Patents by Inventor Shinji UKAI

Shinji UKAI 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: 20220212480
    Abstract: A printing cassette includes: a case including a first case portion, a second case portion, and a third case portion; a first tape, at least a portion of which is accommodated in the third case portion; and a gear, a portion of which is accommodated in the second case portion and the other portion of which is located outside of the case, the gear being rotatable about a rotation axis parallel to a first direction. The first case portion has an outlet through which the first tape is discharged. The first case portion, the second case portion, and the third case portion are disposed in an order of the first case portion, the second case portion, and the third case portion in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Shinji Ukai, Kentaro Murayama
  • Publication number: 20220212485
    Abstract: A printer includes a print head, a platen roller facing the print head, a driving source, a drive shaft connected to be driven to the driving source and rotatable about a rotation axis thereof, a platen gear connected to be driven to the platen roller, and a cassette mounting portion at which the print head and the drive shaft are disposed. A printing cassette including a to-be-printed tape, an input unit, and an output unit connected to be driven to the input unit is mountable on the cassette mounting portion in an axial direction of the rotation axis of the drive shaft. In a state where the printing cassette is mounted on the cassette mounting portion, the drive shaft is engaged with the input unit and the platen gear is engaged with the output unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Shinji Ukai, Yuya Tagami, Atsuo Hirose
  • Publication number: 20220212488
    Abstract: A printer includes a housing having a first surface having a cassette mounting opening, a print head extending toward the cassette mounting opening from an inside of the housing, a platen roller, and a printing cassette mountable on the housing by insertion to the cassette mounting opening in a first direction. The first surface has first and second areas both adjacent to the cassette mounting opening. The second area is opposite to the first area with respect to the cassette mounting opening in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first and second areas are located upstream from the print head in a cassette mounting direction. In a state where the printing cassette is mounted on the housing, respective portions of the printing cassette adjacent to the first and second areas are located outside the housing beyond the first and second areas, respectively, in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Shinji Ukai, Kentaro Murayama
  • Publication number: 20220194106
    Abstract: A printing device includes a printing cassette, and a platen roller. The printing cassette includes: a print tape; an input part into which a drive force is to be inputted; an output part rotatable about a rotational axis extending in a first direction; a transmission mechanism for transmitting the drive force from the input part to the output part; and a case. The case houses therein at least a part of the print tape, at least a part of the input part, at least a part of the output part, and at least part of the transmission mechanism. At least a part of the output part is positioned outside the case. The output part is positioned inside an outer edge of the case in a projection view where the output part and the case are projected onto a plane perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Shinji UKAI, Kentaro MURAYAMA
  • Patent number: 9415954
    Abstract: A sheet feeder includes a first tray and a second tray. The first tray is movable to a first open position and a second open position. The second tray is movable between a closed position and an open position. When the second tray is in the closed position and the first tray is in the first open position, a first tray surface of the first tray forms a first angle with the chute surface. When the second tray is in the open position and the first tray is in the second open position, the first tray surface is located between the chute surface and a second tray surface of the second tray and forms a second angle with the chute surface, the second angle being smaller than the first angle and the first and second angles are obtuse angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinji Ukai
  • Patent number: 9254972
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus including a first guide configured in one of a first manner that the first guide is disposed on a first tray surface of a first tray and extends in a first direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of a second tray and parallel to the first tray surface, and a second manner that the first guide is disposed on a second tray surface of the second tray and extends in a second direction perpendicular to the rotational axis of the second tray and parallel to the second tray surface, and a second guide connected with the first guide, so as to move between a first position where the second guide faces the first tray surface in a direction perpendicular to the first tray surface and a second position where the second guide faces the second tray surface in a direction perpendicular to the second tray surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinji Ukai
  • Publication number: 20150274451
    Abstract: A sheet feeder includes a first tray and a second tray. The first tray is movable to a first open position and a second open position. The second tray is movable between a closed position and an open position. When the second tray is in the closed position and the first tray is in the first open position, a first tray surface of the first tray forms a first angle with the chute surface. When the second tray is in the open position and the first tray is in the second open position, the first tray surface is located between the chute surface and a second tray surface of the second tray and forms a second angle with the chute surface, the second angle being smaller than the first angle and the first and second angles are obtuse angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventor: Shinji Ukai
