Patents by Inventor Yohei Hashimoto

Yohei Hashimoto 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).

  • Publication number: 20220035275
    Abstract: A belt unit includes: a drive roller; a drive shaft having an axis defining an axial direction and rotatable together with the drive roller about the axis; a bearing rotatably supporting one end portion of the drive shaft; a driven shaft; a driven roller rotatable together with the driven shaft; an endless belt looped over the drive roller and the driven roller under tension; a first frame; and a second frame spaced away from the first frame in the axial direction. The first frame includes: a facing section supporting one end portion of the driven shaft; and a bearing holder holding the bearing. The second frame rotatably supports another end portions of the drive shaft and the driven shaft. The bearing holder is positioned closer to the second frame than the facing section is to the second frame in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Wataru YAMAGUCHI, Kazuya KAMIKAWA, Yohei HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210382432
    Abstract: A cam transmits and blocks light emitted from a light emitting portion. The cam moves to: a first position at which first and second cartridges are attachable to and detachable from a housing; a second position at which a first development roller contacts a first photosensitive drum, the second position being a position at which the cam has moved in a first direction from the first position; and a third position at which the first development roller is separated from the first photosensitive drum and a second development roller is separated from a second photosensitive drum, the third position being a position at which the cam has moved in the first direction from the second position. During an initial operation, based on a detection result of the sensor, a controller determines which of the first position, the second position, and the third position the cam is located at.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Wataru YAMAGUCHI, Yohei HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11187667
    Abstract: The present invention includes a body case having a biological sample sensor mounting portion on one end side, a temperature sensor (A) provided on the one end side inside the body case, a measurement portion connected to the biological sample sensor mounting portion, and a control portion connected to the measurement portion. A temperature sensor (B) is provided on one other end side inside the body case, and when measurement is performed by the measurement portion, temperature change amounts in the two end portions are compared using the temperature sensors (A) and (B). Furthermore, a measurement value obtained by the measurement portion is corrected using temperature information from either one of the temperature sensors (A) or (B) that is provided in the end portion on the side where the temperature change is smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Ochi, Keisuke Matsumura, Hitoshi Fujino, Yohei Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11099045
    Abstract: In a temporally continued plurality of day-and-time sections, history data included in the past day-and-time section is graphically displayed on the basis of the integrated flow amount data stored in the storage unit, as an integrated flow amount in each day-and-time section. In the day-and-time section including the current day-and-time, the integrated flow amount in the day-and-time section based on the current integrated flow amount data is successively updated and graphically displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: KEYENCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Hashimoto, Kentaro Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20210233498
    Abstract: An object is to enhance usability when browsing through a measurement result from a sensor on an external computer. A data relay device includes a first connection part to which one or more sensors are connected, a second connection part to which an industrial network for communication with a control device is connected, a relay memory that temporarily stores first data received from the one or more sensors connected to the first connection part to relay the first data to the control device via the second connection part, a third connection part to which a computer network for communication with an external computer is connected, a creation unit that creates display screen information for use in displaying the first data stored in the relay memory in a predetermined display form, and a provision unit that provides the display screen information to the external computer via the third connection part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Keyence Corporation
    Inventors: Takamasa KOYAMA, Yohei HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11035714
    Abstract: Provided is a flow meter capable of logging data more reliably. In this operation, a detection element repeatedly detects a physical quantity related to a flow rate of a fluid flowing in a pipe in a predetermined sampling cycle. Based on physical quantities, a calculation part sequentially calculates the flow rate of the fluid in the pipe. Further, a time measurement part calculates the time. A control storage part is caused to store a logging target, a logging cycle, and logging start definition information. Based on the logging start definition information, a control part automatically starts logging of the logging target in response to startup of the flow meter, and causes a log storage part to store the time measured by the time measurement part and a numerical value of the logging target in association with each other in every logging cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: KEYENCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Hashimoto, Satoru Tomoshi, Hiroki Matsui
  • Patent number: 10976693
