Patents by Inventor Masaki HATA
Masaki HATA 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: 11962105Abstract: A coupling method of coupling a flexible flat cable to a connector by a robot, includes a preparation step of preparing the connector having an insertion hole into which the flat cable is inserted and a seat having an introduction surface placed at a front side of the insertion hole and continuously coupled to the insertion hole, a first moving step of gripping the flat cable and moving the flat cable to a position facing the seat; and a pressing step of bringing the flat cable into contact with the introduction surface in a posture inclined relative to the seat with an end of the flat cable facing the insertion hole side and pressing the flat cable against the introduction surface, and moving the end toward the connector side.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki Hata, Masaki Miyasaka
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Patent number: 11885226Abstract: This steam valve includes a valve casing, a valve body, a valve stem, an actuator, a heat buffer member, a link mechanism, and a link base. The heat buffer member includes: a heat buffer plate separated toward a leading end side from the valve casing in an axial direction in which the valve stem extends; and a support column that fixes the heat buffer plate to the valve casing so as to be incapable of relative movement. The actuator includes: an actuator casing; and an actuator rod that extends in the axial direction from in the actuator casing and that moves in the axial direction with respect to the actuator casing. The link base is fixed to the heat buffer member and extends from the heat buffer member in an axial perpendicular direction that is perpendicular to the axial direction. The actuator casing is fixed to the link base.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Fumiyuki Suzuki, Masaki Hata, Megumu Tsuruta
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Patent number: 11879553Abstract: A steam valve having a first inclined surface, which is formed at the distal end portion of a valve rod and in which the outer diameter of the valve rod increases from the distal end toward the base end of the valve rod, and a second inclined surface, which is formed on the inside of a portion of a main valve that is positioned on the base-end side of the valve rod and which inclines with the same inclination angle as the first inclined surface. In a state in which a slave valve and the main valve are closed the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface are separated from each other, and when the slave valve and the main valve are in a fully open state the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface abut each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shingo Nishida, Megumu Tsuruta, Fumiyuki Suzuki, Masaki Hata
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Publication number: 20230167749Abstract: This steam valve includes a valve casing, a valve body, a valve stem, an actuator, a heat buffer member, a link mechanism, and a link base. The heat buffer member includes: a heat buffer plate separated toward a leading end side from the valve casing in an axial direction in which the valve stem extends; and a support column that fixes the heat buffer plate to the valve casing so as to be incapable of relative movement. The actuator includes: an actuator casing; and an actuator rod that extends in the axial direction from in the actuator casing and that moves in the axial direction with respect to the actuator casing. The link base is fixed to the heat buffer member and extends from the heat buffer member in an axial perpendicular direction that is perpendicular to the axial direction. The actuator casing is fixed to the link base.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Fumiyuki Suzuki, Masaki Hata, Megumu Tsuruta
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Publication number: 20220082169Abstract: A steam valve having a first inclined surface, which is formed at the distal end portion of a valve rod and in which the outer diameter of the valve rod increases from the distal end toward the base end of the valve rod, and a second inclined surface, which is formed on the inside of a portion of a main valve that is positioned on the base-end side of the valve rod and which inclines with the same inclination angle as the first inclined surface. In a state in which a slave valve and the main valve are closed the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface are separated from each other, and when the slave valve and the main valve are in a fully open state the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface abut each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2019Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.Inventors: Shingo Nishida, Megumu Tsuruta, Fumiyuki Suzuki, Masaki Hata
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Patent number: 10941865Abstract: A valve includes a valve stem, a first valve body disposed on a distal end side of the valve stem and configured to be driven via the valve stem, a first valve seat on which the first valve body is seatable, an auxiliary seat surface extending along a direction transverse to an axial direction of the valve stem, an auxiliary seat portion disposed on a proximal end side of the valve stem with respect to the first valve body and configured to abut on the auxiliary seat surface when the first valve body is closed, and a biasing member capable of generating a biasing force along the axial direction of the valve stem.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Masaki Hata, Shoichi Okawara, Kazuhito Kawamura
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Publication number: 20190178388Abstract: A valve includes a valve stem, a first valve body disposed on a distal end side of the valve stem and configured to be driven via the valve stem, a first valve seat on which the first valve body is seatable, an auxiliary seat surface extending along a direction transverse to an axial direction of the valve stem, an auxiliary seat portion disposed on a proximal end side of the valve stem with respect to the first valve body and configured to abut on the auxiliary seat surface when the first valve body is closed, and a biasing member capable of generating a biasing force along the axial direction of the valve stem.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Hata, Shoichi Okawara, Kazuhito Kawamura
