Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Hosokawa
Yasuhiro Hosokawa 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: 20240066886Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a storage section that stores a liquid between a first surface and a second surface, and a flexible printed substrate for detecting a remaining amount of the liquid in the storage section, in which the flexible printed substrate includes a first wiring portion having an input electrode provided on the first surface, a first detection electrode provided on the second surface, and a second wiring portion having a second detection electrode provided on the second surface and a third detection electrode provided on the second surface, and an area of a first region of the input electrode overlapping the first detection electrode is smaller than an area of a second region of the input electrode overlapping the second detection electrode, and an area of a third region of the input electrode overlapping the third detection electrode is smaller than the area of the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Takanori YOKOI, Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA
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Publication number: 20240066885Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a first storage section that stores a liquid in a space between a first surface and a second surface, a second storage section that stores a liquid in a space between a third surface and a fourth surface, a first flexible printed substrate including a first wiring portion including a first electrode provided on the first surface and a second wiring portion including a second electrode provided on the second surface, and a second flexible printed substrate including a third wiring portion including a third electrode provided on the third surface, the second wiring portion has a first shield electrode that is located between the second electrode and the third wiring portion for shielding the second electrode, and the third wiring portion does not have a shield electrode for shielding the third electrode between the third electrode and the second wiring portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Takanori YOKOI, Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA
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Patent number: 11877045Abstract: To suppress a reduction in yield and to reduce production costs even when a failure has occurred with respect to the alignment and the like of a camera module in a multi-ocular configuration in which a plurality of camera modules is included. An image-capturing apparatus includes a plurality of camera modules; and a support member used to support the plurality of camera modules in a specified positional relationship, the image-capturing apparatus including a first camera module and at least one second camera module as the plurality of camera modules, the first camera module being fixed to the support member, the at least one second camera module being fixed to the support member using an adhesive portion formed of an adhesive that has a property of being released in a specific temperature range.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Seiya Tsuzaki, Yasuhiro Hosokawa, Yoichiro Fujinaga
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Publication number: 20230158803Abstract: A storage device includes a storage section including a plurality of walls and storing an object in a space surrounded by the plurality of walls, a first electrode provided in a first portion of a first wall among the plurality of walls, and a second electrode provided in a second wall among the plurality of walls. The first portion is thinner than a second portion which is at least a part of the plurality of walls other than the first portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA, Takanori YOKOI
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Publication number: 20230158799Abstract: A storage device includes a storage section including a plurality of walls and storing an object in a space surrounded by the plurality of walls; and a flexible printed substrate fixed to the storage section, in which the storage section includes a first positioning portion, and the flexible printed substrate includes a first electrode provided in a first wall among the plurality of walls, a second electrode provided in a second wall among the plurality of walls, a first wiring coupled to the first electrode, a second wiring coupled to the second electrode, and a second positioning portion that is coupled to the first positioning portion to determine a position of the flexible printed substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA, Takanori YOKOI, Motoki YOSHIZAWA
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Publication number: 20230158807Abstract: A storage device includes a storage section including a plurality of walls and storing an object in a space surrounded by the walls; and a flexible printed substrate including a non-conductive first cover film layer, a non-conductive second cover film layer, a non-conductive base material layer provided between the first cover film layer and the second cover film layer, a conductive first conductor layer provided between the first cover film layer and the base material layer, and a conductive second conductor layer provided between the second cover film layer and the base material layer, in which the first cover film layer is provided between the second cover film layer and the storage section, the first conductor layer includes a first electrode provided in a first wall and a second electrode provided in a second wall, and the second conductor layer includes a constant voltage wiring held at a constant voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA, Takanori YOKOI, Motoki YOSHIZAWA
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Publication number: 20230158805Abstract: A storage device includes a storage section including a plurality of walls and storing an object in a space surrounded by the plurality of walls, a first electrode provided in a first portion of a first wall among the plurality of walls, a second electrode provided in a second wall among the plurality of walls, and a first support portion supporting the first portion and a second portion among the plurality of walls. The first portion is thinner than the second portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA, Takanori YOKOI
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Publication number: 20230158806Abstract: A storage device includes a storage section including a plurality of walls and storing an object in a space surrounded by the walls; and a flexible printed substrate fixed to the storage section, in which the flexible printed substrate includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, a first terminal that is electrically coupled to the first electrode, a second terminal that is electrically coupled to the second electrode, a third terminal that is electrically coupled to the third electrode, and a plurality of constant voltage terminals held at a constant voltage, one or more constant voltage terminals are arranged between the first terminal and the second terminal, one or more constant voltage terminals are arranged between the second terminal and the third terminal, and one or more constant voltage terminals are arranged between the third terminal and the first terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA, Takanori YOKOI, Motoki YOSHIZAWA
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Publication number: 20230158804Abstract: A storage device includes a storage section including a plurality of walls and storing an object in a space surrounded by the plurality of walls; and a flexible printed substrate including a first electrode provided in a first wall among the plurality of walls, a second electrode provided in a second wall among the plurality of walls, a first wiring coupled to the first electrode, and a second wiring coupled to the second electrode, in which a width of the first wiring in a first direction, which is a direction in which the object decreases in the storage section, is smaller than a width of the first electrode in the first direction, and a width of the second wiring in the first direction is smaller than a width of the second electrode in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA, Takanori YOKOI
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Publication number: 20230158800Abstract: A storage device includes a storage section including a plurality of walls and storing an object in a space surrounded by the plurality of walls; a flexible printed substrate including a first electrode provided in a first wall among the plurality of walls, and a second electrode provided in a second wall among the plurality of walls; and a double-sided tape including a base material, a first adhesive layer formed on a first surface of the base material, and a second adhesive layer formed on a second surface of the base material opposite to the first surface, and adhering the flexible printed substrate to the storage section.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA, Takanori YOKOI
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Publication number: 20230158808Abstract: A storage device includes a storage section including a plurality of walls and storing an object in a space surrounded by the plurality of walls; a first electrode provided in a first portion of a first wall among the plurality of walls; and a second electrode provided in a second portion of a second wall among the plurality of walls, in which the first portion includes a first outer surface on which the first electrode is provided and a first inner surface opposite to the first outer surface, the second portion includes a second outer surface on which the second electrode is provided and a second inner surface opposite to the second outer surface, and the first inner surface of the first portion and the second inner surface of the second portion are subjected to a water-repellent treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA, Takanori YOKOI
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Patent number: 11579559Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a drum cartridge, a developing cartridge including a developing roller and movable between a contact position and a spaced position, a first spacing member configured to move the developing cartridge between the contact position and the spaced position, a first cam configured to move the first spacing member, and a lock member movable between a lock position at which the photoconductive drum is locked to the housing and a lock releasing position at which the lock of the photoconductive drum with respect to the housing is released. The lock member is configured to move from the lock releasing position to the lock position by being pushed by the first spacing member.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Wataru Yamaguchi, Yasuhiro Hosokawa, Yohei Hashimoto
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Patent number: 11526119Abstract: A developing cartridge includes: a developing roller rotatable about an axis extending in a first direction; a casing having a first outer surface and a second outer surface spaced apart from each other in the first direction; a first separation member positioned at the first outer surface; and a second separation member positioned at the second outer surface. The second separation member has a first end portion configured to contact a body-side cam of an image-forming apparatus. In a state where a drum cartridge is attached to an apparatus body of the image-forming apparatus in an attached state of the developing cartridge to the drum cartridge, the first separation member is pressed by a drum cam of the drum cartridge, and the first end portion of the second separation member is pressed by the body-side cam to move the developing roller from a contacting position to a separated position.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shuhei Hatano, Wataru Yamaguchi, Yasuhiro Hosokawa, Nao Itabashi
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Publication number: 20220171323Abstract: A developing cartridge includes: a developing roller rotatable about an axis extending in a first direction; a casing having a first outer surface and a second outer surface spaced apart from each other in the first direction; a first separation member positioned at the first outer surface; and a second separation member positioned at the second outer surface. The second separation member has a first end portion configured to contact a body-side cam of an image-forming apparatus. In a state where a drum cartridge is attached to an apparatus body of the image-forming apparatus in an attached state of the developing cartridge to the drum cartridge, the first separation member is pressed by a drum cam of the drum cartridge, and the first end portion of the second separation member is pressed by the body-side cam to move the developing roller from a contacting position to a separated position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shuhei HATANO, Wataru YAMAGUCHI, Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA, Nao ITABASHI
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Publication number: 20220137547Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a drum cartridge, a developing cartridge including a developing roller and movable between a contact position and a spaced position, a first spacing member configured to move the developing cartridge between the contact position and the spaced position, a first cam configured to move the first spacing member, and a lock member movable between a lock position at which the photoconductive drum is locked to the housing and a lock releasing position at which the lock of the photoconductive drum with respect to the housing is released. The lock member is configured to move from the lock releasing position to the lock position by being pushed by the first spacing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Wataru Yamaguchi, Yasuhiro Hosokawa, Yohei Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20210152717Abstract: To suppress a reduction in yield and to reduce production costs even when a failure has occurred with respect to the alignment and the like of a camera module in a multi-ocular configuration in which a plurality of camera modules is included. An image-capturing apparatus includes a plurality of camera modules; and a support member used to support the plurality of camera modules in a specified positional relationship, the image-capturing apparatus including a first camera module and at least one second camera module as the plurality of camera modules, the first camera module being fixed to the support member, the at least one second camera module being fixed to the support member using an adhesive portion formed of an adhesive that has a property of being released in a specific temperature range.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2019Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: SEIYA TSUZAKI, YASUHIRO HOSOKAWA, YOICHIRO FUJINAGA
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Patent number: 10639885Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes a nozzle, a drive signal generation unit that generates a drive signal for driving a piezoelectric element, and a discharge abnormality detection unit that detects a change of an electromotive force of the piezoelectric element, which is caused by residual vibration in a cavity after the drive signal is supplied. The drive signal generation unit generates a first drive signal for checking whether or not a first discharge abnormality caused by a foreign substance adhering to a surface on which the nozzle opens occurs and a second drive signal for checking whether or not a second discharge abnormality caused by a cause other than the foreign substance occurs. A potential of the first drive signal when the discharge abnormality detection unit performs checking is different from a potential of the second drive signal when the discharge abnormality detection unit performs checking.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Osamu Shinkawa, Yasuhiro Hosokawa, Noriaki Saito
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Patent number: 10603901Abstract: A printer as an example of a liquid discharging apparatus includes a nozzle, a drive signal generation unit that generates a drive signal for driving a piezoelectric element, and a discharge abnormality detection unit that detects a change of an electromotive force of the piezoelectric element, which is caused by residual vibration in a cavity after the drive signal is supplied. The drive signal generation unit generates a first drive signal for checking whether or not a first discharge abnormality caused by a foreign substance adhering to a surface on which the nozzle opens occurs and a second drive signal for checking whether or not a second discharge abnormality caused by a cause other than the foreign substance occurs. The potential change for detecting the first drive signal is greater than the potential change for detecting the second drive signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Osamu Shinkawa, Yasuhiro Hosokawa, Noriaki Saito
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Patent number: 10406805Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes a plurality of dischargers that discharge a liquid, a determination portion that determines discharge states of the liquid in the dischargers, and a controller that controls the plurality of dischargers, in which, in a case in which the determination portion determines that the discharge state of the liquid in one discharger is abnormal, the controller controls the plurality of dischargers so as to cause the liquid to be discharged from another discharger instead of causing the liquid to be discharged from the one discharger until a predetermined time has elapsed since determination, and controls the plurality of dischargers so that a repair operation, which repairs the discharge state of the liquid in the one discharger to normal, is caused to be executed after the predetermined time has elapsed since the determination.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Hosokawa, Toshiyuki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20190263112Abstract: A printer as an example of a liquid discharging apparatus includes a nozzle, a drive signal generation unit that generates a drive signal for driving a piezoelectric element, and a discharge abnormality detection unit that detects a change of an electromotive force of the piezoelectric element, which is caused by residual vibration in a cavity after the drive signal is supplied. The drive signal generation unit generates a first drive signal for checking whether or not a first discharge abnormality caused by a foreign substance adhering to a surface on which the nozzle opens occurs and a second drive signal for checking whether or not a second discharge abnormality caused by a cause other than the foreign substance occurs. The potential change for detecting the first drive signal is greater than the potential change for detecting the second drive signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Osamu SHINKAWA, Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA, Noriaki SAITO