Patents by Inventor Nobuo Yatsu
Nobuo Yatsu 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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Publication number: 20170144456Abstract: A printer includes a print head, a platen roller, a frame, a release lever, and a spring. The print head performs printing on recording paper. The platen roller conveys the recording paper held between the platen roller and the print head. The print head and the platen roller are placed on the frame. The frame includes a side plate in which a frame groove is formed. The release lever moves relative to the frame. The spring is provided between the frame and the print head to urge the print head toward the platen roller. The platen roller is placed on the frame while being held between the frame groove and the release lever. The release lever moves to unblock the frame groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Kohei TAKAHASHI, Masahiro KANEKO, Nobuo YATSU, Takuya UCHIYAMA, Yayoi TOKUHARA, Ying LI, Katsuaki KOSHIMURA, Chuqi LIANG, Miki KITAHARA
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Publication number: 20170090648Abstract: A touch panel device including: a first substrate having a plurality of first patterns which are electrically separated from each other; a second substrate having a plurality of second patterns which are arranged opposite to the first patterns and electrically separated from each other; and a controller that is in a pause state until one of the first patterns contacts one of the second patterns, and begins detection of an input position when one of the first patterns contacts one of the second patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITEDInventors: Nobuo YATSU, Masahiro KANEKO, Yayoi TOKUHARA, Kohei TAKAHASHI, Katsuaki KOSHIMURA, Chuqi LIANG, Miki KITAHARA, Kiwa IMAI
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Patent number: 9583293Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a coil, an armature, an iron core, a card, a first contact, and a second contact. The card is connected to the armature and formed of an insulating material. The first contact and the second contact are in contact when there is no flow of electric current through the coil. The first contact and the second contact are separated with the armature being attracted to the iron core to interpose the card between the first contact and the second contact when there is a flow of electric current through the coil.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITEDInventors: Ying Li, Masahiro Kaneko, Nobuo Yatsu, Takuya Uchiyama, Yayoi Tokuhara, Kohei Takahashi, Katsuaki Koshimura, Chuqi Liang, Miki Kitahara
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Publication number: 20160355033Abstract: A printer includes a platen roller, a first pulley connected to the shaft of the platen roller, a motor, a second pulley connected to the shaft of the motor, and a belt wrapped around the first pulley and the second pulley. At least one of the first pulley and the second pulley has a variable diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Katsuaki Koshimura, Masahiro Kaneko, Nobuo Yatsu, Yayoi Tokuhara, Kohei Takahashi, Chuqi Liang, Miki Kitahara, Kiwa Imai
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Patent number: 9330871Abstract: A relay includes: a fixed terminal on which a fixed contact is provided; a movable terminal on which a movable contact is provided; a cam that has an elliptical circumference shape, and is rotatable while a portion of the circumference shape is contacting a surface of the movable terminal; and a driving unit that rotates the cam so that respective portions located at one ends of a major axis and a minor axis of the elliptical circumference shape alternately contact the surface of the movable terminal; wherein when the portion located at one end of the major axis of the elliptical circumference shape of the cam contacts the surface of the movable terminal, the movable terminal is deformed elastically so that the movable contact contacts the fixed contact.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2013Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITEDInventors: Takuya Uchiyama, Nobuo Yatsu, Natsumi Sakai, Kohei Takahashi, Katsuaki Koshimura, Masahiro Kaneko
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Publication number: 20160086755Abstract: An electromagnetic relay which is provided with an armature, a moving electrode which has a moving plate and a moving contact and a fixed electrode which faces the moving electrode and has a fixed plate and a fixed contact. At least a portion of the moving plate onto which the moving contact is arranged and at least a portion of the fixed plate onto which the fixed contact is arranged are inclined in width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITEDInventors: Natsumi SAKAI, Masahiro KANEKO, Nobuo YATSU, Takuya UCHIYAMA, Kohei TAKAHASHI, Katsuaki KOSHIMURA
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Patent number: 9202653Abstract: An electromagnetic relay which is provided with an armature, a moving electrode which has a moving plate and a moving contact and a fixed electrode which faces the moving electrode and has a fixed plate and a fixed contact. At least a portion of the moving plate onto which the moving contact is arranged and at least a portion of the fixed plate onto which the fixed contact is arranged are inclined in width direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITEDInventors: Natsumi Sakai, Masahiro Kaneko, Nobuo Yatsu, Takuya Uchiyama, Kohei Takahashi, Katsuaki Koshimura
