Patents by Inventor Mikio Hirano
Mikio Hirano 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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Publication number: 20240126244Abstract: An information processing method for detecting conditions of a plurality of manufacturing devices respectively used by a plurality of entities includes acquiring sensor value data obtained by detecting physical quantities related to the manufacturing devices; individually storing collected sensor value data in a plurality of databases; generating by machine learning a plurality of learning models based on the stored sensor value data; and calculating a condition of the manufacturing device of one of the entities by inputting sensor value data acquired from the manufacturing device of the one of the entities to the one or more of the learning models selected by the one of the entities.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Mikio Furokawa, Jun Suzuki, Takayuki Hirano
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Patent number: 11958432Abstract: An igniter holding structure includes, an igniter provided with an ignition portion and a conductive pin, a first resin portion provided between the igniter and an attachment portion and holds the igniter such that the ignition portion and a distal end of the conductive pin are located opposite each other, and a second resin portion provided in a circumferential wall portion of the attachment portion and forming a connector insertion portion on an inner side of the circumferential wall portion, the connector insertion portion being a space into which a connector connected to the conductive pin can be inserted and the second resin portion being provided separated from the first resin portion on the inner side of the circumferential wall portion in a manner that an exposed surface, which is made of metal and exposed to the connector insertion portion, is formed in the circumferential wall portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATIONInventors: Mikio Hirano, Atsushi Mitsunabe, Kazuhiro Kato
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Publication number: 20240109237Abstract: An abnormality detection system includes an abnormality detection apparatus that detects an abnormality of a production device, a control device that performs operation control of the manufacturing device and transmits operating data, a sensor that detects a physical quantity related to operation or a product of the manufacturing device and outputs sensor value data, and a diagnostic apparatus. The abnormality detection apparatus determines a presence or an absence of an abnormality of the manufacturing device based on the operating data transmitted from the control device and the sensor value data output from the sensor and transmits the determination result to the control device. The abnormality detection apparatus further transmits the operating data and the sensor value data to the diagnostic apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Mikio Furokawa, Jun Suzuki, Takayuki Hirano
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Publication number: 20240109234Abstract: An abnormality detection system includes an abnormality detection apparatus that detects an abnormality of a manufacturing device, a control device that performs operation control of the manufacturing device and transmits operating data, and a sensor that detects a physical quantity related to operation of the manufacturing device or a product manufactured by the manufacturing device and outputs sensor value data. The abnormality detection apparatus receives operating data transmitted from the control device, acquires sensor value data output from the sensor, calculates statistics of the sensor value data acquired, determines a presence or an absence of an abnormality of the manufacturing device based on the statistics calculated and a threshold depending on the operating data received, and transmits a determination result and the statistics to the control device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Mikio Furokawa, Jun Suzuki, Takayuki Hirano
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Publication number: 20240100763Abstract: A computer program causing a computer to execute processing of detecting an abnormality of an industrial machine having a movable part is provided. The computer executes the processing oft acquiring physical quantity data on a time-series basis output from a sensor detecting a physical quantity related to a motion of the movable part; converting the physical quantity data on a time-series basis acquired to a time-series data image representing the physical quantity data; inputting the time-series data image converted to a learning model to calculate a feature of the time-series data image, the learning model being trained with a feature of the time-series data image related to the movable part in a normal condition; and determining a presence or an absence of an abnormality of the industrial machine based on the calculated feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Takeaki Ohshita, Mikio Furokawa, Takayuki Hirano
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Patent number: 11833823Abstract: A liquid ejecting device includes a head, a cap, a moving mechanism and a controller. The moving mechanism is configured to move the head and the cap relative to each other to switch the cap between a capping state in which the cap is in contact with the head and covers the plurality of nozzles and a non-capping state in which the cap is separated from the head and uncovers the same. The controller is configured to perform setting a non-ejection drive time based on an uncapped time duration which is a length of time from a timing at which the cap is switched to the non-capping state until a timing at which the cap is switched back to the capping state. The controller is configured to perform vibrating meniscus of liquid in the plurality of nozzles during the non-ejection drive time.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mikio Hirano, Masaki Mori
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Publication number: 20230271423Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes a first surface, a second surface spaced apart from the first surface, and a third surface extending between the first surface and the second surface, with a liquid outlet through the first surface. A circuit board is mounted on the third surface. A locking mechanism includes a locking surface that extends above the third surface, and a liquid detection mechanism includes a light access portion. The light access portion is disposed between the circuit board and the locking surface, and the circuit board is disposed between the first surface and the light access portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoya OKAZAKI, Tetsuro KOBAYASHI, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Kosuke NUKUI, Akihito ONO, Mikio HIRANO, Suguru TOMOGUCHI, Yutao WANG, Tomohiro KANBE
