Patents by Inventor Tomohiro NISHIURA

Tomohiro NISHIURA 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).

  • NOZZLE PLATE, INKJET HEAD, NOZZLE PLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND INKJET HEAD MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20230234354
    Abstract: There is provided a nozzle plate of an inkjet head, the nozzle plate including: a first surface that is bonded to an upper layer substrate by an adhesive; and a second surface in which an opening of a nozzle that ejects an ink is provided. A step is formed at an edge of the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Akihisa SHIMOMURA, Tadashi HIRANO, Tomohiro NISHIURA
  • Ink jet head and ink jet recording apparatus
    Patent number: 11014358
    Abstract: An ink jet head with a head chip including a nozzle layer with nozzles for jetting ink and a pressure chamber layer with pressure chambers communicated respectively with the nozzles; and a manifold which stores the ink to be supplied to the pressure chambers; where the head chip has individual communication flow paths which are communicated respectively with the pressure chambers and which are capable of discharging the ink in the pressure chambers; and a common communication flow path which is disposed in a part facing the nozzle layer of the pressure chamber layer and which is connected to the individual communication flow paths to join the ink discharged from the individual communication flow paths together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hikaru Hamano, Souichi Tanaka, Tomohiro Nishiura, Jun Marubayashi, Yusuke Hayashi
  • INK JET HEAD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190111679
    Abstract: An ink jet head with a head chip including a nozzle layer with nozzles for jetting ink and a pressure chamber layer with pressure chambers communicated respectively with the nozzles; and a manifold which stores the ink to be supplied to the pressure chambers; where the head chip has individual communication flow paths which are communicated respectively with the pressure chambers and which are capable of discharging the ink in the pressure chambers; and a common communication flow path which is disposed in a part facing the nozzle layer of the pressure chamber layer and which is connected to the individual communication flow paths to join the ink discharged from the individual communication flow paths together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Hikaru HAMANO, Souichi TANAKA, Tomohiro NISHIURA, Jun MARUBAYASHI, Yusuke HAYASHI