Patents by Inventor Susumu Murata

Susumu Murata 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: 10737519
    Abstract: A ribbon cassette includes a case, an ink ribbon, a first spool, a second spool, a rotating member, a clutch spring, and an engaging part. The ink ribbon has one end portion wound over the first spool and another end portion connected to the second spool. The rotating member is engaged with a first inner surface of the first spool. The clutch spring includes a coil like annular part attached to the rotating member, and an extension part extending from the annular part. The engaging part is positioned on a locus of rotation of the extension part. The first spool has a protrusion provided at a second inner surface of the first spool. The case-hole is in communication with an interior of the first spool, and has a portion overlapped with an entire circular region surrounded by a path of rotation of the tip end of the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisako Tonishi, Tsutomu Kato, Susumu Murata, Akiko Kodama
  • Patent number: 10593939
    Abstract: A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery including: active material particles including central particles represented by general formula LixAyDzPO4 (here, A represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn, Ni, Fe, Cu, and Cr, D represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zn, B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sc, and Y, 0.9<x<1.1, 0<y?1, 0?z<1, and 0.9<y+z<1.1) and a carbonaceous film that coats surfaces of the central particles, wherein, when a mixture of the active material particles, a conductive auxiliary agent and a binder in which a mixing ratio thereof is 94:1:5 in terms of a mass ratio is dissolved in a solvent to form paste having a total solid content amount of 45% by mass, a viscosity of the past is 5,000 mPa·s or less at a shear rate of 4.0 [1/s].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuuta Yamaya, Susumu Murata
  • Publication number: 20190105931
    Abstract: A ribbon cassette includes a case, an ink ribbon, a first spool, a second spool, a rotating member, a clutch spring, and an engaging part. The ink ribbon has one end portion wound over the first spool and another end portion connected to the second spool. The rotating member is engaged with a first inner surface of the first spool. The clutch spring includes a coil like annular part attached to the rotating member, and an extension part extending from the annular part. The engaging part is positioned on a locus of rotation of the extension part. The first spool has a protrusion provided at a second inner surface of the first spool. The case-hole is in communication with an interior of the first spool, and has a portion overlapped with an entire circular region surrounded by a path of rotation of the tip end of the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Hisako Tonishi, Tsutomu Kato, Susumu Murata, Akiko Kodama
  • Publication number: 20190097214
    Abstract: A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery including: active material particles including central particles represented by general formula LixAyDzPO4 (here, A represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn, Ni, Fe, Cu, and Cr, D represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zn, B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sc, and Y, 0.9<x<1.1, 0<y?1, 0?z<1, and 0.9<y+z<1.1) and a carbonaceous film that coats surfaces of the central particles, wherein, when a mixture of the active material particles, a conductive auxiliary agent and a binder in which a mixing ratio thereof is 94:1:5 in terms of a mass ratio is dissolved in a solvent to form paste having a total solid content amount of 45% by mass, a viscosity of the past is 5,000 mPa·s or less at a shear rate of 4.0 [l/s].
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Ryuuta YAMAYA, Susumu MURATA
  • Patent number: 10173448
    Abstract: A ribbon cassette includes: a cassette case having first and second holes; an ink ribbon; first and second spools; an engaging part; and a spring member. The ink ribbon has one end wound on the first spool, and another end connected to a first end portion of the second spool. The spring member is wound around a second portion of the second spool. The spring member includes: a winding part wound around the second portion; and an extension part extending from the winding part and engaged with the engaging part. The winding part is wound in a direction opposite to a take-up direction of the second spool. A second draw-out load applied to the ink ribbon being pulled from the second spool through the second hole is smaller than a first draw-out load applied to the ink ribbon being pulled from the first spool through the first hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Susumu Murata, Khairul Fatasha Mohd
  • Patent number: 10166800
    Abstract: A ribbon cassette includes a case, an ink ribbon, a first spool, a second spool, a rotating member, a clutch spring, and an engaging part. The ink ribbon has one end portion wound over the first spool and another end portion connected to the second spool. The rotating member is engaged with a first inner surface of the first spool. The clutch spring includes a coil like annular part attached to the rotating member, and an extension part extending from the annular part. The engaging part is positioned on a locus of rotation of the extension part. The first spool has a protrusion provided at a second inner surface of the first spool. The case-hole is in communication with an interior of the first spool, and has a portion overlapped with an entire circular region surrounded by a path of rotation of the tip end of the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisako Tonishi, Tsutomu Kato, Susumu Murata, Akiko Kodama
