Patents Issued in March 19, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200086600
    Abstract: An embossing method allowing to emboss a material on both sides comprises feeding the foil material into a roll nip between a pair of a first roll and a second roll, providing the first roll and the second roll each with a plurality of positive projections and a plurality of negative projections of identical shaped polyhedral structures, a first subset of the plurality of positive projections being disposed with a first periodicity on a first grid in axial direction and a second periodicity on the first grid in circumferential direction on the first roll, and a second subset of the plurality of negative projections being disposed with the first periodicity in axial direction and the second periodicity in circumferential direction on the first grid intertwined with the positive projections, in axial and circumferential directions respectively, and projections complementary to the first grid, on the second roll, each of the positive projections and the negative projections on the first roll during operation of
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Charles BOEGLI, Werner STEFFEN
  • Publication number: 20200086601
    Abstract: Fiber sheets, structures comprising the fiber sheets and the use of the sheets. The invention further relates to biodegradable and/or recyclable products comprising the fiber sheets, useful in replacing non-biodegradable products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Esa TORNIAINEN, Tuomas MUSTONEN, Karita KINNUNEN, Tuomo HJELT
  • Publication number: 20200086602
    Abstract: A perforated metal honeycomb structure is described. The perforated metal honeycomb structure may include a metal honeycomb structure having a plurality of laser-drilled holes wherein at least some of the plurality of holes are non-uniform in second, shape, and/or spacing between holes. In another embodiment, the perforated metal honeycomb structure may include an array of intercellular holes between hexagonal cells in the honeycomb structure. The array of intercellular holes may include at least a first hole and a second wherein the first and second holes are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Christopher Davin, William B. Riley
  • Publication number: 20200086603
    Abstract: Moulded inner dash trim part for a vehicle comprising a porous fibrous layer comprising fibers and thermoplastic binder, and an air permeable foil laminated together wherein the fibers comprise conjugate frizzy fibers made of at least 2 sides with a difference between the two sides inducing an intrinsic permanent frizzy or curved shape in a random 3 dimensional form, and wherein the air permeable foil has an airflow resistance that is between 30-75% of the total airflow resistance of the trim part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Marco Seppi
  • Publication number: 20200086604
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing at least one layer of a film wherein the method comprises the steps of; providing a first suspension comprising microfibrillated cellulose, providing a second suspension comprising microfibrillated dialdehyde cellulose, mixing the first suspension with the second suspension to form a mixture, applying said mixture to a substrate to form a fibrous web and drying said web to form at least one layer of said film. The present invention further relates to a film comprising said at least one layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: Stora Enso OYJ
    Inventors: Cecilia Land Hensdal, Adrianna Svensson, Liv Bergqvist, Amy Tran Carlström, Lars Axrup
  • Publication number: 20200086605
    Abstract: A textile laminate is twisted around a torsion axis extending in a straight line in a longitudinal direction of the textile laminate. Further, the warps of second to fourth fiber layers, which constitute the textile laminate, are oriented to intersect with the torsion axis. The textile laminate is provided with a pair of side edge sections positioned at opposite ends of the torsion axis in the axial direction, and a torsional edge section that connects the side edge sections to each other. The warps of the unidirectional textile intersecting with the torsion axis as viewed from the direction orthogonal to the torsion axis extend in straight lines from the torsion axis toward the torsional edge sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fujio HORI, Ryuta KAMIYA
  • Publication number: 20200086606
    Abstract: A stretchable conductive film for textiles 1 includes a stretchable conductive layer 3, and a hot-melt adhesive agent layer 4 formed on one surface of the stretchable conductive layer 3. The stretchable conductive film for textiles 1 may also include a first peel film 2 formed on a surface of the stretchable conductive layer 3 on the opposite side from the hot-melt adhesive agent layer 4 side, and a second peel film 5 formed on a surface of the hot-melt adhesive agent layer 4 on the opposite side from the stretchable conductive layer 3 side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Akio TAKAHASHI, Tsunehiko TERADA
  • Publication number: 20200086607
    Abstract: A composite material is described. The composite material comprises a first cover sheet, a second cover sheet, and a core layer arranged between the first cover sheet and the second cover sheet, said core layer comprising a first adhesive layer in contact with the first cover sheet, a second adhesive layer in contact with the second cover sheet, and fibres which extend from the first adhesive layer to the second adhesive layer. The first cover sheet has a larger extension than the core layer and comprises at least a first edge region which is free from the core layer, wherein the first edge region extends from the outer edge of the first cover sheet to the core layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: LAMERA AB
