Patents by Inventor Yasuo Nishikawa

Yasuo Nishikawa 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: 11953004
    Abstract: A compressor includes a casing, a housing inside the casing, and first and second welds. The casing includes a tubular barrel casing and an end casing. The first weld welds the barrel casing and the housing together. The second weld welds the barrel casing and the end casing together along a circumferential direction. The second weld includes a repeatedly welded portion formed by one end portion and an other end portion of the second weld overlapping each other, or the second weld includes a plurality of second welds each including a repeatedly welded portion formed by an end portion of the second weld and an end portion of an other one of the second welds overlapping each other. The repeatedly welded portion are formed to reduce deformation of the barrel casing. The repeatedly welded portion and the first weld are aligned along an axial direction of the barrel casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sayumi Nishikawa, Yasuo Mizushima, Yoshitomo Tsuka, Yukiko Maejima
  • Patent number: 11943403
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyor, a print engine, and a processing device. The conveyor is configured to convey a print medium in a conveyance direction. The print engine includes a print head, and a platen configured to support the print medium conveyed by the conveyor. The print engine is configured to perform image printing on the print medium supported by the platen while moving the print head in a first direction intersecting the conveyance direction. The processing device has a processing unit removably attached thereto. The processing device is configured to perform a processing process to divide the print medium conveyed by the conveyor into a plurality of media. The processing unit has an identification section for identifying a type of the processing process executable by the processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuo Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20240092099
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printing part having an installment part in which a cartridge usable for printing an image is installable, the printing part being configured to print the image on a print medium and configured to move to an exchange position in a scanning direction; and a processing unit having a processing part configured to move while making contact with the print medium, which has the image printed thereon by the printing part, to thereby perform a processing of the print medium, at least a part of the processing unit being positioned at a standby position which is shifted in the scanning direction with respect to the exchange position in a case that the cartridge is installed or detached with respect to the printing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Kosuke INUZUKA, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Yoshimitsu TANIGUCHI, Yasuo NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240092100
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: a housing including a wall with an opening; a mounting section configured to allow a cartridge to be mounted through the opening; a head with a nozzle to eject a liquid; a processing unit including a processing section configured to process a print medium; and a head carriage holding the mounting section and the head. The processing unit is located upstream of the head carriage in a conveyance direction of the print medium, the conveyance direction being a direction in which the print medium passes through a support facing the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuo NISHIKAWA, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Kosuke INUZUKA, Yoshimitsu TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240092102
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: a casing, an opening/closing part, a printing part, a processing unit and a shielding part. The casing has an opening. The opening/closing part is movable to a first position to a second position. The printing part has an installment part and prints an image on a print medium. The processing unit is arranged on a downstream side in a conveyance direction, of the print medium, with respect to the printing part and processes the print medium. The shielding part shields at least a part of the processing unit. When the opening/closing part is at the second position, the opening is capable of releasing a location above the installment part or a part, of the installment part. When the opening/closing part is at the second position, the shielding part shields at least the part of the processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Yasuo NISHIKAWA, Yoshimitsu TANIGUCHI, Kosuke INUZUKA
  • Publication number: 20240066896
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a container which accommodates a print medium; a conveyor which has a first conveying route and which conveys the print medium from the container in a conveying direction along the first conveying route; a printing unit which prints an image on the print medium conveyed in the first conveying route; and a dividing unit which performs a dividing processing with respect to the print medium conveyed in the first conveying route. The conveyor is provided with a second conveying route which is branched from the first conveying route at a branching part and in which the print medium having the image printed thereon by the printing unit is conveyed, the printing unit and the dividing unit are positioned above the container; and the dividing unit and the branching part are positioned on an upstream side in the conveying direction with respect to the printing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Yasuo NISHIKAWA, Yoshimitsu TANIGUCHI, Kosuke INUZUKA
  • Patent number: 11890695
    Abstract: A laser marker includes: a base including: a first guide portion; and a restriction part; a laser oscillator configured to emit laser light, the laser oscillator being removably mounted to the base by sliding in a mounting direction with being placed on the base, the laser oscillator including: a second guide portion extending in the mounting direction, the second guide portion being configured to be engaged with the first guide portion; a contact part configured to be in contact with the restriction part in a case the laser oscillator is mounted to the base; and an expander; and a scanner having an insertion part, the expander being inserted into the insertion part in a case the laser oscillator is mounted to the scanner, and the scanner being configured to scan the laser light emitted from the laser oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakashima, Yasuo Nishikawa, Kosuke Ushiroda
