Patents by Inventor Ryota Takenaka
Ryota Takenaka 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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Patent number: 11474521Abstract: A maintenance support system includes a terminal to be connected to one or more devices and one or more autonomous mobile bodies configured to acquire an own location, and transmits abnormality information from an abnormal device to the autonomous mobile body. The autonomous mobile body travels to a location of the abnormal device, based on the abnormality information.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Ryota Takenaka, Takao Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20200278678Abstract: A maintenance support system includes a terminal to be connected to one or more devices and one or more autonomous mobile bodies configured to acquire an own location, and transmits abnormality information from an abnormal device to the autonomous mobile body. The autonomous mobile body travels to a location of the abnormal device, based on the abnormality information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Ryota TAKENAKA, Takao YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 10737513Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a discharge portion that discharges liquid to a medium to be transported in a transporting direction, and a supporting portion that has a supporting surface supporting the medium, in which the supporting surface does not have unevenness in a width direction intersecting the transporting direction, but has groove portions formed continuously along the width direction, and the groove portions are formed with suction holes which suck the medium.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Ryota Takenaka, Mikio Kitagishi
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Patent number: 10596840Abstract: A liquid discharging device including a transporting unit configured to transport a medium in a transport direction, a winding unit disposed on a downstream side of the transporting unit in the transport direction and configured to wind the medium, a recording head disposed between the transporting unit and the winding unit and configured to discharge ink onto the medium positioned in a discharge range, a medium supporting unit configured to support the medium positioned in the discharge range, and a medium guide unit disposed on a downstream side of the medium supporting unit in the transport direction, and heated by a heater, and moreover including a curved portion curved in a direction away from the recording head, wherein the curved portion includes a curved portion side convex portion group including curved portion side convex portions projecting in a direction approaching the recording head and arranged in an X direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Ryota Takenaka, Hiroki Aoki
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Patent number: 10562325Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a transporting unit that transports a medium in a transporting direction, a discharge portion that discharges a liquid to the medium positioned in a discharge range, and a supporting portion that has a first supporting surface and a second supporting surface, as a supporting surface supporting the medium to be transported by the transporting unit, in which the first supporting surface supports the medium in the discharge range and does not have unevenness in a width direction intersecting the transporting direction, the second supporting surface supports the medium on a downstream side of the discharge range in the transporting direction and includes uneven portions in which a first portion and a second portion which is further recessed than the first portion are formed alternately in the width direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Ryota Takenaka, Mikio Kitagishi
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Publication number: 20190263155Abstract: A liquid discharging device including a transporting unit configured to transport a medium in a transport direction, a winding unit disposed on a downstream side of the transporting unit in the transport direction and configured to wind the medium, a recording head disposed between the transporting unit and the winding unit and configured to discharge ink onto the medium positioned in a discharge range, a medium supporting unit configured to support the medium positioned in the discharge range, and a medium guide unit disposed on a downstream side of the medium supporting unit in the transport direction, and heated by a heater, and moreover including a curved portion curved in a direction away from the recording head, wherein the curved portion includes a curved portion side convex portion group including curved portion side convex portions projecting in a direction approaching the recording head and arranged in an X direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Ryota TAKENAKA, Hiroki AOKI
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Publication number: 20180290464Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a discharge portion that discharges liquid to a medium to be transported in a transporting direction, and a supporting portion that has a supporting surface supporting the medium, in which the supporting surface does not have unevenness in a width direction intersecting the transporting direction, but has groove portions formed continuously along the width direction, and the groove portions are formed with suction holes which suck the medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Ryota TAKENAKA, Mikio KITAGISHI
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Publication number: 20180290466Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a transporting unit that transports a medium in a transporting direction, a discharge portion that discharges a liquid to the medium positioned in a discharge range, and a supporting portion that has a first supporting surface and a second supporting surface, as a supporting surface supporting the medium to be transported by the transporting unit, in which the first supporting surface supports the medium in the discharge range and does not have unevenness in a width direction intersecting the transporting direction, the second supporting surface supports the medium on a downstream side of the discharge range in the transporting direction and includes uneven portions in which a first portion and a second portion which is further recessed than the first portion are formed alternately in the width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Ryota TAKENAKA, Mikio KITAGISHI
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Publication number: 20160229201Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a feeding unit that feeds transfer paper, a recording section that performs recording by applying ink to the transfer paper, and a medium supporting unit that is arranged on a transfer paper feed downstream side of the feeding unit and that supports the transfer paper. The medium supporting unit includes a bent portion that is bent so that a side that comes into contact with the transfer paper is convex and that extends in a direction that crosses the feed direction of the transfer paper, and the bend angle of the bent portion is equal to or more than 3° and equal to or less than 16°.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventor: Ryota Takenaka
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Patent number: 8622385Abstract: A medium receiving device includes a support shaft that extends in a width direction of the sheet that intersects with an ejection direction of the sheet at a position spaced from the apparatus body, a locking member that is fixedly provided at a position which is lower than the apparatus body in the gravity direction and on the side of the apparatus body with respect to the support shaft and extends in the width direction of the sheet, and a medium holding member that is hung between the support shaft and the locking member so as to form a receiving surface for the sheet which falls thereon and is capable of holding the sheet on the receiving surface, wherein the support shaft moves between a first position and a second position with rotative displacement about a rotation shaft that extends in the width direction of the sheet.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Naohiro Ueyama, Hideo Mikuriya, Masahiro Ogihara, Ryota Takenaka
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Publication number: 20130277908Abstract: A medium receiving device includes a support shaft that extends in a width direction of the sheet that intersects with an ejection direction of the sheet at a position spaced from the apparatus body, a locking member that is fixedly provided at a position which is lower than the apparatus body in the gravity direction and on the side of the apparatus body with respect to the support shaft and extends in the width direction of the sheet, and a medium holding member that is hung between the support shaft and the locking member so as to form a receiving surface for the sheet which falls thereon and is capable of holding the sheet on the receiving surface, wherein the support shaft moves between a first position and a second position with rotative displacement about a rotation shaft that extends in the width direction of the sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Naohiro Ueyama, Hideo Mikuriya, Masahiro Ogihara, Ryota Takenaka