Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Sakai

Tomohiro Sakai 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: 8783834
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid ejecting head comprising a pressure generating chamber and a piezoelectric actuator having a piezoelectric material consisting of composite oxide. The composite oxide contains bismuth, sodium, barium, titanium, and zinc. A ratio of zinc content to the total amount of titanium and zinc is 0.35 mol % or more and 1.25 mol % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sakai, Satoshi Kimura
  • Patent number: 8770723
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element comprises a electrode and a piezoelectric layer made of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure containing at least bismuth, barium, iron, and titanium. A layered compound containing iron, barium, titanium and oxygen is formed between the piezoelectric layer and the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sakai, Koichi Morozumi, Tsutomu Asakawa
  • Patent number: 8746856
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element comprises a first electrode including platinum, a piezoelectric layer disposed above the first electrode, made of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure containing at least bismuth, and a second electrode disposed above the piezoelectric layer. An oxide containing bismuth and platinum is disposed at the interface of the piezoelectric layer with the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sakai, Koichi Morozumi
  • Patent number: 8721914
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element comprises a piezoelectric layer and an electrode provided with the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer is made of a composite oxide containing bismuth ferrite, barium titanate, and bismuth zinc titanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiro Sakai
  • Patent number: 8690298
    Abstract: A liquid-ejecting head comprises a pressure-generating chamber and a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric material contains a complex oxide having a perovskite structure. The complex oxide contains bismuth, sodium, barium, titanium, and copper. The ratio of copper to the total amount of titanium and copper is 0.35 mol % or more and 0.70 mol % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sakai, Satoshi Kimura
  • Patent number: 8657416
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element comprises a electrode and a piezoelectric layer made of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure containing at least bismuth, barium, iron, and titanium. A layered compound containing iron, barium, titanium and oxygen is formed between the piezoelectric layer and the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sakai, Koichi Morozumi, Tsutomu Asakawa
  • Patent number: 8651626
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head comprises a pressure chamber communicating with nozzle and a piezoelectric actuator including a piezoelectric layer and an electrode which applies a voltage to the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer is composed of a solid solution containing bismuth sodium titanate and 0.2 mol % or more and 8.0 mol % or less of copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiro Sakai
  • Patent number: 8646879
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element comprises a piezoelectric layer and an electrode which is provided with the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer comprises a complex oxide which has a perovskite structure including bismuth, iron, a first dopant element which is at least one type selected from a group formed from sodium, potassium, calcium, and strontium, and a second dopant element which is at least one type selected from a group formed from manganese, titanium, vanadium, niobium, and tin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromu Miyazawa, Takayuki Yonemura, Koichi Morozumi, Tomohiro Sakai
  • Patent number: 8636342
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head comprises a pressure chamber communicating with nozzle and a piezoelectric actuator. The piezoelectric layer is composed of a solid solution containing bismuth sodium titanate and 0.2 mol % or more and 8.0 mol % or less of manganese.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiro Sakai
  • Publication number: 20130281098
    Abstract: In a method for controlling a communication system, the reception device reports a first size of a free space of a buffer in the reception device to the transmission device. The transmission device controls transmission of first data with a first priority to the reception device based on the first size. The transmission device controls transmission of second data with a second priority lower than the first priority to the reception device based on a threshold less than the first size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Takahiro FUJII, Satoru Hirasawa, Yoshiaki Fukunaga, Takayuki Ohtsuka, Nobuaki Kitazumi, Tomohiro Sakai, Takeshi Masubuchi
  • Publication number: 20130271532
    Abstract: A piezoelectric layer is formed with a perovskite type oxide at least containing Bi, Ba, Fe, and Ti and when, in 2?-? measurement using a two-dimensional detector, an angle formed by a plane including an incident X-ray, a sample, and the center position of the two-dimensional detector and a diffraction line diffracted from the sample is defined as ? and when, in a scattering intensity of the diffraction line obtained by measuring the piezoelectric layer, the integrated intensity in the range of 0°???10° and 31°?2??33° is defined as I1 and the integrated intensity in the range of 10°???20° and 31°?2??33° is defined as I2, I1/I2 is 2.0 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiro SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20130250011
