Patents by Inventor Akiko Kodama

Akiko Kodama 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: 10737519
    Abstract: A ribbon cassette includes a case, an ink ribbon, a first spool, a second spool, a rotating member, a clutch spring, and an engaging part. The ink ribbon has one end portion wound over the first spool and another end portion connected to the second spool. The rotating member is engaged with a first inner surface of the first spool. The clutch spring includes a coil like annular part attached to the rotating member, and an extension part extending from the annular part. The engaging part is positioned on a locus of rotation of the extension part. The first spool has a protrusion provided at a second inner surface of the first spool. The case-hole is in communication with an interior of the first spool, and has a portion overlapped with an entire circular region surrounded by a path of rotation of the tip end of the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisako Tonishi, Tsutomu Kato, Susumu Murata, Akiko Kodama
  • Patent number: 10668750
    Abstract: A tape cartridge includes a casing, a tape roll, and a ribbon roll. The casing has a tape outlet. The tape roll is formed by winding a fabric tape. The ribbon roll is formed by winding an ink ribbon. The tape outlet is formed at a most downstream end of a tape conveying path of the fabric tape paid out from the tape roll. The fabric tape is discharged through the tape outlet outside. The fabric tape includes a heat cutter processed parts, and a printing part. The heat cutter processed parts are positioned at each end portion in a widthwise direction of the fabric tape. The printing part is positioned between the heat cutter processed parts. The fabric tape is in contact with an outer circumferential part of the ribbon roll on a way of conveying the fabric tape along the tape conveying path to the tape outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiko Kodama, Hisako Tonishi, Keisuke Nishihara
  • Publication number: 20190105931
    Abstract: A ribbon cassette includes a case, an ink ribbon, a first spool, a second spool, a rotating member, a clutch spring, and an engaging part. The ink ribbon has one end portion wound over the first spool and another end portion connected to the second spool. The rotating member is engaged with a first inner surface of the first spool. The clutch spring includes a coil like annular part attached to the rotating member, and an extension part extending from the annular part. The engaging part is positioned on a locus of rotation of the extension part. The first spool has a protrusion provided at a second inner surface of the first spool. The case-hole is in communication with an interior of the first spool, and has a portion overlapped with an entire circular region surrounded by a path of rotation of the tip end of the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Hisako Tonishi, Tsutomu Kato, Susumu Murata, Akiko Kodama
  • Publication number: 20190023038
    Abstract: A tape cartridge includes a casing, a tape roll, and a ribbon roll. The casing has a tape outlet. The tape roll is formed by winding a fabric tape. The ribbon roll is formed by winding an ink ribbon. The tape outlet is formed at a most downstream end of a tape conveying path of the fabric tape paid out from the tape roll. The fabric tape is discharged through the tape outlet outside. The fabric tape includes a heat cutter processed parts, and a printing part. The heat cutter processed parts are positioned at each end portion in a widthwise direction of the fabric tape. The printing part is positioned between the heat cutter processed parts. The fabric tape is in contact with an outer circumferential part of the ribbon roll on a way of conveying the fabric tape along the tape conveying path to the tape outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Akiko KODAMA, Hisako TONISHI, Keisuke NISHIHARA
  • Patent number: 10166800
    Abstract: A ribbon cassette includes a case, an ink ribbon, a first spool, a second spool, a rotating member, a clutch spring, and an engaging part. The ink ribbon has one end portion wound over the first spool and another end portion connected to the second spool. The rotating member is engaged with a first inner surface of the first spool. The clutch spring includes a coil like annular part attached to the rotating member, and an extension part extending from the annular part. The engaging part is positioned on a locus of rotation of the extension part. The first spool has a protrusion provided at a second inner surface of the first spool. The case-hole is in communication with an interior of the first spool, and has a portion overlapped with an entire circular region surrounded by a path of rotation of the tip end of the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisako Tonishi, Tsutomu Kato, Susumu Murata, Akiko Kodama
  • Publication number: 20180015759
    Abstract: A ribbon cassette includes a case, an ink ribbon, a first spool, a second spool, a rotating member, a clutch spring, and an engaging part. The ink ribbon has one end portion wound over the first spool and another end portion connected to the second spool. The rotating member is engaged with a first inner surface of the first spool. The clutch spring includes a coil like annular part attached to the rotating member, and an extension part extending from the annular part. The engaging part is positioned on a locus of rotation of the extension part. The first spool has a protrusion provided at a second inner surface of the first spool. The case-hole is in communication with an interior of the first spool, and has a portion overlapped with an entire circular region surrounded by a path of rotation of the tip end of the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Hisako Tonishi, Tsutomu Kato, Susumu Murata, Akiko Kodama
  • Patent number: 9862848
    Abstract: An ink set includes a treatment agent containing fumed silica and a bright pigment ink containing a bright pigment and water. The treatment agent or the bright pigment ink contains urethane resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenjiro Imai, Hideji Fukaya, Ayako Ohishi, Mitsunori Maeda, Akiko Kodama
  • Publication number: 20150275004
    Abstract: An ink set includes a treatment agent containing fumed silica and a bright pigment ink containing a bright pigment and water. The treatment agent or the bright pigment ink contains urethane resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Kenjiro Imai, Hideji Fukaya, Ayako Ohishi, Mitsunori Maeda, Akiko Kodama
  • Patent number: D556040
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Kobayashi Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuji Kawashima, Akiko Kodama