Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Ue

Hiroshi Ue 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: 10214035
    Abstract: Provided are a recording apparatus, when a medium is discharged from a recording apparatus main body, which can achieve both of appropriate mounting of a medium in which the leading edge thereof is curled on a medium receiving tray, and reduction of damage to a medium when mediums of different sizes are mixed on the medium receiving tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ue, Koji Migita, Satoshi Iwaya, Yasushi Akatsuka, Hiroshi Shiohara
  • Publication number: 20180147864
    Abstract: Provided are a recording apparatus, when a medium is discharged from a recording apparatus main body, which can achieve both of appropriate mounting of a medium in which the leading edge thereof is curled on a medium receiving tray, and reduction of damage to a medium when mediums of different sizes are mixed on the medium receiving tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi UE, Koji MIGITA, Satoshi IWAYA, Yasushi AKATSUKA, Hiroshi SHIOHARA
  • Patent number: 9085175
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a plurality of first ribs provided at predetermined intervals in a direction intersecting with a direction along which a recording target medium is transported; a plurality of second ribs provided at predetermined intervals in the direction intersecting with the direction along which the recording target medium is transported, the plurality of second ribs being provided downstream of the plurality of first ribs for guiding the recording target medium to a downstream side, the plurality of second ribs being provided at an area where the plurality of second ribs can face the recording head; a first member that is made of a resin material that is used as a material of the plurality of first ribs; and a second member that is made of a metal material that is used as a material of the plurality of second ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tokujiro Okuno, Hiroshi Ue, Atsushi Sumii, Mitsuhiro Koseki
  • Patent number: 9022508
    Abstract: In a transport for reversing a front and a back of a paper so as to print the back of a printing paper after printing the front of the printing paper, an attachment amount of ink to the front of the printing paper is determined for each region of the front, and on the path of the transport, in a predetermined position where the warpage of the opposite direction to the warpage of the swelling curl of the printing medium generated by the attachment of ink to the front of the printing paper is generated in a site of the printing paper having a region in which the amount of ink attachment is determined to be equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the transport of the printing medium waits for a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ue, Tokujiro Okuno, Atsushi Sumii
  • Publication number: 20120299992
    Abstract: In a transport for reversing a front and a back of a paper so as to print the back of a printing paper after printing the front of the printing paper, an attachment amount of ink to the front of the printing paper is determined for each region of the front, and on the path of the transport, in a predetermined position where the warpage of the opposite direction to the warpage of the swelling curl of the printing medium generated by the attachment of ink to the front of the printing paper is generated in a site of the printing paper having a region in which the amount of ink attachment is determined to be equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the transport of the printing medium waits for a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ue, Tokujiro Okuno, Atsushi Sumii
  • Publication number: 20120218361
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a plurality of first ribs provided at predetermined intervals in a direction intersecting with a direction along which a recording target medium is transported; a plurality of second ribs provided at predetermined intervals in the direction intersecting with the direction along which the recording target medium is transported, the plurality of second ribs being provided downstream of the plurality of first ribs for guiding the recording target medium to a downstream side, the plurality of second ribs being provided at an area where the plurality of second ribs can face the recording head; a first member that is made of a resin material that is used as a material of the plurality of first ribs; and a second member that is made of a metal material that is used as a material of the plurality of second ribs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tokujiro OKUNO, Hiroshi UE, Atsushi SUMII, Mitsuhiro KOSEKI
  • Publication number: 20110221845
    Abstract: Suction holes are formed in a stacking plane of an output tray, a recording medium recorded by a recording section being placed on the stacking plane. Air above the output tray is drawn through the suction holes, and the drawn air is supplied to the recorded side of the recording medium through an air feed guide disposed downstream of the recording section in the feed direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi UE
  • Publication number: 20090214273
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an intermediate transfer belt having an insulating substrate layer, an electrode layer provided on the insulating substrate layer, and a semiconductor layer provided on the electrode layer; a transfer-voltage applying device that applies a predetermined bias voltage to the electrode layer of the intermediate transfer belt; and a secondary transfer roller which is in contact with the outer circumference of the intermediate transfer belt to form a nip region and to which a predetermined bias voltage is applied. The image forming apparatus has not a member that opposes the secondary transfer roller to nip the intermediate transfer belt therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ue
  • Patent number: 7463859
    Abstract: A transfer device includes a pair of transfer frames, a belt member, a pair of transfer roller levers which are respectively arranged on inner sides of the transfer frames pivotably, a transfer roller which is provided between first ends of the transfer roller levers rotatably, a pair of first urging members, which are respectively provided on second ends of the transfer roller levers to energize the transfer roller toward the belt member, and a pair of transfer pressure controlling members which are respectively provided on the transfer frames movably to control urging power of the first urging members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ito, Hiroshi Ue, Saburo Furukawa, Shigeo Fujita, Toshihiko Yamazaki, Tatsuro Osawa
  • Publication number: 20070003299
    Abstract: A transfer device includes a pair of transfer frames, a belt member, a pair of transfer roller levers which are respectively arranged on inner sides of the transfer frames pivotably, a transfer roller which is provided between first ends of the transfer roller levers rotatably, a pair of first urging members, which are respectively provided on second ends of the transfer roller levers to energize the transfer roller toward the belt member and a pair of transfer pressure controlling members which are respectively provided on the transfer frames movably to control urging power of the first urging members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ito, Hiroshi Ue, Saburo Furukawa, Shigeo Fujita, Toshihiko Yamazaki, Tatsuro Osawa
  • Patent number: 7133631
    Abstract: A transfer device includes a pair of transfer frames, a belt member, a pair of transfer roller levers which are respectively arranged on inner sides of the transfer frames pivotably, a transfer roller which is provided between first ends of the transfer roller levers rotatably, a pair of first urging members, which are respectively provided on second ends of the transfer roller levers to energize the transfer roller toward the belt member, and a pair of transfer pressure controlling members which are respectively provided on the transfer frames movably to control urging power of the first urging members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ito, Hiroshi Ue, Saburo Furukawa, Shigeo Fujita, Toshihiko Yamazaki, Tatsuro Osawa
  • Publication number: 20050019066
    Abstract: A transfer device includes a pair of transfer frames, a belt member, a pair of transfer roller levers which are respectively arranged on inner sides of the transfer frames pivotably, a transfer roller which is provided between first ends of the transfer roller levers rotatably, a pair of first urging members, which are respectively provided on second ends of the transfer roller levers to energize the transfer roller toward the belt member, and a pair of transfer pressure controlling members which are respectively provided on the transfer frames movably to control urging power of the first urging members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ito, Hiroshi Ue, Saburo Furukawa, Shigeo Fujita, Toshihiko Yamazaki, Tatsuro Osawa