Patents by Inventor Kouta HIRAKAWA

Kouta HIRAKAWA 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: 9955595
    Abstract: A mount board tray is provided to hold multiple mount boards at different heights above and below the mount board tray. The mount board tray holds a topmost mount board placed at the topmost position among the multiple mount boards held by the mount board tray from below the topmost mount board. The mount board tray also holds a bottommost mount board placed at the bottommost position among the multiple mount boards from above the bottommost mount board at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo Terakawa, Tetsuji Nishikawa, Kohta Takenaka, Hiroshi Ishii, Kouta Hirakawa, Hidehiko Maeda, Gaku Hosono
  • Patent number: 9711125
    Abstract: A sound absorbing device including a Helmholtz resonator having a projection part which includes a shape of protruding from an outer wall surface of a communicating part forming plate among the communicating part forming plate and a cavity forming member that are cavity part forming members forming a cavity part of the Helmholtz resonator, and surrounding an opening of a communicating part that causes the cavity part to communicate with the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kouta Hirakawa, Junichi Murano, Shoji Asanuma, Toshihiro Shimada, Tsuyoshi Endo, Hiroki Ishimitsu, Masahiro Ishida, Naoki Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20170017190
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a body; an openably closable drawer unit including an image forming section to form an image on a recording medium; and a circuit board. The circuit board is disposed in a substantial center of the drawer unit in a direction in which the drawer unit is pulled out of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: HIDEHIKO MAEDA, Tetsuji Nishikawa, Kohta Takenaka, Hiroshi Ishii, Kouta Hirakawa, Gaku Hosono, Shogo Terakawa
  • Patent number: 9533846
    Abstract: A drawer unit including a housing and a drawer inserted into the housing in inserting direction and drawn therefrom in drawing direction is provided. A locking member is mounted on the housing or the drawer to extend in direction intersecting the inserting direction, and is rotatable on a rotating shaft extending in the inserting direction such that when the drawer is inserted, the locking member rotates from unlock position to lock position in locking direction while rotating from the lock position to the unlock position in unlocking direction prior to drawing of the drawer. A locking wall and a pushing wall are mounted on the other of the housing and the drawer. The locking member in the lock position is engaged with the locking wall. When being rotated in the unlocking direction, the locking member is contacted with the pushing wall, which pushes the drawer in the drawing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishii, Kohta Takenaka, Kouta Hirakawa, Hidehiko Maeda, Gaku Hosono
  • Publication number: 20160381815
    Abstract: A mount board tray is provided to hold multiple mount boards at different heights above and below the mount board tray. The mount board tray holds a topmost mount board placed at the topmost position among the multiple mount boards held by the mount board tray from below the topmost mount board. The mount board tray also holds a bottommost mount board placed at the bottommost position among the multiple mount boards from above the bottommost mount board at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shogo TERAKAWA, Tetsuji NISHIKAWA, Kohta TAKENAKA, Hiroshi ISHII, Kouta HIRAKAWA, Hidehiko MAEDA, Gaku HOSONO
  • Patent number: 9527321
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises: a shielding object that is arranged at least in a plurality of directions and shields noise; and a Helmholtz silencer that is arranged in a direction where the shielding object does not exist, the shielding object and the silencer being arranged with respect to a noise source causing noise such as a driving source that is arranged inside an apparatus body, wherein a neck portion of the Helmholtz silencer is directed to the noise source, a plurality of such Helmholtz silencers are provided to correspond to at least two kinds of frequencies, and installed number of the Helmholtz silencers corresponding to at least two kinds of the frequencies respectively, is made different depending on a distance from the noise source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Junichi Kawase, Junichi Murano, Shoji Asanuma, Toshihiro Shimada, Kouta Hirakawa, Tsuyoshi Endo, Hiroki Ishimitsu, Masahiro Ishida, Naoki Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20160300558
    Abstract: A sound absorbing device including a Helmholtz resonator having a projection part which includes a shape of protruding from an outer wall surface of a communicating part forming plate among the communicating part forming plate and a cavity forming member that are cavity part forming members forming a cavity part of the Helmholtz resonator, and surrounding an opening of a communicating part that causes the cavity part to communicate with the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouta Hirakawa, Junichi MURANO, Shoji ASANUMA, Toshihiro SHIMADA, Tsuyoshi ENDO, Hiroki ISHIMITSU, Masahiro ISHIDA, Naoki MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20160221770
