Patents by Inventor Kentaro Imai
Kentaro Imai 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: 20240172396Abstract: A cooling system of the present disclosure includes: a coolant tank storing a coolant removing heat from a heating element in a closed space as an inner space; a plurality of heat pipes that are arranged to extend from the coolant tank toward the outside of the coolant tank and respectively having passages allowing the coolant as a working fluid to be movable therethrough; and a blower fan blowing air to the plurality of heat pipes from the outside of the coolant tank in a direction in which the heat pipes are arranged, wherein a cross-sectional shape orthogonal to the extension direction of each heat pipe is a flat plate shape having a leading edge on an upstream side of a blowing direction of the blower fan and a trailing edge on a downstream side thereof with the blowing direction as a longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Nobuhide Hara, Yuichi Otani, Sumiu Uchida, Tadahiko Suzuta, Hiroko Kitamoto, Kentaro Hayashi, Atsushi Imai
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Publication number: 20240135310Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires mobile object information, parcel information, pickup delivery information as information regarding at least one of pickup and delivery, map information, weather information, and traffic information, a calculation control unit that calculates a delivery company burden, as a cost defrayment by a delivery company, in regard to each combination of target parcels and a mobile object by using the mobile object information, the parcel information, the pickup delivery information, the map information, the weather information and the traffic information, a determination unit that determines an optimum combination out of a plurality of combinations based on the delivery company burden calculated in regard to each combination of target parcels and a mobile object, and an output unit that outputs the optimum combination.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshie IMAI, Kentaro ISHIKAWA, Shunya OSAWA, Masato TSUCHIYA, Yoshiki MITSUI, Nobuaki MOTOYAMA, Satoru FURUTA, Masahiro ABUKAWA
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Publication number: 20240052176Abstract: Provided is a radical-curable sealing member for fuel cells that has excellent product durability and suppresses changes in mechanical properties caused by heat and hydrolysis (such as reduced stretch and increased hardness caused by embrittlement). A sealing member 4 is a crosslinked product of a radical-curable composition that contains components (A)-(E), there being 0.1-10 parts by mass of component (B) per 100 parts by mass of component (A). (A) A polymer for fuel cell sealing members that has a radical-curable functional group and also has at least one of a urethane linkage and an ester linkage in the molecular chain thereof. (B) A carbodiimide compound that has at least one functional group selected from the group that consists of ether groups, aliphatic hydrocarbon groups that have at least 3 carbons, and alicyclic hydrocarbon groups. (C) A monofunctional (meth)acrylic monomer. (D) A polyfunctional (meth)acrylic monomer. (E) A radical polymerization initiator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company LimitedInventors: Kentaro IMAI, Yasunori NIMURA, Shota TANIGUCHI, Kenji YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 11774875Abstract: The disclosure provides a development roll for electrophotographic apparatuses. The development roll for electrophotographic apparatuses includes: a shaft; an elastic layer formed on an outer circumferential surface of the shaft; a surface layer formed on an outer circumferential surface of the elastic layer; and an end protection layer formed on an outer circumferential surface of the surface layer at both ends in an axial direction. The end protection layer contains a binder polymer and a surface modification agent that has a cyano group.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Sumitomo Riko Company LimitedInventors: Satoshi Endo, Kengo Fujii, Kentaro Imai, Satoshi Tatsumi
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Publication number: 20220260939Abstract: The disclosure provides a development roll for electrophotographic apparatuses. The development roll for electrophotographic apparatuses includes: a shaft; an elastic layer formed on an outer circumferential surface of the shaft; a surface layer formed on an outer circumferential surface of the elastic layer; and an end protection layer formed on an outer circumferential surface of the surface layer at both ends in an axial direction. The end protection layer contains a binder polymer and a surface modification agent that has a cyano group.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company LimitedInventors: Satoshi Endo, Kengo Fujii, Kentaro Imai, Satoshi Tatsumi
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Patent number: 10656555Abstract: Provided is a development roll for electrophotography devices in which image defects are suppressed and which achieve both maintenance of high charging properties and discharging properties. The development roll is provided with a shaft member, an elastic substance layer formed on the outer circumference of the shaft member, an intermediate layer formed on the outer circumference of the elastic substance layer, and a surface layer formed on the outer circumference of the intermediate layer. The volume resistivity of the surface layer 18 is within the range of 1.0×1014 to 1.0×1020 ?·cm, and the volume resistivity of the intermediate layer 16 is within the range of 1.0×107 to 1.0×1013 ?·cm.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Sumitomo Riko Company LimitedInventors: Kentaro Imai, Kadai Takeyama, Yutaka Kadoshima, Kosuke Minematsu, Satoshi Tatsumi
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Publication number: 20200012210Abstract: Provided is a development roll for electrophotography devices in which image defects are suppressed and which achieve both maintenance of high charging properties and discharging properties. The development roll is provided with a shaft member, an elastic substance layer formed on the outer circumference of the shaft member, an intermediate layer formed on the outer circumference of the elastic substance layer, and a surface layer formed on the outer circumference of the intermediate layer. The volume resistivity of the surface layer 18 is within the range of 1.0×1014 to 1.0×1020 ?·cm, and the volume resistivity of the intermediate layer 16 is within the range of 1.0×107 to 1.0×1013 ?·cm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company LimitedInventors: Kentaro IMAI, Kadai TAKEYAMA, Yutaka KADOSHIMA, Kosuke MINEMATSU, Satoshi TATSUMI
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Patent number: 10394161Abstract: Provided is a developing roll (R) with which it is possible to suppress toner stress in a low-temperature and low-humidity environment. A developing roll (R) for an electrophotographic device has a surface layer (1). In a surface hardness histogram (10) of the surface layer (1) measured by using an atomic force microscope (AFM), the surface hardness (H) at the top peak (P) is in the range of 10-55 MPa, and the area ratio (S) of the histogram portion corresponding to a surface hardness of 45 MPa or below in relation to the entire histogram is 65% or above.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Sumitomo Riko Company LimitedInventors: Yutaka Kadoshima, Kosuke Minematsu, Kentaro Imai
