Patents by Inventor Takeshi Muto

Takeshi Muto 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: 9296325
    Abstract: A vehicle USB port including: a base body attached to a vehicle-body-side member; a hook main body that is provided with a hinge portion rotatably attached to the base body and a hook portion to anchor an anchored member, and that is rotatable between an in-use position in which the hook portion is usable and a stowed position in which the hook portion is not used; a hook main body retaining portion that is formed at the base body and that retains the hook main body moved to the stowed position; a port opening that is formed at the hook main body retaining portion and that is covered by the hook main body moved to the stowed position; and a USB port that is provided in a position facing the port opening, and to which a USB cable can be coupled through the port opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donghyoun Kim, Hidemi Haga, Takeshi Muto
  • Publication number: 20150244127
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle USB port including: a base body attached to a vehicle-body-side member; a hook main body that is provided with a hinge portion rotatably attached to the base body and a hook portion to anchor an anchored member, and that is rotatable between an in-use position in which the hook portion is usable and a stowed position in which the hook portion is not used; a hook main body retaining portion that is formed at the base body and that retains the hook main body moved to the stowed position; a port opening that is formed at the hook main body retaining portion and that is covered by the hook main body moved to the stowed position; and a USB port that is provided in a position facing the port opening, and to which a USB cable can be coupled through the port opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Donghyoun Kim, Hidemi Haga, Takeshi Muto
  • Patent number: 8177316
    Abstract: A blower is disposed at least at backward side of printing moving direction of the head unit, out of two sides of the head unit. The blower has air nozzles for injecting compressed air perpendicularly to the printing plane, and the bottom of the blower is provided with a curved plane and a parallel plane so that the compressed air injected from the air nozzles may be bent in a direction at right angle by Coanda effect. The curved plane and the parallel plane generate a horizontal air stream parallel to the printing plane, toward a direction departing from the adjacent head unit, at the downside of the blower. The printing device, using the ink jet head, dries the ink on the printing medium by the horizontal air stream injected from the blower while printing on the printing medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Mutoh Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Muto
  • Publication number: 20090021549
    Abstract: The invention is intended to obtain favorable printing results by promoting effectively the evaporation of solvent (dissolving medium) of the ink printed on the printing medium 20. A blower 24 is disposed at least at backward side of printing moving direction of the head unit 4, out of two sides of the head unit 4. The blower 24 has air nozzles 26 for injecting compressed air perpendicularly to the printing plane, and the bottom of the blower 24 is provided with a curved plane and a parallel plane so that the compressed air injected from the air nozzles 26 may be bent in a direction at right angle by Coanda effect. The curved plane and the parallel plane generate a horizontal air stream parallel to the printing plane, toward a direction departing from the adjacent head unit 4, at the downside of the blower 24. The printing device, using the ink jet head, dries the ink on the printing medium 20 by the horizontal air stream injected from the blower 24 while printing on the printing medium 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventor: Takeshi Muto
  • Patent number: 7456986
    Abstract: When a request for a change in output information and output order of, or cancellation of an output process of, image data obtained from computers 3 is made by a user, a print server apparatus 1 notifies other users of requested change content and obtains from each user an instruction indicating whether to permit a change process based on the notified change content or not. With this image processing apparatus, when a plurality of users make requests for output processes of respective image data and a change in output order of each image data or the like is requested, other users can confirm the change content and get to other work appropriately so as to enhance the work efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Muto, Kouji Miyake, Kazuhiro Mizude
  • Publication number: 20030202201
    Abstract: When a request for a change in output information and output order of, or cancellation of an output process of, image data obtained from computers 3 is made by a user, a print server apparatus 1 notifies other users of requested change content and obtains from each user an instruction indicating whether to permit a change process based on the notified change content or not. With this image processing apparatus, when a plurality of users make requests for output processes of respective image data and a change in output order of each image data or the like is requested, other users can confirm the change content and get to other work appropriately so as to enhance the work efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Muto, Kouji Miyake, Kazuhiro Mizude