Patents by Inventor Ryo Uchiyama

Ryo Uchiyama 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: 12260282
    Abstract: A card reader includes a card accommodating part which has an insertion port into which a card is inserted, accommodates at least a part of the card having been inserted, and has a discharge hole which is capable of discharging a foreign matter in an inside of the card accommodating part, and a foreign matter accommodation member which accommodates the foreign matter discharged through the discharge hole and is capable of being attached and detached. The foreign matter accommodation member structures an airtight space together with the card accommodating part, and the airtight space is airtight in a portion at least except the insertion port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryo Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 12254372
    Abstract: Provided is a card reader part. The card reader part has a shell inside which a card carrying passage for carrying a card in a first direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the card and a carrying mechanism are disposed, the card carrying passage has an opening provided at an end face of the shell on one side in the first direction where a bezel with a card inlet and outlet is mounted, a pressing part is disposed inside the shell, the pressing part abuts against the card from one side in a second direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the card and the first direction, and in an entire preset region of the card carrying passage from the opening to the other side in the first direction with respect to the opening, the pressing part is provided so as to be separated from the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION, NIDEC SANKYO (ZHEJIANG) CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haiqin Zhou, Ryo Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 12202934
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to a charge transport polymer containing a molecular chain and terminal groups bonded to the molecular chain, wherein the terminal groups include a terminal group P containing a polymerizable functional group and a terminal group EW containing an aromatic hydrocarbon group substituted with an electron-withdrawing substituent, the terminal group P includes a terminal group represented by formula (P1) shown below, and among the carbon atoms contained in the ring of the aromatic hydrocarbon group, if the carbon atom that is bonded to the molecular chain is numbered 1, and numbers are assigned in order to the adjoining carbon atoms, then the electron-withdrawing substituent is bonded to a carbon atom numbered 1+2n (wherein n is an integer of 1 or greater).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: RESONAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Iori Fukushima, Hirotaka Sakuma, Kenichi Ishitsuka, Kazuyuki Kamo, Shunsuke Kodama, Tomotsugu Sugioka, Tomomi Uchiyama, Ryota Moriyama, Ryo Honna
  • Patent number: 12103324
    Abstract: In an ink ribbon cassette, a case housing an ink ribbon wound around a supply-side bobbin and the ink ribbon wound around a wind-up side bobbin includes a case main body including a cylindrical supply-side case portion to house the ink ribbon wound around the supply-side bobbin and a cylindrical wind-up side case portion to house the ink ribbon wound around the wind-up side bobbin and a cover to close one end of the cylindrically formed supply-side case portion and one end of the cylindrically formed wind-up side case portion. The cover is removably attached to the case main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryo Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 11995509
    Abstract: A card processing device is structured to process a card having a plurality of information recording parts from which information is capable of being optically read. The card processing device includes a placing part which is formed with a placing face on which the card is placed, a reading part which is provided on an upper side with respect to the placing face and is capable of optically reading information from at least one information recording part of the plurality of information recording parts, and an attaching part for detachably attaching a cover member which covers the at least one information recording part of the plurality of information recording parts provided on the card which is placed on the placing face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Uchiyama, Keiji Ohta
  • Publication number: 20240160864
    Abstract: A card reader includes a card accommodating part which has an insertion port into which a card is inserted, accommodates at least a part of the card having been inserted, and has a discharge hole which is capable of discharging a foreign matter in an inside of the card accommodating part, and a foreign matter accommodation member which accommodates the foreign matter discharged through the discharge hole and is capable of being attached and detached. The foreign matter accommodation member structures an airtight space together with the card accommodating part, and the airtight space is airtight in a portion at least except the insertion port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventor: Ryo UCHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11950359
    Abstract: A card reader for use with a card may include a card insertion part provided with an insertion port into which the card is inserted, a protruded part which is provided on a front face of the card insertion part and is protruded to a front side with respect to the card insertion part, a breakage detection wiring which is provided in an inside of the protruded part, and a detection part which detects at least one of disconnection and a short circuit of the breakage detection wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Uchiyama, Masaya Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20230406018
