Patents by Inventor Takayuki Yokoyama

Takayuki Yokoyama 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: 12285946
    Abstract: A droplet discharging head executes multi-path recording in which dot recording in one main scanning line is completed by n main scans when n is an integer of 2 or more. The droplet discharging head includes: a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge a liquid as droplets; a pressure chamber defining substrate defining a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzles; a piezoelectric element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer containing a perovskite-type composite oxide containing K, Na, and Nb as a main component; and a vibration plate forming a part of a wall surface of the pressure chamber and configured to vibrate by driving of the piezoelectric element. The number of paths n in the multi-path recording, a piezoelectric constant d31 [m/v] of the piezoelectric element, and a ratio x of a Na molar fraction to a total value of a K molar fraction and the Na molar fraction in the piezoelectric layer satisfy a relationship represented by a formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Kitada, Yoichi Tanaka, Takayuki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20240399662
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object includes a shaping step of controlling a discharge unit of the three-dimensional shaping apparatus based on shaping data in a state in which a shaping door provided in a housing of the three-dimensional shaping apparatus is locked and shaping the three-dimensional shaped object in the housing and an unlock control step of, after the shaping step, controlling unlocking of the shaping door based on the shaping data, first identification information for identifying a user who transmitted the shaping data, and second identification information for identifying the three-dimensional shaping apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Akihiko TSUNOYA, Takayuki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240383203
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping apparatus includes a casing having a first connector and a second connector, a shaping stage on which a powder layer is formed, a layer forming unit that forms a powder layer, a first carriage that moves the layer forming unit, a shaping head that discharges a liquid containing a binder onto the powder layer, a liquid storage unit that stores the liquid, a supply pipe that couples the liquid storage unit and the shaping head, a second carriage that moves the shaping head, a first cable that couples the first connector and the layer forming unit, and a second cable that couples the second connector and the shaping head, wherein the supply pipe has a first turn-around portion, the first cable has a second turn-around portion, and a radius of curvature of the first turn-around portion is larger than a radius of curvature of the second turn-around portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Akihiko TSUNOYA, Takayuki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240375355
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for generating three-dimensional shaping data includes: a generation unit configured to generate, based on shaping path information indicating a shaping path of a first slice layer among a plurality of slice layers, the three-dimensional shaping data including execution command information indicating a command to be executed at each position on the shaping path; an acquisition unit configured to acquire first line segment length information indicating a length of a first line segment among line segments included in the shaping path, second line segment length information indicating a length of a second line segment different from the first line segment among the line segments included in the shaping path, first line segment direction information indicating a direction in which the first line segment extends, and second line segment direction information indicating a direction in which the second line segment extends; and a change unit configured to change the execution comm
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Akihiko TSUNOYA, Takayuki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240359234
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object includes: a step of stacking a layer containing a first inorganic powder and a first binder to form a first component, the first component being bonded to a second component containing a second inorganic powder and a second binder by a heat treatment; and a support body forming step of forming, by stacking the layer, a support body which is removed after the heat treatment. The heat treatment is executed on an aggregate. The support body is formed in the aggregate to support an overhang portion from below between the first component and the second component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Akihiko TSUNOYA, Takayuki YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 12076923
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device includes: an ejection head including a nozzle configured to eject a binder containing water, a water-soluble resin, and a wetting agent, an individual liquid chamber communicating with the nozzle, an inflow path configured to flow the binder into the individual liquid chamber, and an outflow path configured to flow the binder out of the individual liquid chamber; and a circulation flow path configured to circulate the binder flowing out of the outflow path to the inflow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Okamoto, Toshimitsu Hirai, Kaoru Momose, Takayuki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 12012249
    Abstract: A vertical bag-making/filling/packaging machine (1) comprises: a film supply portion (5); a film engaging portion (31) which is engaged with a film (F); a vertical seal portion (60) which makes the film (F) into a tubular shape; a film conveying portion (50); a film clamp (34) which holds the film (F) at the film engaging portion (31); a film tension releasing portion (20) which loosens the film (F); a filling portion (70) which inputs the content (X); a weighing portion (40) which weighs the content (X); a lateral sealing portion (80) which makes the film (F) into a bag body (G); and a cutter which cuts off the bag body (G).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: ORIHIRO ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Tsuruta, Katsumi Nagai, Akira Yamaguchi, Takayuki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11923321
