Patents by Inventor Naohiro DAITO

Naohiro DAITO 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: 10822187
    Abstract: An elastic body portion includes an inner circumferential portion and an outer circumferential portion which serves as an outer circumferential side with respect to the inner circumferential portion and a space portion between the inner circumferential portion and the outer circumferential portion, and a plurality of joining portions which join the inner circumferential portion and the outer circumferential portion to each other in the space portion, in which at least a portion of each of the joining portions has a curved shape, and in which the joining portions are each joined to the inner circumferential portion and the outer circumferential portion such that connecting portions between the joining portions and the inner circumferential portion and connecting portions between the joining portions and the outer circumferential portion do not form acute angles in the space portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenobu Maruyama, Takuya Kojima, Kentaro Miyazaki, Naohiro Daito, Kenta Anegawa
  • Patent number: 10554832
    Abstract: There is provided a roller including: a shaft, and an elastic body portion that is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft, in which the elastic body portion includes a plurality of first recessed portions which are provided on one side of the roller in a shaft mounting direction at intervals in a circumferential direction of the roller and each have a bottom portion, and a plurality of second recessed portions which are provided on the other side of the roller in the shaft mounting direction at intervals in the circumferential direction of the roller and each have a bottom portion, and in which each of the first recessed portions is positioned between the adjacent second recessed portions in the circumferential direction of the roller in the side view of the roller in the shaft mounting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenobu Maruyama, Kenta Anegawa, Hidehito Okuhara, Takashi Kawabata, Naohiro Daito
  • Patent number: 10404875
    Abstract: A roller includes a shaft, and an elastic body portion that is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft, in which the elastic body portion includes an inner peripheral portion which becomes a shaft side, an outer peripheral portion which becomes an outer side with respect to the inner peripheral portion, a plurality of first connection portions which connect the inner peripheral portion and the outer peripheral portion, and a plurality of second connection portions which are provided in a space portion between the adjacent first connection portions and which partition the space portion into one side and the other side of the roller in the axial direction, and in which the first connection portion is inclined in the same direction in a peripheral direction with respect to a radial direction of the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenobu Maruyama, Kenta Anegawa, Hidehito Okuhara, Naohiro Daito, Takashi Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20190062083
    Abstract: An elastic body portion includes an inner circumferential portion and an outer circumferential portion which serves as an outer circumferential side with respect to the inner circumferential portion and a space portion between the inner circumferential portion and the outer circumferential portion, and a plurality of joining portions which join the inner circumferential portion and the outer circumferential portion to each other in the space portion, in which at least a portion of each of the joining portions has a curved shape, and in which the joining portions are each joined to the inner circumferential portion and the outer circumferential portion such that connecting portions between the joining portions and the inner circumferential portion and connecting portions between the joining portions and the outer circumferential portion do not form acute angles in the space portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hidenobu MARUYAMA, Takuya KOJIMA, Kentaro MIYAZAKI, Naohiro DAITO, Kenta ANEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180297797
    Abstract: There is provided a roller including: a shaft, and an elastic body portion that is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft, in which the elastic body portion includes a plurality of first recessed portions which are provided on one side of the roller in a shaft mounting direction at intervals in a circumferential direction of the roller and each have a bottom portion, and a plurality of second recessed portions which are provided on the other side of the roller in the shaft mounting direction at intervals in the circumferential direction of the roller and each have a bottom portion, and in which each of the first recessed portions is positioned between the adjacent second recessed portions in the circumferential direction of the roller in the side view of the roller in the shaft mounting direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Hidenobu MARUYAMA, Kenta ANEGAWA, Hidehito OKUHARA, Takashi KAWABATA, Naohiro DAITO
  • Publication number: 20180302523
    Abstract: A roller includes a shaft, and an elastic body portion that is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft, in which the elastic body portion includes an inner peripheral portion which becomes a shaft side, an outer peripheral portion which becomes an outer side with respect to the inner peripheral portion, a plurality of first connection portions which connect the inner peripheral portion and the outer peripheral portion, and a plurality of second connection portions which are provided in a space portion between the adjacent first connection portions and which partition the space portion into one side and the other side of the roller in the axial direction, and in which the first connection portion is inclined in the same direction in a peripheral direction with respect to a radial direction of the roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Hidenobu MARUYAMA, Kenta ANEGAWA, Hidehito OKUHARA, Naohiro DAITO, Takashi KAWABATA