Patents by Inventor Yoshinari Takabatake

Yoshinari Takabatake 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: 11370239
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuji Yada, Yoshinari Takabatake, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Tatsuya Oguchi, Masahiro Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20200189299
    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: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Yuji YADA, Yoshinari TAKABATAKE, Tetsuhiro ISHIKAWA, Tatsuya OGUCHI, Masahiro TSUCHIYA
  • Patent number: 10556454
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuji Yada, Yoshinari Takabatake, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Tatsuya Oguchi, Masahiro Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 10252553
    Abstract: A printer including: a housing; a rotating member that is rotatably fixed to the housing; a fixing part that is formed on the housing, and rotatably supports a rotary shaft of the rotating member; wherein one of the fixing part and the rotating member includes a projection formed around the rotary shaft and capable of contacting the other of the fixing part and the rotating member, the other of the fixing part and the rotating member includes a recess that is formed around the rotary shaft and does not contact the projection, a flat part that is formed around the rotary shaft and allows the rotation of the rotating member while contacting the projection, and a regulating part that is formed around the rotary shaft, contacts the projection and regulates the rotation of the rotating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Yoshinari Takabatake
  • Patent number: 10059133
    Abstract: A printer includes a printer body and a lid. The printer body includes a recording paper holder configured to accommodate a roll of recording paper and a projection provided on a bottom surface of the recording paper holder that contacts the recording paper. The lid is attached to the printer body to be opened and closed relative to the printer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENTS LIMITED
    Inventors: Masafumi Chiba, Sumio Watanabe, Yoshinari Takabatake
  • Publication number: 20180229521
    Abstract: A printer including: a housing; a rotating member that is rotatably fixed to the housing; a fixing part that is formed on the housing, and rotatably supports a rotary shaft of the rotating member; wherein one of the fixing part and the rotating member includes a projection formed around the rotary shaft and capable of contacting the other of the fixing part and the rotating member, the other of the fixing part and the rotating member includes a recess that is formed around the rotary shaft and does not contact the projection, a flat part that is formed around the rotary shaft and allows the rotation of the rotating member while contacting the projection, and a regulating part that is formed around the rotary shaft, contacts the projection and regulates the rotation of the rotating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventor: Yoshinari Takabatake
  • Patent number: 10040303
    Abstract: A printer includes a printer body including a holder configured to house rolled recording paper, a cover configured to open and close the holder, a coupling mechanism that couples the cover to the printer body, and a detachment preventing mechanism configured to prevent the cover from being detached from the printer body. The coupling mechanism includes shafts formed on one of side plates of the cover and inner walls of the printer body, and shaft holes formed in another one of the side plates and the inner walls and configured to receive the shafts; and the detachment preventing mechanism includes a stopper that is disposed such that ends of the stopper contact inner surfaces of the side plates and configured to support the side plates and prevent the side plates from falling when a load is applied to the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshinari Takabatake, Sumio Watanabe, Masahiro Tsuchiya, Yuji Yada
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20180043713
    Abstract: A printer includes a printer body including a holder configured to house rolled recording paper, a cover configured to open and close the holder, a coupling mechanism that couples the cover to the printer body, and a detachment preventing mechanism configured to prevent the cover from being detached from the printer body. The coupling mechanism includes shafts formed on one of side plates of the cover and inner walls of the printer body, and shaft holes formed in another one of the side plates and the inner walls and configured to receive the shafts; and the detachment preventing mechanism includes a stopper that is disposed such that ends of the stopper contact inner surfaces of the side plates and configured to support the side plates and prevent the side plates from falling when a load is applied to the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshinari TAKABATAKE, Sumio WATANABE, Masahiro TSUCHIYA, Yuji YADA
  • Patent number: 9782991
    Abstract: A printer includes a printer body, a lid, a lock, a lock lever, and an open lever. The lid is attached to the printer body to be opened and closed. The lock locks a platen roller attached to one of the printer body and the lid. The lock lever unlocks the locked platen roller. The open lever is so provided on the lid as to slide. The open lever slides to press the lock lever to open the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Masafumi Chiba, Sumio Watanabe, Yoshinari Takabatake
  • Publication number: 20170259594
    Abstract: A printer includes a printer body and a lid. The printer body includes a recording paper holder configured to accommodate a roll of recording paper and a projection provided on a bottom surface of the recording paper holder that contacts the recording paper. The lid is attached to the printer body to be opened and closed relative to the printer body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Masafumi CHIBA, Sumio WATANABE, Yoshinari TAKABATAKE
  • Publication number: 20170210154
