Patents by Inventor Tadashi Aizawa

Tadashi Aizawa 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: 20220161573
    Abstract: Provided is an ink jet printer including: an electromagnetic wave generator that includes an electromagnetic wave generation section, a high-frequency voltage generation section generating a voltage applied to the electromagnetic wave generation section, and a transmission line coupling the electromagnetic wave generation section and the high-frequency voltage generation section to each other in which the electromagnetic wave generation section includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first conductor that couples the first electrode and the transmission line to each other, and a second conductor that couples the second electrode and the transmission line to each other, a minimum separation distance between the first conductor and the second conductor is 1/10 or less of a wavelength of an output electromagnetic wave, and the first conductor includes a coil, and the coil is disposed at a position closer to the first electrode than the transmission line; a carriage that reciprocates in a width direction
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventor: Tadashi AIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11287780
    Abstract: An inverted-F antenna is included in an electronic timepiece without increasing the thickness of the electronic timepiece. In an electronic timepiece having a dial, a plastic calendar plate disposed on the back cover side of the dial, and a main plate disposed on the back cover side of the calendar plate, a first conductor element, second conductor element, and a shorting element shorting the first conductor element and second conductor element are formed in unison with the calendar plate, enabling the calendar plate to function as an inverted-F antenna. The first conductor element is disposed on the dial side surface of the calendar plate, and superimposed with the dial in a plan view. The second conductor element is disposed on the main plate side of the calendar plate, and superimposed in the plan view with the first conductor element. The shorting element is disposed to the side of the calendar plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventors: Hironobu Yamamoto, Tadashi Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20220063274
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejecting device. An alternating current electric field generation unit includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed adjacent to each other, a high-frequency voltage generation unit configured to generate a high-frequency voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode, and a conductor configured to electrically couple the first electrode and the second electrode to the high-frequency voltage generation unit. The carriage on which a liquid ejecting head is mounted is configured to reciprocate. The first electrode and the second electrode are mounted on the carriage so as to face a support portion. A surface of the support portion facing the liquid ejecting head, the first electrode, and the second electrode is constituted by an insulating body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Tsuneyuki SASAKI, Tadashi AIZAWA, Katsuya ASAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220063269
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejecting device. An alternating current electric field generation unit includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed adjacent to each other, a high-frequency voltage generation unit configured to generate a high-frequency voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode, and a conductor configured to electrically couple the first electrode and the second electrode to the high-frequency voltage generation unit. Based on a result detected by a detection unit configured to detect a change in an alternating current electric field generated from the alternating current electric field generation unit, a control unit is configured to stop generation of the high-frequency voltage from the high-frequency voltage generation unit to the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Tadashi AIZAWA, Tsuneyuki SASAKI, Katsuya ASAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220055365
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejecting device. An alternating current electric field generation unit includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed adjacent to each other, a high-frequency voltage generation unit configured to generate a high-frequency voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode, and a conductor configured to electrically couple the first electrode and the second electrode to the high-frequency voltage generation unit. The first electrode and the second electrode face the support portion and are disposed downstream of the liquid ejecting head in a transport direction of the medium. A surface of the support portion facing the liquid ejecting head, the first electrode, and the second electrode is constituted by an insulating body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Tsuneyuki SASAKI, Tadashi AIZAWA, Katsuya ASAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220055379
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejecting device. An alternating current electric field generation unit includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed adjacent to each other, a high-frequency voltage generation unit configured to generate a high-frequency voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode, and a conductor configured to electrically couple the first electrode and the second electrode to the high-frequency voltage generation unit. The first electrode and the second electrode are disposed upstream of a liquid ejecting head in a transport direction of a medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Tsuneyuki SASAKI, Tadashi AIZAWA, Katsuya ASAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11241878
    Abstract: Provided is an ink jet printer including: an electromagnetic wave generator that includes an electromagnetic wave generation section, a high-frequency voltage generation section generating a voltage applied to the electromagnetic wave generation section, and a transmission line coupling the electromagnetic wave generation section and the high-frequency voltage generation section to each other in which the electromagnetic wave generation section includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first conductor that couples the first electrode and the transmission line to each other, and a second conductor that couples the second electrode and the transmission line to each other, a minimum separation distance between the first conductor and the second conductor is 1/10 or less of a wavelength of an output electromagnetic wave, and the first conductor includes a coil, and the coil is disposed at a position closer to the first electrode than the transmission line; a carriage that reciprocates in a width direction
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi Aizawa
  • Patent number: 11145950
    Abstract: Provided is technology improving antenna sensitivity. An electronic timepiece has: an antenna having a planar first electrode, a planar second electrode disposed to a position superimposed with the first electrode in plan view when seen from a first direction perpendicular to the first electrode, and a shorting member that shorts the first electrode and second electrode; and a planar conductor disposed in plan view to a position superimposed with the first electrode. The second electrode is disposed between the first electrode and the conductor in a side view from a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a connector electrically connects the second electrode and conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventor: Tadashi Aizawa
  • Patent number: 11135856
    Abstract: Provided is an ink jet printer including an electromagnetic wave generator that includes an electromagnetic wave generation section, a high-frequency voltage generation section, a transmission line, an ink jet head, and a control section. The electromagnetic wave generation section includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first coil coupled to the first electrode or the second electrode in series, an impedance matching circuit constituted by a second coil and a capacitor coupled between the first coil and the high-frequency source. A thin ink film discharged from the ink jet head and attached to the recording medium is heated and dried by the electromagnetic wave generator. The control section controls a constant of the second coil or a constant of the capacitor of the impedance matching circuit according to information on the thin ink film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20210307132