    Abstract: To provide a liquid ejecting head having a piezoelectric layer in which crack occurrence is suppressed and the crystal is oriented in a specific orientation, a piezoelectric element a liquid ejecting apparatus and a method of manufacturing a piezoelectric element. A liquid ejecting head which discharges liquid from a nozzle opening, includes a piezoelectric element having a piezoelectric layer and a first electrode and a second electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer has a buffer layer made of bismuth manganate or a mixed crystal of bismuth manganate and bismuth ferrite, provided on the first electrode, and a piezoelectric material layer having a perovskite structure, provided on the buffer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohiro SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20130250006
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head is provided with a piezoelectric element having a piezoelectric layer and a first electrode and a second electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer, in which the piezoelectric layer contains a buffer layer provided on the first electrode and having a perovskite structure containing bismuth, iron, and at least one of zinc and nickel and a complex oxide layer provided on the buffer layer and having a perovskite structure containing bismuth, iron, barium, and titanium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohiro SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20130250010
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head which discharges a liquid from a nozzle opening including a piezoelectric body layer and a piezoelectric element possessing an electrode which is arranged on the piezoelectric body layer, wherein the piezoelectric body layer consists of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure, and when 2? is fixed within the range of 21.9° to 22.7° to scan in the direction of the ?-axis, the piezoelectric body layer has a peak in the range of 4.75° to 28.3° and when 2? is fixed within the range of 31.1° to 32.6° to scan in the direction of the ?-axis, the piezoelectric body layer has a peak in the range of 24.8° to 40.75°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiro SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20130152777
    Abstract: Provided is an axial hydraulic pump including: a residual pressure regenerating circuit (30) which is a pipe line communicating with a top dead center side communication port (31) and a bottom dead center side communication port (32); cylinder ports (26-1 to 26-8) which are provided in the respective cylinder bores of the cylinder block (6) and are operated with the rotation of the cylinder block (6); and communication holes (41-1 to 41-8) which communicate with the top dead center side communication port (31) and the bottom dead center side communication port (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Takeo Iida, Tadashi Nakagawa, Tomohiro Sakai
  • Publication number: 20120268533
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element comprises a first electrode including platinum, a piezoelectric layer disposed above the first electrode, made of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure containing at least bismuth, and a second electrode disposed above the piezoelectric layer. An oxide containing bismuth and platinum is disposed at the interface of the piezoelectric layer with the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro SAKAI, Koichi MOROZUMI
  • Publication number: 20120217430
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element comprises a piezoelectric layer and an electrode provided with the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer is made of a composite oxide containing bismuth ferrite, barium titanate, and bismuth zinc titanate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohiro SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20120182358
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element comprises a piezoelectric layer and an electrode which is provided with the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer comprises a complex oxide which has a perovskite structure including bismuth, iron, a first dopant element which is at least one type selected from a group formed from sodium, potassium, calcium, and strontium, and a second dopant element which is at least one type selected from a group formed from manganese, titanium, vanadium, niobium, and tin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromu MIYAZAWA, Takayuki YONEMURA, Koichi MOROZUMI, Tomohiro SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20120120162
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element comprises a piezoelectric layer and electrodes provided to the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer has a perovskite structure that includes Bi, Fe, Ba, Ti, and Co, and the mole ratio of Co to the total amount of Co and Fe is 0.02 or more and 0.07 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Takahashi, Tomohiro Sakai
  • Publication number: 20120120161
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element comprises a electrode and a piezoelectric layer made of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure containing at least bismuth, barium, iron, and titanium. A layered compound containing iron, barium, titanium and oxygen is formed between the piezoelectric layer and the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro SAKAI, Koichi MOROZUMI, Tsutomu ASAKAWA