Patents by Inventor Hisaaki YOSHIMOTO

Hisaaki YOSHIMOTO 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: 11964501
    Abstract: A printing device includes a housing, a head arranged inside the housing and configured to eject a liquid, a fan arranged inside the housing, a humidifier configured to supply humidified air to a supply port arranged at an exhaust port side of the fan, and a filter arranged at a fan side of the supply port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiro Kawakita, Hisaaki Yoshimoto
  • Publication number: 20230182478
    Abstract: A liquid supply system includes one or a plurality tubes, a supply mechanism, a first sensor and a processor. The one or plurality tubes is connected to a tank. The tank is provided further upstream than a printer. The one or plurality of supply tubes configured to supply the liquid from the tank toward the printer. The supply mechanism is provided in the one or plurality of tubes, and switches between a supply state and a supply stopped state. The processor determines, based on a signal from the first sensor, whether the server remaining amount is equal to or less than a predetermined remaining amount. When the server remaining amount is equal to or less than the predetermined remaining amount, the processor supplies the liquid from the tank toward the printer via the one or plurality of supply tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Hisaaki YOSHIMOTO, Akihiro KAWAKITA
  • Publication number: 20230182474
    Abstract: A liquid supply device supplying a liquid to a printer includes a supply tube and an agitator. The supply tube configures a supply flow path of the liquid to the printer. The supply tube is connected to a tank configured to store the liquid. The tank is provided further upstream than the printer in the supply flow path. The supply tube is configured to supply the liquid from the tank toward the printer. The agitator includes a stirrer and is configured to perform an agitation operation of driving the stirrer and agitating the liquid inside the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Akihiro KAWAKITA, Hisaaki YOSHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230182480
    Abstract: A liquid supply system includes one or a plurality tubes, a liquid delivery mechanism and a processor. The one or plurality tubes is connected to a tank. The tank is provided further upstream than a printer. Liquid flows through the one or plurality tubes between the tank and the printer. The liquid delivery mechanism is provided in the one or plurality of tubes, and switches between a liquid delivery state and a stopped state. The processor performs supply processing of supplying the liquid from the tank toward the printer via the one or plurality of tubes, by controlling the liquid delivery mechanism to be in the liquid delivery state, and return processing of returning the liquid from the printer toward the tank via the one or plurality of tubes, by controlling the liquid delivery mechanism to be in the liquid delivery state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Hisaaki YOSHIMOTO, Akihiro KAWAKITA
  • Publication number: 20230182479
    Abstract: A liquid supply system includes one or a plurality of tubes, a liquid delivery mechanism, and a processor. The one or plurality of tubes is connected to a tank. The tank is configured to store the liquid and is provided further upstream than the printer. The liquid delivery mechanism is provided in the one or plurality of tubes and configured to switch between a liquid delivery state and a stopped state. The processor performs liquid delivery processing of controlling the liquid delivery mechanism to be in the liquid delivery state and the stopped state based on a remaining amount indicated by a signal from a sensor. The sensor is configured to detect the remaining amount of the liquid inside the tank or inside the printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Akihiro KAWAKITA, Hisaaki YOSHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220097433
    Abstract: A printing device includes a housing, a head arranged inside the housing and configured to eject a liquid, a fan arranged inside the housing, a humidifier configured to supply humidified air to a supply port arranged at an exhaust port side of the fan, and a filter arranged at a fan side of the supply port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Akihiro KAWAKITA, Hisaaki YOSHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180281435
    Abstract: A liquid container includes a storage portion, a stopper, and a plate. The storage portion is a flexible member storing a liquid. The storage portion includes a surface extending in a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction. The longitudinal direction and the lateral direction intersect a predetermined direction. The stopper is provided in a first end portion of the storage portion, of the first end portion and a second end portion that are both end portions in the longitudinal direction of the storage portion. The plate fixed to the surface. At least one of both end portions of the plate in the longitudinal direction includes a protrusion portion. The protrusion portion protrudes in a separating direction, of the longitudinal direction, in which the protrusion portion separates from the storage portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Hisaaki YOSHIMOTO, Kazuyuki KONDO