Patents by Inventor Nobutaka Suzuki

Nobutaka Suzuki 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: 11884085
    Abstract: A recording device includes a transportation path that transports a medium, a recording portion configured to move with respect to the transportation path in a direction intersecting with a recording surface of the medium, a moving mechanism that moves the recording portion, and a motor that causes the recording portion to move, and the moving mechanism includes a first member on which a first rack is formed in a moving direction of the recording portion, a first pinion gear that is engaged with the first rack, a second rack that is provided at a position facing the first rack in the recording portion, formed in the moving direction, and engaged with the first pinion gear, and a second member in which the first pinion gear is rotatably provided that is configured to move in the moving direction by receiving the power of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobutaka Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240030678
    Abstract: In a semiconductor laser device, a supply path that guides a cooling fluid supplied from a supply port side, toward a disposition region, spray holes that spray the cooling fluid guided by the supply path, from below the disposition region, and a discharge path that guides the cooling fluid sprayed from the spray holes, toward a discharge port are provided within a body portion of a heat sink. The spray holes are disposed along a resonance direction of a semiconductor laser element disposed in the disposition region, and the discharge path extends in a direction intersecting with the resonance direction of the semiconductor laser element disposed in the disposition region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Nobutaka SUZUKI, Naota AKIKUSA, Tadataka EDAMURA
  • Patent number: 11872816
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording section that is configured to move between a first position at which a liquid ejecting section performs recording on a medium transported on a transport path and a second position at which the recording section is retreated from the transport path; a wiper that wipes a liquid ejection surface of the liquid ejecting section by moving in a direction extending along the liquid ejection surface in a state in which the recording section is at the second position; and a regulating unit that is configured to switch between a regulating state in which regulating of movement of the recording section in the first direction is performed and a non-regulating state in which the regulating is not performed and that has the regulating state when the recording section is at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Nobutaka Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20230311540
    Abstract: An apparatus includes: a transport path 3 that is provided in an apparatus main body 7 to transport a medium; a recording section 5 that is movable in a direction toward and away from the transport path 3; and a rack and pinion mechanism 9 that moves the recording section 5 in the direction toward and away from the transport path 3, wherein the rack and pinion mechanism 9 includes a rack 11 that is provided in the recording section 5 and is formed along a movement direction of the recording section 5 and a pinion 13 that is provided on the apparatus main body 7 and meshes with the rack 11, the recording section 5 can be attached to and detached from the apparatus main body 7, and a positioning section 19 is provided in the recording section 5 and the apparatus main body 7 for positioning so that the reference tooth 15 of the pinion 13 meshes with the reference groove 17 of the rack 11 when the recording section 5 is returned from the detached state to the attached state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Nobutaka SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230208995
    Abstract: Provided is an image reading system that divides, with respect to image data obtained by performing a double sided reading in a state where a booklet is opened, cover sheet image data into two parts corresponding to a pair of cover sheets to arrange the two parts at a front and an end, respectively, and arranges main text image data between the front and the end, and then generates an image file from each of the arranged image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Nobutaka SUZUKI, Nao SATO, Osamu KOYAMA, Masatomo KANAMITSU, Hideaki TOKUDA
  • Publication number: 20230158817
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a head unit including a recording head and configured to move between a recording position where recording is performed on a medium and a retraction position away from a medium transportation path; a movement mechanism that moves the head unit; and a positioning portion configured to position the head unit at the recording position. A moment for rotating the head unit is produced by a force applied by the movement mechanism to the head unit and by a reaction force received by the head unit from the positioning portion. A unit pusher configured to apply, to the head unit, a force acting in a direction of canceling rotation of the head unit when the head unit is located at the recording position pushes the head unit in a direction intersecting with a moving direction of the head unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventor: Nobutaka SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230095425
    Abstract: A quantum cascade laser device includes a QCL element; a lens; and a lens holder having a small-diameter hole, a large-diameter hole, and a counterbore surface. At least a part of a side surface of the lens is fixed to an inner surface of the large-diameter hole in a state where an edge portion of an incident surface of the lens is in contact with the counterbore surface. A central axis of the small-diameter hole is eccentric from that of the large-diameter hole. The side surface of the lens is positioned with respect to the inner surface of the large-diameter hole along a direction from the central axis of the large-diameter hole toward the central axis of the small-diameter hole. A central axis of the lens is disposed at a position closer to the central axis of the small-diameter hole than to the central axis of the large-diameter hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Takahide OCHIAI, Naota AKIKUSA, Kousuke SHIBATA, Nobutaka SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11451675
    Abstract: A controller stores, in a server apparatus, at least part of image data acquired by reading a image by a reading unit when a data size of the image data acquired by reading the image from a document exceeds an upper limit data size, and transmits, to the specified transmission destination, an e-mail indicating a storage destination when the image data is stored in the server apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Hara, Tadayuki Inaoka, Osamu Koyama, Nobutaka Suzuki, Junpei Kurogi, Hideaki Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20220288937
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording section that is configured to move between a first position at which a liquid ejecting section performs recording on a medium transported on a transport path and a second position at which the recording section is retreated from the transport path; a wiper that wipes a liquid ejection surface of the liquid ejecting section by moving in a direction extending along the liquid ejection surface in a state in which the recording section is at the second position; and a regulating unit that is configured to switch between a regulating state in which regulating of movement of the recording section in the first direction is performed and a non-regulating state in which the regulating is not performed and that has the regulating state when the recording section is at the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Nobutaka SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220286577
