Patents by Inventor Tamaki Sato

Tamaki Sato 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: 20160260601
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a structure having a substrate in which holes are formed and a photosensitive resin layer provided on the substrate in such a manner as to cover at least a part of the holes includes a process of preparing a substrate in which holes formed by a surface in which a wavelike shape is formed and a photosensitive resin layer provided on the substrate in such a manner as to cover at least a part of the holes and an exposure process of exposing the photosensitive resin layer on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroshi Higuchi, Masataka Kato, Yoshinao Ogata, Toshiyasu Sakai, Takayuki Kamimura, Tetsushi Ishikawa, Atsunori Terasaki, Masahiko Kubota, Ryoji Kanri, Yoshiyuki Fukumoto, Yasuaki Tominaga, Tamaki Sato, Masafumi Morisue
  • Patent number: 9168749
    Abstract: This invention relates to a manufacturing method of a liquid discharge head comprising: forming an active energy ray-curable resin layer on a surface of a substrate on which discharge energy generating elements are formed, attaching a material permeable to active energy rays onto a surface of the active energy ray-curable resin layer, pressing against the material permeable to active energy rays, a master mold being transparent to the active energy rays and having protrusions corresponding to a pattern of discharge ports so as to transfer the protrusions to the material permeable to active energy rays, selectively irradiating the active energy ray-curable resin layer with active energy rays according to a pattern of liquid flow paths so as to cure the active energy ray-curable resin layer, removing the master mold, and removing uncured portions of the active energy ray-curable resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Saito, Hiroe Ishikura, Takumi Suzuki, Tamaki Sato, Hirono Yoneyama, Masafumi Morisue, Ryoji Kanri
  • Patent number: 9114617
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid discharge head having a flow path communicating with a discharge port for discharging liquid includes in the following order: preparing a substrate with an evenly provided first layer as a flat layer; forming, of the first layer, a pattern of the flow path for forming the flow path, and a member (A) provided outside the pattern via a gap; providing a second layer so as to fill the gap and to cover the pattern and the member (A); forming, of the second layer, a member (B) for forming the discharge port on the pattern; and removing the member (A), providing, at least on the substrate, a third layer so as to hold it in intimate contact with the member (B), and removing the pattern to form the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tamaki Sato, Masafumi Morisue, Hirono Yoneyama
  • Patent number: 8883404
    Abstract: A process for producing a liquid ejection head including, on a substrate, a flow path forming member forming ejection orifices and a liquid flow path communicating therewith, including forming, on the substrate, a first layer of photosensitive resin; forming, on the first layer, a mask layer in which at least part of a side surface thereof has a light transmission distribution with a material capable of reducing transmission of light having a photosensitive wavelength of the resin; performing, for the first layer, exposure with the mask layer and development to form a flow path mold pattern having a taper angle ? satisfying 95°<?, where ? is the angle between top and side surfaces in cross section of the pattern perpendicular to substrate surface; forming a coating resin layer to cover the pattern; patterning the resin layer to form the member; and removing the pattern to form the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsushi Ishikawa, Tamaki Sato
  • Patent number: 8877433
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a liquid injection head, the method including: forming, on a substrate, a negative photosensitive resin layer having a first surface on a side opposite to the substrate and a second surface on the substrate side; carrying out first exposure of the negative photosensitive resin layer; carrying out second exposure of the negative photosensitive resin layer; and forming the ejection orifice by carrying out development after the first exposure and the second exposure in which each of the first surface and the second surface has a portion in which a part of the unexposed portion in the first exposure and a part of the unexposed portion in the second exposure overlap and a portion in which a part of the unexposed portion in the first exposure and a part of the unexposed portion in the second exposure do not overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsushi Ishikawa, Tamaki Sato
  • Publication number: 20140231542
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a liquid ejection head, which includes a step of preparing a substrate including a first layer, a step of forming a flow path mold for forming the flow path and a member located outside the mold with a gap between the mold and the member from the first layer, a step of providing a second layer so that the second layer fills the gap and covers the mold and the member located outside the mold with the gap between them, a step of forming an ejection orifice forming member for forming an ejection orifice from the second layer, a step of removing the member located outside the mold with the gap between them, and a step of forming a wall member located outside the ejection orifice forming member with at least a partial gap between the ejection orifice forming member and the wall member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tamaki Sato, Masafumi Morisue, Tetsushi Ishikawa, Hirono Yoneyama
  • Publication number: 20140193756
