Patents by Inventor Daisuke Yamashita
Daisuke Yamashita 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: 20230375953Abstract: Provided is a toner that expresses all of low-temperature fixability, transferability, and scratch resistance at high levels. The toner is a toner including a toner particle containing a binder resin, a wax, and an inorganic fine particle, wherein when an outflow start temperature measured with the toner is represented by T1 (° C.), the inorganic fine particle always has a thermal expansion coefficient of ?0.1×10?6 (/K) or less in a temperature range of from 30° C. or more to T1° C. or less, the thermal expansion coefficient being determined by X-ray diffraction and wherein a content of the wax is 3.0 mass % or more and 20.0 mass % or less with respect to a mass of the toner particle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: JUNICHI TAMURA, YOSUKE IWASAKI, TAKESHI OHTSU, RYUJI OKAMURA, DAISUKE YAMASHITA, KOH ISHIGAMI
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Publication number: 20230350323Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developing roller, a developing motor, a blade, and a controller. The developing roller includes a sleeve configured to carry a developer that is supplied to an electrostatic latent image held by an image carrier. The developing motor is configured to rotate the sleeve in any one of a first direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction. The blade is configured to regulate a thickness of a layer of the developer that is carried by the sleeve rotating in the first direction with the developing motor. The controller is configured to rotate the sleeve in the second direction with the developing motor until a surface of the sleeve present in a peel-off region of the developer arrives at a facing position facing the blade after development on the electrostatic latent image held by the image carrier ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Kei Onishi, Daisuke Yamashita
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Publication number: 20230291341Abstract: A rotating electrical machine control system includes a base current instruction setting part that sets a base current instruction based on target torque of a rotating electrical machine; a correction current instruction setting part that sets a correction current instruction with a frequency determined based on torque ripple; and a current control part that performs current feedback control to compute a voltage instruction which is an instruction value of a voltage to be applied to the rotating electrical machine. The current control part includes a first current control part whose control target is a component of the base current instruction; and a second current control part whose control target is a component of the correction current instruction. A gain of the second current control part is set to be low compared to a gain of the first current control part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2021Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, BluE Nexus CorporationInventors: Arinori SHIMADA, Daisuke YAMASHITA, Yomei HAKUMURA, Kenji MORIMOTO
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Patent number: 11720036Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin including a polyester resin, and a polyolefin resin having a sulfonic acid group, wherein the polyolefin resin having a sulfonic acid group is a polymer in which a vinyl polymer is bonded to a polyolefin, a content ratio of a monomer unit containing a sulfonic acid group in the vinyl polymer is from 1.0 mass % to 20.0 mass %, in a FT-IR spectrum obtained through measurement of a large particle size toner and a small particle size toner resulting from dividing, on a number basis, the toner into two substantially equal parts, a ratio of an intensity of a maximum absorption peak in a range from 1130 cm?1 to 1170 cm?1 with respect to an intensity of a maximum absorption peak in a range from 1713 cm?1 to 1723 cm?1 exhibits a specific relationship.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takakuni Kobori, Kenta Mitsuiki, Hitoshi Sano, Wakiko Katsumata, Daisuke Yamashita, Yosuke Iwasaki, Takeshi Ohtsu, Takaho Shibata, Masaharu Miura, Koh Ishigami, Yuichi Mizo
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Patent number: 11715997Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a structure capable of stably removing noise. A DC motor includes: a brush in sliding contact with a commutator; a brush holder base holding the brush; a flexible wiring connected to the brush; and a choke coil connected to the brush via the wiring, wherein the brush holder base has a clamping portion restraining the wiring to extend along a direction parallel to a direction of a magnetic flux generated in the choke coil.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Takafumi Saito, Yasuo Saito, Daisuke Yamashita, Keijirou Okabe
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Publication number: 20230211321Abstract: Provided is a catalyst that is free from catalyst deactivation caused by reaction of the support and exhibits good catalytic activity in an ammonia synthesis reaction in a low-temperature, low-pressure process. The present invention relates to an ammonia synthesis catalyst having a structure in which at least one of ruthenium or an oxide of ruthenium is loaded on a titanium suboxide support represented by the composition formula TiOx where x represents a number satisfying 1.5<x<2.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Hiroshi TSUTSUMI, Daisuke YAMASHITA, Akihiro KAMON, Akiyo OZAWA, Tetsuya NAMBA, Rahat JAVAID, Yuichi MANAKA
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Publication number: 20230168597Abstract: A method for manufacturing a toner including supplying powder particles containing a binder resin via a plurality of powder-particle supplying units to a treating chamber, the treating chamber having a cylindrical inner peripheral surface, heat treating the powder particles in the treating chamber by supplying hot air into the treating chamber, wherein a temperature of the hot air supplied into the treating chamber is 100.0° C. or higher and 200.0° C. or lower, and adjusting a humidity of the hot air so that a relative humidity of the hot air supplied into the treating chamber is 3.0% or more and 80.0% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Takeshi Ohtsu, Junichi Tamura, Yosuke Iwasaki, Ryuji Okamura, Daisuke Yamashita
