Patents by Inventor Shin Ota

Shin Ota 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: 9340911
    Abstract: A sewing machine includes a needle bar base, a support shaft, an adjustment member, and an urging portion. The needle bar base has a through hole on an upper end portion. The support shaft is inserted through the through hole and pivotably supports the needle bar base. The support shaft includes a leading end portion. The leading end portion includes a first screw portion. The adjustment member is provided on the support shaft and is configured to move along an axial direction of the support shaft. The adjustment member includes a second screw portion and a first contact portion. The second screw portion is screwed into the first screw portion. The first contact portion is in contact with the needle bar base. The urging portion urges the needle bar base toward the first contact portion of the adjustment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Hasegawa, Shin Ota, Kenichi Mizuno
  • Patent number: 9062402
    Abstract: A sewing machine module mounted in a sewing machine that includes a feed mechanism, a shuttle mechanism, a frame that covers at least a portion of a side face of the feed mechanism, a portion of a side face of the shuttle mechanism, a portion of a bottom face of the feed mechanism, and a portion of a bottom face of the shuttle mechanism and that supports the feed mechanism and the shuttle mechanism in a state in which a top side of the feed mechanism and a top side of the shuttle mechanism are open, a cover member that is formed into a flat plate shape and that covers the top side of the feed mechanism and the top side of the shuttle mechanism that are supported by the frame, and a joining mechanism that joins the frame and the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi Mizuno, Katsuhisa Hasegawa, Shin Ota
  • Patent number: 8631750
    Abstract: A sewing machine includes a needle bar, a needle bar base, a base frame, a guide member, and a fixing member. A sewing needle is attachable to a lower end portion of the needle bar. The needle bar base is configured to support the needle bar to allow the needle bar to be moved in an up-down direction. A first engagement portion is provided to a lower end portion of the needle bar base. The base frame is configured to swingably support an upper end portion of the needle bar base. A second engagement portion is provided to a lower end portion the base frame. A guide member includes a third engagement portion configured to engage with the first engagement portion and guide movement of the first engagement portion in a predetermined direction and a fourth engagement portion configured to engage with the second engagement portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Hasegawa, Shin Ota, Kenichi Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20130255555
    Abstract: A sewing machine includes a needle bar base, a support shaft, an adjustment member, and an urging portion. The needle bar base has a through hole on an upper end portion. The support shaft is inserted through the through hole and pivotably supports the needle bar base. The support shaft includes a leading end portion. The leading end portion includes a first screw portion. The adjustment member is provided on the support shaft and is configured to move along an axial direction of the support shaft. The adjustment member includes a second screw portion and a first contact portion. The second screw portion is screwed into the first screw portion. The first contact portion is in contact with the needle bar base. The urging portion urges the needle bar base toward the first contact portion of the adjustment member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Katsuhisa HASEGAWA, Shin OTA, Kenichi MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20130255556
    Abstract: A sewing machine includes a needle bar, a needle bar base, a base frame, a guide member, and a fixing member. A sewing needle is attachable to a lower end portion of the needle bar. The needle bar base is configured to support the needle bar to allow the needle bar to be moved in an up-down direction. A first engagement portion is provided to a lower end portion of the needle bar base. The base frame is configured to swingably support an upper end portion of the needle bar base. A second engagement portion is provided to a lower end portion the base frame. A guide member includes a third engagement portion configured to engage with the first engagement portion and guide movement of the first engagement portion in a predetermined direction and a fourth engagement portion configured to engage with the second engagement portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Katsuhisa HASEGAWA, Shin OTA, Kenichi MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20130255554
    Abstract: A sewing machine module mounted in a sewing machine that includes a feed mechanism, a shuttle mechanism, a frame that covers at least a portion of a side face of the feed mechanism, a portion of a side face of the shuttle mechanism, a portion of a bottom face of the feed mechanism, and a portion of a bottom face of the shuttle mechanism and that supports the feed mechanism and the shuttle mechanism in a state in which a top side of the feed mechanism and a top side of the shuttle mechanism are open, a cover member that is formed into a flat plate shape and that covers the top side of the feed mechanism and the top side of the shuttle mechanism that are supported by the frame, and a joining mechanism that joins the frame and the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi MIZUNO, Katsuhisa HASEGAWA, Shin OTA
