Patents by Inventor Takeshi Ninagawa

Takeshi Ninagawa 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: 11787191
    Abstract: A liquid container to be mounted in a liquid ejection apparatus contains liquid to be ejected from the liquid ejection apparatus. The liquid container comprises a liquid container bag containing liquid, at least one tube arranged in the inner space of the liquid container bag and having the first end open to the inner space, a connection member fitted to the aperture of the liquid container bag and connected to the second end of the tube and a holding member supported by the connection member and arranged in the inner space to hold the tube, the holding member having at least a groove for receiving the tube to be fitted thereinto at a position thereof other than the second end thereof. The holding member can integrally be molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takeshi Ninagawa
  • Patent number: 11691430
    Abstract: To reduce the amount of a liquid that remains in a boundary portion between a pressure receiving plate and a flexible member. Provides is a pressure control unit including a pressure chamber configured, at least a part of a wall forming the pressure chamber being formed of a flexible member; a flow inlet; a flow outlet; a pressure receiving plate, which is provided on an inner surface of the flexible member, and is to be displaced toward an inner side and an outer side of the pressure chamber; a valve member configured to open and close the flow inlet in accordance with the displacement of the pressure receiving plate; and an internal flow passage, which extends in a boundary portion between the pressure receiving plate and the flexible member along the inner surface of the flexible member, and is opened on a side surface of the pressure receiving plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takeshi Ninagawa
  • Publication number: 20230150267
    Abstract: A liquid container to be mounted in a liquid ejection apparatus contains liquid to be ejected from the liquid ejection apparatus. The liquid container comprises a liquid container bag containing liquid, at least one tube arranged in the inner space of the liquid container bag and having the first end open to the inner space, a connection member fitted to the aperture of the liquid container bag and connected to the second end of the tube and a holding member supported by the connection member and arranged in the inner space to hold the tube, the holding member having at least a groove for receiving the tube to be fitted thereinto at a position thereof other than the second end thereof. The holding member can integrally be molded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventor: Takeshi Ninagawa
  • Patent number: 11554589
    Abstract: A liquid container to be mounted in a liquid ejection apparatus contains liquid to be ejected from the liquid ejection apparatus. The liquid container comprises a liquid container bag containing liquid, at least one tube arranged in the inner space of the liquid container bag and having the first end open to the inner space, a connection member fitted to the aperture of the liquid container bag and connected to the second end of the tube and a holding member supported by the connection member and arranged in the inner space to hold the tube, the holding member having at least a groove for receiving the tube to be fitted thereinto at a position thereof other than the second end thereof. The holding member can integrally be molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takeshi Ninagawa
  • Publication number: 20220305802
    Abstract: To reduce the amount of a liquid that remains in a boundary portion between a pressure receiving plate and a flexible member. Provides is a pressure control unit including a pressure chamber configured, at least a part of a wall forming the pressure chamber being formed of a flexible member; a flow inlet; a flow outlet; a pressure receiving plate, which is provided on an inner surface of the flexible member, and is to be displaced toward an inner side and an outer side of the pressure chamber; a valve member configured to open and close the flow inlet in accordance with the displacement of the pressure receiving plate; and an internal flow passage, which extends in a boundary portion between the pressure receiving plate and the flexible member along the inner surface of the flexible member, and is opened on a side surface of the pressure receiving plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Takeshi Ninagawa
  • Publication number: 20210252868
    Abstract: A liquid container to be mounted in a liquid ejection apparatus contains liquid to be ejected from the liquid ejection apparatus. The liquid container comprises a liquid container bag containing liquid, at least one tube arranged in the inner space of the liquid container bag and having the first end open to the inner space, a connection member fitted to the aperture of the liquid container bag and connected to the second end of the tube and a holding member supported by the connection member and arranged in the inner space to hold the tube, the holding member having at least a groove for receiving the tube to be fitted thereinto at a position thereof other than the second end thereof. The holding member can integrally be molded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventor: Takeshi Ninagawa
  • Patent number: 11084286
    Abstract: Reliability of an electric wiring substrate against a change in temperature in a liquid ejection head can be achieved. The liquid ejection head has an element substrate and an electric wiring substrate. Upon manufacturing the liquid ejection head, a second portion of the electric wiring substrate overlaps a second support surface through an adhesive so that the electric wiring substrate straddles a groove between a first support surface to which a first portion, which is one end of an electric wiring substrate, is bonded and a second support surface, and a second portion and a third portion are pressed by a pressing tool so that the third portion of the electric wiring substrate, which is a portion between the first portion and the second portion, is pushed into the groove, and the second portion is bonded to the second support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takeshi Ninagawa
  • Publication number: 20200189276
    Abstract: It is possible to increase reliability of an electric wiring substrate against a change in temperature in a liquid ejection head. The liquid ejection head has an element substrate and an electric wiring substrate. Upon manufacturing the liquid ejection head, a second portion of the electric wiring substrate overlaps a second support surface by an adhesive so that the electric wiring substrate straddles a groove between a first support surface to which a first portion which is one end of an electric wiring substrate is bonded and a second support surface, and a second portion and a third portion are pressed by a pressing tool so that a third portion of the electric wiring substrate which is a portion between the first portion and the second portion is pushed into the groove, and the second portion is bonded to the second support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Takeshi Ninagawa