Patents by Inventor Masato Sueyasu
Masato Sueyasu 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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Patent number: 11940742Abstract: An image forming apparatus to which a cartridge including a cartridge substrate is attachable includes a main body electrical substrate, a main body ground terminal connected to the main body electrical substrate and configured to take a ground voltage, a first main body terminal connected to the main body electrical substrate and configured to transmit one of a power supply voltage, a data signal that indicates information, and a synchronization signal, a second main body terminal connected to the main body electrical substrate and configured to transmit remaining two of the power supply voltage, the data signal, and the synchronization signal. The cartridge substrate includes a cartridge ground terminal connected to the main body ground terminal, a first cartridge terminal connected to the first main body terminal, and a second cartridge terminal connected to the second main body terminal.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato Sueyasu, Yoshiyuki Tsujimoto, Takuya Nagai
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Patent number: 11930576Abstract: An image forming device includes an LED head, a main controller board and an LED controller board. The main controller board comprises a main controller, a voltage output circuit, a first voltage terminal, a second voltage terminal. The voltage output circuit outputs a first voltage via the first voltage terminal and the second voltage via the second voltage terminal. The LED controller board includes a third voltage terminal, a fourth voltage terminal and an LED controller. The third voltage terminal is connected to the first voltage terminal, and the fourth voltage terminal is connected to the second voltage terminal. The LED controller board outputs a voltage according to the first voltage to the LED head. The LED controller is connected to the fourth voltage terminal. A voltage according to the second voltage is input to the LED controller.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masato Sueyasu
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Patent number: 11811989Abstract: An image forming apparatus that utilizes a communication device is disclosed. A communication unit of a housing which corresponds to an antenna portion is provided at a position at which the communication unit can be seen without obstruction from the upper side. A communication device such as a smartphone can be brought close to or into contact with the communication unit readily. Accordingly, wireless communication between the antenna portion and the communication device can be established.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoichi Matsushima, Hirofumi Kondo, Yasuhiro Kato, Masayoshi Hayashi, Masato Sueyasu, Reiko Toyama
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Publication number: 20230209684Abstract: An image forming device includes an LED head, a main controller board and an LED controller board. The main controller board comprises a main controller, a voltage output circuit, a first voltage terminal, a second voltage terminal. The voltage output circuit outputs a first voltage via the first voltage terminal and the second voltage via the second voltage terminal. The LED controller board comprises a third voltage terminal, a fourth voltage terminal and an LED controller. The third voltage terminal is connected to the first voltage terminal, and the fourth voltage terminal is connected to the second voltage terminal. The LED controller board outputs a voltage according to the first voltage to the LED head. The LED controller is connected to the fourth voltage terminal. A voltage according to the second voltage is input to the LED controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masato SUEYASU
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Publication number: 20220404736Abstract: An image forming apparatus to which a cartridge including a cartridge substrate is attachable includes a main body electrical substrate, a main body ground terminal connected to the main body electrical substrate and configured to take a ground voltage, a first main body terminal connected to the main body electrical substrate and configured to transmit one of a power supply voltage, a data signal that indicates information, and a synchronization signal, a second main body terminal connected to the main body electrical substrate and configured to transmit remaining two of the power supply voltage, the data signal, and the synchronization signal. The cartridge substrate includes a cartridge ground terminal connected to the main body ground terminal, a first cartridge terminal connected to the first main body terminal, and a second cartridge terminal connected to the second main body terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato SUEYASU, Yoshiyuki TSUJIMOTO, Takuya NAGAI
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Patent number: 11329543Abstract: A device includes a driving portion, a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, the secondary winding generating an output voltage, the driving portion being connected across the secondary winding so that the output voltage is applied to the driving portion, a switching element connected in series to the primary winding, a first controller provided in a primary side of the transformer for controlling the switching element, and a second controller supplied with the output voltage. The second controller is configured to perform, during implementation of a burst switching control, transmitting a stop signal to the first controller when the output voltage exceeds a first voltage, and transmitting, after transmission of the stop signal, a resumption signal to the first controller when the output voltage falls below a second voltage lower than the first voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiyuki Tsujimoto, Yuya Harada, Keisuke Manoh, Masato Sueyasu
