Patents by Inventor Maho SATANI

Maho SATANI 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: 11968339
    Abstract: A reading device includes a base on which a read target object is placed, a reader that reads the read target object placed on the base, a first attachment frame to which the reader is attached such that the reader is disposed above the base, an operation unit that is used for operating the reading device by touching, a second attachment frame to which the operation unit is attached such that the operation unit is disposed above the base, and a support frame that has a first surface and a second surface more bendable than the first surface in response to an external force. The first attachment frame is fixed to the first surface of the support frame. The second attachment frame is fixed to the second surface of the support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Taisuke Endo, Keigo Shinoto, Maho Satani, Kei Otagiri, Kei Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11964511
    Abstract: A caster protection structure protects a caster provided at a base of a housing and used for transporting the housing in a movable manner, and includes a frame member that is provided at the base of the housing, serves as a part of a frame constituting the base of the housing, and extends in a predetermined direction. A longitudinal end position of the frame member is disposed in an outer region located beyond an outer lateral edge position of the caster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Maho Satani, Taisuke Endo, Keigo Shinoto
  • Publication number: 20230406380
    Abstract: A housing structure includes: a housing including a top portion and a bottom portion with at least a side portion surrounded by a plane; plural movable supporters that are provided on the bottom portion of the housing and support the housing via wheels capable of moving the housing while two positions separated from each other in a width direction intersecting with a predetermined advancing direction of the housing on a side opposite to the advancing direction serve as support points; a grip provided on the top portion or at an upper half portion of the side portion of the housing and being capable of being gripped with a hand of an operator when the housing is tilted; and a footstep that is provided at the bottom portion of the housing between two movable supporters located on the side opposite to the advancing direction of the housing and on which a foot of the operator is able to be hooked when the housing is tilted, in which the footstep is arranged on an advancing direction side of the housing with respe
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Maho SATANI, Takahiro IIZUKA
  • Patent number: 11737560
    Abstract: A support part that supports a lower portion of a housing upon installation of an item on an installation surface, includes: a leg part including an outer leg portion, an inner leg portion, and a connecting portion, the outer leg portion being provided so as to come into contact with the installation surface and extending from a gap between the lower portion of the housing and the installation surface so as to protrude outward of an outer side surface of the housing, the inner leg portion being disposed above the outer leg portion and extending inward of the outer side surface of the housing, the connecting portion connecting the outer leg portion and the inner leg portion inside the outer side surface of the housing; a raising/lowering section that is provided at the lower portion of the housing and that supports the inner leg portion of the leg part so as to raise and lower the inner leg portion; and an operation section that is provided so that a portion of the operation section protrudes outward of an out
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Maho Satani, Taisuke Endo, Toru Motosugi
  • Publication number: 20230057292
    Abstract: A caster protection structure protects a caster provided at a base of a housing and used for transporting the housing in a movable manner, and includes a frame member that is provided at the base of the housing, serves as a part of a frame constituting the base of the housing, and extends in a predetermined direction. A longitudinal end position of the frame member is disposed in an outer region located beyond an outer lateral edge position of the caster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Maho SATANI, Taisuke ENDO, Keigo SHINOTO
  • Publication number: 20230057360
    Abstract: A reading device includes a base on which a read target object is placed, a reader that reads the read target object placed on the base, a first attachment frame to which the reader is attached such that the reader is disposed above the base, an operation unit that is used for operating the reading device by touching, a second attachment frame to which the operation unit is attached such that the operation unit is disposed above the base, and a support frame that has a first surface and a second surface more bendable than the first surface in response to an external force. The first attachment frame is fixed to the first surface of the support frame. The second attachment frame is fixed to the second surface of the support frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Taisuke ENDO, Keigo SHINOTO, Maho SATANI, Kei OTAGIRI, Kei KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230058679
    Abstract: A support part that supports a lower portion of a housing upon installation of an item on an installation surface, includes: a leg part including an outer leg portion, an inner leg portion, and a connecting portion, the outer leg portion being provided so as to come into contact with the installation surface and extending from a gap between the lower portion of the housing and the installation surface so as to protrude outward of an outer side surface of the housing, the inner leg portion being disposed above the outer leg portion and extending inward of the outer side surface of the housing, the connecting portion connecting the outer leg portion and the inner leg portion inside the outer side surface of the housing; a raising/lowering section that is provided at the lower portion of the housing and that supports the inner leg portion of the leg part so as to raise and lower the inner leg portion; and an operation section that is provided so that a portion of the operation section protrudes outward of an out
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Maho SATANI, Taisuke ENDO, Toru MOTOSUGI