Patents by Inventor Satoshi Chiba
Satoshi Chiba 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: 11927466Abstract: A physical quantity measurement device is configured to seal a cavity portion on a back surface side of a diaphragm of a thermal air flow rate sensor while improving measurement accuracy. The device may include a lead frame having a mounting surface on which a flow rate sensor which is the thermal air flow rate sensor is mounted, and a flow passage forming member disposed on a back surface opposite to the mounting surface of the lead frame. A ventilation flow path is formed by a first through hole in communication with a cavity portion of the flow rate sensor, a second through hole provided in the lead frame and opened in the mounting surface, and a connection flow path that is defined between the lead frame and the flow passage forming member and connecting the first through hole and the second through hole.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Yogo, Binti Haridan Fatin Farhanah, Hiroyuki Abe, Satoshi Ikeo, Yuta Chiba
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Patent number: 10618324Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a plurality of belt rollers that rotate, a direction in which a rotation axis of each belt rollers extends being a width direction that intersects a transport direction of a medium; a transporting belt that, while wound across the plurality of belt rollers, rotate to transport the medium in the transport direction; a print head that performs printing on the medium transported by the transporting belt; and a control unit that rotates the transporting belt while in a state in which an unrotated state of the transporting belt has continued for a predetermined period. When a rotation position of the transporting belt after application of power and before rotating the transporting belt is referred to as an initial rotation position, in a case in which a rotation of the transporting belt is to be stopped, the control unit stops the transporting belt at a rotation position that is different from the initial rotation position.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yoshikazu Koike, Satoshi Chiba, Masanori Nakata
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Patent number: 10362404Abstract: A frame is coupled to a magnetic circuit. The frame includes a plurality of holes which are formed outside the coupling portion and opened toward the magnetic circuit. A case covers the magnetic circuit and the frame, and is opened on a sound radiation direction side. An outer circumferential portion of the case is located on the sound radiation direction side beyond the plurality of holes and forms a first gap with respect to the frame. The first gap is communicated with an opening of the case.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka Junicho, Kazuyuki Tamaya, Satoshi Chiba, Yohji Ogata, Natsumi Ota
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Patent number: 10343422Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a belt conveyor unit that can be switched between a first state in which at least a portion of the belt outer surface of a conveyor belt is located at a recording position at which a line head performs recording and a second state in which the belt outer surface is located more distant than the recording position from the line head. The recording apparatus also includes a wiping device that is in contact with the belt outer surface and wipes the belt outer surface. The belt conveyor unit is switched from the second state to the first state after carrying out of a preliminary operation in which the conveyor belt is moved over a predetermined distance in a reverse direction opposite to a normal direction in which the conveyor belt transports a sheet.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kei Sadakuni, Satoshi Chiba, Nobuyuki Mizushima
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Publication number: 20190023035Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a plurality of belt rollers that rotate, a direction in which a rotation axis of each belt rollers extends being a width direction that intersects a transport direction of a medium; a transporting belt that, while wound across the plurality of belt rollers, rotate to transport the medium in the transport direction; a print head that performs printing on the medium transported by the transporting belt; and a control unit that rotates the transporting belt while in a state in which an unrotated state of the transporting belt has continued for a predetermined period. When a rotation position of the transporting belt after application of power and before rotating the transporting belt is referred to as an initial rotation position, in a case in which a rotation of the transporting belt is to be stopped, the control unit stops the transporting belt at a rotation position that is different from the initial rotation position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Yoshikazu KOIKE, Satoshi CHIBA, Masanori NAKATA
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Publication number: 20180236785Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a belt conveyor unit that can be switched between a first state in which at least a portion of the belt outer surface of a conveyor belt is located at a recording position at which a line head performs recording and a second state in which the belt outer surface is located more distant than the recording position from the line head. The recording apparatus also includes a wiping device that is in contact with the belt outer surface and wipes the belt outer surface. The belt conveyor unit is switched from the second state to the first state after carrying out of a preliminary operation in which the conveyor belt is moved over a predetermined distance in a reverse direction opposite to a normal direction in which the conveyor belt transports a sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Kei SADAKUNI, Satoshi CHIBA, Nobuyuki MIZUSHIMA
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Patent number: 9962961Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport belt that transports a sheet, a charging roller that supplies an electric charge to the transport belt, a print head that causes ink to be attached to a printing surface of the sheet electrostatically adsorbed on the transport belt, a charge eliminating unit that is displaceable between a charge elimination position and a retreated position and that eliminates the electric charge from the printing surface by coming in contact with the printing surface of the sheet, and a charge elimination control device that controls the position of the charge eliminating unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Satoshi Chiba, Yoshikazu Koike, Kazunori Mori
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Patent number: 9919530Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport belt, a print head, a static eliminating section, and a wiping section. The transport belt electrostatically adsorbs a medium on an outer surface thereof and transports the medium in a transport direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Nobuyuki Mizushima, Satoshi Chiba, Yoshikazu Koike
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Patent number: 9919891Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a mount base having a mount surface on which a sheet discharged through a medium discharge outlet is mounted, the mount surface facing the recording surface of the sheet; a projection rib that is provided in the mount base, is projectable from the mount surface, and extends along a discharge direction of the sheet discharged through the medium discharge outlet, through a center of the sheet in a width direction crossing the discharge direction of the sheet; and a projection mechanism that causes the projection rib to project from the mount surface to a rib height according to a dimension of the sheet in the width direction discharged through the medium discharge outlet.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Satoshi Chiba, Hidetoshi Kodama, Toru Tanjo, Kohei Ueno
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Patent number: 9789716Abstract: An ink jet printer includes a cleaning blade that cleans the surface of a transport belt that attracts a sheet of recording paper by electrostatic adsorption and transports the attracted recording paper, and a pressing roller. The width of the cleaning blade is smaller than the width of the pressing roller that is located downstream of the cleaning blade, and thus, ink, paper dust, and the like that have escapes from both ends of the cleaning blade to the outside and have not been wiped off are caught by the pressing roller.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Satoshi Chiba
