Patents by Inventor Akihiro Hayashi

Akihiro Hayashi 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: 8662768
    Abstract: An image forming device is provided with a sheet feeding unit capable of selectively feeding recording sheets of a plurality of sizes, a print unit configured to print out images represented by print data on page-by-page basis, the print data including information of designated size of the recording sheets. On condition that running out of the recording sheets of the designated size in the sheet feeding unit is detected during printing out of the images, the sheet feeding unit starts feeding the recording sheets of a substitute size which is different from the designated size and the print unit continues printing out of images represented by remaining part of the print data on the recording sheet of the substitute size. A storing unit stores the remaining part of the print data after printing, but not part of the print data printed on the recording sheets of designated size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihiro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20140056736
    Abstract: A scroll compression mechanism 11 for compressing refrigerant and a driving motor 13 that is connected to the scroll compression mechanism 11 through a driving shaft 15 and drives the scroll compression mechanism 11 are accommodated in a casing 3, the scroll compression mechanism 11 is supported in the casing 3 by a main frame 21, a stator 37 of the driving motor 13 is directly or indirectly supported in the casing 3, and the driving shaft 15 is connected to a rotor 39 of the driving motor 13 and supported in the casing 3 by a bearing plate 8, and a lower end of the driving shaft 15 is supported by a thrust plate 6 provided to the bearing plate 8, and the center position of the rotor 39 is located to be lower than the center position of the stator 37.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Iitsuka, Tsutomu Kon, Akihiro Hayashi, Kenji Aida, Kazuyoshi Sugimoto, Yasunori Kiyokawa, Yoshihiko Nagase, Katsuki Akuzawa, Yoshiaki Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20140044572
    Abstract: A scroll compression mechanism 11 for compressing refrigerant and a driving motor 13 that drives the scroll compression mechanism 11 are accommodated in a casing 3, the scroll compression mechanism 11 is supported in the casing 3 by a main frame 21, the driving shaft 15 is connected to a rotor 39 of the driving motor 13 and supported in the casing 3 by a bearing plate 8, a pickup 45 is connected to an oil supply path 41 extending in an up-and-down direction in the driving shaft 15, and intercommunication paths 38B, 54A through which lubrication oil scraped up by the pickup 45 and supplied to respective lubrication sites is returned to the lower side of the driving motor 13 are provided between the stator 37 and the spacer ring 38 or between the spacer ring 38 and the casing 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Iitsuka, Tsutomu Kon, Akihiro Hayashi, Katsuki Akuzawa, Kenji Aida, Kazuyoshi Sugimoto, Yasunori Kiyokawa, Yoshihiko Nagase, Yoshiaki Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20140037474
    Abstract: A scroll compression device that prevents scattering of lubrication oil to a discharge pipe side is provided. A cup 48 which is opened at the lower portion thereof and prevents scattering of lubrication oil is disposed on the lower surface of the main frame 21, and an annular insulator 19 having a double wall structure which surrounds windings is disposed on the upper surface of a stator 37. The peripheral wall of the cup 48 is hung between the double walls 19A, 19B of the insulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Iitsuka, Tsutomu Kon, Akihiro Hayashi, Yasunori Kiyokawa, Kazuyoshi Sugimoto, Yoshihiko Nagase, Katsuki Akuzawa, Kenji Aida, Yoshiaki Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20140034383
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a wire harness capable of constituting a two-phase or three-phase power line having superior heat radiating properties using very versatile round electric wires without requiring extra wires. A wire harness includes round electric wires, crimp terminals, a shield member, and a corrugated tube. The shield member and the corrugated tube cover the periphery of an electric wire bundle constituted by the round electric wires, the number of which is a multiple of six. The wire harness has a structure in which each of the crimp terminals is attached to one of a plurality of sub-groups of electric wires obtained by dividing the electric wire bundle into equal parts, each of which includes a plurality of the round electric wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Hayashi, Fujio Sonoda
  • Patent number: 8639131
    Abstract: A belt drive apparatus, including, an endless belt to be laid across in a tensioned condition between supporting rollers and to travel being in pressure contact with or being separated from a body to receive the pressure contact, a pressure contact/separating state detection section to detect whether the endless belt is in the pressure contact with the body or separated therefrom, a belt position detection section to detect a position of the endless belt in a width direction thereof, a belt abnormality judging section to judge whether the endless belt is in an abnormal position based on a detection result obtained by the belt position detection section and one of judgment values which are set correspondingly to the pressure contact/separating state of the endless belt, and a belt drive control section to control a drive of the endless belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Youbao Peng, Satoshi Ogata, Takashi Nara, Tadashi Matsudaira, Akihiro Hayashi, Eiji Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20140017107
