Patents by Inventor Kohei KAWAI

Kohei KAWAI 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).

  • Publication number: 20240152073
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developing device including a developing roller and a storage frame including a storage portion configured to store toner, a body frame with an opening, a toner cartridge which is configured to store the toner, which is attachable to and detachable from the developing device through the opening, which is movable to an attached position and a retracted position, and which is configured to supply the toner to the storage portion in a state in which the toner cartridge is at the attached position, and a moving device configured to move the toner cartridge from the attached position to the retracted position. The toner cartridge is configured such that at least part of the toner cartridge projects outside the body frame in a state in which the toner cartridge is at the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Jumpei Nitta, Tomoya Tateishi, Osamu Sasaoka, Kohei Koguchi, Shuma Hiasa, Tachio Kawai
  • Publication number: 20240152074
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a rotary including a first developing roller, a second developing roller, a first storage frame, and a second storage frame, a body frame with an opening, a first toner cartridge, a second toner cartridge, a first support member which is configured to support the first toner cartridge, and a second support member which is configured to support the second toner cartridge. The first support member is movable with respect to the first storage frame such that the first toner cartridge moves from the first attached position to the first retracted position. The second support member is movable with respect to the second storage frame such that the second toner cartridge moves from the second attached position to the second retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Jumpei Nitta, Tomoya Tateishi, Osamu Sasaoka, Kohei Koguchi, Shuma Hiasa, Tachio Kawai, Kenji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11933684
    Abstract: A tactile and proximity sensor includes a light source, a light receiving section, and a cover. The light source emits light. The light receiving section receives light and generates a signal providing a result of the received light. The cover includes an elastic body that deforms under external force and that covers the light source and the light receiving section. The cover includes a reflective section that reflects light between the light source and the light receiving section and a transmission section that allows light to pass through in a first direction from the light source and that allows light to pass through in a second direction from the light receiving section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Kato, Hiroshi Watanabe, Kohei Sugahara, Hironari Yamamoto, Hiraku Kawai
  • Publication number: 20230101726
    Abstract: A coaxial connector includes a housing and a retainer attached to the housing. The housing includes a terminal receiving portion into which a terminal is insertable from behind. The terminal includes a crimp portion crimped to have a polygonal cross-sectional shape, and a flange portion located forward of the crimp portion when the terminal has been inserted in the terminal receiving portion, the flange portion protruding circumferentially outward beyond the crimp portion. The retainer includes a fitting portion fitted around the crimp portion of the terminal including at least one corner of the crimp portion in an attached state in which the terminal has been received in the terminal receiving portion in a normal position and the retainer has been attached in an engagement position, and an abutment portion in abutment with the flange portion of the terminal from behind in the attached state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kohei KAWAI, Akihiro KON
  • Publication number: 20230093051
    Abstract: Provided is a male connector capable of easily engaging with a female connector. A male connector 10 includes a hood portion 13 with a cylindrical shape that is fit into, from a projecting end 13A side, an engagement cylindrical portion 23 formed as an opening of a female connector 20, wherein the hood portion 13 is provided with the at least one guide projection portion 31 projecting forward beyond the projecting end 13A with an annular shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Kohei KAWAI, Akihiro KON
  • Patent number: 10853866
    Abstract: A searching unit 120 searches for products sold in an electronic marketplace according to a query specified by a customer. A product presenting unit 121 presents the searched products to the customer. If the customer selects a product from among the presented products, and the selected product is being sold from a single shop in the electronic marketplace, an ordering unit 122 starts a purchase order for the product by the customer to the single shop. If the selected product is being sold from multiple shops in the electronic marketplace, a shop presenting unit 123 presents the multiple shops to the customer. If the customer selects a shop from among the presented shops, the ordering unit 122 initiates a purchase order for the product selected by the customer to the selected shop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventor: Kohei Kawai
  • Patent number: 10650129
    Abstract: A server device (100) receives access from an application (31) running on a terminal device (200). The server device (100) authenticates the application (31) of the terminal device (200) with a user name and a password and if successful, transmits an access token to the application (31) and approves access. Issuing an access token, the server device (100) postpones the expiration date given to other access tokens associated with the terminal device (200). When an access token received from the application (31) of the terminal device (200) is associated with the terminal device (200) and stored as being unexpired, the server device (100) approves access from the application (31) and postpones the expiration dates given to all access tokens associated with the terminal device (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Kohei Kawai, Sonny Kurniawan
  • Publication number: 20190080074
    Abstract: A server device (100) receives access from an application (31) running on a terminal device (200). The server device (100) authenticates the application (31) of the terminal device (200) with a user name and a password and if successful, transmits an access token to the application (31) and approves access. Issuing an access token, the server device (100) postpones the expiration date given to other access tokens associated with the terminal device (200). When an access token received from the application (31) of the terminal device (200) is associated with the terminal device (200) and stored as being unexpired, the server device (100) approves access from the application (31) and postpones the expiration dates given to all access tokens associated with the terminal device (200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Kohei KAWAI, Sonny KURNIAWAN
  • Publication number: 20180357699
    Abstract: A searching unit 120 searches for products sold in an electronic marketplace according to a query specified by a customer. A product presenting unit 121 presents the searched products to the customer. If the customer selects a product from among the presented products, and the selected product is being sold from a single shop in the electronic marketplace, an ordering unit 122 starts a purchase order for the product by the customer to the single shop. If the selected product is being sold from multiple shops in the electronic marketplace, a shop presenting unit 123 presents the multiple shops to the customer. If the customer selects a shop from among the presented shops, the ordering unit 122 initiates a purchase order for the product selected by the customer to the selected shop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventor: Kohei KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20160321728
    Abstract: A searching unit 120 searches for products sold in an electronic marketplace according to a query specified by a customer. A product presenting unit 121 presents the searched products to the customer. If the customer selects a product from among the presented products, and the selected product is being sold from a single shop in the electronic marketplace, an ordering unit 122 starts a purchase order for the product by the customer to the single shop. If the selected product is being sold from multiple shops in the electronic marketplace, a shop presenting unit 123 presents the multiple shops to the customer. If the customer selects a shop from among the presented shops, the ordering unit 122 initiates a purchase order for the product selected by the customer to the selected shop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventor: Kohei KAWAI