Patents by Inventor Masateru Komori

Masateru Komori 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: 11679609
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus configured to perform recording operation by ejecting ink at least from a first recording head, includes an ink tank configured to contain the ink to be supplied to the first recording head, a tube configured to connect the first recording head and the ink tank, and a carriage including a first mounting portion on which the first recording head is mounted, a second mounting portion on which a second recording head is detachably mounted, and a contact portion electrically connected to the second recording head, and configured to reciprocate. A protection member protecting the contact portion can be detachably mounted on the second mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Tanaka, Koki Shimada, Masateru Komori, Yuta Araki
  • Publication number: 20220088948
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus configured to perform recording operation by ejecting ink at least from a first recording head, includes an ink tank configured to contain the ink to be supplied to the first recording head, a tube configured to connect the first recording head and the ink tank, and a carriage including a first mounting portion on which the first recording head is mounted, a second mounting portion on which a second recording head is detachably mounted, and a contact portion electrically connected to the second recording head, and configured to reciprocate. A protection member protecting the contact portion can be detachably mounted on the second mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Yusuke Tanaka, Koki Shimada, Masateru Komori, Yuta Araki
  • Patent number: 11214086
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus configured to perform recording operation by ejecting ink at least from a first recording head, includes an ink tank configured to contain the ink to be supplied to the first recording head, a tube configured to connect the first recording head and the ink tank, and a carriage including a first mounting portion on which the first recording head is mounted, a second mounting portion on which a second recording head is detachably mounted, and a contact portion electrically connected to the second recording head, and configured to reciprocate. A protection member protecting the contact portion can be detachably mounted on the second mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Tanaka, Koki Shimada, Masateru Komori, Yuta Araki
  • Publication number: 20200316969
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus configured to perform recording operation by ejecting ink at least from a first recording head, includes an ink tank configured to contain the ink to be supplied to the first recording head, a tube configured to connect the first recording head and the ink tank, and a carriage including a first mounting portion on which the first recording head is mounted, a second mounting portion on which a second recording head is detachably mounted, and a contact portion electrically connected to the second recording head, and configured to reciprocate. A protection member protecting the contact portion can be detachably mounted on the second mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Yusuke Tanaka, Koki Shimada, Masateru Komori, Yuta Araki
  • Patent number: 10427412
    Abstract: An object is to provide a liquid ejecting apparatus that enables a liquid storage container to be properly and easily refilled with a liquid from a liquid refilling container without causing color mixture in the liquid storage container. The liquid ejecting apparatus includes liquid storage containers each configured to feed the liquid to a liquid ejecting portion and liquid refilling containers each configured to refill the liquid storage container with the liquid. A first fitting unit is provided around a liquid injection port in each of the liquid storage containers. A second fitting unit is provided around a liquid pour-out port in each of the liquid refilling containers. The second fitting unit is fitted to the first fitting unit to enable the liquid to be delivered from the liquid pour-out port to the liquid injection port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kyoshiro Okude, Masateru Komori, Masato Koshimizu, Tsuyoshi Saeki, Yukimichi Kimura, Masahiro Kawanishi, Masaaki Matsuura, Katsuyuki Yokoi, Akira Shiba, Ryo Shimamura, Kazuya Yoshii, Norihiro Ikebe, Takeho Miyashita, Tomoki Yamamuro, Atsushi Arai, Masatoshi Ohira, Tatsuaki Orihara, Hirofumi Okuhara, Kazumasa Matsushita, Misato Furuya
  • Patent number: 10214032
    Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus enabling a user to easily perform jam processing. The printing apparatus includes a printing unit, a cassette in which a plurality of sheets to be printed by the printing unit are mounted, and which is capable of being drawn out from the device by a user, a roller pair which is capable of being in an abutting state and a separate state and transports the sheet supplied from the cassette by interposing the sheet, in the abutting state, and a mechanism which changes the roller pair from the abutting state to the separate state as the cassette is drawn out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaaki Matsuura, Katsuyuki Yokoi, Masateru Komori, Masato Koshimizu, Tsuyoshi Saeki, Kyoshiro Okude, Yukimichi Kimura, Masahiro Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 10179467
    Abstract: An interval switching member that relatively displaces a carriage with respect to a printing medium in a direction orthogonal to a printing surface of the printing medium is provided between the carriage and a first guide member, and between the carriage and a second guide member. Subsequently, an inclination control member that changes a distance between the carriage and the first guide member is provided between the carriage and the first guide member. By changing the distance between the carriage and the first guide member with the inclination control member, the carriage rotates about a second guide rail serving as a central axis, such that an angle of the printing head against the printing medium is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masateru Komori, Haruo Uchida
  • Publication number: 20180029394
    Abstract: An interval switching member that relatively displaces a carriage with respect to a printing medium in a direction orthogonal to a printing surface of the printing medium is provided between the carriage and a first guide member, and between the carriage and a second guide member. Subsequently, an inclination control member that changes a distance between the carriage and the first guide member is provided between the carriage and the first guide member. By changing the distance between the carriage and the first guide member with the inclination control member, the carriage rotates about a second guide rail serving as a central axis, such that an angle of the printing head against the printing medium is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Masateru Komori, Haruo Uchida
  • Publication number: 20170361631
    Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus enabling a user to easily perform jam processing. The printing apparatus includes a printing unit, a cassette in which a plurality of sheets to be printed by the printing unit are mounted, and which is capable of being drawn out from the device by a user, a roller pair which is capable of being in an abutting state and a separate state and transports the sheet supplied from the cassette by interposing the sheet, in the abutting state, and a mechanism which changes the roller pair from the abutting state to the separate state as the cassette is drawn out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Masaaki Matsuura, Katsuyuki Yokoi, Masateru Komori, Masato Koshimizu, Tsuyoshi Saeki, Kyoshiro Okude, Yukimichi Kimura, Masahiro Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20170326882
    Abstract: An object is to provide a liquid ejecting apparatus that enables a liquid storage container to be properly and easily refilled with a liquid from a liquid refilling container without causing color mixture in the liquid storage container. The liquid ejecting apparatus includes liquid storage containers each configured to feed the liquid to a liquid ejecting portion and liquid refilling containers each configured to refill the liquid storage container with the liquid. A first fitting unit is provided around a liquid injection port in each of the liquid storage containers. A second fitting unit is provided around a liquid pour-out port in each of the liquid refilling containers. The second fitting unit is fitted to the first fitting unit to enable the liquid to be delivered from the liquid pour-out port to the liquid injection port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Kyoshiro Okude, Masateru Komori, Masato Koshimizu, Tsuyoshi Saeki, Yukimichi Kimura, Masahiro Kawanishi, Masaaki Matsuura, Katsuyuki Yokoi, Akira Shiba, Ryo Shimamura, Kazuya Yoshii, Norihiro Ikebe, Takeho Miyashita, Tomoki Yamamuro, Atsushi Arai, Masatoshi Ohira, Tatsuaki Orihara, Hirofumi Okuhara, Kazumasa Matsushita, Misato Furuya