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Publication number: 20150303015Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a coil, an armature, an iron core, a card, a first contact, and a second contact. The card is connected to the armature and formed of an insulating material. The first contact and the second contact are in contact when there is no flow of electric current through the coil. The first contact and the second contact are separated with the armature being attracted to the iron core to interpose the card between the first contact and the second contact when there is a flow of electric current through the coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Ying Li, Masahiro Kaneko, Nobuo Yatsu, Takuya Uchiyama, Yayoi Tokuhara, Kohei Takahashi, Katsuaki Koshimura, Chuqi Liang, Miki Kitahara
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Patent number: 9126439Abstract: Provided is a printer capable of enhancing the cutting efficiency of printing paper. A printer, includes a printing unit; a fixed blade; a movable blade provided to be movable relative to the fixed blade, and cut the printing medium with the fixed blade; and a tension mechanism applying a tensional force to the printing medium. The tension mechanism includes a receiving member disposed on the discharge side of the fixed blade; and a pressing member extending from the movable blade toward the discharge side, moving with the movable blade. The pressing member includes a pressing part configured to press the printing medium against the receiving member and move toward the discharge side while holding the printing medium between the pressing part and the receiving member, as the movable blade moves toward the fixed blade.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2014Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITEDInventors: Kohei Takahashi, Masahiro Kaneko, Nobuo Yatsu, Takuya Uchiyama, Ying Li, Katsuaki Koshimura, Chuqi Liang, Hongfei Zhang
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Publication number: 20150054907Abstract: Provided is a printer capable of enhancing the cutting efficiency of printing paper. A printer, includes a printing unit; a fixed blade; a movable blade provided to be movable relative to the fixed blade, and cut the printing medium with the fixed blade; and a tension mechanism applying a tensional force to the printing medium. The tension mechanism includes a receiving member disposed on the discharge side of the fixed blade; and a pressing member extending from the movable blade toward the discharge side, moving with the movable blade. The pressing member includes a pressing part configured to press the printing medium against the receiving member and move toward the discharge side while holding the printing medium between the pressing part and the receiving member, as the movable blade moves toward the fixed blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: Fujitsu Component LimitedInventors: Kohei TAKAHASHI, Masahiro KANEKO, Nobuo YATSU, Takuya UCHIYAMA, Ying LI, Katsuaki KOSHIMURA, Chuqi LIANG, Hongfei ZHANG
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Patent number: 8950959Abstract: A cutting device includes a cutting blade configured to cut a recording medium; a support unit that supports the cutting blade to be movable in an inclined direction with respect to a surface of the recording medium such that the cutting blade is moved toward the recording medium while moving in a width direction of the recording medium; and a movable unit that causes the cutting blade supported by the support unit to be moved in the inclined direction to cut the recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Fujitsu Component LimitedInventors: Kohei Takahashi, Masahiro Kaneko, Nobuo Yatsu, Takuya Uchiyama, Natsumi Sakai, Katsuaki Koshimura
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Publication number: 20140240065Abstract: An electromagnetic relay which is provided with an armature, a moving electrode which has a moving plate and a moving contact and a fixed electrode which faces the moving electrode and has a fixed plate and a fixed contact. At least a portion of the moving plate onto which the moving contact is arranged and at least a portion of the fixed plate onto which the fixed contact is arranged are inclined in width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Fujitsu Component LimitedInventors: Natsumi SAKAI, Masahiro KANEKO, Nobuo YATSU, Takuya UCHIYAMA, Kohei TAKAHASHI, Katsuaki KOSHIMURA
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Publication number: 20140192273Abstract: An input device includes: an operation panel including: a plurality of first conductive patterns that extend in a first direction, and are arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction; and a plurality of second conductive patterns that extend in the second direction, and are arranged in the first direction; an indicator that includes a charge unit charged with electric charges; and a position detection unit that, when the indicator comes close to the operation panel, measures electric potentials by electric charges which arise in the first conductive patterns and the second conductive patterns by the charge unit of the indicator, and detects a position of the indicator based on a measurement result of the electric potentials.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITEDInventors: Takeshi OKUYAMA, Nobuo Yatsu, Nobuyoshi Shimizu
