Patents by Inventor Sho Asai
Sho Asai 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: 12170453Abstract: A charging stand to which a printing device is capable of being detachably mounted, the charging stand including: a housing having a mounting surface on which the printing device is capable of being detachably mounted and a bottom surface; a first storage part provided on the bottom surface and configured to store an AC adapter; and a first guide part provided on the bottom surface of the housing, the first guide part being configured to allow a power supply cable extending from the AC adapter stored in the first storage part to be inserted therein, and the first guide part being configured to guide the power supply cable to an outer edge of the housing, wherein the first guide part has a bent portion bent at an intermediate portion in an extension direction, the extension direction extending from the first storage part toward the outer edge of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sho Asai, Yushi Kato, Takehiko Inaba
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Patent number: 12145384Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a first frame; a second frame fixed to the first frame, the second frame having an accommodation space configured to accommodates a roll, the roll having a printing medium rolled thereon; a pair of support parts supported on the second frame, the pair of support parts being configured to support end faces of the roll in a first direction, at least one of the pair of support parts being supported on the second frame so as to be movable in the first direction; a guide member provided on the first frame; and contact portions provided to the support parts, the contact portions being configured to slide while being in contact with the guide member.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sho Asai, Yushi Kato, Shotaro Watanabe, Yusuke Ikemoto, Takehiko Inaba
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Publication number: 20240326491Abstract: In a housing of a printing device, a second wall is arranged to oppose a first wall in a first direction and has an opening. An engaged part is provided at a third wall. A removable cover is detachably attached to the housing and includes: a first portion; and a second portion. The first portion covers the opening. The second portion has a first engaging part including a first sliding part. The first sliding part is movable between a first position and a second position and has a pawl. When the first sliding part is in the first position, the pawl is aligned with the engaged part in the first direction and is in contact with the engaged part. When the first sliding part is in the second position, the pawl is positioned away from the engaged part and is not aligned with the engaged part in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Sho ASAI, Toshiyuki FURUYAMA, Atsuo HIROSE, Yusuke IKEMOTO, Tomohiro WADA, Tetsuro MURAMATSU
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Publication number: 20240326470Abstract: A printing device includes: a printing engine; a controller; an input interface through which a user can input an instruction into the controller; and a housing accommodating therein the printing engine and the controller. The printing engine is configured to perform printing on a printing medium. The controller is configured to control drive of the printing engine. The housing includes: a first attachment portion to which one end of an accessory for the user to hold the printing device is attachable; and a second attachment portion to which another end of the accessory is attachable. The housing has: a front surface on which the input interface is provided; a rear surface opposing the rear surface; and a peripheral surface connecting the front surface and the rear surface to each other. The first attachment portion and the second attachment portion are provided on the peripheral surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Tetsuro MURAMATSU, Toshiyuki FURUYAMA, Sho ASAI, Atsuo HIROSE, Tomohiro WADA, Yusuke IKEMOTO
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Patent number: 11904611Abstract: A printing device includes a frame, and an electronic circuit-board unit attached to the frame. The electronic circuit-board unit includes: a holder including a holding portion; a first substrate held to a first surface of the holder; a second substrate held to a second surface of the holder and attached to the frame; an electronic component; and a harness electrically connected to the electronic component. The holder has: a first region overlapped with the first substrate in a plan view; and a second region offset from the first region in the plan view. At least one of the electronic component and the harness is held by the holding portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Ikemoto, Yushi Kato, Sho Asai, Shotaro Watanabe, Takehiko Inaba
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Patent number: 11890869Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a main body having an accommodation part accommodating a printing medium; and an opening/closing cover supported by the main body so as to be swingable between a closed position and an opened position, a first unit and a second unit being selectively installable to the opening/closing cover, the first unit being configured to rotatably support a first platen roller, the second unit being configured to rotatably support a second platen roller, the opening/closing cover including a cover guide, the opening/closing cover having a discharge port discharging the guided printing medium. The first unit has a partition wall superposed to cover the cover guide and partitioning a space into the first platen roller-side and the discharge port-side in a case the first unit is installed to the opening/closing cover.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yushi Kato, Sho Asai, Shotaro Watanabe, Yusuke Ikemoto, Takehiko Inaba