  • Patent number: 10008715
    Abstract: A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery made of agglomerated particles formed by agglomeration of a plurality of primary particles of a cathode active material represented by General Formula (1) below which are coated with a carbonaceous film, in which, in a case in which a cathode mixture layer including the cathode material, a conductive auxiliary agent, and a binding agent in a weight ratio (the cathode material/the conductive auxiliary agent/the binding agent) of 90:5:5 is calendered on a 30 ?m-thick aluminum current collector at a total applied pressure of 5 t/250 mm, a film thickness change percentage of the cathode mixture layer before and after the calendering is 30% or less, LixAyDzPO4??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ryuuta Yamaya, Susumu Murata, Hirofumi Yasumiishi
  • Publication number: 20180097224
    Abstract: A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery made of agglomerated particles formed by agglomeration of a plurality of primary particles of a cathode active material represented by General Formula (1) below which are coated with a carbonaceous film, in which, in a case in which a cathode mixture layer including the cathode material, a conductive auxiliary agent, and a binding agent in a weight ratio (the cathode material/the conductive auxiliary agent/the binding agent) of 90:5:5 is calendered on a 30 ?m-thick aluminum current collector at a total applied pressure of 5 t/250 mm, a film thickness change percentage of the cathode mixture layer before and after the calendering is 30% or less, LixAyDzPO4??(1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Ryuuta YAMAYA, Susumu MURATA, Hirofumi YASUMIISHI
  • Publication number: 20180097225
    Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery including a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte, in which the cathode includes an aluminum current collector and a cathode mixture layer formed on the aluminum current collector, and an interface resistance value between the cathode mixture layer and the aluminum current collector is 1 ?·cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Ryuuta YAMAYA, Susumu MURATA, Satoru OSHITARI, Hirofumi YASUMIISHI
  • Publication number: 20180015758
    Abstract: A ribbon cassette includes: a cassette case having first and second holes; an ink ribbon; first and second spools; an engaging part; and a spring member. The ink ribbon has one end wound on the first spool, and another end connected to a first end portion of the second spool. The spring member is wound around a second portion of the second spool. The spring member includes: a winding part wound around the second portion; and an extension part extending from the winding part and engaged with the engaging part. The winding part is wound in a direction opposite to a take-up direction of the second spool. A second draw-out load applied to the ink ribbon being pulled from the second spool through the second hole is smaller than a first draw-out load applied to the ink ribbon being pulled from the first spool through the first hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Susumu Murata, Khairul Fatasha Mohd
  • Publication number: 20180015759
    Abstract: A ribbon cassette includes a case, an ink ribbon, a first spool, a second spool, a rotating member, a clutch spring, and an engaging part. The ink ribbon has one end portion wound over the first spool and another end portion connected to the second spool. The rotating member is engaged with a first inner surface of the first spool. The clutch spring includes a coil like annular part attached to the rotating member, and an extension part extending from the annular part. The engaging part is positioned on a locus of rotation of the extension part. The first spool has a protrusion provided at a second inner surface of the first spool. The case-hole is in communication with an interior of the first spool, and has a portion overlapped with an entire circular region surrounded by a path of rotation of the tip end of the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Hisako Tonishi, Tsutomu Kato, Susumu Murata, Akiko Kodama
  • Patent number: 9592692
    Abstract: A tape cassette that includes a housing, a wound tape, an arm portion, and a first surface. The housing has a top surface, a bottom surface, and a front surface. The front surface extends from the bottom surface toward the top surface in a first direction. The arm portion is defined by a section of the front surface and a first wall. An opening extends through the housing in the first direction. The opening is defined by the first wall, a second wall, and a connection portion. The first surface is provided in the connection portion. The first surface is disposed between the top surface and the bottom surface in the first direction. The housing has a first indentation extending from the bottom surface to the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koshiro Yamaguchi, Akira Sago, Takashi Horiuchi, Tsutomu Kato, Teruo Imamaki, Yasuhiro Shibata, Susumu Murata, Kengo Noda
  • Publication number: 20160229210
