Patents by Inventor Shohei MIZUTA

Shohei MIZUTA 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: 11958291
    Abstract: an adhesive having a first amount exists on a side of the first piezoelectric element line, of a joint of the wiring substrate and the pressure chamber substrate or the vibration plate, an adhesive having a second amount that is larger than the first amount exists on a side of the second piezoelectric element line of the wiring substrate, of the joint, and a first discharging element related to the first piezoelectric element line is different from a second discharging element related to the second piezoelectric element line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shohei Mizuta, Hiroaki Okui
  • Patent number: 11878509
    Abstract: The position information includes first position information about a position, at a first timing, of a droplet ejected from a first nozzle, which is one of the plurality of nozzles, and traveling in air, and second position information about a position, at the first timing, of a droplet ejected from a second nozzle, which is one of the plurality of nozzles N and is different from the first nozzle, and traveling in air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei Mizuta, Toshiro Murayama
  • Publication number: 20240009996
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a first driving element, a first pressure chamber, and a first nozzle that is formed in a nozzle substrate, in which the first nozzle includes a first upstream nozzle portion including a first supply opening opened in a second surface of the nozzle substrate and a first bottom surface and a first downstream nozzle portion including a first ejection opening opened in a first surface of the nozzle substrate and a first coupling section opened in the first bottom surface, when viewed in a thickness direction of the nozzle substrate, a sectional area of the first upstream nozzle portion is larger than a sectional area of the first downstream nozzle portion, and a center of gravity of the first coupling section is positioned between a center of gravity of the first ejection opening and a center of gravity of the first bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Shohei MIZUTA, Yuma FUKUZAWA, Akira MIYAGISHI, Toshiro MURAYAMA, Madoka ITO
  • Publication number: 20240010000
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a first nozzle and a second nozzle, the first nozzle includes a first downstream nozzle portion opened on a discharge surface of a nozzle substrate and a first upstream nozzle portion of which a cross-sectional area is larger than a cross-sectional area of the first downstream nozzle portion, the second nozzle includes a second downstream nozzle portion opened on the discharge surface and a second upstream nozzle portion of which a cross-sectional area is larger than a cross-sectional area of the second downstream nozzle portion, and, when viewed in a thickness direction, a second distance between a gravity center position of the second downstream nozzle portion and a gravity center position of the second upstream nozzle portion is longer than a first distance between a gravity center position of the first downstream nozzle portion and a gravity center position of the first upstream nozzle portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Shohei MIZUTA, Akira MIYAGISHI, Toshiro MURAYAMA, Madoka ITO
  • Publication number: 20230294400
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure chamber substrate having a pressure chamber, a drive element, a communication substrate having a supply communication flow path and a nozzle communication flow path at a position different from the supply communication flow path, and a coupling substrate having a supply port and the supply communication flow path and a discharge port, in which the pressure chamber substrate has a partition wall, and the communication substrate includes a first region bonded to the coupling substrate and overlapping the pressure chamber between the supply communication flow path and the nozzle communication flow path when viewed in a thickness direction, and a second region bonded to the coupling substrate and overlapping the partition wall at a position adjacent to the first region via an opening of the supply communication flow path when viewed in the thickness direction of the pressure chamber substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yoichi NAGANUMA, Yuma FUKUZAWA, Shohei MIZUTA, Naohiro NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230294401
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure chamber substrate having a pressure chamber, a drive element, a communication substrate having a supply communication flow path communicating with the pressure chamber and a nozzle communication flow path communicating with the pressure chamber and communicating with a nozzle for ejecting a liquid at a position different from the supply communication flow path, and a coupling substrate disposed between the pressure chamber substrate and the communication substrate, the coupling substrate having a supply port located between the pressure chamber and the supply communication flow path and a discharge port located between the pressure chamber and the nozzle communication flow path, in which a flow path cross-sectional area of the supply port is smaller than a flow path cross-sectional area of the supply communication flow path, and the coupling substrate is made of a photosensitive resist film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Sosuke YAMASAKI, Shohei MIZUTA, Yoichi NAGANUMA, Yuma FUKUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230249457