    Abstract: A memory die includes dielectric isolation rails embedded within a substrate semiconductor layer, laterally spaced apart along a first horizontal direction, and each laterally extending along a second horizontal direction that is perpendicular to the first horizontal direction, and alternating stacks of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over the substrate semiconductor layer. The alternating stacks are laterally spaced apart along the second horizontal direction by line trenches that laterally extend along the first horizontal direction. Arrays of memory stack structures are provided such that each array of memory stack structures among the arrays of memory stack structures vertically extends through a respective alternating stack. Each of the memory stack structures includes a respective vertical stack of memory elements and a respective vertical semiconductor channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Shin Sakiyama, Genta Mizuno, Kenzo Iizuka, Takayuki Yokoyama, Toshiyuki Sega
  • Publication number: 20230302797
    Abstract: A droplet discharge head includes: a nozzle configured to discharge a liquid as droplets; a pressure chamber defining substrate defining a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle; a piezoelectric element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer containing a perovskite-type composite oxide containing potassium (K), sodium (Na), and niobium (Nb) as a main component; and a vibration plate forming a part of a wall surface of the pressure chamber and configured to vibrate by driving of the piezoelectric element. A driving frequency f [Hz] of the piezoelectric element, a piezoelectric constant d31 [m/v] of the piezoelectric element, a ratio x of a Na molar fraction to a total value of a K molar fraction and the Na molar fraction in the piezoelectric layer, and a viscosity ? [Pa·s] of the liquid at 25° C. satisfy a relationship represented by a formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuya KITADA, Yoichi TANAKA, Takayuki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230302817
    Abstract: A droplet discharging head executes multi-path recording in which dot recording in one main scanning line is completed by n main scans when n is an integer of 2 or more. The droplet discharging head includes: a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge a liquid as droplets; a pressure chamber defining substrate defining a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzles; a piezoelectric element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer containing a perovskite-type composite oxide containing K, Na, and Nb as a main component; and a vibration plate forming a part of a wall surface of the pressure chamber and configured to vibrate by driving of the piezoelectric element. The number of paths n in the multi-path recording, a piezoelectric constant d31 [m/v] of the piezoelectric element, and a ratio x of a Na molar fraction to a total value of a K molar fraction and the Na molar fraction in the piezoelectric layer satisfy a relationship represented by a formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuya KITADA, Yoichi TANAKA, Takayuki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230223356
    Abstract: A memory die includes dielectric isolation rails embedded within a substrate semiconductor layer, laterally spaced apart along a first horizontal direction, and each laterally extending along a second horizontal direction that is perpendicular to the first horizontal direction, and alternating stacks of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over the substrate semiconductor layer. The alternating stacks are laterally spaced apart along the second horizontal direction by line trenches that laterally extend along the first horizontal direction. Arrays of memory stack structures are provided such that each array of memory stack structures among the arrays of memory stack structures vertically extends through a respective alternating stack. Each of the memory stack structures includes a respective vertical stack of memory elements and a respective vertical semiconductor channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Shin SAKIYAMA, Genta MIZUNO, Kenzo IIZUKA, Takayuki YOKOYAMA, Toshiyuki SEGA
  • Patent number: 11667414
    Abstract: A vertical bag-making/filling/packaging machine (1) comprises: a film supplying portion (5) which lets out a film (F) from a roll (Fr); a bag-making guide (31) which folds the film (F) into a tubular shape and changes a conveying direction downward; a vertical sealing portion (60) which thermally seals side edges of the film (F) to each other in an up-down direction so as to make the film into a tubular shape; a film conveying portion (50) which conveys the film (F) downward; a filling portion (70) which loads a content (X) into an interior of the film (F); a lateral sealing portion (80) which thermally seals the film (F) in a left-right direction so as to make a bag body; a square-bottom sealing portion (90) which expands a bottom of the bag body to a rectangular shape from an inside and then thermally seals the bottom to form a rectangular bottom surface; and a cutter (89) which cuts off the bag body from the film (F).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ORIHIRO ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Tsuruta, Akira Yamaguchi, Takayuki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20230129567
    Abstract: A vertical bag-making/filling/packaging machine (1) comprises: a film supplying portion (5) which lets out a film (F) from a roll (Fr); a bag-making guide (31) which folds the film (F) into a tubular shape and changes a conveying direction downward; a vertical sealing portion (60) which thermally seals side edges of the film (F) to each other in an up-down direction so as to make the film into a tubular shape; a film conveying portion (50) which conveys the film (F) downward; a filling portion (70) which loads a content (X) into an interior of the film (F); a lateral sealing portion (80) which thermally seals the film (F) in a left-right direction so as to make a bag body; a square-bottom sealing portion (90) which expands a bottom of the bag body to a rectangular shape from an inside and then thermally seals the bottom to form a rectangular bottom surface; and a cutter (89) which cuts off the bag body from the film (F).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: ORIHIRO ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka TSURUTA, Akira YAMAGUCHI, Takayuki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220274333
