Patents by Inventor Yusuke IKEMOTO
Yusuke IKEMOTO 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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CUTTING DEVICE INCLUDING CUTTING BLADE AND CUTTING LEVER WHOSE ROTATION CAUSES CUTTING BLADE TO MOVE
Publication number: 20250083461Abstract: A cutting device includes a support plate, a shaft, a cutting blade, and a cutter lever. The cutting blade is movable between a cutting position and a retracted position. The cutter lever is supported by the shaft so as to be rotatable about the shaft between a normal position and an operated position. The cutter lever includes a first wall, an insertion part, and a first rib. The first wall faces the support plate in an axial direction. The shaft is inserted in the insertion part. The insertion part protrudes from the first wall in a first direction. The insertion part has a first end portion in contact with the support plate. The first rib protrudes from the first wall in the first direction. The first rib has a first surface. The first surface is in contact with the support plate when the cutter lever is in the normal position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Inventors: Yusuke IKEMOTO, Tomohiro WADA -
Patent number: 12145384Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a first frame; a second frame fixed to the first frame, the second frame having an accommodation space configured to accommodates a roll, the roll having a printing medium rolled thereon; a pair of support parts supported on the second frame, the pair of support parts being configured to support end faces of the roll in a first direction, at least one of the pair of support parts being supported on the second frame so as to be movable in the first direction; a guide member provided on the first frame; and contact portions provided to the support parts, the contact portions being configured to slide while being in contact with the guide member.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sho Asai, Yushi Kato, Shotaro Watanabe, Yusuke Ikemoto, Takehiko Inaba
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Publication number: 20240326470Abstract: A printing device includes: a printing engine; a controller; an input interface through which a user can input an instruction into the controller; and a housing accommodating therein the printing engine and the controller. The printing engine is configured to perform printing on a printing medium. The controller is configured to control drive of the printing engine. The housing includes: a first attachment portion to which one end of an accessory for the user to hold the printing device is attachable; and a second attachment portion to which another end of the accessory is attachable. The housing has: a front surface on which the input interface is provided; a rear surface opposing the rear surface; and a peripheral surface connecting the front surface and the rear surface to each other. The first attachment portion and the second attachment portion are provided on the peripheral surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Tetsuro MURAMATSU, Toshiyuki FURUYAMA, Sho ASAI, Atsuo HIROSE, Tomohiro WADA, Yusuke IKEMOTO
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Publication number: 20240326491Abstract: In a housing of a printing device, a second wall is arranged to oppose a first wall in a first direction and has an opening. An engaged part is provided at a third wall. A removable cover is detachably attached to the housing and includes: a first portion; and a second portion. The first portion covers the opening. The second portion has a first engaging part including a first sliding part. The first sliding part is movable between a first position and a second position and has a pawl. When the first sliding part is in the first position, the pawl is aligned with the engaged part in the first direction and is in contact with the engaged part. When the first sliding part is in the second position, the pawl is positioned away from the engaged part and is not aligned with the engaged part in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Sho ASAI, Toshiyuki FURUYAMA, Atsuo HIROSE, Yusuke IKEMOTO, Tomohiro WADA, Tetsuro MURAMATSU
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Publication number: 20240326492Abstract: A printing device includes a printing head, a housing, a cover, and a guide channel. The housing accommodates therein the printing head. The housing includes a bottom wall formed with a communication hole through which liquid that has entered the housing is to be discharged to an outside of the housing. The cover covers the communication hole in the bottom wall. The guide channel is positioned between the bottom wall and the cover and extends along the bottom wall. The guide channel is in communication with the communication hole and is configured to guide the liquid discharged through the communication hole toward an outside of the printing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Tomohiro WADA, Yusuke IKEMOTO
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Patent number: 11904611Abstract: A printing device includes a frame, and an electronic circuit-board unit attached to the frame. The electronic circuit-board unit includes: a holder including a holding portion; a first substrate held to a first surface of the holder; a second substrate held to a second surface of the holder and attached to the frame; an electronic component; and a harness electrically connected to the electronic component. The holder has: a first region overlapped with the first substrate in a plan view; and a second region offset from the first region in the plan view. At least one of the electronic component and the harness is held by the holding portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Ikemoto, Yushi Kato, Sho Asai, Shotaro Watanabe, Takehiko Inaba
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Patent number: 11890869Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a main body having an accommodation part accommodating a printing medium; and an opening/closing cover supported by the main body so as to be swingable between a closed position and an opened position, a first unit and a second unit being selectively installable to the opening/closing cover, the first unit being configured to rotatably support a first platen roller, the second unit being configured to rotatably support a second platen roller, the opening/closing cover including a cover guide, the opening/closing cover having a discharge port discharging the guided printing medium. The first unit has a partition wall superposed to cover the cover guide and partitioning a space into the first platen roller-side and the discharge port-side in a case the first unit is installed to the opening/closing cover.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yushi Kato, Sho Asai, Shotaro Watanabe, Yusuke Ikemoto, Takehiko Inaba
