Patents by Inventor Mikio Yamamoto
Mikio Yamamoto 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: 11967485Abstract: There is provided a plasma processing apparatus including: a chamber having a processing space in which a plasma processing is performed on a substrate and a synthetic space in which electromagnetic waves are synthesized; a dielectric window configured to partition the processing space and the synthetic space; an antenna unit including a plurality of antennas configured to radiate the electromagnetic waves to the synthetic space; an electromagnetic wave output part configured to output the electromagnetic waves to the antenna unit; and a controller configured to control the antenna unit to function as the phased array antenna, wherein the plurality of antennas are helical antennas.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Eiki Kamata, Taro Ikeda, Mikio Sato, Nobuhiko Yamamoto
-
Publication number: 20230406652Abstract: A sheet supply device includes a cassette, a housing, a first roller, and a first rib. The cassette is capable of accommodating a sheet. The housing movably supports the cassette in a first direction. The first roller is supported by the housing. The first roller is rotatable about a rotation axis parallel to a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first roller includes a pair of flanges spaced apart from each other in the second direction. The first rib protrudes downward from the cassette. The first rib has a lower end surface in contact with the first roller between the pair of flanges. The first rib extends in the first direction. The first rib has a first width of a first portion in the second direction wider than a second width of a second portion in the second direction. The first portion is disposed between the pair of flanges in a state where the cassette is accommodated in the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventor: Mikio Yamamoto
-
Publication number: 20230402663Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a primary battery, a secondary battery, and an output terminal. The secondary battery is coupled in parallel with the primary battery. The output terminal outputs electric power from the secondary battery to an outside. A discharge capacity of the primary battery is larger than a discharge capacity of the secondary battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Moriaki OKUNO, Mikio YAMAMOTO, Rie WATANABE
-
Patent number: 11820623Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes an aligning roller and a sheet guide. The aligning roller is configured to rotate in a forward direction along a sheet conveying direction, and stop rotation or rotate in a reverse direction to align a sheet conveyed thereto with a nip formed with the aligning roller. The sheet guide is disposed along a sheet conveyance path extending to the nip in the sheet conveying direction, and movable between a first position at which the sheet conveyance path has a first width in a thickness direction of the sheet and a second position at which the sheet conveyance path has a second width in the thickness direction less than the first width. The sheet guide is at the first position when the aligning roller stops rotation or rotates in the reverse direction and at the second position when the aligning roller rotates in the forward direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinji Maruyama, Mikio Yamamoto, Naofumi Soga
-
Patent number: 11795028Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sheet processing apparatus includes a folding unit, a fold reinforcing unit, and a control unit. The folding unit folds a sheet and forms a fold line thereon. The fold reinforcing unit includes a fold reinforcing roller. The fold reinforcing roller sandwiches the fold line on the sheet formed by the folding unit and moves in a fold-line direction in which the fold line extends. The control unit moves the fold reinforcing roller from a first position close to a first end of the fold line on a first side in the fold-line direction to a second position close to a second end of the fold line on a second side opposite to the first side. The control unit can execute, at this time, a division movement mode including a reversal return operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Mikio Yamamoto
-
Patent number: 11774904Abstract: A cassette drawing-in device includes a guide portion to guide a pin protruding from a paper feed cassette, a first member in which the guide portion is formed, a second member facing the first member, a first rotation shaft, a first link rotationally supported by the first rotation shaft, a second rotation shaft provided on the first link, a second link rotationally supported by the second rotation shaft and including an engagement groove which engages the pin and slides on the pin in a direction intersecting the moving direction of the pin, and a protruding portion on one or both of the first member and the second member within a range of movement of the second link that accompanies the rotation of the first link about the first rotation shaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Mikio Yamamoto
-
Patent number: 11760593Abstract: According to an embodiment, a sheet feeding mechanism includes a first elastic body. The first elastic body blocks a first reference line and a second reference line. The first elastic body has a first angle formed between the first elastic body and the first reference line, the first angle being an acute angle. The first reference line is a reference line along a take-out direction by the first roller. The second reference line is a reference line connecting a nip between the second roller and the third roller and a contact position of the first roller and a sheet.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Mikio Yamamoto
