Patents by Inventor Masashi Iwamoto
Masashi Iwamoto 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: 20250027269Abstract: Provided are a napped artificial leather which can restrain spontaneous elongation during the production process, enables the constant load elongation transverse/machine ratio to be set to an appropriate value even without a scrim or a liner, and is excellent in pilling resistance and appearance, and a method of producing the napped artificial leather. The napped artificial leather includes a nonwoven fabric which is an entangled body of microfine fibers, and a high-molecular elastic body attached to the nonwoven fabric, has a napped surface formed by napping the microfine fiber on at least one surface, and satisfies the following conditions (1) and (2):(1) the nonwoven fabric is composed of microfine polyester filaments and (2) the fiber density D1 in the transverse direction is from 150 to 450 fibers/mm2, the fiber density D2 in the machine direction is from 150 to 450 fibers/mm2, and D1/D2 is from 0.7 to 1.1.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: January 23, 2025Applicant: Kuraray Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihisa Iwamoto, Masashi Meguro, Hiroyuki Hishida
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Patent number: 12177973Abstract: A printed wiring board includes a base layer having insulating properties, a first conductive layer directly or indirectly stacked on the base layer front surface, and including a copper foil, a second conductive layer directly or indirectly stacked on the base layer back surface, and including a copper foil, a stacked body for a via hole, the stacked body being stacked on an inner periphery and a bottom of a connection hole that extends through the first conductive layer and the base layer in a thickness direction, and being configured to electrically connect the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer to each other, and having an electroless copper plating layer. Each copper foil contains a copper crystal grain oriented in a plane orientation, and an average crystal grain size of copper of each copper foil is 10 ?m or greater, the electroless copper plating layer includes palladium.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.Inventors: Shoichiro Sakai, Junichi Motomura, Koji Nitta, Masashi Iwamoto, Mitsutaka Tsubokura, Mari Sogabe, Akira Tsuchiko
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Publication number: 20240211190Abstract: An editing device is configured to edit print data including first print data and second print data via a display device for creating a composite label with a printing device. The composite label includes a first label and a second label and is created by superposing the second label over the first label. A set of program instructions, when executed by a controller of the editing device, causes the editing device to perform displaying an editing screen on the display device. The editing screen has a first region, a second region, and a composite region. The displaying displays a first label image based on the first print data in the first region, a second label image based on the second print data in the second region, and a composite label image formed by superposing the second label image over the first label image in the composite region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2024Publication date: June 27, 2024Inventors: Misato OSUKA, Ryuichi KANDA, Masashi IWAMOTO, Yuichiro SUZUKI
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Patent number: 11954385Abstract: An editing device is configured to edit print data including first print data and second print data via a display device for creating a composite label with a printing device. The composite label includes a first label and a second label and is created by superposing the second label over the first label. A set of program instructions, when executed by a controller of the editing device, causes the editing device to perform displaying an editing screen on the display device. The editing screen has a first region, a second region, and a composite region. The displaying displays a first label image based on the first print data in the first region, a second label image based on the second print data in the second region, and a composite label image formed by superposing the second label image over the first label image in the composite region.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Misato Osuka, Ryuichi Kanda, Masashi Iwamoto, Yuichiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 11877397Abstract: The printed circuit board includes, a first conductive layer including copper foil, an insulating base layer, and a second conductive layer including copper foil in this order, and includes a via-hole laminate that is stacked on an inner circumference and a bottom of a connection hole extending through the first conductive layer and the base layer in a thickness direction. The via-hole laminate has an electroless copper plating layer stacked on the connection hole and an electrolytic copper plating layer stacked on the electroless copper plating layer. The copper foil has copper crystal grains oriented in a (100) plane orientation, and an average crystal grain size of copper of 10 ?m or more. The electroless copper plating layer includes palladium and tin, and an amount of the palladium stacked per unit area of a surface of the copper foil is 0.18 ?g/cm2 or more and 0.40 ?g/cm2 or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.Inventors: Junichi Motomura, Koji Nitta, Shoichiro Sakai, Mari Sogabe, Mitsutaka Tsubokura, Akira Tsuchiko, Masashi Iwamoto
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Patent number: 11833793Abstract: A jig for sticking a first sheet superposed on a second sheet to the second sheet in a thickness direction of the first and second sheets includes a first regulating portion, a second regulating portion, and a nipper. The first regulating portion regulates a position of the first sheet superposed on the second sheet to be aligned with a position of the second sheet in a first direction perpendicular to the thickness direction. The second regulating portion regulates a position of the first sheet superposed on the second sheet to be aligned with a position of the second sheet in a second direction perpendicular to the thickness direction and the first direction. The nipper nips the first sheet and the second sheet superposed and aligned with each other in the thickness direction such that at least a part of a peripheral portion of the first sheet is exposed.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryuichi Kanda, Masashi Iwamoto, Misato Osuka
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Patent number: 11707935Abstract: A printing apparatus, having a casing, a printer, and a battery cover, is provided. The casing includes a battery compartment, to which a battery is attachable, and a terminal arranged inside the battery compartment. The printer is powered by the battery to print an image on a printable tape. The battery cover is attachable to the casing and, when at an attached position, covers at least a part of the battery compartment. The casing includes a guide arranged outside the battery compartment to guide the battery cover toward the attached position in the casing. The battery cover includes a first wall portion, which contacts the guide at an outer face thereof and slides along the guide as the battery cover moves toward the attached position, and a pressing portion to press the battery in the battery compartment against the terminal as the first wall portion slides along the guide.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masashi Tanizaki, Masashi Iwamoto, Ryuichi Kanda, Yuya Nakamura
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Publication number: 20230205469Abstract: An editing device is configured to edit print data including first print data and second print data via a display device for creating a composite label with a printing device. The composite label includes a first label and a second label and is created by superposing the second label over the first label. A set of program instructions, when executed by a controller of the editing device, causes the editing device to perform displaying an editing screen on the display device. The editing screen has a first region, a second region, and a composite region. The displaying displays a first label image based on the first print data in the first region, a second label image based on the second print data in the second region, and a composite label image formed by superposing the second label image over the first label image in the composite region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Misato OSUKA, Ryuichi KANDA, Masashi IWAMOTO, Yuichiro SUZUKI
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Patent number: 11623460Abstract: A cutting device, having a supporting base, a cutter section, a protrusive part, is provided. The supporting base has a first area, in which a tape is placeable, and a second area on a surface thereof. The surface is formed of a resin coating layer in the first area alone between the first area and the second area. The cutter section has a blade and is movable to approach and separate from the surface. The protrusive part protrudes from the cutter section in a direction, toward which an edge of the blade points. When the cutter section approaches the surface of the supporting base, with the protrusive part contacting the surface of the supporting base in the second area, the blade cuts the tape located between the surface of the supporting base in the first area and the blade partly in a direction of thickness of the tape.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masashi Tanizaki, Masashi Iwamoto, Ryuichi Kanda, Yuya Nakamura
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Patent number: 11577531Abstract: A printing device includes: a motor; a rotary body driven by the motor to rotate; a movable blade driven by rotation of the rotary body to cut a printing tape; a gear mechanism provided on a power transmission path from the motor to the movable blade; a first detector outputting a first signal based on a rotated position of the rotary body; a second detector outputting a second signal based on the rotated position, and a controller performing positioning the rotary body to a predetermined reference rotated position. The positioning includes: starting rotating the rotary body in one direction on the basis of the first signal at the time of starting the positioning; halting the rotation in the one direction of the rotary body on the basis of the second signal; and rotating the rotary body in the opposite direction for a prescribed time period after the halting is completed.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masashi Iwamoto, Feng Zhu
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Patent number: 11537340Abstract: An editing device is configured to edit print data including first print data and second print data via a display device for creating a composite label with a printing device. The composite label includes a first label and a second label and is created by superposing the second label over the first label. A set of program instructions, when executed by a controller of the editing device, causes the editing device to perform displaying an editing screen on the display device. The editing screen has a first region, a second region, and a composite region. The displaying displays a first label image based on the first print data in the first region, a second label image based on the second print data in the second region, and a composite label image formed by superposing the second label image over the first label image in the composite region.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Misato Osuka, Ryuichi Kanda, Masashi Iwamoto, Yuichiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 11485153Abstract: A cutting device, having a full-cutting assembly, a half-cutting assembly, and a cam, is provided. The full-cutting assembly includes a first cutting blade and a facing part to cut a tape fully through in a direction of thickness of the tape by rotating a first arm about a first shaft. The half-cutting assembly includes a second cutting blade and a supporting base to cut the tape partly in the direction of thickness by rotating a second arm about a second shaft. The cam is rotatable bidirectionally about a third shaft and has a cam face, on which a first pressing part to press the first arm and a second pressing part to press the second arm are arranged. A distance between the cam face and the second arm is smaller than or equal to a distance between the cam face and the first arm.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuya Nakamura, Masashi Iwamoto, Ryuichi Kanda, Masashi Tanizaki
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Publication number: 20220225500Abstract: The printed circuit board includes, a first conductive layer including copper foil, an insulating base layer, and a second conductive layer including copper foil in this order, and includes a via-hole laminate that is stacked on an inner circumference and a bottom of a connection hole extending through the first conductive layer and the base layer in a thickness direction. The via-hole laminate has an electroless copper plating layer stacked on the connection hole and an electrolytic copper plating layer stacked on the electroless copper plating layer. The copper foil has copper crystal grains oriented in a (100) plane orientation, and an average crystal grain size of copper of 10 ?m or more. The electroless copper plating layer includes palladium and tin, and an amount of the palladium stacked per unit area of a surface of the copper foil is 0.18 ?g/cm2 or more and 0.40 ?g/cm2 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.Inventors: Junichi MOTOMURA, Koji NITTA, Shoichiro SAKAI, Mari SOGABE, Mitsutaka TSUBOKURA, Akira TSUCHIKO, Masashi IWAMOTO