    Abstract: A process for producing a liquid ejection head including, on a substrate, a flow path forming member forming ejection orifices and a liquid flow path communicating therewith, including forming, on the substrate, a first layer of photosensitive resin; forming, on the first layer, a mask layer in which at least part of a side surface thereof has a light transmission distribution with a material capable of reducing transmission of light having a photosensitive wavelength of the resin; performing, for the first layer, exposure with the mask layer and development to form a flow path mold pattern having a taper angle ? satisfying 95°<?, where ? is the angle between top and side surfaces in cross section of the pattern perpendicular to substrate surface; forming a coating resin layer to cover the pattern; patterning the resin layer to form the member; and removing the pattern to form the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsushi Ishikawa, Tamaki Sato
  • Patent number: 8770719
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a first substrate having an energy generating element for discharging a liquid, and a second substrate which is bonded to the first substrate and which has a discharge port for discharging the liquid and a groove that forms a passage for supplying the liquid to the energy generating element, wherein one surface of the second substrate on the front surface side of the liquid discharge head and the other surface thereof, which is the back surface of the one surface, are individually provided with recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsushi Ishikawa, Tamaki Sato
  • Patent number: 8647558
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a structure includes, in the following order, preparing a substrate having a positive-type photosensitive resin layer and an absorption layer stacked thereon in this order, the absorption layer being capable of absorbing a light having a photosensitive wavelength which the positive-type photosensitive resin senses; pressing a projecting portion of a mold into both the positive-type photosensitive resin layer and the absorption layer; separating the mold from both layers; irradiating the two layers with the light from an upper face side of both layers; removing the absorption layer; and developing the positive-type photosensitive resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tamaki Sato
  • Patent number: 8622523
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a liquid discharge head including: forming a first pattern for forming the flow path on the substrate; forming a first coating layer which covers the first pattern; forming a hole in the first coating layer, through which the first pattern is exposed; forming a second pattern for forming the flow path on the first coating layer, such that the second pattern contacts with the first pattern through the hole; forming a second coating layer for covering the second pattern; forming the discharge port in the second coating layer; and removing the first pattern and the second pattern to form the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Asai, Takumi Suzuki, Masahiko Kubota, Tamaki Sato, Maki Kato
  • Patent number: 8613141
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a liquid ejection head provided with a flow passage communicating with an ejection outlet for ejecting liquid includes steps of preparing a substrate on which a flow passage wall forming member for forming a part of a wall of the flow passage and a solid layer having a shape of a part of the flow passage contact each other, wherein the flow passage wall forming member has a height, from a surface of the substrate, substantially equal to that of the solid layer; providing on the solid layer a pattern having a shape of another part of the flow passage; providing a coating layer, for forming another part of the wall of the flow passage, so as to coat the pattern; providing the ejection outlet to the coating layer; and forming the flow passage by removing the solid layer and the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiko Okano, Maki Kato, Masaki Ohsumi, Yoshinori Tagawa, Kazuhiro Asai, Masahiko Kubota, Tamaki Sato
  • Publication number: 20130288183
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a liquid injection head, the method including: forming, on a substrate, a negative photosensitive resin layer having a first surface on a side opposite to the substrate and a second surface on the substrate side; carrying out first exposure of the negative photosensitive resin layer; carrying out second exposure of the negative photosensitive resin layer; and forming the ejection orifice by carrying out development after the first exposure and the second exposure in which each of the first surface and the second surface has a portion in which a part of the unexposed portion in the first exposure and a part of the unexposed portion in the second exposure overlap and a portion in which a part of the unexposed portion in the first exposure and a part of the unexposed portion in the second exposure do not overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsushi Ishikawa, Tamaki Sato
  • Patent number: 8557164
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a substrate having an energy generating element configured to generate energy required to discharge liquid, a discharge port configured to discharge the liquid and provided in an opposed relationship to the energy generating element, a wall member defining a chamber adapted to store the energy required to discharge liquid the energy being generated by the energy generating element, a discharge portion defining a fluid path connecting the chamber and the discharge port, a supply path facilitating supplying the liquid into the chamber, and a pair of hollow portions provided in the wall member, wherein the hollow portions oppose each other and sandwich at least the entire discharge port in a direction from the discharge port to the substrate, and the hollow portions are independent of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naozumi Nabeshima, Toru Yamane, Takumi Suzuki, Masahiko Kubota, Tamaki Sato, Ryoji Kanri, Maki Hatta, Kazuhiro Asai
  • Patent number: 8376525