-
Patent number: 11724900Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes a first roller, a second roller, and a controller. The first roller is configured to rotate in a forward direction for sheet conveyance along a sheet conveying direction. The second roller is disposed downstream with respect to the first roller in the sheet conveying direction and configured to rotate in a forward direction along the sheet conveying direction and in a reverse direction. The controller is configured to control the second roller to rotate in the reverse direction at a timing when a leading end of a sheet that is nipped and conveyed by the first roller reaches a nip of the second roller.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Michael W Lawrence, Gary L Noe, Mikio Yamamoto
-
Patent number: 11724898Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes a cassette main body, a device main body, a handle, and a pressing member. The cassette main body contains a sheet. The device main body stores the cassette main body retractably in a first direction. The handle is displaceably supported by the cassette main body. The pressing member is supported by the cassette main body. The pressing member presses the device main body in a second direction opposite to the first direction in conjunction with displacement of the handle with respect to the cassette main body.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Mikio Yamamoto
-
Patent number: 11673753Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus has a main body with an insertion slot for a sheet cassette. The sheet cassette has a moveable pin member. A housing in the main body includes a lever partially rotatable about a first axis. The lever has a pin engagement portion at an end of the lever that rotates about a second axis and has an engagement groove into which the pin member can be inserted from a first pin engagement position and a second pin engagement position when the lever has rotated about the first axis. An elastic member applies a force to the lever to rotate the lever toward the insertion direction of the cassette. The housing includes a chassis having a guide groove extending along the insertion direction. The guide groove includes an inclining portion that is inclined with respect to the insertion direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsuya Oshida, Mikio Yamamoto
-
Publication number: 20230128977Abstract: A cassette drawing-in device includes a guide portion to guide a pin protruding from a paper feed cassette, a first member in which the guide portion is formed, a second member facing the first member, a first rotation shaft, a first link rotationally supported by the first rotation shaft, a second rotation shaft provided on the first link, a second link rotationally supported by the second rotation shaft and including an engagement groove which engages the pin and slides on the pin in a direction intersecting the moving direction of the pin, and a protruding portion on one or both of the first member and the second member within a range of movement of the second link that accompanies the rotation of the first link about the first rotation shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventor: Mikio YAMAMOTO
-
Publication number: 20230056859Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes a cassette main body, a device main body, a handle, and a pressing member. The cassette main body contains a sheet. The device main body stores the cassette main body retractably in a first direction. The handle is displaceably supported by the cassette main body. The pressing member is supported by the cassette main body. The pressing member presses the device main body in a second direction opposite to the first direction in conjunction with displacement of the handle with respect to the cassette main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventor: Mikio Yamamoto
-
Patent number: 11567448Abstract: A cassette drawing-in device includes a guide portion to guide a pin protruding from a paper feed cassette, a first member in which the guide portion is formed, a second member facing the first member, a first rotation shaft, a first link rotationally supported by the first rotation shaft, a second rotation shaft provided on the first link, a second link rotationally supported by the second rotation shaft and including an engagement groove which engages the pin and slides on the pin in a direction intersecting the moving direction of the pin, and a rib on one or both of the first member and the second member. The rib slides on a side surface of the second link within a range of movement of the second link that accompanies the rotation of the first link about the first rotation shaft.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Mikio Yamamoto
-
Publication number: 20220363497Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus has a main body with an insertion slot for a sheet cassette. The sheet cassette has a moveable pin member. A housing in the main body includes a lever partially rotatable about a first axis. The lever has a pin engagement portion at an end of the lever that rotates about a second axis and has an engagement groove into which the pin member can be inserted from a first pin engagement position and a second pin engagement position when the lever has rotated about the first axis. An elastic member applies a force to the lever to rotate the lever toward the insertion direction of the cassette. The housing includes a chassis having a guide groove extending along the insertion direction. The guide groove includes an inclining portion that is inclined with respect to the insertion direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Katsuya OSHIDA, Mikio YAMAMOTO