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Publication number: 20170289696Abstract: A frame is coupled to a magnetic circuit. The frame includes a plurality of holes which are formed outside the coupling portion and opened toward the magnetic circuit. A case covers the magnetic circuit and the frame, and is opened on a sound radiation direction side. An outer circumferential portion of the case is located on the sound radiation direction side beyond the plurality of holes and forms a first gap with respect to the frame. The first gap is communicated with an opening of the case.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2014Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Yoshitaka JUNICHO, Kazuyuki TAMAYA, Satoshi CHIBA, Yohji OGATA, Natsumi OTA
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Publication number: 20170203586Abstract: A printing apparatus including a plurality of belt rollers that rotate, a direction in which a rotation axis of each belt rollers extends being a width direction that intersects a transport direction of a medium; a transporting belt that, while wound across the plurality of belt rollers, rotate to transport the medium in the transport direction; a print head that performs printing on the medium transported by the transporting belt; and a control unit that rotates the transporting belt when a predetermined condition, which is satisfied in a case in which an unrotated state of the transporting belt continues, is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Yoshikazu KOIKE, Satoshi CHIBA, Masanori NAKATA
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Patent number: 9682582Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording section which performs recording by discharging ink on paper, a transport belt which is able to transport the paper by rotating, a charging roller which charges the transport belt, a cleaning unit which moves the charging roller between a contact position that is a position at which the charging roller is brought into contact with the transport belt and a separation position which is a position that is separated from the transport belt more than the contact position, and a dirt estimation section which estimates dirt on the transport belt, in which the cleaning unit moves the charging roller from the contact position to the separation position in a case where the dirt estimation section estimates that the transport belt is dirty.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2016Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Masanori Nakata, Yuichi Segawa, Satoshi Chiba
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Publication number: 20170151788Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport belt, a print head, a static eliminating section, and a wiping section. The transport belt electrostatically adsorbs a medium on an outer surface thereof and transports the medium in a transport direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2016Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Nobuyuki MIZUSHIMA, Satoshi CHIBA, Yoshikazu KOIKE
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Patent number: 9592672Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejecting apparatus having a wiping device which performs a first wiping operation in which the first surface wipes the nozzle forming surface while setting a contact pressure of a wiper with respect to the nozzle forming surface to a first contact pressure, in a state where the pressurizing portion is driven and the pressure of liquid in the nozzles is set to be equal to or greater than atmospheric pressure and a second wiping operation in which the second surface wipes the nozzle forming surface wiped by the first surface while setting the contact pressure of the wiper with respect to the nozzle forming surface to a second contact pressure less than the first contact pressure.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Satoshi Chiba, Kazuhiko Sato
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Publication number: 20170050450Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a mount base having a mount surface on which a sheet discharged through a medium discharge outlet is mounted, the mount surface facing the recording surface of the sheet; a projection rib that is provided in the mount base, is projectable from the mount surface, and extends along a discharge direction of the sheet discharged through the medium discharge outlet, through a center of the sheet in a width direction crossing the discharge direction of the sheet; and a projection mechanism that causes the projection rib to project from the mount surface to a rib height according to a dimension of the sheet in the width direction discharged through the medium discharge outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Satoshi CHIBA, Hidetoshi KODAMA, Toru TANJO, Kohei UENO
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Patent number: 9527318Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a mount base having a mount surface on which a sheet discharged through a medium discharge outlet is mounted, the mount surface facing the recording surface of the sheet; a projection rib that is provided in the mount base, is projectable from the mount surface, and extends along a discharge direction of the sheet discharged through the medium discharge outlet, through a center of the sheet in a width direction crossing the discharge direction of the sheet; and a projection mechanism that causes the projection rib to project from the mount surface to a rib height according to a dimension of the sheet in the width direction discharged through the medium discharge outlet.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Satoshi Chiba, Hidetoshi Kodama, Toru Tanjo, Kohei Ueno
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Patent number: 9527316Abstract: In a printing apparatus, an end of a destaticization section in a definition direction is positioned further on an outer side than an end of a transport belt in the definition direction. In addition, the printing apparatus is provided with an operation mechanism section that changes a location of the destaticization section that comes into contact with a sheet of paper, which is electrostatically adsorbed to the transport belt, by operating the destaticization section.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2016Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kazunori Mori, Satoshi Chiba, Yoshikazu Koike
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Publication number: 20160279970Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording section which performs recording by discharging ink on paper, a transport belt which is able to transport the paper by rotating, a charging roller which charges the transport belt, a cleaning unit which moves the charging roller between a contact position that is a position at which the charging roller is brought into contact with the transport belt and a separation position which is a position that is separated from the transport belt more than the contact position, and a dirt estimation section which estimates dirt on the transport belt, in which the cleaning unit moves the charging roller from the contact position to the separation position in a case where the dirt estimation section estimates that the transport belt is dirty.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Masanori NAKATA, Yuichi SEGAWA, Satoshi CHIBA
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Publication number: 20160257149Abstract: An ink jet printer includes a cleaning blade that cleans the surface of a transport belt that attracts a sheet of recording paper by electrostatic adsorption and transports the attracted recording paper, and a pressing roller. The width of the cleaning blade is smaller than the width of the pressing roller that is located downstream of the cleaning blade, and thus, ink, paper dust, and the like that have escapes from both ends of the cleaning blade to the outside and have not been wiped off are caught by the pressing roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventor: Satoshi CHIBA