Patents by Inventor Masahiro Karasawa

Masahiro Karasawa 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: 20240075746
    Abstract: A liquid storage includes: a liquid storing portion for storing liquid; a liquid supply member coupled to the liquid storing portion and having a supply path for supplying the liquid stored in the liquid storing portion to a printing apparatus; and an adapter having a plurality of engaging portions configured to engage the liquid supply member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro KARASAWA
  • Publication number: 20240001684
    Abstract: A liquid container includes: a bag having flexibility configured to store liquid inside; a liquid outlet member attached to one end of the bag and having a liquid outlet section to discharge the liquid to a liquid ejecting apparatus; a spacer member disposed in the bag, the spacer member including a filter chamber in which a filter that filters the liquid is disposed; and a liquid outlet pipe disposed in the bag and coupled to the filter chamber and the liquid outlet member, the liquid outlet pipe being configured to flow the liquid filtered by the filter to the liquid outlet section. The liquid outlet pipe has flexibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro KARASAWA, Kazuyuki HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20240001686
    Abstract: A liquid container includes: a bag having flexibility configured to store liquid inside; a liquid outlet member mounted on one end of the bag and having a liquid outlet section to discharge the liquid to a liquid ejecting apparatus; a gas absorption unit movably disposed in the bag and having (i) a space holding member that forms an internal space of the gas absorption unit, and (ii) a gas transmission film that defines an inside of the internal space and an outside with the internal space decompressed to a pressure lower than an atmospheric pressure; and a plurality of liquid outlet pipes coupled to the liquid outlet section and disposed in the bag, the plurality of liquid outlet pipes having an inlet, which are configured to allow the liquid introduced from the inlet to flow to the liquid outlet section. Lengths of the plurality of liquid outlet pipes are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro KARASAWA, Kazuyuki HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20230018269
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid container configured to be detachably attached to a printer body. The liquid container includes a liquid containing portion, a supplying passage member, and an adapter. The liquid containing portion is a portion for containing liquid. The supplying passage member has a supplying passage in liquid communication with the liquid containing portion, the liquid contained in the liquid containing portion being supplied toward the printer body through the supplying passage. The adapter is mounted on the supplying passage member and configured to couple the supplying passage to the printer body. The adapter and the supplying passage member are joined by snap fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro KARASAWA, Naoki NAITO, Yuji AOKI, Kazuyuki HIRATA, Kiyoteru KATSUKI
  • Patent number: 11541665
    Abstract: A liquid storage container includes a storage chamber that stores a liquid, a filter chamber that is provided with a filter and receives the liquid from the storage chamber to filter the liquid by the filter, and a partition wall that separates the storage chamber and the filter chamber. The partition wall is provided with a communication hole structure that allows the storage chamber and the filter chamber to communicate with each other. A shape of one or more openings of the communication hole structure in the storage chamber is a shape in which a distance from a center of gravity of an entirety of the one or more openings to the closest point in a contour defining the one or more openings is smaller than a radius of a circle having the same area as an area of the entirety of the one or more openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Naito, Masahiro Karasawa
  • Publication number: 20210323311
    Abstract: A liquid storage container includes a storage chamber that stores a liquid, a filter chamber that is provided with a filter and receives the liquid from the storage chamber to filter the liquid by the filter, and a partition wall that separates the storage chamber and the filter chamber. The partition wall is provided with a communication hole structure that allows the storage chamber and the filter chamber to communicate with each other. A shape of one or more openings of the communication hole structure in the storage chamber is a shape in which a distance from a center of gravity of an entirety of the one or more openings to the closest point in a contour defining the one or more openings is smaller than a radius of a circle having the same area as an area of the entirety of the one or more openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki NAITO, Masahiro KARASAWA
  • Patent number: 11052667
    Abstract: A gas-absorbing apparatus disposed in a liquid housing that has a supply port portion for supplying the liquid to an external, includes a space retaining member that forms an internal space of the gas-absorbing apparatus, and a gas-permeable film that partitions off an inside of the internal space from an outside in a state where the internal space is depressurized to a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure, the gas-absorbing apparatus being separate from the supply port portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Karasawa, Kazuyuki Hirata
  • Patent number: 11025018
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a charging inlet easily mountable on a body of a vehicle. A charging inlet is fixed to a vehicle body (10) and includes a housing main body (30) having a plurality of terminals accommodated inside, a mounting plate provided on an outer peripheral surface of the housing main body and arranged on an inner surface side of the vehicle body (10), bolts (50) inserted into first through holes formed in the mounting plate and second through holes formed in the vehicle body (10), and nuts (60) provided on an outer surface side of the vehicle body (10) and threadably engaged with the bolts (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro Karasawa, Hironobu Hashimoto, Toshiyuki Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20200307229
    Abstract: A liquid storage container that is equipped in a liquid ejection apparatus and supplies liquid to the liquid ejection apparatus is provided. The liquid storage container includes: a liquid storage box forming an outer shell of the liquid storage container; and a liquid storage bag accommodated in the liquid storage box, the liquid storage bag having a flexibility for storing liquid therein, wherein regardless of a posture of the liquid storage box, a first inner circumferential length of the liquid storage bag in one cross-section is larger than a second inner circumferential length of the liquid storage box in the one cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro KARASAWA, Kazuyuki HIRATA, Yuji AOKI
  • Publication number: 20200244016
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a charging inlet easily mountable on a body of a vehicle. A charging inlet is fixed to a vehicle body (10) and includes a housing main body (30) having a plurality of terminals accommodated inside, a mounting plate provided on an outer peripheral surface of the housing main body and arranged on an inner surface side of the vehicle body (10), bolts (50) inserted into first through holes formed in the mounting plate and second through holes formed in the vehicle body (10), and nuts (60) provided on an outer surface side of the vehicle body (10) and threadably engaged with the bolts (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro Karasawa, Hironobu Hashimoto, Toshiyuki Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20200164655
