Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Takei

Hiroaki Takei 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: 11912523
    Abstract: A feeding device includes a loading unit at which a printing medium is loaded, a roller that transports the printing medium, a transport path member at which the roller is disposed, the transport path member constituting a transport path on which the printing medium is transported, a drive source that generates a drive force that rotates the roller, a clutch that is movable between a coupling position at which the drive force is transmitted to the roller, and a release position at which the drive force is not transmitted to the roller, and an operation unit for operating the clutch, in which the operation unit is provided at a position, on the transport path member, facing the printing medium being transported by the roller, and the roller is removable from the transport path member when the clutch is located at the release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Umeda, Hiroaki Takei
  • Patent number: 11660889
    Abstract: A printing apparatus including a roll paper accommodating unit configured to accommodate roll paper, a single sheet paper accommodating unit configured to accommodate single sheet paper, a printing unit configured to perform printing on the roll paper fed from the roll paper accommodating unit, and to perform printing on the single sheet paper fed from the single sheet paper accommodating unit, and a main body frame that supports the single sheet paper accommodating unit and the roll paper accommodating unit, in which the roll paper accommodating unit and the single sheet paper accommodating unit are located in ranges, in a front-back direction of the printing apparatus, overlapping a range in which the printing unit is present, and are located downward of the printing unit with respect to a vertical direction, and the roll paper accommodating unit and the single sheet paper accommodating unit are movable frontward of the printing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takei, Yasushi Yajima
  • Publication number: 20210300697
    Abstract: A feeding device includes a loading unit at which a printing medium is loaded, a roller that transports the printing medium, a transport path member at which the roller is disposed, the transport path member constituting a transport path on which the printing medium is transported, a drive source that generates a drive force that rotates the roller, a clutch that is movable between a coupling position at which the drive force is transmitted to the roller, and a release position at which the drive force is not transmitted to the roller, and an operation unit for operating the clutch, in which the operation unit is provided at a position, on the transport path member, facing the printing medium being transported by the roller, and the roller is removable from the transport path member when the clutch is located at the release position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Takanori UMEDA, Hiroaki TAKEI
  • Publication number: 20210260898
    Abstract: A printing apparatus including a roll paper accommodating unit configured to accommodate roll paper, a single sheet paper accommodating unit configured to accommodate single sheet paper, a printing unit configured to perform printing on the roll paper fed from the roll paper accommodating unit, and to perform printing on the single sheet paper fed from the single sheet paper accommodating unit, and a main body frame that supports the single sheet paper accommodating unit and the roll paper accommodating unit, in which the roll paper accommodating unit and the single sheet paper accommodating unit are located in ranges, in a front-back direction of the printing apparatus, overlapping a range in which the printing unit is present, and are located downward of the printing unit with respect to a vertical direction, and the roll paper accommodating unit and the single sheet paper accommodating unit are movable frontward of the printing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKEI, Yasushi YAJIMA
  • Patent number: 10369824
    Abstract: A transport apparatus includes an idler roller and a drive roller that transport a medium by rotating with the medium being nipped therebetween, a first frame that includes a first position and a second position that is different from the first position, a main guide shaft that extends in a transverse direction that intersects a transport direction of the medium and is joined to the first frame at the first position, a second frame that is joined to the first frame at the second position, and an urging member that exerts a force on the second frame by urging the idler roller toward the drive roller. In the transport apparatus, the first position is located in an overlapping region between the first frame and the second frame in a height direction that orthogonally intersects the transport direction and the transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Takei
  • Publication number: 20180339534
    Abstract: A transport apparatus includes an idler roller and a drive roller that transport a medium by rotating with the medium being nipped therebetween, a first frame that includes a first position and a second position that is different from the first position, a main guide shaft that extends in a transverse direction that intersects a transport direction of the medium and is joined to the first frame at the first position, a second frame that is joined to the first frame at the second position, and an urging member that exerts a force on the second frame by urging the idler roller toward the drive roller. In the transport apparatus, the first position is located in an overlapping region between the first frame and the second frame in a height direction that orthogonally intersects the transport direction and the transverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroaki TAKEI
  • Patent number: 9139394
    Abstract: A roll-like medium feeding apparatus includes a support shaft supporting a roll-like medium to be mounted in a freely attached and detached manner, and includes a mounting portion to which a first shaft becoming the support shaft is mounted with the movement of a direction perpendicular to the first shaft in a freely attached and detached manner; a second gear wheel that can be meshed with a first gear wheel disposed in the first shaft and can be rotated around a second shaft which is disposed so as to be parallel to the first shaft that is in the state of being mounted to the mounting portion; and a displacement mechanism that is operated so as to displace the second gear wheel between a meshed position to be meshed with the first gear wheel that is in the state in which the first shaft is mounted to the mounting portion and a separated position separated from the first gear wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Takei
