Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Takahashi
Hiroaki Takahashi 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: 12043037Abstract: A liquid supplying device includes a tank and a cartridge. The cartridge is configured to be detachably attached to the tank in an attachment-detachment direction crossing a vertical direction. The cartridge includes a first storage chamber. The tank includes a second storage chamber, a liquid passage, and a gas passage. The liquid passage has a first end, a second end, and a first extending portion. The second end is formed with a second opening open to an atmosphere. The first extending portion extends from the second opening in the attachment-detachment direction. The gas passage has a third end, a fourth end, and a second extending portion. The fourth end is formed with a fourth opening open to the atmosphere. The second extending portion extends from the fourth opening in the attachment-detachment direction. The second opening is at a position different from the fourth opening in the attachment-detachment direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2023Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Yoshinori Osakabe, Akinari Ishibe, Tatsuya Shindo, Masahiro Hayashi
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Patent number: 12037213Abstract: An image recording apparatus is provided, including a casing; a tray which is to be installed to the casing by being inserted in a first orientation and which is to be withdrawn from the casing in a second orientation that is opposite to the first orientation; a sheet conveying passage; a platen; a recording part; and an interlock which moves the platen while being interlocked with movement of the tray in the first orientation or movement in the second orientation. The platen is movable to a printing position and a release position. The interlock moves the platen from the printing position to the release position while being interlocked with the withdrawal of the tray from the casing or the insertion of the tray into the casing.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuta Arakawa, Hiroaki Takahashi, Hideaki Yoshimune, Kengo Noda
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Patent number: 12017461Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes a first surface, a second surface spaced apart from the first surface, and a third surface extending between the first surface and the second surface, with a liquid outlet through the first surface. A circuit board is mounted on the third surface. A locking mechanism includes a locking surface that extends above the third surface, and a liquid detection mechanism includes a light access portion. The light access portion is disposed between the circuit board and the locking surface, and the circuit board is disposed between the first surface and the light access portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2023Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoya Okazaki, Tetsuro Kobayashi, Hiroaki Takahashi, Kosuke Nukui, Akihito Ono, Mikio Hirano, Suguru Tomoguchi, Yutao Wang, Tomohiro Kanbe
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Publication number: 20240198686Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes: a cartridge casing having a liquid storage chamber; a first wall; a second wall; and an air communication passage. The first wall is positioned upward relative to the liquid storage chamber. The second wall is positioned upward relative to the first wall. The air communication passage has a first communication hole in communication with the liquid storage chamber and a communication opening open to an atmosphere. The air communication passage includes: an air chamber defined by the first wall and the second wall and in communication with the liquid storage chamber through the first communication hole; a second communication hole formed in the second wall; and a labyrinth path. The labyrinth path is positioned upward relative to the air chamber, and has one end in communication with the second communication hole and another end in communication with the communication opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2023Publication date: June 20, 2024Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tetsuro KOBAYASHI, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Takahiro MIYAO, Fumio NAKAZAWA, Naoya OKAZAKI, Akihito ONO, Kosuke NUKUI, Hiroshi TAIRA, Toyonori SASAKI
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Patent number: 12005714Abstract: A system includes: a housing; a first tank; a second tank; a first reservoir configured to be connected to the first tank; a second reservoir configured to be connected to the second tank; and a liquid discharge head that ejects the liquid supplied from the first tank and the second tank. The housing includes: a front wall; a rear wall facing the front wall; and a housing side contact, the first reservoir and the second reservoir includes: a liquid flow hole; a first outer wall; and a second outer wall facing the first outer wall, the first tank includes a first flow pipe, and the second tank includes a second flow pipe. The system further includes a circuit board that is disposed on the second outer wall and has a reservoir side contact that contacts the housing side contact.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akihito Ono, Akinari Ishibe, Hiroaki Takahashi, Takahiro Miyao, Kosuke Nukui
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Publication number: 20240188246Abstract: The sum of the DC resistance value from the positive power supply terminal to each positive load terminal and the DC resistance value from the negative power supply terminal to each negative load terminal is smaller than the sum of the DC resistance value between the positive power supply terminal and the positive load terminal and the DC resistance value between the negative power supply terminal and the negative load terminal. In addition, the inductance value between the positive load terminal and the negative load terminal through the positive smoothing terminals, the wirings, the capacitors, and the negative smoothing terminals is smaller than the sum of the inductance values from the positive power supply terminal to the positive load terminal and from the negative power supply terminal to the negative load terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2021Publication date: June 6, 2024Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Yu KISHIWADA, Toshio WATANABE, Yasuhiko KITAMURA, Shogo MATSUOKA
