Patents by Inventor Naoki Hishida

Naoki Hishida 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).

  • Conveyance apparatus
    Patent number: 7530449
    Abstract: A conveyance apparatus includes a platen having a flat supporting surface that supports a conveyor belt, from its inside, being stretched between first and second rollers. The apparatus further includes an encoder roller disposed between the first roller and the platen so as to be in contact with the conveyor belt from its inside, and a rotary encoder that follows the encoder roller to rotate. The belt is inclined between the first roller and the platen so as to form an obtuse angle with the supporting surface. A contact position between the encoder roller and the belt is in between a first imaginary plane including the supporting surface, and a second imaginary plane spreading through the nearer one, to the first roller, of both ends of the supporting surface in a direction of conveyance by the belt on the supporting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsuhisa Nakashima, Naoki Hishida
  • CONVEYANCE APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20070201936
    Abstract: A conveyance apparatus includes a platen having a flat supporting surface that supports a conveyor belt, from its inside, being stretched between first and second rollers. The apparatus further includes an encoder roller disposed between the first roller and the platen so as to be in contact with the conveyor belt from its inside, and a rotary encoder that follows the encoder roller to rotate. The belt is inclined between the first roller and the platen so as to form an obtuse angle with the supporting surface. A contact position between the encoder roller and the belt is in between a first imaginary plane including the supporting surface, and a second imaginary plane spreading through the nearer one, to the first roller, of both ends of the supporting surface in a direction of conveyance by the belt on the supporting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsuhisa Nakashima, Naoki Hishida