Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Yabe
Hiroshi Yabe 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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Patent number: 9296226Abstract: Airborne ink mist is prevented from sticking to the detector part of a paper detector disposed on a carriage without using a configuration for capturing the ink mist. A printer has a conveyance path that conveys paper past the print position of a printhead; a carriage that carries the printhead; and a carriage moving mechanism that moves the carriage bidirectionally on the transverse axis of the printer. A paper detector and a shutter that opens and closes the detection part of the paper detector are disposed on the carriage. When the carriage moves to one end of the range of carriage movement, a shutter operating member disposed on a second side frame facing the carriage contacts the shutter and moves the shutter from its open position or closed position to the other position.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2014Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi Aruga, Hiroshi Yabe
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Publication number: 20150103127Abstract: Airborne ink mist is prevented from sticking to the detector part of a paper detector disposed on a carriage without using a configuration for capturing the ink mist. A printer has a conveyance path that conveys paper past the print position of a printhead; a carriage that carries the printhead; and a carriage moving mechanism that moves the carriage bidirectionally on the transverse axis of the printer. A paper detector and a shutter that opens and closes the detection part of the paper detector are disposed on the carriage. When the carriage moves to one end of the range of carriage movement, a shutter operating member disposed on a second side frame facing the carriage contacts the shutter and moves the shutter from its open position or closed position to the other position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuichi Aruga, Hiroshi Yabe
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Publication number: 20130293918Abstract: Tampering with fiscal information written to memory can be detected without reducing the write speed. When fiscal information is written to first memory unit 411 by means of a fiscal control CPU 42 , a memory control CPU 412 writes a first hash value corresponding to the fiscal information in second memory unit 413. When fiscal information is read from the first memory unit 411, the fiscal control CPU 42 reads the first hash value from the second memory unit 413 through the memory control CPU 412, compares the first hash value with a second hash value calculated from the fiscal information read from first memory unit 411, and detects tampering with the fiscal information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2011Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Tamakazu Kitamura, Hiroshi Yabe
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Patent number: 7733538Abstract: There are provided a platen on which an original is mounted, a line sensor that performs photoelectric conversion on light from the original on the platen, a first carriage that moves along the platen and guides the light from the original to the line sensor, a first housing that stores and supports the first carriage to be movable along the platen, first driving means for moving the first carriage, a second carriage provided with a plurality of rod-shaped light-source lamps that applies light to the original, a second housing that stores and supports the second carriage to be movable along the platen and covers the platen, second driving means for moving the second carriage, and control means for controlling the first driving means, the second driving means and lighting of the plurality of light-source lamps.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2005Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, Nisca CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Kanesaka, Toshiaki Oshima, Hiroshi Yabe, Yutaka Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Ishihara
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Patent number: 7726449Abstract: An airtight damper, an input axis, and a flywheel are mounted to the input axis with a bolt. A torque transmitter, a torque transmitter attachment unit of the flywheel, and a support plate are united with each other using a bolt. The torque transmitter includes a spline unit. A pressure plate engaged with the spline unit is pressed by a pressure spring so as to press a friction plate and a torque transmitter plate against the support plate. Since the torque transmitter plate is fixed to a drive plate by a rivet, the torque from the input axis can be transmitted to the drive plate. Although the torque from the engine is larger than an allowable value, a friction member can slip at a constant torque depending on the pressure of the pressure spring, thereby protecting the damper against an excess load.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2001Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: NSK-Warner K.K.Inventors: Hiroshi Yabe, Dai Okamura
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Patent number: 7357721Abstract: In a damper apparatus including springs, a holder for holding the springs, and a plate having pawls engaged by the springs, splines are provided on an inner peripheral portion and an outer peripheral portion of the damper apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2003Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: NSK-Warner K.K.Inventors: Hiroshi Yabe, Dai Okamura
