Patents by Inventor Kazutoshi Sakamoto

Kazutoshi Sakamoto 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: 9944100
    Abstract: To optimize an arrangement route for a tube arranged between an ink tank and a carriage, when arranging the ink tank outside an ink jet printer main body. A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting apparatus main body 2 ejecting a liquid onto a recording medium from a liquid ejecting head mounted on a carriage; a liquid containing body 110 arranged inside the liquid ejecting apparatus main body 2; and a liquid supply tube 120 arranged between the liquid containing body 110 and the carriage, in which an inner space S is provided which is formed from the liquid ejecting head and a discharge port including a region where the recording medium is discharged, and the liquid containing body 110 is arranged in the inner space S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Yoda, Kenji Oshima, Yoshisada Aoki, Satoshi Shimizu, Kazutoshi Sakamoto, Nobuhisa Nomoto
  • Patent number: 9944101
    Abstract: To optimize an arrangement route for a tube arranged between an ink tank and a carriage, when arranging the ink tank outside an ink jet printer main body. A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting apparatus main body 2 ejecting a liquid onto a recording medium from a liquid ejecting head mounted on a carriage; a liquid containing body 110 arranged inside the liquid ejecting apparatus main body 2; and a liquid supply tube 120 arranged between the liquid containing body 110 and the carriage, in which an inner space S is provided which is formed from the liquid ejecting head and a discharge port including a region where the recording medium is discharged, and the liquid containing body 110 is arranged in the inner space S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Yoda, Kenji Oshima, Yoshisada Aoki, Satoshi Shimizu, Kazutoshi Sakamoto, Nobuhisa Nomoto
  • Publication number: 20160200123
    Abstract: To optimize an arrangement route for a tube arranged between an ink tank and a carriage, when arranging the ink tank outside an ink jet printer main body. A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting apparatus main body 2 ejecting a liquid onto a recording medium from a liquid ejecting head mounted on a carriage; a liquid containing body 110 arranged inside the liquid ejecting apparatus main body 2; and a liquid supply tube 120 arranged between the liquid containing body 110 and the carriage, in which an inner space S is provided which is formed from the liquid ejecting head and a discharge port including a region where the recording medium is discharged, and the liquid containing body 110 is arranged in the inner space S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroshi TAKEUCHI, Hiroyuki YODA, Kenji OSHIMA, Yoshisada AOKI, Satoshi SHIMIZU, Kazutoshi SAKAMOTO, Nobuhisa NOMOTO
  • Patent number: 9315031
    Abstract: Provided is a recording apparatus allowing for a reduction in size of an ink jet recording apparatus. An ink jet recording apparatus includes a head unit that has a recording head which ejects ink and a relay adapter which relays an ink accommodating portion where ink is accommodated with the recording head, and is movable in a scanning direction of the recording head, and an ink tube that is connected to the relay adapter, guides ink which is sent from the ink accommodating portion to the relay adapter, and has flexibility, in which a height difference is formed in an upper portion of an adapter accommodating portion, where the relay adapter is accommodated, of the head unit, and the ink tube extends outside the head unit by using a space between a high position and a low position of the adapter accommodating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Yoda, Kenji Oshima, Yoshisada Aoki, Satoshi Shimizu, Kazutoshi Sakamoto, Nobuhisa Nomoto
  • Patent number: 9283765
    Abstract: A liquid containing body 110 arranged inside the liquid ejecting apparatus main body 2; and a liquid supply tube 120 arranged between the liquid containing body 110 and the carriage, in which an inner space S is provided which is formed from the liquid ejecting head and a discharge port including a region where the recording medium is discharged, and the liquid containing body 110 is arranged in the inner space S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Yoda, Kenji Oshima, Yoshisada Aoki, Satoshi Shimizu, Kazutoshi Sakamoto, Nobuhisa Nomoto
  • Patent number: 9278538
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a housing; a head; a tube which guides ink which is stored in an ink storage portion disposed on an outside of the housing to the head, and includes a deforming movable portion which deforms to track movement of the head, and a fixed portion which does not deform to track the movement of the head; a bearing portion which bears the deforming movable portion; and a partitioning portion which partitions the deforming movable portion from the fixed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Sakamoto, Yoshisada Aoki
  • Patent number: 9150025