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Patent number: 11712912Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a print head; a main body having an accommodation part accommodating a printing medium; an opening/closing cover supported by the main body to be swingable between a closed position and an opened position, the opening/closing cover covering the accommodation part in a case the opening/closing cover is in the opened position, the opening/closing cover opening the accommodation part in a case the opening/closing cover is in the opened position; a support member provided to the opening/closing cover; and a platen holder provided to the support member and configured to rotatably support a platen roller, the platen roller being configured to convey the printing medium at a position facing the print head in the case the opening/closing cover is in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Yushi Kato, Sho Asai, Yusuke Ikemoto, Takehiko Inaba
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Patent number: 11660890Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a housing having a discharge port through which a printing medium being allowed to be discharged; an installation part to which a unit being removably installable to the installation part, the unit being configured to surround at least a part of the discharge port in a case the unit is installed, the unit being configured to perform specific processing on the printing medium; and a lid member removably installed to the installation part, the lid member being installable to the installation part in a case the unit is not installed to the installation part.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Ikemoto, Yushi Kato, Sho Asai, Shotaro Watanabe, Takehiko Inaba
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Patent number: 11502526Abstract: There is provided a battery charger configured to charge a battery including a battery terminal. The battery charger includes a receiving portion in a form of a recess, and a charging terminal provided in the receiving portion. The battery is attachable to and detachable from the receiving portion. The receiving portion includes a holding portion configured to selectively hold the battery in the receiving portion at one of a first posture and a second posture different from the first posture. When the battery is in the first posture, the battery terminal is in contact with the charging terminal to allow the battery to be charged. When the battery is in the second posture, the battery terminal is separated from the charging terminal.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sho Asai, Atsuo Hirose, Yuki Nagashima, Ryuichi Kanda, Hitoshi Sanada, Yusuke Ikemoto, Shotaro Watanabe
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Publication number: 20220324228Abstract: A printing device includes a frame, and an electronic circuit-board unit attached to the frame. The electronic circuit-board unit includes: a holder including a holding portion; a first substrate held to a first surface of the holder; a second substrate held to a second surface of the holder and attached to the frame; an electronic component; and a harness electrically connected to the electronic component. The holder has: a first region overlapped with the first substrate in a plan view; and a second region offset from the first region in the plan view. At least one of the electronic component and the harness is held by the holding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Yusuke IKEMOTO, Yushi KATO, Sho ASAI, Shotaro WATANABE, Takehiko INABA
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Publication number: 20220203731Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a housing having a discharge port through which a printing medium being allowed to be discharged; an installation part to which a unit being removably installable to the installation part, the unit being configured to surround at least a part of the discharge port in a case the unit is installed, the unit being configured to perform specific processing on the printing medium; and a lid member removably installed to the installation part, the lid member being installable to the installation part in a case the unit is not installed to the installation part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Yusuke Ikemoto, Yushi Kato, Sho Asai, Shotaro Watanabe, Takehiko Inaba
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Publication number: 20220203724Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a main body having an accommodation part accommodating a printing medium; and an opening/closing cover supported by the main body so as to be swingable between a closed position and an opened position, a first unit and a second unit being selectively installable to the opening/closing cover, the first unit being configured to rotatably support a first platen roller, the second unit being configured to rotatably support a second platen roller, the opening/closing cover including a cover guide, the opening/closing cover having a discharge port discharging the guided printing medium. The first unit has a partition wall superposed to cover the cover guide and partitioning a space into the first platen roller-side and the discharge port-side in a case the first unit is installed to the opening/closing cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Yushi Kato, Sho Asai, Shotaro Watanabe, Yusuke Ikemoto, Takehiko Inaba
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Publication number: 20220203706Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a first frame; a second frame fixed to the first frame, the second frame having an accommodation space configured to accommodates a roll, the roll having a printing medium rolled thereon; a pair of support parts supported on the second frame, the pair of support parts being configured to support end faces of the roll in a first direction, at least one of the pair of support parts being supported on the second frame so as to be movable in the first direction; a guide member provided on the first frame; and contact portions provided to the support parts, the contact portions being configured to slide while being in contact with the guide member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Sho Asai, Yushi Kato, Shotaro Watanabe, Yusuke Ikemoto, Takehiko Inaba
