493 patents
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Utility
Magnetic recording medium processing device and control method
23 Nov 21
A card reader for processing an inserted magnetic card may be equipped with a front sensor arranged in the vicinity of an insertion opening for a magnetic card to detect the insertion of the magnetic card, a rear sensor for detecting the magnetic card when the magnetic card is fully inserted, a magnetic field generating unit for generating a magnetic field in the vicinity of the insertion opening for a magnetic card, and a control unit for controlling a magnetic field to be generated by said magnetic field generating unit at a first strength or at a second strength weaker than the first strength.
Akihiro Negishi
Filed: 16 Jan 20
Utility
Optical unit
23 Nov 21
An optical unit includes a movable body including an optical module, a fixed body configured to displaceable hold the movable body, and a support mechanism including a gimbal frame configured to rotatably support the movable body with respect to the fixed body around a first axial line intersecting with an optical axis direction of the optical module.
Shinji Minamisawa
Filed: 24 Mar 20
Utility
Optical Unit
11 Nov 21
An optical unit is provided and includes: a movable body having an optical module; a fixed body; a rolling support mechanism which supports the movable body rotatably around the optical axis of the optical module with respect to the fixed body; and a rolling drive mechanism which turn the movable body around the optical axis.
Shinji MINAMISAWA
Filed: 7 Aug 19
Utility
Actuator
28 Oct 21
An actuator includes a connection body connected with a support body and a movable body and having at least one of elasticity and viscoelasticity, and a magnetic drive mechanism structured to relatively move the movable body with respect to the support body.
Akira MORI
Filed: 27 Apr 21
Utility
Actuator
28 Oct 21
An actuator includes a support body, a movable body, a connection body connected with the support body and the movable body and provided with at least one of elasticity and viscoelasticity, and a magnetic drive mechanism structured to relatively move the movable body with respect to the support body.
Masaaki ANDO, Akira MORI
Filed: 27 Apr 21
Utility
Motor and valve drive device
26 Oct 21
To suppress variation, among rotors, in a relative position between the position of magnetic poles of a magnet and the rotation position (for example, the position of teeth of a pinion) of an integral rotation unit configured to rotate integrally with the rotor main body.
Satoru Yokoe
Filed: 29 May 19
Utility
Card reader having chopping drive circuit with cycle shorter than reading gap and control method for card reader
19 Oct 21
A card reader includes a writing coil that is provided to a magnetic head for recording magnetic data in a magnetic card, and a drive circuit that supplies a write current to the writing coil.
Jo Tanaka, Yohei Shimizu, Yufei Gu
Filed: 4 Dec 18
Utility
Linear drive device
19 Oct 21
A linear drive device includes an output shaft having a first spiral groove, a movable body engaged with the first spiral groove so as to move in an axial direction, a first fixed shaft extending along an axial line, and a second fixed shaft extending around the axial line.
Takashi Higuchi
Filed: 27 May 19
Utility
Valve device
12 Oct 21
A valve device is provided.
Satoru Yokoe
Filed: 24 Apr 18
Utility
Ice making device
5 Oct 21
An ice making device is provided and includes: an ice tray, having water storage recessed parts; a drive unit, structured to make the ice tray perform a reversing operation and a twisting operation interlocked with the reversing operation; and a frame, holding the drive unit.
Shunji Saito
Filed: 20 Dec 18
Utility
Control method of card issue device and card issue device
5 Oct 21
A control method of a card issue device may include a card direction determination step including taking the card into the card reader before the card is issued and determining a direction of the card; and a card issue step comprising issuing the card is executed based on the card direction determined in the card direction determination step.
Shinya Morozumi
Filed: 7 Feb 18
Utility
Motor and pump device
5 Oct 21
A motor includes a connector detachably connected with an external cable and a resin sealing member which covers the connector.
Takashi Yamamoto, Masaki Harada
Filed: 24 Jul 18
Utility
Actuator and Damper Unit
30 Sep 21
An actuator includes a first damper member and a second damper member that couple a movable body and an immovable body and each include a gel member in a tubular form.
Shoji Hinata
Filed: 24 Mar 21
Utility
Lens Unit
30 Sep 21
An O-ring seals between a first lens and a lens barrel.
Toshiyuki YOSHIDA, Toshio SHIROTORI
Filed: 24 Mar 21
Utility
Robot system
28 Sep 21
A robot system may include a robot controller; and a target robot.
Hirokatsu Okumura, Jun Otsuji, Tetsuya Inomata
Filed: 18 Dec 18
Utility
Card-issuing Device
23 Sep 21
A card-issuing device may include a card stack unit, a card feeding mechanism.
Keiji OHTA, Satoshi YOKOYAMA
Filed: 4 Sep 17
Design
Scanner
14 Sep 21
Teruo Matsue, Toshio Tatai, Shigeru Inoue
Filed: 29 Mar 18
Utility
Card reader and card reader control method
14 Sep 21
A card reader for use with a card having an integrated circuit (IC) chip may include a magnetic head configured to read magnetic data on the card; an IC sensor configured to read and write IC data from and to the IC chip on the card; a magnetic data discrimination unit configured to determine the presence of the magnetic data on the card according to whether or not the magnetic data has been read by the magnetic head when the inserted card has been transported to a rear side from a leading end up to a predetermined position; and an IC reading controller configured to, if the magnetic data discrimination unit determines that the magnetic data is not present on the card, perform control to transport the card to a front side and control the IC sensor to read the IC data on the IC chip.
Yasuhiro Kitazawa
Filed: 4 Sep 19
Utility
Imaging lens system
14 Sep 21
An imaging lens system may include a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a diaphragm; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens.
Tadashi Komiyama, Yosuke Kanzaki
Filed: 19 Jan 18
Utility
Optical unit
14 Sep 21
Provided is an optical unit 10 including a movable body 14 provided with a camera module equipped with an image pickup element 50 and an optical element 12a, a fixed body 16, support mechanisms 9 and 20 configured to movably support the movable body 14 with respect to the fixed body 16, and drive units 18A to 18C configured to move the movable body 14 with respect to the fixed body 16.
Takeshi Sue
Filed: 25 Mar 20