-
Publication number: 20220348032Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an apparatus body, a feeding cassette, a pin member, a lever, an elastic member, and a guide mechanism. The feeding cassette is insertable into and ejectable from the apparatus body in one direction and includes an insertion position for insertion into the apparatus body and an ejection position for ejection from the apparatus body. The pin member is connected to the feeding cassette. The lever is rotatable around an axis in a first direction, and includes a pin engagement portion engaging with the pin member at a tip end in the axial direction. The elastic member includes a tip end connected between the rotation axis of the lever and the pin engagement portion of the lever, and adds a force for rotation in an insertion direction. The guide mechanism shortens a distance between the pin member and the rotation axis of the lever.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Mikio YAMAMOTO
-
Publication number: 20220334534Abstract: A cassette drawing-in device includes a guide portion to guide a pin protruding from a paper feed cassette, a first member in which the guide portion is formed, a second member facing the first member, a first rotation shaft, a first link rotationally supported by the first rotation shaft, a second rotation shaft provided on the first link, a second link rotationally supported by the second rotation shaft and including an engagement groove which engages the pin and slides on the pin in a direction intersecting the moving direction of the pin, and a rib on one or both of the first member and the second member. The rib slides on a side surface of the second link within a range of movement of the second link that accompanies the rotation of the first link about the first rotation shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventor: Mikio YAMAMOTO
-
Publication number: 20220281701Abstract: According to an embodiment, a sheet feeding mechanism includes a first elastic body. The first elastic body blocks a first reference line and a second reference line. The first elastic body has a first angle formed between the first elastic body and the first reference line, the first angle being an acute angle. The first reference line is a reference line along a take-out direction by the first roller. The second reference line is a reference line connecting a nip between the second roller and the third roller and a contact position of the first roller and a sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2021Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventor: Mikio YAMAMOTO
-
Patent number: 11434092Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sheet cassette includes a sheet placing portion. The sheet placing portion can rotate around a rotation shaft while placing a sheet of a placeable maximum size in a sheet placing area to be flat. The rotation shaft extends to be perpendicular to a discharge direction and a gravity direction of the sheet. The rotation shaft is disposed between a first end portion on a downstream side along the discharge direction in the sheet placing area and a second end portion on an upstream side positioned on a side opposite to the first end portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Mikio Yamamoto
-
Patent number: 11427418Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus has a main body with an insertion slot for a sheet cassette. The sheet cassette has a moveable pin member. A housing in the main body includes a lever partially rotatable about a first axis. The lever has a pin engagement portion at an end of the lever that rotates about a second axis and has an engagement groove into which the pin member can be inserted from a first pin engagement position and a second pin engagement position when the lever has rotated about the first axis. An elastic member applies a force to the lever to rotate the lever toward the insertion direction of the cassette. The housing includes a chassis having a guide groove extending along the insertion direction. The guide groove includes an inclining portion that is inclined with respect to the insertion direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuya Oshida, Mikio Yamamoto
-
Patent number: 11400738Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an apparatus body, a feeding cassette, a pin member, a lever, an elastic member, and a guide mechanism. The feeding cassette is insertable into and ejectable from the apparatus body in one direction and includes an insertion position for insertion into the apparatus body and an ejection position for ejection from the apparatus body. The pin member is connected to the feeding cassette. The lever is rotatable around an axis in a first direction, and includes a pin engagement portion engaging with the pin member at a tip end in the axial direction. The elastic member includes a tip end connected between the rotation axis of the lever and the pin engagement portion of the lever, and adds a force for rotation in an insertion direction. The guide mechanism shortens a distance between the pin member and the rotation axis of the lever.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Mikio Yamamoto