  • Patent number: 11840066
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes an operation panel, a sheet conveyor, a print head, a cutting device, and a sheet discharge port. The operation panel is disposed at a first-side face of a housing in a particular direction that extends from a first side to a second side of the image recording apparatus. The sheet conveyor is configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path in a conveyance direction. The print head is disposed downstream of the sheet conveyor in the conveyance direction. The cutting device has a cutter for cutting the sheet. The sheet discharge port is open at the first-side face of the housing. At least a part of the sheet passes through the sheet discharge port when the sheet is discharged from the conveyance path. The cutter positioned below the operation panel is exposed to an outside of the housing through the sheet discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuo Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11838463
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a conveyor; an image recording device configured to record an image on a printing medium conveyed in a conveyance direction by the conveyor; a divider provided downstream of the image recording device in the conveyance direction and configured to divide the printing medium; a detector provided upstream of the divider in the conveyance direction and configured to detect a trailing end portion of the printing medium; and a controller causing the printing apparatus to: calculate a dividing position of the printing medium based on a length of the printing medium that is grasped by detecting the trailing end portion by the detector; convey the printing medium in a reverse direction by the conveyor to move the dividing position to a position of the divider; and divide the printing medium at the dividing position by the divider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuo Nishikawa, Takuya Tsuji, Hiroaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230388429
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyor, a print engine, and a processing device. The conveyor is configured to convey a print medium in a conveyance direction. The print engine includes a print head, and a platen configured to support the print medium conveyed by the conveyor. The print engine is configured to perform image printing on the print medium supported by the platen while moving the print head in a first direction intersecting the conveyance direction. The processing device has a processing unit removably attached thereto. The processing device is configured to perform a processing process to divide the print medium conveyed by the conveyor into a plurality of media. The processing unit has an identification section for identifying a type of the processing process executable by the processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventor: Yasuo NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230294425
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a liquid storage part; a conveying unit; an image recording unit including a platen; a cutting unit; and a controller, wherein the controller cuts a recording medium by moving the cutting unit to an outer side of the platen in a scanning direction intersecting a conveying direction of the recording medium, wherein, on the outer side of the platen in the scanning direction, a standby position for the cutting unit to stand by is arranged adjacent to the liquid storage part in a front-rear direction of the printing apparatus, and wherein at least a part of the cutting unit at the standby position is disposed such that a position thereof in a width direction of the printing apparatus overlaps the liquid storage part in a plan view of the printing apparatus as viewed from front.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya Tsuji, Yasuo Nishikawa, Hiroaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230106292
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a recording unit, first and second rollers, a guide member, and a cutting unit. The recording unit performs image recording on a sheet conveyed in a conveying direction on a first conveyance path. The first roller is located further downstream than the recording unit in the first conveyance path. The second roller is located further downstream than the first roller in the first conveyance path. The guide member has a guide surface that forms a second conveyance path extending from a connection position of the first conveyance path between the first roller and the second roller. The cutting unit is located between the connection position and the second roller, cuts a sheet, and has a cutter. The guide member changes in posture between a first posture for forming the second conveyance path and a second posture for opening the second conveyance path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuo NISHIKAWA, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Takuya TSUJI, Kosuke INUZUKA, Yoshimitsu TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230101267
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes an operation panel, a sheet conveyor, a print head, a cutting device, and a sheet discharge port. The operation panel is disposed at a first-side face of a housing in a particular direction that extends from a first side to a second side of the image recording apparatus. The sheet conveyor is configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path in a conveyance direction. The print head is disposed downstream of the sheet conveyor in the conveyance direction. The cutting device has a cutter for cutting the sheet. The sheet discharge port is open at the first-side face of the housing. At least a part of the sheet passes through the sheet discharge port when the sheet is discharged from the conveyance path. The cutter positioned below the operation panel is exposed to an outside of the housing through the sheet discharge port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuo NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230094327