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Publication number: 20210203800Abstract: An image forming apparatus that utilizes a communication device is disclosed. A communication unit of a housing which corresponds to an antenna portion is provided at a position at which the communication unit can be seen without obstruction from the upper side. A communication device such as a smartphone can be brought close to or into contact with the communication unit readily. Accordingly, wireless communication between the antenna portion and the communication device can be established.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Ryoichi Matsushima, Hirofumi Kondo, Yasuhiro Kato, Masayoshi Hayashi, Masato Sueyasu, Reiko Toyama
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Publication number: 20200321877Abstract: A device includes a driving portion, a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, the secondary winding generating an output voltage, the driving portion being connected across the secondary winding so that the output voltage is applied to the driving portion, a switching element connected in series to the primary winding, a first controller provided in a primary side of the transformer for controlling the switching element, and a second controller supplied with the output voltage. The second controller is configured to perform, during implementation of a burst switching control, transmitting a stop signal to the first controller when the output voltage exceeds a first voltage, and transmitting, after transmission of the stop signal, a resumption signal to the first controller when the output voltage falls below a second voltage lower than the first voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiyuki TSUJIMOTO, Yuya HARADA, Keisuke MANOH, Masato SUEYASU
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Patent number: 10778857Abstract: An image forming apparatus that utilizes a communication device is disclosed. A communication unit of a housing which corresponds to an antenna portion is provided at a position at which the communication unit can be seen without obstruction from the upper side. A communication device such as a smartphone can be brought close to or into contact with the communication unit readily. Accordingly, wireless communication between the antenna portion and the communication device can be established.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoichi Matsushima, Hirofumi Kondo, Yasuhiro Kato, Masayoshi Hayashi, Masato Sueyasu, Reiko Toyama
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Publication number: 20180131826Abstract: An image forming apparatus that utilizes a communication device is disclosed. A communication unit of a housing which corresponds to an antenna portion is provided at a position at which the communication unit can be seen without obstruction from the upper side. A communication device such as a smartphone can be brought close to or into contact with the communication unit readily. Accordingly, wireless communication between the antenna portion and the communication device can be established.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2018Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Ryoichi Matsushima, Hirofumi Kondo, Yasuhiro Kato, Masayoshi Hayashi, Masato Sueyasu, Reiko Toyama
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Patent number: 9900453Abstract: An image forming apparatus which utilizes a communication device is disclosed. A communication unit of a housing which corresponds to an antenna portion is provided at a position at which the communication unit can be seen without obstruction from the upper side. A communication device such as a smartphone can be brought close to or into contact with the communication unit readily. Accordingly, wireless communication between the antenna portion and the communication device can be established.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoichi Matsushima, Hirofumi Kondo, Yasuhiro Kato, Masayoshi Hayashi, Masato Sueyasu, Reiko Toyama
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Publication number: 20170064111Abstract: An image forming apparatus which utilizes a communication device is disclosed. A communication unit of a housing which corresponds to an antenna portion is provided at a position at which the communication unit can be seen without obstruction from the upper side. A communication device such as a smartphone can be brought close to or into contact with the communication unit readily. Accordingly, wireless communication between the antenna portion and the communication device can be established.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Ryoichi Matsushima, Hirofumi Kondo, Yasuhiro Kato, Masayoshi Hayashi, Masato Sueyasu, Reiko Toyama
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Patent number: 9509873Abstract: An image forming apparatus which utilizes a communication device is disclosed. A communication unit of a housing which corresponds to an antenna portion is provided at a position at which the communication unit can be seen without obstruction from the upper side. A communication device such as a smartphone can be brought close to or into contact with the communication unit readily. Accordingly, wireless communication between the antenna portion and the communication device can be established.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoichi Matsushima, Hirofumi Kondo, Yasuhiro Kato, Masayoshi Hayashi, Masato Sueyasu, Reiko Toyama
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Patent number: 9142753Abstract: There is provided a piezoelectric actuator, including: first and second piezoelectric layers; a driving electrode arranged between the first and second piezoelectric layers; a second electrode maintained at a predetermined first electrical potential; and a third electrode maintained at a second electrical potential. A neutral plane of the piezoelectric actuator is positioned at a side opposite to the second piezoelectric layer relative to a center plane of the first piezoelectric layer in a direction of stacking of the first and second piezoelectric layers. A first portion of the first piezoelectric layer is sandwiched between the driving electrode and the second electrode, and a second portion of the second piezoelectric layer is sandwiched between the driving electrode and the third electrode. The first and second portions are polarized parallel to the stacking direction such that they are polarized in mutually opposite directions.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Taisuke Mizuno, Mizuyo Takebayashi, Kyohei Naito, Shotaro Kanzaki, Masato Sueyasu, Keiji Kura
