Patents by Inventor Kosuke Umehara

Kosuke Umehara 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: 20240083174
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes an ink tank that contains an ink to be supplied to a printing head that ejects the ink, the ink being injected from an ink bottle. The inkjet printing apparatus further includes an injection assistance member including a first passage and a second passage. The first passage is defined by a first upper end portion opening toward the outside of the ink tank and a first lower end portion opening toward the inside of the ink tank. The second passage is defined by a second upper end portion opening toward the outside of the ink tank and projecting upward less than the first upper end portion and a second lower end portion opening toward the inside of the ink tank and larger than the first lower end portion in terms of a distance from the bottom surface of the ink tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yuta Araki, Kosuke Umehara, Koki Shimada
  • Patent number: 11833829
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes an ink tank that contains an ink to be supplied to a printing head that ejects the ink, the ink being injected from an ink bottle. The inkjet printing apparatus further includes an injection assistance member including a first passage and a second passage. The first passage is defined by a first upper end portion opening toward the outside of the ink tank and a first lower end portion opening toward the inside of the ink tank. The second passage is defined by a second upper end portion opening toward the outside of the ink tank and projecting upward less than the first upper end portion and a second lower end portion opening toward the inside of the ink tank and larger than the first lower end portion in terms of a distance from the bottom surface of the ink tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuta Araki, Kosuke Umehara, Koki Shimada
  • Publication number: 20230114455
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes an ink tank that contains an ink to be supplied to a printing head that ejects the ink, the ink being injected from an ink bottle. The inkjet printing apparatus further includes an injection assistance member including a first passage and a second passage. The first passage is defined by a first upper end portion opening toward the outside of the ink tank and a first lower end portion opening toward the inside of the ink tank. The second passage is defined by a second upper end portion opening toward the outside of the ink tank and projecting upward less than the first upper end portion and a second lower end portion opening toward the inside of the ink tank and larger than the first lower end portion in terms of a distance from the bottom surface of the ink tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Yuta Araki, Kosuke Umehara, Koki Shimada
  • Patent number: 11491796
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes an ink tank that contains an ink to be supplied to a printing head that ejects the ink, the ink being injected from an ink bottle. The inkjet printing apparatus further includes an injection assistance member including a first passage and a second passage. The first passage is defined by a first upper end portion opening toward the outside of the ink tank and a first lower end portion opening toward the inside of the ink tank. The second passage is defined by a second upper end portion opening toward the outside of the ink tank and projecting upward less than the first upper end portion and a second lower end portion opening toward the inside of the ink tank and larger than the first lower end portion in terms of a distance from the bottom surface of the ink tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuta Araki, Kosuke Umehara, Koki Shimada
  • Patent number: 11124004
    Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises a main body, an operation panel configured to pivot about a pivot shaft, a stopper that has one end pivotably connected to the operation panel, and has a cam face on a surface thereof; a guide member that is provided on the main body and is configured to guide the stopper such that the stopper is slidable in a longitudinal direction of the stopper; and a pressing member that has a contact portion that comes into contact with the cam face, wherein the cam face has a plurality of divided cam faces that are provided in a shorter direction of the stopper, and the contact portion of the pressing member has a width that spans the plurality of divided cam faces in the shorter direction of the stopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kosuke Umehara, Yasuhito Tsubakimoto, Yasuhiro Ota, Kaneto Tokuyama
  • Patent number: 11007804
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus comprises a carriage, on which a printhead is mounted, configured to move, a lever member configured to be rotatable about a rotating shaft and to be engageable with an engaging portion of the carriage, and a cam mechanism configured to have first and second locked states in which the lever member engages with the engaging portion of the carriage. The first locked state restricts a rotation of the lever member so as not to release an engagement with the engaging portion, and the second locked state allows the rotation of the lever member so as to release the engagement with the engaging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kosuke Umehara
  • Patent number: 11006010
    Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises a main body, an operation panel configured to pivot about a pivot shaft relative to the main body, a stopper that has one end pivotably connected to the operation panel, and has a cam face on a surface thereof, a guide member that is provided on the main body, has a first guide face and a second guide face, and is configured to guide the stopper such that the stopper is slidable in a longitudinal direction, a first pressing member configured to press the stopper against the first guide face while being in contact with the cam face of the stopper, and a second pressing member configured to come into contact with a face of the stopper different from the cam face, and press the stopper against the second guide face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ota, Yasuhito Tsubakimoto, Kaneto Tokuyama, Kosuke Umehara
  • Publication number: 20200316957
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes an ink tank that contains an ink to be supplied to a printing head that ejects the ink, the ink being injected from an ink bottle. The inkjet printing apparatus further includes an injection assistance member including a first passage and a second passage. The first passage is defined by a first upper end portion opening toward the outside of the ink tank and a first lower end portion opening toward the inside of the ink tank. The second passage is defined by a second upper end portion opening toward the outside of the ink tank and projecting upward less than the first upper end portion and a second lower end portion opening toward the inside of the ink tank and larger than the first lower end portion in terms of a distance from the bottom surface of the ink tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Yuta Araki, Kosuke Umehara, Koki Shimada
  • Publication number: 20200316972
    Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises a main body, an operation panel configured to pivot about a pivot shaft, a stopper that has one end pivotably connected to the operation panel, and has a cam face on a surface thereof; a guide member that is provided on the main body and is configured to guide the stopper such that the stopper is slidable in a longitudinal direction of the stopper; and a pressing member that has a contact portion that comes into contact with the cam face, wherein the cam face has a plurality of divided cam faces that are provided in a shorter direction of the stopper, and the contact portion of the pressing member has a width that spans the plurality of divided cam faces in the shorter direction of the stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Kosuke Umehara, Yasuhito Tsubakimoto, Yasuhiro Ota, Kaneto Tokuyama
  • Publication number: 20200322493
    Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises a main body, an operation panel configured to pivot about a pivot shaft relative to the main body, a stopper that has one end pivotably connected to the operation panel, and has a cam face on a surface thereof, a guide member that is provided on the main body, has a first guide face and a second guide face, and is configured to guide the stopper such that the stopper is slidable in a longitudinal direction, a first pressing member configured to press the stopper against the first guide face while being in contact with the cam face of the stopper, and a second pressing member configured to come into contact with a face of the stopper different from the cam face, and press the stopper against the second guide face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ota, Yasuhito Tsubakimoto, Kaneto Tokuyama, Kosuke Umehara
  • Publication number: 20180029397
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus comprises a carriage, on which a printhead is mounted, configured to move, a lever member configured to be rotatable about a rotating shaft and be engageable with an engaging portion of the carriage and a cam mechanism configured to have first and second locked states in which the lever member engages with the engaging portion of the carriage, wherein the first locked state restricts a rotation of the lever member so as not to release an engagement with the engaging portion, the second locked state allows the rotation of the lever member so as to release the engagement with the engaging portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventor: Kosuke Umehara