    Abstract: A tape cassette that includes a housing, a wound tape, an arm portion, and a first surface. The housing has a top surface, a bottom surface, and a front surface. The front surface extends from the bottom surface toward the top surface in a first direction. The arm portion is defined by a section of the front surface and a first wall. An opening extends through the housing in the first direction. The opening is defined by the first wall, a second wall, and a connection portion. The first surface is provided in the connection portion. The first surface is disposed between the top surface and the bottom surface in the first direction. The housing has a first indentation extending from the bottom surface to the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Koshiro Yamaguchi, Akira Sago, Takashi Horiuchi, Tsutomu Kato, Teruo Imamaki, Yasuhiro Shibata, Susumu Murata, Kengo Noda
  • Patent number: 9409425
    Abstract: A tape cassette that includes a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface and a front surface, a wound tape mounted within the housing, a printer head holder insertion portion that is a space extending through the housing in a vertical direction and having an oblong rectangular shape in a plan view, the oblong rectangular shape extending parallel to the front surface, and a printer first support receiving portion connected to a first end of the printer head holder insertion portion and facing the printer head holder insertion portion in a first direction that is parallel to the front surface, the first end being positioned on an upstream side of the printer head holder insertion portion in a feed direction of the tape, the printer first support receiving portion being a first indentation extending from the bottom surface toward the top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koshiro Yamaguchi, Akira Sago, Takashi Horiuchi, Tsutomu Kato, Teruo Imamaki, Yasuhiro Shibata, Susumu Murata, Kengo Noda
  • Patent number: 9266365
    Abstract: A printer includes a feeding portion, a guide portion, and a processor. The processor determines whether a roll sheet in the printer is an inward facing roll sheet or an outward facing roll sheet. When the roll sheet is the inward facing roll sheet, the processor controls the feeding portion to move the downstream-side end portion of the print medium from the cutting position to an upstream side in the feed direction than the upstream end portion before the printing. And the processor controls the printing portion to start printing. When the roll sheet is the outward facing roll sheet, the processor controls the printing portion to start printing in a state in which a downstream-side end portion of the print medium in the feed direction is positioned further to a downstream side in the feed direction than an upstream-side end portion of the guide portion in the feed direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Susumu Murata, Yasuhiro Torii
  • Patent number: 9181359
    Abstract: A method of production of ethylene-based polymer particles includes the steps of: homopolymerizing ethylene or copolymerizing ethylene and a linear or branched ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst including: (A) fine particles having an average particle diameter greater than or equal to 1 nm and less than or equal to 300 nm obtained at least by the following two steps: (Step 1) causing contact between a metal halide and an alcohol in a hydrocarbon solvent; (Step 2) causing contact between a component obtained by (Step 1) and an organoaluminum compound and/or an organoaluminumoxy compound; and (B) a transition metal compound represented in General Formula (I) or (II), and (E) an intrinsic viscosity [?] of the ethylene-based polymer particles, measured in decalin at 135° C., is from 5 to 50 dL/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Nishino, Takeshi Karino, Takayuki Onogi, Susumu Murata, Naoto Matsukawa, Yasunori Yoshida, Yasushi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 9133943
    Abstract: A flow path switching valve has an injection side portion formed with an injection chamber and an outer valve seating surface, and a discharge side portion provided with a partition member formed with an inner valve seating surface. A discharge control block communicating with a discharge chamber is formed with a control flow path which is increased and decreased in volume by a discharge rod. To fill the control flow path with grease, a valve element closes an inner flow path and opens an outer flow path. On the other hand, to discharge the grease in the control flow path to the discharge chamber, the valve element closes the outer flow path and opens the inner flow path. After being supplied to the control flow path, the grease is supplied to the discharge chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignees: Koganei Corporation, Canon Kabushiki
    Inventors: Yuta Ohmura, Youhei Edagawa, Susumu Murata
  • Patent number: 9041752
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a printer performing printing processing that forms desired print on a print-receiving medium. The printer includes a cartridge holder, a drive device, a thermal head, an energization device, an attribute detecting device, a first determination portion, and a processing portion. The cartridge holder removably mounts a cartridge. The drive device drives a feeding roller to feed the print-receiving medium. The thermal head performs printing on the print-receiving medium fed. The energization device controls energization of the thermal head. The attribute detecting device detects an attribute of the print-receiving medium. The first determination portion determines whether or not a tube cartridge capable of supplying a tubular print-receiving medium is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Susumu Murata, Kiyoichi Ohta, Hisako Tonishi
  • Patent number: D805579
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu Murata, Takaaki Banno
  • Patent number: D865861
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Nishihara, Toshihiro Takahashi, Tatsuaki Mori, Susumu Murata, Shimako Nakai