    Abstract: A high-frequency dielectric heating device includes a high-frequency power source generating a high-frequency voltage, a first resonance circuit electrically coupled to the high-frequency power source and outputting a first resonance voltage based on the high-frequency voltage, and an antenna having a capacitor including a first electrode and a second electrode and a coil, electrically coupled to the first resonance circuit, and supplied with the first resonance voltage, wherein one end of the coil is electrically coupled to the first electrode and the other end is electrically series-coupled to the first resonance circuit, the first resonance circuit includes a capacitor having fixed capacitance, a resonance frequency of the first resonance circuit is different from a resonance frequency of the antenna, a frequency range in which a return loss of the first resonance circuit is equal to or less than 0.1 dB and a frequency range in which a return loss of the antenna is equal to or less than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Tadashi AIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200406607
    Abstract: Provided is an ink jet printer including: an electromagnetic wave generator that includes an electromagnetic wave generation section, a high-frequency voltage generation section generating a voltage applied to the electromagnetic wave generation section, and a transmission line coupling the electromagnetic wave generation section and the high-frequency voltage generation section to each other in which the electromagnetic wave generation section includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first conductor that couples the first electrode and the transmission line to each other, and a second conductor that couples the second electrode and the transmission line to each other, a minimum separation distance between the first conductor and the second conductor is 1/10 or less of a wavelength of an output electromagnetic wave, and the first conductor includes a coil, and the coil is disposed at a position closer to the first electrode than the transmission line; a carriage that reciprocates in a width direction
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Tadashi AIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200406659
    Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic wave generator including: an electromagnetic wave generation section that generates an electromagnetic wave; a high-frequency voltage generation section that generates a voltage applied to the electromagnetic wave generation section; and a transmission line that electrically couples the electromagnetic wave generation section and the high-frequency voltage generation section to each other, in which the electromagnetic wave generation section includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first conductor that electrically couples the first electrode and the transmission line to each other, and a second conductor that electrically couples the second electrode and the transmission line to each other, one of the first electrode or the second electrode is a reference potential electrode to which a reference potential is applied and the other is a high-frequency electrode to which a high-frequency voltage is applied, a minimum separation distance between the first electrode and the
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Tadashi AIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200406636
    Abstract: Provided is an ink jet printer including an electromagnetic wave generator that includes an electromagnetic wave generation section, a high-frequency voltage generation section, a transmission line, an ink jet head, and a control section. The electromagnetic wave generation section includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first coil coupled to the first electrode or the second electrode in series, an impedance matching circuit constituted by a second coil and a capacitor coupled between the first coil and the high-frequency source. A thin ink film discharged from the ink jet head and attached to the recording medium is heated and dried by the electromagnetic wave generator. The control section controls a constant of the second coil or a constant of the capacitor of the impedance matching circuit according to information on the thin ink film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Tadashi AIZAWA
  • Patent number: 10770782
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a circuit substrate on which circuit components are disposed; and an antenna that includes a first electrode and a second electrode which is opposite to a surface of the circuit substrate, on which the circuit components are disposed, and includes a projection portion protruding in a direction from the second electrode toward the circuit substrate, a top portion of the projection portion not overlapping with the circuit components in plan view along a thickness direction of the circuit substrate. In the antenna including the first electrode and the second electrode, even if a surface of the antenna has an unevenness shape, as an average of thicknesses of the antenna is thicker, sensitivity of the antenna is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Aizawa, Seiji Osawa
  • Patent number: 10761491
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece which is a portable electronic device includes a planar first conductor element including a feed element which is a feed portion, a planar second conductor element which is disposed so as to overlap the first conductor element in plan view and includes a ground portion, a short circuit portion that connects the first conductor element and the second conductor element, and a non-conductive base plate that is disposed between the first conductor element and the second conductor element and to which a step motor which is a driving element is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironobu Yamamoto, Tadashi Aizawa
  • Patent number: 10673143
    Abstract: An antenna structure (GPS antenna) includes a plate-shaped conductor element (antenna electrode), a plate-shaped element (circuit board) including a ground conductor portion disposed so as to overlap the conductor element in plan view, and a skeletal resin frame for frequency adjustment disposed between the conductor element and the ground conductor portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Osawa, Tadashi Aizawa
  • Patent number: 10651547
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display; and an antenna including a first element without power feeding that is a structural component made of metal and is disposed on the display or above a display surface of the display in a display direction, a second element which is disposed below the first element and is connected to a power supply, and a GND plate that is disposed below the second element, wherein the first element and the second element are electromagnetically coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Aizawa, Masayuki Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10607785
    Abstract: An electronic component includes an antenna electrode functioning as a first electrode plate, a circuit board functioning as a second electrode plate, and a short-circuit section that electrically connects the antenna electrode and the circuit board. The circuit board includes a surface functioning as a first surface opposed to the antenna electrode, a grounding section, a circuit component functioning as a conductive structure disposed on the surface, and a wiring pattern that connects the circuit component and the grounding section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Aizawa, Seiji Osawa
  • Publication number: 20200052370
    Abstract: Provided is technology improving antenna sensitivity. An electronic timepiece has: an antenna having a planar first electrode, a planar second electrode disposed to a position superimposed with the first electrode in plan view when seen from a first direction perpendicular to the first electrode, and a shorting member that shorts the first electrode and second electrode; and a planar conductor disposed in plan view to a position superimposed with the first electrode. The second electrode is disposed between the first electrode and the conductor in a side view from a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a connector electrically connects the second electrode and conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventor: Tadashi AIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190372206
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display; and an antenna including a first element without power feeding that is a structural component made of metal and is disposed on the display or above a display surface of the display in a display direction, a second element which is disposed below the first element and is connected to a power supply, and a GND plate that is disposed below the second element, wherein the first element and the second element are electromagnetically coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Tadashi Aizawa, Masayuki Ikeda