Patents by Inventor Eiji Kawahara

Eiji Kawahara 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).

  • Cap
    Patent number: 11964806
    Abstract: A cap comprising a cap body including a top plate portion which is disk-shaped, and a skirt portion which is cylindrical and provided at a peripheral edge portion of the top plate portion, the top plate portion including a substrate and a resin coating film provided on a cap inner surface side of the substrate, the resin coating film including a polyester-based resin and a lubricant, and a sealing member provided in the cap body separately from the cap body so as to face the top plate portion, and having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the skirt portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: DAIWA CAN COMPANY
    Inventors: Eiji Fujishige, Kenji Takagi, Kenji Kawahara, Yukikazu Hiraide, Takashi Kawada
  • Patent number: 9122233
    Abstract: An image forming device includes a main body, developer cartridges, a drawer, and an ejecting mechanism. The drawer is movable relative to the main body. The developer cartridges are juxtaposed in a predetermined direction and detachably attached to the drawer. Each developer cartridge includes a developing roller whose rotational axis extends in an axial direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction. The ejecting mechanism moves at least one developer cartridge from an attached position in a moving direction relative to the drawer. The moving direction intersects the predetermined direction and is orthogonal to the axial direction. The ejecting mechanism includes an operating part and an actuating part. The actuating part moves the at least one developer cartridge from the attached position in the moving direction in response to the operating part receiving an operating force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Eiji Kawahara
  • Patent number: 9020855
    Abstract: A reading unit reads, from a memory card, encrypted license information and license management information corresponding thereto. A decryption unit decrypts the encrypted license information, and thereby obtains license information in plain text. An operation execution executes an operation based on the license information in plain text. The license management information indicates, for each operation for the content, a type of identifier necessary for decrypting the encrypted license information. The decryption decrypts the encrypted license information with use of an identifier corresponding to the operation to be executed, the identifier being selected from among a plurality of types of identifier indicated by the license management information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiji Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20140294439
    Abstract: An image forming device includes a main body, a plurality of developer cartridges, a drawer, and an ejecting mechanism. The drawer is movable relative to the main body. The plurality of developer cartridges are juxtaposed in a predetermined direction and detachably attached to the drawer. Each developer cartridge includes a developing roller whose rotational axis extends in an axial direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction. The ejecting mechanism moves at least one developer cartridge from an attached position in a moving direction relative to the drawer. The moving direction intersects the predetermined direction and is orthogonal to the axial direction. The ejecting mechanism includes an operating part and an actuating part. The actuating part moves the at least one developer cartridge from the attached position in the moving direction in response to the operating part receiving an operating force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Eiji Kawahara
  • Patent number: 8410275
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, with all the variables being defined in the text. The present invention further relates to the use of the compounds herein for treatment of or delay progression to overt to diseases in which CETP is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Masashi Kishida, Naoko Matsuura, Hidetomo Imase, Yuki Iwaki, Ichiro Umemura, Osamu Ohmori, Eiji Kawahara
  • Patent number: 8306450
    Abstract: A toner recovery machine comprising: a first roller having a radius and rotatable about a first axis, the first axis along a first direction; a cleaner touching the first roller; a container for accommodating toner, the container comprising: a first conveyer movable along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a second conveyer rotatable about a second axis and having a radius defined by the rotation about the second axis, the second axis along the first direction, wherein the second conveyer, the first roller, and the first conveyer are positioned in this order along the second direction, wherein the sum of the radius of the first roller and the radius defined by the second conveyer is smaller than a distance in the second direction between the first axis and the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shusaku Tsusaka, Eiji Kawahara, Takamasa Tsukada
  • Patent number: 8263590
    Abstract: Novel pyrimidine derivatives of formula I to processes for their production, their use as pharmaceuticals and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Inventors: Carlos Garcia-Echeverria, Takanori Kanazawa, Eiji Kawahara, Keiichi Masuya, Naoko Matsuura, Takahiro Miyake, Osamu Ohmori, Ichiro Umemura
  • Publication number: 20120225874
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, with all the variables being defined in the text. The present invention further relates to the use of the compounds herein for treatment of or delay progression to overt to diseases in which CETP is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Masashi KISHIDA, Naoko MATSUURA, Hidetomo IMASE, Yuki IWAKI, Ichiro UMEMURA, Osamu OHMORI, Eiji KAWAHARA
  • Patent number: 8249471
    Abstract: A first moving member is provided in conjunction with a toner container collecting toner not transferred on the recording medium and moves in accordance with the movement of a toner conveying unit. A second moving member is provided in conjunction with the toner container and moves in accordance with an amount of the toner accumulated in the toner container. The toner conveying unit conveys the toner toward the second moving member. A detecting unit outputs a detection signal that changes depending on the movements of the first moving member and the second moving member. A determining unit determines, based on the detection signal, whether or not at least one of the driving force supplying unit and the toner conveying unit is in an abnormal condition and whether or not the amount of the toner accumulated in the toner container has reached a predetermined accumulation level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Eiji Kawahara
  • Patent number: 8232403