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Patent number: 7036646Abstract: A wet-type multiple disc clutch comprises a clutch plate set having a plurality of friction plates and a plurality of separator plates alternately interposed between a clutch case and a clutch hub. An oil pressure piston slidably retained in a cylinder chamber is disposed between inner and outer cylindrical members of the clutch case and serves to fasten the clutch plate set. A canceler for defining a centrifugal oil pressure cancel chamber between the oil pressure piston and the clutch case is secured on the inner cylindrical member of the clutch case through a stop ring. A detention portion is provided on the canceler for preventing the stop ring from falling out of position.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2004Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: NSK-Warner K.K.Inventors: Hiroshi Yabe, Yasuhito Koike
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Patent number: 6978874Abstract: In the starting clutch, an electrical pump or an engine pump is omitted and a substitutive pump mechanism is obtained with a simple construction thereby to circulate lubricating oil within the starting clutch. There is provided a starting clutch in which lubricating oil supplied form a drive shaft side is circulated within the clutch and input side elements and output side elements are tightened by an axial load to transmit a power and wherein a non-electrically operated pump mechanism is provided within the starting clutch.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2002Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Assignee: NSK-Warner K.K.Inventors: Tatsuro Miyoshi, Yoshio Kinoshita, Shiro Takeuchi, Hirofumi Nakagomi, Tadashi Watanabe, Hiroshi Yabe, Nobuhiro Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20050200917Abstract: In order to switch to a light source with a light amount corresponding to the type of original from among a plurality of light sources in a simplified structure without using a specific switching mechanism in reading a transmissive original with a photoelectric sensor while moving, there are provided a platen on which an original is mounted, a line sensor that performs photoelectric conversion on light from the original on the platen, a first carriage that moves along the platen and guides the light from the original to the line sensor, a first housing that stores and supports the first carriage to be movable along the platen, first driving means for moving the first carriage, a second carriage provided with a plurality of rod-shaped light-source lamps that applies light to the original, a second housing that stores and supports the second carriage to be movable along the platen and covers the platen, second driving means for moving the second carriage, and control means for controlling the first driving meanType: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2005Publication date: September 15, 2005Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation, Nisca CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Kanesaka, Toshiaki Oshima, Hiroshi Yabe, Yutaka Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Ishihara
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Patent number: 6849024Abstract: A starting clutch includes a planetary mechanism; a first clutch for outputting a torque to an outer diameter portion of the planetary mechanism; a second clutch for outputting the torque to an intermediate portion of the planetary mechanism; and a lock mechanism for locking a reactive force from an inner diameter portion of the planetary mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2001Date of Patent: February 1, 2005Assignees: NSK Ltd., NSK-Warner K.K.Inventors: Yoshitaka Hayashi, Hiroshi Fukushima, Takao Obara, Minao Umeda, Keeichi Minagi, Masao Shoji, Yoshio Kinoshita, Shiro Takeuchi, Tadashi Watanabe, Hirofumi Nakagomi, Tatsuro Miyoshi, Shigeharu Nishimura, Hiroshi Yabe, Nobuhiro Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20040168878Abstract: A wet-type multiple disc clutch comprises a clutch plate set having a plurality of friction plates and a plurality of separator plates alternately, interposed between a clutch case and a clutch hub, an oil pressure piston serving to fasten the clutch plate set, slidably retained in a cylinder chamber formed between the outer tube and the inner tube of the clutch case. A canceler for defining a centrifugal oil pressure cancel chamber between the oil pressure piston and the clutch case is secured on the inner tube of the clutch case through a stop ring. Stop ring fall-out preventing means is provided for preventing a fall of the stop ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2004Publication date: September 2, 2004Applicant: NSK-WARNER K.K.Inventors: Hiroshi Yabe, Yasuhito Koike
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Publication number: 20040116190Abstract: In a damper apparatus comprises springs, a holder for holding the springs, and a plate having pawls engaged by the springs, splines are provided on an inner peripheral portion and an outer peripheral portion of the damper apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2003Publication date: June 17, 2004Applicant: NSK-Warner K.K.Inventors: Hiroshi Yabe, Dai Okamura
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Patent number: 6743105Abstract: A damper assembly includes a driving member, a coil spring, a driven member drivable by the driving member via the coil spring, and dividers by which the coil spring is divided into a number of spring sections. The relative rotation between the driving member and the driven member via the coil spring is limited by the engagement between one or more engageable portions arranged on the driving member at predetermined locations and the corresponding engageable portions arranged on the driven member at predetermined locations.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2001Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignee: NSK-Warner K.K.Inventor: Hiroshi Yabe
