Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Oguchi

Tatsuya Oguchi 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: 20190199865
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a power unit that accommodates a battery; a communication unit that wirelessly communicates with an external device; and a printer unit that prints print data obtained by the communication unit on a recording paper, wherein an outer appearance of the electronic device is a cylindrical shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oguchi, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori
  • Publication number: 20190193965
    Abstract: A sheet cassette connectable to a printer includes a case, a spring, a cover, and a connecting part. The case stores a recording sheet. The spring is provided on the case. The cover covers the case and the spring and slides relative to the case to expose the spring. The connecting part is attached to the case and is connectable to the printer. The spring is exposed to press a recording sheet placed on the cover toward a position at which the printer is to be located when connected to the sheet cassette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oguchi, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori
  • Publication number: 20190176494
    Abstract: A printing apparatus having a pillar shape includes a printing mechanism, a motor, and a gear box. The printing mechanism includes a print head configured to perform printing on a recording sheet and a platen roller configured to convey the recording sheet. The gear box is configured to transmit the rotation of the motor to the platen roller. The printing mechanism, the gear box, and the motor are arranged in order from a first side of the printing apparatus toward a second side of the printing apparatus in a longitudinal direction of the printing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oguchi, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori
  • Patent number: 10264144
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a power unit that accommodates a battery; a communication unit that wirelessly communicates with an external device; and a printer unit that prints print data obtained by the communication unit on a recording paper, wherein an outer appearance of the electronic device is a cylindrical shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oguchi, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori
  • Publication number: 20190087134
    Abstract: A printer includes a print module that prints data on a recording medium, a communication module that wirelessly communicates with an information apparatus, a pressable switch, a rotatable dial knob, and a controller that sends, via the communication module to the information apparatus, information for operating the information apparatus according to operations of the switch and the dial knob.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oguchi, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori
  • Publication number: 20190070872
    Abstract: A sheet cassette includes a housing, multiple cassettes stacked and provided in the housing, and a rotary cam. The cassettes store a recording sheet. The rotary cam includes multiple pins provided at opposite positions across the axis of rotation of the rotary cam. Adjacent cassettes are offset relative to each other in an offset direction. First receiving parts for receiving the pins are provided one in each of the adjacent cassettes at a first end thereof in the offset direction. The rotary cam rotates with at least one of the pins being in at least one of the first receiving parts of the adjacent cassettes to move the cassettes as connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oguchi, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori
  • Publication number: 20180370262
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printer, a baseplate, a jacket, and a container. The printer is configured to perform printing on a recording sheet. The baseplate holds the printer. The jacket is attached to a first surface of the baseplate, and is configured to hold an information terminal. The container is attached to a second surface of the baseplate facing away from the first surface, and is configured to store the recording sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oguchi, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori
  • Patent number: 10093114
    Abstract: A printer for printing information on a recording medium includes a guide that guides the recording medium being fed and includes multiple holes, a sensor for detecting the recording medium, and a board that includes multiple terminals. The sensor is mounted on at least one of the terminals such that the sensor is exposed through one of the holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oguchi, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori, Masahiro Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20180288244
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a power unit that accommodates a battery; a communication unit that wirelessly communicates with an external device; and a printer unit that prints print data obtained by the communication unit on a recording paper, wherein an outer appearance of the electronic device is a cylindrical shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oguchi, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori
  • Publication number: 20180250962
    Abstract: A printer includes a printer body (110) including a recording-paper holder (111) that holds rolled recording paper (100) and includes a holder guide (112) for guiding the recording paper (100), a platen roller (140), a print head (130) attached to the printer body (110), and a lower guide (160) that is disposed to face the holder guide (112) such that a conveying path for guiding the recording paper (100) is formed between the lower guide (160) and the holder guide (112).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Tatsuya OGUCHI, Sumio WATANABE, Yukihiro MORI, Masahiro TSUCHIYA, Yuji YADA, Tetsuhiro ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10065437
    Abstract: A printer includes a print head; a platen roller; a frame, to which the print head or the platen roller is attached, that includes a frame body, a sidewall that is perpendicularly bent from the frame body with respect to a longitudinal direction of the platen roller, and a back surface member that is bent from the frame body in parallel to the longitudinal direction of the platen roller, the back surface member including an end portion and a support portion provided to support the sidewall from an inner side and an outer side of the sidewall, respectively, the sidewall being supported by the back surface member while being interposed between the end portion the support portion of the back surface member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oguchi, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori, Masahiro Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 10059127