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, with all the variables being defined in the text. The present invention further relates to the use of the compounds herein for treatment of or delay progression to overt to diseases in which CETP is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Masashi Kishida, Naoko Matsuura, Hidetomo Imase, Yuki Iwaki, Ichiro Umemura, Osamu Ohmori, Eiji Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20110201606
    Abstract: Novel pyrimidine derivatives of formula I to processes for their production, their use as pharmaceuticals and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Carlos Garcia-Echeverria, Takanori Kanazawa, Eiji Kawahara, Keiichi Masuya, Naoko Matsuura, Takahiro Miyake, Osamu Ohmori, Ichiro Umemura
  • Patent number: 7964592
    Abstract: Novel pyrimidine derivatives of formula I to process for their production, their use as pharmaceuticals and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Carlos Garcia-Echeverria, Takanori Kanazawa, Eiji Kawahara, Keiichi Masuya, Naoko Matsuura, Takahiro Miyake, Osamu Ohmori, Ichiro Umemura
  • Patent number: 7953985
    Abstract: A memory card receives an encrypted application program from a host apparatus. The memory card includes an Integrated Circuit (IC) card unit having a tamper resistant function, and a flash memory unit. The IC card unit also includes a tamper resistant storage unit, a program acquisition unit that acquires the encrypted application program from the host apparatus, a storage control unit which stores the acquired encrypted application program in the tamper resistant storage unit or the flash memory unit, and a move control unit. The memory control unit, when the application program stored in the tamper resistant storage unit is to be executed and the size of the application program to be executed in the decrypted form exceeds the size of free space of the tamper resistant storage unit, moves an arbitrary encrypted application program stored in the tamper resistant storage unit to the flash memory unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiko Nishimura, Kazuyuki Kashiwabara, Eiji Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20110098280
    Abstract: Novel pyrimidine derivatives of formula I to processes for their production, their use as pharmaceuticals and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicants: Novartis AG, IRM LLC
    Inventors: Carlos Garcia-Echeverria, Takanori Kanazawa, Eiji Kawahara, Keiichi Masuya, Naoko Matsuura, Takahiro Miyake, Osamu Ohmori, Ichiro Umemura, Ruo Steensma, Greg Chopiuk, Jiqing Jiang, Yongqin Wan, Qiang Ding, Qiong Zhang, Nathanael Schiander Gray, Donald Karanewsky
  • Patent number: 7910585
    Abstract: Novel pyrimidine derivatives of formula I to processes for their production, their use as pharmaceuticals and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Eiji Kawahara, Takahiro Miyake, Johannes Roesel
  • Patent number: 7893074
    Abstract: Novel pyrimidine derivatives of formula I to processes for their production, their use as pharmaceuticals and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignees: Novartis AG, IRM LLC
    Inventors: Carlos Garcia-Echeverria, Takanori Kanazawa, Eiji Kawahara, Keiichi Masuya, Naoko Matsuura, Takahiro Miyake, Osamu Ohmori, Ichiro Umemura, Ruo Steensma, Greg Chopiuk, Jiqing Jiang, Yongqin Wan, Qiang Ding, Qiong Zhang, Nathanael Schiander Gray, Donald Karanewsky
  • Patent number: 7894730
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit; a containing unit; two detecting units; a counting unit; and a determining unit. The image forming unit is configured to form a toner image. The containing unit is configured to contain waste that is generated when the image forming unit forms a toner image. The two detecting units that are configured to detect the waste accumulated in the containing unit. The counting unit starts, when at least one of the two detecting units detects waste, counting up a count value based on the toner image forming operation executed by the image forming unit. The determining unit determines that waste accumulated in the containing unit has reached a maximum amount if the count value of the counting unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined first threshold value and both of the two detecting units detects waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuya Okano, Eiji Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20100303497
    Abstract: A toner recovery machine comprising: a first roller having a radius and rotatable about a first axis, the first axis along a first direction; a cleaner touching the first roller; a container for accommodating toner, the container comprising: a first conveyer movable along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a second conveyer rotatable about a second axis and having a radius defined by the rotation about the second axis, the second axis along the first direction, wherein the second conveyer, the first roller, and the first conveyer are positioned in this order along the second direction, wherein the sum of the radius of the first roller and the radius defined by the second conveyer is smaller than a distance in the second direction between the first axis and the second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shusaku TSUSAKA, Eiji KAWAHARA, Takamasa TSUKADA
  • Patent number: 7817927
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention can include an image forming apparatus having an image forming portion configured to form an image using developer, a recovery portion configured to recover the developer, a accommodating portion having a first chamber for accommodating developer recovered by the recovery portion, a second chamber which is connected to the first chamber and has a groove, a partition member positioned between the first chamber and the second chamber and which is movable by a pressure of the developer deposited in the first chamber, and a sensing portion having two positions for sensing developer deposited in the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Eiji Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20100247119
    Abstract: A first moving member is provided in conjunction with a toner container collecting toner not transferred on the recording medium and moves in accordance with the movement of a toner conveying unit. A second moving member is provided in conjunction with the toner container and moves in accordance with an amount of the toner accumulated in the toner container. The toner conveying unit conveys the toner toward the second moving member. A detecting unit outputs a detection signal that changes depending on the movements of the first moving member and the second moving member. A determining unit determines, based on the detection signal, whether or not at least one of the driving force supplying unit and the toner conveying unit is in an abnormal condition and whether or not the amount of the toner accumulated in the toner container has reached a predetermined accumulation level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Eiji KAWAHARA