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Patent number: 11833842Abstract: A holding stand including: a housing having a mounting surface on which a printing device is capable of being detachably mounted and a bottom surface, the mounting surface being an inclined surface where a distance between an upstream end portion of the mounting surface and the bottom surface is greater than a distance between a downstream end portion of the mounting surface and the bottom surface; a fixed engaging member provided at the upstream end portion; a movable engaging member provided at a substantially middle portion of the mounting surface; a guide part provided on the mounting surface and configured to allow the printing device to slide thereon to guide the printing device; and an operation part capable of switching the movable engaging member from an engaging position in which the movable engaging member engages with a second engaging portion to a disengaging position in which engagement is disengaged.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiyuki Furuyama, Yushi Kato, Sho Asai, Takehiko Inaba
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Patent number: 11833811Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a platen roller conveying a printing medium in a first direction, a peeler peeling off a label from a mount, a support member supporting a driven roller that conveys the mount in a second direction with the platen roller, and a rib portion provided on the support member and guiding the label peeled off from the mount in the first direction. The rib portion includes a first rib, a second rib and a third rib, continuously in the first direction. The first rib is inclined away from a virtual line in the first direction toward an upstream side from the second rib. The third rib is inclined away from the virtual line in the first direction toward a downstream side from the second rib.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sho Asai, Yushi Kato, Shotaro Watanabe, Takehiko Inaba
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Publication number: 20230381991Abstract: A cutting device includes: a frame; a fixed blade including a first blade edge portion extending in an extending direction; a movable blade movable in a moving direction; a driving mechanism; and a pressing member. The movable blade includes: a second blade edge portion; and a contacting portion. The second blade edge portion has a valley-like shape such that a center portion in the extending direction thereof is closer to the contacting portion than end portions in the extending direction thereof are to the contacting portion. The second blade edge portion has shearing angles that are inclination angles relative to the extending direction. The shearing angles includes a first shearing angle that is the shearing angle at each end portion and a second shearing angle that is the shearing angle at the center portion. The second shearing angle is larger than the first shearing angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Yushi KATO, Shinji KOBAYASHI, Sho ASAI
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Patent number: 11712912Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a print head; a main body having an accommodation part accommodating a printing medium; an opening/closing cover supported by the main body to be swingable between a closed position and an opened position, the opening/closing cover covering the accommodation part in a case the opening/closing cover is in the opened position, the opening/closing cover opening the accommodation part in a case the opening/closing cover is in the opened position; a support member provided to the opening/closing cover; and a platen holder provided to the support member and configured to rotatably support a platen roller, the platen roller being configured to convey the printing medium at a position facing the print head in the case the opening/closing cover is in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Yushi Kato, Sho Asai, Yusuke Ikemoto, Takehiko Inaba
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Patent number: 11667134Abstract: A printing device includes: a main body including an accommodating portion configured to accommodate a printing medium; a cover displaceable between an open position where the accommodation portion is opened and a closed position where the accommodation portion is closed; a platen roller attached to the cover and rotatably supported by the cover; a peeling roller attached to the cover and supported so as to be rotatable about an axis parallel to a longitudinal direction of the platen roller; and a switching mechanism attached to the cover and configured to switch the peeling roller between a contact position where the peeling roller comes into contact with the platen roller and a non-contact position where the peeling roller is away from the platen roller in conjunction with displacement of the cover.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sho Asai, Yushi Kato, Masashi Tanizaki, Koshiro Shimoda, Shotaro Watanabe
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Patent number: 11660890Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a housing having a discharge port through which a printing medium being allowed to be discharged; an installation part to which a unit being removably installable to the installation part, the unit being configured to surround at least a part of the discharge port in a case the unit is installed, the unit being configured to perform specific processing on the printing medium; and a lid member removably installed to the installation part, the lid member being installable to the installation part in a case the unit is not installed to the installation part.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Ikemoto, Yushi Kato, Sho Asai, Shotaro Watanabe, Takehiko Inaba
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Patent number: 11502526Abstract: There is provided a battery charger configured to charge a battery including a battery terminal. The battery charger includes a receiving portion in a form of a recess, and a charging terminal provided in the receiving portion. The battery is attachable to and detachable from the receiving portion. The receiving portion includes a holding portion configured to selectively hold the battery in the receiving portion at one of a first posture and a second posture different from the first posture. When the battery is in the first posture, the battery terminal is in contact with the charging terminal to allow the battery to be charged. When the battery is in the second posture, the battery terminal is separated from the charging terminal.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sho Asai, Atsuo Hirose, Yuki Nagashima, Ryuichi Kanda, Hitoshi Sanada, Yusuke Ikemoto, Shotaro Watanabe
