Patents by Inventor Akito UEKIHARA

Akito UEKIHARA 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: 11554599
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit which performs printing on a medium, a main body; a conveyer which conveys the medium; a post-processing unit which performs a post-processing for the medium on which the printing has been performed by the printing unit; a first cover rotatably supported by the main body and in which at least the post-processing part is installed; a second cover arranged to be adjacent to the first cover and supported by the main body such that the second cover is rotatable coaxially with the first cover; and an engaging mechanism which changes a state of the first cover and the second cover between an engaged state and a non-engaged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsugi Tanaka, Akito Uekihara
  • Publication number: 20220009253
    Abstract: There is provided a print device including: a casing having an inner space; a support which extends along a first direction and which is configured to rotatably support a roll body; a conveyer configured to convey a sheet pulled out of the roll body in a conveyance orientation along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a print unit configured to perform a print by causing a print matter to adhere to the sheet conveyed in the conveyance orientation; and a cover. An opening is provided on the casing such that the inner space is exposed to an outside of the casing via the opening. The cover is configured to slide relative to the casing along the second direction between an open position in which the opening is uncovered and a close position in which the opening is covered by the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Takaaki OGUCHI, Kenta HAYASHIDA, Atsuo HIROSE, Robin RIAZI, Keita SUGIURA, Akito UEKIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210178787
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit which performs printing on a medium, a main body; a conveyer which conveys the medium; a post-processing unit which performs a post-processing for the medium on which the printing has been performed by the printing unit; a first cover rotatably supported by the main body and in which at least the post-processing part is installed; a second cover arranged to be adjacent to the first cover and supported by the main body such that the second cover is rotatable coaxially with the first cover; and an engaging mechanism which changes a state of the first cover and the second cover between an engaged state and a non-engaged state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Mitsugi TANAKA, Akito UEKIHARA
  • Publication number: 20150000498
    Abstract: A music box includes a bed plate, a vibration plate, a plurality of projections, and a flange part. The vibration plate has one end portion fixed to the bedplate and another end portion provided with a plurality of vibration reeds extending in a first direction. The plurality of projections is configured to contact the plurality of vibration reeds and corresponds to the plurality of vibration reeds. The flange part protrudes from the bedplate in the first direction and confronts the plurality of vibration reeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Akito UEKIHARA, Katsuhiro YAMAZAKI, Katsuki MIYAMOTO