Patents by Inventor Kazuki FUNAHASHI

Kazuki FUNAHASHI 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).

  • Patent number: 11753219
    Abstract: Provided is a cap of a container. The cap has an image formed thereon and includes a first part and a second part. When the cap is opened, the first part is separated from a container body of the container, and the second part remains on the container body of the container. The image is formed on a region straddling both a side surface of the first part and a side surface of the second part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuki Funahashi
  • Publication number: 20220388744
    Abstract: Provided is a cap of a container. The cap has an image formed thereon and includes a first part and a second part. When the cap is opened, the first part is separated from a container body of the container, and the second part remains on the container body of the container. The image is formed on a region straddling both a side surface of the first part and a side surface of the second part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuki FUNAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11521796
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a reactor includes: a coil mold step of forming a coil mold in which a first resin is molded to cover at least part of a coil; and a main body mold step of forming a main body mold in which a second resin is molded to cover at least part of an assembly body in which the coil, the coil mold, two I-cores, and an O-core surrounding the coil and the coil mold are assembled. In the coil mold step, a gap plate configured to fill a gap between positions where the two I-cores are placed is formed by molding with the first resin. In the main body mold step, gap plates each configured to fill a gap between the O-core and a corresponding one of the I-cores are formed by molding with the second resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuki Funahashi, Yasuhiro Ueno, Yuki Uchida, Naoyuki Takahashi, Yuko Murata, Takafumi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20220305812
    Abstract: A medium, a container, an object-holding container, a marking, device, and a method of manufacturing the container. The medium includes an image of design, and the design includes a light color portion and a dark color portion, the light color portion including a light reflecting layer, and the dark color portion including a light attenuation layer The container includes a laser beam source to emit a laser beam, a forming unit to make the laser beam perform marking on a container that has transparency and is colorless or colored, and an adjuster to adjust a marking condition according to information about a to-lie-contained object stored in the container. The method includes irradiating the container with a laser beam to form a light reflecting layer and a light attenuation layer, and the light reflecting layer and the light attenuation layer includes an aggregate of microstructures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuki FUNAHASHI, Yoichi ICHIKAWA, Yumiko KISHI, Hirotoshi NAKAYAMA, Makoto HINO, Kazuhiro AKATSU
  • Publication number: 20210343473
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a reactor includes: a coil mold step of forming a coil mold in which a first resin is molded to cover at least part of a coil; and a main body mold step of forming a main body mold in which a second resin is molded to cover at least part of an assembly body in which the coil, the coil mold, two I-cores, and an O-core surrounding the coil and the coil mold are assembled. In the coil mold step, a gap plate configured to fill a gap between positions where the two I-cores are placed is formed by molding with the first resin. In the main body mold step, gap plates each configured to fill a gap between the O-core and a corresponding one of the I-cores are formed by molding with the second resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuki FUNAHASHI, Yasuhiro UENO, Yuki UCHIDA, Naoyuki TAKAHASHI, Yuko MURATA, Takafumi KONDO
  • Publication number: 20200015686
    Abstract: A pulse wave measuring device includes a signal divider configured to divide a first corrected signal and a second corrected signal into a plurality of segments, respectively, each of which corresponds to a cycle of a pulse wave of a living body, the first corrected signal and the second corrected signal being results obtained through a first correction and a second correction respectively using a first signal and a second signal that are extracted from image data and that change in association with the pulse wave; an influence degree calculator configured to calculate a value indicating a degree of a noise influence in each of the first corrected signal and the second corrected signal for each of the plurality of segments; and a peak time detector configured to detect a time of occurrence of a peak in one of the first corrected signal or the second corrected signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Funahashi, Atsushi Takaura, Yasuo Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20170150892