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Publication number: 20140145805Abstract: A relay includes: a fixed terminal on which a fixed contact is provided; a movable terminal on which a movable contact is provided; a cam that has an elliptical circumference shape, and is rotatable while a portion of the circumference shape is contacting a surface of the movable terminal; and a driving unit that rotates the cam so that respective portions located at one ends of a major axis and a minor axis of the elliptical circumference shape alternately contact the surface of the movable terminal; wherein when the portion located at one end of the major axis of the elliptical circumference shape of the cam contacts the surface of the movable terminal, the movable terminal is deformed elastically so that the movable contact contacts the fixed contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: Fujitsu Component LimitedInventors: Takuya UCHIYAMA, Nobuo Yatsu, Natsumi Sakai, Kohei Takahashi, Katsuaki Koshimura, Masahiro Kaneko
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Patent number: 8711089Abstract: A position detection device includes an electromagnetic conversion element and a magnetic field generator. The electromagnetic conversion element is arranged on a given plane. The magnetic field generator is arranged facing one side of the electromagnetic conversion element in a direction vertical to the given plane and generates a magnetic field covering the electromagnetic conversion element. A relative position between the electromagnetic conversion element and the magnetic field generator is detected when a relative displacement parallel to the given plane is made by the electromagnetic conversion element and the magnetic field generator based on an output signal of the electromagnetic conversion element. The magnetic field generator has an opposed face that tilts to the electromagnetic conversion element, and generates the magnetic field from the opposed face.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2005Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu Component LimitedInventors: Satoshi Sakurai, Nobuo Yatsu, Shinichiro Akieda, Nobuyoshi Shimizu, Keita Harada
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Patent number: 8698738Abstract: A position detection device includes an electromagnetic conversion element and a magnetic field generator. The electromagnetic conversion element is arranged on a given plane. The magnetic field generator is arranged facing one side of the electromagnetic conversion element in a direction vertical to the given plane and generates a magnetic field covering the electromagnetic conversion element. A relative position between the electromagnetic conversion element and the magnetic field generator is detected when a relative displacement parallel to the given plane is made by the electromagnetic conversion element and the magnetic field generator based on an output signal of the electromagnetic conversion element. The magnetic field generator has an opposed face that tilts to the electromagnetic conversion element, and generates the magnetic field from the opposed face.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu Component LimitedInventors: Satoshi Sakurai, Nobuo Yatsu, Shinichiro Akieda, Nobuyoshi Shimizu, Keita Harada
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Patent number: 8681092Abstract: An input device including an operation portion to be operated by an external force, a signal generating portion that generates a signal according to a movement of the operation portion, and a tactile sense stimulus mechanism that applies a tactile sense stimulus to an object that applies the external force is provided. The tactile sense stimulus mechanism includes magnetic field generating portions, and a tactile sense stimulus member that is secured to a magnetic field generating portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2006Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu Component LimitedInventors: Keita Harada, Satoshi Sakurai, Nobuo Yatsu
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Patent number: 8471722Abstract: A direction indicator system includes: an electromagnetic drive actuator that has a moving part that can slide back and forth, side to side, and diagonally; and a drive controlling unit that controls the sliding direction of the moving part, based on direction indicating information that is supplied from the outside.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2008Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu Component LimitedInventors: Masahiro Kaneko, Satoshi Sakurai, Nobuo Yatsu, Takuya Uchiyama, Yuriko Segawa
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Patent number: 8077165Abstract: An operation device includes: an operated body; an operation signal producing part that produces an operation signal based on an operation on the operated body; and a tactile information presenting part that presents tactile information through the operated body. The operation device may be applied to an electronic book device for flipping of pages.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2006Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Fujitsu Component LimitedInventors: Satoshi Sakurai, Nobuo Yatsu, Shinichiro Akieda, Takuya Uchiyama, Keita Harada, Takashi Arita
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Patent number: 8068094Abstract: A pointing device that can move an object in a desired direction on a display screen includes a control unit that switches between a first mode and a second mode in accordance with the contents of the display on the display screen. In the first mode, the pointing device outputs information as to the location of the object within a pointing area. In the second mode, the pointing device divides the pointing area into a plurality of areas and outputs information as to the divided area in which the object is located.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2005Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Fujitsu Component LimitedInventors: Satoshi Sakurai, Nobuo Yatsu, Takashi Arita