Patents by Inventor Yuichi Urabe
Yuichi Urabe 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: 20160243940Abstract: A controller for a four-wheel drive vehicle includes a multi-information display, a first operation part for switching of drive modes, a second operation part for switching of off-road traveling modes, a transfer controller that controls the arrangement of a transfer device based on the drive mode, a detector that detects the arrangement of the transfer device, a setter that sets the traveling mode based on the detected arrangement and input operations to the first and second operation parts, and a display controller that instructs the multi-information display to display the drive mode based on the input operation to the first operation part and the detected arrangement and to display the traveling mode set by the setter. The display controller displays the drive mode and the traveling mode on a window when the switched drive mode is a locked drive mode and simultaneously turns off these modes after a predetermined time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomohiro KAWASAKI, Yuichi URABE, Ryoichi HINO, Takayuki WAKO, Atsuro HIRAYAMA, Yuichi KAMEl, Kei ASANO
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Patent number: 9393795Abstract: A fluid discharge device, a printing device, and a control method for a fluid discharge device enable accurately detecting an empty fluid state and suppressing fluid waste. An inkjet printer 1 has an ink cartridge in which ink is stored, a subtank that draws ink from the ink cartridge, an inkjet head to which ink is supplied from the subtank, a movable carriage on which the inkjet head and subtank are mounted, an ink pump unit that draws the ink supplied to the inkjet head from the ink cartridge by movement of the carriage, and a control unit that determines if ink is in the ink cartridge based on the load required to move the carriage.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2014Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Manabu Yamada, Yuichi Urabe
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Publication number: 20150375519Abstract: An inkjet printer 1 has an elastic ink pack 10 that holds ink, and an ink supply mechanism 5 that pressurizes the ink pack 10 and supplies ink to the ink path 4 side. The ink supply mechanism 5 has a pressure pump 15; a remaining ink monitor 52 that watches if the ink in the ink pack 10 has dropped to a specific remaining ink level; a first pressure control unit 56 that drives the pressure pump 15 until the pump pressure reaches a preset first set pressure P1 when the remaining ink has not reached the specific remaining ink level; and a second pressure control unit 57 that drives the pressure pump 15 until the pump pressure reaches a second set pressure P2 that is higher than the first set pressure P1 when the remaining ink has reached the specific remaining ink level.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Yuichi Urabe
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Patent number: 9156274Abstract: An inkjet printer 1 has an elastic ink pack 10 that holds ink, and an ink supply mechanism 5 that pressurizes the ink pack 10 and supplies ink to the ink path 4 side. The ink supply mechanism 5 has a pressure pump 15; a remaining ink monitor 52 that watches if the ink in the ink pack 10 has dropped to a specific remaining ink level; a first pressure control unit 56 that drives the pressure pump 15 until the pump pressure reaches a preset first set pressure P1 when the remaining ink has not reached the specific remaining ink level; and a second pressure control unit 57 that drives the pressure pump 15 until the pump pressure reaches a second set pressure P2 that is higher than the first set pressure P1 when the remaining ink has reached the specific remaining ink level.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Yuichi Urabe
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Patent number: 9067426Abstract: A cartridge assembly includes a plurality of ink cartridges each having a cartridge case that holds ink therein, and at least one connecting member that connects the plurality of ink cartridges together in a connection direction. The ink cartridges connected by the at least one connecting member are movable relative to each other in the connection direction of the ink cartridges.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Yuichi Urabe
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Publication number: 20150151548Abstract: An inkjet printer 1 has an elastic ink pack 10 that holds ink, and an ink supply mechanism 5 that pressurizes the ink pack 10 and supplies ink to the ink path 4 side. The ink supply mechanism 5 has a pressure pump 15; a remaining ink monitor 52 that watches if the ink in the ink pack 10 has dropped to a specific remaining ink level; a first pressure control unit 56 that drives the pressure pump 15 until the pump pressure reaches a preset first set pressure P1 when the remaining ink has not reached the specific remaining ink level; and a second pressure control unit 57 that drives the pressure pump 15 until the pump pressure reaches a second set pressure P2 that is higher than the first set pressure P1 when the remaining ink has reached the specific remaining ink level.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2015Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Yuichi Urabe
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Patent number: 9033475Abstract: An inkjet printer 1 has an elastic ink pack 10 that holds ink, and an ink supply mechanism 5 that pressurizes the ink pack 10 and supplies ink to the ink path 4 side. The ink supply mechanism 5 has a pressure pump 15; a remaining ink monitor 52 that watches if the ink in the ink pack 10 has dropped to a specific remaining ink level; a first pressure control unit 56 that drives the pressure pump 15 until the pump pressure reaches a preset first set pressure P1 when the remaining ink has not reached the specific remaining ink level; and a second pressure control unit 57 that drives the pressure pump 15 until the pump pressure reaches a second set pressure P2 that is higher than the first set pressure P1 when the remaining ink has reached the specific remaining ink level.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2013Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Yuichi Urabe
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Publication number: 20150022598Abstract: A cartridge assembly includes a plurality of ink cartridges each having a cartridge case that holds ink therein, and at least one connecting member that connects the plurality of ink cartridges together in a connection direction. The ink cartridges connected by the at least one connecting member are movable relative to each other in the connection direction of the ink cartridges.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventor: Yuichi URABE
