Patents by Inventor Toru Kanda

Toru Kanda 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: 8454129
    Abstract: A liquid ejection recording head includes a recording element substrate including an ejection energy generation element and a plurality of electrode pads, the ejection energy generation element being configured to generate ejection energy by which to eject a liquid, the liquid ejection recording head also includes an electric wiring substrate including a plurality of lead electrodes connected to corresponding electrode pads to apply an electric signal to the ejection energy generation element, wherein one or more of the plurality of electrode pads are not connected to any lead electrode, and each lead electrode connected to an electrode pad adjacent to any of the one or more of the plurality of electrode pads not connected to any lead electrode has a wide part whose width is greater than the width of the other lead electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Kanda, Yuki Kozuka
  • Patent number: 7784174
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an ink jet print head allows an adhesive bonding a printing element substrate to a support member to be temporarily hardened efficiently and stably in a short time so as to achieve bonding with no air path or the like created at a bonding interface. Electrothermal transducing elements in the printing element substrate generate heat to temporarily harden the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Kanda, Yuki Kozuka
  • Patent number: 7712870
    Abstract: To provide an ink jet recording head, by which a recording operation with a high recording quality can be performed without causing deformation or breakage of a recording element substrate and the manufacture cost is reduced, a filling groove filled with sealant for protecting a recording element substrate from ink includes a salient or divider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Shibata, Hiroki Tajima, Toru Kanda
  • Publication number: 20090309929
    Abstract: A liquid ejection recording head includes a recording element substrate including an ejection energy generation element and a plurality of electrode pads, the ejection energy generation element being configured to generate ejection energy by which to eject a liquid, the liquid ejection recording head also includes an electric wiring substrate including a plurality of lead electrodes connected to corresponding electrode pads to apply an electric signal to the ejection energy generation element, wherein one or more of the plurality of electrode pads are not connected to any lead electrode, and each lead electrode connected to an electrode pad adjacent to any of the one or more of the plurality of electrode pads not connected to any lead electrode has a wide part whose width is greater than the width of the other lead electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Kanda, Yuki Kozuka
  • Patent number: 7600851
    Abstract: In spite of relative deformation between a printing element substrate and a supporting member due to a change in temperature of a printing head, the printing quality is stabilized, and the printing head is not damaged. In detail, as the temperature of the supporting member and the printing element substrate, which are adhered to and fixed to each other in an expanded state, falls to the room temperature, the supporting member contracts significantly more than the printing element substrate, and a stress relation is caused to be present between the respective members. At this time, ribs are deformed in the direction of widening the ribs, which is the direction toward the outside of the printing element substrate, whereby the above-described difference in deformation can be absorbed, and influence on the printing element substrate can be relieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toru Kanda
  • Publication number: 20090094833
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing an ink jet print head which allows an adhesive bonding a printing element substrate to a support member to be temporarily hardened efficiently and stably in a short time so as to achieve bonding with no air path or the like created at a bonding interface. Thus, electrothermal transducing elements in the printing element substrate generate heat to temporarily harden the adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Kanda, Yuki Kozuka
  • Publication number: 20070285465
    Abstract: To provide an ink jet recording head by which a recording operation with a high recording quality can be performed without causing deformation or breakage of a recording element substrate and the manufacture cost is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Shibata, Hiroki Tajima, Toru Kanda
  • Publication number: 20070008378
    Abstract: In spite of relative deformation between a printing element substrate and a supporting member due to a change in temperature of a printing head, the printing quality is stabilized, and the printing head is not damaged. In detail, as the temperature of the supporting member and the printing element substrate, which are adhered to and fixed to each other in an expanded state falls to the room temperature, the supporting member further greatly contracts than the printing element substrate, and a stress relation is caused to be present between the respective members. At this time, ribs are deformed in the direction of widening the ribs, which is the direction toward the outside of the printing element substrate, whereby the above-described difference in deformation can be absorbed, and influence onto the printing element substrate can be relieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru Kanda
  • Patent number: 6993992
    Abstract: A ball screw which is little subject to deterioration of operating characteristics and occurrence of wear, torque change, noise, vibration, etc. during operation due to stagnation or competition of balls. The ball screw includes a screw shaft having a helical thread groove formed on the outer surface thereof and a nut having a thread groove formed on the inner surface thereof corresponding to the thread groove on the screw shaft which engages with the screw shaft with the interposition of a number of balls rollably provided in a helical ball rolling path formed between the two thread grooves, and spacers between adjacent ones of the number of balls, wherein the variation of the total of the gap between the balls and spacers during the rolling of the balls is smaller than 1/20 of the diameter of the ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Kanda, Daisuke Maruyama, Hitoshi Sannomiya
  • Patent number: 6722223
    Abstract: A ball screw which is little subject to deterioration of operating characteristics and occurrence of wear, torque change, noise, vibration, etc. during operation due to stagnation or competition of balls. The ball screw includes a screw shaft having a helical thread groove formed on the outer surface thereof and a nut having a thread groove formed on the inner surface thereof corresponding to the thread groove on the screw shaft which engages with the screw shaft with the interposition of a number of balls rollably provided in a helical ball rolling path formed between the two thread grooves, wherein the variation of the total of the gap between the balls during the rolling of the balls is smaller than {fraction (1/20)} of the diameter of the ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Kanda, Daisuke Maruyama, Hitoshi Sannomiya
  • Publication number: 20030233898
    Abstract: The invention provides a ball screw which is little subject to deterioration of operating characteristics and occurrence of wear, torque change, noise, vibration, etc. during operation due to stagnation or competition of balls. A ball screw comprising a screw shaft having a helical thread groove formed on the outer surface thereof and a nut having a thread groove formed on the inner surface thereof corresponding to the thread groove on the screw shaft which engages with the screw shaft with the interposition of a number of balls rollably provided in a helical ball rolling path formed between the two thread grooves, wherein the variation of the total of the gap between said balls during the rolling of the balls is smaller than {fraction (1/20)} of the diameter of the ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Kanda, Daisuke Maruyama, Hitoshi Sannomiya
  • Publication number: 20020148314
    Abstract: The invention provides a ball screw which is little subject to deterioration of operating characteristics and occurrence of wear, torque change, noise, vibration, etc. during operation due to stagnation or competition of balls. A ball screw comprising a screw shaft having a helical thread groove formed on the outer surface thereof and a nut having a thread groove formed on the inner surface thereof corresponding to the thread groove on the screw shaft which engages with the screw shaft with the interposition of a number of balls rollably provided in a helical ball rolling path formed between the two thread grooves, wherein the variation of the total of the gap between said balls during the rolling of the balls is smaller than {fraction (1/20)} of the diameter of the ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Kanda, Daisuke Maruyama, Hitoshi Sannomiya