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device includes: an ejection head including a nozzle configured to eject a binder containing water, a water-soluble resin, and a wetting agent, an individual liquid chamber communicating with the nozzle, an inflow path configured to flow the binder into the individual liquid chamber, and an outflow path configured to flow the binder out of the individual liquid chamber; and a circulation flow path configured to circulate the binder flowing out of the outflow path to the inflow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Eiji Okamoto, Toshimitsu Hirai, Kaoru Momose, Takayuki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11097552
    Abstract: A droplet discharge apparatus includes a first head, a first-ink pack storing first ink, a second head, a second ink pack storing second ink, a cleaning liquid container storing cleaning liquid, a common flow path system, a cleaning liquid flow path, a first pump feeding the first ink from the first ink pack to the second ink pack through the common flow path system, a second pump feeding the cleaning liquid from the cleaning liquid container to the first ink pack through the cleaning liquid flow path and the common flow path system, a first valve controlling a liquid flow rate between the common flow path system and the first ink pack, a second valve controlling a liquid flow rate between the common flow path system and the second ink pack, a third valve controlling a liquid flow rate between the common flow path system and the cleaning liquid flow path, and a control unit, wherein the common flow path system, the first valve, and the second valve are located higher than a liquid surface in the first ink pac
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kinya Ozawa, Takayuki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11020980
    Abstract: A droplet-discharge-apparatus includes a first-head, a first-ink-container storing first-ink, a second-head, a second-ink-container storing second-ink, a cleaning-liquid-container storing cleaning-liquid, a common-flow-path-system, a cleaning-liquid-flow-path, a first-pomp feeding the first-ink from the first-ink-container to the second-ink-container through the common-flow-path-system, a second-pomp feeding the cleaning-liquid from the cleaning-liquid-container to the first-ink-container through the cleaning-liquid-flow-path and the common-flow-path-system, a first-valve controlling a liquid flow rate between the common-flow-path-system and the first-ink-container, a second-valve controlling a liquid flow rate between the common-flow-path-system and the second-ink-container, a third-valve controlling a liquid flow rate between the common-flow-path-system and the cleaning-liquid-flow-path, and a control-unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kinya Ozawa, Takayuki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20200307244
    Abstract: A droplet-discharge-apparatus includes a first-head, a first-ink-pack storing first-ink, a second-head, a second-ink-pack storing second-ink, a cleaning-liquid-container storing cleaning-liquid, a common-flow-path-system, a cleaning-liquid-flow-path, a first-pomp feeding the first-ink from the first-ink-pack to the second-ink-pack through the common-flow-path-system, a second-pomp feeding the cleaning-liquid from the cleaning-liquid-container to the first-ink-pack through the cleaning-liquid-flow-path and the common-flow-path-system, a first-valve controlling a liquid flow rate between the common-flow-path-system and the first-ink-pack, a second-valve controlling a liquid flow rate between the common-flow-path-system and the second-ink-pack, a third-valve controlling a liquid flow rate between the common-flow-path-system and the cleaning-liquid-flow-path, and a control-unit, wherein the common-flow-path-system, the first-valve, and the second-valve are located higher than a liquid surface in the first-ink-pac
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Kinya OZAWA, Takayuki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200307239
    Abstract: A droplet-discharge-apparatus includes a first-head, a first-ink-container storing first-ink, a second-head, a second-ink-container storing second-ink, a cleaning-liquid-container storing cleaning-liquid, a common-flow-path-system, a cleaning-liquid-flow-path, a first-pomp feeding the first-ink from the first-ink-container to the second-ink-container through the common-flow-path-system, a second-pomp feeding the cleaning-liquid from the cleaning-liquid-container to the first-ink-container through the cleaning-liquid-flow-path and the common-flow-path-system, a first-valve controlling a liquid flow rate between the common-flow-path-system and the first-ink-container, a second-valve controlling a liquid flow rate between the common-flow-path-system and the second-ink-container, a third-valve controlling a liquid flow rate between the common-flow-path-system and the cleaning-liquid-flow-path, and a control-unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Kinya OZAWA, Takayuki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200087009
    Abstract: A vertical bag-making/filling/packaging machine (1) comprises: a film supply portion (5); a film engaging portion (31) which is engaged with a film (F); a vertical seal portion (60) which makes the film (F) into a tubular shape; a film conveying portion (50); a film clamp (34) which holds the film (F) at the film engaging portion (31); a film tension releasing portion (20) which loosens the film (F); a filling portion (70) which inputs the content (X); a weighing portion (40) which weighs the content (X); a lateral sealing portion (80) which makes the film (F) into a bag body (G); and a cutter which cuts off the bag body (G).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: ORIHIRO ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Tsuruta, Katsumi Nagai, Akira Yamaguchi, Takayuki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20190248610
    Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes a first conveyer and a second conveyer, each including a upstream-side pulley and a downstream-side pulley with respect to a conveying direction, an endless belt stretched around these pulleys, and a suction mechanism provided on an inner periphery relative to a conveying surface of the endless belt, along the conveying direction, wherein a third conveyer including a upstream-side pulley and a downstream-side pulley relative to the conveying direction and an endless belt stretched around these pulleys is provided between the first conveyer and the second conveyer, and in a state where the third conveyer is viewed from a side of the conveying surface, the upstream-side pulley of the third conveyer is arranged to be overlapped with the downstream-side pulley of the first conveyer, and the downstream-side pulley of the third conveyer is arranged to be overlapped with the upstream-side pulley of the second conveyer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Takayuki YOKOYAMA, Yutaka HOKAZONO