Patents by Inventor Junichi Arai
Junichi Arai 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: 11976366Abstract: A sliding member of the present invention includes a base material and a coating layer that is formed on the base material. The coating layer includes a particle aggregate, and the particle aggregate contains two or more kinds of precipitation hardened copper alloy particles that have different compositions. The sliding member has high coating strength and superior wear resistance.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., FUKUDA METAL FOIL & POWDER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Izawa, Junichi Arai, Katsunori Otobe, Shinichi Nishimura
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Patent number: 11926900Abstract: A laminate includes a base substrate, and a coating layer formed on the base substrate. The coating layer includes a copper alloy portions derived from precipitation-hardening copper alloy particles and hard particle portions which are harder than the copper alloy portions, the hard particle portions are derived from hard particles, and the parts bond with each other via an interface. Each of the hard particle portions has a non-spherical shape. A sliding member includes the laminate in at least one sliding portion. A method for manufacturing a laminate includes a step of spraying a mixture in a non-molten state including precipitation-hardening copper alloy particles and hard particles having a non-spherical shape and being harder than the copper alloy particles onto a base substrate, to form a coating layer on the base substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., FUKUDA METAL FOIL & POWDER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Izawa, Junichi Arai, Yutaka Mabuchi, Katsunori Otobe, Shinichi Nishimura
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Patent number: 11680499Abstract: A sliding member of the present invention includes a coating on a base material. The coating contains hard metal particles and corrosion-resistant metal particles that have hardness lower than that of the hard metal particles. The hard metal particles contain particles that have at least Vickers hardness of 600 Hv or higher. The corrosion-resistant metal particles are made of at least one kind of metal selected from the group consisting of copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), and nickel (Ni), or are made of an alloy containing said metal. The coating has a cross section in which the hard metal particles are dispersed in an island manner in a particle aggregate of the corrosion-resistant metal particles and in which an area ratio of the corrosion-resistant metal particles is 30% or larger. Thus, corrosion of the hard metal particles in the coating is prevented, whereby the sliding member maintains wear resistance for a long time.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Izawa, Yutaka Mabuchi, Akinobu Itou, Junichi Arai, Misao Mogami, Masanao Harada, Moriyuki Nogami
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Patent number: 11619893Abstract: An image forming device may comprise: an attaching unit to which a removable toner bottle is attached; a toner storage that stores toner supplied from the toner bottle attached to the attaching unit; a detector that detects an empty state of toner in the toner storage; and a hardware processor that: supplies toner to the toner storage from the toner bottle when the toner bottle attached to the attaching unit is new; and switches a state of the toner bottle to an old state from a new state if the empty state detected by the detector is released.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Junichi Arai
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Publication number: 20220113653Abstract: An image forming device may comprise: an attaching unit to which a removable toner bottle is attached; a toner storage that stores toner supplied from the toner bottle attached to the attaching unit; a detector that detects an empty state of toner in the toner storage; and a hardware processor that: supplies toner to the toner storage from the toner bottle when the toner bottle attached to the attaching unit is new; and switches a state of the toner bottle to an old state from a new state if the empty state detected by the detector is released.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Junichi ARAI
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Publication number: 20210324913Abstract: A sliding member of the present invention includes a base material and a coating layer that is formed on the base material. The coating layer includes a particle aggregate, and the particle aggregate contains two or more kinds of precipitation hardened copper alloy particles that have different compositions. The sliding member has high coating strength and superior wear resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2019Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicants: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., FUKUDA METAL FOIL & POWDER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori IZAWA, Junichi ARAI, Katsunori OTOBE, Shinichi NISHIMURA
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Image forming apparatus capable of supressing toner remaining in an outer region of a photoconductor
