Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Komuro

Hiroshi Komuro 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: 10484572
    Abstract: There is provided an image reading apparatus including a first reading sensor provided in a first reading unit and configured to read one surface of the sheet, a second reading sensor provided in a second reading unit provided to face the first reading sensor and configured to read an image on the other surface of the sheet, a first background portion serving as a reading background of the first reading sensor, a second background portion serving as a reading background of the second reading sensor, and a moving portion configured to integrally move the first reading sensor and the second background portion, wherein the first reading unit includes a sensor case in which the first reading sensor is provided, and the sensor case is fixed to the apparatus main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Gotoh, Hiroshi Komuro, Tatsuya Nishi, Yoshihiro Taniike
  • Publication number: 20180262646
    Abstract: There is provided an image reading apparatus including a first reading sensor provided in a first reading unit and configured to read one surface of the sheet, a second reading sensor provided in a second reading unit provided to face the first reading sensor and configured to read an image on the other surface of the sheet, a first background portion serving as a reading background of the first reading sensor, a second background portion serving as a reading background of the second reading sensor, and a moving portion configured to integrally move the first reading sensor and the second background portion, wherein the first reading unit includes a sensor case in which the first reading sensor is provided, and the sensor case is fixed to the apparatus main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Yuji Gotoh, Hiroshi Komuro, Tatsuya Nishi, Yoshihiro Taniike
  • Patent number: 10065824
    Abstract: A stacking apparatus includes a conveyance unit, a stacking unit, and a separation member supply unit. The conveyance unit conveys sheets for circuit board. The stacking unit stacks the sheets. The separation member supply unit supplies a separation member to separate the stacked sheets at any position. The separation member supply unit places the separation member on the sheet in being conveyed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yousuke Edo, Yasufumi Takahashi, Yasuo Niikura, Satoru Takano, Hidehiko Fujiwara, Takeshi Akai, Yasunori Hino, Tadashi Matsuoka, Atsunori Yoshida, Ryo Kanno, Hikaru Fukasawa, Hiroshi Komuro, Masaru Yamagishi, Toshihiro Shimada, Satoshi Aizawa, Kenji Ishii
  • Patent number: 9891841
    Abstract: A storage system includes a memory unit group that includes a first memory unit and a plurality of second memory units, and the first memory unit is connected to the plurality of second memory units so that data can be transmitted between the first memory unit and the second memory units. The plurality of second memory units is mounted on a same first substrate. One second memory unit of the plurality of second memory units cooperates with the first memory unit and does not cooperate with the other second memory units of the plurality of second memory units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Kinoshita, Hiroshi Komuro, Hiroshi Sasagawa
  • Publication number: 20170174462
    Abstract: A stacking apparatus includes a conveyance unit, a stacking unit, and a separation member supply unit. The conveyance unit conveys sheets for circuit board. The stacking unit stacks the sheets. The separation member supply unit supplies a separation member to separate the stacked sheets at any position. The separation member supply unit places the separation member on the sheet in being conveyed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Yousuke EDO, Yasufumi TAKAHASHI, Yasuo NIIKURA, Satoru TAKANO, Hidehiko FUJIWARA, Takeshi AKAI, Yasunori HINO, Tadashi MATSUOKA, Atsunori YOSHIDA, Ryo KANNO, Hikaru FUKASAWA, Hiroshi KOMURO, Masaru YAMAGISHI, Toshihiro SHIMADA, Satoshi AIZAWA, Kenji ISHII
  • Patent number: 9455071
    Abstract: A noise suppression cable includes a conductor wire, and a magnetic insulation layer on a periphery of the conductor wire. The magnetic insulation layer includes an insulating material and two or more types of magnetic powders that have different frequency characteristics from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Sumi, Naofumi Chiwata, Katsuya Akimoto, Katsutoshi Nakatani, Hiroshi Komuro, Kenji Ajima, Hiroshi Okikawa, Yasuharu Muto
  • Publication number: 20150357087
    Abstract: A noise suppression cable includes a conductor wire, and a magnetic insulation layer on a periphery of the conductor wire. The magnetic insulation layer includes an insulating material and two or more types of magnetic powders that have different frequency characteristics from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Yosuke SUMI, Naofumi Chiwata, Katsuya Akimoto, Katsutoshi Nakatani, Hiroshi Komuro, Kenji Ajima, Hiroshi Okikawa, Yasuharu Muto
  • Patent number: 9181050
    Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus comprises a conveying path formed between an upper and a lower units facing each other; a feed roller which feeds a sheet by a portion partially exposed from an upper surface of the lower unit to the conveying path; a separation member disposed to oppose the feed roller; a stopper which stops entrance of the sheet into the conveying path by abutting against a sheet end in a closed state in which the stopper is moved in a direction to intersect with an exposed surface of the feed roller; a driving unit which drives at least the feed roller and the stopper; and a control unit which controls the driving unit to rotate the feed roller through a predetermined angle in a sheet feeding direction and to then open the stopper when feeding of the sheet is started from the closed state of the stopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Machida, Hiroshi Komuro, Hiroki Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20150293710
    Abstract: A storage system includes a memory unit group that includes a first memory unit and a plurality of second memory units, and the first memory unit is connected to the plurality of second memory units so that data can be transmitted between the first memory unit and the second memory units. The plurality of second memory units is mounted on a same first substrate. One second memory unit of the plurality of second memory units cooperates with the first memory unit and does not cooperate with the other second memory units of the plurality of second memory units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Kinoshita, Hiroshi Komuro, Hiroshi Sasagawa
