Patents by Inventor Ryoji Kato
Ryoji Kato 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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Patent number: 11969977Abstract: The liquid-repellent structure comprises a major surface to which liquid repellency is imparted, and a liquid-repellent layer formed on the major surface; wherein the liquid-repellent layer contains a scale-like filler having an average particle size of 0.1 to 6 ?m, inclusive, a thermoplastic resin, and a fluorine compound, and has aggregates containing the scale-like filler; and the ratio WS1/(WP+WFC) of the mass WS1 of the scale-like filler contained in the liquid-repellent layer to the sum (WP+WFC) of the mass WP of the thermoplastic resin and the mass WFC of the fluorine compound contained in the liquid-repellent layer is 0.1 to 10 inclusive.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryoji Kato, Kosuke Kinoshita, Masayoshi Suzuta, Mina Sekikawa
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Publication number: 20240132311Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transport section that transports a recording material, a grasping section that grasps a remaining situation of a recording material remaining in a transport path through which the recording material is transported by the transport section, a reception section that receives, from a user, an input of the number of removed sheets of recording material removed from the transport path by the user in a case where the transport of the recording material by the transport section is stopped, and a start section that starts the stopped transport by the transport section based on the number of removed sheets input by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Shinya HARADA, Kenichi MIYAZAKI, Masashi HARA, Hitoshi KOMATSU, Ryoji KAWAGUCHI, Tomoyasu TANAKA, Daiji KATO
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Patent number: 11939485Abstract: A liquid-repellent structure includes a surface to which liquid repellency is to be imparted; a foundation layer having a surface and disposed to face the surface to which liquid repellency is to be imparted; and a liquid-repellent layer disposed to face the surface of the foundation layer, wherein the foundation layer contains an acid-modified polyolefin, the liquid-repellent layer contains a fluorine-containing resin and particles, and the fluorine-containing resin contains a hydrophilic structural unit having at least one of an amino group and an amide group. A packaging material has the liquid-repellent structure disposed to face a product. The packaging material can also be applied to a product that is a selected one of hand soap, body soap, shampoo, rinse, creams, and cosmetics and that contains a surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TOPPAN INC.Inventors: Ryoji Kato, Kosuke Kinoshita, Yu Ogihara
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Publication number: 20230356908Abstract: [Problem] To allow an inner container and an outer container to be easily detached from one another in a double-walled container comprising a bottomed, cylindrical inner container nested in a similarly bottomed, cylindrical outer container.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Ryoji KATO, Takeshi NAKAZAWA
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Publication number: 20230013834Abstract: A liquid repellent structure includes a surface to which liquid repellency is to be imparted, and a liquid repellent layer formed on the surface. In the structure: the liquid repellent layer contains a binder resin containing a fluorine-containing resin, and a filler dispersed in the binder resin; the filler contains a first filler having a BET specific surface area M of 100 m2/g to 400 m2/g; and the ratio M/F of the BET specific surface area M of the first filler to a mass F (mass %) of the fluorine-containing resin relative to the total mass of the liquid repellent layer is 4.1 to 20.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: TOPPAN INC.Inventors: Ryoji KATO, Kosuke KINOSHITA, Yu OGIHARA
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Publication number: 20230014365Abstract: A liquid repellent structure including: a surface to which liquid repellency is to be imparted; and a liquid repellent layer formed on the surface, wherein the liquid repellent layer contains a binder resin containing a fluorine-containing resin, and a filler dispersed in the binder resin, the filler contains a first filler having a BET specific surface area M of 100 m2/g to 400 m2/g, and a ratio M/F of the BET specific surface area M of the first filler to a mass F (mass %) of the fluorine-containing resin relative to a total mass of the liquid repellent layer is 1.5 to 4.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: TOPPAN INC.Inventors: Ryoji KATO, Kosuke KINOSHITA, Yu OGIHARA
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Publication number: 20220348785Abstract: A liquid-repellent structure includes a surface to which liquid repellency is to be imparted; a foundation layer having a surface and disposed to face the surface to which liquid repellency is to be imparted; and a liquid-repellent layer disposed to face the surface of the foundation layer, wherein the foundation layer contains an acid-modified polyolefin, the liquid-repellent layer contains a fluorine-containing resin and particles, and the fluorine-containing resin contains a hydrophilic structural unit having at least one of an amino group and an amide group. A packaging material has the liquid-repellent structure disposed to face a product. The packaging material can also be applied to a product that is a selected one of hand soap, body soap, shampoo, rinse, creams, and cosmetics and that contains a surfactant.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: TOPPAN INC.Inventors: Ryoji KATO, Kosuke KINOSHITA, Yu OGIHARA
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Publication number: 20210129508Abstract: The liquid-repellent structure comprises a major surface to which liquid repellency is imparted, and a liquid-repellent layer formed on the major surface; wherein the liquid-repellent layer contains a scale-like filler having an average particle size of 0.1 to 6 ?m, inclusive, a thermoplastic resin, and a fluorine compound, and has aggregates containing the scale-like filler; and the ratio WS1/(WP+WFC) of the mass WS1 of the scale-like filler contained in the liquid-repellent layer to the sum (WP+WFC) of the mass WP of the thermoplastic resin and the mass WFC of the fluorine compound contained in the liquid-repellent layer is 0.1 to 10 inclusive.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryoji KATO, Kosuke KINOSHITA, Masayoshi SUZUTA, Mina SEKIKAWA