    Abstract: A drawer unit including a housing and a drawer inserted into the housing in inserting direction and drawn therefrom in drawing direction is provided. A locking member is mounted on the housing or the drawer to extend in direction intersecting the inserting direction, and is rotatable on a rotating shaft extending in the inserting direction such that when the drawer is inserted, the locking member rotates from unlock position to lock position in locking direction while rotating from the lock position to the unlock position in unlocking direction prior to drawing of the drawer. A locking wall and a pushing wall are mounted on the other of the housing and the drawer. The locking member in the lock position is engaged with the locking wall. When being rotated in the unlocking direction, the locking member is contacted with the pushing wall, which pushes the drawer in the drawing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi ISHII, Kohta TAKENAKA, Kouta HIRAKAWA, Hidehiko MAEDA, Gaku HOSONO
  • Patent number: 9389574
    Abstract: A sound absorbing device including a Helmholtz resonator also includes a projection part having a shape of protruding from an outer wall surface of a communicating part forming plate among the communicating part forming plate and a cavity forming member that are cavity part forming members forming a cavity part of the Helmholtz resonator, and surrounding an opening of a communicating part that causes the cavity part to communicate with the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kouta Hirakawa, Junichi Murano, Shoji Asanuma, Toshihiro Shimada, Tsuyoshi Endo, Hiroki Ishimitsu, Masahiro Ishida, Naoki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 9353553
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image; a drawer unit configured to be pulled out from a body of the image forming apparatus; a first lock unit configured to receive power from a power supply and perform at least one of lock and unlock of the drawer unit with respect to the body; and a second lock unit configured to perform lock and unlock of the drawer unit with respect to the body by a mechanical operation performed by an operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yusuke Funayama, Joh Ebara, Hiroshi Ishii, Junichi Kawase, Kohta Takenaka, Tetsuji Nishikawa, Yoshihide Ohta, Kouta Hirakawa, Toshihiro Shimada, Tsuyoshi Endo
  • Publication number: 20150343816
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises: a shielding object that is arranged at least in a plurality of directions and shields noise; and a Helmholtz silencer that is arranged in a direction where the shielding object does not exist, the shielding object and the silencer being arranged with respect to a noise source causing noise such as a driving source that is arranged inside an apparatus body, wherein a neck portion of the Helmholtz silencer is directed to the noise source, a plurality of such Helmholtz silencers are provided to correspond to at least two kinds of frequencies, and installed number of the Helmholtz silencers corresponding to at least two kinds of the frequencies respectively, is made different depending on a distance from the noise source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Junichi KAWASE, Junichi MURANO, Shoji ASANUMA, Toshihiro SHIMADA, Kouta HIRAKAWA, Tsuyoshi ENDO, Hiroki ISHIMITSU, Masahiro ISHIDA, Naoki MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20150243274
    Abstract: A sound absorbing device including a Helmholtz resonator also includes a projection part having a shape of protruding from an outer wall surface of a communicating part forming plate among the communicating part forming plate and a cavity forming member that are cavity part forming members forming a cavity part of the Helmholtz resonator, and surrounding an opening of a communicating part that causes the cavity part to communicate with the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kouta HIRAKAWA, Junichi MURANO, Shoji ASANUMA, Toshihiro SHIMADA, Tsuyoshi ENDO, Hiroki ISHIMITSU, Masahiro ISHIDA, Naoki MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20140167580
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image; a drawer unit configured to be pulled out from a body of the image forming apparatus; a first lock unit configured to receive power from a power supply and perform at least one of lock and unlock of the drawer unit with respect to the body; and a second lock unit configured to perform lock and unlock of the drawer unit with respect to the body by a mechanical operation performed by an operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yusuke FUNAYAMA, Joh EBARA, Hiroshi ISHII, Junichi KAWASE, Kohta TAKENAKA, Tetsuji NISHIKAWA, Yoshihide OHTA, Kouta HIRAKAWA, Toshihiro SHIMADA, Tsuyoshi ENDO