Patents by Inventor Haruki Sugawara

Haruki Sugawara 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: 11117404
    Abstract: A tape printing device that is vertically long and can be operated by being handheld includes a handling portion including an operating portion on a front surface and is a part to be handheld, and a main mechanism portion connected to a tip end side of the handling portion, in which the printing mechanism portion is built, in which the handling portion is formed in a constricted shape of which an intermediate portion of a longitudinal direction is constricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kubota, Akihiro Shintani, Taishi Sasaki, Haruki Sugawara, Naoya Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10899141
    Abstract: A tape printing device that is vertically long and is able to be operated by being handheld including a handling portion that is a part to be handheld, a main mechanism portion in which a printing mechanism portion which is connected to a tip end side of the handling portion is built, and a handholding portion that is connected to a base end side of the handling portion and is used for being grabbed at the time of carrying, and the tape printing device is formed in a vertical long shape of which a ratio between the entire width of an outer shell and the entire length of the outer shell is approximately 1:2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kubota, Akihiro Shintani, Taishi Sasaki, Haruki Sugawara, Naoya Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20200171844
    Abstract: A tape printing device that is vertically long and is able to be operated by being handheld including a handling portion that is a part to be handheld, a main mechanism portion in which a printing mechanism portion which is connected to a tip end side of the handling portion is built, and a handholding portion that is connected to a base end side of the handling portion and is used for being grabbed at the time of carrying, and the tape printing device is formed in a vertical long shape of which a ratio between the entire width of an outer shell and the entire length of the outer shell is approximately 1:2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Akihiro SHINTANI, Taishi SASAKI, Haruki SUGAWARA, Naoya NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200122494
    Abstract: A tape printing device that is vertically long and can be operated by being handheld includes a handling portion including an operating portion on a front surface and is a part to be handheld, and a main mechanism portion connected to a tip end side of the handling portion, in which the printing mechanism portion is built, in which the handling portion is formed in a constricted shape of which an intermediate portion of a longitudinal direction is constricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Akihiro SHINTANI, Taishi SASAKI, Haruki SUGAWARA, Naoya NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 10549560
    Abstract: A tape printing device that is vertically long and can be operated by being handheld includes a handling portion including an operating portion on a front surface and is a part to be handheld, and a main mechanism portion connected to a tip end side of the handling portion, in which the printing mechanism portion is built, in which the handling portion is formed in a constricted shape of which an intermediate portion of a longitudinal direction is constricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kubota, Akihiro Shintani, Taishi Sasaki, Haruki Sugawara, Naoya Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10486436
    Abstract: A vertically long tape printing device which can be operated by being handheld includes an operating portions, and a display portion, which are disposed in a longitudinal direction of the front surface of the device, and protruding portions which are provided on the front surface of the device and protrude to the front surface of the operating portions and the front surface of the display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kubota, Akihiro Shintani, Taishi Sasaki, Haruki Sugawara, Naoya Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10226945
    Abstract: A tape printing device that is vertically long and can be operated by being handheld includes a main key operating portion configured with a plurality of groups of keys 215, 217, and 219 on a front surface, in which, among the plurality of groups of keys 215, 217, and 219, a group of keys 215 having a high frequency of operations is disposed at a position near a gravity center portion in a longitudinal direction, and the groups of keys 217 and 219 having a low frequency of operations are disposed at a position distant from the gravity center portion in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kubota, Taishi Sasaki, Akihiro Shintani, Haruki Sugawara, Naoya Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10189276
    Abstract: A tape printing device that is vertically long and can be operated by being handheld includes a main key operating portion configured with a plurality of groups of keys 215, 217, and 219 on a front surface, in which, among the plurality of groups of keys 215, 217, and 219, a group of keys 215 having a high frequency of operations is disposed at a position near a gravity center portion in a longitudinal direction, and the groups of keys 217 and 219 having a low frequency of operations are disposed at a position distant from the gravity center portion in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kubota, Taishi Sasaki, Akihiro Shintani, Haruki Sugawara, Naoya Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10131158