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Patent number: 9352593Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: a housing; a display whose display surface is provided on a front-surface side of the housing; an image forming unit provided in the housing and configured to form an image on a recording sheet; and an ejector configured to eject the recording sheet with the image formed thereon from inside to outside of the housing in a direction approaching the display surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Masaki Hata, Kiyomitsu Koyama, Osamu Akiyama, Hiroshi Mizuno, Yasuaki Tomoda, Naoki Nonoyama
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Patent number: 8942609Abstract: A mounting structure for a bearing member comprises the bearing member, bearing a rotary shaft; a frame body that includes a mounting hole; and a plurality of projections, each of the projections being formed at one of three or more positions on at least one of an outer circumferential surface of the bearing member and an inner circumferential surface of the mounting hole, the positions extending radially from a center of the rotary shaft, the bearing member being press fitted into the mounting hole via the projections, each of the projections being formed at a circumferential position having no other projection formed at a position 180° therefrom with respect to the center of the rotary shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Masaki Hata
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Publication number: 20140169822Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: a housing; a display whose display surface is provided on a front-surface side of the housing; an image forming unit provided in the housing and configured to form an image on a recording sheet; and an ejector configured to eject the recording sheet with the image formed thereon from inside to outside of the housing in a direction approaching the display surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Masaki Hata, Kiyomitsu Koyama, Osamu Akiyama, Hiroshi Mizuno, Yasuaki Tomoda, Naoki Nonoyama
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Publication number: 20140169841Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises: an imaging unit including imaging subunits that are arranged in a vertical direction, each of the imaging subunits forming a toner image of a different color; an intermediate transfer belt having a running surface that runs vertically along the imaging subunits, and on which the toner images are primary-transferred and superposed; a secondary transfer unit secondary-transferring the toner images on the intermediate transfer belt to the recording sheet; and an ejection unit having an outlet and a conveyance path extending vertically, the ejection unit conveying, to the outlet via the conveyance path, the recording sheet on which the toner images have been secondary-transferred, wherein when viewed from a front of the image forming apparatus, the imaging unit is arranged behind the intermediate transfer belt, and the conveyance path is arranged in front of the intermediate transfer belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Hiroshi MIZUNO, Osamu Akiyama, Yasuaki Tomoda, Naoki Nonoyama, Kiyomitsu Koyama, Masaki Hata, Shiro Umeda, Koji Soda
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Patent number: 8678386Abstract: Image forming apparatus having sheet transport device transporting sheet through nip between pressing and drive members by applying rotational force to drive member via power transmission mechanism that includes: first and second rotational shafts connected to drive member and drive source, respectively; first and second rotation transmitting members attached to first and second rotational shafts, respectively; holding member including first and second contact parts disposed on opposite sides of second rotation transmitting member; and rotational move member switching to power non-transmission and transmission states by moving holding member rotationally to first and second positions in conjunction with opening and closing operations of opening/closing member of apparatus housing. Power is not transmitted between rotational shafts in power non-transmission state and transmitted in power transmission state.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Masaki Hata
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Publication number: 20130259545Abstract: A mounting structure for a bearing member comprises the bearing member, bearing a rotary shaft; a frame body that includes a mounting hole; and a plurality of projections, each of the projections being formed at one of three or more positions on at least one of an outer circumferential surface of the bearing member and an inner circumferential surface of the mounting hole, the positions extending radially from a centre of the rotary shaft, the bearing member being press fitted into the mounting hole via the projections, each of the projections being formed at a circumferential position having no other projection formed at a position 180° therefrom with respect to the centre of the rotary shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Masaki HATA
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Publication number: 20130015622Abstract: Image forming apparatus having sheet transport device transporting sheet through nip between pressing and drive members by applying rotational force to drive member via power transmission mechanism that includes: first and second rotational shafts connected to drive member and drive source, respectively; first and second rotation transmitting members attached to first and second rotational shafts, respectively; holding member including first and second contact parts disposed on opposite sides of second rotation transmitting member; and rotational move member switching to power non-transmission and transmission states by moving holding member rotationally to first and second positions in conjunction with opening and closing operations of opening/closing member of apparatus housing. Power is not transmitted between rotational shafts in power non-transmission state and transmitted in power transmission state.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Masaki HATA