    Inventor: Bengt NILSSON
  • Publication number: 20200086608
    Abstract: Provided is an aluminum-based plated steel that is provided for vehicles by hot forming, an aluminum-based alloy plated steel manufactured using the same, and method of manufacturing thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Jin-Keun OH, Il-Ryoung SOHN, Seong-Woo KIM, Jeom-Soo SHIN
  • Publication number: 20200086609
    Abstract: A method to prepare a composite laminate object containing an extrusion grade 7xxx Al substrate and a fiber-reinforced polypropylene layer adhesively laminated to the substrate; is provided. The process includes shaping and cutting an extruded 7xxx aluminum to a profile, assembling a layered arrangement of the 7xxx Al profile as substrate, an adhesive film and a fiber reinforced polypropylene preform, heating the layered arrangement to a temperature of 160-175° C. to melt the polypropylene and activate the adhesive film, applying pressure to at least a surface of the fiber reinforced polypropylene preform to mold the preform to the shape of the extruded 7xxxAl substrate and obtain a semi-finished laminate object, cooling the semi-finished laminate object to 90° C., optionally, cooling the semi-finished laminate object to room temperature for inventory storage; heat treating the semi-finished laminate object at 90° C. for 2 to 8 hours; and then heat treating the semi-finished laminate object at 130° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Saida KHAN, Santosh SARANG, Ichiro HIRATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20200086610
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multilayer film for packaging. The multilayer film comprises a layer of ink and an adjacent layer of substrate. The layer of ink includes functionalised graphene and a material selected from cellulose, polylactic acid and a polyhydroxyalkanoate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Stefano BORINI, Malik QASIM, Simon BROUGHTON
  • Publication number: 20200086611
    Abstract: A rubber laminate where an acrylic rubber layer (A) including an acrylic rubber composition including at least a carboxyl group-containing acrylic rubber and an aliphatic polyvalent amine compound or a derivative thereof and a fluororubber layer (B) including a fluororubber composition including at least a polyol-cross-linkable fluororubber and a bismuth oxide are made to adhere to one another through cross-linking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoyuki NARITA
  • Publication number: 20200086612
    Abstract: A multi-layer film for seal-peel applications, an article comprising said film and the use of said film a disclosed. The multi-layer film for seal-peel application comprising at least two layers, namely a cover layer and a seal layer, whereby the seal layer comprises between 25 and 80 wt. % of EVA and between 20 and 75 wt. % of LLDPE based on the total weight of the layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Ling Fan, Jana Hrachova, Bart Van Den Esschert, Jun Zhou, Feng Gong
  • Publication number: 20200086613
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a decorative film excellent in moldability and tensile strength; and a method for producing a three-dimensionally molded article with a decorative film. The decorative film of the present invention is used for decorating a three-dimensionally molded article. It is a decorative film comprising at least a substrate film layer and a clear layer, wherein the clear layer is made of a fluorinated polymer comprising units based on a fluoroolefin, units based on a monomer having no crosslinkable group, which is at least one member selected from the group consisting of a vinyl ether, a vinyl ester, an allyl ether, an allyl ester and a (meth)acrylic acid ester, and units having a crosslinkable group; and the content of the units based on a fluoroolefin is from 20 to 70 mol % to all units which the fluorinated polymer comprises.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Shun SAITO, Takashi MORIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20200086614
    Abstract: A component is provided that includes a multi-layer body configured with a thermoplastic layer, a thermoset layer and a scrim at an interface between the thermoplastic layer and the thermoset layer. The thermoplastic layer includes a plurality of reinforcement particles within a thermoplastic matrix. The thermoset layer is configured from or otherwise includes a thermoset matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Teresa Kruckenberg
  • Publication number: 20200086615
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an integrally molded vehicular undercover having air permeability includes a base material layer containing inorganic fibers and a first solidified thermoplastic binder, the base material layer having a road side surface and a vehicle body side surface, an outer layer containing synthetic resin fibers and a second solidified thermoplastic binder, the outer layer being integrated with the road side surface of the base material layer, and a synthetic resin layer having air permeability, the synthetic resin layer being integrated with the vehicle body side surface of the base material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Hiromichi MIYANO
  • Publication number: 20200086616
