Patents by Inventor Taiki Kono
Taiki Kono 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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Publication number: 20250033334Abstract: A liquid-absorbing body includes: an absorbing layer having a water-absorbing resin and having liquid-absorbing ability; and a base material layer stacked on at least one surface side of the absorbing layer, the base material layer having liquid permeability, in which the base material layer has a first layer including cellulose and a second layer positioned on a side of the first layer opposite to the absorbing layer, the second layer having a basis weight different from a basis weight of the first layer, and A2<A1, wherein A1 (g/cm2) is the basis weight of the first layer and A2 (g/cm2) is the basis weight of the second layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: Shogo NAKADA, Taiki KONO, Katsuhiro TAKAHASHI, Akihiro TOYA
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Patent number: 11981117Abstract: A liquid absorbing sheet includes: a receiving base material which has a liquid permeability and which includes a first base material, a second base material, and a bonding portion at which the first base material and the second base material are bonded to each other at margins thereof, the first base material and the second base material each being composed of a material including fibers; and a water absorbing resin which has a water absorbing property, which is swelled in association with water absorption, and which is received in a portion between the first base material and the second base material surrounded by the bonding portion. In the liquid absorbing sheet described above, the bonding portion is at least partially broken when the water absorbing resin is swelled.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shogo Nakada, Taiki Kono, Akihiro Toya
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Patent number: 11912032Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head configured to eject a liquid; a liquid flowing portion coupled to the liquid ejecting head and configured to flow the liquid; and a frame that houses the liquid ejecting head and the liquid flowing portion. The frame is provided with a passage hole configured to pass the liquid flowing portion along a depth direction. when viewed in the depth direction, a portion of the liquid flowing portion disposed outside the passage hole is configured to be deformed.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Akihiro Toya, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Yuki Araki, Shogo Nakada, Taiki Kono
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Patent number: 11642890Abstract: An ink absorber includes: a plurality of ink absorbent bodies that are elongated and absorb waste liquid of an ink ejected from a liquid ejecting head; and an accommodating container that accommodates the plurality of ink absorbent bodies, in which the plurality of ink absorbent bodies are arranged such that a longitudinal direction thereof extends vertically. Occupancy of the plurality of ink absorbent bodies in a region in which the ink absorbent bodies are arranged in the accommodating container is desirably 50% or more and 99% or less when the ink absorbent bodies are dry.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shogo Nakada, Taiki Kono, Sachiko Suzuki
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Patent number: 11638929Abstract: Provided is a powder supply device including a storage tank in which an internal space that stores powder and a discharge port that discharges the powder from the internal space to outside are formed, a roller that has an outer peripheral surface formed of a rough surface and is rotatably provided, in the discharge port, to face both the internal space and the outside, and a doctor blade that is provided at the discharge port and faces the outer peripheral surface of the roller. The internal space includes a first chamber into which the powder is charged and a second chamber in which the doctor blade is disposed. The first chamber communicates with the second chamber via an opening. A partition member that restricts the width of the opening is provided between the first chamber and the second chamber. The powder charged into the first chamber moves to the second chamber through the opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Taiki Kono, Shogo Nakada
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Publication number: 20220258470Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head configured to eject a liquid; a liquid flowing portion coupled to the liquid ejecting head and configured to flow the liquid; and a frame that houses the liquid ejecting head and the liquid flowing portion. The frame is provided with a passage hole configured to pass the liquid flowing portion along a depth direction. when viewed in the depth direction, a portion of the liquid flowing portion disposed outside the passage hole is configured to be deformed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Akihiro TOYA, Kazuhiro KOBAYASHI, Yuki ARAKI, Shogo NAKADA, Taiki KONO
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Publication number: 20220258451Abstract: A liquid absorbing sheet includes: a receiving base material which has a liquid permeability and which includes a first base material, a second base material, and a bonding portion at which the first base material and the second base material are bonded to each other at margins thereof, the first base material and the second base material each being composed of a material including fibers; and a water absorbing resin which has a water absorbing property, which is swelled in association with water absorption, and which is received in a portion between the first base material and the second base material surrounded by the bonding portion. In the liquid absorbing sheet described above, the bonding portion is at least partially broken when the water absorbing resin is swelled.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Shogo NAKADA, Taiki KONO, Akihiro TOYA
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Publication number: 20220168774Abstract: Provided is a powder supply device including a storage tank in which an internal space that stores powder and a discharge port that discharges the powder from the internal space to outside are formed, a roller that has an outer peripheral surface formed of a rough surface and is rotatably provided, in the discharge port, to face both the internal space and the outside, and a doctor blade that is provided at the discharge port and faces the outer peripheral surface of the roller. The internal space includes a first chamber into which the powder is charged and a second chamber in which the doctor blade is disposed. The first chamber communicates with the second chamber via an opening. A partition member that restricts the width of the opening is provided between the first chamber and the second chamber. The powder charged into the first chamber moves to the second chamber through the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Taiki KONO, Shogo NAKADA