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Patent number: 11632406Abstract: An information processing system includes: a reception processor which receives a display request for displaying a display screen of a first user terminal on one or a plurality of display devices, from the first user terminal of a first user among a plurality of users participating in a conference; a specifying processor which specifies a first display application for enabling the display screen to be shared by all users participating in the conference, of display applications which can be used in the first user terminal and the one or plurality of display devices, when the display request has been received by the reception processor; and an output processor which outputs a display instruction including information of the first display application specified by the specifying processor, to the first user terminal.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akihiro Kumata, Daisuke Yamashita, Tomonobu Tomaru
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Publication number: 20230083576Abstract: A toner classification apparatus comprising a classification rotor in which the classification rotor has a vane A which extends from a rotation center direction of the classification rotor to an outer circumference direction thereof and a vane B having a length longer than that of the vane A, the vane A, and the vane B are disposed so as to satisfy a predetermined relationship, and a toner production method comprising a classification step of carrying out a classification process on particles to be classified by using the toner classification apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Daisuke Yamashita, Junichi Tamura, Ran Wakayama, Katsuyuki Katoh
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Patent number: 11437618Abstract: A positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries which is able to doped/undoped with lithium ions and contains at least Ni, in which a ratio P/Q (atom %/mass %) of a concentration P (atom %) of sulfur atoms being present in a surface of the positive electrode active material to a concentration Q (mass %) of sulfuric acid radicals being present in the whole positive electrode active material is more than 0.8 and less than 5.0, and the Q (mass %) is 0.01 or more and 2.0 or less.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignees: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, TANAKA CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Arimura, Jun-ichi Kageura, Kenji Takamori, Kimiyasu Nakao, Daisuke Yamashita, Yusuke Maeda
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Patent number: 11429032Abstract: A toner containing a toner particle that contains a binder resin including a polyester resin, and a polyolefin resin having —COOM that is a neutralized carboxy group with a monovalent metal ion M, wherein the polyolefin resin having —COOM is a polymer in which a vinyl polymer is bonded to a polyolefin, a content of a monomer unit containing —COOM in the polyolefin resin having —COOM is 1 to 20 mass %, and in a FT-IR spectrum obtained through measurement of a large particle size-side particle group and a small particle size-side particle group obtained by dividing the toner into two substantially equal parts, on a number basis, a ratio of the intensity of a maximum absorption peak in a range from 1545 cm?1 to 1555 cm?1 with respect to the intensity of a maximum absorption peak in a range from 1713 cm?1 to 1723 cm?1 exhibits a specific relationship.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takaho Shibata, Yuichi Mizo, Koh Ishigami, Takakuni Kobori, Masaharu Miura, Takeshi Ohtsu, Yosuke Iwasaki, Daisuke Yamashita, Ryo Nakajima, Wakiko Katsumata, Hitoshi Sano, Kenta Mitsuiki, Rei Hijikawa
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Publication number: 20220255405Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a structure capable of stably removing noise. A DC motor includes: a brush in sliding contact with a commutator; a brush holder base holding the brush; a flexible wiring connected to the brush; and a choke coil connected to the brush via the wiring, wherein the brush holder base has a clamping portion restraining the wiring to extend along a direction parallel to a direction of a magnetic flux generated in the choke coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Takafumi SAITO, Yasuo SAITO, Daisuke YAMASHITA, Keijirou OKABE
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Publication number: 20220226889Abstract: A fluid heating furnace is a fluid heating furnace for recycling core sand used for a core. The fluid heating furnace includes: a fluid tank in which the core sand is heated by flowing gas while the core sand is caused to flow by the flowing gas; and a gas discharge passage communicating with the fluid tank such that the flowing gas is discharged through the gas discharge passage. The gas discharge passage includes an inlet portion via which the core sand is put into the fluid tank through the gas discharge passage. In the gas discharge passage, the flowing gas discharged through the gas discharge passage heats the core sand put into the gas discharge passage from the inlet portion, and in the fluid tank, the core sand heated in the gas discharge passage is further heated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke YAMASHITA, Hirotsune WATANABE
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Publication number: 20220179332Abstract: A toner classification apparatus comprising a classification rotor, wherein the classification rotor comprises a first vane group containing first vanes and a second vane group containing second vanes, the second vanes have a length shorter than the first vane group; the number of second vanes, which are disposed between two adjacent first vanes, is 1 to 2, independently; each of the first vanes draws first trajectory and each of the second vanes draws second trajectory when the classification rotor rotates, a distance from the center of rotation to an outer circumference side end of the first and second trajectory are defined as L1 and L3, respectively, and a distance from the center of rotation to the center side end of the first and second trajectory are defined as L2 and L4, respectively, L1 to L4 satisfy prescribed relationships, and a toner production method using the toner classification apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Daisuke Yamashita, Junichi Tamura, Ran Wakayama, Katsuyuki Katoh, Yuichi Mizo