    Abstract: In an ink ribbon cassette, a case housing an ink ribbon wound around a supply-side bobbin and the ink ribbon wound around a wind-up side bobbin includes a case main body including a cylindrical supply-side case portion to house the ink ribbon wound around the supply-side bobbin and a cylindrical wind-up side case portion to house the ink ribbon wound around the wind-up side bobbin and a cover to close one end of the cylindrically formed supply-side case portion and one end of the cylindrically formed wind-up side case portion. The cover is removably attached to the case main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryo UCHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230348213
    Abstract: A card conveyance unit having a plurality of card cassettes, a carriage for a card, a carriage conveyance passage extended along a plurality of the card cassettes, a code reader for reading a code indicated on the card, and a control part for controlling a card send-out mechanism, a carriage moving mechanism, a conveying mechanism in the carriage and the code reader. The control part drives the carriage moving mechanism to arrange the carriage at a card taking-in position, drives the card send-out mechanism and the conveying mechanism to take a card into the carriage from a card cassette, drives the carriage moving mechanism to move the carriage to a reading position for the code of the card held by the carriage and controls the code reader to perform a reading operation of the code, and drives the conveying mechanism to send out the card and issued.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi YOKOYAMA, Ryo UCHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230237286
    Abstract: Provided is a card reader part. The card reader part has a shell inside which a card carrying passage for carrying a card in a first direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the card and a carrying mechanism are disposed, the card carrying passage has an opening provided at an end face of the shell on one side in the first direction where a bezel with a card inlet and outlet is mounted, a pressing part is disposed inside the shell, the pressing part abuts against the card from one side in a second direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the card and the first direction, and in an entire preset region of the card carrying passage from the opening to the other side in the first direction with respect to the opening, the pressing part is provided so as to be separated from the card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicants: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION, NIDEC SANKYO ( ZHEJIANG) CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haiqin Zhou, Ryo Uchiyama
  • Publication number: 20230117057
    Abstract: A card processing device is structured to process a card having a plurality of information recording parts from which information is capable of being optically read. The card processing device includes a placing part which is formed with a placing face on which the card is placed, a reading part which is provided on an upper side with respect to the placing face and is capable of optically reading information from at least one information recording part of the plurality of information recording parts, and an attaching part for detachably attaching a cover member which covers the at least one information recording part of the plurality of information recording parts provided on the card which is placed on the placing face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Ryo UCHIYAMA, Keiji OHTA
  • Publication number: 20220408551
    Abstract: A card reader for use with a card may include a card insertion part provided with an insertion port into which the card is inserted, a protruded part which is provided on a front face of the card insertion part and is protruded to a front side with respect to the card insertion part, a breakage detection wiring which is provided in an inside of the protruded part, and a detection part which detects at least one of disconnection and a short circuit of the breakage detection wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Ryo UCHIYAMA, Masaya FUJIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10668360
    Abstract: A card collection may include a box-shaped card storing portion having an open top, in which the collected cards are stacked. The the card storing portion may include a front portion configuring, a rear portion configuring, two side portions, and a plate-shaped placement board having a placement surface on which the cards are to be placed. The placement surface is inclined upward toward a front side. A rear end of the placement board is connected to the rear portion, a front end of the placement board is separated from the front portion and at least front portions at the left and right ends of the placement board are separated from the side portions, and the placement board, the front side of which moves in the top-bottom direction, can be elastically deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Uchiyama, Keiji Ohta
  • Patent number: 10586134
    Abstract: A card issuing device may include a plurality of card feeding mechanisms, each including a card accommodating unit; and a card transmitting mechanism; and a card processing mechanism. The plurality of card feeding mechanisms are aligned in the front-and-back direction. The card processing mechanism is positioned in front of a card feeding mechanism positioned farthest to the front. The card transmitting mechanism is structured to transmit the card toward the front. A first card feeding mechanism may include a card conveying path. The card conveying path is positioned below the card at the bottom accommodated in the card accommodating unit of the first card feeding mechanism. The card conveying path may include a card conveying mechanism configured to convey the card through the card conveying path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Ohta, Ryo Uchiyama
