Patents by Inventor Hideki Hayashi
Hideki Hayashi 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).
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Publication number: 20210081600Abstract: In coaching with the purpose of creating a document in mind, data containing question group related to components of the document, a question of details, and a question of another topic is included, an increase/decrease of information amount of the answers of the writer is estimated from a writer's past answers and a current answer, and a next question is selected based on the estimation result.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Hideki HAYASHI, Akira IOKU
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Patent number: 10946657Abstract: A liquid ejection head, including: a first head unit; a second head unit shifted with respect to the first head unit in both of a first direction in which nozzles of the head units are arranged and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and disposed so as to overlap the first head unit in the second direction; and a first wiring member having flexibility and drawn from the second head unit in the second direction toward the first head unit, wherein the first wiring member includes a large-width portion on which a drive circuit is mounted and a small-width portion having a width in the first direction smaller than a width of the large-width portion in the first direction, and wherein the small-width portion passes through a space existing next to the first head unit in the first direction and extends in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Hayashi, Keita Sugiura, Taisuke Mizuno
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Publication number: 20210032064Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a sheet reversing roller portion, a first sheet feeding passage, a second sheet feeding passage, a sheet a guiding member forming a retraction feeding passage for guiding upward a leading end of the sheet fed from the reversing roller portion rotating in the first direction and then for guiding the sheet, guided upward, in a direction crossing a vertical direction, the guiding member having an inner surface curved to guide one side of the sheet, and a preventing member for preventing a droop of the leading end of the sheet by contact with the sheet guided in the direction crossing the vertical direction by the sheet guiding member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Hideki Hayashi, Atsushi Yoshida
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Patent number: 10906309Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a stacked body formed by plates stacked in a first direction, and having a liquid channel. The liquid channel includes: individual channels which include nozzles and pressure chambers communicating with the nozzles, respectively, and which are aligned in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a first common channel extending in the second direction and communicating with the individual channels; a second common channel extending in the second direction and communicating with the individual channels; first throttles each connecting one of the individual channels and the first common channel; and second throttles each connecting one of the individual channels and the second common channel. The plates include: a nozzle plate having the nozzles; a pressure chamber plate having the pressure chambers; a first common channel plate having the first common channel; and a second common channel plate having the second common channel.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hideki Hayashi
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Patent number: 10894265Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes: individual channels respectively including nozzles; a supply channel allowing an outlet of a storage chamber storing a liquid to communicate with an inlet of each of the individual channels; a return channel allowing an outlet of each of the individual channels to communicate with an inlet of the storage chamber; a return filter provided in the return channel; and a return branching channel branching off from a return upstream portion of the return channel. The return upstream portion is positioned upstream of the return filter.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hideki Hayashi
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Publication number: 20210009546Abstract: A polymerizable compound represented by formula (1). In formula (1), one of eight hydrogen atoms is substituted by a (meth)acryloyloxy group, and the rest seven hydrogen atoms are independently non-substituted or substituted by a saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbons.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: JNC CORPORATIONInventors: Koichi SHIBATA, Teizi SATOU, Daisuke INOKI, Hideki HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20200406622Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus jetting a liquid onto a recording medium conveyed in a first direction includes head units arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. One head unit includes nozzle chips; one nozzle chip has a nozzle arrangement area wherein nozzles are aligned in a third direction crossing the first and second directions. The nozzle chip is arranged to be shifted relative to another nozzle chip in a direction crossing the first and second directions and different from the third direction. The head unit has a first overlapping portion wherein nozzle arrangement areas of first and second nozzle chips included in the nozzle chips partially overlap with each other in the first direction. The liquid jetting apparatus has a second overlapping portion wherein nozzle arrangement areas of third and fourth nozzle chips included in the head units partially overlap with each other in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Taisuke MIZUNO, Hideki HAYASHI, Keita SUGIURA
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Publication number: 20200406618Abstract: A liquid discharging head, having individual flow paths, a first manifold, a second manifold, a third manifold, a connecting flow path, and a bypass, is provided. The first manifold extends in a first direction and is provided commonly to the individual flow paths. The second manifold and the third manifold are located on one side and the other side of the first manifold in a second direction. The second manifold and the third manifold are provided commonly to a part of the individual flow path and another part of the individual flow path, respectively. The connecting flow path partly overlaps the first manifold in a vertical direction and connects one end of the second manifold and one end of the third manifold on one side in a third direction. The bypass extends in the vertical direction and connects the first manifold and the connecting flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventor: Hideki Hayashi
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Patent number: 10875306Abstract: A liquid ejection head is connected to a storage chamber having an outlet port and an inlet port. The liquid ejection head includes a plurality of discrete passages, a common channel and a protruding piece. The plurality of discrete passages each has an inlet opening and an outlet opening. The common channel is defined by two walls facing each other. The common channel includes a common supply channel and a common return channel. The common supply channel is connected to the outlet port and to the inlet opening to introduce the liquid. The common return channel is connected to the outlet opening and to the inlet port to return the liquid. The protruding piece is provided in each of the common supply channel and the common return channel and protruding from at least one of the walls.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hideki Hayashi
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Publication number: 20200398532Abstract: An object is to provide a coloring technique that makes it possible to impart luster while providing a vivid color, and further to provide a coloring technique that makes it possible to retain more unevenness when a substrate has unevenness. This object is achieved by a laminated sheet comprising a fiber substrate and a metalloid element-containing layer disposed on or above the surface of the fiber substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2019Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Junnosuke MURAKAMI, Hideki HAYASHI, Tomotaka KOJIMA, Mayumi YUKAWA, Morio TAKIZAWA, Motohiko ASANO, Masaaki KINO
