Patents by Inventor Kaoru Sakamoto

Kaoru Sakamoto 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: 10065423
    Abstract: A liquid discharge device includes: a liquid discharge head; a nozzle array disposed on the head in a conveyance direction; a movement driver that moves the head to discharge liquid from the nozzle array in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction in a reciprocating manner; a discharge driver that causes the head to discharge the liquid; a conveyor that conveys an object; and a controller that acquires an amount of conveyance of the object by the conveyor over a period during which the head moves from a predetermined position to a position where the head is to discharge the liquid to a target pixel, and determines, on which reciprocating travelling of the head to discharge the liquid and from which nozzle in the nozzle array to discharge the liquid, based on the amount of conveyance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunobu Takagi, Kaoru Sakamoto, Yoichi Ito
  • Publication number: 20170173952
    Abstract: A liquid discharge device includes: a liquid discharge head; a nozzle array disposed on the head in a conveyance direction; a movement driver that moves the head to discharge liquid from the nozzle array in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction in a reciprocating manner; a discharge driver that causes the head to discharge the liquid; a conveyor that conveys an object; and a controller that acquires an amount of conveyance of the object by the conveyor over a period during which the head moves from a predetermined position to a position where the head is to discharge the liquid to a target pixel, and determines, on which reciprocating travelling of the head to discharge the liquid and from which nozzle in the nozzle array to discharge the liquid, based on the amount of conveyance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunobu TAKAGI, Kaoru SAKAMOTO, Yoichi ITO
  • Patent number: 7955256
    Abstract: A laryngoscope blade is provided. The blade includes a base, a relatively straight main blade portion and a distal tip. The relatively straight main blade portion has a length that extends from the base. The distal tip has a length that extends from the main blade portion. The distal tip further has a width that extends out beyond the width of the main blade in a select direction. The distal tip further yet has a bend at a select location about its length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Inventor: Carl Kaoru Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 7744529
    Abstract: An improved laryngoscope. In one embodiment a laryngoscope blade includes a main blade portion and blade tip and a blade base. The main blade portion has a posterior surface, a distal end and proximal end. The blade tip extends from the distal end of the main blade portion. The blade tip also has a width that is flared wider in a first direction than a width of the main blade portion. The blade tip is further positioned at a select angle with relation to the posterior surface of the main blade portion. The blade base coupled to the proximal end of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Inventor: Carl Kaoru Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20080033249
    Abstract: A laryngoscope blade is provided. The blade includes a base, a relatively straight main blade portion and a distal tip. The relatively straight main blade portion has a length that extends from the base. The distal tip has a length that extends from the main blade portion. The distal tip further has a width that extends out beyond the width of the main blade in a select direction. The distal tip further yet has a bend at a select location about its length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventor: Carl Kaoru Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 6776133
    Abstract: A starter which is capable of having an operator easily perform the starting operation of a backpack-type power working machine while shouldering it, is lighter in weight and cheaper in manufacturing cost, is relatively free from trouble, and can not easily be damaged even if a portion of the starter is caught by the branch of a tree. In this starter, a recoil handle attached to one end portion of the recoil rope is placed remote from the main body of the starter by a predetermined distance and adapted to be supported by a handle-supporting member provided at a specific portion of the working machine; and an extended portion of the recoil rope which is located between the main body and the handle-supporting member is loosely sheathed by a flexible guide pipe, one end of which being fixed, and the other end being made free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Kioritz Corporation
    Inventors: Fuminori Tezuka, Haruhiro Sasaki, Kaoru Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20030056746
    Abstract: A starter which is capable of having an operator easily perform the starting operation of a backpack-type power working machine while shouldering it, is lighter in weight and cheaper in manufacturing cost, is relatively free from trouble, and can not easily be damaged even if a portion of the starter is caught by the branch of a tree. In this starter, a recoil handle attached to one end portion of the recoil rope is placed remote from the main body of the starter by a predetermined distance and adapted to be supported by a handle-supporting member provided at a specific portion of the working machine; and an extended portion of the recoil rope which is located between the main body and the handle-supporting member is loosely sheathed by a flexible guide pipe, one end of which being fixed, and the other end being made free.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: Kioritz Corporation
    Inventors: Fuminori Tezuka, Haruhiro Sasaki, Kaoru Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20030055678
    Abstract: A right-of-use database stores one or more rights of use of merchandise. Also provided are a unit permitting merchandise to be used when it is determined by referring to the right-of-use database that a right of use is obtained, and prohibiting the merchandise from use when it is determined that there is no right of use or the right of use has expired, and a unit performing a job using the merchandise when using the merchandise is permitted, and decreasing an amount of use from the right of use stored in the right-of-use database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yukio Nakayama, Chiaki Fujiya, Kaoru Sakamoto, Junko Mashiko
  • Patent number: 6095972
    Abstract: This laryngoscope has a blade whose height is tapered shorter at the end that is connected to the handle and whose other end has two pivotally connected tips. The tips are manually operated on by a mechanism that is controlled by the operator's thumb. When the blade is in place and the tips are activated, one tip displaces the epiglottis anteriorly and the other tip displaces the posterior wall of laryngopharynx posteriorly thereby exposing the aditus of larynx for intubation. In addition, the width of the blade tips flare out beyond the width of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Inventor: Carl Kaoru Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 5846329
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus has first and second electrodes disposed around a tubular chamber for generating a plasma. Each of the first and second electrodes comprises a plurality of web-shaped electrode segments spaced by a constant distant and disposed substantially halfway around the chamber. Each of the web-shaped electrode segments has opposite ends fastened to a pair of respective insulators disposed diametrically opposite to each other across the chamber. The web-shaped electrode segments of the first electrode are electrically connected to each other by a conductor on one of the insulators, and the web-shaped electrode segments of the second electrode are electrically connected to each other by a conductor on the other conductors. The first electrode is connected to a high-frequency power supply, and the second electrode is connected to ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Hori, Kazuto Ohbuchi, Atsushi Matsushita, Kaoru Sakamoto