Patents by Inventor Ryuji Kawai

Ryuji Kawai 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: 10457054
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a printing processing program for executing steps. In a line specification step, it is determined whether or not an on-dot ratio or the number of on-dots is equal to or greater than a threshold value and at least one print lines equal to or greater than a threshold value is specified. In a labeling step, a plurality of dot groups is identified such that on-dots adjacent to each other form one dot group. In a dot group specification step, at least one first dot groups including the at least one print lines is specified. In a density reduction process step, a density at the time of print formation of the on-dots included in the first dot groups is made lower than a density at the time of print formation of the on-dots included in at least one second dot groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryuji Kawai
  • Patent number: 10414176
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a printed-matter producing device including a cutting device, and a controller. The cutting device is disposed downstream of a thermal head at a predetermined separation distance. The controller is configured to execute a coordination control process, a data acquisition process, and a data shift process. In the coordination control process, a feeder, the thermal head, and the cutting device are controlled in coordination with each other to form a print while feeding a print-receiving medium, to stop the feeding after feeding by a first feeding distance corresponding to the separation distance and to execute a cutting process, and to subsequently resume the feeding to produce a printed matter. In the data shift process, a facing position on the print data corresponding to a position at which the thermal head faces the print-receiving medium is shifted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryuji Kawai
  • Publication number: 20190092025
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a printing processing program for executing steps. In a line specification step, it is determined whether or not an on-dot ratio or the number of on-dots is equal to or greater than a threshold value and at least one print lines equal to or greater than a threshold value is specified. In a labeling step, a plurality of dot groups is identified such that on-dots adjacent to each other form one dot group. In a dot group specification step, at least one first dot groups including the at least one print lines is specified. In a density reduction process step, a density at the time of print formation of the on-dots included in the first dot groups is made lower than a density at the time of print formation of the on-dots included in at least one second dot groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventor: Ryuji KAWAI
  • Patent number: 10243298
    Abstract: A connector includes first terminals configured to be connected to first electric cables, a housing having terminal housing cylinder portions configured to contain the first terminals in parallel, terminal housing portions provided between the terminal housing cylinder portions, second terminals configured to be connected to second electric cables and to be contained in the terminal housing portions, and fasteners configured to fasten and fix terminal metal fittings connected to end portions of the first electric cables to the first terminals protruding from rear ends of the pair of terminal housing cylinder portions. By the fasteners, the terminal metal fittings are fixed to side faces of the first terminals from directions intersecting with axis directions of the first terminals, the side faces being opposite to faces of the first terminals which face each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji Kawai, Tomokazu Iwami, Michitake Masuda
  • Publication number: 20190016161
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a printed-matter producing device including a cutting device, and a controller. The cutting device is disposed downstream of a thermal head at a predetermined separation distance. The controller is configured to execute a coordination control process, a data acquisition process, and a data shift process. In the coordination control process, a feeder, the thermal head, and the cutting device are controlled in coordination with each other to form a print while feeding a print-receiving medium, to stop the feeding after feeding by a first feeding distance corresponding to the separation distance and to execute a cutting process, and to subsequently resume the feeding to produce a printed matter. In the data shift process, a facing position on the print data corresponding to a position at which the thermal head faces the print-receiving medium is shifted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Ryuji KAWAI
  • Patent number: 10106109
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing configured to be supported by an attachment object and a terminal configured to be supported by the housing, and the terminal is configured to be electrically connected to a counterpart terminal of a counterpart connector when the counterpart connector is fitted to the connector. The housing includes a body portion having an inner cylinder portion to which the terminal is assembled and to which a counterpart housing of the counterpart connector can be fitted and an attachment portion having an outer cylinder portion which is configured to be fixed to the attachment object and to which the inner cylinder portion is fitted. The body portion is assembled to the attachment portion in a state that the inner cylinder portion fitted to the outer cylinder portion penetrates the outer cylinder portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji Kawai, Tomokazu Iwami, Michitake Masuda
