Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Yamaji

Hiroyuki Yamaji 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: 20240101377
    Abstract: A medium transport device includes: a first transport unit that is provided in a first transport path, and nips and transports a medium by a pair of rotating bodies; a second transport unit that is provided in a second transport path different from the first transport path, and nips and transports a medium by a pair of rotating bodies; a first rotation drive unit that rotationally drives the pair of rotating bodies of the first transport unit; a second rotation drive unit that rotationally drives the pair of rotating bodies of the second transport unit; and a pressure contact force adjustment unit that is provided in at least one of the first transport unit or the second transport unit, and adjusts a pressure contact force of the pair of rotating bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ryuga OISHI, Hiroyuki TAMAI, Ryosuke YAMAJI
  • Patent number: 11618695
    Abstract: A liquid treatment device includes an electron emitting element, a first power supply, and a second power supply. The electron emitting element including a first electrode which is disposed facing water. The first power supply discharges electrons from the first electrode by applying a drive voltage to the electron emitting element. The second power supply applies a collection voltage between the first electrode and the water. The liquid treatment device preferably controls a substance added to the water by controlling the drive voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamaji, Shohei Komaru, Fumiaki Sugimori, Chiharu Hirayama
  • Patent number: 11485950
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cell stimulation device capable of uniformly electrically stimulating cells intended to be electrically stimulated, and of preventing medium components from decomposing and depositing. [Solution] The cell stimulation device according to the present invention is intended to stimulate the cells being cultured in a culture medium, and is characterized in that the cell stimulation device includes an electron emission element for feeding electric charges to the culture medium via a gas phase, and an electric charge collecting electrode for collecting the electric charges from the culture medium, the electron emission element includes a lower electrode, a surface electrode, and an intermediate layer disposed between the lower electrode and the surface electrode, and the electric charge collecting electrode is disposed so as to be contactable with the culture medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hirakawa, Haruo Yamamoto, Tadashi Iwamatsu, Yasuhiro Sakamoto, Hiroyuki Yamaji, Kohji Shinkawa, Mai Takasaki, Shohei Komaru, Fumiaki Sugimori
  • Patent number: 11322786
    Abstract: An air electrode includes a current collector, a catalyst layer, and a water repellent membrane provided in this order. The catalyst layer has a first face in contact with either one of the current collector and the water repellent membrane, a second face in contact with either other of the current collector or the water repellent membrane, and a plurality of through holes, through which the first face and the second face communicate with each other. The through holes each have a constriction with an inner diameter smaller than either of an opening diameter in the first face and an opening diameter in the second face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mai Takasaki, Keigo Mitamura, Hiroyuki Yamaji, Fumitoshi Sugino, Hirotaka Mizuhata, Akihito Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20210376334
    Abstract: A metal-air battery 1 includes an air electrode and a negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a collector carrying an active material thereon. The collector is formed by bending a plate with through holes in a wavy way, and a bending height of the collector in a thickness direction of the negative electrode is larger than a thickness of the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: HIROYUKI HIRAKAWA, HIROYUKI YAMAJI, MAI TAKASAKI, FUMITOSHI SUGINO, HIROTAKA MIZUHATA, SHINOBU TAKENAKA
  • Publication number: 20210159561
    Abstract: An air electrode includes a current collector, a catalyst layer, and a water repellent membrane provided in this order. The catalyst layer has a first face in contact with either one of the current collector and the water repellent membrane, a second face in contact with either other of the current collector or the water repellent membrane, and a plurality of through holes, through which the first face and the second face communicate with each other. The through holes each have a constriction with an inner diameter smaller than either of an opening diameter in the first face and an opening diameter in the second face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: MAI TAKASAKI, KEIGO MITAMURA, HIROYUKI YAMAJI, FUMITOSHI SUGINO, HIROTAKA MIZUHATA, AKIHITO YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200395913
    Abstract: There is provided a piezoelectric substrate including a lithium-containing metal compound crystal such as a lithium tantalate (LT) crystal, wherein potassium is contained in the substrate and the distribution of potassium is approximately uniform as observed in the direction of the thickness of the substrate. There is also provided a piezoelectric substrate, wherein a peak coming from Li—O lattice vibration and appearing around 380 cm?1 is shifted to a high wave number side compared with that in an untreated piezoelectric substrate having a conductivity of 1×10?15 S/cm or less in Raman spectra measured from the cross section direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Shuzo IWASHITA, Shinji INOUE, Hiroyuki YAMAJI, Hisao KONDOU
  • Publication number: 20200262722
    Abstract: A liquid treatment device includes an electron emitting element, a first power supply; and a second power supply. The electron emitting element including a first electrode which is disposed facing water. The first power supply discharges electrons from the first electrode by applying a drive voltage to the electron emitting element. The second power supply applies a collection voltage between the first electrode and the water. The liquid treatment device preferably controls a substance added to the water by controlling the drive voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: HIROYUKI YAMAJI, SHOHEI KOMARU, FUMIAKI SUGIMORI, CHIHARU HIRAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200255788