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Publication number: 20210300078Abstract: A printing device includes: a motor; a rotary body driven by the motor to rotate; a movable blade driven by rotation of the rotary body to cut a printing tape; a gear mechanism provided on a power transmission path from the motor to the movable blade; a first detector outputting a first signal based on a rotated position of the rotary body; a second detector outputting a second signal based on the rotated position, and a controller performing positioning the rotary body to a predetermined reference rotated position. The positioning includes: starting rotating the rotary body in one direction on the basis of the first signal at the time of starting the positioning; halting the rotation in the one direction of the rotary body on the basis of the second signal; and rotating the rotary body in the opposite direction for a prescribed time period after the halting is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Masashi Iwamoto, Feng Zhu
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Publication number: 20210237489Abstract: A cutting device, having a full-cutting assembly, a half-cutting assembly, and a cam, is provided. The full-cutting assembly includes a first cutting blade and a facing part to cut a tape fully through in a direction of thickness of the tape by rotating a first arm about a first shaft. The half-cutting assembly includes a second cutting blade and a supporting base to cut the tape partly in the direction of thickness by rotating a second arm about a second shaft. The cam is rotatable bidirectionally about a third shaft and has a cam face, on which a first pressing part to press the first arm and a second pressing part to press the second arm are arranged. A distance between the cam face and the second arm is smaller than or equal to a distance between the cam face and the first arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Yuya NAKAMURA, Masashi IWAMOTO, Ryuichi KANDA, Masashi TANIZAKI
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Publication number: 20210237416Abstract: A jig for sticking a first sheet superposed on a second sheet to the second sheet in a thickness direction of the first and second sheets includes a first regulating portion, a second regulating portion, and a nipper. The first regulating portion regulates a position of the first sheet superposed on the second sheet to be aligned with a position of the second sheet in a first direction perpendicular to the thickness direction. The second regulating portion regulates a position of the first sheet superposed on the second sheet to be aligned with a position of the second sheet in a second direction perpendicular to the thickness direction and the first direction. The nipper nips the first sheet and the second sheet superposed and aligned with each other in the thickness direction such that at least a part of a peripheral portion of the first sheet is exposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Ryuichi KANDA, Masashi IWAMOTO, Misato OSUKA
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Publication number: 20210237488Abstract: A cutting device, having a supporting base, a cutter section, a protrusive part, is provided. The supporting base has a first area, in which a tape is placeable, and a second area on a surface thereof The surface is formed of a resin coating layer in the first area alone between the first area and the second area. The cutter section has a blade and is movable to approach and separate from the surface. The protrusive part protrudes from the cutter section in a direction, toward which an edge of the blade points. When the cutter section approaches the surface of the supporting base, with the protrusive part contacting the surface of the supporting base in the second area, the blade cuts the tape located between the surface of the supporting base in the first area and the blade partly in a direction of thickness of the tape.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Masashi TANIZAKI, Masashi IWAMOTO, Ryuichi KANDA, Yuya NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20210237474Abstract: A printing apparatus, having a casing, a printer, and a battery cover, is provided. The casing includes a battery compartment, to which a battery is attachable, and a terminal arranged inside the battery compartment. The printer is powered by the battery to print an image on a printable tape. The battery cover is attachable to the casing and, when at an attached position, covers at least a part of the battery compartment. The casing includes a guide arranged outside the battery compartment to guide the battery cover toward the attached position in the casing. The battery cover includes a first wall portion, which contacts the guide at an outer face thereof and slides along the guide as the battery cover moves toward the attached position, and a pressing portion to press the battery in the battery compartment against the terminal as the first wall portion slides along the guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Masashi TANIZAKI, Masashi IWAMOTO, Ryuichi KANDA, Yuya NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20210165618Abstract: An editing device is configured to edit print data including first print data and second print data via a display device for creating a composite label with a printing device. The composite label includes a first label and a second label and is created by superposing the second label over the first label. A set of program instructions, when executed by a controller of the editing device, causes the editing device to perform displaying an editing screen on the display device. The editing screen has a first region, a second region, and a composite region. The displaying displays a first label image based on the first print data in the first region, a second label image based on the second print data in the second region, and a composite label image formed by superposing the second label image over the first label image in the composite region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2020Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Misato OSUKA, Ryuichi KANDA, Masashi IWAMOTO, Yuichiro SUZUKI
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Patent number: 10882342Abstract: The disclosure discloses a cutting apparatus including a movable blade and a guide device. The movable blade is configured to move along a sliding direction to a cutting position. The guide device includes an upper guide part including a contact part and a lower guide part including at least one guide surface. The contact part is disposed at a position separated from a first blade edge of the fixed blade by a first distance in the transport direction and by a second distance in an upper direction. The at least one guide surface that inclines in an inclination direction in which the at least one guide surface inclines downward at a predetermined angle toward a downstream in the transport direction and is disposed to have an interval of a third distance against the contact part in a direction orthogonal to the inclination direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Misato Osuka, Ryoya Takahashi, Hidenori Jo, Masashi Iwamoto