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Publication number: 20220203723Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a print head; a main body having an accommodation part accommodating a printing medium; an opening/closing cover supported by the main body to be swingable between a closed position and an opened position, the opening/closing cover covering the accommodation part in a case the opening/closing cover is in the opened position, the opening/closing cover opening the accommodation part in a case the opening/closing cover is in the opened position; a support member provided to the opening/closing cover; and a platen holder provided to the support member and configured to rotatably support a platen roller, the platen roller being configured to convey the printing medium at a position facing the print head in the case the opening/closing cover is in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Yushi Kato, Sho Asai, Yusuke Ikemoto, Takehiko Inaba
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Patent number: 10850542Abstract: A printing apparatus having a body, a cover, a pair of supporting parts, a locking member, and an engaging portion, is provided. At least one of the pair of supporting parts is a movable supporting part. The locking member arranged on the movable supporting part is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The engaging portion arranged in a container compartment engageable with the locking member being at the locked position. The locking member at the unlocked position when the cover is open is separated from the engaging portion. In a process where the cover is moved to be closed, a protrusive portion in the cover contacts to be pressed against a contact portion in the locking member, causing the locking member to shift from the unlocked position to the locked position to be engaged with the engaging portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryuichi Kanda, Takehiko Inaba, Yuki Nagashima, Atsuo Hirose, Hitoshi Sanada, Yusuke Ikemoto, Sho Asai, Shotaro Watanabe
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Patent number: 10668712Abstract: A printing device includes: a platen roller, a pair of bearings, and a holder. The platen roller has a rotational shaft extending in a first direction. The bearings rotatably support respective end portions of the rotational shaft. Each of the bearings includes an abutment portion. The holder includes a pair of fitting portions into which the bearings is respectively fitted. Each of the fitting portions includes: a receiving portion, an opening portion, and an engagement portion extending from the receiving portion. The receiving portion has an inner space configured to receive the corresponding bearing. The abutment portion is configured to abut against the engagement portion. In a case where an external force in a direction toward the opening portion is applied to the bearing, the engagement portion is configured to be deformed so as to reduce an area of the opening portion, thereby immovably engaging the bearing.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroaki Kita, Yusuke Ikemoto, Hikaru Nagata, Yuichiro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20190334359Abstract: There is provided a battery charger configured to charge a battery including a battery terminal. The battery charger includes a receiving portion in a form of a recess, and a charging terminal provided in the receiving portion. The battery is attachable to and detachable from the receiving portion. The receiving portion includes a holding portion configured to selectively hold the battery in the receiving portion at one of a first posture and a second posture different from the first posture. When the battery is in the first posture, the battery terminal is in contact with the charging terminal to allow the battery to be charged. When the battery is in the second posture, the battery terminal is separated from the charging terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Sho Asai, Atsuo Hirose, Yuki Nagashima, Ryuichi Kanda, Hitoshi Sanada, Yusuke Ikemoto, Shotaro Watanabe
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Publication number: 20190308428Abstract: A printing apparatus having a body, a cover, a pair of supporting parts, a locking member, and an engaging portion, is provided. At least one of the pair of supporting parts is a movable supporting part. The locking member arranged on the movable supporting part is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The engaging portion arranged in a container compartment engageable with the locking member being at the locked position. The locking member at the unlocked position when the cover is open is separated from the engaging portion. In a process where the cover is moved to be closed, a protrusive portion in the cover contacts to be pressed against a contact portion in the locking member, causing the locking member to shift from the unlocked position to the locked position to be engaged with the engaging portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Ryuichi Kanda, Takehiko Inaba, Yuki Nagashima, Atsuo Hirose, Hitoshi Sanada, Yusuke Ikemoto, Sho Asai, Shotaro Watanabe
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Patent number: 10421304Abstract: A printer includes two supporters disposed at a storage section, an adjuster movably supporting at least a specific supporter of the two supporters, a protrusion protruding upward from a second section, the second section being an upper portion of the specific supporter, a locking section locking a first section in a position to which the first section is moved via the adjuster, the first section being a lower portion of the specific supporter, and an engagement section having elastically-deformable engagement pieces arranged at intervals in a particular direction intersecting a vertical direction, the protrusion being configured to, when the cover is closed, engage with at least a specific engagement piece from beneath, the specific engagement piece being maintained elastically deformed upward.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroaki Kita, Yusuke Ikemoto, Ryuichi Kanda, Yuichiro Suzuki