    Abstract: A first waste-toner box includes a detection switch wherein a state of the detection switch changes depending on an amount of waste toner stored therein. A second waste-toner box without the detection switch is initially mounted on a housing. The first waste-toner box is mounted after replacement of the second waste-toner box. A sensor circuit detects the state of the detection switch. In a case where the second waste-toner box is mounted on the housing, a controller detects a full state of waste toner stored in the second waste-toner box based on a dot count that is a number of dots forming a toner image formed on a sheet; and in a case where the first waste-toner box is mounted on the housing, the controller detects a full state of waste toner stored in the first waste-toner box based on the state of the detection switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yohei Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20210072698
    Abstract: A drum unit includes: a frame; a first photosensitive drum; a second photosensitive drum; a charger; and a storage medium. The frame includes: a first frame plate; a second frame plate spaced apart from the first frame plate in a first direction; a third frame plate connecting one end of the first frame plate to one end of the second frame plate; and a fourth frame plate connecting another end of the first frame plate to another end of the second frame plate. The first photosensitive drum and the second photosensitive drum are rotatably supported by the frame. The second photosensitive drum is spaced apart from the first photosensitive drum and positioned closer to the third frame plate than the first photosensitive drum to the third frame plate in a second direction. The storage medium has an electrical contact surface positioned at an outer surface of the third frame plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao KISHI, Nao ITABASHI, Yohei HASHIMOTO, Kouji WATANABE, Makoto SOUDA
  • Patent number: 10935916
    Abstract: A sheet conveying device is configured to start feeding, before a trailing end of a preceding sheet passes a detector, a next sheet following the preceding sheet, based on a calculated sheet length. If the trailing end of the preceding sheet has not been detected by the detector when a counted value reaches a particular count value, the driving of a sheet feed unit configured to feed sheets may be stopped while a conveying unit configured to convey the sheets is continuously being driven. Subsequently, based on the detector detecting the trailing end of the preceding sheet, the driving of the sheet feed unit may be resumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yohei Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10871604
    Abstract: A display device includes a light guide member, a light source substrate and a liquid crystal panel. The light guide member has a first incidence surface, and an emission surface orthogonal to the first incidence surface. The light source substrate has a light source emitting light toward the first incidence surface, and a substrate on which the light source is arranged. The liquid crystal panel has a second incidence surface arranged to be inclined relative to a surface of the substrate in a position where the liquid crystal panel faces the emission surface of the light guide member. A second angle between the emission surface and the surface of the substrate is greater than 0°, and is equal to or smaller than a first angle between the second incidence surface and the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ominato, Toshio Sakai, Yohei Hashimoto, Masao Ichiyanagi
  • Publication number: 20200387107
    Abstract: A first waste-toner box includes a detection switch wherein a state of the detection switch changes depending on an amount of waste toner stored therein. A second waste-toner box without the detection switch is initially mounted on a housing. The first waste-toner box is mounted after replacement of the second waste-toner box. A sensor circuit detects the state of the detection switch. In a case where the second waste-toner box is mounted on the housing, a controller detects a full state of waste toner stored in the second waste-toner box based on a dot count that is a number of dots forming a toner image formed on a sheet; and in a case where the first waste-toner box is mounted on the housing, the controller detects a full state of waste toner stored in the first waste-toner box based on the state of the detection switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yohei HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10845755
    Abstract: A drum unit includes: a frame; a first photosensitive drum; a second photosensitive drum; a charger; and a storage medium. The frame includes: a first frame plate; a second frame plate spaced apart from the first frame plate in a first direction; a third frame plate connecting one end of the first frame plate to one end of the second frame plate; and a fourth frame plate connecting another end of the first frame plate to another end of the second frame plate. The first photosensitive drum and the second photosensitive drum are rotatably supported by the frame. The second photosensitive drum is spaced apart from the first photosensitive drum and positioned closer to the third frame plate than the first photosensitive drum to the third frame plate in a second direction. The storage medium has an electrical contact surface positioned at an outer surface of the third frame plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao Kishi, Nao Itabashi, Yohei Hashimoto, Kouji Watanabe, Makoto Souda
  • Publication number: 20200310021
    Abstract: A display device includes a light guide member, a light source substrate and a liquid crystal panel. The light guide member has a first incidence surface, and an emission surface orthogonal to the first incidence surface. The light source substrate has a light source emitting light toward the first incidence surface, and a substrate on which the light source is arranged. The liquid crystal panel has a second incidence surface arranged to be inclined relative to a surface of the substrate in a position where the liquid crystal panel faces the emission surface of the light guide member. A second angle between the emission surface and the surface of the substrate is greater than 0°, and is equal to or smaller than a first angle between the second incidence surface and the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki OMINATO, Toshio SAKAI, Yohei HASHIMOTO, Masao ICHIYANAGI
  • Publication number: 20200209026
