Patents by Inventor Kazutaka Sugimoto
Kazutaka Sugimoto 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: 20230085438Abstract: In a tibial component, a tibial block is fixed to a keel portion of a tibial tray. Accordingly, an augment member can be easily attached to the tibial tray without a through hole being formed in the tibial tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventor: Kazutaka SUGIMOTO
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Publication number: 20220362028Abstract: In a tibial component, an engagement mechanism configured to engage a tibial block and a tibial tray includes a recessed portion that is disposed in a lower surface, is non-penetrating, and includes an overhanging portion protruding inward more on an opening side than on a bottom portion side in at least a part of an inner wall; and a projecting portion that protrudes from the tibial block to the lower surface side, and includes a protruding part configured to engage with the overhanging portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2020Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Kazutaka SUGIMOTO, Tomoyuki MIZUGUCHI
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Publication number: 20220125441Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a rod unit extending in a first direction along a tibia of a human body, an attachment located at a first end of the rod unit that is attachable to an ankle joint, and a fastener located at a second end of the rod unit that is fasten-able to a proximal end of the tibia. The fastener has a through-hole extending in a second direction that crosses the first direction, and a pin that is arranged in the through-hole and that has a tip which is received in the tibia. The through-hole has an opening larger than a profile of the pin to allow the fastener to move about a portion of contact between the through-hole and the pin when the pin is received in the tibia.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Kazutaka SUGIMOTO, Masahiko HASHIDA
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Publication number: 20220047275Abstract: A surgical instrument includes an osteotomy guide portion configured to guide a cutting direction of a tibia, a supporting portion configured to support the osteotomy guide portion, a base housing to which the supporting portion is attached, a pair of ankle arms, an interlocking mechanism, and a center position marker portion. The pair of ankle arms are slidably mounted with respect to the base housing and arranged so that an ankle is sandwiched between the pair of ankle arms from both sides of the ankle. The interlocking mechanism is configured to interlock and slide the pair of ankle arms with respect to the base housing. The center position marker portion is configured to indicate a center position between the pair of ankle arms in a slidably moving direction of the pair of ankle arms.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Shigeki ASADA, Kazutaka SUGIMOTO, Masahiko HASHIDA
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Patent number: 10802411Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a photosensitive layer of a single layer. The photosensitive layer contains a charge generating material, a hole transport material, an electron transport material, and a binder resin. An optical response time is 0.05 milliseconds or longer and 0.85 milliseconds or shorter. The optical response time is a time from irradiation of a surface of the photosensitive layer charged to +800 V with pulse light having a wavelength of 780 nm to decay of a surface potential of the photosensitive layer from +800 V to +400 V. The pulse light has an intensity that allows the surface potential of the photosensitive layer to decay to +200 V from +800 V after 400 milliseconds elapse from the irradiation of the surface of the photosensitive layer charged to +800 V with the pulse light. The photosensitive layer has a Martens hardness at 50° C. of at least 160 N/mm2.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Yuko Iwashita, Kazunari Hamasaki, Kazutaka Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20200233321Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a conductive substrate, a charge generating layer, and a charge transport layer. The charge generating layer has a thickness of at least 0.07 ?m. The charge transport layer contains a binder resin, a hole transport material, and meta-terphenyl. The binder resin includes a polyarylate resin including repeating units and a group represented by respective general formulas (1) to (3). The electrophotographic photosensitive member satisfies at least two conditions of: (A) the charge generating layer has a thickness of at least 0.12 ?m; (B) the charge transport layer contains a specific amount of fluororesin particles; and (C) the charge transport layer contains meta-terphenyl in an amount of at least 5.0 parts by mass and no greater than 15.0 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Kazutaka SUGIMOTO, Kensuke OKAWA, Jun AZUMA
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Patent number: 10635008Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a conductive substrate and a single-layer photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer contains a charge generating material, a hole transport material, an electron transport material, an additive, and a binder resin. An optical response time is in a range from 0.05 milliseconds to 0.85 milliseconds. The optical response time is a time from irradiation of a surface of the photosensitive layer charged to +800 V with pulse light having a wavelength of 780 nm to surface potential decay of the photosensitive layer from +800 V to +400 V. An optical intensity of the pulse light is set so that the surface potential of the photosensitive layer becomes +200 V from +800 V after 400 milliseconds from pulse light irradiation of the surface of the photosensitive layer charged to the +800 V. The additive includes either of both an ultraviolet absorbing agent and an antioxidant.