Patents by Inventor Shinichi ITAYA

Shinichi ITAYA 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: 11813862
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejection section that includes a nozzle which ejects a liquid, a pressure chamber which communicates with the nozzle, and a piezoelectric actuator which imparts a pressure fluctuation to the liquid in the pressure chamber, a drive waveform generation section that generates a drive waveform including a non-ejection vibration pulse which, when supplied to the piezoelectric actuator, imparts the pressure fluctuation to the liquid in the pressure chamber such that the liquid is not ejected from the nozzle and a control section that controls supply of the non-ejection vibration pulse to the piezoelectric actuator in accordance with a temperature of the liquid in the pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mikiya Yajima, Shinichi Itaya
  • Publication number: 20220072856
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejection section that includes a nozzle which ejects a liquid, a pressure chamber which communicates with the nozzle, and a piezoelectric actuator which imparts a pressure fluctuation to the liquid in the pressure chamber, a drive waveform generation section that generates a drive waveform including a non-ejection vibration pulse which, when supplied to the piezoelectric actuator, imparts the pressure fluctuation to the liquid in the pressure chamber such that the liquid is not ejected from the nozzle and a control section that controls supply of the non-ejection vibration pulse to the piezoelectric actuator in accordance with a temperature of the liquid in the pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Mikiya YAJIMA, Shinichi ITAYA
  • Patent number: 9056992
    Abstract: A nonaqueous ink composition for ink jet recording includes a solvent represented by general formula (1) and having a hydrophile-lipophile balance value of 10.5 to 20.0: where R1 denotes an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akihito Sao, Shinichi Itaya, Shushi Makita
  • Patent number: 8979245
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a head, wherein a manifold in which an ink flows, and a plurality of ink flow paths divided from the manifold and arranged in a first direction are formed in the head; a nozzle opening portion discharging the ink flowing from the manifold is formed in the ink flow path; when a maximum area is C1 and a minimum area is C2 in a cross section of the ink flow path including the first direction and a vertical direction, except a cross section including the nozzle opening portion, the C1 is more than once and equal to or less than 3.5 times the C2; and the ink contains a flaky pigment having an average thickness of 5 nm or more and 50 nm or less and a 50% average particle diameter of an equivalent circle diameter of 0.5 ?m or more and 2.1 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Maki Nariai, Kinya Ozawa, Shinichi Itaya
  • Patent number: 8936358
    Abstract: An ink composition for ink jet textile printing at least includes a disperse dye and a solvent represented by the following Formula (1): (in Formula (1), R1 denotes an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms). The solvent represented by the Formula (1) has an HLB value of 10.5 or more and 20.0 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akihito Sao, Shinichi Itaya, Shushi Makita
  • Patent number: 8757775
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus has a head component that ejects a liquid through nozzle openings to attach the liquid to an object. The liquid contains a tabular grain material, and the head component discharges the liquid in droplets weighing 1 ng to 7 ng, both inclusive, in a way that the droplets reach the object at a velocity of 5 m/s to 8 m/s, both inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Itaya, Kinya Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20140055530
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure generation chamber to which ink containing a flat plate-like particle is filled, a piezoelectric element generating pressure change on the ink in the pressure generation chamber, and a nozzle plate having a nozzle for discharging the ink from the pressure generation chamber due to the pressure change. The nozzle includes a first nozzle portion at an ink discharge surface side, and a second nozzle portion communicating with the first nozzle portion and formed at the pressure generation chamber side. When an opening diameter of the first nozzle portion at the discharge surface side is ?1 and an opening diameter of the second nozzle portion at the pressure generation chamber side is ?2, the nozzle satisfies ?2/?1?1.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Itaya, Kinya Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20130286068
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus that includes a liquid ejecting head capable of ejecting a liquid containing solid contents from a nozzle, by driving pressure generating unit for changing a capacity of a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle; and control unit for controlling the drive of the pressure generating unit, wherein the control unit drives the pressure generating unit so that a volume of the liquid ejected from the nozzle per a unit time is equal to or less than 60 nl/s, and an initial speed of the liquid ejected from the nozzle is equal to or less than 8 m/s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi ITAYA, Maki NARIAI, Kinya OZAWA, Akihito SAO
  • Publication number: 20130286100
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus has a head component that ejects a liquid through nozzle openings to attach the liquid to an object. The liquid contains a tabular grain material, and the head component discharges the liquid in droplets weighing 1 ng to 7 ng, both inclusive, in a way that the droplets reach the object at a velocity of 5 m/s to 8 m/s, both inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi ITAYA, Kinya OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20130250003
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a head, wherein a manifold in which an ink flows, and a plurality of ink flow paths divided from the manifold and arranged in a first direction are formed in the head; a nozzle opening portion discharging the ink flowing from the manifold is formed in the ink flow path; when a maximum area is C1 and a minimum area is C2 in a cross section of the ink flow path including the first direction and a vertical direction, except a cross section including the nozzle opening portion, the C1 is more than once and equal to or less than 3.5 times the C2; and the ink contains a flaky pigment having an average thickness of 5 nm or more and 50 nm or less and a 50% average particle diameter of an equivalent circle diameter of 0.5 ?m or more and 2.1 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Maki NARIAI, Kinya OZAWA, Shinichi ITAYA
  • Patent number: 8459775
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head including: a head main body that has a nozzle opening for ejecting liquid, a rectifying plate that is disposed in a position away from the liquid ejecting surface on which the nozzle opening is opened and has an opening disposed in an area facing the nozzle opening, and an air stream generating unit that generates an air stream between the liquid ejecting surface and the rectifying plate along the surface direction of the liquid ejecting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Teruaki Kaieda, Shinichi Itaya
  • Publication number: 20110292141
    Abstract: A nonaqueous ink composition for ink jet recording includes a solvent represented by general formula (1) and having a hydrophile-lipophile balance value of 10.5 to 20.0: where R1 denotes an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akihito Sao, Shinichi Itaya, Shushi Makita
  • Publication number: 20110292114
    Abstract: An ink composition for ink jet textile printing at least includes a disperse dye and a solvent represented by the following Formula (1): (in Formula (1), R1 denotes an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms). The solvent represented by the Formula (1) has an HLB value of 10.5 or more and 20.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akihito Sao, Shinichi Itaya, Shushi Makita
  • Publication number: 20110187791
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head including: a head main body that has a nozzle opening for ejecting liquid, a rectifying plate that is disposed in a position away from the liquid ejecting surface on which the nozzle opening is opened and has an opening disposed in an area facing the nozzle opening, and an air stream generating unit that generates an air stream between the liquid ejecting surface and the rectifying plate along the surface direction of the liquid ejecting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teruaki KAIEDA, Shinichi ITAYA