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a nozzle; first to fourth pressure chambers; a communication flow path communicating between the nozzle and the first to fourth pressure chambers; first to fourth driving elements; a first common liquid chamber communicating with the first and the second pressure chambers; and a second common liquid chamber communicating with the third and the fourth pressure chambers. A first joining position from the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber to the nozzle is closer to end portions of the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber on a nozzle side than to the nozzle, and a second joining position from the third pressure chamber and the fourth pressure chamber to the nozzle is closer to end portions of the third pressure chamber and the fourth pressure chamber on the nozzle side than to the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Takanori AIMONO, Yuma FUKUZAWA, Shohei MIZUTA, Shotaro TAMAI, Shun KATSUIE
  • Publication number: 20230249459
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a nozzle; first to fourth pressure chambers; a communication flow path coupled to the nozzle and communicating between the nozzle and the first to fourth pressure chambers; first to fourth flow paths coupling the communication flow path and the first to fourth pressure chambers; a first-common-liquid-chamber communicating with the first-pressure-chamber and the second-pressure-chamber; and a second-common-liquid-chamber communicating with the third-pressure-chamber and the fourth-pressure-chamber. The first-flow-path and the second-flow-path are arranged side by side in a first-direction, the third-flow-path and the fourth-flow-path are arranged side by side in the first-direction, and the first-flow-path and the second-flow-path, and the third-flow-path and the fourth-flow-path are arranged to be shifted in a second-direction orthogonal to the first-direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Takanori AIMONO, Yuma FUKUZAWA, Shohei MIZUTA, Shotaro TAMAI, Shun KATSUIE
  • Publication number: 20230066192
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure chamber substrate in which wall surface portions of a pressure chamber are formed, an diaphragm that forms a top surface portion of the pressure chamber, a piezoelectric element that is provided on the diaphragm, and a communication plate, in which an upper surface of the communication plate is bonded to a lower surface of the pressure chamber substrate by an adhesive, the upper surface of the communication plate is provided with a supply opening and a discharge opening, the pressure chamber is longitudinal in an X direction, acute angle portions are formed by the wall surface portions that mutually form an acute angle at each end in the X direction of a bottom surface portion of the pressure chamber, and the acute angle portions do not overlap with the supply opening and the discharge opening in a laminating direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Takashi AOKI, Shohei MIZUTA
  • Patent number: 11577509
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a pressure chamber substrate; and a communication plate, in which the pressure chamber substrate includes a first pressure chamber that extends in a first direction and applies pressure to a liquid, and a first supply channel, and the communication plate includes a first communication channel that extends in a second direction intersecting with the first direction and communicates with the first supply channel, and a second supply channel that communicates with the first supply channel and the first pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shotaro Tamai, Yuma Fukuzawa, Shohei Mizuta
  • Publication number: 20230043344
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a first pressure compartment extending in a first direction; a second pressure compartment extending in the first direction; a first communication passage continuous from the first pressure compartment and extending in the first direction; a second communication passage continuous to the second pressure compartment and extending in the first direction; a third communication passage continuous from the first communication passage and extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; a fourth communication passage continuous to the second communication passage and extending in the second direction; a fifth communication passage continuous from the third communication passage and continuous to the fourth communication passage and extending in the first direction; and a nozzle provided on the fifth communication passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Yoichi NAGANUMA, Yuma FUKUZAWA, Shohei MIZUTA
  • Patent number: 11571893
    Abstract: In this liquid ejecting head, the pressure chamber extends in a second direction crossing a first direction, the first direction being a direction from the pressure chamber to the nozzle. The pressure chamber and the absorbing chamber are disposed at a same position in the first direction and next to each other in the second direction. The actuator is disposed on an opposite side in the first direction with respect to the pressure chamber. The absorption member is disposed on the opposite side in the first direction with respect to the absorbing chamber, the absorption member including at least part of members constituting the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Motoki Takabe, Shohei Mizuta, Yu Shiozawa
  • Publication number: 20220379614