    Abstract: A printer includes a print head and a platen roller. The platen roller includes multiple bearings provided one at each longitudinal end of the platen roller, a roller positioned between the bearings, and multiple flanges of which one is positioned between the roller and one of the bearings and the other is positioned between the roller and the other of the bearings in the longitudinal direction of the platen roller. The flanges have a diameter greater than the diameter of the bearings and the diameter of the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oguchi, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori, Masahiro Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 10011132
    Abstract: A printer includes a body, a lid, a hook, and an engaging part. The body includes a holder configured to accommodate recording paper. The lid is attached to the body to be opened and closed relative to the body. The hook is attached to one of the body and the lid. The engaging part is attached to the other of the body and the lid. The engaging part is accommodated in a recess formed in the hook when the lid is closed relative to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Sumio Watanabe, Masahiro Tsuchiya, Yuji Yada, Tatsuya Oguchi
  • Publication number: 20180104967
    Abstract: A printer includes a holder configured to house rolled recording paper, a cover that is attached to the holder to be openable and closable relative to the holder, and a contact part that is attached to the cover and configured to contact the recording paper. The contact part is configured such that the contact part substantially point-contacts the recording paper, and positions on the contact part contacting the recording paper change as the recording paper is unrolled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Yuji YADA, Yoshinari TAKABATAKE, Tetsuhiro ISHIKAWA, Tatsuya OGUCHI, Masahiro TSUCHIYA
  • Patent number: 9902174
    Abstract: A printer includes a body configured to accommodate recording paper, a lid attached to the body to be openable and closable relative to the body, a pressing part on the lid, a platen roller attached to the lid, a movable shaft in the body, a spring that urges the movable shaft, and a lever configured to support bearings of the platen roller with the lid being closed. The movable shaft is provided at a position corresponding to the pressing part to be movable in a longitudinal direction of the movable shaft, and is pressed by the pressing part to generate a spring force in the spring during closure of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Sumio Watanabe, Masahiro Tsuchiya, Tatsuya Oguchi
  • Publication number: 20180037035
    Abstract: A printer for printing information on a recording medium includes a guide that guides the recording medium being fed and includes multiple holes, a sensor for detecting the recording medium, and a board that includes multiple terminals. The sensor is mounted on at least one of the terminals such that the sensor is exposed through one of the holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oguchi, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori, Masahiro Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 9868310
    Abstract: A printer includes a body, a lid pivotably attached to the body, a platen roller attached to the lid, and a lock lever. The body includes a print head and a holder to accommodate a roll of recording sheet. The lock lever supports a bearing of the platen roller when the lid is closed. The printer further includes a first plate and a second plate arranged on the lid in the widthwise direction of the printer, and a movable button provided on the lid. When the button is moved to slide the first and second plates toward each other, the outer end of each of the first and second plates in the widthwise direction moves inward to be positioned inside the outer frame of the holder to allow the closure of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oguchi, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori, Masahiro Tsuchiya, Yuji Yada, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20170341427
    Abstract: A printer includes a printer mechanism unit including a frame and a print head, a platen unit including a platen roller, a detection switch configured to detect connecting of the platen unit to the printer mechanism unit, and a switch holder having the detection switch attached thereto and covering part of the detection switch, wherein the switch holder is mounted to one of the frame and the platen unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oguchi, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori, Masahiro Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20170341426
    Abstract: A printer includes a print head; a platen roller; a frame, to which the print head or the platen roller is attached, that includes a frame body, a sidewall that is perpendicularly bent from the frame body with respect to a longitudinal direction of the platen roller, and a back surface member that is bent from the frame body in parallel to the longitudinal direction of the platen roller, the back surface member including an end portion and a support portion provided to support the sidewall from an inner side and an outer side of the sidewall, respectively, the sidewall being supported by the back surface member while being interposed between the end portion the support portion of the back surface member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oguchi, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori, Masahiro Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20170341428
    Abstract: A printer includes a print head and a platen roller. The platen roller includes multiple bearings provided one at each longitudinal end of the platen roller, a roller positioned between the bearings, and multiple flanges of which one is positioned between the roller and one of the bearings and the other is positioned between the roller and the other of the bearings in the longitudinal direction of the platen roller. The flanges have a diameter greater than the diameter of the bearings and the diameter of the roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oguchi, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori, Masahiro Tsuchiya