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Patent number: 10864732Abstract: A liquid ejection head, including: a first head unit; a second head unit shifted with respect to the first head unit in both of a first direction in which nozzles of the head units are arranged and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and disposed so as to overlap the first head unit in the second direction; and a first wiring member having flexibility and drawn from the second head unit in the second direction toward the first head unit, wherein the first wiring member includes a large-width portion on which a drive circuit is mounted and a small-width portion having a width in the first direction smaller than a width of the large-width portion in the first direction, and wherein the small-width portion passes through a space existing next to the first head unit in the first direction and extends in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Hayashi, Keita Sugiura, Taisuke Mizuno
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Publication number: 20200384772Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a flow channel structure, a supply channel structure, a piezoelectric element, a sealing substrate, and a heater. The flow channel structure defines an ejection channel including an individual channel and a manifold. The individual channel has a nozzle and a pressure chamber in which pressure is applied to liquid for causing the liquid to be ejected from the nozzle. The supply channel structure defines a supply channel configured to allow the liquid to flow therethrough to the ejection channel. The piezoelectric element is positioned on an upper surface of the flow channel structure and facing the pressure chamber via a vibration plate. The sealing substrate is made of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than the supply channel structure. The sealing substrate surrounds the piezoelectric element on the flow channel structure to seal the piezoelectric element. The heater is disposed at the sealing substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventor: Hideki Hayashi
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Publication number: 20200384773Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a nozzle surface having a plurality of nozzles, a channel structure stacked on the nozzle surface in a stacking direction, and a supply channel structure formed of a material having a lower thermal conductivity than a material of the channel structure. The channel structure has a liquid ejection channel communicating with the nozzles. The supply channel structure has a supply channel communicating with the liquid ejection channel. The supply channel structure has a covering portion covering at least a portion of an end surface on a side of the channel structure in a width direction orthogonal to the stacking direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Hideki Hayashi, Taisuke Mizuno
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Publication number: 20200384775Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a supply channel structure and a heater. The supply channel structure has a supply channel configured to allow liquid to flow therefrom to ejection channels that are configured to lead liquid to nozzles aligned in a first direction. The heater is configured to heat liquid. Assuming that a side of the liquid ejection head, in which the nozzles are provided, is defined as a lower side of the liquid ejection head, the heater is disposed above the supply channel structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventor: Hideki Hayashi
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Patent number: 10821757Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes: a first head unit; a second head unit disposed adjacent to the first head unit in a first direction and located on a first side of the first head unit in a second direction; and a heat uniforming unit shared by the first head unit and the second head unit. Each of the first head unit and the second head unit includes: a unit body including an actuator; and a first driver integrated circuit disposed on the first side of the unit body in the second direction. The heat uniforming unit includes a first heat uniforming member disposed on the first side of the first head unit and the second head unit in the second direction. The first heat uniforming member includes a first protrusion located next to the second head unit in the first direction and protruding toward the first head unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keita Sugiura, Masayuki Takata, Hideki Hayashi
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Patent number: 10807369Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus jetting a liquid onto a recording medium conveyed in a first direction includes head units arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. One head unit includes nozzle chips; one nozzle chip has a nozzle arrangement area wherein nozzles are aligned in a third direction crossing the first and second directions. The nozzle chip is arranged to be shifted relative to another nozzle chip in a direction crossing the first and second directions and different from the third direction. The head unit has a first overlapping portion wherein nozzle arrangement areas of first and second nozzle chips included in the nozzle chips partially overlap with each other in the first direction. The liquid jetting apparatus has a second overlapping portion wherein nozzle arrangement areas of third and fourth nozzle chips included in the head units partially overlap with each other in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Taisuke Mizuno, Hideki Hayashi, Keita Sugiura
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Publication number: 20200316942Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a plurality of first individual channels arranged in a first direction, a first common channel extending in the first direction and communicating with the first individual channels, and a second common channel located below the first common channel and extending in the first direction. The second common channel communicates with the first individual channels. Each of the first individual channels includes one of first nozzles, and one of first pressure chambers that communicate with the respective first nozzles and are located above the first nozzles. The first common channel and the second common channel overlap, in the vertical direction, with each other at a position above the first pressure chambers. Each of the first common channel and the second common channel at least partially overlaps, in the vertical direction, with the first pressure chambers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Taisuke Mizuno, Hideki Hayashi
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Patent number: 10772251Abstract: A setup support device that improves the efficiency of setup of a component mounter by guiding supplying of feeders to a component supply device as preparation for setting of the feeders. The support setup device includes: a preparation cart on which are loaded multiple of the feeders used to perform multiple production jobs; and a feeder identifying section configured to identify multiple of the feeders to be set on a component supply device among the multiple feeders loaded on the preparation cart. The preparation cart includes a guidance section configured to issue guidance all at once for the identified multiple feeders to an operator performing the setup so as to supply the identified multiple feeders to the component supply device as preparation for setting the identified multiple feeders on the component supply device.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: FUJI CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki Hayashi, Hiroyuki Haneda, Koji Shimizu
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Publication number: 20200269578Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge head including: a channel unit that includes nozzles, pressure chambers communicating with the respective nozzles and arranged in an arrangement direction, and a manifold; and a pressure applying mechanism that applies discharge pressure to a liquid in the pressure chambers. The manifold includes: a lower portion extending in the arrangement direction at a lower side of the pressure chambers and communicating with the pressure chambers to supply the liquid from an outside to the pressure chambers; a coupling portion having a lower end connected to the lower portion and an upper end positioned at an upper side of the lower end; and an upper portion having an end connected to the upper end of the coupling portion and extending in the arrangement direction at the upper side of the pressure chambers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventor: Hideki Hayashi
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Patent number: D907701Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideki Hayashi, Ayaka Kashima