Patents by Inventor Masahiro Noda

Masahiro Noda 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: 20240374376
    Abstract: There is provided an intraocular lens injector capable of smoothly performing an operation when an intraocular lens is injected, the intraocular lens injector, including: a hollow body 5 having a lens setting portion 11 on which an intraocular lens 4 is set; a plunger 9 that moves through an inside of the hollow body 5 in an axial direction of the hollow body 5; a pushing member 10 that pushes out the intraocular lens 4 from the lens setting portion 11 by moving together with the plunger 9, through the inside of the hollow body 5, and toward front part of the axial direction of the hollow body 5; a first flange 14a protruded from an outer circumferential surface of the hollow body 5; and a second flange 14b arranged on a rear end side with respect to the first flange and protruded from the outer circumferential surface of the hollow body 5, wherein the hollow body 5 is configured so that a shape on the A direction side toward a center of gravity of the hollow body 5 in which the first flange 14a is arra
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Masahiro NODA, Yoshitaka WATANABE
  • Patent number: 12076231
    Abstract: There is provided an intraocular lens injector capable of smoothly performing an operation when an intraocular lens is injected, the intraocular lens injector, including: a hollow body 5 having a lens setting portion 11 on which an intraocular lens 4 is set; a plunger 9 that moves through an inside of the hollow body 5 in an axial direction of the hollow body 5; a pushing member 10 that pushes out the intraocular lens 4 from the lens setting portion 11 by moving together with the plunger 9, through the inside of the hollow body 5, and toward front part of the axial direction of the hollow body 5; a first flange 14a protruded from an outer circumferential surface of the hollow body 5; and a second flange 14b arranged on a rear end side with respect to the first flange and protruded from the outer circumferential surface of the hollow body 5; wherein the hollow body 5 is configured so that a shape on the A direction side toward a center of gravity of the hollow body 5 in which the first flange 14a is arra
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Noda, Yoshitaka Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11890860
    Abstract: A printing apparatus, including a discharging head, a relative movable assembly to move a printable medium and the discharging head relatively, and a lighting unit including a plurality of light sources to emit light for curing the ink, is provided. A part of the plurality of light sources is arranged in a first lighting area, and another part of the plurality of light sources is arranged in a second lighting area. A quantity of the light sources per unit area in the second lighting area is smaller than a quantity of the light sources per unit area in the first lighting area. A direct distance from the discharging head to the second lighting area in a direction parallel to the predetermined direction is shorter than a direct distance from the discharging head to the first lighting area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Noda, Atsushi Ito
  • Publication number: 20230382134
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: a first head including first nozzles; a first irradiator including first light sources; and a controller. The first nozzles are arranged to constitute a nozzle row. The first light sources are arranged to constitute a light source row, and including an inner light source, and first and second outer light sources. The controller is configured to cause: the first head to execute a first discharging operation of discharging a clear ink to a printing medium; and the first irradiator to execute a first irradiating operation of irradiating the clear ink with a light. The controller is configured to make an intensity of the light, from each of the first and second outer light sources, with which the clear ink is irradiated smaller than an intensity of the light, from the inner light source, with which the clear ink is irradiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: MASAHIRO NODA, ATSUSHI ITO
  • Publication number: 20230382135
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including a head; an irradiator including a plurality of light source rows; a carriage; and a controller. The controller is configured to: execute a first obtaining operation of obtaining a gap between the irradiator and a printing medium; execute a discharging operation of discharging an ink from the head to the printing medium; execute an irradiating operation of irradiating the ink on the printing medium with a light from the irradiator; and switch off a part of the plurality of light source rows in a case that the gap is a second gap. A number of the plurality of light sources switched on in a case that the gap is a first gap is greater than a number of the plurality of light sources switched on in the case that the gap is the second gap smaller than the first gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: MASAHIRO NODA, ATSUSHI ITO
  • Patent number: 11813845
    Abstract: There is provided a light irradiator including: light sources forming first and second light source rows; a heat sink; a substrate including first and second traces connected to the first and second light source rows, respectively; and a fixing part configured to fix the heat sink to the substrate. The fixing part is arranged between adjacent light sources included in the first light source row and adjacent in the first light source row; and the fixing part is not arranged between adjacent light sources included in the second light source row and adjacent in the second light source row. The first trace includes a first circumventing part configured to circumvent the fixing part; and the second trace includes a second circumventing part configured to circumvent the fixing part and having a directional component different from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Noda, Atsushi Ito
  • Patent number: 11701900
    Abstract: A printer includes: a head; a lamp; a condenser lens; a platen; and a lamp cover. The head is configured to eject a light-curable ink onto a printing object. The lamp is movable relative to the printing object in a main scanning direction, and is configured to emit light to irradiate the printing object. The condenser lens is configured to focus the light emitted from the lamp. The platen is configured to support the printing object and to move in a sub scanning direction relative to the head. The lamp cover has translucency, and includes one end portion and the other end portion in the sub scanning direction. Each of the one end portion and the other end portion has an adjustment part. The adjustment part is configured to adjust the light transmitted through the lamp cover by blocking part of the light or diffusing the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Noda, Atsushi Ito
  • Publication number: 20230082316
    Abstract: A printing apparatus, including a discharging head, a relative movable assembly to move a printable medium and the discharging head relatively, and a lighting unit including a plurality of light sources to emit light for curing the ink, is provided. A part of the plurality of light sources is arranged in a first lighting area, and another part of the plurality of light sources is arranged in a second lighting area. A quantity of the light sources per unit area in the second lighting area is smaller than a quantity of the light sources per unit area in the first lighting area. A direct distance from the discharging head to the second lighting area in a direction parallel to the predetermined direction is shorter than a direct distance from the discharging head to the first lighting area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro NODA, Atsushi ITO
  • Patent number: 11535048
    Abstract: There is provided an ultraviolet ray irradiating apparatus configured to cure an ultraviolet-curable ink discharged to an object, by a discharging head which is configured to move in a main scanning direction, in a state that the ultraviolet ray irradiating apparatus is moved in the main scanning direction. The ultraviolet ray irradiating apparatus includes a plurality of light emitting chips configured to emit an ultraviolet ray, the plurality of light emitting chips being arranged side by side with a first pitch in the main scanning direction and being arranged side by side with a second pitch smaller than the first pitch in a sub scanning direction orthogonal to the main scanning direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Noda, Atsushi Ito
  • Publication number: 20220379632
    Abstract: A printer includes: a head; a lamp; a condenser lens; a platen; and a lamp cover. The head is configured to eject a light-curable ink onto a printing object. The lamp is movable relative to the printing object in a main scanning direction, and is configured to emit light to irradiate the printing object. The condenser lens is configured to focus the light emitted from the lamp. The platen is configured to support the printing object and to move in a sub scanning direction relative to the head. The lamp cover has translucency, and includes one end portion and the other end portion in the sub scanning direction. Each of the one end portion and the other end portion has an adjustment part. The adjustment part is configured to adjust the light transmitted through the lamp cover by blocking part of the light or diffusing the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro NODA, Atsushi ITO
  • Patent number: 11472200
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a head, a radiation unit, a movement mechanism, and a controller. The controller is configured to: acquire a radiation distance for each of a plurality of areas defined on a surface of a recording medium; control the movement mechanism and the head to discharge the liquid to the surface of the recording medium; and control the radiation unit to radiate the light onto the plurality of the areas of the recording medium so that the longer the radiation distance for each of the plurality of areas, the stronger a light emission intensity of each of the plurality of light sources which faces each of the plurality of areas in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Matoba, Atsushi Ito, Haruhisa Takayama, Kenichi Naruse, Masahiro Noda, Hiroyuki Tsujihara
  • Publication number: 20220194095
    Abstract: There is provided a light irradiator including: light sources forming first and second light source rows; a heat sink; a substrate including first and second traces connected to the first and second light source rows, respectively; and a fixing part configured to fix the heat sink to the substrate. The fixing part is arranged between adjacent light sources included in the first light source row and adjacent in the first light source row; and the fixing part is not arranged between adjacent light sources included in the second light source row and adjacent in the second light source row. The first trace includes a first circumventing part configured to circumvent the fixing part; and the second trace includes a second circumventing part configured to circumvent the fixing part and having a directional component different from the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro NODA, Atsushi ITO
  • Patent number: 11351797
    Abstract: There is provided an ultraviolet ray irradiating apparatus configured to cure an ultraviolet-curable ink, the ultraviolet ray irradiating apparatus including a plurality of light emitting chips configured to emit an ultraviolet ray and arranged with a first pitch in main scanning direction and with a second pitch greater than the first pitch in sub scanning direction. The printing object includes a low part in which a distance from an ultraviolet ray irradiation surface becomes to be a large gap and a high part in which the distance from the ultraviolet ray irradiation surface becomes to be a small gap. The ultraviolet ray irradiating apparatus is configured to irradiate the object such that an illuminance, of the ultraviolet ray is not less than a minimum illuminance required for curing, in an area, of the low part, onto which the ink is discharged by a nozzle outermost in the sub scanning direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Noda, Atsushi Ito
  • Patent number: 11279148