    Abstract: A control unit of an image reader executes OCR (optical character recognition processing) on image data as a result of scanning a setup guide, and upon acquiring an SSID and an encryption key, attempts to communicate with a corresponding wireless LAN master device using the SSID and the corresponding encryption key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Osamu KOYAMA, Nobutaka SUZUKI, Masatomo KANAMITSU, Junichiro HIGUMA, Hideaki TOKUDA
  • Publication number: 20220258507
    Abstract: A recording device includes a transportation path that transports a medium, a recording portion configured to move with respect to the transportation path in a direction intersecting with a recording surface of the medium, a moving mechanism that moves the recording portion, and a motor that causes the recording portion to move, and the moving mechanism includes a first member on which a first rack is formed in a moving direction of the recording portion, a first pinion gear that is engaged with the first rack, a second rack that is provided at a position facing the first rack in the recording portion, formed in the moving direction, and engaged with the first pinion gear, and a second member in which the first pinion gear is rotatably provided that is configured to move in the moving direction by receiving the power of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventor: Nobutaka SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210306474
    Abstract: A controller stores, in a server apparatus, at least part of image data acquired by reading a image by a reading unit when a data size of the image data acquired by reading the image from a document exceeds an upper limit data size, and transmits, to the specified transmission destination, an e-mail indicating a storage destination when the image data is stored in the server apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Koji HARA, Tadayuki INAOKA, Osamu KOYAMA, Nobutaka SUZUKI, Junpei KUROGI, Hideaki TOKUDA
  • Patent number: 11019740
    Abstract: An electrical connection box mounted on a vehicle and used for connecting a plurality of on-board loads to an on-board power supply, comprising: a box main body that is provided with an opening at a side and that accommodates an electrical component for the connecting; a cover body that covers the opening and that is provided with a protrusion portion protruding outward beyond the opening; an insertion hole that is provided a side wall of the box main body and that allows for insertion of an electric wire to be connected to the electrical component; and an extension portion that extends outward from a portion of the protrusion portion corresponding to the insertion hole and that bends arcuately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Maiko Oda, Kiyofumi Kawaguchi, Nobutaka Suzuki, Takenori Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200223238
    Abstract: The invention provides a printing system and an extension unit that can transport media of any specified sizes appropriately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA, Soshi OKAWA, Nobutaka SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200113072
    Abstract: An electrical connection box mounted on a vehicle and used for connecting a plurality of on-board loads to an on-board power supply, comprising: a box main body that is provided with an opening at a side and that accommodates an electrical component for the connecting; a cover body that covers the opening and that is provided with a protrusion portion protruding outward beyond the opening; an insertion hole that is provided a side wall of the box main body and that allows for insertion of an electric wire to be connected to the electrical component; and an extension portion that extends outward from a portion of the protrusion portion corresponding to the insertion hole and that bends arcuately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicants: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Maiko Oda, Kiyofumi Kawaguchi, Nobutaka Suzuki, Takenori Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10112399
    Abstract: A liquid jet apparatus comprises a liquid jet head, a carriage carrying the liquid jet head in a side-to-side direction, a liquid flow channel, and a liquid container in fluid communication with the liquid jet head through the liquid flow channel. The liquid container includes a liquid containing chamber arranged along a front/back direction orthogonal to the side-to-side direction; a liquid outlet port, from which the liquid contained in the liquid containing chamber flows to the liquid flow channel; and a liquid inlet port, through which the liquid is injected into the liquid containing chamber. The liquid inlet port has an end surface that does not face in a vertical direction relative to a normal posture of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shoma Kudo, Takashi Koase, Toshiya Okada, Yasunori Koike, Tetsuya Takamoto, Nobutaka Suzuki, Satoshi Tamai, Toru Nakazawa, Katsutomo Tsukahara, Masayuki Kanazawa, Naofumi Mimura, Keigo Iizawa, Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10086433
    Abstract: A process for producing an electrode material by infiltrating a highly conductive metal such as Cu into a porous object containing heat-resistant elements. Before an infiltration step in which the highly conductive metal is infiltrated, a HIP treatment is given to a powder containing the heat-resistant elements (or to a molded object obtained by molding a powder containing the heat-resistant elements). The composition is controlled so that the HIP treatment yields a porous object which has a degree of filling of 70% or higher, more preferably 75% or higher. The highly conductive metal is infiltrated into the porous object having the controlled composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaoru Kitakizaki, Keita Ishikawa, Shota Hayashi, Nobutaka Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20180178561
    Abstract: The invention provides a printing system and an extension unit that can transport media of any specified sizes appropriately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA, Soshi OKAWA, Nobutaka SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9959986
    Abstract: A method for producing an electrode material, provided to involve: (i) a provisional sintering step of sintering a mixed powder containing a powder of a heat resistant element and a powder of Cr to obtain a solid solution where the heat resistant element and Cr are dissolved; (ii) a pulverizing step of pulverizing the solid solution to obtain a powder; (iii) a main sintering step of sintering a molded body obtained by molding the powder of the solid solution, to produce a sintered body; and (iv) a Cu infiltration step of infiltrating the sintered body with Cu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaoru Kitakizaki, Keita Ishikawa, Shota Hayashi, Nobutaka Suzuki, Kosuke Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20170232520
    Abstract: A process for producing an electrode material by infiltrating a highly conductive metal such as Cu into a porous object containing heat-resistant elements. Before an infiltration step in which the highly conductive metal is infiltrated, a HIP treatment is given to a powder containing the heat-resistant elements (or to a molded object obtained by molding a powder containing the heat-resistant elements). The composition is controlled so that the HIP treatment yields a porous object which has a degree of filling of 70% or higher, more preferably 75% or higher. The highly conductive metal is infiltrated into the porous object having the controlled composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaoru KITAKIZAKI, Keita ISHIKAWA, Shota HAYASHI, Nobutaka SUZUKI