  • Patent number: 10063008
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal configured to be connected to an electric cable, a housing configured to contain the terminal, a terminal holder configured to be attached to the housing, and has a housing space portion configured to contain a connection part between the terminal and an end portion of the electric cable, a sensor housing portion provided in the terminal holder adjacently to the housing space portion, and a temperature sensor configured to be contain and held in the sensor housing portion. The temperature sensor has an end face which is located on a front side in a mounting direction of the terminal holder into the housing. The end face of the temperature sensor is exposed from the sensor housing portion and is brought into directly abutment against the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji Kawai, Tomokazu Iwami, Michitake Masuda
  • Publication number: 20180048091
    Abstract: A connector includes first terminals configured to be connected to first electric cables, a housing having terminal housing cylinder portions configured to contain the first terminals in parallel, terminal housing portions provided between the terminal housing cylinder portions, second terminals configured to be connected to second electric cables and to be contained in the terminal housing portions, and fasteners configured to fasten and fix terminal metal fittings connected to end portions of the first electric cables to the first terminals protruding from rear ends of the pair of terminal housing cylinder portions. By the fasteners, the terminal metal fittings are fixed to side faces of the first terminals from directions intersecting with axis directions of the first terminals, the side faces being opposite to faces of the first terminals which face each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji KAWAI, Tomokazu IWAMI, Michitake MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20180043848
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing configured to be supported by an attachment object and a terminal configured to be supported by the housing, and the terminal is configured to be electrically connected to a counterpart terminal of a counterpart connector when the counterpart connector is fitted to the connector. The housing includes a body portion having an inner cylinder portion to which the terminal is assembled and to which a counterpart housing of the counterpart connector can be fitted and an attachment portion having an outer cylinder portion which is configured to be fixed to the attachment object and to which the inner cylinder portion is fitted. The body portion is assembled to the attachment portion in a state that the inner cylinder portion fitted to the outer cylinder portion penetrates the outer cylinder portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuji KAWAI, Tomokazu IWAMI, Michitake MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20180048090
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal configured to be connected to an electric cable, a housing configured to contain the terminal, a terminal holder configured to be attached to the housing, and has a housing space portion configured to contain a connection part between the terminal and an end portion of the electric cable, a sensor housing portion provided in the terminal holder adjacently to the housing space portion, and a temperature sensor configured to be contain and held in the sensor housing portion. The temperature sensor has an end face which is located on a front side in a mounting direction of the terminal holder into the housing. The end face of the temperature sensor is exposed from the sensor housing portion and is brought into directly abutment against the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji KAWAI, Tomokazu IWAMI, Michitake MASUDA
  • Patent number: 9570862
    Abstract: In a terminal including: a terminal body that has a mating terminal contact part with which a mating terminal is brought into contact, and a sensor fixing part; and a thermistor fixed to the sensor fixing part, and a charging connector using the terminal, the sensor fixing part has a cylindrical shape in which the thermistor is inserted, the thermistor has a lock part, and is allowed to be inserted in the sensor fixing part by elastic deformation of the sensor fixing part, and at an insertion completion position, the lock part is locked to the sensor fixing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji Kawai, Hirotaka Fukushima
  • Patent number: 9373918
    Abstract: This connector (1) includes a connector housing (59) and a holder (4) which supports electric wires (17) connected to terminals (39) accommodated in the connector housing. The holder includes a first holder (5) which has a locking portion (9) and a thermistor accommodation portion (13) accommodating a thermistor (11); and a second holder (7) which is provided with a locked portion (15) locked by the locking portion, and with an electric wire accommodation portion (19) that accommodates the electric wires. Through locking of the locked portion by the locking portion, the thermistor and the electric wires overlapped and mounted on the thermistor are nipped between the thermistor accommodation portion and the electric wire accommodation portion by the second holder (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji Kawai, Hirotaka Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20160126681
