Patents by Inventor Genki Hoshino

Genki Hoshino 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: 20230321990
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid storing cartridge including: a casing which has a bottom surface and which is configured to store a liquid, the casing having a supply port configured to supply the liquid from the casing to an outside of the casing; a circuit board having an electric contact: and a circuit board holder which is provided on the casing and which is configured to hold the circuit board. The circuit board is provided at a position being more apart from the bottom surface of the casing than the supply port is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Akinari ISHIBE, Yuma TANABE, Satoru OKI, Sosuke KUROYANAGI, Genki HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20230311531
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid cartridge including a casing which has front and lower surfaces, a storage chamber, and a supply port. A groove is arranged on the lower surface of the casing. The groove has left and right surfaces and an entrance port. At least one of the right and left surfaces has first and second surfaces. The first surface is directed in one orientation of the front-rear direction and in one orientation of the left-right direction. The second surface is positioned in the other orientation of the front-rear direction as compared with the first surface and is directed in the other orientation of the front-rear direction and in the one orientation of the left-right direction. The groove is configured such that a latch enters the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Itta YAMADA, Hideki HAYASHI, Genki HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20230311548
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid storing cartridge for accommodating a liquid container which has a tap. The liquid storing cartridge includes: a case having an opening and a first sidewall; and a cover which is configured to cover at least part of the opening, and which has a second sidewall, the first and second sidewalls defining a sidewall of the liquid storing cartridge in a state that the at least part of the opening is covered by the cover. The first sidewall is configured to support the tap in a state that the liquid container is accommodated in the opening. The cover further has a contact part provided on the second sidewall. The contact part is configured to make contact with the tap in the state that the liquid container is accommodated in the opening and that the at least part of the opening is covered by the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Genki HOSHINO, Akinari ISHIBE, Yuma TANABE, Satoru OKI, Sosuke KUROYANAGI
  • Publication number: 20230311526
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid storing cartridge including: a liquid container configured to store a liquid, the liquid container having a supply port configured to supply the liquid from the liquid container to an outside of the liquid container; a first positioning part provided in a first side with respect to the supply port in a crossing direction crossing an opening direction of the supply port; and a second positioning part provided in a second side with respect to the supply port in the crossing direction, the second side being opposite side from the first side with respect to the supply port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Sosuke KUROYANAGI, Yuma TANABE, Akinari ISHIBE, Satoru OKI, Genki HOSHINO
  • Patent number: 11736635
    Abstract: A reading apparatus, having a platen glass, a document cover, a conveyer, a reading sensor, a document supporting member, a pressing plate, and a linkage assembly, is provided. The document cover is movable between an open position and a closed position. The document supporting member is movable between a first position, where the document supporting member faces a reading surface of the reading sensor, and a second position, where the document supporting member is separated from the reading surface. The pressing plate is movable between a third position, where the pressing plate is attached to a lower side of the document cover, and a fourth position, where the pressing plate is removed from the lower side. The linkage assembly moves the document supporting member from the first position to the second position in conjunction with the pressing member moving from the third position to the fourth position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mamoru Namba, Tadanobu Chikamoto, Genki Hoshino, Hiroshi Shiomi, Takashi Ohama
  • Publication number: 20220329708
    Abstract: A reading apparatus, having a document tray, an ejection tray, a conveyer path connecting the document tray and the ejection tray and having a curved section, a conveyer to convey an original document in a conveying orientation, a first reading sensor, and a second reading sensor, is provided. The first reading sensor is located upstream in the conveying orientation from the curved section in the conveyer path. The first reading sensor optically reads a first side of the original document from below. The second reading sensor is located upstream in the conveying orientation from the first reading sensor in the conveyer path. The second reading sensor optically reads a second side of the original document from below. The first side and the second side are sides of the original document that face upward and downward, respectively, in the state where an original document is placed on the document tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mamoru NAMBA, Tadanobu CHIKAMOTO, Genki HOSHINO, Hiroshi SHIOMI, Takashi OHAMA
  • Publication number: 20220329704
    Abstract: A reading apparatus, having a platen glass, a document cover, a conveyer, a reading sensor, a document supporting member, a pressing plate, and a linkage assembly, is provided. The document cover is movable between an open position and a closed position. The document supporting member is movable between a first position, where the document supporting member faces a reading surface of the reading sensor, and a second position, where the document supporting member is separated from the reading surface. The pressing plate is movable between a third position, where the pressing plate is attached to a lower side of the document cover, and a fourth position, where the pressing plate is removed from the lower side. The linkage assembly moves the document supporting member from the first position to the second position in conjunction with the pressing member moving from the third position to the fourth position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mamoru Namba, Tadanobu Chikamoto, Genki Hoshino, Hiroshi Shiomi, Takashi Ohama