Patents by Inventor Yutaro HARADA
Yutaro HARADA 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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Publication number: 20230399510Abstract: A thermoplastic resin including a constituent unit (A) derived from a monomer represented by general formula (1). In general formula (1), R1 and R11 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an aryl group having 6-12 carbon atoms, or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, and X represents one of general formulas (a) to (d). In general formulas (a) to (d), R21 to R57 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, or a linear or branched alkoxy group having 1-7 carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Noriyuki KATO, Shinya IKEDA, Atsushi MOTEGI, Tatsunobu OGATA, Yutaro HARADA, Katsushi NISHIMORI, Kentaro ISHIHARA
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Publication number: 20230331014Abstract: An apparatus includes a component constituting an exterior of the apparatus itself and including an outer surface constituting the exterior, an information medium provided at an information medium surface of the component and configured to provide access to disassembly-related information related to disassembly of the apparatus itself, and a display portion provided covering the information medium and configured to display apparatus information different from the disassembly-related information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Yutaro HARADA, Kazuyoshi OHASHI, Kohei UENO
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Patent number: 11780698Abstract: Provided is a medium processing device including a supply portion supplying a medium, a transporter transporting the medium supplied from the supply portion, an contact portion that a tip of the medium transported by the transporter is brought into contact with, a stacker in which the medium brought into contact with the contact portion is stacked, and a processor processing the medium stacked in the stacker, in which the transporter includes a gripper that is configured to move along a transport path of the medium, grips a tip of the medium, and moves.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kohei Ueno, Nobuyuki Mizushima, Yutaro Harada, Shunpei Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20230278349Abstract: A medium drying device includes a transport roller pair as a transport unit that transports a medium and a heat roller pair as one heating unit that heats the medium transported by the transport roller pair and is provided in a transport direction of the medium, in which the medium is configured to be transported to a heating area by the heat roller pair a plurality of times.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Yutaro HARADA, Kohei UENO, Nobuyuki MIZUSHIMA, Shunpei YAMAGUCHI
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Patent number: 11691440Abstract: A medium drying device includes a transport roller pair as a transport unit that transports a medium and a heat roller pair as one heating unit that heats the medium transported by the transport roller pair and is provided in a transport direction of the medium, in which the medium is configured to be transported to a heating area by the heat roller pair a plurality of times.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yutaro Harada, Kohei Ueno, Nobuyuki Mizushima, Shunpei Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20230192951Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate resin which maintains favorable properties as an optical material while having fluidity suitable for molding. Furthermore, provided are an optical lens and an optical film that use the polycarbonate resin. The polycarbonate resin is characterized by comprising a component unit (A) expressed by general formula (1) and a component unit (B) expressed by general formula (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Mitsutake SUEMATSU, Shinya IKEDA, Noriyuki KATO, Mitsuteru KONDO, Katsushi NISHIMORI, Yutaro HARADA, Shoko MURATA SUZUKI
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Patent number: 11634297Abstract: A media folding device includes a stacking portion on which media transported from an introduction path are placed; a folding roller pair that folds the media at a folding position after the media have been stacked in the stacking portion; and a bend forming mechanism that includes a first abutting portion configured to abut against a front end of the media, which are stacked in the stacking portion, in a transport direction, and a second abutting portion that is configured to abut against a rear end of the media, which are stacked in the stacking portion, in the transport direction, and that causes the folding position of the media to be nipped by the folding roller pair the folding roller pair by shortening the relative distance between the first abutting portion and the second abutting portion to bend the media toward the folding roller pair.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yutaro Harada, Katsuyuki Kondo
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Patent number: 11633964Abstract: An intermediate unit includes a transportation path provided with a drying unit that accelerates the drying of the medium. The transportation path includes an inlet path, an outlet path, a first branch path, a second branch path, a first junction path, a second junction path, a switch-back type inversion path with a first inversion path and a second inversion path. The first branch path and the second branch path which branch off at a branch point from the inlet path. The first junction path and the second junction path and the outlet path join each other at a junction point. The first branch path and the first junction path and the first inversion path join each other at a first connection point. The second branch path and the second junction path and the second inversion path join each other at a second connection point.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yutaro Harada, Kohei Ueno, Akinori Muromachi, Hidetoshi Kodama, Kazuyoshi Ohashi, Tsuyoshi Furumido, Hirohisa Adachi
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Publication number: 20220234858Abstract: Provided is a medium processing device including a supply portion supplying a medium, a transporter transporting the medium supplied from the supply portion, an contact portion that a tip of the medium transported by the transporter is brought into contact with, a stacker in which the medium brought into contact with the contact portion is stacked, and a processor processing the medium stacked in the stacker, in which the transporter includes a gripper that is configured to move along a transport path of the medium, grips a tip of the medium, and moves.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Kohei UENO, Nobuyuki MIZUSHIMA, Yutaro HARADA, Shunpei YAMAGUCHI
