Patents by Inventor HIDEKAZU KOMIYA

HIDEKAZU KOMIYA 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: 11982687
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an IC chip holder capable of alleviating an impact if the IC chip holder is dropped or collides with another object. In the IC chip holder, an upper housing body is provided, on a side of electric contacts of an IC chip, with an elastic deformation portion capable of elastically deforming toward the inside of the upper housing body. Thus, since the elastic deformation portion elastically deforms toward the inside of the upper housing body, if the IC chip holder is dropped or collides with another object, the elastic deformation portion bends and the impact is alleviated. Thus, a possibility of the IC chip being damaged is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidekazu Komiya, Koji Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20220413011
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an IC chip holder capable of alleviating an impact if the IC chip holder is dropped or collides with another object. In the IC chip holder, an upper housing body is provided, on a side of electric contacts of an IC chip, with an elastic deformation portion capable of elastically deforming toward the inside of the upper housing body. Thus, since the elastic deformation portion elastically deforms toward the inside of the upper housing body, if the IC chip holder is dropped or collides with another object, the elastic deformation portion bends and the impact is alleviated. Thus, a possibility of the IC chip being damaged is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Hidekazu KOMIYA, Koji HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11499991
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an IC chip holder capable of alleviating an impact if the IC chip holder is dropped or collides with another object. In the IC chip holder, an upper housing body is provided, on a side of electric contacts of an IC chip, with an elastic deformation portion capable of elastically deforming toward the inside of the upper housing body. Thus, since the elastic deformation portion elastically deforms toward the inside of the upper housing body, if the IC chip holder is dropped or collides with another object, the elastic deformation portion bends and the impact is alleviated. Thus, a possibility of the IC chip being damaged is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidekazu Komiya, Koji Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10919324
    Abstract: A platen unit includes a platen, a mount portion, and a connection portion. The platen has a surface on which a print medium is to be placed. The mount portion is mounted on a platen support portion provided in a print device. The connection portion connects the mount portion and the platen such that a position of the platen is slidable, with respect to the mount portion, between a first position and a second position in a first direction and in a second direction. The first direction is a direction along the surface of the platen. The second position is located in the first direction with respect to the first position. The second direction is a direction opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidekazu Komiya
  • Publication number: 20200249257
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an IC chip holder capable of alleviating an impact if the IC chip holder is dropped or collides with another object. In the IC chip holder, an upper housing body is provided, on a side of electric contacts of an IC chip, with an elastic deformation portion capable of elastically deforming toward the inside of the upper housing body. Thus, since the elastic deformation portion elastically deforms toward the inside of the upper housing body, if the IC chip holder is dropped or collides with another object, the elastic deformation portion bends and the impact is alleviated. Thus, a possibility of the IC chip being damaged is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Hidekazu KOMIYA, Koji HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10625526
    Abstract: A print device includes a first head, a second head, a platen, a guide member, a receiving portion, a processor, and a memory that stores computer-readable instructions that cause the print device to perform processes including: test printing that involves printing a test pattern by ejecting the second ink at a first timing and a second timing at a first sub-scanning direction position, and further, ejecting the second ink at a third timing and a fourth timing at a second sub-scanning direction position; and determining that involves, when one of the first and the second timing is received, determining the received timing to be the ejection timing of the second ink at the first sub-scanning direction position, and, when one of the third and the fourth timing is received, determining the received timing to be the ejection timing of the second ink at the second sub-scanning direction position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kayanaka, Hidekazu Komiya
  • Publication number: 20200086665
    Abstract: A platen unit includes a platen, a mount portion, and a connection portion. The platen has a surface on which a print medium is to be placed. The mount portion is mounted on a platen support portion provided in a print device. The connection portion connects the mount portion and the platen such that a position of the platen is slidable, with respect to the mount portion, between a first position and a second position in a first direction and in a second direction. The first direction is a direction along the surface of the platen. The second position is located in the first direction with respect to the first position. The second direction is a direction opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Hidekazu KOMIYA
  • Patent number: 10518559
    Abstract: A print device includes a head, a platen unit, and a platen support portion. The head is configured to discharge a liquid onto a print medium. The platen unit includes a platen, a mount portion, and a connection portion. The platen support portion mounts with the mount portion. The platen support portion is movable between a print position and a set position. The set position is a position in which the print medium is to be removed from the platen. The platen has a surface on which a print medium is to be placed. The connection portion connects the mount portion and the platen such that a position of the platen is changeable between a first position and a second position with respect to the mount portion. The second position is a different position from the first position in a direction along the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidekazu Komiya
  • Publication number: 20190232697
    Abstract: A print device includes a first head, a second head, a platen, a guide member, a receiving portion, a processor, and a memory that stores computer-readable instructions that cause the print device to perform processes including: test printing that involves printing a test pattern by ejecting the second ink at a first timing and a second timing at a first sub-scanning direction position, and further, ejecting the second ink at a third timing and a fourth timing at a second sub-scanning direction position; and determining that involves, when one of the first and the second timing is received, determining the received timing to be the ejection timing of the second ink at the first sub-scanning direction position, and, when one of the third and the fourth timing is received, determining the received timing to be the ejection timing of the second ink at the second sub-scanning direction position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshihisa KAYANAKA, Hidekazu KOMIYA
  • Publication number: 20180162148
