Patents by Inventor Takuto Tanaka
Takuto Tanaka 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: 12280599Abstract: A maintenance section configured to perform maintenance on a recording section includes a first guided section, which is guided by the guide unit, and a second guided section, which is positioned in a first movement direction, is a direction from the retreat position toward the maintenance position with respect to the first guided section, and is guided by the guide unit, when the maintenance section moves from the maintenance position in the first movement direction, the guide unit is configured to allow pivot accompanied by separation of the second guided section from the guide unit, which is pivot of the maintenance section with the first guided section as a pivot axis, and the first guided section is configured to separate from the guide unit, by moving in the first movement direction after the pivot of the maintenance section is allowed.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2023Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Takuto Tanaka
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Publication number: 20250121617Abstract: It includes a liquid ejection section movable in a first movement direction, a mount section including a mounting space in which a liquid accommodation body that was inserted from an opening section is attachable; a fixed frame; a restriction member that is attachable to and detachable from the frame and is configured to restrict movement of the liquid ejection section in the first movement direction by being attached to the frame; a displacement member configured to, by the restriction member being attached to the frame, be displaced to a restricting position at which the displacement member, together with the restriction member, restricts movement of the movement section in movement direction, wherein the restriction member is positioned in the mounting space when the restriction member is in a restricted state in which the restriction member restricts movement of the liquid ejection section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2024Publication date: April 17, 2025Inventors: Takuto TANAKA, Akiho SESHIMOTO, Yoshihisa SAKA, Koji MIGITA
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Publication number: 20240424793Abstract: A printer includes a line head, a transport unit, a head moving unit, a maintenance unit, a lid unit, and a rotation mechanism portion. The head moving unit moves the line head to a retreat position and a recording position along a B direction. The maintenance unit includes a cap portion configured to cover the nozzles, is formed with an opening, and is movable in a transport direction of a medium. A lid unit is rotatable about a rotation axis, and closes the opening in a closed posture. When the head moving unit moves the line head from the recording position to the retreat position, the rotation mechanism portion rotates the lid unit so that a posture of the lid unit becomes the closed posture.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Inventors: Masaki SHIMOMURA, Takuto TANAKA, Takeshi AOKI, Yusaku AMANO
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Patent number: 12157315Abstract: A printer includes a line head, a transport unit, a head moving unit, a maintenance unit, a lid unit, and a rotation mechanism portion. The head moving unit moves the line head to a retreat position and a recording position along a B direction. The maintenance unit includes a cap portion configured to cover the nozzles, is formed with an opening, and is movable in a transport direction of a medium. A lid unit is rotatable about a rotation axis, and closes the opening in a closed posture. When the head moving unit moves the line head from the recording position to the retreat position, the rotation mechanism portion rotates the lid unit so that a posture of the lid unit becomes the closed posture.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Masaki Shimomura, Takuto Tanaka, Takeshi Aoki, Yusaku Amano
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Publication number: 20240208229Abstract: A movement section is configured to move one of the liquid discharge section and the maintenance section toward another of the liquid discharge section and the maintenance section in a first direction. A maintenance section includes first and second positioning sections that perform positioning of the maintenance section and the liquid discharge section by coming into contact with the liquid discharge section. The first positioning section is provided at a position farther than the second positioning section in a second direction intersecting with a first direction with, as a reference, an action point at which the movement section acts on the one of the liquid discharge section and the maintenance section. The first positioning section comes into contact with the liquid discharge section before the second positioning section when the one of the liquid discharge section and the maintenance section moves toward the other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2023Publication date: June 27, 2024Inventors: Takuto TANAKA, Akiho SESHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20240208231Abstract: A printer includes: a head that ejects ink; a storage portion that stores the ink to be supplied to the head and is coupled to the head; a main body that includes the head and the storage portion; a first handle portion that is grippable and provided in a left side surface of the main body; and a second handle portion that is grippable and provided in a right side surface of the main body, the right side surface facing the left side surface, in which the storage portion is provided at a position between the head and the left side surface in an X-axis direction, and the first handle portion is positioned higher than the second handle portion in the direction of gravity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2023Publication date: June 27, 2024Inventors: Takuto TANAKA, Yoshikane TSUCHIHASHI, Yoshinori YANAGISAWA