Patent number: 11150593Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductor; a charging roller; an exposure device; a developing device that is provided on a downstream side of the charging roller in a rotation direction of the photoconductor, and forms a toner image by supplying toner to a latent image; a cleaning blade that is provided between a transfer part of a surface of the photoconductor located on a downstream side of the developing device in the rotation direction of the photoconductor and the charging roller, and removes residual toner adhering to a part of the surface of the photoconductor on a downstream side of the transfer part; a lubricant supplier that supplies a lubricant to the surface of the photoconductor; and a voltage controller that controls a charging voltage to be applied to the charging roller.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Junichi Arai -
Patent number: 11148195Abstract: A laminate includes a base substrate, and a coating layer formed on the base substrate. The coating layer includes a copper alloy portions derived from precipitation-hardening copper alloy particles and hard particle portions which are harder than the copper alloy portions, the hard particle portions are derived from hard particles, and the parts bond with each other via an interface. Each of the hard particle portions has a non-spherical shape. A sliding member includes the laminate in at least one sliding portion. A method for manufacturing a laminate includes a step of spraying a mixture in a non-molten state including precipitation-hardening copper alloy particles and hard particles having a non-spherical shape and being harder than the copper alloy particles onto a base substrate, to form a coating layer on the base substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., FUKUDA METAL FOIL & POWDER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Izawa, Junichi Arai, Yutaka Mabuchi, Katsunori Otobe, Shinichi Nishimura
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SUPRESSING TONER REMAINING IN AN OUTER REGION OF A PHOTOCONDUCTOR
Publication number: 20210311427Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductor; a charging roller; an exposure device; a developing device that is provided on the downstream side of the charging roller in the rotation direction of the photoconductor, and forms a toner image by supplying toner to the latent image; a cleaning blade that is provided between a transfer part of the surface of the photoconductor located on a downstream side of the developing device in the rotation direction of the photoconductor and the charging roller, and removes the residual toner adhering to a part of the surface of the photoconductor on a downstream side of the transfer part; a lubricant supplier that supplies a lubricant to the surface of the photoconductor; and a voltage controller that controls a charging voltage to be applied to the charging roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Junichi Arai -
Publication number: 20210293274Abstract: A sliding member of the present invention includes a base material and a coating layer that is formed on the base material. The coating layer includes a particle aggregate that contains precipitation hardened copper alloy particles. The precipitation hardened copper alloy particles contain cobalt (Co) and silicon (Si) The sliding member has high coating strength and superior wear resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2019Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicants: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., FUKUDA METAL FOIL & POWDER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori IZAWA, Junichi ARAI, Katsunori OTOBE, Shinichi NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20210291263Abstract: A laminate includes a base substrate, and a coating layer formed on the base substrate. The coating layer includes a copper alloy portions derived from precipitation-hardening copper alloy particles and hard particle portions which are harder than the copper alloy portions, the hard particle portions are derived from hard particles, and the parts bond with each other via an interface. Each of the hard particle portions has a non-spherical shape. A sliding member includes the laminate in at least one sliding portion. A method for manufacturing a laminate includes a step of spraying a mixture in a non-molten state including precipitation-hardening copper alloy particles and hard particles having a non-spherical shape and being harder than the copper alloy particles onto a base substrate, to form a coating layer on the base substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicants: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., FUKUDA METAL FOIL & POWDER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori IZAWA, Junichi ARAI, Yutaka MABUCHI, Katsunori OTOBE, Shinichi NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20210293158Abstract: A sliding member of the present invention includes a coating on a base material. The coating contains hard metal particles and corrosion-resistant metal particles that have hardness lower than that of the hard metal particles. The hard metal particles contain particles that have at least Vickers hardness of 600 Hv or higher. The corrosion-resistant metal particles are made of at least one kind of metal selected from the group consisting of copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), and nickel (Ni), or are made of an alloy containing said metal. The coating has a cross section in which the hard metal particles are dispersed in an island manner in a particle aggregate of the corrosion-resistant metal particles and in which an area ratio of the corrosion-resistant metal particles is 30% or larger. Thus, corrosion of the hard metal particles in the coating is prevented, whereby the sliding member maintains wear resistance for a long time.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2018Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori IZAWA, Yutaka MABUCHI, Akinobu ITOU, Junichi ARAI, Misao MOGAMI, Masanao HARADA, Moriyuki NOGAMI
