Patents by Inventor Hideaki Takeda
Hideaki Takeda 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: 20240131848Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejection head to eject liquid, a recovery unit, a housing, a discharge unit, a casing including the discharge unit and the housing, and a liquid receptacle. The recovery unit maintains liquid ejecting performance of the liquid ejection head. The housing houses a container that accommodates liquid received by the recovery unit. The discharge unit discharges the liquid received by the recovery unit to the container. The liquid receptacle is disposed below the discharge unit in a direction of gravity in the casing and includes a first groove extending in a first direction crossing the direction of gravity and a second groove extending in a second direction crossing the direction of gravity and the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: HIROMASA TSUTSUMI, HIDEAKI MATSUMURA, TSUYOSHI SAEKI, NORIO SAKURAI, DAIJU TAKEDA, SHOTA ASADA, TAIJI MARUYAMA
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Publication number: 20240109331Abstract: Disclosed is a recording apparatus including a tank configured to store liquid to be supplied to a recording head that ejects the liquid, the tank including an inlet port for liquid injection; a cap unit including a shaft portion and a cap configured to turn about the shaft portion between a first position at which the cap caps the inlet port and a second position at which the cap does not cap the inlet port, the shaft portion being provided to a housing that encloses the tank; and a biasing unit configured to bias the cap unit in a direction to move the cap apart from the inlet port, wherein the cap unit does not move at the second position while being biased by the biasing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: TSUYOSHI SAEKI, HIDEAKI MATSUMURA, YURI MORI, KEN TAKENAGA, SHOTA ASADA, KOKI SHIMADA, DAIJU TAKEDA, HIROMASA TSUTSUMI, MINEYOSHI TOMIE
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Publication number: 20240109330Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a liquid tank unit, a printing head, and a supply tube unit. The liquid tank unit includes first and second liquid tanks that store liquid and are arranged in parallel to each other. The printing head ejects liquid from the first and second tanks while moving in a main scanning direction. The supply tube unit includes a first supply tube connecting the first liquid tank to the printing head and includes a second supply tube coupled in parallel to the first supply tube and connecting the second liquid tank to the printing head. The second supply tube transitions from a connected tube state in which the second and first supply tubes are coupled in parallel to a single tube state by being separated from the first supply tube, passes across the first supply tube, and is connected to a connection port of the second liquid tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Dauu TAKEDA, Hideaki MATSUMURA, Tsuyoshi SAEKI, Norio SAKURAI, Hiromasa TSUTSUMI, Shota ASADA, Taiji MARUYAMA
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Publication number: 20240109332Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a conveyance unit that conveys a recording medium in a first direction toward a recording head for ejecting a liquid, a tank including a containing chamber containing the liquid to be supplied to the recording head, and an injection port through which the liquid is injected into the containing chamber, the tank being disposed downstream of the conveyance unit in the first direction, a rotatable lever that holds a tank cap for closing the injection port, and a cover that rotates about a rotation shaft between an open position for exposing the lever and a closed position for covering the lever, the rotation shaft being disposed upstream of the conveyance unit in the first direction. The cover includes a sliding portion that is provided on a surface facing the lever and comes into contact with the lever while the cover is rotating toward the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Taiji Maruyama, Koya Iwakura, Hideaki Matsumura, Tetsu Hamano, Nobuhiro Toki, Daiju Takeda, Fumie Kameyama, Koki Shimada, Shota Asada, Ken Takenaga, Yusuke Tanaka, Yuta Araki, Atsushi Matsuyama, Yusuke Naratani, Kousuke Tanaka
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Publication number: 20240109333Abstract: A liquid storage container includes a storage portion configured to store liquid, an opening portion provided on a first surface and configured to allow injection of the liquid into the storage portion, a receiving portion consisting of the first surface and a wall disposed around the opening portion on the first surface, and a liquid holding unit configured to hold the liquid guided by a guiding portion from the liquid receiving portion to outside of the liquid receiving portion. The liquid holding unit includes a second surface different from the first surface of the liquid storage container and a flexible member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: TAIJI MARUYAMA, HIDEAKI MATSUMURA, TSUYOSHI SAEKI, NORIO SAKURAI, DAIJU TAKEDA, SHOTA ASADA, HIROMASA TSUTSUMI