  • Patent number: 7677187
    Abstract: A button-hole earn is mounted on a pattern selection cam shaft for mounting a pattern selection cam, the pattern selection cam shaft provided independently of a pattern cam shaft provided with a needle swing cam group. The rotation of a sewing machine main shaft causes rotation of a drive gear which in turn rotates a first follower gear in engagement with the drive gear and a second follower gear engaged with the first follower gear. Thus, the rotation of the first follower gear causes rotation of the needle swing cam group whereas the rotation of the second follower gear causes rotation of the button-hole cam. Thus, a pattern selected among a plurality of patterns by a pattern selection dial is generated to form button-hole stitches selected by the pattern selection dial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Terao, Shin Ota
  • Patent number: 7523711
    Abstract: The present invention is a horizontal rotary hook for a sewing machine includes an inner bobbin case holder, an outer rotating hook made of a synthetic resin, a sliding surface formed on the rotating hook so as to be slid relative to the bobbin case holder with rotation of the rotating hook while an outer periphery of the bobbin case holder is placed on the rotating hook, an opening defined in an outer peripheral wall of the rotating hook so that a needle thread passes through the opening, and a beak mounted on an outer peripheral wall of the rotating hook for seizing a loop of the needle thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignees: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masakazu Takahashi, Shin Ota, Katsuhiro Kitajima, Toshio Abe
  • Patent number: 7461606
    Abstract: A feed generating device for a sewing machine capable of selectively sewing one of a plurality of utility patterns and a plurality of super patterns including a single super feed cam generating a cloth feed for sewing the super pattern, a single or a plurality of feed contacts capable of contacting the super feed cam and a switching mechanism that moves the feed contact to a plurality of contact locations having different swing phases with respect to the super feed cam. The cloth feed for sewing the super pattern is a combination of a forward feed and a backward feed and by moving the feed contact to either one of a plurality of contact locations by the switching mechanism, cloth feed including different patterns of combination of the forward feed and the backward feed are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shin Ota, Minoru Ito
  • Patent number: 7389734
    Abstract: A horizontal rotary hook for a sewing machine includes a bobbin case holder accommodating a bobbin, a rotating hook made of a synthetic resin, and accommodating the bobbin case holder and rotated in a predetermined direction, the rotating hook including a peripheral wall and a peripheral end, a needle-thread passing opening formed in the peripheral wall of the rotating hook so as to be defined at least by a peripheral end of the peripheral wall, and a reinforcing rib provided on the peripheral wall of the rotating hook so as to be located in the vicinity of the peripheral end defining the needle-thread passing opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignees: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masakazu Takahashi, Shin Ota, Katsuhiro Kitajima, Toshio Abe
  • Publication number: 20070193485
    Abstract: A button-hole earn is mounted on a pattern selection cam shaft for mounting a pattern selection cam, the pattern selection cam shaft provided independently of a pattern cam shaft provided with a needle swing cam group. The rotation of a sewing machine main shaft causes rotation of a drive gear which in turn rotates a first follower gear in engagement with the drive gear and a second follower gear engaged with the first follower gear. Thus, the rotation of the first follower gear causes rotation of the needle swing cam group whereas the rotation of the second follower gear causes rotation of the button-hole cam. Thus, a pattern selected among a plurality of patterns by a pattern selection dial is generated to form button-hole stitches selected by the pattern selection dial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Terao, Shin Ota
  • Patent number: 7197994
    Abstract: The present invention is a horizontal rotary hook for a sewing machine includes an inner bobbin case holder, an outer rotating hook made of a synthetic resin, a sliding surface formed on the rotating hock so as to be slid relative to the bobbin case holder with rotation of the rotating hook while an outer periphery of the bobbin case holder is placed on the rotating hook, an opening defined in an outer peripheral wall of the rotating hook so that a needle thread passes through the opening, and a beak mounted on an outer peripheral wall of the rotating hook for seizing a loop of the needle thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignees: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masakazu Takahashi, Shin Ota, Katsuhiro Kitajima, Toshio Abe
  • Patent number: 7171914
