Patents by Inventor Hidehito OKUHARA

Hidehito OKUHARA 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: 10554832
    Abstract: There is provided a roller including: a shaft, and an elastic body portion that is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft, in which the elastic body portion includes a plurality of first recessed portions which are provided on one side of the roller in a shaft mounting direction at intervals in a circumferential direction of the roller and each have a bottom portion, and a plurality of second recessed portions which are provided on the other side of the roller in the shaft mounting direction at intervals in the circumferential direction of the roller and each have a bottom portion, and in which each of the first recessed portions is positioned between the adjacent second recessed portions in the circumferential direction of the roller in the side view of the roller in the shaft mounting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenobu Maruyama, Kenta Anegawa, Hidehito Okuhara, Takashi Kawabata, Naohiro Daito
  • Patent number: 10404875
    Abstract: A roller includes a shaft, and an elastic body portion that is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft, in which the elastic body portion includes an inner peripheral portion which becomes a shaft side, an outer peripheral portion which becomes an outer side with respect to the inner peripheral portion, a plurality of first connection portions which connect the inner peripheral portion and the outer peripheral portion, and a plurality of second connection portions which are provided in a space portion between the adjacent first connection portions and which partition the space portion into one side and the other side of the roller in the axial direction, and in which the first connection portion is inclined in the same direction in a peripheral direction with respect to a radial direction of the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenobu Maruyama, Kenta Anegawa, Hidehito Okuhara, Naohiro Daito, Takashi Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20180297797
    Abstract: There is provided a roller including: a shaft, and an elastic body portion that is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft, in which the elastic body portion includes a plurality of first recessed portions which are provided on one side of the roller in a shaft mounting direction at intervals in a circumferential direction of the roller and each have a bottom portion, and a plurality of second recessed portions which are provided on the other side of the roller in the shaft mounting direction at intervals in the circumferential direction of the roller and each have a bottom portion, and in which each of the first recessed portions is positioned between the adjacent second recessed portions in the circumferential direction of the roller in the side view of the roller in the shaft mounting direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Hidenobu MARUYAMA, Kenta ANEGAWA, Hidehito OKUHARA, Takashi KAWABATA, Naohiro DAITO
  • Publication number: 20180302523
    Abstract: A roller includes a shaft, and an elastic body portion that is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft, in which the elastic body portion includes an inner peripheral portion which becomes a shaft side, an outer peripheral portion which becomes an outer side with respect to the inner peripheral portion, a plurality of first connection portions which connect the inner peripheral portion and the outer peripheral portion, and a plurality of second connection portions which are provided in a space portion between the adjacent first connection portions and which partition the space portion into one side and the other side of the roller in the axial direction, and in which the first connection portion is inclined in the same direction in a peripheral direction with respect to a radial direction of the roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Hidenobu MARUYAMA, Kenta ANEGAWA, Hidehito OKUHARA, Naohiro DAITO, Takashi KAWABATA