  • Publication number: 20140178117
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit that performs recording onto a medium, a housing that houses the recording unit, a drawer unit that includes a finger-hooking portion and is accommodated in the housing so as to be capable of being drawn out, a cutter that cuts the medium inside the housing, and a container that is detachably attached to the housing and includes a container unit that can contain a cut piece of the medium that is produced when the cutter performs cutting. In the recording apparatus, the container covers the finger-hooking portion of the drawer unit accommodated in the housing when the container is fitted into the housing, and the finger-hooking portion of the drawer unit accommodated in the housing is exposed when the container is removed from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKEI, Takayuki IIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20120043409
    Abstract: A roll-like medium feeding apparatus includes a support shaft supporting a roll-like medium to be mounted in a freely attached and detached manner, and includes a mounting portion to which a first shaft becoming the support shaft is mounted with the movement of a direction perpendicular to the first shaft in a freely attached and detached manner; a second gear wheel that can be meshed with a first gear wheel disposed in the first shaft and can be rotated around a second shaft which is disposed so as to be parallel to the first shaft that is in the state of being mounted to the mounting portion; and a displacement mechanism that is operated so as to displace the second gear wheel between a meshed position to be meshed with the first gear wheel that is in the state in which the first shaft is mounted to the mounting portion and a separated position separated from the first gear wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroaki Takei
  • Patent number: 6715986
    Abstract: A fuel pump for discharging a desired amount of fuel during vapor generation has a pump cover and a pump casing which rotatably accommodates an impeller. A pressure difference is caused in the vicinity of each impeller vane groove by fluid friction as the impeller rotates. Such a pressure difference repeatedly occurs with respect to each of the vane grooves, causing the pressurization of fuel in a pump channel formed along an outer periphery of the impeller to pump fuel to a motor chamber. An introduction groove of the pump channel formed on the pump cover side has a first vapor chamber outwardly extending in the radial direction of the impeller. Another pump channel introduction groove formed on the pump casing side has a second vapor chamber above the impeller. The first and second vapor chambers permit the removal of vapor in fuel fed from the fuel suction port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Takei
  • Publication number: 20030143096
    Abstract: A sintered alloy article having superior corrosion resistance while also ensuring product dimensional accuracy is provided. A sintered alloy body is formed by molding and sintering (S2) a raw material powder containing copper, and tin plating (S4) treatment on this sintered alloy body is performed, followed by sizing (S5). When the tin plating layer is compressed during sizing, the tin plating layer is formed to a nearly uniform thickness, pores opened in the outer surface of the sintered alloy body are blocked by the above tin plating, as a result of said tin plating being compressed by the above sizing. Moreover, by combining a copper-based sintered alloy and tin plating, a sintered body is obtained provided with both corrosion resistance to sulfur and its compounds as well as corrosion resistance to formic acid, acetic acid and other organic acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Teruo Shimizu, Tsuneo Maruyama, Hiroaki Takei, Youichi Murakami
  • Patent number: 6497552
    Abstract: An impeller has a plurality of blades at an outer periphery thereof. Each of the adjacent blades define a groove space, and a partition wall is provided in the groove space. The partition wall is disposed at a center area of the groove space in an axial direction of the impeller for partitioning the groove space from a root of the blade. The blade inclines backwardly in the rotating direction at the root side thereof, and inclines frontwardly in the rotating direction at a radial outer end side thereof. A front face is inwardly concaved from both axial ends, and warps from the root to the radial outer end of the blade to form the concave such that the concave gradually becomes small from the root to the radial outer end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushige Kobayashi, Kiyotoshi Oi, Hiroaki Takei, Yoshio Ebihara
  • Publication number: 20020131860
    Abstract: A fuel pump for discharging a desired amount of fuel during vapor generation has a pump cover and a pump casing which rotatably accommodates an impeller. A pressure difference is caused in the vicinity of each impeller vane groove by fluid friction as the impeller rotates. Such a pressure difference repeatedly occurs with respect to each of the vane grooves, causing the pressurization of fuel in a pump channel formed along an outer periphery of the impeller to pump fuel to a motor chamber. An introduction groove of the pump channel formed on the pump cover side has a first vapor chamber outwardly extending in the radial direction of the impeller. Another pump channel introduction groove formed on the pump casing side has a second vapor chamber above the impeller. The first and second vapor chambers permit the removal of vapor in fuel fed from the fuel suction port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventor: Hiroaki Takei
  • Publication number: 20010036400
    Abstract: An impeller has a plurality of blades at an outer periphery thereof. Each of the adjacent blades define a groove space, and a partition wall is provided in the groove space. The partition wall is disposed at a center area of the groove space in an axial direction of the impeller for partitioning the groove space from a root of the blade. The blade inclines backwardly in the rotating direction at the root side thereof, and inclines frontwardly in the rotating direction at a radial outer end side thereof. A front face is inwardly concaved from both axial ends, and warps from the root to the radial outer end of the blade to form the concave such that the concave gradually becomes small from the root to the radial outer end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Atsushige Kobayashi, Kiyotoshi Oi, Hiroaki Takei, Yoshio Ebihara
  • Patent number: D792514
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Mark's Group Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takei, Hiromi Muraoka, Meguru Ishida