Patents by Inventor Shotaro Tamai

Shotaro Tamai 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: 20220234356
    Abstract: The nozzle channel includes a first portion that extends in the first direction and communicates with the first communication channel and a second portion that extends in a third direction crossing the first direction and orthogonal to the second direction and communicates with the first portion, and an angle formed between the first direction and the third direction is larger than 0° and smaller than 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Yoichi NAGANUMA, Yuma FUKUZAWA, Shotaro TAMAI
  • Publication number: 20220203676
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a first pressure chamber to which a first liquid is supplied; a first drive element that applies pressure to the first liquid in the first pressure chamber; a second pressure chamber to which a second liquid is supplied; a second drive element that applies pressure to the second liquid in the second pressure chamber; a nozzle channel which has one end communicating with the first pressure chamber and another end communicating with the second pressure chamber and in which the first liquid supplied from the first pressure chamber and the second liquid supplied from the second pressure chamber are mixed; and a nozzle that is provided in the nozzle channel and ejects a mixture of the first liquid and the second liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Takanori AIMONO, Eiju HIRAI, Akinori TANIUCHI, Shotaro TAMAI
  • 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: 11331917
    Abstract: the nozzle channel includes a first portion that extends in the first direction and communicates with the first communication channel and a second portion that extends in a third direction crossing the first direction and orthogonal to the second direction and communicates with the first portion, and an angle formed between the first direction and the third direction is larger than 0° and smaller than 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi Naganuma, Yuma Fukuzawa, Shotaro Tamai
  • Patent number: 11225073
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head including: an individual flow path row in which a plurality of individual flow paths communicating with a nozzle that ejects a liquid in a first axis direction are arranged in parallel along a second axis orthogonal to a first axis, and a first common liquid chamber communicating with the plurality of individual flow paths, in which each of the plurality of individual flow paths has a pressure chamber that stores a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuma Fukuzawa, Shotaro Tamai, Yoichi Naganuma, Akira Miyagishi, Kazuaki Uchida
  • Patent number: 11225072
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head including: an individual flow path row in which a plurality of individual flow paths communicating with a nozzle that ejects a liquid in a first axis direction are arranged in parallel along a second axis orthogonal to a first axis, and a first common liquid chamber communicating with the plurality of individual flow paths, in which each of the plurality of individual flow paths has a pressure chamber that stores a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuma Fukuzawa, Shotaro Tamai, Yoichi Naganuma, Akira Miyagishi, Kazuaki Uchida
  • Patent number: 11207887
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a first flow path extending in a first axial direction between a supply port and a discharge port, and a nozzle that is provided to branch from the first flow path and that discharges a liquid along a second axial direction orthogonal to the first axial direction. The nozzle includes a first nozzle portion in which a first opening for discharging the liquid is formed and a second nozzle portion in which a second opening that is a coupling port with the first flow path is formed, and a diameter r2 of the second opening in the first axial direction is larger than a diameter r1 of the first opening in the first axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori Taniuchi, Akira Miyagishi, Toshiro Murayama, Shotaro Tamai
  • Publication number: 20210362498
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a pressure chamber; a piezoelectric element that generates energy for applying pressure to an ink in the pressure chamber; a nozzle channel that extends in the X-axis direction and communicates with a nozzle for ejecting the ink; a supply communication channel which enables the pressure chamber and the nozzle channel to communicate with each other; a discharge communication channel which communicates with the nozzle channel; a wiring substrate electrically coupled to a drive circuit that drives the piezoelectric element; and a wiring section that electrically couples the wiring substrate and the piezoelectric element, in which, as viewed in the Z-axis direction orthogonal to the X-axis direction, the wiring section is provided at a position at which the wiring section overlaps the nozzle channel, and the wiring section extends in the ±Q direction, which differs from the X-axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Shotaro TAMAI, Yoichi NAGANUMA, Yuma FUKUZAWA, Hitoshi TAKAAI, Eiju HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20210323303
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a first pressure chamber that applies pressure to a liquid; a second pressure chamber that applies pressure to the liquid; a nozzle channel that extends in a first direction and includes a nozzle that ejects the liquid; a first communication channel that extends in a second direction crossing the first direction and enables the first pressure chamber and the nozzle channel to communicate with each other; a second communication channel that extends in the second direction and enables the second pressure chamber and the nozzle channel to communicate with each other; and a first branch channel that has a portion extending in the first direction and enables the first pressure chamber and the nozzle channel to communicate with each other through a path different from a path of the first communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Yuma FUKUZAWA, Eiju HIRAI, Yoichi NAGANUMA, Shotaro TAMAI, Akinori TANIUCHI
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20210260875
