Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Liquid detection unit, and liquid container
- Patent Title (中): 液体检测单元和液体容器
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Application No.: US12170294Application Date: 2008-07-09
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Publication No.: US08015866B2Publication Date: 2011-09-13
- Inventor: Yuji Aoki , Hitotoshi Kimura
- Applicant: Yuji Aoki , Hitotoshi Kimura
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2007-180755 20070710; JP2008-165524 20080625
- Main IPC: G01F22/00
- IPC: G01F22/00

Abstract:
Disclosed is a liquid detection unit having a liquid detection chamber, a detection portion including a detection space communicating with the liquid detection chamber via a through hole of a detection portion installation member and a piezoelectric sensor which detects remaining vibrations, and a movable member including a detection space sealing surface which is urged by an urging member and thus comes to abut against one surface of a detection portion installation member. The liquid detection chamber includes an abutting surface abutting against a second sealing surface being in contact with a first sealing surface of the movable member and the detection portion installation member. When a distance between the first sealing surface of the movable member to the detection space sealing surface is defined as L1 and a distance between the second sealing surface of the liquid detection chamber to the abutting surface is defined as L2, the relationship L1>L2 is satisfied.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090195573A1 LIQUID DETECTION UNIT, AND LIQUID CONTAINER Public/Granted day:2009-08-06
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