Patents by Inventor Fumihiro Nonobe
Fumihiro Nonobe 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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Patent number: 11643766Abstract: A sewing machine includes a needle plate, a bed portion, a first urging member, a first engagement member, a second engagement member, and a lock release mechanism. The bed portion is configured to support the needle plate. The first urging member is provided inside the bed portion and configured to urge the needle plate upward. The first engagement member is provided on the needle plate. The second engagement member is provided inside the bed portion, and is configured to fix the needle plate in a fixed position by being engaged with the first engagement member of the needle plate pressed downward against an urging force of the first urging member. The lock release mechanism is configured to release the engagement of the first engagement member and the second engagement member.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke Ueda, Nobuhiko Funato, Fumihiro Nonobe, Yuki Taguchi, Junya Kito, Koji Funaki
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Patent number: 11332864Abstract: An embroidery frame includes a first frame and a second frame. The second frame holds an object to be sewn with the first frame. The second frame includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes a plurality of magnets and an annular portion. The annular portion is made of magnetic material. The first member is able to be switched to one of a first position and a second position. The second member includes a plurality of plate members. The plurality of plate members are made of magnetic material. The first position is a position where some of the plurality of magnets faces the gap and a portion of two of the plate members that are adjacent across the gap. The second position is a position where some of the plurality of magnets faces a corresponding one of the plurality of plate members.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Taguchi, Masahiro Hanabusa, Fumihiro Nonobe, Hironori Matsushita
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Publication number: 20220119999Abstract: A sewing machine includes a needle plate, a bed portion, a first urging member, a first engagement member, a second engagement member, and a lock release mechanism. The bed portion is configured to support the needle plate. The first urging member is provided inside the bed portion and configured to urge the needle plate upward. The first engagement member is provided on the needle plate. The second engagement member is provided inside the bed portion, and is configured to fix the needle plate in a fixed position by being engaged with the first engagement member of the needle plate pressed downward against an urging force of the first urging member. The lock release mechanism is configured to release the engagement of the first engagement member and the second engagement member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke UEDA, Nobuhiko FUNATO, Fumihiro NONOBE, Yuki TAGUCHI, Junya KITO, Koji FUNAKI
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Patent number: 11214904Abstract: A sewing machine includes a needle plate, a bed portion, a first urging member, a first engagement member, a second engagement member, and a lock release mechanism. The bed portion is configured to support the needle plate. The first urging member is provided inside the bed portion and configured to urge the needle plate upward. The first engagement member is provided on the needle plate. The second engagement member is provided inside the bed portion, and is configured to fix the needle plate in a fixed position by being engaged with the first engagement member of the needle plate pressed downward against an urging force of the first urging member. The lock release mechanism is configured to release the engagement of the first engagement member and the second engagement member.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke Ueda, Nobuhiko Funato, Fumihiro Nonobe, Yuki Taguchi, Junya Kito, Koji Funaki
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Patent number: 10947655Abstract: A sewing machine includes a bed portion, a pillar, an arm portion, a cover, and a thread spool device. The cover is provided on the arm portion and is rotatable between a closed position and an open position. The closed position is a position in which a base surface faces an upper side of the arm portion and the base surface covers the upper side of the arm portion. The open position is a position in which the base surface is directed upward and the base surface does not cover the upper side of the arm portion. The thread spool device is provided on the base surface and including at least one thread spool pin, the thread spool device being capable of holding a thread spool on each of the at least one thread spool pin in a state in which the cover is disposed in the open position.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kouji Makiyama, Fumihiro Nonobe, Nobuhiko Funato, Yasuhiko Kawaguchi
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Publication number: 20200299885Abstract: An embroidery frame includes a first frame and a second frame. The second frame holds an object to be sewn with the first frame. The second frame includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes a plurality of magnets and an annular portion. The annular portion is made of magnetic material. The first member is able to be switched to one of a first position and a second position. The second member includes a plurality of plate members. The plurality of plate members are made of magnetic material. The first position is a position where some of the plurality of magnets faces the gap and a portion of two of the plate members that are adjacent across the gap. The second position is a position where some of the plurality of magnets faces a corresponding one of the plurality of plate members.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Yuki TAGUCHI, Masahiro HANABUSA, Fumihiro NONOBE, Hironori MATSUSHITA
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Publication number: 20200010993Abstract: A sewing machine includes a needle plate, a bed portion, a first urging member, a first engagement member, a second engagement member, and a lock release mechanism. The bed portion is configured to support the needle plate. The first urging member is provided inside the bed portion and configured to urge the needle plate upward. The first engagement member is provided on the needle plate. The second engagement member is provided inside the bed portion, and is configured to fix the needle plate in a fixed position by being engaged with the first engagement member of the needle plate pressed downward against an urging force of the first urging member. The lock release mechanism is configured to release the engagement of the first engagement member and the second engagement member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Daisuke UEDA, Nobuhiko FUNATO, Fumihiro NONOBE, Yuki TAGUCHI, Junya KITO, Koji FUNAKI
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Publication number: 20190368093Abstract: A sewing machine includes a bed portion, a pillar, an arm portion, a cover, and a thread spool device. The cover is provided on the arm portion and is rotatable between a closed position and an open position. The closed position is a position in which a base surface faces an upper side of the arm portion and the base surface covers the upper side of the arm portion. The open position is a position in which the base surface is directed upward and the base surface does not cover the upper side of the arm portion. The thread spool device is provided on the base surface and including at least one thread spool pin, the thread spool device being capable of holding a thread spool on each of the at least one thread spool pin in a state in which the cover is disposed in the open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Kouji MAKIYAMA, Fumihiro NONOBE, Nobuhiko FUNATO, Yasuhiko KAWAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20090013913Abstract: An embroidery unit cover that covers an embroidery unit that is to be attached to a sewing machine for sewing embroidery that includes a planar portion that forms a substantially horizontal surface combined with a bed portion of the sewing machine and a free arm portion provided to the bed portion, a peripheral wall portion that runs continuously along a peripheral border of the planar portion and that extends vertically downward from the planar portion, and a first engagement portion that is disposed on the peripheral wall portion and that is structured to be attached to and detached from a second engagement portion disposed on at least one of the bed portion and the free arm portion. When the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are engaged with each other, the embroidery unit cover forms a side table with the free arm portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2008Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumihiro Nonobe, Hiroaki Fukao
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Patent number: D648358Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2010Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Brother Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Fumihiro Nonobe