    Abstract: A print device includes a head, a platen unit, and a platen support portion. The head is configured to discharge a liquid onto a print medium. The platen unit includes a platen, a mount portion, and a connection portion. The platen support portion mounts with the mount portion. The platen support portion is movable between a print position and a set position. The set position is a position in which the print medium is to be removed from the platen. The platen has a surface on which a print medium is to be placed. The connection portion connects the mount portion and the platen such that a position of the platen is changeable between a first position and a second position with respect to the mount portion. The second position is a different position from the first position in a direction along the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventor: Hidekazu KOMIYA
  • Publication number: 20170314177
    Abstract: A cloth support base includes a cloth support surface and a storage portion. The cloth support surface extends in a first and a second direction. The storage portion includes a bottom wall and a plurality of side walls. The plurality of side walls protrude from the bottom wall in a third direction. The bottom wall and the plurality of side walls form a storage space configured to store a storage object including at least one of water vapor and water. The plurality of side walls and the bottom wall form at least one groove. The at least one groove is configured to guide the storage object stored in the storage space to move to the outside of the storage space in the first direction and is configured to restrict the storage object stored in the storage space from moving to the outside of the storage space in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventor: Hidekazu Komiya
  • Publication number: 20160257121
    Abstract: A print device includes a head portion, a wiper, a first wall portion, a pressing piece, a support member, and inserted members. The head portion has a nozzle face with a nozzle for discharging a liquid onto a print medium and moves in relation to the print medium. The wiper is provided between the first wall portion and the support member. The wiper is a plate-shaped elastic body and is opposed to the nozzle face. The pressing piece is provided in the first wall portion and presses against the wiper to maintain the wiper in a state of elastic deformation. The inserted members extend between the support member and the first wall portion and are inserted into a plurality of the holes formed in the wiper. The support member supports the wiper. The wiper wipes the nozzle face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventor: Hidekazu Komiya
  • Patent number: 9434170
    Abstract: A print device includes a head portion, a wiper, a first wall portion, a pressing piece, a support member, and inserted members. The head portion has a nozzle face with a nozzle for discharging a liquid onto a print medium and moves in relation to the print medium. The wiper is provided between the first wall portion and the support member. The wiper is a plate-shaped elastic body and is opposed to the nozzle face. The pressing piece is provided in the first wall portion and presses against the wiper to maintain the wiper in a state of elastic deformation. The inserted members extend between the support member and the first wall portion and are inserted into a plurality of the holes formed in the wiper. The support member supports the wiper. The wiper wipes the nozzle face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidekazu Komiya
  • Patent number: 9333779
    Abstract: A printer includes a discharge portion, a platen, a support portion, a female screw, an adjusting member, an engaging member, and a spring. The discharge portion discharges a liquid. The platen has a platen hole, is disposed to face the discharge portion, and supports a printing medium. The support portion is disposed on the opposite side of the platen from the discharge portion and faces the platen. The adjusting member is rotatably attached to the platen by being inserted into the platen hole, and screws into the female screw provided on the support portion. The engaging member is disposed between the platen and the female screw, and engages with the adjusting member. The spring is disposed around the circumference of the adjusting member, between the engaging member and the female screw. The spring generates a restoring force when the spring compressed between the engaging member and the female screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidekazu Komiya
  • Publication number: 20150343813
    Abstract: A printer includes a discharge portion, a platen, a support portion, a female screw, an adjusting member, an engaging member, and a spring. The discharge portion discharges a liquid. The platen has a platen hole, is disposed to face the discharge portion, and supports a printing medium. The support portion is disposed on the opposite side of the platen from the discharge portion and faces the platen. The adjusting member is rotatably attached to the platen by being inserted into the platen hole, and screws into the female screw provided on the support portion. The engaging member is disposed between the platen and the female screw, and engages with the adjusting member. The spring is disposed around the circumference of the adjusting member, between the engaging member and the female screw. The spring generates a restoring force when the spring compressed between the engaging member and the female screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventor: Hidekazu Komiya
  • Patent number: 9108447
    Abstract: A printer includes an ejection portion configured to eject liquid, a flat plate-shaped platen arranged at a distance from the ejection portion, a support portion configured to support the platen, a pair of rails extending in a first direction, a movement portion configured to move in the first direction along the pair of rails, a connection portion configured to connect the support portion and the movement portion, and an adjustment mechanism configured to connect the support portion and the movement portion via the connection portion, allowing adjustment of an arrangement of the support portion with respect to the pair of rails. The adjustment mechanism includes at least three sets of adjustment portions, each of the at least three sets of adjustment portions including a penetration portion, a screw hole and a screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidekazu Komiya
  • Publication number: 20150210094
    Abstract: A printer includes an ejection portion configured to eject liquid, a flat plate-shaped platen arranged at a distance from the ejection portion, a support portion configured to support the platen, a pair of rails extending in a first direction a movement portion configured to move in the first direction along the pair of rails, a connection portion configured to connect the support portion and the movement portion, and an adjustment mechanism configured to connect the support portion and the movement portion via the connection portion, allowing adjustment of an arrangement of the support portion with respect to the pair of rails. The adjustment mechanism includes at least three sets of adjustment portions, each of the at least three sets of adjustment portions including a penetration portion, a sum hole and a screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventor: Hidekazu Komiya
  • Publication number: 20110242164
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a recording apparatus comprising: a placing device capable of placing a recording medium; a discharging device that discharges ink; a radiating device that radiates the ultraviolet rays; a driving device that moves said placing device; a batch control portion that controls said discharging device and said radiating device so as to discharge said ink and to radiate ultraviolet rays in a predetermined first radiation amount; a primary control portion that controls said discharging device and said radiating device so as to discharge said ink and to radiate ultraviolet rays in a second radiation amount; a secondary control portion that controls said driving device to a work area; and a tertiary control portion that controls said driving device and said radiating device so as to move said placing device to a processing area, and to radiate said ultraviolet rays till a predetermined curing stage is exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: YUKI MIURA, AKIKO NOGUCHI, HIDEKAZU KOMIYA
  • Patent number: D956138
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Komiya, Koji Hayashi