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a head, a radiation unit, a movement mechanism, and a controller. The controller configured to: select a first recording mode or a second recording mode; control the head, the radiation unit, and the movement mechanism to execute a first image recording process when that the first recording mode is selected; and control the head, the radiation unit, and the movement mechanism to execute a second image recording process when the second recording mode is selected. The second image recording process includes radiating the light in a state in which a mutual positional relationship among the plurality of light sources or a mutual light emission intensity relationship among the plurality of light sources is different from that in the first image recording process, so that a difference between a first maximum radiation intensity and a second maximum radiation intensity is not more than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Noda, Atsushi Ito
  • Publication number: 20210300074
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a head, a radiation unit, a movement mechanism, and a controller. The controller is configured to: acquire a radiation distance for each of a plurality of areas defined on a surface of a recording medium; control the movement mechanism and the head to discharge the liquid to the surface of the recording medium; and control the radiation unit to radiate the light onto the plurality of the areas of the recording medium so that the longer the radiation distance for each of the plurality of areas, the stronger a light emission intensity of each of the plurality of light sources which faces each of the plurality of areas in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Kenji Matoba, Atsushi Ito, Haruhisa Takayama, Kenichi Naruse, Masahiro Noda, Hiroyuki Tsujihara
  • Publication number: 20210300069
    Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a head, a radiation unit, a movement mechanism, and a controller. The controller configured to: select a first recording mode or a second recording mode; control the head, the radiation unit, and the movement mechanism to execute a first image recording process when that the first recording mode is selected; and control the head, the radiation unit, and the movement mechanism to execute a second image recording process when the second recording mode is selected. The second image recording process includes radiating the light in a state in which a mutual positional relationship among the plurality of light sources or a mutual light emission intensity relationship among the plurality of light sources is different from that in the first image recording process, so that a difference between a first maximum radiation intensity and a second maximum radiation intensity is not more than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro NODA, Atsushi ITO
  • Publication number: 20210291565
    Abstract: There is provided an ultraviolet ray irradiating apparatus configured to cure an ultraviolet-curable ink, the ultraviolet ray irradiating apparatus including a plurality of light emitting chips configured to emit an ultraviolet ray and arranged with a first pitch in main scanning direction and with a second pitch greater than the first pitch in sub scanning direction. The printing object includes a low part in which a distance from an ultraviolet ray irradiation surface becomes to be a large gap and a high part in which the distance from the ultraviolet ray irradiation surface becomes to be a small gap. The ultraviolet ray irradiating apparatus is configured to irradiate the object such that an illuminance, of the ultraviolet ray is not less than a minimum illuminance required for curing, in an area, of the low part, onto which the ink is discharged by a nozzle outermost in the sub scanning direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro NODA, Atsushi ITO
  • Publication number: 20210291574
    Abstract: There is provided an ultraviolet ray irradiating apparatus configured to cure an ultraviolet-curable ink discharged to an object, by a discharging head which is configured to move in a main scanning direction, in a state that the ultraviolet ray irradiating apparatus is moved in the main scanning direction. The ultraviolet ray irradiating apparatus includes a plurality of light emitting chips configured to emit an ultraviolet ray, the plurality of light emitting chips being arranged side by side with a first pitch in the main scanning direction and being arranged side by side with a second pitch smaller than the first pitch in a sub scanning direction orthogonal to the main scanning direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro NODA, Atsushi ITO
  • Publication number: 20210161653
    Abstract: There is provided an intraocular lens injector capable of smoothly performing an operation when an intraocular lens is injected, the intraocular lens injector, including: a hollow body 5 having a lens setting portion 11 on which an intraocular lens 4 is set; a plunger 9 that moves through an inside of the hollow body 5 in an axial direction of the hollow body 5; a pushing member 10 that pushes out the intraocular lens 4 from the lens setting portion 11 by moving together with the plunger 9, through the inside of the hollow body 5, and toward front part of the axial direction of the hollow body 5; a first flange 14a protruded from an outer circumferential surface of the hollow body 5; and a second flange 14b arranged on a rear end side with respect to the first flange and protruded from the outer circumferential surface of the hollow body 5; wherein the hollow body 5 is configured so that a shape on the A direction side toward a center of gravity of the hollow body 5 in which the first flange 14a is arra
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro NODA, Yoshitaka WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10665394
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte condenser includes two condenser components disposed along a first direction Z and connected in parallel. Each condenser component includes: a porous sintered body forming an anode; an anode wire having a portion being inserted into the porous sintered body; a dielectric layer covering the porous sintered body; and a cathode portion forming a cathode. The solid electrolyte condenser includes: a spacer, which is conductive and of which two ends in the first direction Z are respectively connected with the anode wires; an anode terminal, fixed to a side of the spacer that is opposite to the two condenser components; a cathode terminal, connected with each cathode portion at the two sides in the first direction Z; a sealing resin, covering the two condenser components; and an anode connection portion, fixed at the anode terminal of the spacer and formed along the first direction Z.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Noda, Takeshi Miura