  • Publication number: 20190118071
    Abstract: A card collection may include a box-shaped card storing portion having an open top, in which the collected cards are stacked. The the card storing portion may include a front portion configuring, a rear portion configuring, two side portions, and a plate-shaped placement board having a placement surface on which the cards are to be placed. The placement surface is inclined upward toward a front side. A rear end of the placement board is connected to the rear portion, a front end of the placement board is separated from the front portion and at least front portions at the left and right ends of the placement board are separated from the side portions, and the placement board, the front side of which moves in the top-bottom direction, can be elastically deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Ryo UCHIYAMA, Keiji OHTA
  • Publication number: 20190012583
    Abstract: A card issuing device may include a plurality of card feeding mechanisms, each including a card accommodating unit; and a card transmitting mechanism; and a card processing mechanism. The plurality of card feeding mechanisms are aligned in the front-and-back direction. The card processing mechanism is positioned in front of a card feeding mechanism positioned farthest to the front. The card transmitting mechanism is structured to transmit the card toward the front. A first card feeding mechanism may include a card conveying path. The card conveying path is positioned below the card at the bottom accommodated in the card accommodating unit of the first card feeding mechanism. The card conveying path may include a card conveying mechanism configured to convey the card through the card conveying path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Keiji OHTA, Ryo UCHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180218180
    Abstract: An attaching structure of a card processing unit may include the card processing unit and an attaching frame. The attaching frame includes a frame side restriction part that restricts a movement of the card processing unit in a conveying direction, a thickness direction and a width direction of a card, and the card processing unit includes a processing unit side restriction part structured to engage with the frame side restriction part. For example, the frame side restriction part includes an engaging part structured to engage with a part of the processing unit side restriction part to restrict the movement of the card processing unit. The engaging part is an elastic piece capable of being elastically deformed from a restricting position where the movement of the card processing unit is restricted to a release position and the engaging part is engaged with the processing unit side restriction part by snap fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Ryo UCHIYAMA, Keiji OHTA
  • Patent number: 9519846
    Abstract: A card reader may include a card passage; a pulling-out prevention member; and a turning mechanism structured to turn the pulling-out prevention member between the closing position and the open position. The pulling-out prevention member may include a card abutting part. The card abutting part may be formed with an abutting face structured to abut with a front end of the card having been inserted into the card reader when the pulling-out prevention member is located at the closing position. The abutting face may be set to be an inclined face which is inclined to the rear side as going to the second direction side when viewed in the width direction of the card in a case that the pulling-out prevention member is located at the closing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Uchiyama, Kazunori Takahashi, Tomoya Sato
  • Patent number: 9487930
    Abstract: A drive device for a construction machine includes a speed reducer and a brake mechanism. The speed reducer includes a rotating shaft disposed in a casing, and a planetary gear type speed reducing unit disposed in the casing. The speed reducing unit includes a sun gear, a ring gear, a planetary gear which is meshed with the sun gear and the ring gear, and a spider member which supports the planetary gear so that the planetary gear is rotatable. The brake mechanism includes a rotating-shaft-side brake plate provided on an outer periphery of the spider member in a state that the rotating-shaft-side brake plate is integrally rotated with the spider member, a casing-side brake plate provided on the casing, and a brake piston which generates the braking force by bringing the rotating-shaft-side brake plate and the casing-side brake plate to press contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatsugu Hamasaki, Koji Yamashita, Shoji Yoichi, Ryo Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 9476498
    Abstract: A drive device for a construction machine, which includes a speed reducer and a brake mechanism, wherein the speed reducer has a casing in which lubricating oil and the brake mechanism are provided, and wherein the brake mechanism includes: a ring-shaped brake piston; and a brake plate configured to generate a braking force by a pressing force of the brake piston, and wherein the brake piston has: a plurality of oil pockets provided in the brake piston at respective positions along a circumferential direction of the brake piston, each of the oil pockets formed as a space capable of storing lubricating oil; oil inlets allowing lubricating oil rising during operation of the drive device to be introduced into the oil pockets respectively; and oil outlets allowing lubricating oil stored in the respective oil pockets to be discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignees: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD., Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatsugu Hamasaki, Koji Yamashita, Masashi Kawabata, Shoji Yoichi, Ryo Uchiyama