    Abstract: A pulse wave measuring device includes a signal divider configured to divide a first corrected signal and a second corrected signal into a plurality of segments, respectively, each of which corresponds to a cycle of a pulse wave of a living body, the first corrected signal and the second corrected signal being results obtained through a first correction and a second correction respectively using a first signal and a second signal that are extracted from image data and that change in association with the pulse wave; an influence degree calculator configured to calculate a value indicating a degree of a noise influence in each of the first corrected signal and the second corrected signal for each of the plurality of segments; and a peak time detector configured to detect a time of occurrence of a peak in one of the first corrected signal or the second corrected signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Funahashi, Atsushi Takaura, Yasuo Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 9505054
    Abstract: In an injection apparatus, a first cylinder and second cylinder for driving an injection cylinder connected to an injection plunger are connected in parallel with each other with respect to the injection cylinder. A piston of the first cylinder and a piston of the second cylinder are synchronously driven by driving means. A directional control valve and first flow rate adjustment circuit are provided between one end of the injection cylinder and one end of the first cylinder. Moreover, second flow rate adjustment circuit is provided between the other end of the injection cylinder and the other ends of the first and second cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamaguchi, Kazuki Funahashi
  • Patent number: 9254522
    Abstract: The mold clamping device is provided with a first platen to which a stationary mold is attached. A movable mold unit is capable of approaching and moving away from the stationary mold. A second platen is linked to the first platen via a tie bar. When the movable mold unit and the stationary mold are closed, a wedge member is driven onto the movable mold unit to generate mold clamping force. The second platen has a pressure receiving surface. The pressure receiving surface receives, through the wedge member, mold opening force that is generated by filling, with a molding material, the stationary mold and the movable mold unit that are in the closed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamaguchi, Kazuki Funahashi, Nobuyuki Haguro
  • Patent number: 9108353
    Abstract: This injection apparatus injects and fills the inside of a mold with a molding material, and increases the pressure. The injection apparatus is provided with a unit for a low speed step, a unit for a high speed step, a unit for a pressure increasing step, and an injection plunger. A rod of a first unit, which is any one of the three units, is mechanically coupled to the injection plunger. A rod of a second unit, which is one of the two units other than the first unit, is mechanically coupled to the first unit. A rod of a third unit, which is the unit other than the first and second units, is mechanically coupled to the second unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamaguchi, Kazuki Funahashi
  • Publication number: 20150196953
    Abstract: In an injection apparatus, a first cylinder and second cylinder for driving an injection cylinder connected to an injection plunger are connected in parallel with each other with respect to the injection cylinder. A piston of the first cylinder and a piston of the second cylinder are synchronously driven by driving means. A directional control valve and first flow rate adjustment circuit are provided between one end of the injection cylinder and one end of the first cylinder. Moreover, second flow rate adjustment circuit is provided between the other end of the injection cylinder and the other ends of the first and second cylinders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamaguchi, Kazuki Funahashi
  • Publication number: 20150165522
    Abstract: In an injection apparatus, a first cylinder and second cylinder for driving an injection cylinder connected to an injection plunger are connected in parallel with each other with respect to the injection cylinder. A piston of the first cylinder and a piston of the second cylinder are synchronously driven by driving means. A directional control valve and flow rate adjustment circuit are provided between one end of the injection cylinder and one end of the first cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamaguchi, Kazuki Funahashi
  • Patent number: 8897689
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus has an image forming information processor to process image forming information and an image forming unit to form an image on a recording medium by forming a toner image using colored-toner and a toner image using glossy toner based on the image forming information processed by the image forming information processor. The image forming unit forms a glossy image on the recording medium based on glossy toner image forming information, in which the glossy image is formable on the recording medium using the colored-toner toner image alone, or a glossy image is formed on the recording medium by forming a colored-toner toner image using colored-toner based on the colored-toner image forming information, and then forming the glossy toner image on the colored-toner toner image as a top layer of the glossy image based on the glossy toner image forming information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuroh Sone, Kei Yasutomi, Kazuki Funahashi
  • Publication number: 20140295019