  • Patent number: 8975521
    Abstract: A shielded flat cable includes a plurality of wires arranged in parallel, a fibrous member including a polyurethane elastic fiber and woven between the plurality of wires along the arrangement direction of the wires, and a shield layer including a conductive member that includes an adhesive layer on one surface thereof and covers an entire periphery of the plurality of wires such that the adhesive layer is in contact with the fibrous member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Detian Huang, Takanobu Watanabe, Hiroshi Komuro
  • Patent number: 8917526
    Abstract: A flat cable includes a plurality of wires arranged in parallel, and a fibrous member woven into the plurality of wires in the arrangement direction of the plurality of wires. The fibrous member includes a polyurethane elastic fiber, and has an elongation of not less than 500% and not more than 900%, an elongation recovery rate of not less than 90% at a 300% elongation and an initial modulus of 5 to 30 cN/dtex for the 300% elongation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Detian Huang, Kazushige Nagano, Yuuki Yamamoto, Hiroshi Komuro
  • Publication number: 20140251651
    Abstract: A braided-shielded cable includes a braided shield including a shield wire braided. The shield wire includes a twisted wire including seven or nineteen wires twisted together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Detian HUANG, Takanobu Watanabe, Kimika Kudo, Hiroshi Komuro
  • Patent number: 8816208
    Abstract: A flat cable includes plurality of electric wires juxtaposed with each other and a fiber member woven along a juxtapositional direction of the electric wires to thread through a plurality of the electric wires. Each of the electric wires includes an outermost layer having a layer with an elongation of 20% or more and 100% or less and a tensile strength of 150 MPa or more. The fiber member is a fiber mainly made of polytrimethylene terephthalate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Detian Huang, Hiroshi Komuro, Yuuki Yamamoto, Kazushige Nagano, Takanobu Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20140211435
    Abstract: A conductive member connection structure includes a connection structure to electrically connect first and second conductive members that are positioned with a gap in between, a first metal member that is melted by heating and is welded to a connecting surface of the first conductive member and to a connecting surface of the second conductive member, and a second metal member that has a higher melting point than the first metal member and is covered with the first metal member without being melted by the heating. The second metal member is configured so as to prevent the first metal member from flowing out in a molten state thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki YASUDA, Juhyun YU, Kouki HIRANO, Hiroshi KOMURO, Osamu SEYA
  • Publication number: 20140027151
    Abstract: A shielded cable includes an electric wire bundle configured such that a plurality of electric wires are bundled, a first band-shaped member configured to be spirally wound so as to cover the electric wire bundle, a second band-shaped member configured to be spirally wound on the outer periphery of the first band-shaped member, and a drain wire configured to be arranged between the first band-shaped member and the second band-shaped member. The first band-shaped member and the second band-shaped member include a metal layer including a conductive metal and a resin layer including an insulating resin, and are wound such that the metal layers thereof face each other across the drain wire. The first band-shaped member, the second band-shaped member and the drain wire are wound in the same direction to the electric wire bundle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI CABLE, LTD.
    Inventors: Detian HUANG, Hiroshi KOMURO, Takanobu WATANABE, Norihiro NISHIURA
  • Patent number: 8615613
    Abstract: A control program for using a peripheral apparatus is loaded from the peripheral apparatus to the memory of an information processing apparatus. A management program manages the display form of a control object based on execution of the control program. The control object displayed on the information processing apparatus can be switched between the non-display state and the display state. For example, the management program causes the information processing apparatus to execute return from the non-display state to the display state in synchronism with the user manipulation of the peripheral apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuuki Taguchi, Taketo Ochiai, Hiroshi Komuro
  • Patent number: 8482783
    Abstract: A network scanning system has a control apparatus connected to a connection device via a network and includes a scanning application for remotely controlling a scanner, where the scanning application receives a command from the connection device and automatically transmits to a display unit of the connection device via the network without a user operation of the scanning application, a selection screen information, the connection device displays a selection menu and transmits, to the scanning application in the control apparatus, a selection item information specifying an item selected by a user of the display unit, and the scanning application automatically transmits, to the connection device without a user operation of the scanning application in the control apparatus, a control signal based on the selection item, and the scanning application in the control apparatus automatically controls the scanner remotely in accordance with the control signal via the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Fujita, Hirokazu Higuchi, Minoru Okawara, Nozomi Masao, Hiroshi Komuro
  • Patent number: 8420936
    Abstract: A cable harness has a wire group made of plural electric wires, connector terminals provided at both ends of the wire group, a braid sleeve provided around an outer periphery of the wire group, and ground connecting parts provided at both ends of the braid sleeve that are configured to be electrically connected to a ground part in an equipment. The braid sleeve includes a metallized high tension fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable Fine-Tech, Ltd.
    Inventors: Detian Huang, Takanobu Watanabe, Noriyuki Imai, Hiroshi Komuro
  • Patent number: D689866
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuyuki Anzai, Hiroki Kitagawa, Hiroshi Komuro, Takashi Machida, Mikio Shinohara, Satoshi Fujiwara
  • Patent number: D741331
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: CANON DENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaaki Ishibashi, Misato Nakayama, Hiroshi Komuro, Minoru Sashida