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a liquid discharge head including: forming a first pattern for forming the flow path on the substrate; forming a first coating layer which covers the first pattern; forming a hole in the first coating layer, through which the first pattern is exposed; forming a second pattern for forming the flow path on the first coating layer, such that the second pattern contacts with the first pattern through the hole; forming a second coating layer for covering the second pattern; forming the discharge port in the second coating layer; and removing the first pattern and the second pattern to form the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Asai, Takumi Suzuki, Masahiko Kubota, Tamaki Sato, Maki Kato
  • Publication number: 20130027469
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a first substrate having an energy generating element for discharging a liquid, and a second substrate which is bonded to the first substrate and which has a discharge port for discharging the liquid and a groove that forms a passage for supplying the liquid to the energy generating element, wherein one surface of the second substrate on the front surface side of the liquid discharge head and the other surface thereof, which is the back surface of the one surface, are individually provided with recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsushi Ishikawa, Tamaki Sato
  • Publication number: 20130004668
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid discharge head having a flow path communicating with a discharge port for discharging liquid includes in the following order: preparing a substrate with an evenly provided first layer as a flat layer; forming, of the first layer, a pattern of the flow path for forming the flow path, and a member (A) provided outside the pattern via a gap; providing a second layer so as to fill the gap and to cover the pattern and the member (A); forming, of the second layer, a member (B) for forming the discharge port on the pattern; and removing the member (A), providing, at least on the substrate, a third layer so as to hold it in intimate contact with the member (B), and removing the pattern to form the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tamaki Sato, Masafumi Morisue, Hirono Yoneyama
  • Publication number: 20120222308
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head which has an ejection port ejecting a liquid and a flow path communicating with the ejection port, includes a first step of preparing a substrate on which a first layer and a second layer are evenly laminated in this order; a second step of forming a member (A) for forming the ejection port from the second layer; a third step of forming a mold for forming the flow path from the first layer; a fourth step of providing a third layer so as to cover the mold and so as to come into close contact with the member (A); and a fifth step of removing the mold to form the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tamaki Sato, Masafumi Morisue, Hirono Yoneyama, Takumi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8227043
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head includes the steps of: forming a solid layer for forming a flow path on a substrate on which an energy generating element is arranged to generate energy that is used to discharge liquid; forming, on the substrate where the solid layer is mounted, a coating layer for coating the solid layer; forming a discharge port used to discharge a liquid, through a photolithographic process, in the coating layer deposited on the solid layer; and removing the solid layer to form a flow path that communicates with the energy element and the discharge port. A material used for the coating layer contains a cationically polymerizable chemical compound, a cationic photopolymerization initiator and an inhibitor of cationic photopolymerization, and a material of the solid layer that forms a boundary with a portion where the discharge port of the coating layer is formed contains a copolymer of methacrylic acid and methacrylate ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiko Kubota, Takumi Suzuki, Tamaki Sato, Ryoji Kanri, Maki Hatta, Kazuhiro Asai, Shoji Shiba, Etsuko Hino, Hiroe Ishikura, Akihiko Okano
  • Patent number: 8191260
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a liquid ejection head includes forming on a substrate a first flow passage wall forming member contacting a solid layer of equal height, exposing a first layer of a negative photosensitive resin material to form an ejection outlet forming member; exposing a second layer, on the first layer, of a negative photosensitive resin material to form a second flow passage wall forming member for forming another part of the wall of the flow passage; placing the exposed first and second layers on the solid layer and the first flow passage wall forming member so that a non-exposed portion of the second layer contacts the solid layer; forming parts of the flow passage and the ejection outlet by removing non-exposed portions of the first and second layers above the substrate; and forming the flow passage by removing the solid layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Kaisha
    Inventors: Maki Kato, Masaki Ohsumi, Yoshinori Tagawa, Kazuhiro Asai, Masahiko Kubota, Tamaki Sato, Akihiko Okano
  • Patent number: 8037603
    Abstract: An ink jet head producing method includes forming a first flow path forming member in a portion constituting a flow path side wall, which constitutes at least a partitioning portion between flow paths on a substrate; forming a pattern as a mold for the flow path, the pattern being formed over the substrate and a portion of the first flow path forming member; forming a second flow path forming member on the first flow path forming member and the pattern, the second flow path forming member being formed of a material corresponding to the first flow path forming member; forming the discharge port in the second flow path forming member; and forming the flow path by removing the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Fujii, Junichi Kobayashi, Yoshinori Tagawa, Hideo Tamura, Hiroyuki Murayama, Keiji Watanabe, Taichi Yonemoto, Isamu Horiuchi, Aya Yoshihira, Masamichi Yoshinari, Jun Kawai, Tamaki Sato