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Publication number: 20240184133Abstract: An air floating video display apparatus includes: a video display apparatus displaying a video; a lenticular lens arranged on a video-light emission side of the video display apparatus; and a retroreflector reflecting video light emitted from the video display apparatus and aerially forming an air floating video by using the reflection light. The video display apparatus displays a plurality of multi-viewpoint images including at least three objects so that a position of an optional object among the at least three objects is fixed while a position of an object other than the optional object is shifted among the plurality of different multi-viewpoint images in a predetermined direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: June 6, 2024Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Koji FUJITA
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Patent number: 11993074Abstract: A printing device includes: an image recording unit configured to record an image on a printing medium; a cutter unit configured to cut the printing medium on which the image is recorded by the image recording unit; and a medium receiving unit configured to receive the printing medium on which the image is recorded by the image recording unit. The cutter unit is positioned frontward of the image recording unit in a frontward direction. The medium receiving unit is positioned below the cutter unit at a time of an image recording operation and being detachable in the frontward direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroaki Takahashi
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Patent number: 11945230Abstract: An image-recording apparatus includes: a first tank defining a first storage chamber; a second tank defining a second storage chamber; a conveying mechanism for conveying sheets along a conveying path extending in a depthwise direction and a widthwise direction perpendicular to a vertical direction and the depthwise direction; and a recording head including a nozzle. Liquid in the first storage chamber is supplied through a communication port to the second storage chamber and then to the recording head through a liquid outlet port. The second storage chamber is positioned further in a first depthwise direction relative to the nozzle and further in a first widthwise direction relative to the conveying path. A volume of a prescribed space above a liquid level equal to a height of the communication port in the second storage chamber is greater than that of a liquid channel between the liquid outlet port and the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Hayashi, Akinari Ishibe, Yuma Tanabe, Masatake Sato, Akihito Kobayashi, Hiroaki Takahashi
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Patent number: 11938255Abstract: The present invention is to provide a means capable of properly balancing water and sodium in peritoneal dialysis treatment, without causing hyponatremia, while avoiding adversely affecting residual renal function. A peritoneal dialysate containing 1.5 to 1.8 w/v % of glucose and 120 to 130 mEq/L of sodium, and being for independent use once or twice a day, wherein the peritoneal dialysate is used in combination with another peritoneal dialysate that contains 1.35 to 2.5 w/v % of glucose and 132 to 135 mEq/L of sodium, in peritoneal dialysis that involves injection of an amount of 1.5 to 2.0 L per one time in an abdominal cavity of a subject, storage and drainage three to five times a day.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroaki Takahashi
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Publication number: 20240092099Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printing part having an installment part in which a cartridge usable for printing an image is installable, the printing part being configured to print the image on a print medium and configured to move to an exchange position in a scanning direction; and a processing unit having a processing part configured to move while making contact with the print medium, which has the image printed thereon by the printing part, to thereby perform a processing of the print medium, at least a part of the processing unit being positioned at a standby position which is shifted in the scanning direction with respect to the exchange position in a case that the cartridge is installed or detached with respect to the printing part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Kosuke INUZUKA, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Yoshimitsu TANIGUCHI, Yasuo NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20240092102Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: a casing, an opening/closing part, a printing part, a processing unit and a shielding part. The casing has an opening. The opening/closing part is movable to a first position to a second position. The printing part has an installment part and prints an image on a print medium. The processing unit is arranged on a downstream side in a conveyance direction, of the print medium, with respect to the printing part and processes the print medium. The shielding part shields at least a part of the processing unit. When the opening/closing part is at the second position, the opening is capable of releasing a location above the installment part or a part, of the installment part. When the opening/closing part is at the second position, the shielding part shields at least the part of the processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Yasuo NISHIKAWA, Yoshimitsu TANIGUCHI, Kosuke INUZUKA
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Publication number: 20240092100Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: a housing including a wall with an opening; a mounting section configured to allow a cartridge to be mounted through the opening; a head with a nozzle to eject a liquid; a processing unit including a processing section configured to process a print medium; and a head carriage holding the mounting section and the head. The processing unit is located upstream of the head carriage in a conveyance direction of the print medium, the conveyance direction being a direction in which the print medium passes through a support facing the head.