    Abstract: A printer includes a printer body, a lid, a lock, a lock lever, and an open lever. The lid is attached to the printer body to be opened and closed. The lock locks a platen roller attached to one of the printer body and the lid. The lock lever unlocks the locked platen roller. The open lever is so provided on the lid as to slide. The open lever slides to press the lock lever to open the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Masafumi CHIBA, Sumio WATANABE, Yoshinari TAKABATAKE
  • Patent number: 9676211
    Abstract: A printer includes a fixed blade and a movable blade that cut recording paper subjected to printing by a print head, and a movable blade slider including a projecting part provided on a surface of the movable blade slider. The movable blade is provided on the movable blade slider with the projecting part of the movable blade slider entering an opening provided in the movable blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshinari Takabatake, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori
  • Patent number: 9610786
    Abstract: A printer includes a printing part that performs printing on recording paper, a cutter that cuts the recording paper, a first roller provided on the side to which the recording paper is discharged from the cutter, a second roller that is in contact with the first roller and is rotated by the rotation of the first roller, a third roller that is in contact with the first roller and is rotated by the rotation of the first roller, and a connecting arm that connects the center of the first roller and the center of the second roller, wherein the recording paper is discharged between the first roller and the second roller or between the first roller and the third roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori, Masaru Kihara, Masahiro Tsuchiya, Yoshinari Takabatake, Toshio Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20160279977
    Abstract: A printer includes a printing part that performs printing on recording paper, a cutter that cuts the recording paper, a first roller provided on the side to which the recording paper is discharged from the cutter, a second roller that is in contact with the first roller and is rotated by the rotation of the first roller, a third roller that is in contact with the first roller and is rotated by the rotation of the first roller, and a connecting arm that connects the center of the first roller and the center of the second roller, wherein the recording paper is discharged between the first roller and the second roller or between the first roller and the third roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro ISHIKAWA, Sumio WATANABE, Yukihiro MORI, Masaru KIHARA, Masahiro TSUCHIYA, Yoshinari TAKABATAKE, Toshio YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9427984
    Abstract: A printer includes a main body case in which a sheet roll is installed, a sheet discharge port from which a printed sheet of paper is discharged, an opening/closing cover that opens and closes with respect to the main body case, a cutter that is attached to the opening/closing cover and configured to cut the printed sheet of paper from the sheet roll, and a cutter protection mechanism configured to move in correspondence with an opening movement or a closing movement of the opening/closing cover. The cutter protection mechanism is configured to expose the cutter at the sheet discharge port when the opening/closing cover is in a closed state and conceal the cutter when the opening/closing cover is in an open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Matsuya, Yoshinari Takabatake
  • Patent number: 9393816
    Abstract: A printer includes a print head that prints information on a recording medium, a fixed blade, a sliding mechanism that is slidable relative to the fixed blade, a movable blade that moves according to the sliding movement of the sliding mechanism, and a cutter driving part that causes the sliding mechanism to slide to move the movable blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshinari Takabatake, Masahiro Tsuchiya, Yukihiro Mori, Sumio Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9387705
    Abstract: A printer includes a printing part that performs printing on recording paper, a cutter that cuts the recording paper, a first roller provided on the side to which the recording paper is discharged from the cutter, a second roller that is in contact with the first roller and is rotated by the rotation of the first roller, a third roller that is in contact with the first roller and is rotated by the rotation of the first roller, and a connecting arm that connects the center of the first roller and the center of the second roller, wherein the recording paper is discharged between the first roller and the second roller or between the first roller and the third roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori, Masaru Kihara, Masahiro Tsuchiya, Yoshinari Takabatake, Toshio Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9296220
    Abstract: A printer apparatus includes a platen roller, a printer head for performing a printing on a recording paper provided between the printer head and the platen roller, a recording paper guide mounted to a part of a front surface of the printer head to guide the recording paper, and a spring positioned on a rear surface of the printer head to exert force toward the platen roller. The spring causes the printer head and the recording paper guide to move together toward a position in which the platen roller is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshinari Takabatake, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori
  • Patent number: 9296227
    Abstract: A printer includes a printer body including a print head, a lid, a cutter that cuts recording paper, and fixed and movable blade units. The lid is connected to and is opened and closed relative to the printer body. The fixed blade unit is provided in the printer body and includes a fixed blade of the cutter. The movable blade unit is provided on the lid and includes a movable blade of the cutter. A first projection is formed at a first end of the fixed blade unit and a first groove is formed at a first end of the movable blade unit. A second groove is formed at a second end of the fixed blade unit and a second projection is formed at a second end of the movable blade unit. The first and second projections are inside the first and second grooves, respectively, when the lid is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshinari Takabatake, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori