium, in which d1 (?m) is a disposition spacing of the discharge orifices in the discharge-orifice row in the conveyance direction and d2 (?m) is a disposition spacing of the discharge orifices in the discharge-orifice row in the direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction. A partition wall is formed between adjacent pressure chambers so as to separate the adjacent pressure chambers from each other. The partition wall has a communicating portion that communicates the adjacent pressure chambers with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sato, Shuzo Iwanaga, Takatsugu Moriya, Koichi Ishida, Shingo Okushima, Shintaro Kasai, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Akiko Hammura
  • Publication number: 20240010015
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a conveyance roller configured to convey a recording medium in a conveyance direction, and a moving portion configured to move a recording head between a positioning position and a non-positioning position, the moving portion having a first supporting portion that supports the recording head at the non-positioning position. The first supporting portion does not support the recording head at the positioning position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: RAN KUDO, SEIJI SUZUKI, TAKAYA SATO, RYOSUKE ARAKI, TAKUYA HANE, TAKAYUKI OKAMOTO, SATOSHI KIMURA, SHINGO OKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230398797
    Abstract: In a recording apparatus including a recording head having an ejection port surface in which an ejection port that ejects a liquid is provided and a supporting portion configured to support the recording head to move the recording head between a recording position and a non-recording position, the supporting portion can be in a first state where an angle change of the ejection port surface is regulated and a second state where the angle change of the ejection port surface is not regulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: SEIJI SUZUKI, RAN KUDO, TAKAYA SATO, RYOSUKE ARAKI, TAKUYA HANE, TAKAYUKI OKAMOTO, SATOSHI KIMURA, SHINGO OKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11827020
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head including a recording element substrate for ejecting liquid supported by a support member with an adhesive layer provided between the recording element substrate and the support member. A terminal is provided at an end portion of the recording element substrate with a sealing member covering the end portion of the recording element substrate including the terminal. The sealing member is in contact with a side surface of the end portion and an end surface of the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer comprises includes a first adhesive portion and a second adhesive portion positioned between the first adhesive portion and the sealing member. Rigidity of the second adhesive portion is less than the rigidity of the sealing member and less than the rigidity of the first adhesive portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shingo Okushima, Yumi Komamiya, Satoshi Oikawa, Satoshi Kimura, Hirotomo Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20230311507
    Abstract: An object is to improve the structural reliability of a liquid ejection head. To achieve this, a liquid ejection head includes a first substrate having ejection ports, liquid chambers, and energy generation elements, and a second substrate joined to a second surface of the first substrate situated opposite to its first surface. The first substrate includes projecting areas projecting from end portions of the second substrate in a planar direction perpendicular to a first-axis direction (z-axis direction). Terminals to be electrically connected to the energy generation elements are provided at the second surfaces of the projecting areas. A support member 401 is joined to the first surface of the first substrate, has an opening at a position opposed to where the ejection ports are formed, and is fixed to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Koji Tachibana, SHINGO OKUSHIMA, TAKUYA IWANO
  • Publication number: 20230311510
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejection head and a liquid ejection apparatus in which separation of ejection modules from a support member is suppressed. To this end, a liquid supply unit is aligned with respect to the support member to which the ejection modules are bonded. Moreover, in a connection unit of an ejection unit and the liquid supply unit, liquid connection units of the ejection unit are connected to be movable relative to the liquid supply unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: TOMOKI TSUJI, HIROMASA AMMA, SHINGO OKUSHIMA, TAKUYA IWANO
  • Publication number: 20230311486
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to reduce a width of a flexible electric wiring board and to downsize a print head. An aspect of the present disclosure provides a flexible electric wiring board including: a selection unit configured to select one type of a drive signal out of a plurality of types of drive signals for driving a piezoelectric element; a plurality of drive signal lines including drive signal lines to transmit the plurality of types of the drive signals to the selection unit, respectively; and a control signal line configured to transmit a control signal to the selection unit in order to select the one type of the drive signal, in which the plurality of types of the drive signal lines have mutually different line widths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAMITSU TOKUDA, SHINGO OKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11760083
    Abstract: Misalignment of printing positions is reduced in a print head that circulates an ink between a printing apparatus and the print head in a case where the misalignment is apt to change dynamically along with heat deformation. To this end, printing element substrates in the print head are adjusted to a target temperature and then a liquid is circulated through the print element substrates. After thermal expansion of the print head reaches a steady state, an amount of misalignment of printing positions in a direction of conveyance of the print head is obtained by using a test pattern printed by using printing elements. Further, a correction value for correcting the misalignment of the printing positions is set based on the obtained amount of misalignment of the printing positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yumi Komamiya, Shingo Okushima
  • Patent number: 11760089
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a recording element substrate including a discharge port. A channel member is configured to supply the recording element substrate with a liquid. An electric wiring board is configured to supply the recording element substrate with power. A plate-like protective member is directly or indirectly fixed to the channel member. In a case where a direction in which the recording element substrate is viewed from the channel member is defined as downward, the protective member includes a first bent portion configured to be bent in a transverse direction of the liquid discharge head. The first bent portion is located at a position that is above an upper end of the channel member and below a midpoint of a line segment connecting the upper end of the channel member and an upper end of the protective member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yumi Komamiya, Satoshi Kimura, Shingo Okushima
  • Patent number: 11697295
    Abstract: Misalignment of printing positions between print heads associated with thermal expansion is reduced without increasing a data processing load. To this end, printing element substrates in a reference head and an adjustment target head are adjusted to a target temperature, and a liquid is circulated through the print element substrates. After thermal expansion of the reference head and the adjustment target head reaches a steady state, a first printing region being a printing region of the reference head and a second printing region being a printing region of the adjustment target head in a longitudinal direction are obtained from an image printed by using all printing elements. Then, used regions to be used for actual printing are set among the printing elements arranged on the reference head and the adjustment target head based on the first printing region and the second printing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yumi Komamiya, Satoshi Oikawa, Shingo Okushima
  • Patent number: 11642891
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes an ejection opening; a passage in which an energy generation element is disposed; an ejection opening portion that allows communication between the ejection opening and the passage; a supply passage for allowing the liquid to flow into the passage; and an outflow passage for allowing the liquid to flow out to the outside. An expression of H?0.34×P?0.66×W>1.7 is satisfied when a height of the passage is set to H [?m], a length of the ejection opening portion is set to P [?m], and a length of the ejection opening portion is set to W [?m].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shingo Okushima, Seiichiro Karita, Takatsuna Aoki, Noriyasu Nagai, Eisuke Nishitani, Yoshiyuki Nakagawa