Patents by Inventor Kohzo Ohkubo

Kohzo Ohkubo 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).

  • Recording apparatus having position detecting device
    Patent number: 5575577
    Abstract: A recording apparatus of the kind arranged to perform recording by moving a carriage on which a recording head is mounted is provided with a linear encoder which consists of a linear scale part arranged in parallel to a moving route of the carriage to have position information recorded in the longitudinal direction thereof at a predetermined pitch and a detecting head arranged to detect the position information of the scale part. The detecting head includes a protective film thereon and a slider which fittingly engages the scale part and is formed with a polyphenylene sulfide material containing 10 to 50% of a filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshio Kawakami, Kohzo Ohkubo, Syuzo Abiko