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Publication number: 20240066899Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit, a transport belt configured to support the medium, and a moving mechanism configured to move at least one of the recording unit or the transport belt with respect to the other in a movement direction. The recording device includes a cleaning unit provided in a manner movable forward and backward with respect to a position between the recording unit and the transport belt in a first direction intersecting the movement direction. The cleaning unit is configured to, when the recording unit is located at a to-be-cleaned position, start moving from a non-cleaning region and move in a cleaning region in the first direction, thereby cleaning the ejecting unit. A restriction portion configured to restrict movement of the cleaning unit is located in the non-cleaning region to the cleaning region when the cleaning unit does not perform cleaning.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Takuto TANAKA
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Publication number: 20240066900Abstract: A recording device is with a mobile body configured to be able to move and be attachable and detachable. The mobile body includes a recording unit configured to perform recording on a medium or a maintenance unit configured to perform maintenance of the recording unit. The recording device includes: the mobile body; a first guide portion configured to guide the mobile body along a movement direction; a second guide portion bifurcating from the first guide portion and configured to guide the mobile body along a attachment and detachment direction intersecting the movement direction; and a restricting portion. The restricting portion is configured to restrict movement of the mobile body along the attachment and detachment direction, when the mobile body is disposed at a replacement position where the second guide unit bifurcates from the first guide unit and attachment and detachment are possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventor: Takuto TANAKA
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Publication number: 20240042782Abstract: A driving mechanism moves a moving unit in a predetermined direction and an opposite direction that is opposite to the predetermined direction. The driving mechanism includes a worm that is coupled to a driving source and rotates to move the moving unit, a worm wheel that is meshed with the worm, and a holding portion that holds the worm. The holding portion includes a highly-regulating portion that contacts with the worm when the moving unit moves in the predetermined direction, and a weakly-regulating portion that contacts with the worm when the moving unit moves in the opposite direction. A friction coefficient between the highly-regulating portion and the worm is greater than a friction coefficient between the weak regulation portion and the worm.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Takuto TANAKA
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Publication number: 20240017559Abstract: A recording device includes a moving portion that is movable in a moving direction intersecting a horizontal direction, and a regulating member that includes a regulating portion and is attachable to and detachable from a contact position where the regulating portion comes into contact with a part of the moving portion, in which the regulating member regulates movement of the moving portion in the moving direction by the regulating portion coming into contact with a part of the moving portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Takuto TANAKA, Masaki SHIMOMURA, Yuichi SEGAWA, Tsuyoshi FURUMIDO
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Publication number: 20230211611Abstract: A maintenance section configured to perform maintenance on a recording section includes a first guided section, which is guided by the guide unit, and a second guided section, which is positioned in a first movement direction, is a direction from the retreat position toward the maintenance position with respect to the first guided section, and is guided by the guide unit, when the maintenance section moves from the maintenance position in the first movement direction, the guide unit is configured to allow pivot accompanied by separation of the second guided section from the guide unit, which is pivot of the maintenance section with the first guided section as a pivot axis, and the first guided section is configured to separate from the guide unit, by moving in the first movement direction after the pivot of the maintenance section is allowed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventor: Takuto TANAKA
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Publication number: 20220402270Abstract: A printer includes a line head, a transport unit, a head moving unit, a maintenance unit, a lid unit, and a rotation mechanism portion. The head moving unit moves the line head to a retreat position and a recording position along a B direction. The maintenance unit includes a cap portion configured to cover the nozzles, is formed with an opening, and is movable in a transport direction of a medium. A lid unit is rotatable about a rotation axis, and closes the opening in a closed posture. When the head moving unit moves the line head from the recording position to the retreat position, the rotation mechanism portion rotates the lid unit so that a posture of the lid unit becomes the closed posture.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Masaki SHIMOMURA, Takuto TANAKA, Takeshi AOKI, Yusaku AMANO
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Patent number: 11458733Abstract: A printer includes a line head, a transport unit, a head moving unit, a maintenance unit, a lid unit, and a rotation mechanism portion. The head moving unit moves the line head to a retreat position and a recording position along a B direction. The maintenance unit includes a cap portion configured to cover the nozzles, is formed with an opening, and is movable in a transport direction of a medium. A lid unit is rotatable about a rotation axis, and closes the opening in a closed posture. When the head moving unit moves the line head from the recording position to the retreat position, the rotation mechanism portion rotates the lid unit so that a posture of the lid unit becomes the closed posture.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Masaki Shimomura, Takuto Tanaka, Yusaku Amano, Takeshi Aoki