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Publication number: 20220134758Abstract: An ink absorber includes: a plurality of ink absorbent bodies that are elongated and absorb waste liquid of an ink ejected from a liquid ejecting head; and an accommodating container that accommodates the plurality of ink absorbent bodies, in which the plurality of ink absorbent bodies are arranged such that a longitudinal direction thereof extends vertically. Occupancy of the plurality of ink absorbent bodies in a region in which the ink absorbent bodies are arranged in the accommodating container is desirably 50% or more and 99% or less when the ink absorbent bodies are dry.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Shogo NAKADA, Taiki KONO, Sachiko SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20220128930Abstract: A powder supplying device includes: a storage section including a storage container that includes an interior space in which a powder is stored and a discharge port through which the powder is discharged from the interior space to the exterior; a roller an outer peripheral surface of which is rough and which is provided across the interior space and the exterior and configured to rotate in the discharge port; and a powder-discharging-amount adjusting section that includes a pressing member which is formed of an elastic porous body and which is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Taiki KONO, Shogo NAKADA
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Patent number: 10394662Abstract: A source remote copy configuration in a source storage system is migrated to a destination storage system as a destination remote copy configuration. The destination primary storage apparatus of the destination storage system defines a virtual volume mapped to the primary volume provided by the source primary storage apparatus which is a storage area of the virtual volume; takes over a first identifier of the primary volume to the virtual volume; transfers, when the virtual volume receives an access request, the access request to the source primary storage apparatus to write data in the primary volume; and takes over the first identifier from the virtual volume to another primary volume provided by the destination primary storage apparatus, after completion of copy of data from primary volume of the source primary storage apparatus into primary volume of the destination primary storage apparatus and secondary volume of the destination secondary storage apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Taiki Kono, Hidenori Suzuki, Kunihiko Nashimoto, Shigeo Homma, Toru Suzuki, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Hideo Saito, Azusa Jin, Hiroshi Nasu, Keishi Tamura, Shoji Sugino
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Publication number: 20180095838Abstract: A source remote copy configuration in a source storage system is migrated to a destination storage system as a destination remote copy configuration. The destination primary storage apparatus of the destination storage system defines a virtual volume mapped to the primary volume provided by the source primary storage apparatus which is a storage area of the virtual volume; takes over a first identifier of the primary volume to the virtual volume; transfers, when the virtual volume receives an access request, the access request to the source primary storage apparatus to write data in the primary volume; and takes over the first identifier from the virtual volume to another primary volume provided by the destination primary storage apparatus, after completion of copy of data from primary volume of the source primary storage apparatus into primary volume of the destination primary storage apparatus and secondary volume of the destination secondary storage apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Taiki KONO, Hidenori SUZUKI, Kunihiko NASHIMOTO, Shigeo HOMMA, Toru SUZUKI, Tomohiro KAWAGUCHI, Hideo SAITO, Azusa JIN, Hiroshi NASU, Keishi TAMURA, Shoji SUGINO
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Patent number: 9846619Abstract: A source remote copy configuration in a source storage system is migrated to a destination storage system as a destination remote copy configuration. The destination primary storage apparatus of the destination storage system defines a virtual volume mapped to the primary volume provided by the source primary storage apparatus which is a storage area of the virtual volume; takes over a first identifier of the primary volume to the virtual volume; transfers, when the virtual volume receives an access request, the access request to the source primary storage apparatus to write data in the primary volume; and takes over the first identifier from the virtual volume to another primary volume provided by the destination primary storage apparatus, after completion of copy of data from primary volume of the source primary storage apparatus into primary volume of the destination primary storage apparatus and secondary volume of the destination secondary storage apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Taiki Kono, Hidenori Suzuki, Kunihiko Nashimoto, Shigeo Homma, Toru Suzuki, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Hideo Saito, Azusa Jin, Hiroshi Nasu, Keishi Tamura, Shoji Sugino
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Publication number: 20160019120Abstract: A source remote copy configuration in a source storage system is migrated to a destination storage system as a destination remote copy configuration. The destination primary storage apparatus of the destination storage system defines a virtual volume mapped to the primary volume provided by the source primary storage apparatus which is a storage area of the virtual volume; takes over a first identifier of the primary volume to the virtual volume; transfers, when the virtual volume receives an access request, the access request to the source primary storage apparatus to write data in the primary volume; and takes over the first identifier from the virtual volume to another primary volume provided by the destination primary storage apparatus, after completion of copy of data from primary volume of the source primary storage apparatus into primary volume of the destination primary storage apparatus and secondary volume of the destination secondary storage apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Taiki KONO, Hidenori SUZUKI, Kunihiko NASHIMOTO, Shigeo HOMMA, Toru SUZUKI, Tomohiro KAWAGUCHI, Hideo SAITO, Azusa JIN, Hiroshi NASU, Keishi TAMURA, Shoji SUGINO