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Publication number: 20210253898Abstract: A heat shielding member includes a base, and a heat shielding membrane on the base. The heat shielding membrane includes a porous layer including at least a closed pore. The porous layer includes resin and carbon-based filler. The heat shielding member has both of low thermal conductivity and low heat capacity and improves the fuel economy performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2018Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuka SUZUKI, Yutaka MABUCHI, Takuma SUZUKI, Junichi ARAI
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Patent number: 10982622Abstract: A sliding member includes a base substrate and a coating layer formed on the base substrate. The coating layer includes a steel portion derived from austenitic stainless steel particles and a copper portion derived from copper particles or copper alloy particles. The steel portion and the copper portion are bonded to each other via an interface between the steel portion and the copper portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., RENAULT S.A.S.Inventors: Yoshinori Izawa, Yutaka Mabuchi, Junichi Arai, Christian Grente, Elodie Bonay, Carolina Specht, Jean Marie Mahlaire
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Patent number: 10927893Abstract: A sliding member includes a base substrate and a coating layer formed on the base substrate. The coating layer includes a copper alloy part derived from a plurality of precipitation hardening copper alloy particles. The copper alloy parts are bonded to each other via interfaces between the copper alloy parts. The copper alloy part contains nickel and silicon as additive elements. The copper alloy part contains 2 to 5 percent by mass of nickel. A sliding member for an internal combustion engine includes the sliding member at a sliding part of the internal combustion engine.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., FUKUDA METAL FOIL & POWDER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Izawa, Junichi Arai, Katsunori Otobe, Shinichi Nishimura
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Patent number: 10745809Abstract: A method for producing a laminated member includes a step of spraying a mixture in a non-molten state including a plurality of precipitation hardening copper alloy particles and a plurality of hard particles that have non-spherical shapes having a median aspect ratio of equal to or more than 1.2 and are harder than the copper alloy particles onto a base substrate to form a coating layer on the base substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., FUKUDA METAL FOIL & POWDER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Izawa, Junichi Arai, Yutaka Mabuchi, Katsunori Otobe, Shinichi Nishimura
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Publication number: 20200248647Abstract: A sliding member includes a base substrate and a coating layer formed on the base substrate. The coating layer includes a steel portion derived from austenitic stainless steel particles and a copper portion derived from copper particles or copper alloy particles. The steel portion and the copper portion are bonded to each other via an interface between the steel portion and the copper portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicants: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Yoshinori IZAWA, Yutaka MABUCHI, Junichi ARAI, Christian GRENTE, Elodie BONAY, Carolina SPECHT, Jean Marie MAHLAIRE
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Patent number: 10705467Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixer that fixes toner adhering to a sheet that passes through a fixing nip, the fixer including: an endless fixing belt that rotates; and a presser that presses the fixing belt to form the fixing nip between the fixing belt and the presser. The image forming apparatus includes a hardware processor that calculates an amount of the toner adhering to the sheet that passes through the fixing nip, and determines a degree of abrasion of the fixing belt, based on the amount of the toner calculated by the hardware processor.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Junichi Arai
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Patent number: 10666194Abstract: An oven-controlled crystal oscillator includes a base substrate, a power transistor, and a surface mount type crystal resonator. The base substrate has a bottom surface on which a mounting terminal for surface mounting is disposed. The power transistor is mounted on the base substrate. The surface mount type crystal resonator is mounted on the power transistor.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventor: Junichi Arai
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Publication number: 20200011211Abstract: A sliding member includes a base substrate and a coating layer formed on the base substrate. The coating layer includes a copper alloy part derived from a plurality of precipitation hardening copper alloy particles. The copper alloy parts are bonded to each other via interfaces between the copper alloy parts. The copper alloy part contains nickel and silicon as additive elements. The copper alloy part contains 2 to 5 percent by mass of nickel. A sliding member for an internal combustion engine includes the sliding member at a sliding part of the internal combustion engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicants: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., FUKUDA METAL FOIL & POWDER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori IZAWA, Junichi ARAI, Katsunori OTOBE, Shinichi NISHIMURA