    Abstract: an adhesive having a first amount exists on a side of the first piezoelectric element line, of a joint of the wiring substrate and the pressure chamber substrate or the vibration plate, an adhesive having a second amount that is larger than the first amount exists on a side of the second piezoelectric element line of the wiring substrate, of the joint, and a first discharging element related to the first piezoelectric element line is different from a second discharging element related to the second piezoelectric element line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Shohei MIZUTA, Hiroaki OKUI
  • Publication number: 20220234345
    Abstract: The position information includes first position information about a position, at a first timing, of a droplet ejected from a first nozzle, which is one of the plurality of nozzles, and traveling in air, and second position information about a position, at the first timing, of a droplet ejected from a second nozzle, which is one of the plurality of nozzles N and is different from the first nozzle, and traveling in air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Shohei MIZUTA, Toshiro MURAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11345151
    Abstract: The communication plate has a first layer that defines a wall surface of the communication flow channel, a second layer stacked on a side of the first layer opposite to the wall surface, and a third layer stacked on a side of the second layer opposite to the first layer, and the thermal expansion coefficient of the second layer is smaller than the thermal expansion coefficient of the first layer and is smaller than the thermal expansion coefficient of the third layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shotaro Tamai, Nobuhiro Naito, Yuma Fukuzawa, Akinori Taniuchi, Shohei Mizuta
  • Patent number: 11292247
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid discharging head including: a nozzle discharging a liquid; a chamber plate having a plurality of pressure chambers, a drive element provided to correspond to each of the pressure chambers, and a plurality of lead electrodes for supplying an electric signal to the drive element; and a circuit substrate having a terminal coupled to the lead electrode. A first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber communicate with the nozzle in common. The chamber plate includes a first individual lead electrode for the drive element corresponding to the first pressure chamber and a second individual lead electrode for the drive element corresponding to the second pressure chamber. The terminal of the circuit substrate is coupled so as to overlap the first individual lead electrode and the second individual lead electrode in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei Mizuta, Motoki Takabe, Shunya Fukuda, Yoichi Naganuma
  • Patent number: 11230100
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid discharging head including a nozzle discharging a liquid; a chamber plate in which a plurality of pressure chambers are arranged side by side on a first surface side; and a flow path plate having a second surface formed with an opening of a communication flow path, wherein a first region of a partition wall between a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber adjacent to each other among the plurality of pressure chambers is constrained by being bonded to the second surface of the flow path plate, and a second region of the partition wall overlaps the opening of the communication flow path in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Motoki Takabe, Yoichi Naganuma, Shunya Fukuda, Shohei Mizuta
  • Publication number: 20210402772
    Abstract: In this liquid ejecting head, the pressure chamber extends in a second direction crossing a first direction, the first direction being a direction from the pressure chamber to the nozzle. The pressure chamber and the absorbing chamber are disposed at a same position in the first direction and next to each other in the second direction. The actuator is disposed on an opposite side in the first direction with respect to the pressure chamber. The absorption member is disposed on the opposite side in the first direction with respect to the absorbing chamber, the absorption member including at least part of members constituting the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Motoki TAKABE, Shohei MIZUTA, Yu SHIOZAWA
  • Patent number: 11167552
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid discharging head including: a nozzle discharging a liquid; a pressure chamber row in which a plurality of pressure chambers communicating with the nozzle are arranged side by side along a first axis direction; and a first reservoir and a second reservoir commonly communicating with the plurality of pressure chambers, in which the pressure chamber row includes a first pressure chamber communicating with the first reservoir and a second pressure chamber communicating with the second reservoir, and the liquid discharging head further comprises a communication flow path causing the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber to commonly communicate with one nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei Mizuta, Motoki Takabe, Shunya Fukuda, Yoichi Naganuma
  • Publication number: 20210276328
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a pressure chamber substrate; and a communication plate, in which the pressure chamber substrate includes a first pressure chamber that extends in a first direction and applies pressure to a liquid, and a first supply channel, and the communication plate includes a first communication channel that extends in a second direction intersecting with the first direction and communicates with the first supply channel, and a second supply channel that communicates with the first supply channel and the first pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Shotaro TAMAI, Yuma FUKUZAWA, Shohei MIZUTA