    Abstract: A gas-absorbing apparatus disposed in a liquid housing that has a supply port portion for supplying the liquid to an external, includes a space retaining member that forms an internal space of the gas-absorbing apparatus, and a gas-permeable film that partitions off an inside of the internal space from an outside in a state where the internal space is depressurized to a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure, the gas-absorbing apparatus being separate from the supply port portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro KARASAWA, Kazuyuki HIRATA
  • Patent number: 10434784
    Abstract: There is provided with a cartridge comprising a liquid supply portion; a contact portion that is located on a +Z-axis direction side of the liquid supply portion and that is arranged to contact with an electrical connecting element; and a positioning structure that is located between the liquid supply portion and the contact portion in a Z-axis direction. The liquid supply portion is configured to receive a first external force in a ?Y-axis direction from the liquid introducing structure when the liquid supply portion is connected with the liquid introducing structure. The contact portion is configured to receive a second external force in a direction including a ?Y-axis direction component from the electrical connecting element when the contact portion comes into contact with the electrical connecting element. This configuration suppresses position misalignment of the cartridge or a connector to a mounting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hirata, Masahiro Karasawa, Hiroshi Nose, Takeshi Komaki, Naoki Natio, Yuji Aoki, Tomoji Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190127135
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technique for a multi-layered container that includes an adhesive layer for bonding adjacent layers, with which it is possible to reduce the possibility of a problem such as a reduction in the function (bonding function) of the adhesive layer occurring. A liquid container for supplying a liquid to a liquid consumption apparatus includes a liquid containing portion, a connection portion that allows the liquid contained in the liquid containing portion to flow into the liquid consumption apparatus, and a housing box that houses the liquid containing portion. The liquid containing portion forms a layer structure in which a plurality of layers are disposed from the inside toward the outside. The layer structure includes an adhesive layer, a gas barrier layer that is provided inward of the adhesive layer, and a moisture barrier layer that is provided outward of the gas barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro KARASAWA, Yuji Aoki
  • Patent number: 10000334
    Abstract: A liquid holding container having an ink pack constituted by a sheet member, capable of housing ink inside, a flow path member extending through the sheet member, between the outside and inside of the ink pack, and having a flow path capable of delivering ink from the inside to the outside of the ink pack, and a filter provided in the flow path member inside the ink pack. The flow path member and the sheet member are joined, and the flow path extends further to the inside of the ink pack than the end part which is the junction part at the position of the sheet member joined with the flow path member. At the flow path member, the filter is provided at a site further to the inside of the ink pack than the junction part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nose, Masahiro Karasawa, Yuji Aoki
  • Publication number: 20180093481
    Abstract: There is provided with a cartridge comprising a liquid supply portion; a contact portion that is located on a +Z-axis direction side of the liquid supply portion and that is arranged to contact with an electrical connecting element; and a positioning structure that is located between the liquid supply portion and the contact portion in a Z-axis direction. The liquid supply portion is configured to receive a first external force in a ?Y-axis direction from the liquid introducing structure when the liquid supply portion is connected with the liquid introducing structure. The contact portion is configured to receive a second external force in a direction including a ?Y-axis direction component from the electrical connecting element when the contact portion comes into contact with the electrical connecting element. This configuration suppresses position misalignment of the cartridge or a connector to a mounting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: Seiko Espon Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki HIRATA, Masahiro KARASAWA, Hiroshi NOSE, Takeshi KOMAKI, Naoki NAITO, Yuji AOKI, Tomoji SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9809034
    Abstract: A liquid supply unit configured to supply a liquid to a liquid inlet of a liquid jet apparatus. The liquid supply unit includes a liquid housing part configured to house a liquid, a liquid outlet configured to draw the liquid from inside the liquid housing part to outside the liquid housing part, and a filter provided upstream of the liquid outlet in a channel of the liquid that is drawn from inside the liquid housing part to outside the liquid housing part via the liquid outlet. The filter includes a first filter and a second filter that are constituted by a plurality of fibers laminated in a flow direction of the liquid. The first filter is provided upstream of the second filter in the channel of the liquid, and the first filter and the second filter differ in coarseness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Aoki, Masahiro Karasawa, Kazuyuki Hirata
  • Patent number: 9676197
    Abstract: A liquid container 16 mountable to a printing apparatus 11 that performs printing by discharging a liquid and capable of storing a liquid supplied in a pressurized state is provided with a liquid introduction part 47 through which the liquid is introduced, a tank 38 capable of storing the liquid introduced from the liquid introduction part 47, and a liquid supply part 48 that supplies the liquid in the tank 38 to a printing apparatus 11, and the tank 38 is molded to have flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Karasawa, Satoru Kobayashi, Hiroshi Nose, Naoki Naito, Ryoji Fujimori, Takeshi Iwamuro, Yuji Aoki
  • Patent number: 9487014
    Abstract: A printing material holding container is configured to be mounted in a printing device that includes a printing material supply tube fixed in the device, and a groove formed on an inner bottom surface of the device. The printing material holding container includes a case, a printing material holding portion provided inside the case, a printing material supply port configured to be connected with the printing material supply tube, a printing material filling port provided on the case, communicating with the printing material holding portion, and a convex part provided on the bottom of the case, configured to be inserted in the groove when the printing material holding container is mounted in the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Aoki, Masahiro Karasawa
  • Patent number: D825654
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nose, Naoki Naito, Masahiro Karasawa, Yuji Aoki
  • Patent number: D1016142
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Karasawa, Naoki Naito, Yuji Aoki, Kiyoteru Katsuki