Patents by Inventor Akira Sakuma

Akira Sakuma 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: 20240153680
    Abstract: Provided is a rare-earth anisotropic magnet powder capable of achieving high magnetic properties while reducing the usage of Nd and Pr. The present invention provides a rare-earth anisotropic magnet powder comprising magnetic particles that contain rare-earth elements, boron, and a transition metal element. The rare-earth elements include a first rare-earth element that comprises Ce and/or La and a second rare-earth element that comprises Nd and/or Pr. The rare-earth elements have a first ratio (R1/Rt) of 5% to 57%. The first ratio (R1/Rt) is a ratio of an amount (R1) of the first rare-earth element to a total amount (Rt) of the rare-earth elements in terms of the number of atoms. The first rare-earth element has a La ratio (La/R1) of 0% to 35%. The La ratio (La/R1) is a ratio of an amount of La to the amount (R1) of the first rare-earth element in terms of the number of atoms. The magnetic particles have a Ga content of 0.35 at % or less with respect to 100 at % as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: AICHI STEEL CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo SHIMBO, Masao YAMAZAKI, Noritsugu SAKUMA, Akihito KINOSHITA, Akira KATO, Tetsuya SHOJI
  • Patent number: 10150630
    Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes a side edge part removing portion that removes a side edge part from a sheet; a side edge part housing portion that houses the removed side edge part and is able to be pulled out from an apparatus body; a guide plate that is inclined in a direction intersecting with a moving direction of the side edge part and guides the removed side edge part along the moving direction to the housing portion; and a second guide plate that is arranged between the housing portion and the guide plate, and is transformable into a first form having substantially mountain-shaped inclined surfaces in which both end portions of the second guide plate along the moving direction are lower than a center portion thereof, and a second form having substantially valley-shaped inclined surfaces in which both the end portions are higher than the center portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Sakuma, Shinji Masaki, Kenji Suzuki, Katsushi Amarume, Takeshi Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20180237312
    Abstract: An object of the disclosure is to provide a method of efficiently producing a highly-pure vanadium electrolytic solution from a combustion residue that is discharged from facilities such as refineries and power plants and contains uncombusted carbon. The method of producing a vanadium electrolytic solution for redox flow cell (RFB) includes a vanadium eluate generation step of obtaining a vanadium eluate in which vanadium is dissolved. The vanadium is contained in a combustion residue obtained after combustion of a fossil fuel. The method further includes a precipitation step of mixing a sulfide precipitant into the vanadium eluate to precipitate a solid substance of precipitate in a reduction state and a wet oxidation step including a process of adding dilute sulfuric acid to the solid substance separated from the solution to generate a vanadium sulfate solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: LE SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kanji SATO, Akira SAKUMA, Takeo KOBORI, Hideki FURUKAWA, Keiji HIRANO, Tatsuaki NAKANISHI
  • Patent number: 9946212
    Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes a side edge removing unit that removes a side edge of a sheet, and a rigidity imparting unit that imparts rigidity to the side edge that is removed by the side edge removing unit such that the side edge has a higher rigidity in a longitudinal direction of the side edge than a body of the sheet from which the side edge is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Sakuma, Yoshiyuki Takaishi, Daisuke Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20180009622
    Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes a side edge part removing portion that removes a side edge part from a sheet; a side edge part housing portion that houses the side edge part of the sheet removed by the side edge part removing portion; and a side edge part action portion that acts on the removed side edge part and moves at least a portion of the side edge part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji SUZUKI, Akira SAKUMA, Shinji MASAKI, Katsushi AMARUME, Kazunori KOIDO
  • Publication number: 20180009615
    Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes a side edge part removing portion that removes a side edge part from a sheet; a side edge part housing portion that houses the removed side edge part and is able to be pulled out from an apparatus body; a guide plate that is inclined in a direction intersecting with a moving direction of the side edge part and guides the removed side edge part along the moving direction to the housing portion; and a second guide plate that is arranged between the housing portion and the guide plate, and is transformable into a first form having substantially mountain-shaped inclined surfaces in which both end portions of the second guide plate along the moving direction are lower than a center portion thereof, and a second form having substantially valley-shaped inclined surfaces in which both the end portions are higher than the center portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira SAKUMA, Shinji MASAKI, Kenji SUZUKI, Katsushi AMARUME, Takeshi ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180011438
    Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes a side edge part removing portion that removes a side edge part from a sheet; a side edge part housing section that houses the side edge part removed by the side edge part removing portion and that is able to be pulled out from an apparatus body; and a guide plate that is inclined in a direction intersecting with a moving direction of the side edge part and guides the side edge part removed by the side edge part removing portion along the moving direction of the side edge part to the side edge part housing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira SAKUMA, Shinji MASAKI, Kenji SUZUKI, Katsushi AMARUME, Daisuke ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160282794
    Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes a side edge removing unit that removes a side edge of a sheet, and a rigidity imparting unit that imparts rigidity to the side edge that is removed by the side edge removing unit such that the side edge has a higher rigidity in a longitudinal direction of the side edge than a body of the sheet from which the side edge is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira SAKUMA, Yoshiyuki TAKAISHI, Daisuke ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 9091993
    Abstract: Provided is a post-processing device including a transport path that includes a first transport path which is bent in one direction and a second transport path which is continuous from the first transport path and is bent in the other direction, and that is directed vertically downward while being bent, a first processing unit that is disposed in the first transport path, a second processing unit that is disposed in the second transport path, and a third transport path that is continuous from the second transport path and that is directed vertically upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Sakuma, Takeshi Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20150001782
    Abstract: Provided is a post-processing device including a transport path that includes a first transport path which is bent in one direction and a second transport path which is continuous from the first transport path and is bent in the other direction, and that is directed vertically downward while being bent, a first processing unit that is disposed in the first transport path, a second processing unit that is disposed in the second transport path, and a third transport path that is continuous from the second transport path and that is directed vertically upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira SAKUMA, Takeshi ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20080159406
