Patents by Inventor Yuka Shimizu

Yuka Shimizu 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: 20230328185
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a reading unit reading a medium transported through a medium transportation path and a pair of frames supporting the reading unit. The pair of frames includes a first frame and a second frame that is disposed with an interval provided between the first frame and the second frame in the width direction, at least one of the first frame and the second frame is provided with an opening portion penetrable by the reading unit, and the first frame and the second frame support the reading unit penetrating, via the opening portion, the first frame and the second frame while being disposed between the first frame and the second frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Yuka SHIMIZU, Shintaro MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230311542
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording path passing a recorder performing recording by ejecting liquid onto a medium; a feeding path through which the medium is fed to the recording path; a discharge path through which the medium after recording performed thereon by the recorder is discharged; a reading path extending through a reader reading an image, provided independently of the recording path, the feeding path, and the discharge path and to which the medium with a recorded image being used to check a state of liquid ejection of the recorder recorded thereon is fed; and a switching portion switching between a first state in which a feeding direction of the medium after recording performed thereon by the recorder is set to a direction toward the reading path and a second state in which the feeding direction is set to a direction other than the direction toward the reading path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Morio IWATA, Yuka SHIMIZU, Shumi KARASAWA, Satoshi YOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20230311541
    Abstract: A recording device includes an ejecting head ejecting ink onto a medium, a first ink absorber disposed at a position facing the ejecting head and absorbing waste ink, among the ink, ejected to a position beyond an edge during borderless recording, a platen configured to supports the first ink absorber, and support the medium during the borderless recording, a first waste ink tray including a first discharge port discharging the waste ink, the first waste ink tray receiving the waste ink flowing out from the first ink absorber, and a discharge mechanism discharging, from the first discharge port, the waste ink received by the first waste ink tray, wherein the first waste ink tray includes a plurality of inclined regions inclined to guide the waste ink to the first discharge port, and each of the plurality of inclined regions has a different inclination direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Morio IWATA, Shumi KARASAWA, Kazuo SAITO, Yuka SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11283950
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit and a document reading unit. The recording unit includes a shaft, and the document reading unit includes a groove forming member. In the groove, an elastically deformable portion configured to make the width of the groove narrower than a maximum diameter of the shaft The shaft has a shape in which a radial dimension changes along a circumferential direction and is provided so as to rotate, and when the elastically deformable portion passes through the shaft in the process of opening the document reading unit from the closed state, the rotation of the shaft is regulated such that the radial dimension of the shaft with respect to the width of the groove is equal to or less than a first dimension smaller than the maximum dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shintaro Miyamoto, Sho Aruga, Yuka Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20210029261
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit and a document reading unit. The recording unit includes a shaft, and the document reading unit includes a groove forming member. In the groove, an elastically deformable portion configured to make the width of the groove narrower than a maximum diameter of the shaft The shaft has a shape in which a radial dimension changes along a circumferential direction and is provided so as to rotate, and when the elastically deformable portion passes through the shaft in the process of opening the document reading unit from the closed state, the rotation of the shaft is regulated such that the radial dimension of the shaft with respect to the width of the groove is equal to or less than a first dimension smaller than the maximum dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Shintaro MIYAMOTO, Sho ARUGA, Yuka SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 7410059
    Abstract: An article packaging body including an article containing plate which has a plurality of recesses configured to receive articles. A cover plate connected to the article containing plate, and a gripping plate extending from either one of the article containing plate and the cover plate. Additionally, the gripping plate may be provided with a plurality of grips configured to hold corresponding articles at a distal end, the grips configured to be individually separable from each other. Further, the gripping plate is configured to be folded onto the article containing plate such that the articles are received in corresponding recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Nakatsu, Noriko Himeda, Futoshi Tada, Jiro Okamoto, Naoko Maeda, Yuka Shimizu, Masaya Fujimura, Shinsuke Tanioku
  • Publication number: 20050103680
    Abstract: An article packaging body is formed from a sheet of hard material so as to comprise an article containing plate part having a plurality of containing recesses for containing articles, a cover plate part connected with the article containing plate part, and a gripping piece forming plate part formed by extending from the article containing plate part and/or the cover plate part via a folding line. A plurality of gripping pieces is formed in the gripping piece forming plate part so as to be separable individually and to hold an article at the tip end of each of the gripping pieces. The gripping piece forming plate part is folded onto the article containing plate part such that the articles are placed in the respective containing recesses, and the cover plate part is openably closed so as to sandwich the gripping piece forming plate part between the cover plate part and the article containing plate part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Kenichi Nakatsu, Noriko Himeda, Futoshi Tada, Jiro Okamoto, Naoko Maeda, Yuka Shimizu, Masaya Fujimura, Shinsuke Tanioku
  • Patent number: PP34277
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘CMT 010’, characterized by its relatively compact and uniformly mounding plant habit; freely branching habit; strong and sturdy stems; freely flowering habit; large and dense intermediate lacecap-type inflorescences with numerous double-type sterile flowers that are white in color; and good post-production longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SHIMANE PREFECTURE
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mekada, Hiroko Inamura, Tetsuya Kako, Yuka Shimizu
  • Patent number: PP34328
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘FRCK 003 S 9’, characterized by its relatively compact and uniformly mounding plant habit; freely branching habit; strong and sturdy stems; freely flowering habit; large and dense mophead inflorescences with numerous double-type sterile flowers that can be “blued”; and good post-production longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SHIMANE PREFECTURE
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mekada, Hiroko Inamura, Tetsuya Kako, Yuka Shimizu
  • Patent number: PP34329
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘FRCK 003 S 123’, characterized by its relatively compact and uniformly mounding plant habit; freely branching habit; strong and sturdy stems; freely flowering habit; large and dense intermediate lacecap-type inflorescences with numerous double-type sterile flowers that can be “blued”; and good post-production longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SHIMANE PREFECTURE
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mekada, Hiroko Inamura, Tetsuya Kako, Yuka Shimizu