    Abstract: A scroll compressor which is capable of preventing thermal damage to an O-ring and has a filter arrangement structure with favorable installation work efficiency is provided. The compressor is configured such that an intake pipe (50) for drawing in a refrigerant gas through an external pipe (P) is securely joined to a steel compressor casing (10) by penetrating therethrough, the compressor casing housing a stationary scroll (22) and a swingable scroll (24); and the lower end part of the intake pipe is fitted into an intake portion (22K) with an O-ring (60) disposed therebetween, the intake portion being provided in the stationary scroll. The intake pipe is configured to have a steel iron pipe body (54) on the intake portion side and a copper pipe body (52) joined to the upper end part of the iron pipe body. The copper pipe body of the intake pipe is silver-brazed (13) to the compressor casing, and a filter (F) is installed in the intake pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Kon, Satoshi Iitsuka, Akihiro Hayashi, Kazuyoshi Sugimoto, Yasunori Kiyokawa
  • Publication number: 20130341981
    Abstract: A lumbar support operation member comprising a shaft attachment portion that is configured so as to be fixed to a rotation shaft that transmits rotation force to a moving mechanism of a lumbar support provided to a seatback and that is positioned at a side portion of the seatback; and operation portions that are provided at an radial direction outside of the shaft attachment portion, that are separated from each other in a circumferential direction of the shaft attachment portion, and that make the shaft attachment portion rotate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Shinji Arakawa, Akihiro Hayashi, Hiroshi Tsunashima, Kozo Yamaura
  • Patent number: 8615179
    Abstract: While a recording sheet is passing through a fixing nip formed between a heating roller 41 having a heating layer and a pressing roller 42 pressed against the roller 41, a coil 43 is exited by high-frequency power from a power source and causes the layer to generate heat. An unfixed image on the recording sheet is fixed by the heat. The power source detects a zero cross timing of a rectified alternating current, detects an instantaneous value at a point a predetermined period after the zero cross timing, calculates an effective power of the alternating current based on the instantaneous value, and controls the output power to be a desired value determined based on the effective power and the surface temperature of the roller 41. Thus power input to the power source can be quickly detected and power output to the coil can be quickly and stably controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamaguchi, Seiichi Kirikubo, Akihiro Hayashi, Yutaka Yamamoto, Naoto Sugaya
  • Patent number: 8585381
    Abstract: A scroll type compressor including a fixed scroll, a movable scroll engaged with the fixed scroll, and a hermetically sealed container in which the fixed scroll and the movable scroll are mounted. The fixed scroll or the movable scroll has an intercommunication path for lubricating oil that is opened to the outside of the one scroll at one end thereof, extends radially inside the scroll and has a high-pressure opening intercommunicating with a high-pressure portion of the container and a low-pressure opening intercommunicating with a low-pressure portion in the scroll, a pin member disposed in the intercommunication path so as to be movable radially in the scroll, a screw member closing one end of the intercommunication path, and a stopper provided at a predetermined position in the intercommunication path to regulate radial movement of the pin member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunori Kiyokawa, Yoshiaki Koike, Tsutomu Kon, Katsuki Akuzawa, Satoshi Iitsuka, Kenji Aida, Akihiro Hayashi, Kazuyoshi Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20130134646
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a sheet supplier configured to supply a recording medium; a first conveyor configured to convey the recording medium supplied from the sheet supplier in a conveying direction; a recording portion configured to record an image on the recording medium conveyed by the first conveyor; and a controller configured to detect an orientation of the recording medium with respect to the conveying direction while the recording medium is conveyed and change a conveying speed of the recording medium conveyed by the first conveyor depending on the detected orientation of the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akihiro HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 8412086
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus has an image forming section which transfers a toner image according to image data onto a recording sheet, a first fixing section which fixes the toner image with heat of the first fixing roller, a clear layer forming section which forms a clear layer on the toner image which the first fixing section has fixed, a second fixing section which fixes the clear layer with heat of the second fixing roller and a control section which controls the clear layer forming section to increase the thickness of the clear layer in a recording sheet area corresponding to a fixed area during the second revolution of the first fixing roller on the recording sheet, compared with a recording sheet area corresponding to a fixed area during the first revolution thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi Matsudaira, Akihiro Hayashi, Youbao Peng, Satoshi Ogata, Takashi Nara, Toshiaki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8405881
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an additional image formation unit configured to form an additional image having a first predetermined density. At least a part of the additional image is overlaid with a main image having a second predetermined density, the main image being formed on an image formation medium. A boundary image formation unit is configured to form a boundary image which is formed in an area defined in the vicinity of an overlaid area where the additional image is overlaid with the main image. A density of the boundary image is lower than both the first predetermined density and the second predetermined density. A synthesized image formation unit is configured to synthesize the main image, additional image and the boundary image to form a synthesized image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihiro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20130052069
