Patents by Inventor Masaru Kumagai
Masaru Kumagai 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).
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Publication number: 20230290562Abstract: A coil device 1 includes cores 30b and 30c; flat coils 93a to 93d each having a flat wire; a bobbin 20 having a through-hole 210 in which legs 33b and 33c of the cores 30b and 30c are disposed and accommodation grooves 220a to 220d into which the flat coils 93a to 93d are laterally inserted; and a retainer member 80 inserted into the through-hole 210 and disposed at inner circumferential sides of the flat coils 93a to 93d.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Masaru KUMAGAI, Tomohiro FURUICHI, Satoshi DENDA
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Publication number: 20230249454Abstract: A printing device includes a head that ejects liquid to a work; a robot that changes relative positions of the work and the head; a positional information output unit that outputs positional information regarding a position of the robot; and a timing adjuster that adjusts, based on the positional information, an ejection timing of ejecting the liquid from the head. When a timing of acquiring first positional information as the positional information by the timing adjuster is a first acquisition timing, a timing of acquiring second positional information as the positional information by the timing adjuster after the first acquisition timing is a second acquisition timing, and the ejection timing after the second acquisition timing is a first ejection timing, the timing adjuster adjusts the first ejection timing based on the first positional information and the second positional information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Masaru KUMAGAI, Yuki ISHII
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Patent number: 11694585Abstract: A display apparatus includes: an irradiation section to be irradiated with image light while being driven to cause a three-dimensional image be displayed based on reflected image light in a manner visible to a user using an afterimage effect; a driver that drives the irradiated section; circuitry that acquires two-dimensional image data generated according to at least one of an angle or a position of the irradiation section being driven; and an irradiation device that irradiates the irradiated section with the image light based on the two-dimensional image data that is acquired.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Masaru Kumagai, Takehisa Kitakawa, Ryosuke Kasahara, Kohei Watanabe, Tomokazu Namiki
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Publication number: 20230088150Abstract: A three-dimensional printing device includes a first head having a first nozzle array that ejects liquid, a second head having a second nozzle array that ejects liquid, and a moving mechanism having a linear motion mechanism that changes relative positions of the heads with respect to a three-dimensional workpiece. The first region of the workpiece is more inclined with respect to the first axis than the second region of the workpiece. A time period when the first nozzle array faces the first region and the second nozzle array faces the second region is a first time period. In the first time period, the first nozzle array ejects the liquid onto the first region in a first ejection cycle. In the first time period, the second nozzle array ejects the liquid onto the second region in a second ejection cycle. The first ejection cycle is shorter than the second ejection cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Keigo SUGAI, Masaru KUMAGAI
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Publication number: 20220319768Abstract: A coil device including; a bobbin including a winding part wound with a first wire and a second wire around an outer circumference face of the winding part, and flanges and formed at ends of the winding part in an axis direction; and a terminal block formed separately from the bobbin and installed to the bobbin The terminal block is arranged at a position spaced away from the outer circumference face of the winding part in a direction perpendicular to the axis direction of the winding part.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Hideaki HARATA, Takuma TANAKA, Masaru KUMAGAI, Tomohiro FURUICHI, Satoshi DENDA
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Publication number: 20220266529Abstract: There is provided a three-dimensional object printing apparatus including an imaging device fixed to a base and imaging an object located inside an imaging range, a first robot supporting a head having a nozzle for discharging a liquid and changing a position and a posture of the head, and a second robot supporting a three-dimensional workpiece and changes a position and a posture of the workpiece. The three-dimensional object printing apparatus performs a material feeding step of causing the second robot to move the workpiece from an outside to an inside of the imaging range, and a printing step of causing the head to discharge the liquid to the workpiece while at least one of the first robot and the second robot relatively moves the head and the workpiece inside the imaging range.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Tomonaga HASEGAWA, Yuichiro MATSUURA, Masaru KUMAGAI, Shinichi NAKAMURA, Yuki ISHII
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Publication number: 20220266530Abstract: There is provided a three-dimensional object printing apparatus including a first robot supporting a head having a nozzle for discharging a liquid and changing a position and a posture of the head, a second robot supporting a three-dimensional workpiece and changing a position and a posture of the workpiece, a curing unit that emits energy to cure or solidify the liquid discharged from the head, and a maintenance unit that performs maintenance on the head. The first robot has a first base portion fixed to a base. The second robot has a second base portion fixed to the base. In a plan view of the base, a virtual line segment connecting the first base portion and the second base portion passes between the curing unit and the maintenance unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Masaru KUMAGAI, Shinichi NAKAMURA, Tomonaga HASEGAWA, Yuichiro MATSUURA, Yuki ISHII
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Publication number: 20220266521Abstract: There is provided a three-dimensional object printing apparatus including a first robot supporting a head having a nozzle for discharging a liquid and changing a position and a posture of the head, and a second robot supporting a three-dimensional workpiece and changing a position and a posture of the workpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Tomonaga HASEGAWA, Yuichiro MATSUURA, Masaru KUMAGAI, Shinichi NAKAMURA, Yuki ISHII
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Publication number: 20220208040Abstract: A display apparatus includes: an irradiation section to be irradiated with image light while being driven to cause a three-dimensional image be displayed based on reflected image light in a manner visible to a user using an afterimage effect; a driver that drives the irradiated section; circuitry that acquires two-dimensional image data generated according to at least one of an angle or a position of the irradiation section being driven; and an irradiation device that irradiates the irradiated section with the image light based on the two-dimensional image data that is acquired.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Masaru KUMAGAI, Takehisa KITAKAWA, Ryosuke KASAHARA, Kohei WATANABE, Tomokazu NAMIKI
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Publication number: 20220193997Abstract: A three-dimensional object printing apparatus includes a head unit and a robot. The head unit includes a head and an energy emission unit. The head has an ejecting surface on which a nozzle is provided. The head is configured to eject ink from the nozzle toward a three-dimensional workpiece. The energy emission unit has an emitting surface from which energy for curing the ink is emitted. The robot changes relative position and relative orientation of the workpiece and the head unit. When a direction in which the head ejects the ink is defined as an ejecting direction, the ejecting surface is located closer to an ejecting direction side, which is a side toward which the ejecting direction goes, than the emitting surface is.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Shinichi NAKAMURA, Masaru KUMAGAI, Keigo SUGAI, Tomonaga HASEGAWA, Koki HIRATA
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Publication number: 20220118680Abstract: A three-dimensional object print apparatus performs a first step at which a liquid ejecting head ejects liquid onto a workpiece and simultaneously a moving mechanism changes a location of the liquid ejecting head relative to the workpiece along a first route and further performs a second step at which an energy emitting section irradiates the liquid on the workpiece with energy and simultaneously the moving mechanism changes the location of the liquid ejecting head relative to the workpiece along a second route. In this case, L1<L2 at the first step and L1>L2 at the second step, where L1 denotes a distance in a direction normal to a nozzle surface of the liquid ejecting head between the workpiece and the nozzle surface, and L2 denotes a distance in a direction normal to an emission surface of the energy emitting section between the workpiece and the emission surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Masaru KUMAGAI, Yuki ISHII
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Publication number: 20210402688Abstract: A three-dimensional object printing apparatus includes a liquid discharge head having a nozzle surface, a moving mechanism that changes a position and a pose of the liquid discharge head relative to a three-dimensional workpiece, and a controller. The workpiece has a first surface and a second surface that forms a corner bent or curved in a convex shape between the first surface and the second surface. When an axis along a scanning direction of the liquid discharge head with respect to the workpiece in a first printing operation of performing printing on the first surface is a first scanning axis and a normal vector of the nozzle surface in the first printing operation is a first discharge vector, the controller controls the driving of the moving mechanism such that the first discharge vector has a component in a direction toward the second surface along the first scanning axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventor: Masaru Kumagai
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Publication number: 20210402686Abstract: A three-dimensional object printing apparatus includes a liquid discharge head having a nozzle surface, a moving mechanism that changes a position and a pose of the liquid discharge head relative to a three-dimensional workpiece, and a controller. The workpiece has a first surface and a second surface that forms a corner bent or curved in a concave shape between the first surface and the second surface. When an axis along a scanning direction of the liquid discharge head with respect to the workpiece in a first printing operation of performing printing on the first surface is a first scanning axis and a normal vector of the nozzle surface in the first printing operation is a first discharge vector, the controller controls the driving of the moving mechanism such that the first discharge vector has a component in a direction toward the second surface along the first scanning axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventor: Masaru KUMAGAI
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Publication number: 20210249180Abstract: A coil device includes a bobbin, a terminal, and a terminal block. The bobbin includes a winding portion for winding a wire around an outer circumference of the winding portion. The terminal is connectable with an end of the wire. The terminal block holds the terminal. The terminal is movable both in a first axis and a second axis of the bobbin.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiyuki HORIKAWA, Masaaki IWAKURA, Masaru KUMAGAI, Shoichi SASAKI
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Patent number: 10717295Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head including a liquid chamber which communicates with a nozzle; a supply flow path having a first end connected to a liquid supply source and a second end connected to the liquid chamber; a first circulation flow path having a first end connected to the liquid chamber and a second end connected to a first connecting section in the supply flow path; a supply pump provided in the supply flow path; a first pressure regulating valve provided between the first connecting section and the liquid ejecting head in the supply flow path; a second pressure regulating valve provided in the first circulation flow path; a circulation pump provided in the first circulation flow path and configured to circulate the liquid in a downstream direction; and an opening mechanism configured to forcibly open the first pressure regulating valve.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Masaru Kumagai, Yukihiro Hanaoka
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Patent number: 10661574Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid through a nozzle, a supply flow path that supplies liquid from a liquid container containing liquid to the liquid ejecting head, a liquid chamber provided in a buffer chamber disposed in the supply flow path, the liquid chamber being configured to change in volume, a liquid feeding unit of a reversible type disposed in the supply flow path between the liquid container and the liquid chamber, a control portion that controls driving of the liquid feeding unit, and a suction unit that suctions liquid through the nozzle. The control portion controls the liquid feeding unit to perform reverse feeding of the liquid from the liquid chamber to the liquid container before the suction unit suctions the liquid through the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Eiichiro Watanabe, Masaru Kumagai, Yukihiro Hanaoka, Izumi Nozawa
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Patent number: 10569559Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head having nozzles and an opening surface through which the nozzles are opened, the liquid ejecting head being configured to eject liquid from the nozzles, a supply flow path configured to supply the liquid to the liquid ejecting head, a pressurizing mechanism that can pressurize the inside of the supply flow path, an opening/closing mechanism that can open and close the supply flow path, and a control unit that controls operations of the liquid ejecting head, the pressurizing mechanism, and the opening/closing mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yukihiro Hanaoka, Takuya Okina, Eiichiro Watanabe, Masaru Kumagai
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Publication number: 20190344580Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head including a liquid chamber which communicates with a nozzle; a supply flow path having a first end connected to a liquid supply source and a second end connected to the liquid chamber; a first circulation flow path having a first end connected to the liquid chamber and a second end connected to a first connecting section in the supply flow path; a supply pump provided in the supply flow path; a first pressure regulating valve provided between the first connecting section and the liquid ejecting head in the supply flow path; a second pressure regulating valve provided in the first circulation flow path; a circulation pump provided in the first circulation flow path and configured to circulate the liquid in a downstream direction; and an opening mechanism configured to forcibly open the first pressure regulating valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Masaru KUMAGAI, Yukihiro HANAOKA
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Publication number: 20190283441Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid through a nozzle, a supply flow path that supplies liquid from a liquid container containing liquid to the liquid ejecting head, a liquid chamber provided in a buffer chamber disposed in the supply flow path, the liquid chamber being configured to change in volume, a liquid feeding unit of a reversible type disposed in the supply flow path between the liquid container and the liquid chamber, a control portion that controls driving of the liquid feeding unit, and a suction unit that suctions liquid through the nozzle. The control portion controls the liquid feeding unit to perform reverse feeding of the liquid from the liquid chamber to the liquid container before the suction unit suctions the liquid through the nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Eiichiro WATANABE, Masaru KUMAGAI, Yukihiro HANAOKA, Izumi NOZAWA
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Patent number: 10361025Abstract: A transformer 10 comprises a bobbin 20. A cylinder portion 28 of the bobbin 20 is provided with a first winding part 35 where a first wire 37 is wound and a second winding part 36 where a second wire 38 is wound at a position different from the first winding part 35 in an axial direction. At an outer circumference of the cylinder portion 28 located between the first winding part 35 and the second winding part 36, an insulating partition collar 30 is formed. On the first winding part 35, a winding partition collar 33, separating in respective sections S1, S2, is formed. On the winding partition collar 33, at least one communication groove 33a, communicating the sections S1, S2 adjacent to each other is formed. The first wire 37 is ?-wound around the first winding part 35.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2016Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki Iwakura, Katsumi Kobayashi, Masaru Kumagai, Nobuo Kitajima, Satoshi Shinbo