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Patent number: 11396438Abstract: A medium transport device includes a feeding unit that transports a medium, a stack portion that receives the medium transported by the feeding unit between a support surface for supporting the medium in an inclined posture in which a downstream side in a transport direction is directed downward and an opposing surface opposing the support surface and stacks the medium, an alignment portion that aligns a downstream end of the medium stacked in the stack portion, a paddle that is provided between the feeding unit and the alignment portion in the transport direction and moves the medium toward the alignment portion by rotating while being in contact with the medium, and a control unit that controls an operation of the paddle, in which the control unit controls the operation of the paddle according to a condition.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kohei Ueno, Nobuyuki Mizushima, Yutaro Harada, Shunpei Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11345561Abstract: Provided is a medium processing device including a supply portion supplying a medium, a transporter transporting the medium supplied from the supply portion, an contact portion that a tip of the medium transported by the transporter is brought into contact with, a stacker in which the medium brought into contact with the contact portion is stacked, and a processor processing the medium stacked in the stacker, in which the transporter includes a gripper that is configured to move along a transport path of the medium, grips a tip of the medium, and moves.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kohei Ueno, Nobuyuki Mizushima, Yutaro Harada, Shunpei Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11318774Abstract: A first unit includes a receiving portion that receives a medium to be processed, a drying unit that processes the medium received from the receiving portion, and an end stitching unit that processes the medium received from the receiving portion or the medium processed by the drying unit. The processing performed by the drying unit is processing of drying the medium, the drying unit is located vertically below the end stitching unit, and the drying unit and the end stitching unit have a portion overlapping when viewed in a vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yutaro Harada, Kohei Ueno, Nobuyuki Mizushima, Shunpei Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20220105734Abstract: An intermediate unit includes a transportation path provided with a drying unit that accelerates the drying of the medium. The transportation path includes an inlet path, an outlet path, a first branch path, a second branch path, a first junction path, a second junction path, a switch-back type inversion path with a first inversion path and a second inversion path. The first branch path and the second branch path which branch off at a branch point from the inlet path. The first junction path and the second junction path and the outlet path join each other at a junction point. The first branch path and the first junction path and the first inversion path join each other at a first connection point. The second branch path and the second junction path and the second inversion path join each other at a second connection point.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Yutaro HARADA, Kohei UENO, Akinori MUROMACHI, Hidetoshi KODAMA, Kazuyoshi OHASHI, Tsuyoshi FURUMIDO, Hirohisa ADACHI
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Patent number: 11235594Abstract: An intermediate unit includes a transportation path along which a medium, on which printing has been performed by a printing unit that performs printing on the medium by using liquid, is transported to a post processing unit that performs post processing on the medium. The transportation path is provided with a drying unit that accelerates the drying of the medium. The drying unit is driven according to the printing data.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yutaro Harada, Kohei Ueno, Akinori Muromachi, Hidetoshi Kodama, Kazuyoshi Ohashi, Tsuyoshi Furumido, Hirohisa Adachi
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Patent number: 11225089Abstract: A medium drying device includes a heat roller pair that dries a medium recorded and transported by a line head, and a perforation portion that forms a plurality of holes on an area including a recorded area of the medium. The perforation portion includes a plurality of piercing portions configured to pierce the medium, and the piercing portions are provided on an outer peripheral surface of a drying driving roller of the heat roller pair.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yutaro Harada, Kohei Ueno, Nobuyuki Mizushima, Shunpei Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20220001678Abstract: A medium drying device includes a transport roller pair as a transport unit that transports a medium and a heat roller pair as one heating unit that heats the medium transported by the transport roller pair and is provided in a transport direction of the medium, in which the medium is configured to be transported to a heating area by the heat roller pair a plurality of times.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Yutaro HARADA, Kohei UENO, Nobuyuki MIZUSHIMA, Shunpei YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20210347598Abstract: A first unit includes a receiving portion that receives a medium to be processed, a drying unit that processes the medium received from the receiving portion, and an end stitching unit that processes the medium received from the receiving portion or the medium processed by the drying unit. The processing performed by the drying unit is processing of drying the medium, the drying unit is located vertically below the end stitching unit, and the drying unit and the end stitching unit have a portion overlapping when viewed in a vertical direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Yutaro Harada, Kohei Ueno, Nobuyuki Mizushima, Shunpei Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11148438Abstract: A medium drying device includes a transport roller pair as a transport unit that transports a medium and a heat roller pair as one heating unit that heats the medium transported by the transport roller pair and is provided in a transport direction of the medium, in which the medium is configured to be transported to a heating area by the heat roller pair a plurality of times.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yutaro Harada, Kohei Ueno, Nobuyuki Mizushima, Shunpei Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20210276820Abstract: A media folding device includes a stacking portion on which media transported from an introduction path are placed; a folding roller pair that folds the media at a folding position after the media have been stacked in the stacking portion; and a bend forming mechanism that includes a first abutting portion configured to abut against a front end of the media, which are stacked in the stacking portion, in a transport direction, and a second abutting portion that is configured to abut against a rear end of the media, which are stacked in the stacking portion, in the transport direction, and that causes the folding position of the media to be nipped by the folding roller pair the folding roller pair by shortening the relative distance between the first abutting portion and the second abutting portion to bend the media toward the folding roller pair.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Yutaro HARADA, Katsuyuki KONDO
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Patent number: 11104537Abstract: A first unit includes a receiving portion that receives a medium to be processed, a drying unit that processes the medium received from the receiving portion, and an end stitching unit that processes the medium received from the receiving portion or the medium processed by the drying unit. The processing performed by the drying unit is processing of drying the medium, the drying unit is located vertically below the end stitching unit, and the drying unit and the end stitching unit have a portion overlapping when viewed in a vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yutaro Harada, Kohei Ueno, Nobuyuki Mizushima, Shunpei Yamaguchi