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Publication number: 20190163090Abstract: Provided is a developing roll (R) with which it is possible to suppress toner stress in a low-temperature and low-humidity environment. A developing roll (R) for an electrophotographic device has a surface layer (1). In a surface hardness histogram (10) of the surface layer (1) measured by using an atomic force microscope (AFM), the surface hardness (H) at the top peak (P) is in the range of 10-55 MPa, and the area ratio (S) of the histogram portion corresponding to a surface hardness of 45 MPa or below in relation to the entire histogram is 65% or above.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2019Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company LimitedInventors: Yutaka KADOSHIMA, Kosuke MINEMATSU, Kentaro IMAI
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Patent number: 9857725Abstract: An electrophotographic device member R is used in an electrophotographic device. The electrophotographic device member R has a surface layer 1. The surface layer 1 has a matrix polymer 11 forming a skeleton of the surface layer 1 and a surface modifier 12 contained in the matrix polymer 11. The surface modifier 12 is composed of a copolymer containing, in its molecule, a first polymerization unit derived from a (meth)acrylate having a silicone group 121 and a second polymerization unit derived from a (meth)acrylate having a fluorine-containing group 122.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Kentaro Imai, Yosuke Hayashi, Masanori Ishida, Fumio Misumi, Masanori Satou, Toshihiko Arata, Atsushi Ozaki
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Patent number: 9436151Abstract: An electrophotographic device member can be configured as a roll member 1, a blade member 2, a belt member 3 or the like, and a modified rubber elastic body 12 is used as a material for a portion including the surfaces of the respective members. The modified rubber elastic body 12 has a rubber elastic body 121 having rubber elasticity and a surface-treated layer 122 composed of a cured product of photocurable composition impregnated into the rubber elastic body 121 from the surface thereof. The photocurable composition is configured to include a (meth)acryl monomer, a photopolymerizable polymer having a silicone group and/or a fluorine-containing group and a (meth)acryloyl group in a molecule, and a photopolymerization initiator.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2015Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Yosuke Hayashi, Shuichi Egawa, Keiichi Inoue, Kazushi Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Iida, Kentaro Imai, Masanori Ishida
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Publication number: 20150248101Abstract: An electrophotographic device member can be configured as a roll member 1, a blade member 2, a belt member 3 or the like, and a modified rubber elastic body 12 is used as a material for a portion including the surfaces of the respective members. The modified rubber elastic body 12 has a rubber elastic body 121 having rubber elasticity and a surface-treated layer 122 composed of a cured product of photocurable composition impregnated into the rubber elastic body 121 from the surface thereof. The photocurable composition is configured to include a (meth)acryl monomer, a photopolymerizable polymer having a silicone group and/or a fluorine-containing group and a (meth)acryloyl group in a molecule, and a photopolymerization initiator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2015Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicant: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Yosuke Hayashi, Shuichi Egawa, Keiichi Inoue, Kazushi Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Iida, Kentaro Imai, Masanori Ishida
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Publication number: 20150234311Abstract: An electrophotographic device member R is used in an electrophotographic device. The electrophotographic device member R has a surface layer 1. The surface layer 1 has a matrix polymer 11 forming a skeleton of the surface layer 1 and a surface modifier 12 contained in the matrix polymer 11. The surface modifier 12 is composed of a copolymer containing, in its molecule, a first polymerization unit derived from a (meth)acrylate having a silicone group 121 and a second polymerization unit derived from a (meth)acrylate having a fluorine-containing group 122.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Kentaro Imai, Yosuke Hayashi, Masanori Ishida, Fumio Misumi, Masanori Satou, Toshihiko Arata, Atsushi Ozaki
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Patent number: 8500340Abstract: An optical ferrule assembly is disclosed. The optical ferrule assembly comprises a ferrule body, a notch part, a retainer and an annular member. The ferrule body includes an optical fiber loading hole extending therethough in a longitudinal direction. The notch part is formed in the ferrule body and has a flat surface which receives the optical fiber loading hole. The retainer is arranged in the notch part and has a lower abutting surface opposing to the flat surface and an inclined abutting surface formed on one end side of the lower abutting surface. The annular member fits on an outer periphery of the ferrule body. When the annular member is brought into contact with a portion of an outer peripheral surface of the retainer on one end side thereof, the inclined abutting surface is opposed to the flat surface, and the lower abutting surface is inclined to the flat surface and separated from the flat surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2007Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Molex IncorporatedInventors: Akihiro Shimotsu, Kentaro Imai
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Publication number: 20100322564Abstract: An optical ferrule assembly is disclosed. The optical ferrule assembly comprises a ferrule body, a notch part, a retainer and an annular member. The ferrule body includes an optical fiber loading hole extending therethough in a longitudinal direction. The notch part is formed in the ferrule body and has a flat surface which receives the optical fiber loading hole. The retainer is arranged in the notch part and has a lower abutting surface opposing to the flat surface and an inclined abutting surface formed on one end side of the lower abutting surface. The annular member fits on an outer periphery of the ferrule body. When the annular member is brought into contact with a portion of an outer peripheral surface of the retainer on one end side thereof, the inclined abutting surface is opposed to the flat surface, and the lower abutting surface is inclined to the flat surface and separated from the flat surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2007Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: MOLEX IncorporatedInventors: Akihiro Shimotsu, Kentaro Imai