Patents by Inventor Masao Katoh

Masao Katoh 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: 10955777
    Abstract: A fixing device includes at least one temperature detector and a device-side connector. The at least one temperature detector is configured to detect a temperature of the fixing device. The device-side connector is configured to transmit a temperature detection signal from the at least one temperature detector to an image forming apparatus body by mutual contact between a terminal of the device-side connector and a terminal of a body-side connector of the image forming apparatus body. A lead wire of the at least one temperature detector is branched into a plurality of wires connected to the device-side connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji Saitoh, Toshiharu Hachisuka, Hiroshi Seo, Yutaka Naitoh, Daisuke Inoue, Masao Katoh, Yutaka Aso, Naohiro Funada, Tomoo Asami, Jun Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10788775
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a fixing member, at least one temperature detector, and a device-side drawer connector. The at least one temperature detector is configured to detect a temperature of the fixing member, the at least one temperature detector including a plurality of lead wires. The device-side drawer connector has a terminal portion configured to fit with a terminal portion of a body-side drawer connector of an image forming apparatus body to connect the plurality of lead wires of the at least one temperature detector to the image forming apparatus body. The device-side drawer connector is configured to branch a signal wire of the plurality of lead wires of the at least one temperature detector into a plurality of systems. A plurality of earth wires of the plurality of lead wires of the at least one temperature detector is short-circuited to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Okamoto, Seiji Saitoh, Yutaka Naitoh, Toshiharu Hachisuka, Hiroshi Seo, Daisuke Inoue, Masao Katoh, Yutaka Aso, Naohiro Funada, Tomoo Asami
  • Publication number: 20200241452
    Abstract: A fixing device includes at least one temperature detector and a device-side connector. The at least one temperature detector is configured to detect a temperature of the fixing device. The device-side connector is configured to transmit a temperature detection signal from the at least one temperature detector to an image forming apparatus body by mutual contact between a terminal of the device-side connector and a terminal of a body-side connector of the image forming apparatus body. A lead wire of the at least one temperature detector is branched into a plurality of wires connected to the device-side connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji SAITOH, Toshiharu HACHISUKA, Hiroshi SEO, Yutaka NAITOH, Daisuke INOUE, Masao KATOH, Yutaka ASO, Naohiro FUNADA, Tomoo ASAMI, Jun OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200241453
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a fixing member, at least one temperature detector, and a device-side drawer connector. The at least one temperature detector is configured to detect a temperature of the fixing member, the at least one temperature detector including a plurality of lead wires. The device-side drawer connector has a terminal portion configured to fit with a terminal portion of a body-side drawer connector of an image forming apparatus body to connect the plurality of lead wires of the at least one temperature detector to the image forming apparatus body. The device-side drawer connector is configured to branch a signal wire of the plurality of lead wires of the at least one temperature detector into a plurality of systems. A plurality of earth wires of the plurality of lead wires of the at least one temperature detector is short-circuited to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun OKAMOTO, Seiji SAITOH, Yutaka NAITOH, Toshiharu HACHISUKA, Hiroshi SEO, Daisuke INOUE, Masao KATOH, Yutaka ASO, Naohiro FUNADA, Tomoo ASAMI
  • Patent number: 5102787
    Abstract: A true activity of tissue plasminogen activator is determined by reacting a solid phase having bound thereto anti tissue plasminogen activator antibody IgG fraction having affinity to a site other than the active site of tissue plasminogen activator with tissue plasminogen activator in a sample and then measuring an activity of the reaction product, preferably in terms of an amount of a substance released from a chromogenic peptide substrate. This measurement enables to use of whole blood or diluted blood as the sample and achieves high sensitivity and high accuracy in a short period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Inventors: Miho Sasamata, Katsuhisa Ito, Masao Katoh, Shinya Yano, Eriko Matsumura, Hisanori Ezoe
  • Patent number: 4681764
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a novel porous and spherical carbonaceous product having acidic groups, basic groups, phenolic hydroxyl groups and carboxyl groups as functional groups at the following relationships:(1) the equivalent ratio of the acidic groups to the basic groups is in the range of 0.40 to 2.5 and(2) the value obtained by subtracting the amount of the carboxyl groups from the sum of the amounts of the basic groups and the phenolic hydroxylic groups is larger than 0.60, wherein the amount of the above-mentioned functional groups is expressed by milliequivalent/g of the product.The novel porous and spherical carbonaceous product having its groups in the above-mentioned relationships exhibits a specific adsorptive capability in living bodies and particularly useful as a pharmaceutical for treating diseases of the liver and kidney after administered orally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1987
    Assignee: Kureha Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Endo, Masao Katoh, Kuniaki Hino