    Abstract: In a temporally continued plurality of day-and-time sections, history data included in the past day-and-time section is graphically displayed on the basis of the integrated flow amount data stored in the storage unit, as an integrated flow amount in each day-and-time section. In the day-and-time section including the current day-and-time, the integrated flow amount in the day-and-time section based on the current integrated flow amount data is successively updated and graphically displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Keyence Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei HASHIMOTO, Kentaro YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200192264
    Abstract: A sheet conveying device is configured to start feeding, before a trailing end of a preceding sheet passes a detector, a next sheet following the preceding sheet, based on a calculated sheet length. If the trailing end of the preceding sheet has not been detected by the detector when a counted value reaches a particular count value, the driving of a sheet feed unit configured to feed sheets may be stopped while a conveying unit configured to convey the sheets is continuously being driven. Subsequently, based on the detector detecting the trailing end of the preceding sheet, the driving of the sheet feed unit may be resumed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Yohei HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200092594
    Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to effectively guide a user to related content pertaining to a distribution program. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: an extraction unit configured to, on the basis of log information pertaining to a distribution program and acquired from a distribution destination device, extract a target distribution destination device from a plurality of the distribution destination devices; an identifier specifying unit configured to acquire an identifier of a guidance target associated with an identifier of the target distribution destination device; and a guidance control unit configured to cause the guidance target to display guidance information that directs to related content pertaining to the distribution program on the basis of the identifier of the guidance target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: SONY NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Wataru KASAI, Tomoyuki SUZUKI, Tetsuro KIDA, Yohei HASHIMOTO, Yutaka KIMURA, Taku SEIMIYA, Makoto SUNAYAMA, So KATAGIRI, Asuka MOMOSE
  • Patent number: 10569654
    Abstract: The present invention improves usability by making it possible to change a display gauge of an added amount of regenerated energy. A regenerated energy display device (1) according to the present invention is installed in a vehicle (10) that is capable of collecting the regenerated energy and comprises: a display unit (2) that is capable of displaying a graph (5) that shows an added amount (Aa) of regenerated energy; and a control unit (3) that controls the display unit (2) such that it is possible to change a gauge (the upper limit) of information indicating the added amount (Aa) displayed on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Risa Tokairin, Yohei Hashimoto, Yoichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10562327
    Abstract: An image forming system, image forming apparatus and tray for the same are provided. The tray supports sheets and may include a coupling including first and second connectable members, a cam and clutch. The coupling allows the driving force to be transmitted when the second connectable member is in a connected position and block the driving force to be transmitted when the second connectable member is in a disconnected position. The cam is rotatable by the driving force to be in a transmitting or a blocking state. The clutch allows the cam to rotate when activated and prevents the cam from rotating when deactivated. A controller can activate the clutch to transmit or block the driving force to the load and deactivate the clutch when the cam is placed in the transmitting or blocking states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shintaro Sakaguchi, Yohei Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10539922
    Abstract: A drawer unit moves in a moving direction between an internal position inside the main housing and an external position outside the main housing. The drawer unit includes a drawer frame, a first exposure head, and a second contact member. The first exposure head moves between a first adjacent position at which the first exposure head is adjacent to the first photosensitive drum and a first spaced position at which the first exposure head is farther spaced away from the first photosensitive drum than at the first adjacent position. The second contact member is a part of the drawer unit other than the first exposure head. The first exposure head moves from the first adjacent position to the first spaced position due to a contact between the first contact member and the second contact member when the drawer unit moves from the internal position to the external position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yohei Hashimoto, Hikaru Iino, Masato Makino
  • Patent number: 10529958
    Abstract: A battery packaging material of a first aspect identifiable from the outside has exceptional moldability, insulating properties, and reduced external appearance defects and seal defects. A battery packaging material of the second aspect identifiable has post-molding concealment and adhesion properties, exceptional electrolyte resistance and surface insulating properties. The battery packaging material of the first aspect includes a laminate of at least a base material, adhesive, metal and sealant layers sequentially laminated, at least one of the base material and adhesive layers includes a dye. The battery packaging material of the second aspect includes a laminate of at least a decorative, base material, metal and sealant layers sequentially laminated; the decorative layer has at least a first and second decorative layers from the base material layer side. The decorative layer includes coloring and matting agents. The resin ratio is at least 60% by mass for the first and second decorative layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Ueda, Rikiya Yamashita, Yohei Hashimoto, Yaichiro Hori