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Patent number: 11936718Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device and an information processing method that enable output of information using a more optimal output modal. Provided is an information processing device including a processing unit configured to perform processes of: acquiring apparatus information regarding an output modal for each electronic apparatus; selecting an electronic apparatus having an output modal that outputs information from among a plurality of electronic apparatuses on the basis of the acquired apparatus information; and outputting the information from an output modal of the selected electronic apparatus. The present technology can be applied to, for example, electronic apparatuses such as information apparatuses, video apparatuses, audio apparatuses, or household electrical appliances.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Noriko Totsuka, Hiroaki Ogawa, Yuki Takeda, Kan Kuroda, Yoshinori Maeda, Yuichiro Koyama, Akira Takahashi, Kazuya Tateishi, Chie Kamada, Emiru Tsunoo, Akira Fukui, Hideaki Watanabe
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Patent number: 11932021Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a tank including a chamber configured to store liquid to be supplied to a recording head that ejects the liquid and a filling port from which the liquid is injected into the chamber, and an injection auxiliary member configured to assist injecting of the liquid into the chamber from the filling port, the injection auxiliary member including a first and a second flow channels each defined by a first or a second upper end portion that opens toward outside of the tank and a first or a second lower end portion that opens toward inside of the tank, wherein the second flow channel has an expansion portion arranged in a middle portion between the second upper end portion and the second lower end portion and configured to form a step to expand a cross-sectional area.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yusuke Naratani, Koya Iwakura, Hideaki Matsumura, Tetsu Hamano, Nobuhiro Toki, Daiju Takeda, Fumie Kameyama, Koki Shimada, Shota Asada, Ken Takenaga, Yusuke Tanaka, Yuta Araki, Taiji Maruyama, Atsushi Matsuyama, Kousuke Tanaka, Toshimitsu Takahashi, Nanae Uchinuno
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Publication number: 20240083175Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a support member configured to support a printhead that performs printing by discharging ink to a print medium, a connecting member including a connecting portion connected to an ink introduction portion of the printhead and through which the ink introduction portion communicates with an ink supply passage via the connecting portion, a rotation member configured to hold the connecting member such that a posture of the connecting member is changeable, and configured to be supported by the support member to be rotatable between a connecting position at which the ink introduction portion and the connecting portion are connected and a connection releasing position at which the ink introduction portion and the connecting portion are not connected, and a biasing portion configured to bias the connecting member to a first posture with respect to the rotation member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: HIROMASA TSUTSUMI, HIDEAKI MATSUMURA, TSUYOSHI SAEKI, YURI MORI, KOKI SHIMADA, SHOTA ASADA, KEN TAKENAGA, DAIJU TAKEDA, MINEYOSHI TOMIE
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Patent number: 11881368Abstract: A thermal protector includes: a first terminal and a second terminal that are provided at both ends in a longitudinal direction and connected to an external circuit; an insulation block that holds the first terminal and the second terminal; a fixed contact and a movable contact capable of coming into contact with each other; a movable plate having the movable contact provided at a leading end; and a bimetal engaged with the movable plate. Each of the first terminal and the second terminal has a main body, an extension, and a slit. The main body of the first terminal and the main body of the second terminal lie in a first plane, and a fixed contact support part of the extension and a movable plate support part of the extension lie in a second plane. An angle formed by the first plane and the second plane is an acute angle.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Inventor: Hideaki Takeda
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Patent number: 11875958Abstract: A method of connecting an electric element (20) to a switch part (10) provided with a fixed contact (11a), i.e., an example of a first contact, a first terminal (12) connected to the fixed contact (11a) and exposed out of the switch part (10), a movable contact (11b), i.e., an example of a second contact, capable of moving to a position at which the movable contact (11b) is in contact with the fixed contact (11a) and a position at which the movable contact (11b) is spaced apart from the fixed contact (11a), and a second terminal (13) connected to the movable contact (11b) and exposed out of the switch part (10) includes: connecting the electric element (20) in parallel to the fixed contact (11a) and the movable contact (11b) between the first terminal (12) and the second terminal (13).Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Uchiya Thermostat Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hideaki Takeda