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Yasuo NISHIKAWA, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Kosuke INUZUKA, Yoshimitsu TANIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20240066880Abstract: A liquid supplying device includes a tank and a cartridge. The cartridge is configured to be detachably attached to the tank in an attachment-detachment direction crossing a vertical direction. The cartridge includes a first storage chamber. The tank includes a second storage chamber, a liquid passage, and a gas passage. The liquid passage has a first end, a second end, and a first extending portion. The second end is formed with a second opening open to an atmosphere. The first extending portion extends from the second opening in the attachment-detachment direction. The gas passage has a third end, a fourth end, and a second extending portion. The fourth end is formed with a fourth opening open to the atmosphere. The second extending portion extends from the fourth opening in the attachment-detachment direction. The second opening is at a position different from the fourth opening in the attachment-detachment direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Yoshinori OSAKABE, Akinari ISHIBE, Tatsuya SHINDO, Masahiro HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20240066896Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a container which accommodates a print medium; a conveyor which has a first conveying route and which conveys the print medium from the container in a conveying direction along the first conveying route; a printing unit which prints an image on the print medium conveyed in the first conveying route; and a dividing unit which performs a dividing processing with respect to the print medium conveyed in the first conveying route. The conveyor is provided with a second conveying route which is branched from the first conveying route at a branching part and in which the print medium having the image printed thereon by the printing unit is conveyed, the printing unit and the dividing unit are positioned above the container; and the dividing unit and the branching part are positioned on an upstream side in the conveying direction with respect to the printing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Yasuo NISHIKAWA, Yoshimitsu TANIGUCHI, Kosuke INUZUKA
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Patent number: 11912019Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a plurality of conveyors configured to convey a recording medium in a conveyance direction; an image recording device configured to record an image on the recording medium; a divider disposed downstream of the conveyors and the image recording device in the conveyance direction, the divider being configured to perform a dividing process including dividing the recording medium into a plurality of pieces; and a controller configured to bring the divider into contact with the recording medium to perform the dividing process on the recording medium with holding an upstream side relative to a central position of the recording medium in the conveyance direction by at least two or more of the plurality of conveyors.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroaki Takahashi
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Patent number: 11897258Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a conveyor; a first conveyance path through which a print medium is conveyed in a first conveyance direction; an image recording device; a cutter provided downstream of the image recording device and configured to cut the print medium into a first print medium having a first region and a second print medium having a second region; and a controller configured to cause the printing apparatus to: record an image in the first region; after the recording, cut the print medium into the first and second print medium; after the cutting, discharge the first print medium to an outside; after the discharging, convey the second print medium in a second conveyance direction; and after the conveying, record an image in the second region of the second print medium.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroaki Takahashi
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Patent number: 11897267Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes: a cartridge casing having a liquid storage chamber; a first wall; a second wall; and an air communication passage. The first wall is positioned upward relative to the liquid storage chamber. The second wall is positioned upward relative to the first wall. The air communication passage has a first communication hole in communication with the liquid storage chamber and a communication opening open to an atmosphere. The air communication passage includes: an air chamber defined by the first wall and the second wall and in communication with the liquid storage chamber through the first communication hole; a second communication hole formed in the second wall; and a labyrinth path. The labyrinth path is positioned upward relative to the air chamber, and has one end in communication with the second communication hole and another end in communication with the communication opening.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tetsuro Kobayashi, Hiroaki Takahashi, Takahiro Miyao, Fumio Nakazawa, Naoya Okazaki, Akihito Ono, Kosuke Nukui, Hiroshi Taira, Toyonori Sasaki
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Publication number: 20240045227Abstract: A compact and portable air floating video display apparatus includes a housing that can be installed in a bottle holder in a vehicle. A video display apparatus, a beam splitter, a retroreflector, a retardation plate, and a plane mirror are provided in the housing. In the air floating video display apparatus, a video light of a specific polarized wave from the video display apparatus is reflected by the plane mirror, transmitted through the beam splitter, and subjected to polarization conversion by being reflected by the retroreflector and passing through the retardation plate. Then, the video light is reflected by the beam splitter and transmitted through the window, thereby displaying an air floating video outside the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Koji HIRATA, Koji FUJITA, Toshinori SUGIYAMA
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Patent number: 11890875Abstract: A liquid cartridge configured to be inserted into a cartridge-attachment section in an insertion direction includes a casing, and a lever supported by the casing. The lever is pivotable about a pivot axis between a first position and a second position. The lever includes a light-blocking portion configured to block or attenuate light traveling in a widthwise direction crossing the insertion direction and a gravitational direction, and a force-receiving portion positioned closer to a front wall of the casing than the light-blocking portion is to the front wall in the insertion direction. The light-blocking portion is positioned lower at the second position than at the first position. The pivot axis is positioned frontward of the light-blocking portion and rearward of the force-receiving portion in the insertion direction. The lever pivots from the second position to the first position upon application of an external force to the force-receiving portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Takahiro Miyao, Akihito Ono, Tetsuro Kobayashi, Fumio Nakazawa, Kosuke Nukui