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Publication number: 20140340439Abstract: A fluid discharge device, a printing device, and a control method for a fluid discharge device enable accurately detecting an empty fluid state and suppressing fluid waste. An inkjet printer 1 has an ink cartridge in which ink is stored, a subtank that draws ink from the ink cartridge, an inkjet head to which ink is supplied from the subtank, a movable carriage on which the inkjet head and subtank are mounted, an ink pump unit that draws the ink supplied to the inkjet head from the ink cartridge by movement of the carriage, and a control unit that determines if ink is in the ink cartridge based on the load required to move the carriage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Manabu Yamada, Yuichi Urabe
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Patent number: 8864291Abstract: A cartridge assembly includes a plurality of ink cartridges each having a cartridge case that holds ink therein, and at least one connecting member that connects the plurality of ink cartridges together in a connection direction. The ink cartridges connected by the at least one connecting member are movable relative to each other in the connection direction of the ink cartridges.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Yuichi Urabe
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Patent number: 8827431Abstract: A fluid discharge device, a printing device, and a control method for a fluid discharge device enable accurately detecting an empty fluid state and suppressing fluid waste. An inkjet printer 1 has an ink cartridge in which ink is stored, a subtank that draws ink from the ink cartridge, an inkjet head to which ink is supplied from the subtank, a movable carriage on which the inkjet head and subtank are mounted, an ink pump unit that draws the ink supplied to the inkjet head from the ink cartridge by movement of the carriage, and a control unit that determines if ink is in the ink cartridge based on the load required to move the carriage.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2009Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Manabu Yamada, Yuichi Urabe
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Publication number: 20140104350Abstract: An inkjet printer 1 has an elastic ink pack 10 that holds ink, and an ink supply mechanism 5 that pressurizes the ink pack 10 and supplies ink to the ink path 4 side. The ink supply mechanism 5 has a pressure pump 15; a remaining ink monitor 52 that watches if the ink in the ink pack 10 has dropped to a specific remaining ink level; a first pressure control unit 56 that drives the pressure pump 15 until the pump pressure reaches a preset first set pressure P1 when the remaining ink has not reached the specific remaining ink level; and a second pressure control unit 57 that drives the pressure pump 15 until the pump pressure reaches a second set pressure P2 that is higher than the first set pressure P1 when the remaining ink has reached the specific remaining ink level.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Yuichi Urabe
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Patent number: 8696095Abstract: A fluid supply device, a printing device, and a control method for a fluid supply device can appropriately determine when the main tank should be replaced without increasing device cost or size. In a structure in which an expansion mechanism draws ink from an ink cartridge by expanding an ink cartridge using the force of carriage movement, a calculation means 112 calculates the remaining ink volume in the ink cartridge based on the ink discharge volume from the inkjet head, and a CPU 115 determines the ink cartridge replacement time has arrived when ink consumption in a specified number of ink packs has reached a specified remaining ink volume in a near-end range based on the result calculated by the calculation means 112.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2009Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Yuichi Urabe
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Publication number: 20120105556Abstract: A cartridge assembly includes a plurality of ink cartridges each having a cartridge case that holds ink therein, and at least one connecting member that connects the plurality of ink cartridges together in a connection direction. The ink cartridges connected by the at least one connecting member are movable relative to each other in the connection direction of the ink cartridges.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Yuichi URABE
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Publication number: 20100066774Abstract: A fluid supply device, a printing device, and a control method for a fluid supply device can appropriately determine when the main tank should be replaced without increasing device cost or size. In a structure in which an expansion mechanism draws ink from an ink cartridge by expanding an ink cartridge using the force of carriage movement, a calculation means 112 calculates the remaining ink volume in the ink cartridge based on the ink discharge volume from the inkjet head, and a CPU 115 determines the ink cartridge replacement time has arrived when ink consumption in a specified number of ink packs has reached a specified remaining ink volume in a near-end range based on the result calculated by the calculation means 112.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Yuichi Urabe
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Publication number: 20090322809Abstract: A fluid discharge device, a printing device, and a control method for a fluid discharge device enable accurately detecting an empty fluid state and suppressing fluid waste. An inkjet printer 1 has an ink cartridge in which ink is stored, a subtank that draws ink from the ink cartridge, an inkjet head to which ink is supplied from the subtank, a movable carriage on which the inkjet head and subtank are mounted, an ink pump unit that draws the ink supplied to the inkjet head from the ink cartridge by movement of the carriage, and a control unit that determines if ink is in the ink cartridge based on the load required to move the carriage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2009Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Manabu Yamada, Yuichi Urabe
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Patent number: 5100840Abstract: A briquette batch is prepared from a mixture of glass raw materials containing not only sodium hydroxide as a binder, but also calcined plaster.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 1991Date of Patent: March 31, 1992Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Urabe, Masanobu Kobayashi
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Patent number: D636019Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2010Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuichi Urabe, Takeshi Komaki, Manabu Yamada
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Patent number: D636437Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2010Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuichi Urabe, Takeshi Komaki, Manabu Yamada
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Patent number: D667492Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Yuichi Urabe