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Patent number: 10594149Abstract: A battery management method and apparatus. In one embodiment of the method, a source current is divided into Ic and Icr. Ic is transmitted to and charges a battery. A first voltage is generated that is related to Icr. The first voltage is converted into a first digital signal. A processing unit receives and processes the first digital signal in accordance with instructions stored in a memory. The transmission of Ic to the battery is interrupted in response to the processing unit processing the first digital signal. Current provided by the battery is divided into Idc and Idcr. Idc is transmitted to a device. A second voltage is generated that is related to Idcr. The second voltage is converted into a second digital signal. The processing unit receives and processes the second digital signal in accordance with instructions stored in the memory. The transmission of Idc to the battery is interrupted in response to the processing unit processing the second digital signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Renesas Electronics America Inc.Inventors: Tetsuo Sato, Tsutomu Kawano, Koji Kashimoto, Takao Hidaka, Tsuyoshi Ota, Ryoji Kato
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Patent number: 10457160Abstract: In a power control device for a vehicle in which an electric motor for driving the vehicle to travel is supplied with power from a battery mounted on the vehicle and a fuel cell, a control unit sets a target charging rate (SOCt) of the battery in such a manner that the target charging rate decreases as a remaining fuel amount (Qf) of the fuel cell decreases after the power generation of the fuel cell is started during high-output/high-speed travelling and controls a power generation output (Pf) of the fuel cell based on a difference between the target charging rate (SOCt) and a current charging rate (SOC).Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignees: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA ENGINEERING KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryoji Kato, Koji Ichikawa, Masashi Takahashi, Kazuyoshi Nakane, Kazuhito Kawashima, Tetsuya Watanabe, Keisuke Tashiro
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Patent number: 9913074Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying resources available at a device in a communication network. A Resource Directory Proxy node receives a first message from the device. The first message relates to a change in at least one resource available at the device. The Resource Directory Proxy then sends, to a Resource Directory node selected from a set of Resource Directory nodes, a second message. The second message includes the change in the at least one of the resources available. There is also provided a method and apparatus for providing data from the device is provided. A Mirror Proxy Proxy node receives from the device a data message that includes an identity of the device and data obtained by the device. The Mirror Proxy Proxy node selects, from a set of Mirror Proxy nodes, a Mirror Proxy node, and sends to the selected Mirror Proxy node a further data message, the further data message including the identity of the device and the data obtained by the device.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2013Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Vlasios Tsiatsis, Jari Arkko, Ryoji Kato, Sébastien Pierrel, Jakob Saros
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Patent number: 9837692Abstract: A power controlling apparatus includes a secondary battery (2) connected to an electrical device (4), and a fuel cell (3) connected to the electrical device (4) and the secondary battery (2). The fuel cell (3) has two non-generating modes including an idling mode and a halt mode, the fuel cell (3) suspending generation of power while being supplied with fuel in the idling mode, the fuel cell (3) stopping generation of power without fuel supply in the halt mode. The power controlling apparatus further includes a remainder estimator (11) to calculate the remaining number of starts representing the remaining number of available starts of the fuel cell (3), and a controller (16) to control the fuel cell (3) to be one of the two non-generating modes during a non-charging mode of the secondary battery (2), based on the remaining number of starts calculated by the remainder estimator (11).Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhito Kawashima, Keisuke Tashiro, Tetsuya Watanabe, Akihito Miyamoto, Ryoji Kato, Chikara Takei
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Publication number: 20170264121Abstract: A battery management method and apparatus. In one embodiment of the method, a source current is divided into Ic and Icr. Ic is transmitted to and charges a battery. A first voltage is generated that is related to Icr. The first voltage is converted into a first digital signal. A processing unit receives and processes the first digital signal in accordance with instructions stored in a memory. The transmission of Ic to the battery is interrupted in response to the processing unit processing the first digital signal. Current provided by the battery is divided into Idc and Idcr. Idc is transmitted to a device. A second voltage is generated that is related to Idcr. The second voltage is converted into a second digital signal. The processing unit receives and processes the second digital signal in accordance with instructions stored in the memory. The transmission of Idc to the battery is interrupted in response to the processing unit processing the second digital signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Tetsuo Sato, Tsutomu Kawano, Koji Kashimoto, Takao Hidaka, Tsuyoshi Ota, Ryoji Kato
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Publication number: 20170203669Abstract: In a power control device for a vehicle in which an electric motor for driving the vehicle to travel is supplied with power from a battery mounted on the vehicle and a fuel cell, a control unit sets a target charging rate (SOCt) of the battery in such a manner that the target charging rate decreases as a remaining fuel amount (Qf) of the fuel cell decreases after the power generation of the fuel cell is started during high-output/high-speed travelling and controls a power generation output (Pf) of the fuel cell based on a difference between the target charging rate (SOCt) and a current charging rate (SOC).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicants: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA ENGINEERING KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryoji KATO, Koji ICHIKAWA, Masashi TAKAHASHI, Kazuyoshi NAKANE, Kazuhito KAWASHIMA, Tetsuya WATANABE, Keisuke TASHIRO
