Patents by Inventor Michiko KAWAJI

Michiko KAWAJI 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: 20240092553
    Abstract: A cushioning material having a multilayer structure includes: a first layer whose strength in a first direction in which the cushioning material extends is stronger than a strength in a second direction that is a direction in which the cushioning material extends and is opposite to the first direction; and a second layer whose strength in the second direction is stronger than a strength in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Michiko KAWAJI
  • Publication number: 20240092528
    Abstract: Provided is a cushioning material obtained by stacking a plurality of cushioning sheets, in which the plurality of cushioning sheets include a first cushioning sheet, a second cushioning sheet having a strength stronger than that of the first cushioning sheet, and a third cushioning sheet having a strength stronger than that of the second cushioning sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Michiko KAWAJI, Makoto FURUHATA
  • Publication number: 20240092554
    Abstract: A cushioning sheet includes a first portion provided in a first area, and a second portion provided in a second area and having a strength stronger than that of the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Michiko KAWAJI, Sanshiro TAKESHITA, Makoto FURUHATA
  • Patent number: 11772263
    Abstract: A method for driving a hand includes: detecting a relative position of a first finger part and a second finger part as of when the first finger part and the second finger part pinch a target object therebetween, as a reference relative position, by a position detection unit; moving the relative position of the first finger part and the second finger part to a target relative position where the first finger part and the second finger part are spaced further apart from each other than at the reference relative position by an amplitude of vibration or more, by a drive unit, on accepting an instruction to release the target object pinched by the first finger part and the second finger part; and causing at least one of the first finger part and the second finger part to vibrate by the drive unit, when the target relative position is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusaku Nakamura, Noboru Asauchi, Mitsuhiro Yamamura, Michiko Kawaji
  • Publication number: 20220134549
    Abstract: A method for driving a hand includes: detecting a relative position of a first finger part and a second finger part as of when the first finger part and the second finger part pinch a target object therebetween, as a reference relative position, by a position detection unit; moving the relative position of the first finger part and the second finger part to a target relative position where the first finger part and the second finger part are spaced further apart from each other than at the reference relative position by an amplitude of vibration or more, by a drive unit, on accepting an instruction to release the target object pinched by the first finger part and the second finger part; and causing at least one of the first finger part and the second finger part to vibrate by the drive unit, when the target relative position is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Yusaku NAKAMURA, Noboru ASAUCHI, Mitsuhiro YAMAMURA, Michiko KAWAJI
  • Publication number: 20170276564
    Abstract: A pressure sensor-provided device includes a pressure sensor, a housing that has an accommodation space which accommodates the pressure sensor, a first channel that has a first opening disposed on an outer surface of the housing, and that connects an outside of the housing and the accommodation space to each other, and a second channel that has a second opening disposed on the outer surface of the housing, and that connects the outside of the housing and the accommodation space to each other. The first opening and the second opening are respectively disposed on sides opposite to each other via a center of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi TAKEUCHI, Michiko KAWAJI