    Abstract: An arrangement path of a tube arranged between an ink tank and a carriage is optimized in a case where the ink tank is arranged in an outer portion or the like of an ink jet printer main body. A liquid ejecting apparatus 1 includes a liquid ejecting apparatus main body 2 that ejects a liquid from a liquid ejecting head which is mounted on a carriage, a liquid accommodating body 110 that is arranged in an external area or the like of the liquid ejecting apparatus main body 2, and liquid supply tubes 120 that are arranged between the liquid accommodating body 110 and the carriage. The liquid ejecting apparatus further includes a paper discharge frame that is arranged along a scanning direction of the liquid ejecting head on a further forward side than the liquid ejecting head. A part of the liquid supply tubes 120 is fixed to a frame member paper discharge frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Yoda, Kenji Oshima, Yoshisada Aoki, Satoshi Shimizu, Kazutoshi Sakamoto, Nobuhisa Nomoto
  • Publication number: 20150174906
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a housing; a head; a tube which guides ink which is stored in an ink storage portion disposed on an outside of the housing to the head, and includes a deforming movable portion which deforms to track movement of the head, and a fixed portion which does not deform to track the movement of the head; a bearing portion which bears the deforming movable portion; and a partitioning portion which partitions the deforming movable portion from the fixed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Kazutoshi SAKAMOTO, Yoshisada AOKI
  • Publication number: 20150124026
    Abstract: To optimize an arrangement route for a tube arranged between an ink tank and a carriage, when arranging the ink tank outside an ink jet printer main body. A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting apparatus main body 2 ejecting a liquid onto a recording medium from a liquid ejecting head mounted on a carriage; a liquid containing body 110 arranged inside the liquid ejecting apparatus main body 2; and a liquid supply tube 120 arranged between the liquid containing body 110 and the carriage, in which an inner space S is provided which is formed from the liquid ejecting head and a discharge port including a region where the recording medium is discharged, and the liquid containing body 110 is arranged in the inner space S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi TAKEUCHI, Hiroyuki YODA, Kenji OSHIMA, Yoshisada AOKI, Satoshi SHIMIZU, Kazutoshi SAKAMOTO, Nobuhisa NOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150054890
    Abstract: An arrangement path of a tube arranged between an ink tank and a carriage is optimized in a case where the ink tank is arranged in an outer portion or the like of an ink jet printer main body. A liquid ejecting apparatus 1 includes a liquid ejecting apparatus main body 2 that ejects a liquid from a liquid ejecting head which is mounted on a carriage, a liquid accommodating body 110 that is arranged in an external area or the like of the liquid ejecting apparatus main body 2, and liquid supply tubes 120 that are arranged between the liquid accommodating body 110 and the carriage. The liquid ejecting apparatus further includes a paper discharge frame that is arranged along a scanning direction of the liquid ejecting head on a further forward side than the liquid ejecting head. A part of the liquid supply tubes 120 is fixed to a frame member paper discharge frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Yoda, Kenji Oshima, Yoshisada Aoki, Satoshi Shimizu, Kazutoshi Sakamoto, Nobuhisa Nomoto
  • Publication number: 20150035914
    Abstract: Provided is a recording apparatus allowing for a reduction in size of an ink jet recording apparatus. An ink jet recording apparatus includes a head unit that has a recording head which ejects ink and a relay adapter which relays an ink accommodating portion where ink is accommodated with the recording head, and is movable in a scanning direction of the recording head, and an ink tube that is connected to the relay adapter, guides ink which is sent from the ink accommodating portion to the relay adapter, and has flexibility, in which a height difference is formed in an upper portion of an adapter accommodating portion, where the relay adapter is accommodated, of the head unit, and the ink tube extends outside the head unit by using a space between a high position and a low position of the adapter accommodating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Yoda, Kenji Oshima, Yoshisada Aoki, Satoshi Shimizu, Kazutoshi Sakamoto, Nobuhisa Nomoto
  • Patent number: 8851640
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a head unit, a discharge port including a region where a recording medium on which a recording is performed by the recording head is discharged and an ink tube having flexibility, that is connected to the head unit and leads the ink from an ink containing unit. The ink tube protrudes to the outside of the apparatus from discharge port side of the front surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Yoda, Kenji Oshima, Yoshisada Aoki, Satoshi Shimizu, Kazutoshi Sakamoto, Nobuhisa Nomoto