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Patent number: 9667083Abstract: A battery management method and apparatus. In one embodiment of the method, a source current is divided into Ic and Icr. Ic is transmitted to and charges a battery. A first voltage is generated that is related to Icr. The first voltage is converted into a first digital signal. A processing unit receives and processes the first digital signal in accordance with instructions stored in a memory. The transmission of Ic to the battery is interrupted in response to the processing unit processing the first digital signal. Current provided by the battery is divided into Idc and Idcr. Idc is transmitted to a device. A second voltage is generated that is related to Idcr. The second voltage is converted into a second digital signal. The processing unit receives and processes the second digital signal in accordance with instructions stored in the memory. The transmission of Idc to the battery is interrupted in response to the processing unit processing the second digital signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2014Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Renesas Electronics America Inc.Inventors: Tetsuo Sato, Tsutomu Kawano, Koji Kashimoto, Takao Hidaka, Tsuyoshi Ota, Ryoji Kato
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Patent number: 9357380Abstract: There is provided an apparatus (134) for managing assignment of subscription modules (307) for a group (141) of communication devices (140a-140n). The apparatus includes a receiving unit (203) configured to receive a request for assigning a subscription module to a target communication device (140j) so that the target communication device can attach to a network managed by a network (110) operator; and a control unit (205) configured to identify a group which includes the target communication device, determine whether the number of subscription modules which are assigned to the communication devices in the identified group reaches the upper bound, and when the number of the subscription modules does not reach the upper bound, assign a subscription module to the target communication device.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Toshikane Oda, Johan Hjelm, Ryoji Kato, Shingo Murakami, Shinta Sugimoto
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Patent number: 9331993Abstract: A communication device comprising a central processing unit (CPU) and a memory device is disclosed. The CPU is configured to send a first attach request including a first subscription identity (FSI) to the network apparatus, receive an authentication request including a random number and an authentication token from the network apparatus as a response to the first attach request. Further, the CPU is configured to authenticate the authentication token using the random number and a first key associated with the FSI, obtain a second key and a second subscription identity (SSI) in response to authentication of the authentication token failing, where SSI is obtained from the authentication request. The CPU is further configured to send an authentication failure to the network apparatus. The second key and SSI are stored in the memory device such that the second key is associated with SSI.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Shingo Murakami, Ryoji Kato, Toshikane Oda, Shinta Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20160119740Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying resources available at a device in a communication network. A Resource Directory Proxy node receives a first message from the device. The first message relates to a change in at least one resource available at the device. The Resource Directory Proxy then sends, to a Resource Directory node selected from a set of Resource Directory nodes, a second message. The second message includes the change in the at least one of the resources available. There is also provided a method and apparatus for providing data from the device is provided. A Mirror Proxy Proxy node receives from the device a data message that includes an identity of the device and data obtained by the device. The Mirror Proxy Proxy node selects, from a set of Mirror Proxy nodes, a Mirror Proxy node, and sends to the selected Mirror Proxy node a further data message, the further data message including the identity of the device and the data obtained by the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2013Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Vlasios Tsiatsis, Jari Arkko, Ryoji Kato, Sébastien Pierrel, Jakob Saros
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Patent number: 9204416Abstract: A gateway apparatus comprises a registration unit for registering a network address, a temporary address and a flag, a receiving unit for receiving data destined to a destination communication device with the network address of the destination communication device from a source communication device, a determination unit for determining whether the destination communication device is provided with the MCIM or not, based on a registered value of the flag, and transmitting unit for transmitting a bootstrap message for requesting initiation of provisioning of a predetermined identifier to the destination communication device, to a provision server, when it is determined that the destination communication device is not provided with the MCIM, wherein the transmitting unit transmits the data to the destination communication device using the assigned temporary address, when the destination communication device is provided with the MCIM.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2010Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Shinta Sugimoto, Ryoji Kato
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Patent number: 9198220Abstract: There is provided a Local Breakout Gateway node for use in a hierarchical mobile network. The node comprises a database, which stores a plurality of Local Breakout Policy rules. The node further comprises a receiver for receiving an IP packet from a Mobile Node attached to the network at which the node is located, the network being a visited network for the Mobile Node. The node further comprises means for selecting a Local Breakout Policy from the plurality of Local Breakout Policy rules, and means to apply the selected Local Breakout Policy to the received IP packet. The node further comprises a Network Address translation function to apply a Network Address Translation to the received IP packet, and a transmitter for sending the IP packet to a destination according to the applied Local Breakout Policy.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2007Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Shinta Sugimoto, Ryoji Kato, Toshikane Oda