    Abstract: the nozzle channel includes a first portion that extends in the first direction and communicates with the first communication channel and a second portion that extends in a third direction crossing the first direction and orthogonal to the second direction and communicates with the first portion, and an angle formed between the first direction and the third direction is larger than 0° and smaller than 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Yoichi NAGANUMA, Yuma FUKUZAWA, Shotaro TAMAI
  • Publication number: 20210237439
    Abstract: a first sloped portion that is provided between the first wall surface and the third wall surface includes a first constituting surface that extends in a third direction between the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Yoichi NAGANUMA, Yuma FUKUZAWA, Hitoshi TAKAAI, Shotaro TAMAI
  • Publication number: 20210237442
    Abstract: Wall surfaces of the nozzle channel include a first wall surface which extends in the first direction and in which the nozzle is provided and a second wall surface which extends in the first direction and is opposite to the first wall surface, wall surfaces of the first communication channel include a third wall surface which extends in the second direction and a distance from which to the nozzle in the first direction is longest and a fourth wall surface which extends in the second direction and is opposite to the third wall surface, and a fifth wall surface which extends in a third direction set between the first direction and the second direction is provided between the second wall surface and the fourth wall surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Yoichi Naganuma, Yuma Fukuzawa, Shotaro Tamai
  • Publication number: 20210162752
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head including: an individual flow path row in which a plurality of individual flow paths communicating with a nozzle that ejects a liquid in a first axis direction are arranged in parallel along a second axis orthogonal to a first axis, and a first common liquid chamber communicating with the plurality of individual flow paths, in which each of the plurality of individual flow paths has a pressure chamber that stores a liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Yuma FUKUZAWA, Shotaro TAMAI, Yoichi NAGANUMA, Akira MIYAGISHI, Kazuaki UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20210162758
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head including: an individual flow path row in which a plurality of individual flow paths communicating with a nozzle that ejects a liquid in a first axis direction are arranged in parallel along a second axis orthogonal to a first axis, and a first common liquid chamber communicating with the plurality of individual flow paths, in which each of the plurality of individual flow paths has a pressure chamber that stores a liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Yuma FUKUZAWA, Shotaro TAMAI, Yoichi NAGANUMA, Akira MIYAGISHI, Kazuaki UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20210162760
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head including: an individual flow path row in which a plurality of individual flow paths communicating with a nozzle that ejects a liquid in a first axis direction are arranged in parallel along a second axis orthogonal to a first axis, and a first common liquid chamber communicating with the plurality of individual flow paths, in which each of the plurality of individual flow paths has a pressure chamber that stores a liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Yuma FUKUZAWA, Shotaro TAMAI, Yoichi NAGANUMA, Akira MIYAGISHI, Kazuaki UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20210162753
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head including: an individual flow path row in which a plurality of individual flow paths communicating with a nozzle that ejects a liquid in a first axis direction are arranged in parallel along a second axis orthogonal to a first axis, and a first common liquid chamber communicating with the plurality of individual flow paths, in which each of the plurality of individual flow paths has a pressure chamber that stores a liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Yuma FUKUZAWA, Shotaro TAMAI, Yoichi NAGANUMA, Akira MIYAGISHI, Kazuaki UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20210114375
    Abstract: The individual flow path includes a nozzle communicating with an outside, a first flow path, in the middle of which the nozzle is disposed and which extends in a first direction that is an in-plane direction of a nozzle surface of the nozzle plate in which the nozzle opens, a second flow path coupled to the first flow path and extending in a second direction other than the first direction, a third flow path coupled to the second flow path and extending in the third direction other than the second direction, and a pressure chamber which is disposed in the third flow path and in which a pressure change is induced by the energy generating element. A cross-sectional area of the first flow path is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the second flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Shotaro TAMAI, Kazuaki UCHIDA, Akinori TANIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210094296
    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: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Shotaro TAMAI, Nobuhiro NAITO, Yuma FUKUZAWA, Akinori TANIUCHI, Shohei MIZUTA
  • Patent number: 10906306
    Abstract: The individual flow path includes a nozzle communicating with an outside, a first flow path, in the middle of which the nozzle is disposed and which extends in a first direction that is an in-plane direction of a nozzle surface of the nozzle plate in which the nozzle opens, a second flow path coupled to the first flow path and extending in a second direction other than the first direction, a third flow path coupled to the second flow path and extending in the third direction other than the second direction, and a pressure chamber which is disposed in the third flow path and in which a pressure change is induced by the energy generating element. A cross-sectional area of the first flow path is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the second flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shotaro Tamai, Kazuaki Uchida, Akinori Taniuchi