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Yuko Iwashita, Kazunari Hamasaki, Kazutaka Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20200057396Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a photosensitive layer of a single layer. The photosensitive layer contains a charge generating material, a hole transport material, an electron transport material, and a binder resin. An optical response time is 0.05 milliseconds or longer and 0.85 milliseconds or shorter. The optical response time is a time from irradiation of a surface of the photosensitive layer charged to +800 V with pulse light having a wavelength of 780 nm to decay of a surface potential of the photosensitive layer from +800 V to +400 V. The pulse light has an intensity that allows the surface potential of the photosensitive layer to decay to +200 V from +800 V after 400 milliseconds elapse from the irradiation of the surface of the photosensitive layer charged to +800 V with the pulse light. The photosensitive layer has a Martens hardness at 50° C. of at least 160 N/mm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: February 20, 2020Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Yuko IWASHITA, Kazunari HAMASAKI, Kazutaka SUGIMOTO
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Patent number: 10539889Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer of a single layer. The photosensitive layer contains a charge generating material, a hole transport material, an electron transport material, and a binder resin. An optical response time is at least 0.05 milliseconds and no greater than 0.85 milliseconds. The binder resin includes a polycarbonate resin including a repeating unit represented by general formula (1) shown below and a repeating unit represented by general formula (2) shown below.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Yuko Iwashita, Kazunari Hamasaki, Kazutaka Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20190235400Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer of a single layer. The photosensitive layer contains a charge generating material, a hole transport material, an electron transport material, and a binder resin. An optical response time is at least 0.05 milliseconds and no greater than 0.85 milliseconds. The binder resin includes a polycarbonate resin including a repeating unit represented by general formula (1) shown below and a repeating unit represented by general formula (2) shown below.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Yuko IWASHITA, Kazunari HAMASAKI, Kazutaka SUGIMOTO
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Publication number: 20190235399Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a conductive substrate and a single-layer photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer contains a charge generating material, a hole transport material, an electron transport material, an additive, and a binder resin. An optical response time is in a range from 0.05 milliseconds to 0.85 milliseconds. The optical response time is a time from irradiation of a surface of the photosensitive layer charged to +800 V with pulse light having a wavelength of 780 nm to surface potential decay of the photosensitive layer from +800 V to +400 V. An optical intensity of the pulse light is set so that the surface potential of the photosensitive layer becomes +200 V from +800 V after 400 milliseconds from pulse light irradiation of the surface of the photosensitive layer charged to the +800 V. The additive includes either of both an ultraviolet absorbing agent and an antioxidant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Yuko IWASHITA, Kazunari HAMASAKI, Kazutaka SUGIMOTO
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Patent number: 10286871Abstract: An airbag unit is provided that can be easily installed and removed. The airbag unit includes an airbag that covers, upon being unfolded, at least a part of a hood or a windshield outside a vehicle, a gas generator that ejects gas into the airbag, a cover bottom member that accommodates therein the airbag yet to be expanded and the gas generator, a cover lid member that covers the cover bottom member in which the airbag is accommodated, and a bracket removably supported by the body of the vehicle, and removably supporting the cover bottom member and the cover lid member.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2015Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignees: Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., TAKATA CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru Takase, Ayanori Kunisawa, Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Kazutaka Sugimoto, Kazuhiro Abe, Hideki Umeda
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Patent number: 10202097Abstract: An airbag unit is provided that can be quickly unfolded, and also retrofitted to an existing vehicle body. The airbag unit includes an airbag that covers, upon being unfolded, at least a part of a hood or a windshield outside a vehicle, a gas generator that ejects gas into the airbag, a cover bottom member that accommodates therein the airbag yet to be expanded and the gas generator, a cover lid member including a cover lid plate that covers the cover bottom member in which the airbag is accommodated, and a cowl cover attached to the cover lid plate between the hood and the windshield.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2015Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignees: FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD., TAKATA CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru Takase, Ayanori Kunisawa, Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Kazutaka Sugimoto, Kazuhiro Abe, Hideki Umeda
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Patent number: 9760029Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a single-layer type photosensitive layer including phthalocyanine or a derivative thereof and an electron transport material. The electron transport material includes at least one first compound represented by formula (1) or (2) shown below and at least one second compound represented by formula (3), (4), or (5) shown below. A total amount of the at least one first compound and the at least one second compound is no less than 60 parts by mass and no greater than 120 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin. An amount of the at least one first compound is no less than 35 parts by mass and no greater than 80 parts by mass. An amount of the at least one second compound is no less than 25 parts by mass and no greater than 40 parts by mass.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Yuko Iwashita, Kazutaka Sugimoto, Takafumi Matsumoto
