Patents by Inventor Keiichi Yato

Keiichi Yato 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).

  • Publication number: 20220111668
    Abstract: A recording device as a processing device includes: a recording unit accommodated in a housing and configured to perform recording on a medium; and a medium accommodating unit that accommodates the medium discharged from the housing. The medium accommodating unit includes: a sheet-shaped accommodating member; a rotating shaft provided inside the housing and to which one end of the accommodating member is connected; and an operating portion provided separably from the housing and to which the other end of the accommodating member is connected. The accommodating member is wound around the rotating shaft and accommodated inside the housing when the operating portion is mounted on the housing. The accommodating member is fed from the rotating shaft so that the medium is accommodated when the operating portion is separated from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Keiichi YATO, Mitsuru MURATA
  • Patent number: 11285745
    Abstract: A recording device includes a leg unit that supports a base frame of a main body from a side of an installation surface. The leg unit includes four contact units that can contact the installation surface at positions different from each other, and the four contact units are constituted by three reference contact units that form a reference plane for which a relative position with respect to the base frame is defined, and one movable contact unit that can adjust a position in a height direction, which is a direction orthogonal to the reference plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Yato, Atsuhiko Takeuchi, Yosuke Nakano, Shun Ito
  • Publication number: 20220063311
    Abstract: A supply device for a roll medium includes a drawer-type lower holding unit configured to support a shaft of a roll medium to hold the roll medium, and a guide member configured to be pressed in a direction toward the shaft from below to come into contact with the roll medium held by the lower holding unit, and be displaced in accordance with a change in an outer diameter of the roll medium. In addition, the lower holding unit is configured to be drawn from a main body of the supply device in a first direction. When the lower holding unit, in a drawn-out state, is stored in the main body of the supply unit, the guide member comes into contact with the roll medium. The guide member is caused to be retracted downward from a travel path of the lower holding unit against a force pressing upward from below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Mitsuru MURATA, Keiichi YATO
  • Publication number: 20210213762
    Abstract: A recording device includes a main body including a recording unit configured to perform recording on a medium pulled out from a roll body including the medium wound around a core member, and a leg part configured to support the main body from an installation surface on which the main body is installed. The leg part includes contact parts configured to make contact with the installation surface at respective positions different from each other. The contact parts include three reference contact parts located on a same plane and one movable contact part. The movable contact part is coupled with the main body through an elastic member that is elastically deformable in a direction that intersects the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Keiichi Yato, Yosuke Nakano, Atsuhiko Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20210024320
    Abstract: Provided are a loading portion configured to load a medium discharged from a discharging portion, and a plurality of pressing portions provided downstream of the discharging portion in a discharging direction of the medium, and configured to press the medium loaded on the loading portion. The loading portion includes a first loading portion including a downward sloped surface sloping downward in the discharging direction, and also includes a second loading portion including an upward sloped surface sloping upward in the discharging direction. The downward sloped surface and the upward sloped surface form a discharging path through which the medium is discharged. The plurality of pressing portions includes a first pressing portion configured to press the medium loaded on the first loading portion, and also includes a second pressing portion configured to press the medium loaded on the second loading portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Shun ITO, Yosuke NAKANO, Keiichi YATO, Haruna TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200307289
    Abstract: A recording device includes a leg unit that supports a base frame of a main body from a side of an installation surface. The leg unit includes four contact units that can contact the installation surface at positions different from each other, and the four contact units are constituted by three reference contact units that form a reference plane for which a relative position with respect to the base frame is defined, and one movable contact unit that can adjust a position in a height direction, which is a direction orthogonal to the reference plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Keiichi YATO, Atsuhiko TAKEUCHI, Yosuke NAKANO, Shun ITO
  • Publication number: 20200270085