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Publication number: 20150035906Abstract: There is provided a piezoelectric actuator, including: first and second piezoelectric layers; a driving electrode arranged between the first and second piezoelectric layers; a second electrode maintained at a predetermined first electrical potential; and a third electrode maintained at a second electrical potential. A neutral plane of the piezoelectric actuator is positioned at a side opposite to the second piezoelectric layer relative to a center plane of the first piezoelectric layer in a direction of stacking of the first and second piezoelectric layers. A first portion of the first piezoelectric layer is sandwiched between the driving electrode and the second electrode, and a second portion of the second piezoelectric layer is sandwiched between the driving electrode and the third electrode. The first and second portions are polarized parallel to the stacking direction such that they are polarized in mutually opposite directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Taisuke MIZUNO, Mizuyo Takebayashi, Kyohei Naito, Shotaro Kanzaki, Masato Sueyasu, Keiji Kura
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Patent number: 8888237Abstract: There is provided a liquid jetting apparatus including: a liquid jetting head configured to jet liquid; a liquid discharge unit configured to discharge the liquid from the liquid jetting head; a waste liquid recover unit including a waste liquid absorber configured to absorb a waste liquid discharged from the liquid jetting head by the liquid discharge unit and detection electrodes configured to detect a waste liquid amount absorbed into the waste liquid absorber; and a vibration generating source configured to vibrate the waste liquid absorber in a vibration direction, wherein the detection electrodes are disposed to make contact with an end surface defining the waste liquid absorber, and a normal direction of the end surface intersects with the vibration direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2012Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hirofumi Kondo, Shuhei Hiwada, Masato Sueyasu, Yasuhiro Kato, Reiko Higashikawa, Tomoyuki Kubo, Toru Yamashita, Shigeru Suzuki, Hiroto Sugahara, Masayoshi Hayashi, Tatsuya Nishikawa
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Patent number: 8876236Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a liquid jetting head in which nozzles for jetting the liquid are formed and which has an actuator for jetting the liquid from the nozzles; an interposer substrate which is provided to the liquid jetting head and on which a driver IC is mounted; a control substrate which controls the liquid jetting head; a wire member which connects the interposer substrate and the control substrate; and a flexible circuit board which connects the interposer substrate and the actuator, wherein the interposer substrate has a first connecting portion to which the wire member is to be connected, and a second connecting portion to which the flexible circuit board is to be connected, and the driver IC is arranged nearer to the first connecting portion than the second connecting portion of the interposer substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2012Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hirofumi Kondo, Yasuhiro Kato, Masayoshi Hayashi, Tatsuya Nishikawa, Reiko Higashikawa, Toru Yamashita, Masato Sueyasu
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Patent number: 8657406Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus is provided including: a liquid jetting head having a nozzle formed therein through which the liquid is jetted; a driving unit which is configured to output energy to the liquid jetting head; an energy recovery mechanism which is configured to recover and supply a part of the energy supplied from the driving unit to the liquid jetting head; and a mist removing unit to which the part of the energy recovered by the energy recovery mechanism is supplied so that the supplied energy is used to remove a mist generated under a condition that the liquid jetting head jets the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Reiko Higashikawa, Hirofumi Kondo, Tomoyuki Kubo, Masayoshi Hayashi, Masato Sueyasu, Toru Yamashita, Tatsuya Nishikawa, Yasuhiro Kato, Shuhei Hiwada
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Publication number: 20130286433Abstract: An image forming apparatus which utilizes a communication device is disclosed. A communication unit of a housing which corresponds to an antenna portion is provided at a position at which the communication unit can be seen without obstruction from the upper side. A communication device such as a smartphone can be brought close to or into contact with the communication unit readily. Accordingly, wireless communication between the antenna portion and the communication device can be established.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryoichi Matsushima, Hirofumi Kondo, Yasuhiro Kato, Masayoshi Hayashi, Masato Sueyasu, Reiko Toyama
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Publication number: 20130083102Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a liquid jetting head in which nozzles for jetting the liquid are formed and which has an actuator for jetting the liquid from the nozzles; an interposer substrate which is provided to the liquid jetting head and on which a driver IC is mounted; a control substrate which controls the liquid jetting head; a wire member which connects the interposer substrate and the control substrate; and a flexible circuit board which connects the interposer substrate and the actuator, wherein the interposer substrate has a first connecting portion to which the wire member is to be connected, and a second connecting portion to which the flexible circuit board is to be connected, and the driver IC is arranged nearer to the first connecting portion than the second connecting portion of the interposer substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirofumi KONDO, Yasuhiro KATO, Masayoshi HAYASHI, Tatsuya NISHIKAWA, Reiko HIGASHIKAWA, Toru YAMASHITA, Masato SUEYASU