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Publication number: 20230399465Abstract: Provided is a polyamide comprising a diamine unit and a dicarboxylic acid unit, wherein the diamine unit comprises 0.1 mol % or more and less than 36 mol % of a diamine unit (X), and the diamine unit (X) is a diamine unit derived from an aliphatic diamine having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, the aliphatic diamine having an alkyl group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms bonded to a carbon atom at the 2-position when a carbon atom to which any one of amino groups is bonded is defined as the 1-position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi NANYA, Hideaki TAKEDA
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Publication number: 20230341290Abstract: A deterioration discrimination system according to the present disclosure includes: an optical fiber cable (20) configured to be laid in a utility pole (10); a communication unit (31) configured to receive an optical signal from optical fibers (21) included in the optical fiber cable (20); a detection unit (32) configured to detect, based on the optical signal received by the communication unit (31), vibrations that are generated in the utility pole (10); and a discrimination unit (41) configured to discriminate, based on a vibration frequency of the vibrations that are generated during a specified period among the vibrations that are detected by the detection unit (32), deterioration of the utility pole (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Tadayuki Iwano, Nao Ogura, Hiroaki Koshio, Hideaki Takeda, Motohito Ebihara
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Publication number: 20230318256Abstract: A laser light source includes: a submount; a semiconductor laser element fixed to the submount, the semiconductor laser element having a light-exiting surface through which laser light is to be emitted; a lens member having a light incident surface on which the laser light is incident and a bonding surface that extends laterally from the light incident surface; a supporting member connecting the lens member and the submount together so that the light incident surface of the lens member faces the light-exiting surface of the semiconductor laser element; and an inorganic bonding layer bonding the bonding surface of the lens member and the supporting member together. Between the light incident surface and the bonding surface, the lens member has a surface extending in a direction intersecting the light incident surface and the bonding surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicants: NICHIA CORPORATION, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideaki TAKEDA, Norihiro DEJIMA, Kazuma KOZURU, Toshiaki YAMASHITA, Akira YUKUMOTO
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Publication number: 20230223225Abstract: A thermal protector includes: a first terminal and a second terminal that are provided at both ends in a longitudinal direction and connected to an external circuit; an insulation block that holds the first terminal and the second terminal; a fixed contact and a movable contact capable of coming into contact with each other; a movable plate having the movable contact provided at a leading end; and a bimetal engaged with the movable plate. Each of the first terminal and the second terminal has a main body, an extension, and a slit. The main body of the first terminal and the main body of the second terminal lie in a first plane, and a fixed contact support part of the extension and a movable plate support part of the extension lie in a second plane. An angle formed by the first plane and the second plane is an acute angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2021Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: UCHIYA THERMOSTAT CO., LTD.Inventor: Hideaki Takeda
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Publication number: 20230178314Abstract: At a contact switch, an arc generated between two contacts is controlled. An arc binding mechanism 100 includes: a first contact 111 and a second contact 121 that are capable of being contacted and separated; and a substantially ring-shaped arc binder 130 that is made of a magnetic material, is electrically insulated from a circuit including the first contact and the second contact, has an axis in parallel with a direction of a gap between the first contact and the second contact in a case in which the first contact and the second contact are in a non-contact state, and is provided so as to encircle the gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: UCHIYA THERMOSTAT CO., LTD.Inventor: Hideaki Takeda
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Publication number: 20230031544Abstract: A laser light source includes: a laser diode chip including an emission layer, a substrate supporting the emission layer, and an emission end surface; a submount that includes a principal surface on which the laser diode chip is fixed and a pair of lens supports located at opposite sides with respect to the emission end surface of the laser diode chip; a lens bonded to the end surfaces of the pair of lens supports; and a semiconductor laser package housing the aforementioned elements. The laser diode chip is fixed to the submount with the emission layer being closer to the submount than is the substrate. The emission end surface of the laser diode chip is located outward with respect to an edge of the principal surface. The end surfaces of the pair of lens supports are located outward with respect to the first end surface of the laser diode chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2020Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Norihiro DEJIMA, Hideaki TAKEDA, Hidenori MATSUO, Masaki OMORI
