Patents by Inventor Manato NISHI

Manato NISHI 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: 11691441
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head configured to perform recording on a recording medium being conveyed in a conveyance direction, a carriage in which the recording head is mounted, the carriage being configured to perform scanning in a scanning direction that intersects the conveyance direction, and a guide member including a flat surface configured to guide the carriage in the scanning direction. The carriage includes a sliding part configured to slide in contact with the guide member, an impregnated member impregnated with lubricant on at least one side of the sliding part in the scanning direction, and a pressure member configured to press the impregnated member to the guide member side from a surface on a side opposite to the guide member with respect to the impregnated member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Manato Nishi, Yuta Watanabe, Atsuhiko Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20220227145
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head configured to perform recording on a recording medium being conveyed in a conveyance direction, a carriage in which the recording head is mounted, the carriage being configured to perform scanning in a scanning direction that intersects the conveyance direction, and a guide member including a flat surface configured to guide the carriage in the scanning direction. The carriage includes a sliding part configured to slide in contact with the guide member, an impregnated member impregnated with lubricant on at least one side of the sliding part in the scanning direction, and a pressure member configured to press the impregnated member to the guide member side from a surface on a side opposite to the guide member with respect to the impregnated member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Manato NISHI, Yuta WATANABE, Atsuhiko TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200307245
    Abstract: A recording device includes a transport unit, a recording unit configured to move in a first direction and a second direction which is an opposite direction to the first direction, an mounting portion, and a tube including a fixed end fixed at a position downstream of the mounting portion in a liquid supply direction and a movable end movable with respect to the fixed end in the first direction, the movable end being coupled to the recording unit. The tube extends in the first direction from the movable end and extends to the fixed end after being folded back in the second direction. The transport unit includes a transport roller, and a rotation detector configured to detect rotation of the transport roller. When the recording unit is in a retracting region in the first direction, an edge end of a fold back portion of the tube overlaps the rotation detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Kazutoshi KASHIWABARA, Akimasa NOZAWA, Manato NISHI, Atsuhiko TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 10703116
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a medium storage cassette which includes a medium storage region and is capable of being inserted and removed with respect to an apparatus main body, in which the medium storage cassette includes a main cassette unit and a sub-cassette unit which is capable of switching between a first state and a second state which is displaced more in the removal direction than in the first state to expand the medium storage region, and in which the apparatus main body includes a cover which is provided to be capable of being displaced between a position corresponding to the first state of the sub-cassette unit and a position corresponding to the second state and which covers a top portion of the medium storage region on the removal direction side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Otsuka, Satoshi Nakata, Katsumi Yamada, Manato Nishi, Kenichi Furuya
  • Publication number: 20190030931
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a medium storage cassette which includes a medium storage region and is capable of being inserted and removed with respect to an apparatus main body, in which the medium storage cassette includes a main cassette unit and a sub-cassette unit which is capable of switching between a first state and a second state which is displaced more in the removal direction than in the first state to expand the medium storage region, and in which the apparatus main body includes a cover which is provided to be capable of being displaced between a position corresponding to the first state of the sub-cassette unit and a position corresponding to the second state and which covers a top portion of the medium storage region on the removal direction side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuo OTSUKA, Satoshi NAKATA, Katsumi YAMADA, Manato NISHI, Kenichi FURUYA