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Patent number: 11685162Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes a first surface, a second surface spaced apart from the first surface, and a third surface extending between the first surface and the second surface, with a liquid outlet through the first surface. A circuit board is mounted on the third surface. A locking mechanism includes a locking surface that extends above the third surface, and a liquid detection mechanism includes a light access portion. The light access portion is disposed between the circuit board and the locking surface, and the circuit board is disposed between the first surface and the light access portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoya Okazaki, Tetsuro Kobayashi, Hiroaki Takahashi, Kosuke Nukui, Akihito Ono, Mikio Hirano, Suguru Tomoguchi, Yutao Wang, Tomohiro Kanbe
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Publication number: 20230100055Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: a head having nozzles aligned in a first direction, a manifold, and a driving element; a first temperature sensor configured to detect, in the manifold, a temperature difference between a temperature of the ink at an upstream in the first direction and a temperature of the ink at a downstream in the first direction; and a controller. The nozzles have a first nozzle and a second nozzle. The controller is configured to execute: causing of the head to perform printing, and performing of position correction of correcting a discharge timing of the ink from the nozzles based on the temperature difference so that a distance between a landing position of the ink discharged from the first nozzle and a landing position of the ink discharged from the second nozzle becomes short in a second direction crossing the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Masaki MORI, Mikio HIRANO
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Patent number: 11607885Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a head including a nozzle configured to discharge a liquid, and a driver element configured to apply a pressure to the liquid; a tank configured to store the liquid; a circulation channel configured to circulate the liquid between the head and the tank; a pump; and a controller. The controller is configured to carry out: a non-discharge flushing process of performing a non-discharge flushing by driving the driver element such that the liquid is not discharged from the nozzle; a switching process of switching the pump between ON and OFF; and a determining process of determining a frequency of driving the driver element in the non-discharge flushing process according to a circulation flow amount of the liquid changing due to the switching of the pump between ON and OFF in the switching process.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaki Mori, Mikio Hirano
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Publication number: 20220324411Abstract: An igniter holding structure includes, an igniter provided with an ignition portion and a conductive pin, a first resin portion provided between the igniter and an attachment portion and holds the igniter such that the ignition portion and a distal end of the conductive pin are located opposite each other, and a second resin portion provided in a circumferential wall portion of the attachment portion and forming a connector insertion portion on an inner side of the circumferential wall portion, the connector insertion portion being a space into which a connector connected to the conductive pin can be inserted and the second resin portion being provided separated from the first resin portion on the inner side of the circumferential wall portion in a manner that an exposed surface, which is made of metal and exposed to the connector insertion portion, is formed in the circumferential wall portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2020Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: Daicel CorporationInventors: Mikio HIRANO, Atsushi MITSUNABE, Kazuhiro KATO
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Publication number: 20220242125Abstract: A liquid ejecting device includes a head, a cap, a moving mechanism and a controller. The moving mechanism is configured to move the head and the cap relative to each other to switch the cap between a capping state in which the cap is in contact with the head and covers the plurality of nozzles and a non-capping state in which the cap is separated from the head and uncovers the same. The controller is configured to perform setting a non-ejection drive time based on an uncapped time duration which is a length of time from a timing at which the cap is switched to the non-capping state until a timing at which the cap is switched back to the capping state. The controller is configured to perform vibrating meniscus of liquid in the plurality of nozzles during the non-ejection drive time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mikio HIRANO, Masaki MORI
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Publication number: 20220063283Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a head including a nozzle configured to discharge a liquid, and a driver element configured to apply a pressure to the liquid; a tank configured to store the liquid; a circulation channel configured to circulate the liquid between the head and the tank; a pump; and a controller. The controller is configured to carry out: a non-discharge flushing process of performing a non-discharge flushing by driving the driver element such that the liquid is not discharged from the nozzle; a switching process of switching the pump between ON and OFF; and a determining process of determining a frequency of driving the driver element in the non-discharge flushing process according to a circulation flow amount of the liquid changing due to the switching of the pump between ON and OFF in the switching process.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Mori Masaki, Mikio Hirano