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Patent number: 11318747Abstract: The printer includes a transport unit having a support surface for supporting a medium, a line head recording on the medium by ejecting ink from a nozzle provided on an ejecting surface thereof, a head moving portion for moving the line head along a moving direction with respect to the transport unit, and a first maintenance unit movably provided in a first direction for covering the ejecting surface. The moving direction intersects a horizontal plane at an angle of 45 degrees or less, the first direction intersects the horizontal plane at an angle of 45 degrees or more and less than 90 degrees, and a movement amount of the first maintenance unit in the first direction is equal to or larger than a movement amount of the line head in the moving direction when the printer is installed on a horizontal plane.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takuto Tanaka, Takeshi Aoki, Masaki Shimomura, Yusaku Amano
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Publication number: 20210237448Abstract: The printer includes a transport unit having a support surface for supporting a medium, a line head recording on the medium by ejecting ink from a nozzle provided on an ejecting surface thereof, a head moving portion for moving the line head along a moving direction with respect to the transport unit, and a first maintenance unit movably provided in a first direction for covering the ejecting surface. The moving direction intersects a horizontal plane at an angle of 45 degrees or less, the first direction intersects the horizontal plane at an angle of 45 degrees or more and less than 90 degrees, and a movement amount of the first maintenance unit in the first direction is equal to or larger than a movement amount of the line head in the moving direction when the printer is installed on a horizontal plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Takuto TANAKA, Takeshi AOKI, Masaki SHIMOMURA, Yusaku AMANO
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Publication number: 20210237452Abstract: A printer includes a transport unit configuring a transport route and transporting a medium in a transport direction, a line head having an ejecting surface that faces in a +B direction and is provided with a nozzle for ejecting ink to the medium to be transported in the transport direction, a first maintenance unit capable of covering the ejecting surface, and a cap movement portion moving the first maintenance unit between a cap position where a cap surface of the first maintenance unit covers the ejecting surface and a standby position where the cap surface does not cover the ejecting surface, in which the cap moving portion supports the first maintenance unit with the cap surface facing in an inclined direction between an X direction and a +Z direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Masaki SHIMOMURA, Takeshi AOKI, Yusaku AMANO, Takuto TANAKA
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Publication number: 20210237447Abstract: A printer includes a line head, a transport unit, a head moving unit, a maintenance unit, a lid unit, and a rotation mechanism portion. The head moving unit moves the line head to a retreat position and a recording position along a B direction. The maintenance unit includes a cap portion configured to cover the nozzles, is formed with an opening, and is movable in a transport direction of a medium. A lid unit is rotatable about a rotation axis, and closes the opening in a closed posture. When the head moving unit moves the line head from the recording position to the retreat position, the rotation mechanism portion rotates the lid unit so that a posture of the lid unit becomes the closed posture.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Masaki SHIMOMURA, Takuto TANAKA
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Patent number: 11056152Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array including: a plurality of memory cells stacked above a substrate, and a plurality of word lines respectively coupled to gates of the plurality of memory cells and extending in a first direction; and a first film including a first area above the memory cell array and a second area different from the first area, and having a compressive stress higher than silicon oxide. In the first area, a plurality of first trenches extending in the first direction are aligned in a second direction that intersects the first direction. In the second area, a second trench in a mesh form is provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Takuto Tanaka, Takeo Mori, Takashi Terada, Takamichi Tsuchiya
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Publication number: 20210043234Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array including: a plurality of memory cells stacked above a substrate, and a plurality of word lines respectively coupled to gates of the plurality of memory cells and extending in a first direction; and a first film including a first area above the memory cell array and a second area different from the first area, and having a compressive stress higher than silicon oxide. In the first area, a plurality of first trenches extending in the first direction are aligned in a second direction that intersects the first direction. In the second area, a second trench in a mesh form is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Takuto TANAKA, Takeo MORI, Takashi TERADA, Takamichi TSUCHIYA
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Patent number: 6023601Abstract: In a developing device for visualizing an electrostatic latent image using two-component developer containing toner and magnetic carrier, excellent development will be performed and deterioration of the developer will be prevented. A developer carrier opposite to an image carrier having an electrostatic latent image formed thereon is prepared by forming a thin layer of aluminum with a thickness of 3 .mu.m or less on the peripheral surface of a roll-shaped member made of ferrite, and the surface roughness Rz of the peripheral surface of the foregoing ferrite roll is set to 50 .mu.m or less. N-poles and S-poles are alternately magnetized at a 50-to-250-.mu.m pitch along the peripheral surface of this ferrite roll. These magnetic poles can be magnetized to have uniform intensity because the peripheral surface of the roll has been smoothly finished, and a developer layer having only substantially one layer of the carrier uniformly attracted is formed on the peripheral surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 1999Date of Patent: February 8, 2000Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoru Hirosaki, Nobumasa Furuya, Takuto Tanaka