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Publication number: 20220120660Abstract: A cell observation system observes a cell moving in a flow path with a fluid, and includes a first imaging apparatus, a second imaging apparatus, and a control device. The first imaging apparatus includes a first optical system and a first imaging element, and captures an image of the cell at a first position in a moving direction. The second imaging apparatus includes a second optical system, in which a focus is adjusted based on a focus adjustment signal, and a second imaging element, and captures an image of the cell at a second position downstream of the first position. The control device obtains a passing position of the cell in a cross section of the flow path based on the image obtained by the first imaging element, generates the focus adjustment signal, and provides the signal to the second optical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Hirotoshi KIKUCHI, Hidenao YAMADA, Amane HIROTSU, Daisuke YAMASHITA, Shigetoshi OKAZAKI
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Patent number: 11285483Abstract: A cell observation system observes a cell moving in a flow path with a fluid, and includes a first observation apparatus, a second observation apparatus, and a control device. The first observation apparatus includes an objective lens and a line camera. The second observation apparatus includes an objective lens and an area camera. The control device analyzes first imaging data output from the first observation apparatus to determine whether the cell satisfies a specific condition, instructs the area camera to output second imaging data of the cell determined to satisfy the specific condition, and analyzes the second imaging data output from the second observation apparatus to determine whether the cell is a specific cell.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignees: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINEInventors: Hirotoshi Kikuchi, Shigetoshi Okazaki, Hidenao Yamada, Yusuke Ozaki, Amane Hirotsu, Daisuke Yamashita
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Publication number: 20220075592Abstract: A voice processing system includes: a display processing processor that displays an operation screen for an operation target application serving as a target to be operated by the user; a support information presenter that presents operation support information for the operation target application such that the operation support information is associated with the operation screen; a voice receiver that receives the voice of the user; a command identifier that identifies, based on the voice received by the voice receiver, a first command for the operation target application; and a command executor that executes, on the operation target application, the first command identified by the command identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: DAISUKE YAMASHITA, KAZUO MAKIJIMA
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Publication number: 20220020696Abstract: A workpiece management method includes a frame unit forming step of forming a frame unit with a workpiece supported in an opening of an annular frame via a resin sheet, a printing step of, after performing the frame unit forming step, printing identification information of the workpiece on the resin sheet in an area between an outer periphery of the workpiece and an inner periphery of the annular frame, a processing step of processing the workpiece by a processing machine, a separation step of separating the processed workpiece from the resin sheet, and a storage step of storing the resin sheet from which the workpiece has been separated. A sheet cutting machine suitable for use in the workpiece management method is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Yoshinobu SAITO, Daisuke YAMASHITA
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Patent number: 11226586Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a developing device, an environment sensor, a memory, and a processor. The developing device stores a developer containing a toner and a carrier. The environment sensor measures an environment parameter. The memory stores end time environment information indicating an environment parameter of a date and time when printing is ended. The processor discharges the toner stored in the developing device when a difference between the environment parameter indicated by the end time environment information and the environment parameter measured by the environment sensor exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and puts the toner into the developing device.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kei Onishi, Daisuke Yamashita
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Publication number: 20210397106Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin including a polyester resin, and a polyolefin resin having a sulfonic acid group, wherein the polyolefin resin having a sulfonic acid group is a polymer in which a vinyl polymer is bonded to a polyolefin, a content ratio of a monomer unit containing a sulfonic acid group in the vinyl polymer is from 1.0 mass % to 20.0 mass %, in a FT-IR spectrum obtained through measurement of a large particle size toner and a small particle size toner resulting from dividing, on a number basis, the toner into two substantially equal parts, a ratio of an intensity of a maximum absorption peak in a range from 1130 cm?1 to 1170 cm?1 with respect to an intensity of a maximum absorption peak in a range from 1713 cm?1 to 1723 cm?1 exhibits a specific relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Takakuni Kobori, Kenta Mitsuiki, Hitoshi Sano, Wakiko Katsumata, Daisuke Yamashita, Yosuke Iwasaki, Takeshi Ohtsu, Takaho Shibata, Masaharu Miura, Koh Ishigami, Yuichi Mizo