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Publication number: 20210291542Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes a first surface, a second surface spaced apart from the first surface, and a third surface extending between the first surface and the second surface, with a liquid outlet through the first surface. A circuit board is mounted on the third surface. A locking mechanism includes a locking surface that extends above the third surface, and a liquid detection mechanism includes a light access portion. The light access portion is disposed between the circuit board and the locking surface, and the circuit board is disposed between the first surface and the light access portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoya OKAZAKI, Tetsuro KOBAYASHI, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Kosuke NUKUI, Akihito ONO, Mikio HIRANO, Suguru TOMOGUCHI, Yutao WANG, Tomohiro KANBE
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Patent number: 10976139Abstract: An igniter assembly including, an igniter, a metal collar arranged around the igniter, and a resin joining portion, the collar including, a joining surface portion having an annular surface covered with the resin joining portion, a first joining groove opened in the annular surface and including a first inner circumferential edge that has a first corner portion formed on the entire circumference of the first inner circumferential edge, and a second joining groove opened in an inner wall surface of the first joining groove and including a second inner circumferential edge that has a second corner portion formed on the entire circumference of the second inner circumferential edge, and the joined state being established when the resin joining portion enters the first joining groove and the second joining groove in a state in which the resin joining portion presses the first corner portion and the second corner portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATIONInventors: Akifumi Noda, Shinichiro Ukita, Mikio Hirano
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Patent number: 10960676Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes a first surface, a second surface spaced apart from the first surface, and a third surface extending between the first surface and the second surface, with a liquid outlet through the first surface. A circuit board is mounted on the third surface. A locking mechanism includes a locking surface that extends above the third surface, and a liquid detection mechanism includes a light access portion. The light access portion is disposed between the circuit board and the locking surface, and the circuit board is disposed between the first surface and the light access portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoya Okazaki, Tetsuro Kobayashi, Hiroaki Takahashi, Kosuke Nukui, Akihito Ono, Mikio Hirano, Suguru Tomoguchi, Yutao Wang, Tomohiro Kanbe
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Publication number: 20200386525Abstract: An igniter assembly including, an igniter, a metal collar arranged around the igniter, and a resin joining portion, the collar including, a joining surface portion having an annular surface covered with the resin joining portion, a first joining groove opened in the annular surface and including a first inner circumferential edge that has a first corner portion formed on the entire circumference of the first inner circumferential edge, and a second joining groove opened in an inner wall surface of the first joining groove and including a second inner circumferential edge that has a second corner portion formed on the entire circumference of the second inner circumferential edge, and the joined state being established when the resin joining portion enters the first joining groove and the second joining groove in a state in which the resin joining portion presses the first corner portion and the second corner portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2018Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: DAICEL CORPORATIONInventors: Akifumi NODA, Shinichiro UKITA, Mikio HIRANO
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Patent number: 10759166Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a manifold configured to store liquid therein, a plurality of ejection channels, and a dummy channel. Each ejection channel communicates with the manifold and is configured to receive liquid from the manifold and eject liquid through a corresponding nozzle thereof open to a nozzle surface. The dummy channel communicates with the manifold and includes a dummy nozzle open to the nozzle surface. The dummy channel further includes a pressure chamber, an actuator configured to apply pressure to liquid in the pressure chamber, a communication passage connecting the manifold to the pressure chamber, and a circulation passage through which the pressure chamber communicates with the manifold. The circulation passage is different from the communication passage and located between the dummy nozzle and the manifold.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshihiro Kishigami, Shotaro Kanzaki, Mikio Hirano
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Publication number: 20200269590Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes a first surface, a second surface spaced apart from the first surface, and a third surface extending between the first surface and the second surface, with a liquid outlet through the first surface. A circuit board is mounted on the third surface. A locking mechanism includes a locking surface that extends above the third surface, and a liquid detection mechanism includes a light access portion. The light access portion is disposed between the circuit board and the locking surface, and the circuit board is disposed between the first surface and the light access portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoya OKAZAKI, Tetsuro KOBAYASHI, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Kosuke NUKUI, Akihito ONO, Mikio HIRANO, Suguru TOMOGUCHI, Yutao WANG, Tomohiro KANBE
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Patent number: 10596819Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes a first surface, a second surface spaced apart from the first surface, and a third surface extending between the first surface and the second surface, with a liquid outlet through the first surface. A circuit board is mounted on the third surface. A locking mechanism includes a locking surface that extends above the third surface, and a liquid detection mechanism includes a light access portion. The light access portion is disposed between the circuit board and the locking surface, and the circuit board is disposed between the first surface and the light access portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoya Okazaki, Tetsuro Kobayashi, Hiroaki Takahashi, Kosuke Nukui, Akihito Ono, Mikio Hirano, Suguru Tomoguchi, Yutao Wang, Tomohiro Kanbe