Patents by Inventor Shuichi Tamatsukuri

Shuichi Tamatsukuri 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: 10696048
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inkjet head substrate is provided. The inkjet head substrate includes an ink supply port having a through portion and a non-through portion, and the non-through portion is disposed at a position closer than the through portion to the energy generating element. The method includes disposing a mask having an opening that has a relatively large opening-width portion and a relatively small opening-width portion. The method also includes forming the through portion in the substrate at a position corresponding to the relatively large opening-width portion and the non-through portion in the substrate at a position corresponding to the relatively small opening-width portion by performing reactive ion etching on the substrate through the opening of the mask in one operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayuki Kamimura, Masataka Kato, Hiroshi Higuchi, Atsunori Terasaki, Shuichi Tamatsukuri
  • Patent number: 10583656
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a substrate that is provided with a supply passage having an opening; an energy generating element that is disposed on a surface of the substrate; an electric wiring layer; an insulation layer; and a discharge port member that forms a discharge port. The insulation layer has an end portion adjacent to the opening of the supply passage and set back from an edge of the opening of the supply passage toward a side where the energy generating element is disposed. The electric wiring layer includes a plurality of electric wiring layers layered on each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masataka Kato, Toshiyasu Sakai, Atsunori Terasaki, Takayuki Kamimura, Shuichi Tamatsukuri, Hiroshi Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20190160820
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inkjet head substrate is provided. The inkjet head substrate includes an ink supply port having a through portion and a non-through portion, and the non-through portion is disposed at a position closer than the through portion to the energy generating element. The method includes disposing a mask having an opening that has a relatively large opening-width portion and a relatively small opening-width portion. The method also includes forming the through portion in the substrate at a position corresponding to the relatively large opening-width portion and the non-through portion in the substrate at a position corresponding to the relatively small opening-width portion by performing reactive ion etching on the substrate through the opening of the mask in one operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Takayuki Kamimura, Masataka Kato, Hiroshi Higuchi, Atsunori Terasaki, Shuichi Tamatsukuri
  • Publication number: 20190001675
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a substrate that is provided with. a supply passage having an opening; an energy generating element that is disposed on a surface of the substrate; an electric wiring layer; an insulation layer; and a discharge port member that forms a discharge port. The insulation layer has an end portion adjacent to the opening of the supply passage and set back from an edge of the opening of the supply passage toward a side where the energy generating element is disposed. The electric wiring layer includes a plurality of electric wiring layers layered on each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Masataka Kato, Toshiyasu Sakai, Atsunori Terasaki, Takayuki Kamimura, Shuichi Tamatsukuri, Hiroshi Higuchi
  • Patent number: 9975338
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head substrate, in which a heat storage layer, a pair of electrodes extending from the surface of the heat storage layer toward the back surface, a heat-generating resistor layer in contact with the pair of electrodes and the surface of the heat storage layer, and a first cover layer configured to cover the heat-generating resistor layer are stacked, includes the steps of etching the heat-generating resistor layer and the first cover layer by using a mask disposed on a substrate including the heat-generating resistor layer and the first cover layer, removing the mask, and forming a second cover layer configured to cover an end portion of the heat-generating resistor layer in that order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Hatsui, Shuichi Tamatsukuri, Souta Takeuchi, Kenji Takahashi, Soichiro Nagamochi, Shinya Iwahashi
  • Patent number: 9751301
    Abstract: Even if electrostatic discharge occurs, dielectric breakdown of an insulating layer for covering an element on a base substrate is inhibited. A substrate for an ink jet recording head includes: a base substrate including an element configured to apply energy for ejecting ink to ink and an insulating protective layer for covering the element; an ejection orifice forming member including an insulating first member for forming an ink flow path for supplying ink to the element and a second member including an ejection orifice surface having ejection orifices provided therein; and a columnar conductive member extending between the second member and the base substrate in a direction intersecting the ejection orifice surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Shinya Iwahashi, Soichiro Nagamochi, Souta Takeuchi, Takuya Hatsui, Shuichi Tamatsukuri
  • Publication number: 20170021623