    Abstract: This injection apparatus injects and fills the inside of a mold with a molding material, and increases the pressure. The injection apparatus is provided with a unit for a low speed step, a unit for a high speed step, a unit for a pressure increasing step, and an injection plunger. A rod of a first unit, which is any one of the three units, is mechanically coupled to the injection plunger. A rod of a second unit, which is one of the two units other than the first unit, is mechanically coupled to the first unit. A rod of a third unit, which is the unit other than the first and second units, is mechanically coupled to the second unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamaguchi, Kazuki Funahashi
  • Publication number: 20140202652
    Abstract: The mold clamping device is provided with a first platen to which a stationary mold is attached. A movable mold unit is capable of approaching and moving away from the stationary mold. A second platen is linked to the first platen via a tie bar. When the movable mold unit and the stationary mold are closed, a wedge member is driven onto the movable mold unit to generate mold clamping force. The second platen has a pressure receiving surface. The pressure receiving surface receives, through the wedge member, mold opening force that is generated by filling, with a molding material, the stationary mold and the movable mold unit that are in the closed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamaguchi, Kazuki Funahashi, Nobuyuki Haguro
  • Patent number: 8747944
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing transfer sheet is provided. The method includes forming a colored toner image on a sheet-like base material based on objective image data. The sheet-like base material has releasability. The method further includes defining an image area on the sheet-like base material based on the objective image data. The image area includes the colored toner image. The method further includes forming a transparent toner layer on the image area. The method further includes forming an adhesive layer on the transparent toner layer. The adhesive layer has hot-melt property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Funahashi, Kei Yasutomi, Takuroh Sone
  • Patent number: 8553287
    Abstract: An image forming system includes a pseudo-halftoning device; an image forming apparatus that forms a toner image on a recording medium; and a reading apparatus that read the toner image on the recording medium, in which the pseudo-halftoning device is such that pseudo-halftoning is performed on a target image by using a threshold matrix set including a plurality of threshold matrices, one threshold matrix for use is selected from the threshold matrix set according to a position of the target image to be used in the pseudo-halftoning performed on the target image, the threshold matrices in the threshold matrix set are identical with one another in periodic structure but different from one another only in a gradation characteristic, and a threshold matrix to be used is determined based on toner-image information data obtained by reading the toner image by the reading apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kei Yasutomi, Kazuki Funahashi, Takuroh Sone
  • Patent number: 8503919
    Abstract: There is provided an image forming apparatus that includes an image forming unit which forms a chromatic toner image and a clear toner image on a recording material, and a fixing unit which fixes these toner images on the recording material, the image forming apparatus including a specifying unit, into which a level of image clarity and a level of gloss including a glossiness of an image are input for image formation; and a control unit that controls an adhesion amount of clear toner per unit area on the recording material based on input information on the image specified by the specifying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takuroh Sone, Kei Yasutomi, Kazuki Funahashi
  • Publication number: 20120320386
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus has an image forming information processor to process image forming information and an image forming unit to form an image on a recording medium by forming a toner image using colored-toner and a toner image using glossy toner based on the image forming information processed by the image forming information processor. The image forming unit forms a glossy image on the recording medium based on glossy toner image forming information, in which the glossy image is formable on the recording medium using the colored-toner toner image alone, or a glossy image is formed on the recording medium by forming a colored-toner toner image using colored-toner based on the colored-toner image forming information, and then forming the glossy toner image on the colored-toner toner image as a top layer of the glossy image based on the glossy toner image forming information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuroh Sone, Kei Yasutomi, Kazuki Funahashi
  • Publication number: 20120237698
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing transfer sheet is provided. The method includes forming a colored toner image on a sheet-like base material based on objective image data. The sheet-like base material has releasability. The method further includes defining an image area on the sheet-like base material based on the objective image data. The image area includes the colored toner image. The method further includes forming a transparent toner layer on the image area. The method further includes forming an adhesive layer on the transparent toner layer. The adhesive layer has hot-melt property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Funahashi, Kei Yasutomi, Takuroh Sone