Patents by Inventor Akira Fukuchi
Akira Fukuchi 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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Patent number: 11975550Abstract: A printing device includes: a thermal head; and a processor. The thermal head includes a heating element. The processor is configured to perform: (a) creating; and (b) driving. The (a) creating creates print data based on image data representing an image to be printed on a printing medium. The (b) driving drives the heating element to apply heat to the printing medium according to the print data. The processor is configured to further perform: (c) determining. The (c) determining determines whether to create a plurality of labels for lamination using at least one printing medium including a first printing medium. The first printing medium is transparent and includes a plurality of heat-sensitive layers laminated together. Each of the plurality of heat-sensitive layers is configured to develop a different color when heat is applied from the heating element. The (c) creating is performed in accordance with a determination result in (a).Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira Minami, Keisuke Nishihara, Isao Fukuchi
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Patent number: 8263908Abstract: A heater plate may be manufactured by receiving a sheath heater within a groove portion formed in a base member made of aluminum or aluminum alloy. At least one joint member made of aluminum or aluminum alloy may be placed into the groove portion so as to fix the sheath heater in the groove portion. The joint member may have two correspondingly tapered portions facing each other which extend toward a lower end thereof such that a distance between the two tapered portions becomes narrower and a width of a surface portion contacting with the sheath heater in the joint member is larger than a width of the sheath heater. The base member and the joint member may be metal-bonded such that a force is added from an upper surface of the base member toward the sheath heater direction, wit the sheath heater fixed in place therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2007Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.Inventors: Katsumi Watanabe, Akira Fukuchi
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Patent number: 7987971Abstract: A belt device includes a belt; a driving unit that is provided inside the belt and drives the belt; a supporting unit that is provided inside the belt and supports the belt; and a position determination member that is fixed to one end in an axial direction of the driving unit or the supporting unit and comes in contact with an edge portion of the belt in the case where the belt is mounted so as to determine a position of the belt.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2009Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouichi Kimura, Takanori Sasaki, Toshinori Sasaki, Masakazu Takahashi, Shogo Kamiya, Yasunori Fujimoto, Masataka Konishi, Hitoshi Hamasaki, Keita Yano, Akira Fukuchi, Satoshi Matsuzaka, Masakatsu Eda
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Publication number: 20100230248Abstract: A belt device includes a belt; a driving unit that is provided inside the belt and drives the belt; a supporting unit that is provided inside the belt and supports the belt; and a position determination member that is fixed to one end in an axial direction of the driving unit or the supporting unit and comes in contact with an edge portion of the belt in the case where the belt is mounted so as to determine a position of the belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2009Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventors: Kouichi KIMURA, Takanori SASAKI, Toshinori SASAKI, Masakazu TAKAHASHI, Shogo KAMIYA, Yasunori FUJIMOTO, Masataka KONISHI, Hitoshi HAMASAKI, Keita YANO, Akira FUKUCHI, Satoshi MATSUZAKA, Masakatsu EDA
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Publication number: 20070257023Abstract: A heater plate may be manufactured by receiving a sheath heater within a groove portion formed in a base member made of aluminum or aluminum alloy. At least one joint member made of aluminum or aluminum alloy may be placed into the groove portion so as to fix the sheath heater in the groove portion. The joint member may have two correspondingly tapered portions facing each other which extend toward a lower end thereof such that a distance between the two tapered portions becomes narrower and a width of a surface portion contacting with the sheath heater in the joint member is larger than a width of the sheath heater. The base member and the joint member may be metal-bonded such that a force is added from an upper surface of the base member toward the sheath heater direction, wit the sheath heater fixed in place therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2007Publication date: November 8, 2007Inventors: Katsumi Watanabe, Akira Fukuchi
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Patent number: 7154070Abstract: A heater plate manufactured by receiving a sheath heater within a groove portion formed in a base member made of aluminum or aluminum alloy, placing a joint member made of aluminum or aluminum alloy into said groove portion so as to fix said sheath heater in the groove portion, and press-forging said base member and said joint member to be metal-bonded with said sheath heater fixed in place therebetween, wherein a cross section of said joint member comprises a rectangle, and a width of said rectangle is same as or a little larger than a width of a cross section of the groove portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2005Date of Patent: December 26, 2006Assignee: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.Inventors: Katsumi Watanabe, Akira Fukuchi