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head substrate, in which a heat storage layer, a pair of electrodes extending from the surface of the heat storage layer toward the back surface, a heat-generating resistor layer in contact with the pair of electrodes and the surface of the heat storage layer, and a first cover layer configured to cover the heat-generating resistor layer are stacked, includes the steps of etching the heat-generating resistor layer and the first cover layer by using a mask disposed on a substrate including the heat-generating resistor layer and the first cover layer, removing the mask, and forming a second cover layer configured to cover an end portion of the heat-generating resistor layer in that order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Takuya Hatsui, Shuichi Tamatsukuri, Souta Takeuchi, Kenji Takahashi, Soichiro Nagamochi, Shinya Iwahashi
  • Publication number: 20160325544
    Abstract: Even if electrostatic discharge occurs, dielectric breakdown of an insulating layer for covering an element on a base substrate is inhibited. A substrate for an ink jet recording head includes: a base substrate including an element configured to apply energy for ejecting ink to ink and an insulating protective layer for covering the element; an ejection orifice forming member including an insulating first member for forming an ink flow path for supplying ink to the element and a second member including an ejection orifice surface having ejection orifices provided therein; and a columnar conductive member extending between the second member and the base substrate in a direction intersecting the ejection orifice surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Shinya Iwahashi, Soichiro Nagamochi, Souta Takeuchi, Takuya Hatsui, Shuichi Tamatsukuri
  • Patent number: 9381741
    Abstract: An inkjet printhead substrate includes a base plate, a heat storage layer placed on the base plate, a heat-generating resistive layer which is placed on the heat storage layer and which includes an electrothermal transducing portion, a wiring layer electrically connected to the heat-generating resistive layer, and an insulating protective layer covering the heat-generating resistive layer and the wiring layer. The heat storage layer includes a porous cyclic silazane film formed by a vapor phase process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Souta Takeuchi, Soichiro Nagamochi, Shuichi Tamatsukuri, Sadayoshi Sakuma, Kenji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9333746
    Abstract: An ink jet recording head substrate is provided which includes a base substrate, a heat accumulation layer overlying the base substrate, a heating resistor layer including an electrothermal conversion portion and overlying the heat accumulation layer, a wiring layer electrically connected to the heating resistor layer, and an insulating protective layer covering the heating resistor layer and the wiring layer. The heat accumulation layer includes a porous cyclic siloxane film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Soichiro Nagamochi, Shuichi Tamatsukuri, Souta Takeuchi, Kenji Takahashi, Sadayoshi Sakuma, Hirokazu Komuro, Makoto Sakurai, Yuzuru Ishida, Takeru Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20160009088
    Abstract: An ink jet recording head substrate is provided which includes a base substrate, a heat accumulation layer overlying the base substrate, a heating resistor layer including an electrothermal conversion portion and overlying the heat accumulation layer, a wiring layer electrically connected to the heating resistor layer, and an insulating protective layer covering the heating resistor layer and the wiring layer. The heat accumulation layer includes a porous cyclic siloxane film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Soichiro Nagamochi, Shuichi Tamatsukuri, Souta Takeuchi, Kenji Takahashi, Sadayoshi Sakuma, Hirokazu Komuro, Makoto Sakurai, Yuzuru Ishida, Takeru Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20160009090
    Abstract: An inkjet printhead substrate includes a base plate, a heat storage layer placed on the base plate, a heat-generating resistive layer which is placed on the heat storage layer and which includes an electrothermal transducing portion, a wiring layer electrically connected to the heat-generating resistive layer, and an insulating protective layer covering the heat-generating resistive layer and the wiring layer. The heat storage layer includes a porous cyclic silazane film formed by a vapor phase process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Souta Takeuchi, Soichiro Nagamochi, Shuichi Tamatsukuri, Sadayoshi Sakuma, Kenji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9216575
    Abstract: A recording-element substrate includes an ejection port configured to eject liquid; a heating resistance element configured to generate thermal energy for ejecting the liquid from the ejection port; and a drive circuit configured to drive the heating resistance element. The heating resistance element includes a heating resistor layer and three pairs of electrodes provided for the heating resistor layer. The drive circuit forms a heating area that generates thermal energy in the heating resistor layer by selectively using two or more of the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuichi Tamatsukuri, Makoto Sakurai, Sadayoshi Sakuma, Masaya Uyama
  • Publication number: 20150290935
    Abstract: A recording-element substrate includes an ejection port configured to eject liquid; a heating resistance element configured to generate thermal energy for ejecting the liquid from the ejection port; and a drive circuit configured to drive the heating resistance element. The heating resistance element includes a heating resistor layer and three pairs of electrodes provided for the heating resistor layer. The drive circuit forms a heating area that generates thermal energy in the heating resistor layer by selectively using two or more of the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Shuichi Tamatsukuri, Makoto Sakurai, Sadayoshi Sakuma, Masaya Uyama