Patents by Inventor Ryota Arai

Ryota Arai 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: 20150083210
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element is provided. The photoelectric conversion element includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode is covered with an electron transport layer. The electron transport layer is covered with a material represented by the following formula (1): wherein each of R1 and R2 independently represents a straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl group, Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, each of X1 and X2 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted saturated hydrocarbon group, n represents an integer of from 1 to 3, and Ar may share bond connectivity with X1 or X2 to form a ring. The second electrode is facing the electron transport layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota ARAI, Yuuji TANAKA, Tamotsu HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20150041724
    Abstract: A substituent-eliminable diketopyrrolopyrrole derivative represented by the following formula (I) is provided. In the formula (I), R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; X represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaromatic group; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Arai, Yoshiki YANAGAWA
  • Patent number: 8889324
    Abstract: An image bearing member including an electroconductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer provided overlying the electroconductive substrate, the photosensitive layer containing at least one charge transport materials selected from the group consisting of a naphthalene tetracarboxylic acid diimide-isoindol derivative represented by the following chemical structure 1, a naphthalimide-isoindol derivative represented by the following chemical structure 2, and a triphenyl amine-isoindol derivative represented by the following chemical structure 3, where R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or non-substituted alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a substituted or non-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a halogen atom, and a nitro group, k represents an integer of 1 to 4, and l represents an integer of from 1 to 5 and R3 represents a substituted or non-substituted alkyl group, a substituted or non-substituted cycloalkyl group, and a substituted or non-substituted aromatic hydrocarbo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Arai, Tomoyuki Shimada
  • Publication number: 20140264184
    Abstract: A solution includes an organic solvent and a compound dissolved in the organic solvent, having the following formula (1): wherein R1 represents an aromatic group which may have a substituent or an alkyl group which may have a substituent; R2 and R3 independently represent an alkyl group which may have a substituent, an alkoxy group which may have a substituent, an alkylthio group which may have a substituent or a hydrogen atom, and may form a ring together; X represents an alkyl group having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent; and n represents 1, 2 or 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota ARAI, Yoshiki YANAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20140234763
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member having a photosensitive layer and a sub-surface layer having a charge transportability, overlying the photosensitive layer wherein the sub-surface layer is formed of a cured material formed of a radical polymerizable monomer having three or more functional groups with no charge transport structure and a radical polymerizable compound having a charge transport structure, wherein the arithmetical mean roughness WRa of about each of frequency components of HMH, HML, and HLH obtained by wavelet conversion of values measured by a surface texture and the contour form measuring device ranges from 0.0002 ?m to 0.005 ?m and WRa (LLH) is 0.05 ?m or less, wherein the sub-surface layer contains at least one of a particular oxazole compound or a particular diamine compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Akihiro SUGINO, Keisuke Shimoyama, Tomoharu Asano, Hidetoshi Kami, Nobutaka Eguchi, Kazuhiro Egawa, Tomoyuki Shimada, Ryota Arai, Masayoshi Nomura
  • Patent number: 8809543
    Abstract: An N-phenyl-diphenylisoindole derivative having the following formula (1): wherein each of R1 and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or an unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or an unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or an unsubstituted phenyl group, or a substituted or an unsubstituted phenoxy group; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or an unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or an unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or an unsubstituted phenyl group, a substituted or an unsubstituted phenoxy group, or has the following formula (2): wherein each of R4 and R5 represents a substituted or an unsubstituted alkyl group, or a substituted or an unsubstituted phenyl group; 1 represents an integer of from 1 to 4; and each of m and n represents an integer of from 1 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Arai, Tomoyuki Shimada
  • Patent number: 8701979
    Abstract: In the cabling work aiding system, the RFID reader reads the RFID attached to at least one of the terminal, its terminal block, and cable member. A cabling work terminal device is connected to the RFID reader. The device is comprised of: a data base that records a template connection diagram containing the terminal-side RFID region constituted by RFID data as to the terminal and a cable-side RFID region constituted by RFID data as to the cable member; a relating part that relates the RFID read by the RFID reader to the terminal-side RIFD region and the cable-side RIFD region defined in the template connection diagram; a terminal-cable member correspondence table preparing part that prepares a correspondence table for leading correspondence between the RFID data as to the terminal and RFID data as to cable member from correspondence between the terminal-side RIFD region and the cable-side RFID related by the RFID read by the RFID reader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimi Yokota, Kenji Araki, Ryosuke Shigemi, Ryota Arai, Shinya Yuda, Munetoshi Unuma, Reika Kin
  • Patent number: 8586270
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoconductor including: an electrically conductive substrate; and at least a photoconductive layer thereon, wherein the photoconductive layer contains a diazapentadiene derivative represented by general formula (1): where “X” represents general formula (a), (b) or (c); “R1” and “R2” each represent substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or aromatic hydrocarbon group, and may be the same or different; “R1” and “R2” may be joined together via “Y” to form a ring; “Y” represents single bond, oxygen atom, —CH2CH2—, or —CH?CH—, where “R3” represents substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, aromatic hydrocarbon group, alkoxy group, alkoxycarbonyl group, or halogen group; “R4” represents substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aromatic hydrocarbon group; “n” represents integer ranging from 0 to 4; and when “n” is integer of 2 to 4, “R3” may be the same or different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Arai, Tomoyuki Shimada, Minoru Umeda
  • Publication number: 20130202994
    Abstract: To provide an amine compound, represented by General Formula (I) below: [In General Formula (I), R1 and R2 represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, which may be identical or different; m and n are an integer of 1 or 0; Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group; Ar2 and Ar3 represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group; and Ar1 and Ar2 or Ar2 and Ar3 may bind to each other to form a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group including a nitrogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Tomoyuki SHIMADA, Masayoshi NOMURA, Ryota ARAI