  • Publication number: 20150097329
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus including a first guide configured in one of a first manner that the first guide is disposed on a first tray surface of a first tray and extends in a first direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of a second tray and parallel to the first tray surface, and a second manner that the first guide is disposed on a second tray surface of the second tray and extends in a second direction perpendicular to the rotational axis of the second tray and parallel to the second tray surface, and a second guide connected with the first guide, so as to move between a first position where the second guide faces the first tray surface in a direction perpendicular to the first tray surface and a second position where the second guide faces the second tray surface in a direction perpendicular to the second tray surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinji UKAI
  • Patent number: 8941897
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a housing having a conveyance path where a first medium and a second medium are conveyed; a pair of first conveyance rollers that has a first driving roller and a first pinch roller; a pair of second conveyance rollers that has a second driving roller and a second pinch roller having an outer diameter smaller than that of the first pinch roller, and wherein the first driving roller and the first pinch roller are positioned at an outside of a conveyance area in the axis direction, wherein the second driving roller and the second pinch roller are positioned at an inside of the conveyance area in the axis direction, wherein the second pinch roller, and wherein the first pinch roller and the second pinch roller are rotatably supported about a driven shaft center parallel with a driving shaft center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinji Ukai
  • Patent number: 8902477
    Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes a feeding guide configured to guide a sheet, a separation unit configured to separate the sheet from a plurality of sheets, and a holding portion configured to hold the separation unit. The separation unit may be configured to be removably attached to the holding portion. Further, the holding portion may be configured to move from a first position where the holding portion holds the separation unit in contact with a pressing portion to a second position where the holding portion holds the separation unit away from the pressing portion while remaining connected to the feeding guide. The pressing portion may be configured to press the separation unit toward a feeding roller when the holding portion is in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinji Ukai
  • Publication number: 20140092456
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a housing having a conveyance path where a first medium and a second medium are conveyed; a pair of first conveyance rollers that has a first driving roller and a first pinch roller; a pair of second conveyance rollers that has a second driving roller and a second pinch roller having an outer diameter smaller than that of the first pinch roller, and wherein the first driving roller and the first pinch roller are positioned at an outside of a conveyance area in the axis direction, wherein the second driving roller and the second pinch roller are positioned at an inside of the conveyance area in the axis direction, wherein the second pinch roller, and wherein the first pinch roller and the second pinch roller are rotatably supported about a driven shaft center parallel with a driving shaft center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinji UKAI
  • Patent number: 8602407
    Abstract: A separation unit includes a separation pad configured to separate sheets one by one by making the sheets contact with a nip portion of the separation pad, a holder configured to hold the separation pad, and a supporting member configured to keep a base end of the separation pad to the holder. The separation pad includes a supported portion receded in the base end of the separation pad. The supporting member includes an attaching portion configured to attach the supporting member to the holder and a holding portion configured to fit in the supported portion to hold the supported portion in cooperation with the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinji Ukai
  • Publication number: 20130134653
    Abstract: A separation unit includes a separation pad configured to separate sheets one by one by making the sheets contact with a nip portion of the separation pad, a holder configured to hold the separation pad, and a supporting member configured to keep a base end of the separation pad to the holder. The separation pad includes a supported portion receded in the base end of the separation pad. The supporting member includes an attaching portion configured to attach the supporting member to the holder and a holding portion configured to fit in the supported portion to hold the supported portion in cooperation with the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventor: Shinji UKAI
  • Publication number: 20130135697
    Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes a feeding guide configured to guide a sheet, a separation unit configured to separate the sheet from a plurality of sheets, and a holding portion configured to hold the separation unit. The separation unit may be configured to be removably attached to the holding portion. Further, the holding portion may be configured to move from a first position where the holding portion holds the separation unit in contact with a pressing portion to a second position where the holding portion holds the separation unit away from the pressing portion while remaining connected to the feeding guide. The pressing portion may be configured to press the separation unit toward a feeding roller when the holding portion is in the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventor: Shinji UKAI