    Abstract: Described herein is a multilayer film including at least one layer including a polymer composition obtainable by free-radical polymerization of a monomer composition including at least one monomer A) selected from ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated mono- and dicarboxylic acids, salts of ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated mono- and dicarboxylic acids, anhydrides of ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated mono- and dicarboxylic acids and mixtures thereof, where the free-radical polymerization is effected in the presence of at least one polyether component. Also described herein is a process for producing the multilayer film, methods of using the multilayer film and a sheath or coating for a washing composition, cleaning composition or dishwashing composition portion including the multilayer film, and to washing compositions, cleaning compositions or dishwashing compositions including the multilayer film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Markus Meise, Yannick Fuchs, Helmut Witteler, Alejandra Garcia Marcos, Juergen Detering, Benjamin Schmidt-Hansberg
  • Publication number: 20200086617
    Abstract: There is provided a co-injection molded multilayer structure comprising a barrier layer and outer layers laminated to contact with the barrier layer on its both sides, wherein the barrier layer is made of a resin composition (X) comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) and an alkali metal salt (B) of a higher fatty acid, having a melting point of 250° C. or lower; the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) has an ethylene unit content of 20 to 60 mol % and a saponification degree of 90% or more, and a content of the alkali metal salt (B) in the barrier layer is 50 to 1500 ppm in terms of metal atoms; and the outer layers are made of a resin composition (Y) comprising an unmodified high-density polyethylene (F) and a maleic anhydride-modified polyethylene (G), and a maleic anhydride modification rate relative to the whole resin composition (Y) is 0.005 to 0.1 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto SUZUKI, Didier HOUSSIER
  • Publication number: 20200086618
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laminated cellulose-based liquid food packaging material, comprising a cellulose-based bulk material layer, having through-going holes, openings or slits, an aluminium metal foil and outer layers of thermoplastic polymers. The invention further relates to the method for manufacturing the laminated packaging material and to a packaging container for liquid food packaging, comprising the laminated packaging material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventor: Nils TOFT
  • Publication number: 20200086619
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an electrical steel sheet with an adhesive insulating coating that has excellent high-temperature adhesive property and high-temperature oil resistance and, even after being stacked and subjected to stress relief annealing, has excellent magnetic properties (iron loss, magnetic flux density). The method comprises: applying a coating material to at least one side of an electrical steel sheet, the coating material containing (a) an aqueous epoxy resin, (b) a high-temperature hardening crosslinking agent in an amount of 30 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the aqueous epoxy resin, in terms of solid content, (c) metal oxide particles, and (d) a solvent; and baking the coating material applied to the electrical steel sheet, under a condition of a peak steel sheet temperature of 150° C. or more and less than 230° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuko NAKAGAWA, Naoki MURAMATSU, Chiyoko TADA
  • Publication number: 20200086620
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a formulations of cements and methods for bonding dissimilar materials. The formulations and methods can bond a Non-polyvinyl chloride (PVC) containing first polyolefin that is amorphous or has low crystallinity to a second material that is a rigid material or a hard PVC. The methods and formulations can work by co-dissolution at an interface, or activation of a one of the materials prior to bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Zehra SEVINC, Tea DATASHVILI, Fanqing MENG, Shang-Ren WU, Chinnu BRAHATHEESWARAN
  • Publication number: 20200086621
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to couple a decorative composite having a reinforcing layer to a panel are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a decorative layer to couple to a panel. The decorative layer including a first tile, a second tile, and an adhesive liner positioned between the first tile and the second tile to couple respective edges of first and second tiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Xiaoxi Wang, John Wilde, Jason Drexler
  • Publication number: 20200086622
    Abstract: A roll forming device for plastic flooring utilizes a printed layer unwinding mechanism, a wear-resisting unwinding mechanism and a calender to laminate a substrate layer formed by an extruder, a printed layer and a wear-resisting layer into a whole. The calender includes a gauging roller group, a pre-bonding roller group and a laminating roller group disposed on a rack. The gauging roller group, which is disposed at one side of the pre-bonding roller group and linearly opposite to a discharge port of the extruder. The pre-bonding roller group includes a large roller and a plurality of guide rollers disposed around the large roller, and at least one first heating unit is disposed in the large roller or a position corresponding to an outer edge of the roller surface. The laminating roller group, which is disposed at the other side of the pre-bonding roller group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: WUXI BOYU PLASTIC MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ding-Yi LU, Pei-Dong ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20200086623