  • Patent number: 8746858
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a paper supply tray 31 that is provided on an upstream side of a transport direction in which recording paper P is transported, and which can feed the recording paper P from a first aperture portion 21 provided in a housing 20, a guide member 33, which is provided in the paper supply tray 31 wall surface portion 21a of the housing 20, and an ink tube 50 that passes through gap sections S1 and S2 between the guide member 33 and the wall surface portion and supplies ink from an ink accommodation portion 60 which is provided outside the housing 20 to a recording head 43 that is attached to a carriage 41.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Yoda, Kenji Oshima, Yoshisada Aoki, Satoshi Shimizu, Kazutoshi Sakamoto, Nobuhisa Nomoto
  • Publication number: 20130235126
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a head unit, a discharge port including a region where a recording medium on which a recording is performed by the recording head is discharged and an ink tube having flexibility, that is connected to the head unit and leads the ink from an ink containing unit. The ink tube protrudes to the outside of the apparatus from discharge port side of the front surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Yoda, Kenji Oshima, Yoshisada Aoki, Satoshi Shimizu, Kazutoshi Sakamoto, Nobuhisa Nomoto
  • Publication number: 20110207655
    Abstract: [Problem]A compound useful for the prevention and/or treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound as an active ingredient are provided. [Means for Solution]The present inventors have made extensive studies on the pharmacological actions of naturally fermented materials, and as a result, they have found that a cyclic depsipeptide compound derived from a soil bacterium belonging to the genus Chromobacterium which is collected in Okutama-machi, Tokyo has both an inhibitory action on airway contraction and an inhibitory action on airway inflammation, and thus, is useful as an agent for preventing or treating COPD or asthma, thereby completing the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Susumu Tsujimoto, Masatoshi Taniguchi, Yoshitaka Hirayama, Jun Takasaki, Tomihisa Kawasaki, Kazutoshi Sakamoto, Shinya Nishiwaki, Yukihiro Kitanaga
  • Patent number: 6825003
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cyclic lipopeptide acylase which may effectively deacylate the acyl side chain of a cyclic lipopeptide compound, specifically FR901379 Substance or its analog thereof shown by the following general formula [I], and a process for production of a cyclic peptide compound which comprises the use of said acylase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ueda, Miho Tanaka, Masami Ezaki, Kazutoshi Sakamoto, Seiji Hashimoto, Nobutaka Oohata, Masaru Tsuboi, Michio Yamashita
  • Patent number: 6656905
    Abstract: A cyclic tetrapeptide compound and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Mori, Kazutoshi Sakamoto, Yasuhisa Tsurumi, Shigehiro Takase, Motohiro Hino
  • Patent number: 6573084
    Abstract: There is provided a cyclic lipopeptide acylase which is capable of deacylating the acyl side chain of a cyclic lipopeptide compound, e.g. Substance FR901379 or its analog, of the following general formula [I] with effectiveness as well a method of producing a cyclic peptide compound which comprises using the acylase. [wherein R1 is acyl; R2 is hydroxy or acyloxy; R3 is hydrogen or hydroxy; R4 is hydrogen or hydroxy; R5 is hydrogen or hydroxysulfonyloxy; and R6 is hydrogen or carbamoyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ueda, Miho Tanaka, Masami Ezaki, Kazutoshi Sakamoto, Seiji Hashimoto, Nobutaka Oohata, Masaru Tsuboi, Michio Yamashita
  • Patent number: 6537789
    Abstract: There is provided a cyclic lipopeptide acylase which is capable of deacylating the acyl side chain of a cyclic lipopeptide compound, e.g. Substance FR901379 or its analog, of the following general formula [I] with effectiveness as well a method of producing a cyclic peptide compound which comprises using the acylase. [wherein R1 is acyl; R2 is hydroxy or acyloxy; R3 is hydrogen or hydroxy; R4 is hydrogen or hydroxy; R5 is hydrogen or hydroxysulfonyloxy; and R6 is hydrogen or carbamoyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ueda, Miho Tanaka, Masami Ezaki, Kazutoshi Sakamoto, Seiji Hashimoto, Nobutaka Oohata, Masaru Tsuboi, Michio Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20020115133
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cyclic lipopeptide acylase which may effectively deacylate the acyl side chain of a cyclic lipopeptide compound, specifically FR901379 Substance or its analog thereof shown by the following general formula [I], and a process for production of a cyclic peptide compound which comprises the use of said acylase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Applicant: Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ueda, Miho Tanaka, Masami Ezaki, Kazutoshi Sakamoto, Seiji Hashimoto, Nobutaka Oohata, Masaru Tsuboi, Michio Yamashita