    Abstract: A horizontal rotary hook of a sewing machine includes an inner rotary hook made of synthetic resin and housing a bobbin, an outer rotary hook made of synthetic resin and housing the inner rotary hook and rotated in a predetermined direction, an adsorption plate made of a magnetic material and mounted on one of an outer surface of a bottom wall of the inner rotary hook and an inner surface of a bottom wall of the outer rotary hook, a magnet piece formed as a thin plate and mounted in the other of the outer surface of the bottom wall of the inner rotary hook and the inner surface of the bottom wall of the outer rotary hook, and a yoke member made of a magnetic material and housing the magnet piece integrally formed with a bottom wall contacting the magnet piece and a wall surrounding an outer circumferential side of the magnet piece. The yoke member is mounted on the other of the outer surface of the bottom wall of the inner rotary hook and the inner surface of the bottom wall of the outer rotary hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shin Ota, Akifumi Nakashima, Kenichi Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20060150877
    Abstract: A horizontal rotary hook for a sewing machine includes an inner bobbin case holder accommodating a bobbin, an outer rotating hook accommodating the bobbin case holder and rotated in a predetermined direction with the bobbin case holder being accommodated in the rotating hook, the rotating hook having an outer peripheral wall formed with a bobbin-thread passing opening through which the bobbin thread passes, an enlarged opening defined in the outer peripheral wall of the rotating hook so as to be continuous to the bobbin-thread passing opening, a beak member separate from the rotating hook and mounted on the rotating hook so as to close the enlarged opening, and a fitting holder mounted on the rotating hook so that a lower part of the beak member is fitted into the fitting holder, thereby holding the beak member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Masakazu Takahashi, Shin Ota, Katsuhiro Kitajima, Toshio Abe
  • Publication number: 20060150878
    Abstract: A horizontal rotary hook for a sewing machine includes a bobbin case holder accommodating a bobbin, a rotating hook made of a synthetic resin, and accommodating the bobbin case holder and rotated in a predetermined direction, the rotating hook including a peripheral wall and a peripheral end, a needle-thread passing opening formed in the peripheral wall of the rotating hook so as to be defined at least by a peripheral end of the peripheral wall, and a reinforcing rib provided on the peripheral wall of the rotating hook so as to be located in the vicinity of the peripheral end defining the needle-thread passing opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Masakazu Takahashi, Shin Ota, Katsuhiro Kitajima, Toshio Abe
  • Publication number: 20060150879
    Abstract: A horizontal rotary hook for a sewing machine includes an inner bobbin case holder, an outer rotating hook made of a synthetic resin, a sliding surface formed on the rotating hook so as to be slid relative to the rotating hook with rotation of the rotating hook while an outer periphery of the bobbin case holder is placed on the rotating hook, an opening defined in an outer peripheral wall of the rotating hook so that a needle thread passes through the opening, and a beak mounted on an outer peripheral wall of the rotating hook for seizing a loop of the needle thread. The beak includes a beak peripheral wall having a distal end located at the forward side with respect to a rotation direction of the rotating hook. The distal end faces the opening. The beak peripheral wall is located at the outer peripheral side of the sliding surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Masakazu Takahashi, Shin Ota, Katsuhiro Kitajima, Toshio Abe
  • Publication number: 20060090681
    Abstract: A feed generating device for a sewing machine capable of selectively sewing one of a plurality of utility patterns and a plurality of super patterns including a single super feed cam generating a cloth feed for sewing the super pattern, a single or a plurality of feed contacts capable of contacting the super feed cam and a switching mechanism that moves the feed contact to a plurality of contact locations having different swing phases with respect to the super feed cam. The cloth feed for sewing the super pattern is a combination of a forward feed and a backward feed and by moving the feed contact to either one of a plurality of contact locations by the switching mechanism, cloth feed including different patterns of combination of the forward feed and the backward feed are generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Ota, Minoru Ito
  • Publication number: 20060065175
    Abstract: A horizontal rotary hook of a sewing machine includes an inner rotary hook made of synthetic resin and housing a bobbin, an outer rotary hook made of synthetic resin and housing the inner rotary hook and rotated in a predetermined direction, an adsorption plate made of a magnetic material and mounted on one of an outer surface of a bottom wall of the inner rotary hook and an inner surface of a bottom wall of the outer rotary hook, a magnet piece formed as a thin plate and mounted in the other of the outer surface of the bottom wall of the inner rotary hook and the inner surface of the bottom wall of the outer rotary hook, and a yoke member made of a magnetic material and housing the magnet piece integrally formed with a bottom wall contacting the magnet piece and a wall surrounding an outer circumferential side of the magnet piece. The yoke member is mounted on the other of the outer surface of the bottom wall of the inner rotary hook and the inner surface of the bottom wall of the outer rotary hook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Ota, Akifumi Nakashima, Kenichi Mizuno