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a moving object in motion video comprises a macro-block determining section for determining the background/non-background of each macro-block of a reconstructed video signal from a video decoder section which decodes encoded data obtained by compression-encoding a motion video signal, a moving object determining section for determining an area of the moving object from the result of the determination on the background/non-background, and a moving object combination display for displaying information indicating the area of the moving object on a display screen for the reconstructed video signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takeshi CHUJOH, Yoshihiro KIKUCHI, Akira SAKUMA, Toshifumi HAYASHI, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 7394852
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a moving object in motion video comprises a macro-block determining section for determining the background/non-background of each macro-block of a reconstructed video signal from a video decoder section which decodes encoded data obtained by compression-encoding a motion video signal, a moving object determining section for determining an area of the moving object from the result of the determination on the background/non-background, and a moving object combination display for displaying information indicating the area of the moving object on a display screen for the reconstructed video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takeshi Chujoh, Yoshihiro Kikuchi, Akira Sakuma, Toshifumi Hayashi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7292633
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a moving object in motion video comprises a macro-block determining section for determining the background/non-background of each macro-block of a reconstructed video signal from a video decoder section which decodes encoded data obtained by compression-encoding a motion video signal, a moving object determining section for determining an area of the moving object from the result of the determination on the background/non-background, and a moving object combination display for displaying information indicating the area of the moving object on a display screen for the reconstructed video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takeshi Chujoh, Yoshihiro Kikuchi, Akira Sakuma, Toshifumi Hayashi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7052660
    Abstract: There is disclosed a wet-processing method for combustion ashes of petroleum fuels, comprising a slurry preparation step of preparing a slurry of the combustion ashes; a metal oxidation step of preparing a slurry containing ammonium metavanadate; a solid/liquid separation step of removing solids from the slurry containing ammonium metavanadate; a double decomposition step for ammonium sulfate, of adding a magnesium compound to an aqueous ammonium sulfate solution recovered from the solid/liquid separation step; and an ammonia recovery step of recovering ammonia from a reaction solution recovered from the double decomposition step. The above metal oxidation step is conducted while controlling an ammonium sulfate concentration of the aqueous solution to 20 to 45% by weight and the temperature of the aqueous solution to not more than 50° C., and the above solid/liquid separation step is conducted using a specific solid/liquid separator while controlling the temperature of the slurry to not more than 40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Kashima-Kita, Electric Power Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Sakuma
  • Patent number: 6928259
    Abstract: A finishing apparatus 4 has an image forming apparatus 1 for forming an image by an image formation module and a finisher 3 for finishing for a record sheet 2 on which an image is already formed from the image forming apparatus 1. The finisher 3 has a punching unit 5 for punching a hole in the record sheet 2. The finishing apparatus 4 further includes mark recorder 6 for recording a mark M to determine the punch position on the record sheet 2 before punching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Sakuma
  • Patent number: 6876701
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a moving object in motion video comprises a macro-block determining section for determining the background/non-background of each macro-block of a reconstructed video signal from a video decoder section which decodes encoded data obtained by compression-encoding a motion video signal, a moving object determining section for determining an area of the moving object from the result of the determination on the background/non-background, and a moving object combination display for displaying information indicating the area of the moving object on a display screen for the reconstructed video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takeshi Chujoh, Yoshihiro Kikuchi, Akira Sakuma, Toshifumi Hayashi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050031041
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a moving object in motion video comprises a macro-block determining section for determining the background/non-background of each macro-block of a reconstructed video signal from a video decoder section which decodes encoded data obtained by compression-encoding a motion video signal, a moving object determining section for determining an area of the moving object from the result of the determination on the background/non-background, and a moving object combination display for displaying information indicating the area of the moving object on a display screen for the reconstructed video signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Takeshi Chujoh, Yoshihiro Kikuchi, Akira Sakuma, Toshifumi Hayashi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050031040
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a moving object in motion video comprises a macro-block determining section for determining the background/non-background of each macro-block of a reconstructed video signal from a video decoder section which decodes encoded data obtained by compression-encoding a motion video signal, a moving object determining section for determining an area of the moving object from the result of the determination on the background/non-background, and a moving object combination display for displaying information indicating the area of the moving object on a display screen for the reconstructed video signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Takeshi Chujoh, Yoshihiro Kikuchi, Akira Sakuma, Toshifumi Hayashi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6823168
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus has, in the upper portion of an apparatus main body, a main body discharge section and a main body stack section in which a sheet discharged from the main body discharge section is placed. The sheet processing apparatus includes a transport section disposed on the upper portion of the main body stack section and transports the sheet discharged from the main body discharge section in a sheet eject direction, an eject section which is disposed on the upper portion of the main body discharge section and from which the sheet with an image formed thereon is ejected through a eject passage different from the eject passage of the main body discharge section, and a transport placement portion which is disposed on the transport section and in which the sheet ejected from the eject section is placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20040047664
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus has, in the upper portion of an apparatus main body, a main body discharge section and a main body stack section in which a sheet discharged from the main body discharge section is placed. The sheet processing apparatus includes a transport section disposed on the upper portion of the main body stack section and transports the sheet discharged from the main body discharge section in a sheet eject direction, an eject section which is disposed on the upper portion of the main body discharge section and from which the sheet with an image formed thereon is ejected through a eject passage different from the eject passage of the main body discharge section, and a transport placement portion which is disposed on the transport section and in which the sheet ejected from the eject section is placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Sakuma