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for using a device for the positioning of molecules, the devise including a semiconductor substrate including a semiconductor layer and an insulating layer with a plurality of electrodes arranged on the insulating layer forming an electrode layer with a layer of 2-dimensional material arranged on the electrode layer. The method includes applying a first set of control signals to the plurality of electrodes to position a plurality of molecules in a first molecule arrangement and applying a second set of control signals to the plurality of electrodes to position the plurality of molecules in a second molecule arrangement, wherein the second set of control signals is different from the first set of control signals and wherein the device provides a first functionality in the first molecule arrangement and a second functionality in the second molecule arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Pio Peter N. Nirmalraj
  • Publication number: 20200086624
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a load-bearing structure. The method may include establishing overall dimensions and expected loading conditions of the load-bearing structure; determining a material density distribution within a solid model for the load-bearing structure based on the overall dimensions and the expected loading conditions for a predetermined objective end constraint; generating stress field data for the determined material density distribution based on the expected loading conditions; transforming the solid model into a spatially-graded mesh model having a plurality of three-dimensional cells based on orthogonal isostatic lines populated along principal stress directions of the stress field data; and fabricating the load-bearing structure with truss members aligned according to the spatially-graded mesh model. A system for manufacturing a load-bearing structure and a load-bearing structure manufactured thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen DAYNES, Stefanie FEIH, Jun WEI
  • Publication number: 20200086625
    Abstract: The present invention disclosed a method of producing a three-dimensional porous tissue in-growth structure. The method includes the steps of depositing a first layer of metal powder and scanning the first layer of metal powder with a laser beam to form a portion of a plurality of predetermined unit cells. Depositing at least one additional layer of metal powder onto a previous layer and repeating the step of scanning a laser beam for at least one of the additional layers in order to continuing forming the predetermined unit cells. The method further includes continuing the depositing and scanning steps to form a medical implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: The University Of Liverpool
    Inventors: William O'Neill, Christopher J. Sutcliffe, Eric Jones, Robin Stamp
  • Publication number: 20200086626
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printing apparatus includes a liquid tank capable of accommodating a photosensitive liquid. The liquid tank includes a film, a plurality of side walls, a plate and a motor. The film has a workpiece curing area. The plurality of side walls surrounds the film. The plate is capable of supporting the film and having at least one fluid tunnel extending from a first surface of the plate contacting the film to a second surface of the plate. The motor is connected to the liquid tank to incline the liquid tank. A gap is formed between the plat and one of the plurality of side walls of the liquid tank, and the film is communicated with an outside space via the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Li-Han Wu, Chien-Hsing Tsai, Chao-Shun Chen, Tsung-Yu Liu
  • Publication number: 20200086627
    Abstract: A vertical duplex rotary screen transfer printing device, comprising a vertical frame and at least one pair of rotary screen transfer printing assemblies horizontally opposite to each other. Each rotary screen transfer printing assembly comprises a rotary screen plate roller and a transfer roller arranged parallel to each other; the rotary screen plate roller transfers a pattern onto the transfer roller serving as a temporary transfer carrier; the transfer roller transfers the pattern onto a fabric passing in a vertical direction between the rotary screen transfer printing assemblies opposite to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Po-Wen Chung
  • Publication number: 20200086628
    Abstract: An improvement to the present ink cup technology is presented, resulting in reduced clean-up time, by measurement at least three times faster producing a significant reduction in labor cost. Exposure by employees to high-VOC solvents and emulsifiers is eliminated, and low-VOC solvents mixed with water can be used. This is a significant saving in environmental damage and disposal costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: James Cheng
  • Publication number: 20200086629
    Abstract: A drop ejector array device includes a first plurality and a second plurality of drop ejectors that are alternatingly disposed along an array direction on the substrate surface. A voltage input terminal and a current return terminal are disposed on the substrate surface. A first power bus line connects the first plurality to the voltage input terminal. A second power bus line connects the second plurality to the voltage input terminal. The second power bus line is electrically connected to the first power bus line by a primary power bus connector line. A first current return bus line connects the first plurality to the current return terminal. A second current return bus line connects the second plurality to the current return terminal. The second current return bus line is electrically connected to the first current return bus line by a primary current return bus connector line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Richard Mu, Yonglin Xie
  • Publication number: 20200086630