    Abstract: A transport device unwinds a medium from a roll body to which a shaft member is mounted and transports the medium. The transport device includes an accommodation portion configured to accommodate the roll body, a main body portion to which the accommodation portion is mounted, and a roller pair configured to nip the medium. The accommodation portion and the main body portion are relatively movable. The main body portion includes a rack configured to engage with a gear of the shaft member. The rack is engaged with the gear when the accommodation portion moves relative to the main body portion to be pulled out of the main body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Haruna TAKAHASHI, Atsuhiko TAKEUCHI, Yosuke NAKANO, Shun ITO, Keiichi YATO
  • Patent number: 10232645
    Abstract: A medium transportation device 2 includes a transportation unit 7 that transports a medium P in a transportation direction A, an edge guide 10 that guides positions of edges Pend of the medium P in a width direction perpendicular to the transportation direction A, and a foreign matter collecting section 13 that collects foreign matters at the edges Pend of the medium P. With this configuration, the medium transportation device 2 can reduce a decrease in transport accuracy of media due to a foreign matter at the edge Pend of the medium in a simple manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Keiichi Yato
  • Publication number: 20180178565
    Abstract: A moving body support apparatus including a main shaft, a sub-shaft that is arranged to be spaced from the main shaft, and a carriage that moves along the main shaft while causing a contact surface to be in contact with the sub-shaft is provided. A distance between the main shaft and the sub-shaft changes along a moving direction of the moving body. A printing apparatus including the moving body support apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhisa KATO, Keiichi YATO
  • Publication number: 20180056674
    Abstract: A medium transportation device 2 includes a transportation unit 7 that transports a medium P in a transportation direction A, an edge guide 10 that guides positions of edges Pend of the medium P in a width direction perpendicular to the transportation direction A, and a foreign matter collecting section 13 that collects foreign matters at the edges Pend of the medium P. With this configuration, the medium transportation device 2 can reduce a decrease in transport accuracy of media due to a foreign matter at the edge Pend of the medium in a simple manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: Keiichi YATO
  • Patent number: 9417943
    Abstract: A safety computing device includes a processor and a memory. The memory includes a first memory area and a second memory area having an address different from the first memory area. The processor includes an execution control unit performing a first process including the program process on input data written in the first memory area, and a second process including the program process on input data written in the second memory area and addition of redundancy code to output data written in the second memory area, a result collating unit collating output data to which redundancy code is added in the first and second processes, a computation diagnosis unit diagnosing presence or absence of failure in the processor and the memory, and an abnormality processing unit that, when an abnormality is detected by at least one of redundancy check, collation, and diagnosis, stops outputting output data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroo Kanamaru, Yoshitomo Asano, Keiichi Yato, Hidetoshi Harada
  • Publication number: 20150220378
    Abstract: A safety computing device includes a processor and a memory. The memory includes a first memory area and a second memory area having an address different from the first memory area. The processor includes an execution control unit performing a first process including the program process on input data written in the first memory area, and a second process including the program process on input data written in the second memory area and addition of redundancy code to output data written in the second memory area, a result collating unit collating output data to which redundancy code is added in the first and second processes, a computation diagnosis unit diagnosing presence or absence of failure in the processor and the memory, and an abnormality processing unit that, when an abnormality is detected by at least one of redundancy check, collation, and diagnosis, stops outputting output data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroo Kanamaru, Yoshitomo Asano, Keiichi Yato, Hidetoshi Harada
  • Publication number: 20140186086
    Abstract: The roll paper supporting device includes a shaft member that is inserted into a roll paper along an axis of the roll paper; and a flange that includes an insertion hole that allows the shaft member to be inserted and an engagement section engageable with the shaft member, the flange being configured to support the roll paper in an axis direction of the shaft member. The shaft member includes, in a state that the shaft member is inserted into the insertion hole, a fourth engagement groove and a sixth engagement groove that position the flange in the axis direction by engaging the engagement section, and a fifth engagement groove that positions the flange in the axis direction by engaging the engagement section at a position different from the fourth engagement groove and the sixth engagement groove both in the axis direction and in a circumferential direction of the shaft member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keiichi Yato
  • Patent number: D944319
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Yanagisawa, Hiroto Miyauchi, Yosuke Nakano, Shun Ito, Keiichi Yato, Haruna Takahashi, Atsuhiko Takeuchi, Hitoshi Igarashi