    Abstract: A scroll compressor including a casing, a scroll compression mechanism that compresses refrigerant, a driving motor that has a driving shaft and is connected to the scroll compression mechanism through the driving shaft to drive the scroll compression mechanism, a main frame that supports the scroll compression mechanism in the casing, a bearing plate that supports the driving shaft of the driving motor in the casing and has an opening portion through which upper and lower spaces above and below the bearing plate intercommunicate with each other, and a first cover that covers the surrounding of the driving shaft between the driving motor and the bearing plate, wherein the cover is configured so as to be passable through the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Iitsuka, Tsutomu Kon, Akihiro Hayashi, Katsuki Akuzawa, Kazuyoshi Sugimoto, Yasunori Kiyokawa
  • Publication number: 20130052068
    Abstract: A scroll compressor including a casing, a scroll compression mechanism that compresses refrigerant, a driving motor that has a driving shaft, an insulator and a stator, and is connected to the scroll compression mechanism through the driving shaft to drive the scroll compression mechanism, a main frame that supports the scroll compression mechanism in the casing, a bearing plate that has a boss portion in which the driving shaft is inserted, and supports the driving shaft of the driving motor in the casing, and a cover that covers the surrounding of the driving shaft between the driving motor and the bearing plate and is formed of an insulating material and provided to the insulator of the driving motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Iitsuka, Tsutomu Kon, Akihiro Hayashi, Katsuki Akuzawa, Kazuyoshi Sugimoto, Yasunori Kiyokawa
  • Patent number: 8289564
    Abstract: An image processing device configured to add, to a first image, a second image, includes an image acquiring unit configured to acquire the second image to be added, a segment sectioning unit configured to section, into a plurality of segments, an image forming area in which the first image is allowed to be formed on a sheet, a segment specifying unit configured to specify, from the plurality of segments, at least one segment into which the second image acquired is to be added, a size determining unit configured to determine a size of the second image such that the second image fits within the at least one segment specified, and an image combining unit configured to create a combined image by adding the second image of the determined size to be formed in the at least one segment to the first image to be formed in the image forming area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihiro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20120250058
    Abstract: A printing control apparatus connected via a network with one or more of image forming apparatuses includes: a power source detection section which detects an image forming apparatus turned on; and a setting section which sets a mode shift time for shifting from a normal power mode to a power saving power mode a power consumption of which is less than a power consumption of the normal power mode of each of the image forming apparatuses; and a notice section which notices the set mode shift time to the image forming apparatus corresponding to the mode shift time, wherein the setting section changes the mode shift time when a plurality of image forming apparatuses which has been turned on is connected with the network, by comparing with a case when the network is connected with only one image forming apparatus turned on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Takeshi Tamada, Akinori Kimata, Kenji Yamamoto, Akihiro Hayashi, Yoshihito Sasamoto, Kenji Tamaki
  • Publication number: 20120208939
    Abstract: An oil type release agent is provided, containing 70 to 98 parts by weight of solvents having dynamic viscosity of 2 to 10 mm2/s at 40° C. and a flash point in the range of 70 to 170° C., 1 to 10 parts by weight of high viscosity mineral oils and/or synthetic oils having dynamic viscosity of 100 mm2/s or higher at 40° C., 15 parts by weight or less of a silicone oil having dynamic viscosity of 150 mm2/s or higher at 40° C., and 1 to 5 parts by weight of additives having a lubricating function. The flash point of the agent is in the range of 70 to 170° C., and the dynamic viscosity of the agent is 2 to 30 mm2/s or higher at 40° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicants: AOKI SCIENCE INSTITUTE CO., LTD, AISAN INDUSTRY CO., LTD., KOTOBUKI KINZOKU KOGYO CO., LTD., RYOBI LTD.
    Inventors: Hisaharu Aoki, Koji Togawa, Hirobumi Ohira, Masanao Kobayashi, Hiroaki Komatsubara, Toshiaki Shimizu, Ryusuke Izawa, Masayuki Harada, Masayuki Kito, Keigo Yorioka, Akihiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8114209
    Abstract: The invention provides an oil type release agent die casting containing 70 to 98 parts by weight of a solvent having a specified flash point, 1 to 10 parts by weight of mineral oils and/or synthetic oils having a high viscosity, 15 parts by weight or less of a silicone oil, and 1 to 5 parts by weight of additives having a lubricating function, wherein the flash point of the agent is in the range of 70 to 170° C., and dynamic viscosity of the agent is 2 to 30 mm2/s or higher at 40° C., and a method for setting a mixing ratio of the solvent, a casting method, and a spraying unit for the case of using the release agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignees: Aoki Science Institute Co., Ltd., Ryobi Ltd., Kotobuki Kinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd., Aisan Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisaharu Aoki, Koji Togawa, Hirobumi Ohira, Masanao Kobayashi, Yuichi Yamazaki, Hiroaki Komatsubara, Toshiaki Shimizu, Ryusuke Izawa, Hideki Furukawa, Masayuki Harada, Mitsuyoshi Yokoi, Masayuki Kito, Keigo Yorioka, Akihiro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20110194860
    Abstract: When an input image is to be formed on a sheet conveyed to a transfer roller, the exposure section is controlled and deviation correction is performed to offset the image forming position across the width of the sheet in response to the result of detection by a deviation sensor. By contrast, when pattern images are to be formed on a sheet in response to the instruction of the main control section, the image forming control section does not perform deviation correction in the process of forming a pattern image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Youbao PENG, Tadashi MATSUDAIRA, Akihiro HAYASHI, Satoshi OGATA, Eiji NISHIKAWA, Takashi NARA