Patents by Inventor Kayo Hasui

Kayo Hasui 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: 9272434
    Abstract: A cutting apparatus including a plurality of types of holding members holding a workpiece and a plurality of types of cutting members cutting the workpiece held by the holding member. Each holding member includes a sheet of base, a holding portion disposed on a surface of the base and having a holding capacity suitable for a type of the workpiece to be held, and a holding member indicator capable of distinguishing the types of holding members. Each cutting member includes a cutter having a blade configured to cut the workpiece and having a cutting capacity suitable for a type of the workpiece to be cut, a support portion supporting the cutter, and a cutter indicator provided on the plurality of types of cutting members and capable of distinguishing the types of cutting members, the cutter indicator being similar in configuration as the holding member indicator of corresponding holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Hasegawa, Tomoyasu Niizeki, Kayo Hasui
  • Publication number: 20140182431
    Abstract: A cutting apparatus including a plurality of types of holding members holding a workpiece and a plurality of types of cutting members cutting the workpiece held by the holding member. Each holding member includes a sheet of base, a holding portion disposed on a surface of the base and having a holding capacity suitable for a type of the workpiece to be held, and a holding member indicator capable of distinguishing the types of holding members. Each cutting member includes a cutter having a blade configured to cut the workpiece and having a cutting capacity suitable for a type of the workpiece to be cut, a support portion supporting the cutter, and a cutter indicator provided on the plurality of types of cutting members and capable of distinguishing the types of cutting members, the cutter indicator being similar in configuration as the holding member indicator of corresponding holding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Hasegawa, Tomoyasu Niizeki, Kayo Hasui
  • Patent number: 8233018
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is described. The image forming apparatus may include a first casing and a second casing above the first casing. The second casing is provided with an upper surface including a generally horizontal surface, a lower surface extending beyond the upper surface in a generally horizontal direction and a side surface connecting an end edge of the upper surface and an end edge of the lower surface with each other over the whole area. The first casing is provided with an upper surface coming into contact with the lower surface of the second casing over the whole area and a side surface including a generally vertical surface. An inclined surface connecting the generally vertical surface of the first casing and the generally horizontal surface of the second casing with each other, is provided continuously along the first casing and the second casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shougo Sato, Keiichiro Egami, Yosuke Mase, Yusuke Nakata, Kayo Hasui
  • Patent number: 8013882
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is described. The image forming apparatus may include a casing including an image forming section, an ejecting section provided above the image forming section and an image scanning section provided above the ejecting section, formed with an ejecting port communicating with the ejecting section; and an operating section. A side surface of the casing closer to the ejecting port includes a generally vertical surface and an upper surface of the casing includes a generally horizontal surface. The casing is provided with an inclined surface inclined along a direction intersecting with the generally vertical surface and the generally horizontal surface for connecting the generally vertical surface and the generally horizontal surface with each other, and the ejecting port is formed on the inclined surface, while the operating section is arranged above the ejecting port on the inclined surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shougo Sato, Keiichiro Egami, Yosuke Mase, Yusuke Nakata, Kayo Hasui
  • Patent number: 8013883
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is described. The image forming apparatus may include a first casing and a second casing above the first casing. The second casing is provided with an upper surface including a generally horizontal surface, a lower surface extending beyond the upper surface in a generally horizontal direction and a side surface connecting an end edge of the upper surface and an end edge of the lower surface with each other over the whole area. The first casing is provided with an upper surface coming into contact with the lower surface of the second casing over the whole area and a side surface including a generally vertical surface. An inclined surface connecting the generally vertical surface of the first casing and the generally horizontal surface of the second casing with each other, is provided continuously along the first casing and the second casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shougo Sato, Keiichiro Egami, Yosuke Mase, Yusuke Nakata, Kayo Hasui
  • Publication number: 20110200354
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is described. The image forming apparatus may include a first casing and a second casing above the first casing. The second casing is provided with an upper surface including a generally horizontal surface, a lower surface extending beyond the upper surface in a generally horizontal direction and a side surface connecting an end edge of the upper surface and an end edge of the lower surface with each other over the whole area. The first casing is provided with an upper surface coming into contact with the lower surface of the second casing over the whole area and a side surface including a generally vertical surface. An inclined surface connecting the generally vertical surface of the first casing and the generally horizontal surface of the second casing with each other, is provided continuously along the first casing and the second casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shougo SATO, Keiichiro EGAMI, Yosuke MASE, Yusuke NAKATA, Kayo HASUI
  • Patent number: 7995948
    Abstract: An image forming device includes a device body, a side cover fixed to the device body to cover a side face of the device body, a top cover attached swingably to the device body to cover an upper face of the device body, the top cover and the side cover defining a mating portion as a boundary region therebetween, a plane portion formed in a first one of the top cover and the side cover, and an inclined portion formed at a side of the first one in the mating portion, the inclined portion including an inclined surface configured to be inclined with respect to the plane portion, the inclined surface extending toward a back surface side of a second one of the top cover and the side cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Yano, Sachiko Yano, legal representative, Keiichiro Egami, Yusuke Nakata, Kayo Hasui
  • Patent number: 7962061
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is described. The image forming apparatus may include a casing including an image forming section, an ejecting section provided above the image forming section and an image scanning section provided above the ejecting section, formed with an ejecting port communicating with the ejecting section; and an operating section. A side surface of the casing closer to the ejecting port includes a generally vertical surface and an upper surface of the casing includes a generally horizontal surface. The casing is provided with an inclined surface inclined along a direction intersecting with the generally vertical surface and the generally horizontal surface for connecting the generally vertical surface and the generally horizontal surface with each other, and the ejecting port is formed on the inclined surface, and the operating section is arranged under the ejecting port on the inclined surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shougo Sato, Keiichiro Egami, Yosuke Mase, Yusuke Nakata, Kayo Hasui
  • Patent number: 7957666
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is described. The image forming apparatus may include a casing including an image forming section, an ejecting section above the image forming section and an image scanning section above the ejecting section, formed with an ejecting port communicating with the ejecting section; and an operating section. A side surface of the casing closer to the ejecting port includes a generally vertical surface and an upper surface of the casing includes a generally horizontal surface. The casing is provided with an inclined surface inclined along a direction intersecting with the generally vertical surface and the generally horizontal surface for connecting the generally vertical surface and the generally horizontal surface with each other. The ejecting port is formed on the inclined surface. The operating section is inclined along a direction approaching a horizontal surface than the inclined surface under the ejecting port on the inclined surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shougo Sato, Keiichiro Egami, Yosuke Mase, Yusuke Nakata, Kayo Hasui
  • Patent number: D622762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Brother Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichiro Egami, Kayo Hasui
  • Patent number: D633557
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichiro Egami, Yukihiko Sato, Kayo Hasui
  • Patent number: D633558
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichiro Egami, Yukihiko Sato, Kayo Hasui
  • Patent number: D643464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiko Sato, Keiichiro Egami, Kayo Hasui, Jiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: D647133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiko Sato, Keiichiro Egami, Kayo Hasui, Jiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: D696339
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kayo Hasui, Mitsuharu Hattori, Masahide Asano
  • Patent number: D696340
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kayo Hasui, Mitsuharu Hattori, Masahide Asano
  • Patent number: D697131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kayo Hasui, Mitsuharu Hattori, Masahide Asano
  • Patent number: D699781
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kayo Hasui, Mitsuharu Hattori, Masahide Asano
  • Patent number: D728641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Hattori, Kayo Hasui
  • Patent number: D728642
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Hattori, Kayo Hasui