Patents by Inventor Shiro Yazaki

Shiro Yazaki 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: 20180154652
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a flow path forming substrate in which a pressure generating chamber which communicates with a nozzle which ejects a liquid is formed by a partitioning wall, and a piezoelectric actuator in which a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode are laminated, in which the piezoelectric layer includes a region which is interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode in a lamination direction, and in which when viewed in plan view from the lamination direction, the region overlaps at least a portion of the edges of each side of an opening of the pressure generating chamber on the piezoelectric actuator side and does not overlap one of the first electrode and the second electrode in at least a portion of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventor: Shiro YAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9962935
    Abstract: An empty chamber component includes a pressure chamber formation substrate where a pressure chamber as an empty chamber is defined and a communication substrate bonded to the pressure chamber formation substrate. A piezoelectric element is provided on one side of the pressure chamber formation substrate. A flexible surface is located between the piezoelectric element and the pressure chamber. Empty portions are defined by the communication substrate closing recessed portions in the pressure chamber formation substrate. The empty portions are formed at positions where ends of the active section of the piezoelectric element pass through the empty portions in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Motoki Takabe, Shiro Yazaki, Yuma Fukuzawa, Eiju Hirai
  • Publication number: 20180111373
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a flow channel forming substrate that is provided with a space constituting a pressure generating chamber which communicates with nozzle openings, a vibration plate that is stacked on one surface of the flow channel forming substrate and seals the space, and a piezoelectric element that includes a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode sequentially stacked on a surface of the vibration plate opposite to the flow channel forming substrate, in which the first electrode is formed, in which at least a width of a first direction along the opposite surface is narrower than the space in a region corresponding to the space, the piezoelectric layer is stacked so as to overlap the first electrode and at least a part of the vibration plate in the region corresponding to the space, the second electrode is stacked so as to overlap the piezoelectric layer in the region corresponding to the space, and as a thickness of a stacked direction of the piezoelectric element i
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Shiro YAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9878538
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a flow channel forming substrate that is provided with a space constituting a pressure generating chamber which communicates with nozzle openings, a vibration plate that is stacked on one surface of the flow channel forming substrate and seals the space, and a piezoelectric element that includes a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode sequentially stacked on a surface of the vibration plate opposite to the flow channel forming substrate, in which the first electrode is formed, in which at least a width of a first direction along the opposite surface is narrower than the space in a region corresponding to the space, the piezoelectric layer is stacked so as to overlap the first electrode and at least a part of the vibration plate in the region corresponding to the space, the second electrode is stacked so as to overlap the piezoelectric layer in the region corresponding to the space, and as a thickness of a stacked direction of the piezoelectric element i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shiro Yazaki
  • Publication number: 20170320325
    Abstract: An empty chamber component includes a pressure chamber formation substrate where a pressure chamber as an empty chamber is defined and a communication substrate bonded to the pressure chamber formation substrate. A piezoelectric element is provided on one side of the pressure chamber formation substrate. A flexible surface is located between the piezoelectric element and the pressure chamber. Empty portions are defined by the communication substrate closing recessed portions in the pressure chamber formation substrate. The empty portions are formed at positions where ends of the active section of the piezoelectric element pass through the empty portions in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Motoki TAKABE, Shiro YAZAKI, Yuma FUKUZAWA, Eiju HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20170305156
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a plurality of individual electrodes, a piezoelectric layer formed on each of individual electrodes, and a common electrode which is formed on the piezoelectric layer and is an electrode common to the individual electrodes. Further, a protection film covering a region, which is not covered by the common electrode on the individual electrode, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Shiro YAZAKI, Takahiro KAMIJO, Tatsuro TORIMOTO, Motoki TAKABE
  • Patent number: 9751307
