Patents by Inventor Norifumi Tonami

Norifumi Tonami 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).

  • Publication number: 20250100839
    Abstract: A medium conveying apparatus includes an apparatus body in which a conveying path is formed, a media tray supported by the apparatus body, an ejection tray supported by the apparatus body, a conveyor to convey a medium placed on the media tray along the conveying path and place the medium on the ejection tray, a first mechanism including a gear, and a second mechanism including a gear. The first mechanism swings the ejection tray from a deployed position where the ejection tray is deployed to a stored position where the ejection tray is stored in the apparatus body, and stops swinging of the ejection tray at a midway position between the deployed position and the stored position. The second mechanism retracts the ejection tray when the swinging of the ejection tray is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Norifumi TONAMI, Sota MATSUURA
  • Patent number: 12195301
    Abstract: A medium conveying apparatus includes a tray, and a side guide in which a side guide surface opposing to an end face of a medium placed on the tray is formed, wherein the side guide includes a side guide main body that is supported by the tray, and a movable member that is supported by the side guide main body so as to be stored and expanded, a height of the movable member relative to the tray is equal to a first height that is higher than a height of the side guide main body relative to the tray when the movable member is expanded, and is equal to a second height that is lower than the first height when the movable member is stored, and a notch is formed on the movable member such that a depression is formed on the side guide surface when the movable member is expanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventor: Norifumi Tonami
  • Publication number: 20230010583
    Abstract: A medium conveying apparatus includes a tray, and a side guide in which a side guide surface opposing to an end face of a medium placed on the tray is formed, wherein the side guide includes a side guide main body that is supported by the tray, and a movable member that is supported by the side guide main body so as to be stored and expanded, a height of the movable member relative to the tray is equal to a first height that is higher than a height of the side guide main body relative to the tray when the movable member is expanded, and is equal to a second height that is lower than the first height when the movable member is stored, and a notch is formed on the movable member such that a depression is formed on the side guide surface when the movable member is expanded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventor: Norifumi Tonami
  • Patent number: D815095
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shoya Ishida, Satoshi Kuroda, Norifumi Tonami
  • Patent number: D816085
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shoya Ishida, Satoshi Kuroda, Norifumi Tonami
  • Patent number: D823937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shoya Ishida, Satoshi Kuroda, Norifumi Tonami
  • Patent number: D861690
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Motoshi Shibuya, Satoshi Kuroda, Shoya Ishida, Yuka Saeki, Norifumi Tonami
  • Patent number: D861691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Motoshi Shibuya, Satoshi Kuroda, Shoya Ishida, Yuka Saeki, Norifumi Tonami
  • Patent number: D1005385
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventors: Motoshi Shibuya, Yuka Saeki, Norifumi Tonami, Yoshiaki Mizukami
  • Patent number: D1045871
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: PFU Limited
    Inventors: Yuka Awazu, Satoshi Kuroda, Norifumi Tonami, Yujiro Hoshino
  • Patent number: D1072820
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuka Awazu, Satoshi Kuroda, Norifumi Tonami, Yujiro Hoshino