  • Patent number: 8395804
    Abstract: A RFID registration system is provided with a reader for reading an ID of an object to be identified by an RFID, an RFID existence position indicating the position of the RFID, and the RFID; an associating apparatus for associating the read RFID with the ID of the object to be identified by the RFID, a position information generation apparatus for obtaining the read position at the same time the position has been read, and a collation apparatus for obtaining an ID of the object to be identified by the RFID based on the read position and the RFID existence position. The RFID registration system can be avoid making the mistaken association between the RFID and the object to which the identification ID is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimi Yokota, Ryosuke Shigemi, Ryota Arai, Shinya Yuda, Munetoshi Unuma, Kozo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8304153
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer overlying the conductive substrate. The photosensitive layer comprises a phthalimide isoindole derivative having a specific chemical formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Shimada, Ryota Arai
  • Publication number: 20120251934
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoconductor including: an electrically conductive substrate; and at least a photoconductive layer thereon, wherein the photoconductive layer contains a diazapentadiene derivative represented by general formula (1): where “X” represents general formula (a), (b) or (c); “R1” and “R2” each represent substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or aromatic hydrocarbon group, and may be the same or different; “R1” and “R2” may be joined together via “Y” to form a ring; “Y” represents single bond, oxygen atom, —CH2CH2—, or —CH?CH—, where “R3” represents substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, aromatic hydrocarbon group, alkoxy group, alkoxycarbonyl group, or halogen group; “R4” represents substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aromatic hydrocarbon group; “n” represents integer ranging from 0 to 4; and when “n” is integer of 2 to 4, “R3” may be the same or different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Ryota ARAI, Tomoyuki SHIMADA, Minoru UMEDA
  • Publication number: 20120231380
    Abstract: A hydroxygallium porphyrazine derivative mixture including: a plurality of different hydroxygallium porphyrazine derivatives each represented by the following General Formula (A-2): where A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3 and B4 each independently represent a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom bonded to hydrogen, with the proviso that both of A1 and B1 are carbon atoms each bonded to hydrogen or only one of A1 and B1 is a nitrogen atom, both of A2 and B2 are carbon atoms each bonded to hydrogen or only one of A2 and B2 is a nitrogen atom, both of A3 and B3 are carbon atoms each bonded to hydrogen or only one of A3 and B3 is a nitrogen atom, and both of A4 and B4 are carbon atoms each bonded to hydrogen or only one of A4 and B4 is a nitrogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Tomoyuki SHIMADA, Ryota Arai
  • Publication number: 20120064443
    Abstract: An N-phenyl-diphenylisoindole derivative having the following formula (I): wherein each of R1 and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or an unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or an unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or an unsubstituted phenyl group, or a substituted or an unsubstituted phenoxy group; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or an unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or an unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or an unsubstituted phenyl group, a substituted or an unsubstituted phenoxy group, or has the following formula (2): wherein each of R4 and R5 represents a substituted or an unsubstituted alkyl group, or a substituted or an unsubstituted phenyl group; 1 represents an integer of from 1 to 4; and each of m and n represents an integer of from 1 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Ryota ARAI, Tomoyuki Shimada
  • Publication number: 20110200925
    Abstract: An image bearing member including an electroconductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer provided overlying the electroconductive substrate, the photosensitive layer containing at least one charge transport materials selected from the group consisting of a naphthalene tetracarboxylic acid diimide-isoindol derivative represented by the following chemical structure 1, a naphthalimide-isoindol derivative represented by the following chemical structure 2, and a triphenyl amine-isoindol derivative represented by the following chemical structure 3, where R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or non-substituted alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a substituted or non-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a halogen atom, and a nitro group, k represents an integer of 1 to 4, and l represents an integer of from 1 to 5 and R3 represents a substituted or non-substituted alkyl group, a substituted or non-substituted cycloalkyl group, and a substituted or non-substituted aromatic hydrocarbo
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Ryota ARAI, Tomoyuki Shimada
  • Publication number: 20110059392
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer overlying the conductive substrate. The photosensitive layer comprises a phthalimide isoindole derivative having a specific chemical formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki SHIMADA, Ryota Arai
  • Publication number: 20100321736
    Abstract: A RFID registration system is provided with a reader for reading an ID of an object to be identified by an RFID, an RFID existence position indicating the position of the RFID, and the RFID; an associating apparatus for associating the read RFID with the ID of the object to be identified by the RFID, a position information generation apparatus for obtaining the read position at the same time the position has been read, and a collation apparatus for obtaining an ID of the object to be identified by the RFID based on the read position and the RFID existence position. The RFID registration system can be avoid making the mistaken association between the RFID and the object to which the identification ID is attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Toshimi YOKOTA, Ryosuke Shigemi, Ryota Arai, Shinya Yuda, Munetoshi Unuma, Kozo Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20100163615
    Abstract: In the cabling work aiding system, the RFID reader reads the RFID attached to at least one of the terminal, its terminal block, and cable member. A cabling work terminal device is connected to the RFID reader. The device is comprised of: a data base that records a template connection diagram containing the terminal-side RFID region constituted by RFID data as to the terminal and a cable-side RFID region constituted by RFID data as to the cable member; a relating part that relates the RFID read by the RFID reader to the terminal-side RIFD region and the cable-side RIFD region defined in the template connection diagram; a terminal-cable member correspondence table preparing part that prepares a correspondence table for leading correspondence between the RFID data as to the terminal and RFID data as to cable member from correspondence between the terminal-side RIFD region and the cable-side RFID related by the RFID read by the RFID reader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Toshimi YOKOTA, Kenji Araki, Ryosuke Shigemi, Ryota Arai, Shinya Yuda, Munetoshi Unuma, Reika Kin