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Patent number: 11532442Abstract: An electronic device (10) includes: a power supply (11); a first switch (12) that is connected at least to one pole of the power supply (11) and interrupts power supplied from the power supply (11) to a load (13); a second switch (14) that is positioned on a load (13) side with reference to the first switch (12) and interrupts power supplied from the power supply (11) to the load (13); a first power line (L11) that is connected to one end portion of an electric contact of the second switch (14), the one end portion being located on a first-switch (12) side; a second power line (L12) that is connected to another end portion of the electric contact of the second switch (14); a third power line (L13) that is connected to another pole of the power supply (11); and an electric element (resistor 15) that is connected between the first and second power lines (L11, L12) in parallel to the electric contact or connected between the first and third power lines (L11, L13), such that the electric contact of the second swiType: GrantFiled: February 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Uchiya Thermostat Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hideaki Takeda
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Patent number: 11501936Abstract: A temperature switch includes an elastically deformable movable plate, a movable contact on the movable plate, a fixed contact facing the movable contact, a thermally deformable member, a vibration suppression section, and a cover. The thermally deformable member is elastically deformed in accordance with a temperature change to elastically deform the movable plate such that the movable contact is in contact with the fixed contact or spaced apart from the fixed contact. The vibration suppression section suppresses vibrations of the movable plate by contacting a fixed-edge side when the movable plate is elastically deformed to shift the movable plate from being in contact with the fixed contact to being spaced apart therefrom. The cover surrounds the movable and fixed contacts, and the vibration suppression section is a projecting section provided on the cover.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Uchiya Thermostat Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hideaki Takeda
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Patent number: 11431148Abstract: A light source device includes at least one first wiring, a plurality of second wirings, a plurality of light emitting elements each having a lower-surface-side electrode connected to a respective one of the at least one first wiring, a plurality of protective elements each having a lower-surface-side electrode connected to a respective one of the plurality of second wirings each corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of light emitting elements, each of the plurality of protective elements connected to a respective one of the plurality of light emitting elements, a plurality of first wirings each connecting an upper-surface-side electrode of each of the plurality of light emitting elements and a respective one of the plurality of second wirings, a plurality of second wires each connecting the upper-surface-side electrodes of two adjacent ones of the protective elements; and a plurality of third wires each connecting an upper-surface-side electrode of a respective one of the plurality of protectiveType: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Tadaaki Miyata, Hideaki Takeda
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Publication number: 20220028637Abstract: A temperature switch (10) includes: a movable plate (11) that is elastically deformable; a movable contact (12) provided on the movable plate (11); a fixed contact (13) provided so as to face the movable contact (12); a bimetal element (14) (an example of a thermally deformable member) that is elastically deformed in accordance with a temperature change so as to elastically deform the movable plate (11) such that the movable plate (11) is positioned at a contact position such that the movable contact (12) is in contact with the fixed contact (13) or a spaced position (movable plate 11-1) such that the movable contact (12) is spaced apart from the fixed contact (13); and a projecting section (15a) (an example of a vibration suppression section) that suppresses vibrations of the movable plate (11) by contacting a portion of the movable plate (11) on a fixed-edge side of the movable plate (11) with reference to a center (C) of the movable contact (12) when the movable plate (11) is elastically deformed to shiftType: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2019Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventor: Hideaki Takeda