Patents by Inventor Taisuke MIZUNO
Taisuke MIZUNO 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).
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Publication number: 20220274404Abstract: There is provided liquid discharge head including: channel substrate which has first surface; and actuator substrate having second surface. A trap chamber configured such that the adhesive is trapped in the trap chamber in a case that the first and second surfaces are adhered to each other, an inflow channel configured such that the adhesive flows into the inflow channel, and an atmosphere communicating channel are formed in the channel substrate. The trap chamber has first and second ends in first direction and first and second ends in second direction. End of the inflow channel is located at the first end in the first direction and the second end in the second direction of the trap chamber. End of the atmosphere communicating channel is located at the second end in the first direction and the first end in the second direction of the trap chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2021Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Taisuke Mizuno, Jiro Yamamoto, Shohei Koide, Takaaki Yoshino
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Patent number: 11400709Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge head, including: a channel member that includes a first plate and a second plate and is formed having individual channels and a common channel. The first plate is formed having nozzles. The second plate has a first surface and a second surface at a side opposite to the first surface. The second surface of the second plate is joined to the first plate. The second plate has through holes passing through the second plate from the first surface to the second surface. The second plate is formed having first recesses having ends connected to the through holes. The individual channels include: the nozzles; pressure chambers; descenders defined by the through holes and connecting the nozzles and pressure chambers; and communication channels defined by the first recesses and allowing the descenders to communicate with the common channel. The first recesses are formed in the first surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Taisuke Mizuno
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Publication number: 20220203682Abstract: A liquid discharge head is provided, the liquid discharge head comprising a plurality of individual channels, a first manifold connected to the plurality of individual channels, a second manifold connected to the plurality of individual channels, and a bypass channel connecting the first manifold and the second manifold and being distinct from the individual channels. A flow channel resistance Rct brought about by the plurality of individual channels, a flow channel resistance Rbp of the bypass channel, a bending loss ?P provided when the liquid flows from the first manifold via the bypass channel to the second manifold, and a flow rate Q of the liquid flowing through the bypass channel fulfill a relationship of: 0.5<[Rct/(Rbp+(?P/Q))]<2.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Shotaro KANZAKI, Toru KAKIUCHI, Takaaki YOSHINO, Taisuke MIZUNO, Jiro YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 11351778Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a flow channel structure, a supply channel structure, and a particular heater. The flow channel structure defines an ejection channel that leads liquid toward a plurality of nozzles arranged in a nozzle row along a first direction. The supply channel structure defines a supply channel configured to allow liquid to flow therefrom to the ejection channel. The particular heater is configured to heat liquid. The flow channel structure is made of inorganic material having a higher thermal conductivity than material used for the supply channel structure. The flow channel structure includes an end portion protruding outward relative to a side surface of the supply channel structure. The particular heater is disposed at the end portion of the flow channel structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Taisuke Mizuno
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Publication number: 20220126578Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge head including: a plurality of first individual channels; a first supply manifold; a first return manifold; a plurality of second individual channels; a second supply manifold; a second return manifold; and a first bypass channel communicating the first supply manifold and the second return manifold. The first bypass channel includes: a first supply connecting channel, a first return connecting channel, and a first connecting channel. Channel resistance in one of the first supply connecting channel and the first return connecting channel is greater than channel resistance in the first connecting channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Shotaro KANZAKI, Toru KAKIUCHI, Takaaki YOSHINO, Taisuke MIZUNO, Jiro YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20220126588Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes: nozzles aligned on a nozzle surface; a supply manifold configured that a liquid is supplied therein from the outside of the liquid discharge head; a return manifold which is arranged between the nozzle surface and the supply manifold in a first direction, which is configured that the liquid is flown out therefrom to the outside of the liquid discharge head, and which is provided with a return damper part; and individual flow channels each of which corresponds to one of the nozzles. Each of the individual flow channels has a return throttle channel communicating the corresponding nozzle with the return manifold and being arranged between the return manifold and the nozzle surface in the first direction. The return manifold has a compliance larger than a compliance of the supply manifold.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Takaaki YOSHINO, Toru KAKIUCHI, Jiro YAMAMOTO, Taisuke MIZUNO, Shotaro KANZAKI