    Abstract: An empty chamber component includes a pressure chamber formation substrate where a pressure chamber as an empty chamber is defined and a communication substrate bonded to the pressure chamber formation substrate. A piezoelectric element is provided on one side of the pressure chamber formation substrate. A flexible surface is located between the piezoelectric element and the pressure chamber. Empty portions are defined by the communication substrate closing recessed portions in the pressure chamber formation substrate. The empty portions are formed at positions where ends of the active section of the piezoelectric element pass through the empty portions in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Motoki Takabe, Shiro Yazaki, Yuma Fukuzawa, Eiju Hirai
  • Patent number: 9731505
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a plurality of individual electrodes, a piezoelectric layer formed on each of individual electrodes, and a common electrode which is formed on the piezoelectric layer and is an electrode common to the individual electrodes. Further, a protection film covering a region, which is not covered by the common electrode on the individual electrode, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Yazaki, Takahiro Kamijo, Tatsuro Torimoto, Motoki Takabe
  • Patent number: 9682560
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric element includes a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode, in which unevenness on one surface of the piezoelectric layer is formed by forming an oxidizable metal layer on the one surface of the piezoelectric layer; aggregating the metal layer by thermal oxidation; and performing isotropic etching on the metal layer aggregated on the one surface of the piezoelectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Motoki Takabe, Takahiro Kamijo, Tatsuro Torimoto, Toshihiro Shimizu, Shiro Yazaki
  • Patent number: 9662882
    Abstract: At an area corresponding to a pressure chamber, the width of a lower electrode film in a nozzle row direction is narrower than the width of the pressure chamber in the same direction. A vibrating plate at the area corresponding to a pressure chamber includes an area P1, an area P2, and an area P3. The area P1 is an area on which the piezoelectric layer to be an activation portion is stacked. The area P2 is an area on which the piezoelectric layer to be an inactivation portion is stacked. The area P3 is an area on which the piezoelectric layer is not stacked. When the thicknesses of the vibrating plate at the areas P1, P2 and P3 are set to, respectively, t1, t2, and t3, the following expression is satisfied: t1>t2?t3 (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Eiju Hirai, Shiro Yazaki, Motoki Takabe, Yuma Fukuzawa
  • Publication number: 20170036446
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a substrate in which a pressure generating chamber that communicates with a nozzle opening is formed; and a piezoelectric element having a piezoelectric layer, a first electrode that is formed on a surface of the piezoelectric layer on a side of the substrate so as to correspond to the pressure generating chamber, and a second electrode that is formed on a surface of the piezoelectric layer opposite to the side on which the first electrode is formed so as to extend over a plurality of the pressure generating chambers, wherein the second electrode is formed to extend to an outside of the pressure generating chamber in a longitudinal direction of the pressure generating chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Eiju HIRAI, Shiro YAZAKI, Koji SUMI, Motoki TAKABE, Jiro KATO, Hiroshi ITO, Toshihiro SHIMIZU, Takahiro KAMIJO, Tatsuro TORIMOTO, Chikara KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 9545792
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a plurality of individual electrodes, a piezoelectric layer formed on each of individual electrodes, and a common electrode which is formed on the piezoelectric layer and is an electrode common to the individual electrodes. Further, a protection film covering a region, which is not covered by the common electrode on the individual electrode, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Yazaki, Takahiro Kamijo, Tatsuro Torimoto, Motoki Takabe
  • Publication number: 20170008288
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a flow channel forming substrate that is provided with a space constituting a pressure generating chamber which communicates with nozzle openings, a vibration plate that is stacked on one surface of the flow channel forming substrate and seals the space, and a piezoelectric element that includes a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode sequentially stacked on a surface of the vibration plate opposite to the flow channel forming substrate, in which the first electrode is formed, in which at least a width of a first direction along the opposite surface is narrower than the space in a region corresponding to the space, the piezoelectric layer is stacked so as to overlap the first electrode and at least a part of the vibration plate in the region corresponding to the space, the second electrode is stacked so as to overlap the piezoelectric layer in the region corresponding to the space, and as a thickness of a stacked direction of the piezoelectric element i
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Shiro YAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170001442