    Abstract: A printing apparatus for printing on a printing medium transported includes the following elements. A print head including a plurality of print head modules, a printing controller for controlling printing of a testing chart by selecting a reference print head module to provide a reference for recording positions, causing the reference print head module to print a reference chart, and causing one of the print head modules shifted relative to the reference print head module to print a comparison chart, a scanner for acquiring testing image data, an image processor for creating an extract reference chart, creating an extract comparison chart, and creating a composite testing chart by superimposing these charts, and a deviation amount calculator for calculating a deviation amount based on the composite testing chart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Tomotaka KATO, Keiji HATANO
  • Publication number: 20200086631
    Abstract: Disclosed is an industrial single-pass inkjet printer/press incorporating an line-scan camera. The line-scan camera enables system software to inspect every sheet for quality assurance purposes. These inspection results are tied back to a digital printer to take one or more of several possible actions. Actions include ensuring a particular number of acceptable prints are generated and sorted. Actions further include performing nozzle checks without pausing or interrupting production orders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Steven A. BILLOW, Ghilad DZIESIETNIK, John A. WEISMANTEL, Darin SCHICK, Boris LIBERMAN
  • Publication number: 20200086632
    Abstract: In a method of controlling a property of liquid droplets, the droplets are ejected from a jetting device having an array of ejection units, each of which comprises a cavity connected to a nozzle and an actuator associated with the cavity for exciting a pressure wave in the liquid in the cavity. The method includes monitoring a sub-threshold pressure wave oscillating in the cavity, but having an amplitude not large enough for jetting-out a droplet, deriving an indicator for the viscosity of the liquid from the behavior of the sub-threshold pressure wave, and adjusting a setting of the jetting device on the basis of the indicator. The method also includes keeping the array of ejection units at a reference temperature, establishing a reference profile, and establishing an operation profile of the indicator. The setting is adjusted on the basis of a difference between the operation profile and the reference profile, thus eliminating non-temperature related differences between the ejection units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: Océ Holding B.V.
    Inventor: Herbert MORELISSEN
  • Publication number: 20200086633
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus comprises: a plurality of anti-cavitation layers formed to cover heat generating elements at positions where the anti-cavitation layers contact the liquid; a monitoring unit that detects a current flowing through the anti-cavitation layers; a switching unit that switches whether to apply, to the heat generating elements, and a voltage for driving the heat generating elements, wherein the switching unit includes a plurality of switching units, and if the monitoring unit detects that the current larger than the predetermined value has flowed through the anti-cavitation layer while the voltage is applied to the heat generating elements, the control unit sequentially switches the plurality of switching units, and specifies the heat generating element corresponding to the anti-cavitation layer through which the current has flowed, among the heat generating elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Yuzuru Ishida, Maki Kato, Yoshinori Misumi, Nobuyuki Hirayama
  • Publication number: 20200086634
    Abstract: A print head control circuit controls an operation of a print head that includes a nozzle plate and has a self-diagnosis function performed based on signals input from a first coupling point, a second coupling point, a third coupling point, and a fourth coupling point. The print head control circuit includes a first cable that includes a first power voltage signal propagation wiring for propagating a first power voltage signal, and a second cable that includes a first diagnosis signal propagation wiring for propagating a first diagnosis signal input to the first coupling point. A shortest distance between the nozzle plate and the first cable is longer than a shortest distance between the nozzle plate and the second cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Yusuke MATSUMOTO, Toru MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200086635
    Abstract: A print head control circuit controls an operation of a print head including a diagnosis circuit that diagnoses whether or not normal discharge of a liquid is possible. The print head control circuit includes a first cable including a first diagnosis signal propagation wiring for propagating a first diagnosis signal and a first driving signal propagation wiring for propagating a driving signal. A shortest distance between the first driving signal propagation wiring and the diagnosis circuit is longer than a shortest distance between the first diagnosis signal propagation wiring and the diagnosis circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Yusuke MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200086636