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Patent number: 11285720Abstract: A liquid discharging head includes: a pressure chamber; a descender extending from the pressure chamber in a first direction; a communicating channel extending from the descender in a second direction crossing the first direction; a first return channel and a second return channel connecting the communicating channel and a return manifold; and a nozzle connected to the communicating channel. The first return channel and the second return channel are connected, with respect to the communicating channel, at facing positions, respectively, the facing positions facing each other in a direction orthogonal to the second direction; and the nozzle is provided, in the communicating channel, at a position which is offset from an axis of the descender, and which is sandwiched between a connecting location of the first return channel with respect the communicating channel and a connecting location of the second return channel with respect to the communicating channel.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keita Sugiura, Jiro Yamamoto, Shotaro Kanzaki, Taisuke Mizuno, Hiroshi Katayama
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Patent number: 11273644Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge head including a channel unit that includes plates stacked on top of each other in a first direction and is formed having individual channels, a first common channel, and a second common channel. The first and second common channels communicate with the individual channels. Each individual channel includes a nozzle, a pressure chamber, a descender, a first throttle channel, and a second throttle channel. The plates include a nozzle plate, a pressure chamber plate, and a first plate formed having a first through hole that constitutes part of the descender. A center portion of the nozzle is positioned at a side opposite to the second throttle channel in the second direction with respect to a center portion of the descender.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Katayama, Taisuke Mizuno, Jiro Yamamoto, Shotaro Kanzaki, Keita Sugiura
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Publication number: 20220016887Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus jetting a liquid onto a recording medium conveyed in a first direction includes head units arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. One head unit includes nozzle chips; one nozzle chip has a nozzle arrangement area wherein nozzles are aligned in a third direction crossing the first and second directions. The nozzle chip is arranged to be shifted relative to another nozzle chip in a direction crossing the first and second directions and different from the third direction. The head unit has a first overlapping portion wherein nozzle arrangement areas of first and second nozzle chips included in the nozzle chips partially overlap with each other in the first direction. The liquid jetting apparatus has a second overlapping portion wherein nozzle arrangement areas of third and fourth nozzle chips included in the head units partially overlap with each other in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Taisuke MIZUNO, Hideki HAYASHI, Keita SUGIURA
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Patent number: 11214063Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge head including: first and second common channels extending in a first direction; and a plurality of individual channels each including: a supplying part, a descender part, and a returning part. The returning part includes: a throttle part and a wide part. Each of a plurality of nozzles is located at a position at which each of the plurality of nozzles overlaps with the wide part in a second direction. At a throttle-starting position which is a boundary between the throttle part and the wide part, a length in the second direction of the throttle part and a length in the second direction of the wide part are same.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Katayama, Jiro Yamamoto, Keita Sugiura, Shotaro Kanzaki, Taisuke Mizuno
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Publication number: 20210402773Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharging head including: a pressure chamber configured to apply a pressure to a liquid so as to discharge the liquid from a nozzle; a descender arranged to overlap, in a plan view, with the nozzle and communicating the pressure chamber and the nozzle with each other; at least one return throttle channel connected to the descender; and a return manifold which communicates with the at least one return throttle channel and which is configured to receive the liquid not having been discharged from the nozzle. A cross section of the descender orthogonal to a depth direction of the descender is a non-circular shape having a major axis and a minor axis. The at least one return throttle channel is connected to at least one of a first end side of the minor axis and a second end side of the minor axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Keita Sugiura, Jiro Yamamoto, Shotaro Kanzaki, Taisuke Mizuno, Hiroshi Katayama
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Publication number: 20210402775Abstract: A liquid discharging head includes: individual channels; a first common channel; and a second common channel Each of the plurality of individual channels includes: a pressure chamber, a nozzle, a connecting channel, a first communicating channel, and two second communicating channels. A first vector of the first communicating channel has an orientation from one end to the other end of the first communicating channel. Respective second vectors of the two second communicating channels have orientations, each of the orientations being from one end to the other end of one of the two second communicating channels along an extending direction of the two second communicating channels. The first communicating channel is arranged, with respect to the nozzle, on one side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the two second communicating channels are arranged, with respect to the nozzle, on the other side in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Hiroshi Katayama, Shotaro Kanzaki, Jiro Yamamoto, Keita Sugiura, Taisuke Mizuno
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Publication number: 20210402766Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharging head including: a plurality of supply manifolds configured to receive a liquid to be discharged from a plurality of nozzles and provided side by side with each other; a supply integration channel arranged on a first side in a longitudinal direction of the supply manifolds; a first connecting channel connecting the supply integration channel and a first supply manifold of the supply manifolds; and a second connecting channel connecting the supply integration channel and a second supply manifold, of the supply manifolds, being adjacent to the first supply manifold in a short direction of the first supply manifold. An outlet of the first connecting channel is arranged on the first side in the longitudinal direction of the supply manifolds; and an outlet of the second connecting channel is arranged on a second side in the longitudinal direction of the supply manifolds.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Keita Sugiura, Taisuke Mizuno, Shotaro Kanzaki
