Patents by Inventor Hiroto HANBA

Hiroto HANBA 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: 12240244
    Abstract: A cartridge includes a liquid container and an adaptor. The liquid container has a liquid storage containing a liquid to be supplied to a printing apparatus, a liquid supply section configured to supply the liquid contained in the liquid storage to a liquid introduction section, and an adaptor mounting section. The adaptor is mounted on the adaptor mounting section and has a terminal placement section in which a cartridge-side terminal electrically connected to an apparatus-side terminal is disposed and an insertion aperture through which the liquid introduction section passes. The adaptor mounting section is provided with a mounting mechanism for mounting the adaptor, which has a predetermined constant shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroto Hanba, Yoshihiro Koizumi, Shun Oya, Takumi Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20240326456
    Abstract: A liquid container includes a liquid containing body that contains liquid, a case that houses the liquid containing body, and a display board portion on which identification information regarding the liquid container is gathered and displayed. The case has a mounting surface from which a supply portion through which the liquid in the liquid containing body is supplied is exposed. The display board portion is detachably provided on a surface region of the case that is different from the mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroto HANBA
  • Publication number: 20240066881
    Abstract: A cartridge including a first guide rib and a second guide rib that extend in the Y direction and project outward in the X direction. In an attachment state in which a cap is attached to the cartridge, the cap includes a sealing wall having a liquid holding portion that faces the liquid supply portion, a first projecting rib projecting in a direction opposite to a projecting direction of the first guide rib, a second projecting rib projecting in a direction opposite to a projecting direction of the second guide rib, a first recessed portion that is formed between the sealing wall and the first projecting rib and accommodates the first guide rib, and a second recessed portion that is formed between the sealing wall and the second projecting rib and accommodates the second guide rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadahiro MIZUTANI, Yoshihiro KOIZUMI, Shun OYA, Takumi NAGASHIMA, Hiroto HANBA
  • Patent number: 11807015
    Abstract: A cartridge includes a casing that demarcates a liquid chamber used for storing a liquid and that is hollow, and a liquid supply section that communicates with the liquid chamber and supplies the liquid in the liquid chamber to a printing apparatus. The casing includes a concave/convex portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi Nagashima, Yoshihiro Koizumi, Shun Oya, Hiroto Hanba
  • Publication number: 20220410575
    Abstract: A cartridge includes a liquid container and an adaptor. The liquid container has a liquid storage containing a liquid to be supplied to a printing apparatus, a liquid supply section configured to supply the liquid contained in the liquid storage to a liquid introduction section, and an adaptor mounting section. The adaptor is mounted on the adaptor mounting section and has a terminal placement section in which a cartridge-side terminal electrically connected to an apparatus-side terminal is disposed and an insertion aperture through which the liquid introduction section passes. The adaptor mounting section is provided with a mounting mechanism for mounting the adaptor, which has a predetermined constant shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroto HANBA, Yoshihiro KOIZUMI, Shun OYA, Takumi NAGASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220297437
    Abstract: A cartridge includes a casing that demarcates a liquid chamber used for storing a liquid and that is hollow, and a liquid supply section that communicates with the liquid chamber and supplies the liquid in the liquid chamber to a printing apparatus. The casing includes a concave/convex portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi NAGASHIMA, Yoshihiro KOIZUMI, Shun OYA, Hiroto HANBA
  • Patent number: D1061705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi Nagashima, Yoshihiro Koizumi, Tadahiro Mizutani, Shun Oya, Hiroto Hanba