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Patent number: 9152337Abstract: A source remote copy configuration in a source storage system is migrated to a destination storage system as a destination remote copy configuration. The destination primary storage apparatus of the destination storage system defines a virtual volume mapped to the primary volume provided by the source primary storage apparatus which is a storage area of the virtual volume; takes over a first identifier of the primary volume to the virtual volume; transfers, when the virtual volume receives an access request, the access request to the source primary storage apparatus to write data in the primary volume; and takes over the first identifier from the virtual volume to another primary volume provided by the destination primary storage apparatus, after completion of copy of data from primary volume of the source primary storage apparatus into primary volume of the destination primary storage apparatus and secondary volume of the destination secondary storage apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Taiki Kono, Hidenori Suzuki, Kunihiko Nashimoto, Shigeo Homma, Toru Suzuki, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Hideo Saito, Azusa Jin, Hiroshi Nasu, Keishi Tamura, Shoji Sugino
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Publication number: 20150074364Abstract: A source remote copy configuration in a source storage system is migrated to a destination storage system as a destination remote copy configuration. The destination primary storage apparatus of the destination storage system defines a virtual volume mapped to the primary volume provided by the source primary storage apparatus which is a storage area of the virtual volume; takes over a first identifier of the primary volume to the virtual volume; transfers, when the virtual volume receives an access request, the access request to the source primary storage apparatus to write data in the primary volume; and takes over the first identifier from the virtual volume to another primary volume provided by the destination primary storage apparatus, after completion of copy of data from primary volume of the source primary storage apparatus into primary volume of the destination primary storage apparatus and secondary volume of the destination secondary storage apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Taiki KONO, Hidenori SUZUKI, Kunihiko NASHIMOTO, Shigeo HOMMA, Toru SUZUKI, Tomohiro KAWAGUCHI, Hideo SAITO, Azusa JIN, Hiroshi NASU, Keishi TAMURA, Shoji SUGINO
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Patent number: 8904133Abstract: A source remote copy configuration in a source storage system is migrated to a destination storage system as a destination remote copy configuration. The destination primary storage apparatus of the destination storage system defines a virtual volume mapped to the primary volume provided by the source primary storage apparatus which is a storage area of the virtual volume; takes over a first identifier of the primary volume to the virtual volume; transfers, when the virtual volume receives an access request, the access request to the source primary storage apparatus to write data in the primary volume; and takes over the first identifier from the virtual volume to another primary volume provided by the destination primary storage apparatus, after completion of copy of data from primary volume of the source primary storage apparatus into primary volume of the destination primary storage apparatus and secondary volume of the destination secondary storage apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2014Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Taiki Kono, Hidenori Suzuki, Kunihiko Nashimoto, Shigeo Homma, Toru Suzuki, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Hideo Saito, Azusa Jin, Hiroshi Nasu, Keishi Tamura, Shoji Sugino
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Publication number: 20140351538Abstract: A source remote copy configuration in a source storage system is migrated to a destination storage system as a destination remote copy configuration. The destination primary storage apparatus of the destination storage system defines a virtual volume mapped to the primary volume provided by the source primary storage apparatus which is a storage area of the virtual volume; takes over a first identifier of the primary volume to the virtual volume; transfers, when the virtual volume receives an access request, the access request to the source primary storage apparatus to write data in the primary volume; and takes over the first identifier from the virtual volume to another primary volume provided by the destination primary storage apparatus, after completion of copy of data from primary volume of the source primary storage apparatus into primary volume of the destination primary storage apparatus and secondary volume of the destination secondary storage apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: Taiki KONO, Hidenori SUZUKI, Kunihiko NASHIMOTO, Shigeo HOMMA, Toru SUZUKI, Tomohiro KAWAGUCHI, Hideo SAITO, Azusa JIN, Hiroshi NASU, Keishi TAMURA, Shoji SUGINO
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Patent number: 7908408Abstract: The present invention provides a storage device and a control method thereof which can enhance general-use property and availability of a storage system while enhancing I/O performance of the storage system as a whole. The storage device is provided with an external connection function in which a command is generated in response to a read request or a write request given by a host computer, and the generated command is issued to an external storage device via any of a plurality of ports. In such a storage device, a channel processor, for every kind of the command, issues a test command to the external storage device in a plurality of issuing methods, measures an I/O performance for every issuing method, displays a result of measurement of the I/O performance for every method, and/or sets the issuing method in issuing the command to the external storage device based on the result of measurement of the I/O performance for every issuing method.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2008Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventor: Taiki Kono
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Publication number: 20100023652Abstract: The present invention provides a storage device and a control method thereof which can enhance general-use property and availability of a storage system while enhancing I/O performance of the storage system as a whole. The storage device is provided with an external connection function in which a command is generated in response to a read request or a write request given by a host computer, and the generated command is issued to an external storage device via any of a plurality of ports. In such a storage device, a channel processor, for every kind of the command, issues a test command to the external storage device in a plurality of issuing methods, measures an I/O performance for every issuing method, displays a result of measurement of the I/O performance for every method, and/or sets the issuing method in issuing the command to the external storage device based on the result of measurement of the I/O performance for every issuing method.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2008Publication date: January 28, 2010Inventor: Taiki Kono