Patents by Inventor Ayuko Hayasaka

Ayuko Hayasaka 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: 11926943
    Abstract: Provided with a cloth movement detection device and a sewing machine capable of precisely detecting a movement of a cloth. A cloth movement detection device includes: a light detection portion configured to detect a light for detecting a movement of a cloth; a body portion configured to be detachably attached to a presser bar of a sewing machine, the light detection portion being installed in the body portion; and a pressing support portion configured to be detachably attached to the body portion, a cloth pressing portion capable of contacting with the cloth being formed on the pressing support portion, wherein a window portion capable of transmitting the light is provided on a bottom surface of the body portion, and the cloth pressing portion is located lower than the bottom surface of the body portion in a state that the pressing support portion is attached to the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: JANOME Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo Takei, Ayuko Hayasaka, Kentaro Akahane
  • Publication number: 20230064230
    Abstract: Provided with a cloth movement detection device and a sewing machine capable of precisely detecting a movement of a cloth. A cloth movement detection device includes: a light detection portion configured to detect a light for detecting a movement of a cloth; a body portion configured to be detachably attached to a presser bar of a sewing machine, the light detection portion being installed in the body portion; and a pressing support portion configured to be detachably attached to the body portion, a cloth pressing portion capable of contacting with the cloth being formed on the pressing support portion, wherein a window portion capable of transmitting the light is provided on a bottom surface of the body portion, and the cloth pressing portion is located lower than the bottom surface of the body portion in a state that the pressing support portion is attached to the body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Tatsuo TAKEI, Ayuko HAYASAKA, Kentaro AKAHANE
  • Publication number: 20170037552
    Abstract: A sewing machine can detect a sewing target feeding length, and includes: a presser rod, a presser main body detachably mounted on the presser rod, a movable presser portion mounted on the presser main body such that it can be pressed in contact with a sewing target in the sewing operation, and such that it is movable with the sewing target in feeding and reverse feeding directions; a movement transmission portion configured having one end that can be coupled with the movable presser portion, and having an other end that receives a position change of the one end; a slide volume that detects the position change of the other end, and a calculation unit that calculates the position change of the movable presser portion based on the detection result obtained by the slide volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventor: Ayuko HAYASAKA
  • Patent number: 9556547
    Abstract: A sewing machine can detect a sewing target feeding length, and includes: a presser rod, a presser main body detachably mounted on the presser rod, a movable presser portion mounted on the presser main body such that it can be pressed in contact with a sewing target in the sewing operation, and such that it is movable with the sewing target in feeding and reverse feeding directions; a movement transmission portion configured having one end that can be coupled with the movable presser portion, and having an other end that receives a position change of the one end; a slide volume that detects the position change of the other end, and a calculation unit that calculates the position change of the movable presser portion based on the detection result obtained by the slide volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Janome Sewing Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ayuko Hayasaka