    Abstract: An empty chamber component includes a pressure chamber formation substrate where a pressure chamber as an empty chamber is defined and a communication substrate bonded to the pressure chamber formation substrate. A piezoelectric element is provided on one side of the pressure chamber formation substrate. A flexible surface is located between the piezoelectric element and the pressure chamber. Empty portions are defined by the communication substrate closing recessed portions in the pressure chamber formation substrate. The empty portions are formed at positions where ends of the active section of the piezoelectric element pass through the empty portions in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Motoki TAKABE, Shiro YAZAKI, Yuma FUKUZAWA, Eiju HIRAI
  • Patent number: 9533501
    Abstract: A lower electrode 60 in a region opposite each of pressure generation chambers 12 is formed to have a width smaller than the width of the corresponding pressure generation chamber 12, and an upper surface and an end surface of the lower electrode 60 in a region corresponding to each of the pressure generation chambers 12 is covered with a piezoelectric material layer 70. An end surface of the piezoelectric material layer 70 forms a slope surface sloping downward toward the outside, an upper surface and an end surface of the piezoelectric material layer 70 in the region opposite each of the pressure generation chambers 12 are covered with an upper electrode 80, and a distance D1 between the upper surface of the lower electrode 60 and the upper surface of the piezoelectric material layer 70 and a distance D2 between the end surface of the lower electrode 60 and the end surface of the piezoelectric material layer 70 satisfy the relationship D2?D1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shiro Yazaki
  • Publication number: 20160368268
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a plurality of individual electrodes, a piezoelectric layer formed on each of individual electrodes, and a common electrode which is formed on the piezoelectric layer and is an electrode common to the individual electrodes. Further, a protection film covering a region, which is not covered by the common electrode on the individual electrode, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Shiro YAZAKI, Takahiro KAMIJO, Tatsuro TORIMOTO, Motoki TAKABE
  • Patent number: 9498952
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a substrate in which a pressure generating chamber that communicates with a nozzle opening is formed; and a piezoelectric element having a piezoelectric layer, a first electrode that is formed on a surface of the piezoelectric layer on a side of the substrate so as to correspond to the pressure generating chamber, and a second electrode that is formed on a surface of the piezoelectric layer opposite to the side on which the first electrode is formed so as to extend over a plurality of the pressure generating chambers, wherein the second electrode is formed to extend to an outside of the pressure generating chamber in a longitudinal direction of the pressure generating chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Eiju Hirai, Shiro Yazaki, Koji Sumi, Motoki Takabe, Jiro Kato, Hiroshi Ito, Toshihiro Shimizu, Takahiro Kamijo, Tatsuro Torimoto, Chikara Kojima
  • Patent number: 9475289
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a flow channel forming substrate that is provided with a space constituting a pressure generating chamber which communicates with nozzle openings, a vibration plate that is stacked on one surface of the flow channel forming substrate and seals the space, and a piezoelectric element that includes a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode sequentially stacked on a surface of the vibration plate opposite to the flow channel forming substrate, in which the first electrode is formed, in which at least a width of a first direction along the opposite surface is narrower than the space in a region corresponding to the space, the piezoelectric layer is stacked so as to overlap the first electrode and at least a part of the vibration plate in the region corresponding to the space, the second electrode is stacked so as to overlap the piezoelectric layer in the region corresponding to the space, and as a thickness of a stacked direction of the piezoelectric element i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shiro Yazaki
  • Patent number: 9457567
    Abstract: Piezoelectric elements constituted by lower electrodes, piezoelectric layers, and an upper electrode are extended from positions corresponding to openings of pressure chambers to outer positions beyond opening edges of the pressure chambers. The piezoelectric layers have exposure portions on the extended portions and the exposure portions of the piezoelectric layers are covered by an adhesive between an actuator unit and a sealing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuro Torimoto, Takahiro Kamijo, Motoki Takabe, Shiro Yazaki
  • Patent number: 9427954
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a first electrode layer which is stacked on the vibrating plate; a second electrode layer which is stacked on a side opposite to the vibrating plate with respect to the first electrode layer; a piezoelectric layer which is interposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; and a conductive layer which electrically connects the first electrode layer to external wiring, in which a point of contact between the conductive layer and the first electrode layer is in a vibrating region of the vibrating plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Yazaki, Shunsuke Watanabe