Patents by Inventor Yuhei HAMADA

Yuhei HAMADA 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: 11863719
    Abstract: A scanner includes a reading unit, a reversing unit, a discharge unit, a mounting portion, and a pressing portion. The discharge unit discharges a document that is reversed by the reversing unit. On the mounting portion, the document discharged by the discharge unit is mounted. The pressing portion presses the document toward the mounting portion. The pressing portion has a moving member that is provided and configured to move toward the mounting portion, and an elastic member that applies an elastic force to the moving member so that the moving member comes into contact with the document on the mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Miyagi, Yuhei Hamada, Keita Fuji
  • Patent number: 11724904
    Abstract: A medium-transporting device includes: a medium-support section that has a first mounting surface inclined relative to a horizontal plane; a transport path for transporting a medium; a discharge stacker that is configured to switch between an extended state in which a second mounting surface that is inclined relative to the horizontal plane and that receives the medium discharged along the transport path is formed and a stored state in which the second mounting surface is stored in the medium-transporting device, a control section is configured to perform first control of switching the discharge stacker from the extended state to the stored state after the medium is discharged to the second mounting surface and second control of not switching the discharge stacker from the extended state to the stored state such that the medium remains mounted on the second mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuhei Hamada, Tokujiro Okuno, Noriyuki Koyanagi
  • Publication number: 20230247155
    Abstract: A medium discharge device includes a discharge driven roller that nips the medium between the discharge driven roller and a discharge drive roller and that rotates drivenly and a first discharge aid member and a second discharge aid member that have a larger diameter than the discharge driven roller and that rotate by torque from the discharge driven roller, wherein the second discharge aid member is positioned to the outside of the first discharge aid member in the width direction, and the torque from the discharge driven roller is transmitted to the second discharge aid member via a shaft and an universal joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventor: Yuhei HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230234801
    Abstract: A medium transport apparatus includes a main body that is switchable between a first posture and a second posture and a rotatable route-forming member that forms an exterior of a turning route. The route-forming member couples a first transport route to a second transport route when the main body has the first posture and couples the first transport route to a third transport route when the main body has the second posture. The medium transport apparatus further includes a transport route switching section having a switching member that engages with both the body support and the route-forming member. In response to switching between the first posture and the second posture of the main body, engagement of the switching member with the main-body support changes to rotate the route-forming member and to switch the medium transport route to which the first transport route is coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventor: Yuhei HAMADA
  • Patent number: 11683426
    Abstract: A medium feeding device includes: a medium mounting section onto which a medium to be fed is mounted; a feeding unit that feeds the medium mounted on the medium mounting section; and a supporting member that supports an end in a width direction of the medium mounted on the medium mounting section and that supports the medium at a higher position than the medium mounting section in a direction of loading of the medium, the width direction being a direction crossing a feed direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoichi Shuto, Yoichiro Nishimura, Yuhei Hamada
  • Publication number: 20230094383
    Abstract: A scanner includes a reading unit, a reversing unit, a discharge unit, a mounting portion, and a pressing portion. The discharge unit discharges a document that is reversed by the reversing unit. On the mounting portion, the document discharged by the discharge unit is mounted. The pressing portion presses the document toward the mounting portion. The pressing portion has a moving member that is provided and configured to move toward the mounting portion, and an elastic member that applies an elastic force to the moving member so that the moving member comes into contact with the document on the mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yohei MIYAGI, Yuhei HAMADA, Keita FUJI
  • Publication number: 20220073305
    Abstract: A medium-transporting device includes: a medium-support section that has a first mounting surface inclined relative to a horizontal plane; a transport path for transporting a medium; a discharge stacker that is configured to switch between an extended state in which a second mounting surface that is inclined relative to the horizontal plane and that receives the medium discharged along the transport path is formed and a stored state in which the second mounting surface is stored in the medium-transporting device, a control section is configured to perform first control of switching the discharge stacker from the extended state to the stored state after the medium is discharged to the second mounting surface and second control of not switching the discharge stacker from the extended state to the stored state such that the medium remains mounted on the second mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Yuhei HAMADA, Tokujiro OKUNO, Noriyuki KOYANAGI
  • Publication number: 20220070320
    Abstract: A medium feeding device includes: a medium mounting section onto which a medium to be fed is mounted; a feeding unit that feeds the medium mounted on the medium mounting section; and a supporting member that supports an end in a width direction of the medium mounted on the medium mounting section and that supports the medium at a higher position than the medium mounting section in a direction of loading of the medium, the width direction being a direction crossing a feed direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Ryoichi SHUTO, Yoichiro NISHIMURA, Yuhei HAMADA