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a housing, an operation panel, a sheet conveyor, a recording device, and a cutting device. The operation panel is disposed at a first-side face of the housing in a first direction. The first direction is orthogonal to a vertical direction and extends from a first side to a second side of the image recording apparatus. In the first direction, the cutting device is closer to the first side of the image recording apparatus than the recording device is and closer to the second side of the image recording apparatus than the operation panel is. The cutting device includes a cutter, and a cutter carriage to move with the cutter mounted thereon along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and the vertical direction. The operation panel overlaps a movable area of the cutter carriage when viewed in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuo NISHIKAWA, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Takuya TSUJI, Yoshimitsu TANIGUCHI, Kosuke INUZUKA
  • Patent number: 11503722
    Abstract: An enclosure for a power supply circuit board includes a plurality of sheet metal members combined to accommodate a power supply circuit board. The plurality of sheet metal members includes a first sheet metal member. The first sheet metal member includes a main plate having a flat plate shape, and an inner extension connected to the main plate through a bent portion located at an end of the main plate. The inner extension includes a circuit board support for supporting the power supply circuit board. The circuit board support faces the main plate and is separated from the main plate in a direction perpendicular to the main plate. The circuit board support is located within an inner space surrounded by the plurality of sheet metal members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuo Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220247882
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a conveyor; an image recording device configured to record an image on a printing medium conveyed in a conveyance direction by the conveyor; a divider provided downstream of the image recording device in the conveyance direction and configured to divide the printing medium; a detector provided upstream of the divider in the conveyance direction and configured to detect a trailing end portion of the printing medium; and a controller causing the printing apparatus to: calculate a dividing position of the printing medium based on a length of the printing medium that is grasped by detecting the trailing end portion by the detector; convey the printing medium in a reverse direction by the conveyor to move the dividing position to a position of the divider; and divide the printing medium at the dividing position by the divider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuo NISHIKAWA, Takuya TSUJI, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220203691
    Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head having a nozzle surface with a plurality of nozzles, a conductive member configured to face the nozzle surface, a cap having a recess in which the conductive member is accommodated, a substrate including a signal output circuit, a controller configured to determine an ejection state of a nozzle based on a signal output from the signal output circuit, a waste liquid tank having an inlet, and a discharge mechanism configured to discharge liquid from the cap through the inlet into the waste liquid ink. The substrate is disposed above the inlet of the waste liquid tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasuo NISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11364567
    Abstract: A laser machining apparatus includes: a laser beam emission device; a guide beam emission device; a scanner; a processor; and a memory. The memory stores a set of computer-readable instructions therein. The set of computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causes the laser machining apparatus to perform: acquiring workpiece contour information specifying a contour of the workpiece; extracting a plurality of feature points from the workpiece contour information, each of the plurality of feature points being on the contour of the workpiece; generating a guide pattern indicating a setup position of the workpiece according to the plurality of feature points; and drawing the guide pattern with the guide beam by controlling the guide beam emission device and the scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuo Nishikawa, Koki Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20210205921
    Abstract: A laser marker includes: a base including: a first guide portion; and a restriction part; a laser oscillator configured to emit laser light, the laser oscillator being removably mounted to the base by sliding in a mounting direction with being placed on the base, the laser oscillator including: a second guide portion extending in the mounting direction, the second guide portion being configured to be engaged with the first guide portion; a contact part configured to be in contact with the restriction part in a case the laser oscillator is mounted to the base; and an expander; and a scanner having an insertion part, the expander being inserted into the insertion part in a case the laser oscillator is mounted to the scanner, and the scanner being configured to scan the laser light emitted from the laser oscillator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NAKASHIMA, Yasuo NISHIKAWA, Kosuke USHIRODA
  • Publication number: 20210100111
    Abstract: An enclosure for a power supply circuit board includes a plurality of sheet metal members combined to accommodate a power supply circuit board. The plurality of sheet metal members includes a first sheet metal member. The first sheet metal member includes a main plate having a flat plate shape, and an inner extension connected to the main plate through a bent portion located at an end of the main plate. The inner extension includes a circuit board support for supporting the power supply circuit board. The circuit board support faces the main plate and is separated from the main plate in a direction perpendicular to the main plate. The circuit board support is located within an inner space surrounded by the plurality of sheet metal members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventor: Yasuo NISHIKAWA