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Publication number: 20040094383Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-plate clutch in which friction engagement elements are disposed within a clutch case so that a power is transmitted by an applying tightening load to the friction engagement elements, wherein a tone wheel is provided on an outer periphery of the clutch case. Further, the present invention provides a rotational speed detection sensor attaching structure for attaching a rotational speed detection sensor for detecting a rotational speed of a multi-plate clutch having a clutch case provided at its outer periphery with a substantially cylindrical portion, wherein the cylindrical portion is provided with an oil port opened to the outer periphery and adapted to discharge lubricating oil and the rotational speed detection sensor is attached to a position opposed to the oil port so that the rotational speed is detected by detecting a position of the oil port.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2003Publication date: May 20, 2004Applicant: NSK-WARNER K. K.Inventors: Yoshio Kinoshita, Hirofumi Nakagomi, Hiroshi Yabe
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Patent number: 6648117Abstract: The present invention provides a starting clutch in which an input side element and an output side element are joined together by applying an axial load thereby to transmit a power, which clutch comprises an urging device for always providing the axial load, and a releasing device for releasing the input side element and the output side element from the axial load.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2001Date of Patent: November 18, 2003Assignee: NSK-Warner K.K.Inventors: Masao Shoji, Yoshio Kinoshita, Shiro Takeuchi, Tadashi Watanabe, Tatsuro Miyoshi, Hirofumi Nakagomi, Hiroshi Yabe, Shigeharu Nishimura, Nobuhiro Horiuchi
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Patent number: 6628572Abstract: If a supply voltage reaches a voltage level that may lead to detection errors of a supply voltage detecting circuit, then a voltage detecting operation is prohibited if generation of power that can be charged into a high-capacity secondary power source is not detected, while the voltage detecting operation is continued if the generation of power that can be charged into the high-capacity secondary power source is detected.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2001Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Yabe, Makoto Okeya
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Patent number: 6593823Abstract: An oscillation circuit including a first electrostatic protection circuit connected between a signal path of the oscillation circuit and a constant-voltage side, and bypassing an electrostatic voltage of a first polarity that intrudes into the signal path to a side of a constant bypass voltage through a first semiconductor rectifier element. A second electrostatic protection circuit is connected between the signal path and a reference potential side, and bypassing an electrostatic voltage of a second polarity that intrudes into the signal path to the reference potential side through a second semiconductor rectifier element. The constant bypass voltage is set to a value such that the first and second semiconductor rectifier elements are not turned on by voltage change in the signal path caused by a leakage current, even when a leakage current is generated between the signal path and a power-supply voltage line.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2001Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shinji Nakamiya, Hiroshi Yabe, Tadao Kadowaki, Yoshiki Makiuchi
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Publication number: 20030085094Abstract: In the starting clutch, an electrical pump or an engine pump is omitted and a substitutive pump mechanism is obtained with a simple construction thereby to circulate lubricating oil within the starting clutch. There is provided a starting clutch in which lubricating oil supplied form a drive shaft side is circulated within the clutch and input side elements and output side elements are tightened by an axial load to transmit a power and wherein a non-electrically operated pump mechanism is provided within the starting clutch.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2002Publication date: May 8, 2003Applicant: NSK-Warner K.K.Inventors: Tatsuro Miyoshi, Yoshio Kinoshita, Shiro Takeuchi, Hirofumi Nakagomi, Tadashi Watanabe, Hiroshi Yabe, Nobuhiro Horiuchi
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Patent number: RE39329Abstract: This invention relates to a crystal oscillation circuit that oscillates stably with a low power consumption. This crystal oscillation circuit comprises an inverting amplifier, a crystal oscillator, and a feedback circuit that inverts the phase of an output from this inverting amplifier and feeds it back as an input. The sum of the absolute value of the threshold voltage of a first semiconductor switching element and the absolute value of the threshold voltage of a second semiconductor switching element is set to be greater than or equal to the absolute value of the potential difference between first and second potentials, when said inverting amplifier includes the first and second semiconductor switching elements.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2003Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Yabe, Shinji Nakamiya, Tadao Kadowaki, Yoshiki Makiuchi
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Patent number: RE38197Abstract: A multifunction electronic analog timepiece includes a face and a plurality of indicators positioned on the face for displaying at least two time keeping functions. At least two step motors are provided for driving the plurality of time keeping function indicators. The time keeping function indicators are arbitrarily disposed about the face dependent upon the number of step motors and position of step motors required to drive the indicators. A microcomputer is provided and includes a program memory for storing software instructions for controlling the step motors.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1996Date of Patent: July 22, 2003Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kenji Sakamoto, Akihiko Maruyama, Tatsuo Moriya, Hiroshi Yabe, Takashi Kawaguchi, Masato Yoshino