Patents by Inventor Mizuki Otagiri

Mizuki Otagiri 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).

  • ELECTRIC GENERATING ELEMENT AND ELECTRIC GENERATOR
    Publication number: 20160276957
    Abstract: To provide an electric generating element including a first electrode; an intermediate layer; and a second electrode, the first electrode, the intermediate layer, and the second electrode being disposed in this order, the intermediate layer being in contact with at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the intermediate layer microscopically moves in a horizontal direction relative to a surface of the first electrode and a surface of the second electrode, when the intermediate layer is pressed in a vertical direction relative to the surface of the first electrode and the surface of the second electrode in a state that the intermediate layer is not secured with at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Tomoaki SUGAWARA, Junichiro Natori, Tsuneaki Kondoh, Yuko Arizumi, Mizuki Otagiri, Takahiro Imai
  • Image forming apparatus and image forming method
    Patent number: 8944556
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a head configured to discharge an aqueous recording liquid onto a recording medium; and a coating unit configured to apply a process liquid onto the recording medium, wherein the process liquid is formed by emulsifying, by a first surfactant, water including a water-soluble polymer and a low polarity solvent which is not compatible with the water, wherein the water and the low polarity solvent are emulsified as a W/O emulsion in which the water is in a dispersed phase and the low polarity solvent is in a continuous phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hihara, Yuuma Usui, Takeo Tsukamoto, Manabu Seo, Takahiko Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Yamashita, Hideomi Sakuma, Aino Hasegawa, Ryota Suzuki, Hisayoshi Ohshima, Shigeo Takeuchi, Mizuki Otagiri
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140071196
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a head configured to discharge an aqueous recording liquid onto a recording medium; and a coating unit configured to apply a process liquid onto the recording medium, wherein the process liquid is formed by emulsifying, by a first surfactant, water including a water-soluble polymer and a low polarity solvent which is not compatible with the water, wherein the water and the low polarity solvent are emulsified as a W/O emulsion in which the water is in a dispersed phase and the low polarity solvent is in a continuous phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: RICHO COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hihara, Yuuma Usui, Takeo Tsukamoto, Manabu Seo, Takahiko Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Yamashita, Hideomi Sakuma, Aino Hasegawa, Ryota Suzuki, Hisayoshi Ohshima, Shigeo Takeuchi, Mizuki Otagiri