    Abstract: This connector (1) includes a connector housing (59) and a holder (4) which supports electric wires (17) connected to terminals (39) accommodated in the connector housing. The holder includes a first holder (5) which has a locking portion (9) and a thermistor accommodation portion (13) accommodating a thermistor (11); and a second holder (7) which is provided with a locked portion (15) locked by the locking portion, and with an electric wire accommodation portion (19) that accommodates the electric wires. Through locking of the locked portion by the locking portion, the thermistor and the electric wires overlapped and mounted on the thermistor are nipped between the thermistor accommodation portion and the electric wire accommodation portion by the second holder (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji Kawai, Hirotaka Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20160111831
    Abstract: In a terminal including: a terminal body that has a mating terminal contact part with which a mating terminal is brought into contact, and a sensor fixing part; and a thermistor fixed to the sensor fixing part, and a charging connector using the terminal, the sensor fixing part has a cylindrical shape in which the thermistor is inserted, the thermistor has a lock part, and is allowed to be inserted in the sensor fixing part by elastic deformation of the sensor fixing part, and at an insertion completion position, the lock part is locked to the sensor fixing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Ryuji KAWAI, Hirotaka FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 8851937
    Abstract: A connector terminal includes a terminal connection portion, a wire connection portion, and a flange portion. The connector housing includes a wire connection portion accommodation portion that can accommodate the wire connection potion and a terminal connection portion accommodation portion that can accommodate the terminal connection portion. A rear holder covers an opening of the connector housing, and a part of the wire connection portion is penetratingly inserted into a through-hole of the rear holder to form an accommodation space in which a pipe-shaped spacer or a spring, into which the wire connection portion is penetratingly inserted, can be disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuji Kawai, Hirotaka Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20130149918
    Abstract: A connector terminal 12 includes a terminal connection portion 12S, a wire connection portion 12C, and a flange portion 12F. The connector housing 10 includes a wire connection portion accommodation portion 10C that can accommodate the wire connection potion 12C and a terminal connection portion accommodation portion 10S that can accommodate the terminal connection portion 12S. A rear holder covers an opening of the connector housing 10, and a part of the wire connection portion 12C is penetratingly inserted into a through-hole of the rear holder to form an accommodation space in which a pipe-shaped spacer S or a spring, into which the wire connection portion 12C is penetratingly inserted, can be disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji Kawai, Hirotaka Fukushima
  • Patent number: 6768054
    Abstract: A waterproof structure of an electric parts-containing box includes a containing box body and a front cover which is mounted on the containing box body so as to cover a opening portion thereof. Either the containing box body or the front cover has a through hole. A water intrusion suppressing portion is formed on a face of either the containing box body or the front cover so as to suppress an intrusion of water which flows on the face into the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Sato, Ryuji Kawai
  • Publication number: 20030102143
    Abstract: A waterproof structure of an electric parts-containing box includes a containing box body and a front cover which is mounted on the containing box body so as to cover a opening portion thereof. Either the containing box body or the front cover has a through hole. A water intrusion suppressing portion is formed on a face of either the containing box body or the front cover so as to suppress an intrusion of water which flows on the face into the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Sato, Ryuji Kawai
  • Publication number: 20010049633
    Abstract: A transaction mediation system and a printing mediation system is provided that enables products of high quality (printed matter) even in the case that the ordering quantity of the products (printed matter) is small. In case that the printed matter is ordered by the printing mediation center from the printing supplier and by the shop from the printing mediation center, the transaction is subjected to the first transaction price table and the second transaction price table respectively. In case that there exists at least plurality of shops that complies with the second transaction price table and that there is a relationship in which the price per unit quantity of the product in accordance with said first transaction price table is equal to or less than the price per unit quantity of the product in accordance with said second transaction price table, the printing mediation center mediates the order of the printed matter from the printing service of the shop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventors: Masato Yoshida, Ryuji Kawai