    Abstract: A tape printing device that is able to be operated by being handheld includes a printing device main body that includes operating portions and a display portion on a front surface, and a pair of magnets that is detachably mounted on a rear surface of the printing device main body and is used for being adsorbed to an object to be installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kubota, Akihiro Shintani, Taishi Sasaki, Haruki Sugawara, Naoya Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20180079225
    Abstract: A tape printing device that is able to be operated by being handheld includes a printing device main body that includes operating portions and a display portion on a front surface, and a pair of magnets that is detachably mounted on a rear surface of the printing device main body and is used for being adsorbed to an object to be installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Akihiro SHINTANI, Taishi SASAKI, Haruki SUGAWARA, Naoya NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180079226
    Abstract: A tape printing device that is vertically long and is able to be operated by being handheld including a handling portion that is a part to be handheld, a main mechanism portion in which a printing mechanism portion which is connected to a tip end side of the handling portion is built, and a handholding portion that is connected to a base end side of the handling portion and is used for being grabbed at the time of carrying, and the tape printing device is formed in a vertical long shape of which a ratio between the entire width of an outer shell and the entire length of the outer shell is approximately 1:2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Akihiro SHINTANI, Taishi SASAKI, Haruki SUGAWARA, Naoya NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180079227
    Abstract: A vertically long tape printing device which can be operated by being handheld includes an operating portions, and a display portion, which are disposed in a longitudinal direction of the front surface of the device, and protruding portions which are provided on the front surface of the device and protrude to the front surface of the operating portions and the front surface of the display portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: SEIK0 EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Akihiro SHINTAN!, Taishi SASAK!, Haruki SUGAWARA, Naoya NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 9919544
    Abstract: A tape printing device includes a print unit having a print head, a cartridge loading section which is loaded with a tape cartridge accommodating a print tape, and a device case in which the cartridge loading section and the print unit are arranged and which has a tape discharge port through which the print tape is discharged. The tape cartridge has a first display section which is provided on a first surface of the tape cartridge and which displays a type of the print tape. A first opening is formed on a first outer surface of the device case where the tape discharge port is formed, and the first opening is formed in such a way that the first display section of the tape cartridge is visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsu Nakayama, Haruki Sugawara, Tomoyuki Kubota, Daisuke Sato, Saeko Inoue
  • Publication number: 20180065389
    Abstract: A tape printing device that is vertically long and can be operated by being handheld includes a handling portion including an operating portion on a front surface and is a part to be handheld, and a main mechanism portion connected to a tip end side of the handling portion, in which the printing mechanism portion is built, in which the handling portion is formed in a constricted shape of which an intermediate portion of a longitudinal direction is constricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Akihiro SHINTANI, Taishi SASAKI, Haruki SUGAWARA, Naoya NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180050546
    Abstract: A tape printing device that is vertically long and can be operated by being handheld includes a main key operating portion configured with a plurality of groups of keys 215, 217, and 219 on a front surface, in which, among the plurality of groups of keys 215, 217, and 219, a group of keys 215 having a high frequency of operations is disposed at a position near a gravity center portion in a longitudinal direction, and the groups of keys 217 and 219 having a low frequency of operations are disposed at a position distant from the gravity center portion in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Taishi SASAKI, Akihiro SHINTANI, Haruki SUGAWARA, Naoya NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20170087902
    Abstract: A tape printing device includes a print unit having a print head, a cartridge loading section which is loaded with a tape cartridge accommodating a print tape, and a device case in which the cartridge loading section and the print unit are arranged and which has a tape discharge port through which the print tape is discharged. The tape cartridge has a first display section which is provided on a first surface of the tape cartridge and which displays a type of the print tape. A first opening is formed on a first outer surface of the device case where the tape discharge port is formed, and the first opening is formed in such a way that the first display section of the tape cartridge is visible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Tetsu Nakayama, Haruki Sugawara, Tomoyuki Kubota, Daisuke Sato, Saeko Inoue
  • Patent number: D790003
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoichi Nakagawa, Haruki Sugawara, Yoshitsugu Akutagawa
  • Patent number: D810177
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruki Sugawara, Hiroshi Tsuchitani, Kiyotaka Nakano, Takeshi Maruta
  • Patent number: D815182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruki Sugawara, Ryoichi Nakagawa, Akitoshi Kuroda, Takeshi Hirai
  • Patent number: D823379
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeaki Isobe, Haruki Sugawara, Taishi Sasaki