Patents by Inventor Akinari TAKAHASHI
Akinari TAKAHASHI 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: 20240140643Abstract: A packaging member (100) has a pair of holding portions (230) folded from opposite edges of each of a pair of first wall portions (210); the pair of holding portions (230) have an opposed portion (230a) opposed to a second wall portion (220), and an insertion piece (231); the second wall portion (220) has a wall-portion slit (221); and by inserting the insertion piece (231) in the wall-portion slit (221), the first wall portions (210) and the second wall portion (220) are held in a standing state.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Akinari TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 11945230Abstract: An image-recording apparatus includes: a first tank defining a first storage chamber; a second tank defining a second storage chamber; a conveying mechanism for conveying sheets along a conveying path extending in a depthwise direction and a widthwise direction perpendicular to a vertical direction and the depthwise direction; and a recording head including a nozzle. Liquid in the first storage chamber is supplied through a communication port to the second storage chamber and then to the recording head through a liquid outlet port. The second storage chamber is positioned further in a first depthwise direction relative to the nozzle and further in a first widthwise direction relative to the conveying path. A volume of a prescribed space above a liquid level equal to a height of the communication port in the second storage chamber is greater than that of a liquid channel between the liquid outlet port and the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Hayashi, Akinari Ishibe, Yuma Tanabe, Masatake Sato, Akihito Kobayashi, Hiroaki Takahashi
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Publication number: 20240066880Abstract: A liquid supplying device includes a tank and a cartridge. The cartridge is configured to be detachably attached to the tank in an attachment-detachment direction crossing a vertical direction. The cartridge includes a first storage chamber. The tank includes a second storage chamber, a liquid passage, and a gas passage. The liquid passage has a first end, a second end, and a first extending portion. The second end is formed with a second opening open to an atmosphere. The first extending portion extends from the second opening in the attachment-detachment direction. The gas passage has a third end, a fourth end, and a second extending portion. The fourth end is formed with a fourth opening open to the atmosphere. The second extending portion extends from the fourth opening in the attachment-detachment direction. The second opening is at a position different from the fourth opening in the attachment-detachment direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Yoshinori OSAKABE, Akinari ISHIBE, Tatsuya SHINDO, Masahiro HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20240017876Abstract: A packaging member includes a first partition plate and a second partition plate. The first partition plate has a first slit. The second partition plate has a second slit. The second slit is inserted into the first slit. The first slit includes a one-side cut surface and an other-side cut surface. The one-side cut surface has an engagement protrusion protruding toward the other-side cut surface. The second partition plate has an engagement hole. With the second partition plate inserted in the first slit, the engagement protrusion is inserted into the engagement hole to thereby couple the first partition plate and the second partition plate to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Akinari TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20200156822Abstract: A partition includes a rectangular bottom plate, first partition segments connected to first sides of the bottom plate opposite from each other, first and second folding lines, first slits formed, facing away from the bottom plate, in edges of the first partition segments, second partition segments connected to second sides perpendicular to the first sides of the bottom plate, third and fourth folding lines, and second slits formed, facing the bottom plate, in edges of the second partition segments. The first and the second partition segments are held erect on the bottom plate by bending the first partition segments perpendicularly along the first and second folding lines to make them erect in an L shape; bending the second partition segments perpendicularly along the third and the fourth folding lines to make the second partition segment erect in an L shape; and making the second slits engage with the first slits.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Akinari TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 10162287Abstract: A toner case includes an accommodating unit that accommodates toner, a conveying member that is arranged in the accommodating unit, has a shaft body and a spiral part protruding in a spiral shape from one end side to the other end side of the shaft body, has a recess across whole circumference in a circumferential direction at a portion of the other end side than an end of one end side portion of the shaft body, and rotates in a predetermined direction to convey the toner from the one end side to the other end side, the one end side facing the other end side, and a slide bearing that is provided in the accommodating unit, has a cylindrical shape, and surrounds the one end side portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.Inventor: Akinari Takahashi
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Patent number: 10031470Abstract: A developer container includes a container body, a rotating member, and a position regulating portion. The rotating member includes both end portions in axial direction rotatably supported by a pair of sidewalls. The position regulating portion is located in the container body so as to cover a part of the rotating member. The rotating member includes a large-diameter portion and a small-diameter portion. The large-diameter portion is formed to have an outer diameter rotatable around a shaft inside the position regulating portion. The small-diameter portion is formed to have an outer diameter smaller than the large-diameter portion. The position regulating portion includes a cut-out portion that regulates passing of the large-diameter portion and permits passing of the small-diameter portion. The small-diameter portion is arranged by being displaced in the axial direction from an inside of the position regulating portion, and the large-diameter portion is arranged inside the position regulating portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Naoki Mizutani, Akinari Takahashi
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Publication number: 20180143583Abstract: A developer container includes a container body, a rotating member, and a position regulating portion. The rotating member includes both end portions in axial direction rotatably supported by a pair of sidewalls. The position regulating portion is located in the container body so as to cover a part of the rotating member. The rotating member includes a large-diameter portion and a small-diameter portion. The large-diameter portion is formed to have an outer diameter rotatable around a shaft inside the position regulating portion. The small-diameter portion is formed to have an outer diameter smaller than the large-diameter portion. The position regulating portion includes a cut-out portion that regulates passing of the large-diameter portion and permits passing of the small-diameter portion. The small-diameter portion is arranged by being displaced in the axial direction from an inside of the position regulating portion, and the large-diameter portion is arranged inside the position regulating portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Naoki Mizutani, Akinari Takahashi
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Publication number: 20180136587Abstract: A toner case includes an accommodating unit that accommodates toner, a conveying member that is arranged in the accommodating unit, has a shaft body and a spiral part protruding in a spiral shape from one end side to the other end side of the shaft body, has a recess across whole circumference in a circumferential direction at a portion of the other end side than an end of one end side portion of the shaft body, and rotates in a predetermined direction to convey the toner from the one end side to the other end side, the one end side facing the other end side, and a slide bearing that is provided in the accommodating unit, has a cylindrical shape, and surrounds the one end side portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventor: Akinari TAKAHASHI