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Publication number: 20210402767Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge head including: a nozzle member; a first common channel member including first common channels; an actuator member including pressure chambers and driving elements; a driver IC; a second common channel member including a second common channel; and a chiller configured to chill the driver IC.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Taisuke Mizuno, Shotaro Kanzaki, Keita Sugiura
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Publication number: 20210402791Abstract: There is provided liquid discharging head including: supply manifolds; supply integration channel which extends linearly along an arrangement direction crossing a longitudinal direction of the supply manifolds; return manifolds; and return integration channel which extends linearly along the arrangement direction. The supply integration channel has supply port arranged apart from the supply manifolds, being configured to supply the liquid to the supply integration channel via the supply port, and at least a part of the supply port being overlapped, in a plan view, with a pressure chamber-arranging area in which a plurality of pressure chambers communicating with nozzles is arranged. The return integration channel has return port arranged apart from the return manifolds, being configured to drain the liquid from the return integration channel via the return port, and at least a part of the return port being overlapped, in the plan view, with the pressure chamber-arranging area.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Keita Sugiura, Taisuke Mizuno, Shotaro Kanzaki
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Publication number: 20210402769Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge head, including: a first channel member including individual channel rows and first common channels that correspond to the respective individual channel rows; a second channel member including a second common channel provided in common to the first common channels; and a third channel member including at least parts of connection channels connected to the second common channel. One of the connection channels is connected to an end in a longitudinal direction of the second common channel. The liquid discharge head further comprises a communication opening disposed at any other part of the second common channel except the end in the longitudinal direction, the second common channel communicating with the outside through the communication opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Shotaro Kanzaki, Taisuke Mizuno, Keita Sugiura
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Publication number: 20210402774Abstract: A liquid discharging head is provided with: individual channels; a first common channel; and a second common channel. The individual channels include: first individual channels which have first pressure chambers and which are aligned in a second direction to form a first individual channel array, and second individual channels which have second pressure chambers and which are aligned in the second direction to form a second individual channel array; the first individual channel array and the second individual channel array are arranged in a third direction. The first common channel communicates with both of the first individual channels and the second individual channels; and the first pressure chambers and the second pressure chambers do not overlap with the second common channel in a first direction, and do not overlap with each other in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Hiroshi Katayama, Shotaro Kanzaki, Jiro Yamamoto, Keita Sugiura, Taisuke Mizuno
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Publication number: 20210402768Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge head, including: a nozzle member formed having nozzle rows extending in a first direction, the nozzle rows being arranged in a second direction; driving elements; a first channel member disposed at one side of the nozzle member in a third direction; a second channel member disposed at the one side of the first channel member in the third direction; and a third channel member disposed at the one side of the second channel member in the third direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Shotaro Kanzaki, Keita Sugiura, Taisuke Mizuno
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Publication number: 20210370672Abstract: A liquid droplet discharging head includes a channel unit having nozzles and pressure chambers in respective communication with the nozzles, and a piezoelectric element having a vibration plate arranged on an upper surface of the channel unit to cover the pressure chambers and a piezoelectric layer arranged on an upper surface of the vibration plate. The pressure chambers have a length L longer than its width, and the channel unit has the nozzles and the pressure chambers aligned at a density of 300 dpi or higher in a conveyance direction. The length L of the pressure chambers and the diameter D of nozzle holes of the nozzles satisfy this relation or condition: 35?L/D?50.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Toru Kakiuchi, Taisuke Mizuno
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Publication number: 20210333212Abstract: The sample introduction device includes a nebulizer that atomizes a sample liquid; a spray chamber that has one end into which a spray port part of the nebulizer is inserted and the other end from which at least a part of liquid droplets of the sample liquid sprayed from the spray port part is discharged to an outside; and a heating electromagnetic wave radiation unit that is arranged outside the spray chamber, wherein the heating electromagnetic wave radiation unit performs radiation of heating electromagnetic waves from the outside of the spray chamber toward at least a part of the spray chamber other than a part into which the spray port part of the nebulizer is inserted.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicants: SUMCO CORPORATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Taisuke Mizuno, Kazumi Inagaki, Shinichiro Fujii, Shinichi Miyashita