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Patent number: 7150418Abstract: The present invention is directed to a gas supply nozzle plate constructed by laminating a plurality of metal members each having a fluid path and branch. A fluid nozzle plate member provided by the invention has high sealing at a joined part, and high reliability even when used in high vacuum or at a high temperature. The fluid nozzle plate member comprises a plurality of plate-like metal members each having a fluid path and/or a branch. In this case, the plurality of plate-like metal members are laminated, and the laminated surfaces thereof are joined together by press forging.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2004Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Assignee: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.Inventors: Katsumi Watanabe, Akira Fukuchi
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Publication number: 20060076342Abstract: A heater plate manufactured by receiving a sheath heater within a groove portion formed in a base member made of aluminum or aluminum alloy, placing a joint member made of aluminum or aluminum alloy into said groove portion so as to fix said sheath heater in the groove portion, and press-forging said base member and said joint member to be metal-bonded with said sheath heater fixed in place therebetween, wherein a cross section of said joint member comprises a rectangle, and a width of said rectangle is same as or a little larger than a width of a cross section of the groove portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2005Publication date: April 13, 2006Inventors: Katsumi Watanabe, Akira Fukuchi
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Publication number: 20050017100Abstract: The present invention is directed to a gas supply nozzle plate constructed by laminating a plurality of metal members each having a fluid path and branch. A fluid nozzle plate member provided by the invention has high sealing at a joined part, and high reliability even when used in high vacuum or at a high temperature. The fluid nozzle plate member comprises a plurality of plate-like metal members each having a fluid path and/or a branch. In this case, the plurality of plate-like metal members are laminated, and the laminated surfaces thereof are joined together by press forging.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2004Publication date: January 27, 2005Inventors: Katsumi Watanabe, Akira Fukuchi
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Patent number: 6799735Abstract: The present invention is directed to a gas supply nozzle plate constructed by laminating a plurality of metal members each having a fluid path and branch. A fluid nozzle plate member provided by the invention has high sealing at a joined part, and high reliability even when used in high vacuum or at a high temperature. The fluid nozzle plate member comprises a plurality of plate-like metal members each having a fluid path and/or a branch. In this case, the plurality of plate-like metal members are laminated, and the laminated surfaces thereof are joined together by press forging.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2001Date of Patent: October 5, 2004Assignee: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.Inventors: Katsumi Watanabe, Akira Fukuchi
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Publication number: 20020005442Abstract: The present invention is directed to a gas supply nozzle plate constructed by laminating a plurality of metal members each having a fluid path and branch. A fluid nozzle plate member provided by the invention has high sealing at a joined part, and high reliability even when used in high vacuum or at a high temperature. The fluid nozzle plate member comprises a plurality of plate-like metal members each having a fluid path and/or a branch. In this case, the plurality of plate-like metal members are laminated, and the laminated surfaces thereof are joined together by press forging.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2001Publication date: January 17, 2002Inventors: Katsumi Watanabe, Akira Fukuchi
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Patent number: 6076718Abstract: A film conveying apparatus includes a conveying mechanism and a speed control mechanism. The conveying mechanism includes a plurality of lower rollers arranged in a lateral direction perpendicular to a film conveyed direction. The lower roller is equipped with a motor to variably control its speed. A plurality of upper rollers is disposed to correspond to the lower rollers so as to sandwich the continuous film with the lower rollers. The roller-speed control mechanism controls a rotation speed of each lower roller so that the film is conveyed at a desired speed in a desired direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 1995Date of Patent: June 20, 2000Assignees: Central Glass Company, Limited, Toray Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naohiko Matsuda, Hiroshi Segi, Masami Nishitani, Shozo Takami, Akira Fukuchi
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Patent number: 5159069Abstract: Sulfated tannins or salts thereof are herein disclosed. These compounds can be prepared by a method which comprises reacting tannin with a sulfonating agent under a basic condition. These compounds show antiviral activity and reverse transcriptase inhibitor, effects and can be used to treat patients infected with a variety of virus such as AIDS virus, herpesvirus, influenza virus or rhinovirus.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1989Date of Patent: October 27, 1992Assignees: Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., NipponFlour Mills Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fukushi Hirayama, Keijiro Uchino, Masaya Iwamoto, Akira Fukuchi, Masashi Hiramoto, Hirokazu Yamamoto, Naoki Yamamoto, Hideki Nakashima, Shigenobu Kadota, Hiroshi Ogawara