Patents by Inventor Yu OKAMURA

Yu OKAMURA 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: 20240066869
    Abstract: There are provided a liquid ejecting head configured to eject a liquid in an ejection direction; and a support unit having a support body that supports the liquid ejecting head and a base portion that supports the support body, and the support body is rotatable about a rotation shaft extending in a direction orthogonal to the ejection direction with respect to the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yu OKAMURA, Yoshiki SUGAWARA
  • Patent number: 11745514
    Abstract: A pressure adjustment unit includes a flow passage including a first chamber, a second chamber, and a through hole. The apparatus further includes a partition wall that the through hole is formed, a first sealing portion having flexibility, a second sealing portion facing with the first sealing portion, a valve configured to close the flow passage by moving in a first direction, and to open the flow passage by moving in a second direction opposite to the first direction, a biasing member biasing the valve in the first direction, and a restricting portion restricting movement of the valve in the first direction by contact with a to-be-restricted portion of the valve, at a second portion different from a first portion where contact of the first sealing portion and the second sealing portion occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Okamura, Yoshiki Sugawara
  • Patent number: 11548282
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head unit having heads that configure to eject a liquid in a first-direction, and in which a second-direction orthogonal to the first-direction is a short direction and a third-direction orthogonal to the first and second-directions is a longitudinal direction, and a holding member. The head unit has a first-head, a second-head adjacent to the first-head, and disposed in the second-direction, and a third head adjacent to the second-head, and disposed in the second-direction. The first head has a first-gripping portion provided on an upper surface. The second-head has a second-gripping portion provided on the upper surface. The third-head has a third-gripping portion provided on the upper surface. A position of the second-gripping portion with respect to the third-direction is different from positions of the first-gripping portion and the third-gripping portion with respect to the third-direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Okamura, Masahiko Sato, Shun Katsuie
  • Patent number: 11529813
    Abstract: A pressure adjustment unit includes a valve body including a base end portion, a shaft portion protruding in a first-direction from the base end portion, and an elastic member, and a casing that has a partition wall formed with a through hole into which the shaft portion is inserted, and a first-wall protruding in a second-direction opposite to the first-direction to define the first-chamber. On a first-chamber side of the partition wall, a valve seat, which is annular, is provided around the through hole to block a flow path by contacting with the elastic member, an outer periphery of the base end portion has a positioning region, and a distance between a first-direction-side end portion of the positioning region and a first-direction-side distal end of the shaft portion is shorter than a distance between the valve seat and a second-direction-side end portion of the first-wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Sato, Yu Okamura
  • Patent number: 11524503
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head configured to eject a liquid in a first direction includes an upper surface facing a direction opposite to the first direction, and a gripping portion provided on the upper surface to grip the liquid ejecting head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Okamura, Masahiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20220274421
    Abstract: A pressure adjustment unit includes a flow passage including a first chamber, a second chamber, and a through hole. The apparatus further includes a partition wall that the through hole is formed, a first sealing portion having flexibility, a second sealing portion facing with the first sealing portion, a valve configured to close the flow passage by moving in a first direction, and to open the flow passage by moving in a second direction opposite to the first direction, a biasing member biasing the valve in the first direction, and a restricting portion restricting movement of the valve in the first direction by contact with a to-be-restricted portion of the valve, at a second portion different from a first portion where contact of the first sealing portion and the second sealing portion occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yu OKAMURA, Yoshiki SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20210260887
    Abstract: A pressure adjustment unit includes a valve body including a base end portion, a shaft portion protruding in a first-direction from the base end portion, and an elastic member, and a casing that has a partition wall formed with a through hole into which the shaft portion is inserted, and a first-wall protruding in a second-direction opposite to the first-direction to define the first-chamber. On a first-chamber side of the partition wall, a valve seat, which is annular, is provided around the through hole to block a flow path by contacting with the elastic member, an outer periphery of the base end portion has a positioning region, and a distance between a first-direction-side end portion of the positioning region and a first-direction-side distal end of the shaft portion is shorter than a distance between the valve seat and a second-direction-side end portion of the first-wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiko SATO, Yu OKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210213737
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head unit having heads that configure to eject a liquid in a first-direction, and in which a second-direction orthogonal to the first-direction is a short direction and a third-direction orthogonal to the first and second-directions is a longitudinal direction, and a holding member. The head unit has a first-head, a second-head adjacent to the first-head, and disposed in the second-direction, and a third head adjacent to the second-head, and disposed in the second-direction. The first head has a first-gripping portion provided on an upper surface. The second-head has a second-gripping portion provided on the upper surface. The third-head has a third-gripping portion provided on the upper surface. A position of the second-gripping portion with respect to the third-direction is different from positions of the first-gripping portion and the third-gripping portion with respect to the third-direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Yu OKAMURA, Masahiko SATO, Shun KATSUIE
  • Publication number: 20210213752
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head configured to eject a liquid in a first direction includes an upper surface facing a direction opposite to the first direction, and a gripping portion provided on the upper surface to grip the liquid ejecting head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Yu OKAMURA, Masahiko SATO
  • Publication number: 20200156372
    Abstract: An ink jet head including a body portion including a pressure generating portion, and a nozzle that discharges ink, a relay substrate that relays between the body portion and a printer, a cable that sends an electric signal from the printer to the relay substrate, and a cover unit that covers a cable connector that electrically couples the relay substrate and the cables to each other. The cable is drawn out to a portion external to the ink jet head through an opening portion open on a gravitational direction side with respect to the cable connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Yu OKAMURA, Hiroyuki HAGIWARA, Katsuhiro OKUBO, Masahiko SATO