Patents by Inventor Kouta Kawano

Kouta Kawano 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: 9310712
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a toner-conveying roller that has high toner-conveying property and in which a roller-shape thereof is less likely to be transferred to the image, a mold capable of manufacturing said roller, and a method of manufacturing said mold. The toner-conveying roller according to the present invention has a shaft body and a urethane foam layer formed around the shaft body, and recesses and protrusions are irregularly formed on a circumference surface of the urethane foam layer. The mold for manufacturing the roller according to the present invention has recesses and protrusions irregularly formed on the inner surface of a mold for manufacturing the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Masuyama, Kouta Kawano, Wataru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8550968
    Abstract: There is a developing roller having a low compression permanent strain without contaminating a photosensitive drum and deteriorating toners. The developing roller 1 comprises a shaft 2, an elastic layer 3 formed on an outer periphery of the shaft 2 and a surface coating layer 4 formed on an outer peripheral face of the elastic layer 3, in which the surface coating layer 4 comprises a urethane resin formed by crosslinking a lactone-modified polyol with a polyisocyanate. The urethane resin is preferable to be formed by crosslinking the lactone-modified polyol with two or more kinds of polyisocyanates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Sugimura, Kouta Kawano, Takuro Sugimoto, Hirotaka Tagawa
  • Publication number: 20110206421
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a toner-conveying roller that has high toner-conveying property and in which a roller-shape thereof is less likely to be transferred to the image, a mold capable of manufacturing said roller, and a method of manufacturing said mold. The toner-conveying roller according to the present invention has a shaft body and a urethane foam layer formed around the shaft body, and recesses and protrusions are irregularly formed on a circumference surface of the urethane foam layer. The mold for manufacturing the roller according to the present invention has recesses and protrusions irregularly formed on the inner surface of a mold for manufacturing the roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Masuyama, Kouta Kawano, Wataru Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20070111874
    Abstract: There is a developing roller having a low compression permanent strain without contaminating a photosensitive drum and deteriorating toners. The developing roller 1 comprises a shaft 2, an elastic layer 3 formed on an outer periphery of the shaft 2 and a surface coating layer 4 formed on an outer peripheral face of the elastic layer 3, in which the surface coating layer 4 comprises a urethane resin formed by crosslinking a lactone-modified polyol with a polyisocyanate. The urethane resin is preferable to be formed by crosslinking the lactone-modified polyol with two or more kinds of polyisocyanates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Takayuki Sugimura, Kouta Kawano, Takuro Sugimoto, Hirotaka Tagawa
  • Publication number: 20070037680
    Abstract: In a conductive roller comprising a metal shaft and an elastic layer formed thereon, the elastic layer contains a monovalent tetrafluoroborate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Hirotaka Tagawa, Kouta Kawano
  • Patent number: 6342167
    Abstract: A synthetic resin magnet composition that can maintain its good melt flowability without deterioration in moldability or in uniformity of magnetic force even when the amount of magnetic powder being filled is increased, and thus, can accomplish an improvement in magnetic characteristic of the molded-product is provided. Further, the synthetic resin magnet composition is used to provide a synthetic resin magnet molded-product, such as a magnetic roller, that can achieve high-magnetization without causing any variation in surface magnetic force or deterioration in dimensional precision. Such a composition is composed by mixing and dispersing a magnetic powder and at least one type of aromatic polyamine compound to a synthetic resin binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Kouta Kawano, Hideharu Daifuku