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Publication number: 20220324228Abstract: A printing device includes a frame, and an electronic circuit-board unit attached to the frame. The electronic circuit-board unit includes: a holder including a holding portion; a first substrate held to a first surface of the holder; a second substrate held to a second surface of the holder and attached to the frame; an electronic component; and a harness electrically connected to the electronic component. The holder has: a first region overlapped with the first substrate in a plan view; and a second region offset from the first region in the plan view. At least one of the electronic component and the harness is held by the holding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Yusuke IKEMOTO, Yushi KATO, Sho ASAI, Shotaro WATANABE, Takehiko INABA
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Publication number: 20220203706Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a first frame; a second frame fixed to the first frame, the second frame having an accommodation space configured to accommodates a roll, the roll having a printing medium rolled thereon; a pair of support parts supported on the second frame, the pair of support parts being configured to support end faces of the roll in a first direction, at least one of the pair of support parts being supported on the second frame so as to be movable in the first direction; a guide member provided on the first frame; and contact portions provided to the support parts, the contact portions being configured to slide while being in contact with the guide member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Sho Asai, Yushi Kato, Shotaro Watanabe, Yusuke Ikemoto, Takehiko Inaba
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Publication number: 20220203731Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a housing having a discharge port through which a printing medium being allowed to be discharged; an installation part to which a unit being removably installable to the installation part, the unit being configured to surround at least a part of the discharge port in a case the unit is installed, the unit being configured to perform specific processing on the printing medium; and a lid member removably installed to the installation part, the lid member being installable to the installation part in a case the unit is not installed to the installation part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Yusuke Ikemoto, Yushi Kato, Sho Asai, Shotaro Watanabe, Takehiko Inaba
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Publication number: 20220203730Abstract: A holding stand including: a housing having a mounting surface on which a printing device is capable of being detachably mounted and a bottom surface, the mounting surface being an inclined surface where a distance between an upstream end portion of the mounting surface and the bottom surface is greater than a distance between a downstream end portion of the mounting surface and the bottom surface; a fixed engaging member provided at the upstream end portion; a movable engaging member provided at a substantially middle portion of the mounting surface; a guide part provided on the mounting surface and configured to allow the printing device to slide thereon to guide the printing device; and an operation part capable of switching the movable engaging member from an engaging position in which the movable engaging member engages with a second engaging portion to a disengaging position in which engagement is disengaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Toshiyuki Furuyama, Yushi Kato, Sho Asai, Takehiko Inaba
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Publication number: 20220203724Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a main body having an accommodation part accommodating a printing medium; and an opening/closing cover supported by the main body so as to be swingable between a closed position and an opened position, a first unit and a second unit being selectively installable to the opening/closing cover, the first unit being configured to rotatably support a first platen roller, the second unit being configured to rotatably support a second platen roller, the opening/closing cover including a cover guide, the opening/closing cover having a discharge port discharging the guided printing medium. The first unit has a partition wall superposed to cover the cover guide and partitioning a space into the first platen roller-side and the discharge port-side in a case the first unit is installed to the opening/closing cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Yushi Kato, Sho Asai, Shotaro Watanabe, Yusuke Ikemoto, Takehiko Inaba
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Publication number: 20220203719Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a platen roller conveying a printing medium in a first direction, a peeler peeling off a label from a mount, a support member supporting a driven roller that conveys the mount in a second direction with the platen roller, and a rib portion provided on the support member and guiding the label peeled off from the mount in the first direction. The rib portion includes a first rib, a second rib and a third rib, continuously in the first direction. The first rib is inclined away from a virtual line in the first direction toward an upstream side from the second rib. The third rib is inclined away from the virtual line in the first direction toward a downstream side from the second rib.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Sho Asai, Yushi Kato, Shotaro Watanabe, Takehiko Inaba
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Publication number: 20220203723Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a print head; a main body having an accommodation part accommodating a printing medium; an opening/closing cover supported by the main body to be swingable between a closed position and an opened position, the opening/closing cover covering the accommodation part in a case the opening/closing cover is in the opened position, the opening/closing cover opening the accommodation part in a case the opening/closing cover is in the opened position; a support member provided to the opening/closing cover; and a platen holder provided to the support member and configured to rotatably support a platen roller, the platen roller being configured to convey the printing medium at a position facing the print head in the case the opening/closing cover is in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Yushi Kato, Sho Asai, Yusuke Ikemoto, Takehiko Inaba