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Patent number: 9696641Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer contains a charge generating material and a hole transport material represented by general formula (1) shown below in a single layer. Titanyl phthalocyanine contained as the charge generating material exhibits a main peak at a Bragg angle 2?±0.2°=27.2° in a CuK? characteristic X-ray diffraction spectrum and satisfies either (B) or (C), shown below, in a differential scanning calorimetry spectrum. (B) A peak is not present in a range from 50° C. to 400° C., other than a peak resulting from vaporization of adsorbed water. (C) A peak is not present in a range from 50° C. to 270° C., other than a peak resulting from vaporization of adsorbed water, and a peak is present in a range from 270° C. to 400° C.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Yuko Iwashita, Kazutaka Sugimoto, Takafumi Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20170008483Abstract: An airbag unit is provided that can be quickly unfolded, and also retrofitted to an existing vehicle body. The airbag unit includes an airbag that covers, upon being unfolded, at least a part of a hood or a windshield outside a vehicle, a gas generator that ejects gas into the airbag, a cover bottom member that accommodates therein the airbag yet to be expanded and the gas generator, a cover lid member including a cover lid plate that covers the cover bottom member in which the airbag is accommodated, and a cowl cover attached to the cover lid plate between the hood and the windshield.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Minoru Takase, Ayanori Kunisawa, Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Kazutaka Sugimoto, Kazuhiro Abe, Hideki Umeda
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Publication number: 20170008484Abstract: An airbag unit is provided that can be easily installed and removed. The airbag unit includes an airbag that covers, upon being unfolded, at least a part of a hood or a windshield outside a vehicle, a gas generator that ejects gas into the airbag, a cover bottom member that accommodates therein the airbag yet to be expanded and the gas generator, a cover lid member that covers the cover bottom member in which the airbag is accommodated, and a bracket removably supported by the body of the vehicle, and removably supporting the cover bottom member and the cover lid member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Minoru Takase, Ayanori Kunisawa, Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Kazutaka Sugimoto, Kazuhiro Abe, Hideki Umeda
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Patent number: 9539977Abstract: An airbag apparatus includes a cylindrical-shaped inflator that generates gas, an airbag that is inflated by the gas generated by the inflator, a retainer body to which the inflator is attached and fixed and including an insertion hole into which the inflator can be inserted, a flange member that is caulked or press-fitted to the inflator and that constrains the inflator from moving toward one end side in an axial direction and includes an insertion hole into which the inflator can be inserted and a flange surface extending outward in a radial direction, and a retaining member that constrains the inflator from moving toward another end side in the axial direction. The inflator is attached and fixed to the retainer body by bolting the retainer body and the flange member.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Takata CorporationInventors: Masanori Fudamoto, Kazutaka Sugimoto, Kazuhiro Abe
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Patent number: 9469266Abstract: An inflator attachment structure for attaching an inflator of an airbag apparatus to a retaining member of the airbag apparatus includes a first flange member including a first cylindrical part having a shape matching a substantially cylindrical projecting part provided on a lateral surface of the inflator, and including a first flange part extending outwardly in a radial direction from the first cylindrical part, the first flange member being pressed onto and engaged with the inflator from one side of the projecting part in an axial direction, and a second flange member including a second cylindrical part having a shape matching the projecting part, and including a second flange part extending outwardly in a radial direction from the second cylindrical part, the second flange member being pressed onto and engaged with the inflator from another side of the projecting part in the axial direction, wherein the first flange member includes a securing part for use in bolt securement to the retaining member, and whType: GrantFiled: May 16, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignees: Takata Corporation, DAICEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Abe, Kazutaka Sugimoto, Masayuki Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20160257278Abstract: An airbag apparatus includes a cylindrical-shaped inflator that generates gas, an airbag that is inflated by the gas generated by the inflator, a retainer body to which the inflator is attached and fixed and including an insertion hole into which the inflator can be inserted, a flange member that is caulked or press-fitted to the inflator and that constrains the inflator from moving toward one end side in an axial direction and includes an insertion hole into which the inflator can be inserted and a flange surface extending outward in a radial direction, and a retaining member that constrains the inflator from moving toward another end side in the axial direction. The inflator is attached and fixed to the retainer body by bolting the retainer body and the flange member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: TAKATA CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori FUDAMOTO, Kazutaka SUGIMOTO, Kazuhiro ABE