    Abstract: A print head control circuit includes a first propagation wiring for propagating a clock signal input to a first terminal, a second propagation wiring for propagating a signal which is input to a second terminal and indicates a diagnosis result of a temperature abnormality detection circuit, and a fourth propagation wiring for propagating a second voltage signal input to a fourth terminal. When the second propagation wiring and the fourth propagation wiring are electrically coupled to a print head, the second propagation wiring and the fourth propagation wiring are electrically coupled to each other via the second terminal and the fourth terminal. The first propagation wiring and the second propagation wiring are located to be aligned. The first propagation wiring and the fourth propagation wiring are located to be adjacent to each other in a direction in which the first propagation wiring and the second propagation wiring are aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Yusuke MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200086637
    Abstract: In a print head control circuit, a first diagnostic signal wiring group includes first diagnostic signal propagation wiring that propagates a first diagnostic signal, and second diagnostic signal propagation wiring that propagates a second diagnostic signal, the first drive signal wiring group and the second drive signal wiring group propagate a first drive signal and a second drive signal that cause liquid to be discharged, in a first cable, the first diagnostic signal wiring group is provided between the first drive signal wiring group and the second drive signal wiring group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Tomonori YAMADA, Toru MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200086638
    Abstract: A drive circuit (100) for driving actuators of a printhead (97) from a common drive waveform has a switching circuit (32) for coupling the common drive waveform to an actuator (1,2), and a timing circuit (10) to control the switching circuit to form a drive pulse from the common drive waveform. The drive pulse is trimmed by controlling a duration (TTRIM) of a step at an intermediate level (VHOLD) in the drive pulse. This can improve the trade-off between available range of trimming and thermal efficiency because the voltage drop across the switching circuit can be reduced, compared to trimming only the height. Decoupling during a flat portion of the common drive waveform can enable the timing of the decoupling to be more relaxed compared to decoupling during a slope. Such relaxing can enable costs, complexity and thermal loading to be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Anirban Lahiri, Mujahid-ul Islam, Mario Massucci, Ian Anthony Hurst, Stephen Mark Jeapes, Neil Christopher Bird, Anthony Saugey
  • Publication number: 20200086639
    Abstract: An image processing device configured to: determine whether a specific condition indicating ink supplied from an ink supplier to a printing head may be delayed; generate dot data by using image data, including: generating first dot data when the specific condition is not satisfied; and generating second dot data when the specific condition is satisfied, a ratio of first/second type of dots included in an image based on specific second dot data generated using specific image data being greater/smaller than that included in an image based on specific first dot data generated using the specific image data, and total number of dots included in the image based on the specific second dot data being larger that included in the image based on the specific first dot data; and output printing data based on the dot data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Shota Morikawa, Masashi Kuno, Satoru Arakane, Yoshiharu Furuhata, Shin Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20200086640
    Abstract: A liquid discharge device is used that includes: a nozzle having a first holding part and a second holding part and for discharging a liquid droplet; a base to which the nozzle is attached; a fixing part for fixing the nozzle to the base; and a drive part that creates displacement in the nozzle. The drive part holds at least one of the first holding part and the second holding part. Whichever of the first holding part and the second holding part that is not held by the drive part is held by the fixing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: KENICHI YAMAMOTO, TOHRU NAKAGAWA, HIDEHIRO YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200086641
    Abstract: A print head control circuit includes a first diagnosis signal propagation wiring for propagating a first diagnosis signal, a fifth diagnosis signal propagation wiring for propagating a fifth diagnosis signal indicating a diagnosis result, and a second voltage signal propagation wiring for propagating a second voltage signal. The fifth diagnosis signal propagation wiring and the second voltage signal propagation wiring are electrically coupled to each other via a fifth terminal and a seventh terminal, and the first diagnosis signal propagation wiring and the second diagnosis signal propagation wiring are located to be aligned. The first diagnosis signal propagation wiring and the second voltage signal propagation wiring are located to be adjacent to each other in a direction in which the first diagnosis signal propagation wiring and the second diagnosis signal propagation wiring are aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Yusuke MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200086642
    Abstract: A liquid feeding unit has a first chamber, a second chamber, a wall portion, an opening-closing member, and a filter member. The first chamber has a first feed passage connected to it to receive liquid through the first feed passage. The second chamber receives the liquid from the first chamber, and has a second feed passage for feeding the liquid connected to it. The wall portion has a communication hole through which the first and second chambers communicate with each other. The opening-closing member is arranged in the communication hole to open and close it. The filter member is arranged in the first feed passage or in the first chamber to remove foreign matter in the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Daisuke ETO
  • Publication number: 20200086643
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head configured to discharge a liquid to a medium, a heater configured to heat the liquid in the liquid discharge head, and circuitry configured to cause the heater to heat the liquid in the liquid discharge head, cause the liquid discharge head to discharge the liquid heated by the heater to the medium as a discharge operation, cause the liquid discharge head to discharge the liquid heated by the heater to a portion other than the medium as a dummy discharge operation after the discharge operation, and cause the heater to stop heating the liquid in the liquid discharge head after the dummy discharge operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Shinji IMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200086644
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a lower electrode, an upper electrode, and a piezoelectric layer disposed between the lower and upper electrodes. The piezoelectric layer contains (niobium, manganese)-doped lead zirconate titanate. In the (niobium, manganese)-doped lead zirconate titanate, a ratio of the number of moles of niobium to a total of the number of moles of niobium, manganese, zirconium, and titanium is not less than 10% and is not more than 25%. The ratio of the number of moles of manganese to the total of the number of moles of niobium, manganese, zirconium, and titanium is not less than 0.3% and is not more than 1.2%. This piezoelectric element decreases an internal electric field therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: KENSUKE MIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200086645
    Abstract: A printing apparatus performs image printing by controlling discharge of a color ink from a color ink printing part on the basis of print data and performing flushing in which the color ink printing part is caused to discharge the color ink, separately from the discharge of the color ink on the basis of the print data, wherein a control part controls a flushing print rate indicating the area to which the color ink discharged in the flushing is adhered per unit area of a printing medium in accordance with a result of determining a white region to which only white ink is adhered and a color region to which the color ink is adhered in the printing medium on the basis of the print data, and the flushing print rate for the white region is lower than the flushing print rate for the color region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Hiroshi Asai
  • Publication number: 20200086646
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a maintenance apparatus includes a first suction nozzle having a first suction port facing a first nozzle row through which a first liquid can be ejected, the first nozzle row including nozzles aligned in a first direction on a nozzle plate, and a second suction nozzle having a second suction port facing a second nozzle row through which a second liquid can be ejected, the second nozzle row including nozzles aligned in the first direction on the nozzle plate and parallel to the first nozzle row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Kazuhisa KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200086647
    Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a liquid jetting head having: a plurality of kinds of individual channels, a jetting surface formed with a plurality of kinds of nozzles from which a plurality of kinds of liquids are jetted, respectively, a plurality of kinds of inflow channels, a plurality of kinds of outflow channels; valves provided at least on the plurality of kinds of inflow channels; a wiper configured to be movable relative to the liquid jetting head in a direction along the jetting surface; a first motor configured to move the liquid jetting head and the wiper relative to each other; and a controller. The controller executes a wiping by driving the first motor in a state that the valves are closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Taisuke MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20200086648
    Abstract: An ink tank that communicates with an ink ejecting head, includes: an ink chamber configured to house ink; an ink inlet portion that communicates with the ink chamber and that receives ink supplied from an ink supply container; and an ink viewing portion that is a portion of a wall that defines the ink chamber and that enables the ink in the ink chamber to be viewed from an outside, the ink chamber having an ink guide wall for guiding the ink from the ink inlet portion toward the ink viewing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadahiro MIZUTANI, Taku ISHIZAWA, Noriyuki FUKASAWA, Hideki OKUMURA, Naomi KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200086649
    Abstract: A waste liquid container includes a waste liquid introduction portion being coupled to a discharge portion when the waste liquid container is mounted on a mounting portion, an accommodation portion accommodating waste liquid discharged from the discharge portion, and a restricted portion having a contact portion configured to make contact with a restricting portion and restricting movement of the waste liquid container in a detachment direction opposite to a mounting direction by contact between the contact portion and the restricting portion in a state in which the waste liquid container is mounted on the mounting portion, wherein the contact portion is arranged at a position which does not overlap with a center of an opening of the waste liquid introduction portion in a vertical direction when seen from a side on which the waste liquid introduction portion is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Seiji TOJO