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cell stimulation device capable of uniformly electrically stimulating cells intended to be electrically stimulated, and of preventing medium components from decomposing and depositing. [Solution] The cell stimulation device according to the present invention is intended to stimulate the cells being cultured in a culture medium, and is characterized in that the cell stimulation device includes an electron emission element for feeding electric charges to the culture medium via a gas phase, and an electric charge collecting electrode for collecting the electric charges from the culture medium, the electron emission element includes a lower electrode, a surface electrode, and an intermediate layer disposed between the lower electrode and the surface electrode, and the electric charge collecting electrode is disposed so as to be contactable with the culture medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: HIROYUKI HIRAKAWA, HARUO YAMAMOTO, TADASHI IWAMATSU, YASUHIRO SAKAMOTO, HIROYUKI YAMAJI, KOHJI SHINKAWA, MAI TAKASAKI, SHOHEI KOMARU, FUMIAKI SUGIMORI
  • Publication number: 20150362463
    Abstract: A sensor which uses a detection element such as a surface acoustic wave element, and includes a flow passage for a specimen is provided. A sensor includes a substrate; a detection element located on the substrate and having a detection portion which detects an object to be detected contained in a specimen, in an upper surface thereof; and a flow passage structure located on the substrate and covering the detection portion with a space. The flow passage structure has an inlet for the specimen, a flow passage continuing from the inlet, and a space which continues from an end portion of the flow passage closer to the detection element and is located above the detection portion, and a bottom surface of the flow passage has, on the end portion of the flow passage closer to the detection element, a notched portion whose width gradually decreases toward an upstream of the flow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Yasutaka OHASHI, Atsuomi FUKUURA, Tetsuro UMEMURA, Kouji MIYAMOTO, Hiroyasu TANAKA, Hiroyuki YAMAJI
  • Publication number: 20150337837
    Abstract: A scroll member for a compression mechanism installed in a scroll compressor is manufactured by a method including a casting step and a cutting step. An iron casting is formed in the casting step, which includes a spiraling part. The iron casting obtained in the casting step is cut during the cutting step in order to obtain a final shape of the scroll member. The iron casting may include a fixed part having a central portion with a first axial thickness and an external periphery portion with a second axial thickness larger than the first axial thickness before the cutting step. A dimension of a specified portion of the spiraling part may be larger before the cutting step is performed than after the cutting step is performed, with the specified portion preferably disposed toward an external periphery of the spiraling part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuhiro MURAKAMI, Mikio KAJIWARA, Mitsuhiko KISHIKAWA, Hiroyuki YAMAJI, Mie ARAI, Satoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9133844
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a scroll member for a compression mechanism installed in a scroll compressor includes a casting step and a cutting step. An iron casting is formed in the casting step, which includes a spiraling part. The iron casting obtained in the casting step is cut during the cutting step in order to obtain a final shape of the scroll member. The iron casting may include a fixed part having a central portion with a first axial thickness and an external periphery portion with a second axial thickness larger than the first axial thickness before the cutting step. A dimension of a specified portion of the spiraling part may be larger before the cutting step is performed than after the cutting step is performed, with the specified portion preferably disposed toward an external periphery of the spiraling part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Murakami, Mikio Kajiwara, Mitsuhiko Kishikawa, Hiroyuki Yamaji, Mie Arai
  • Patent number: 8787811
    Abstract: A lenticular lens sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a transparent toner layer forming section and a lens forming section. The transparent toner layer forming section includes a photoreceptor drum, a charging section and a exposure section that form an electrostatic latent image on the photoreceptor drum, a developing section that forms a transparent toner image, a transfer section that transfers the transparent toner image to one side of a transparent substrate, and a fixing section that heats the transparent toner image transferred to one side of the transparent substrate to fix the transparent toner image, thereby forming a transparent toner layer on one side of the transparent substrate. The lens forming section pressurizes under heating the transparent toner layer formed on one side of the transparent substrate to shape the layer into a concavo-convex shape, thereby forming a lens layer having a concavo-convex shape on one side of the transparent substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yamaji
  • Patent number: 8774667
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, an intermediate transfer section, a secondary transfer section, a fixing section, a power source, a voltage detection section, a temperature detection section, and a fixing section control circuit. The fixing section control circuit includes a switching control section, a voltage judgment section, a temperature judgment section, and a preparation control section. When the switching control section switches the current conduction state to the heat source and the driving section from an off conduction state to an on conduction state and the voltage judgment section judges to be less than a threshold voltage, the preparation control section controls the preparation operation of the heating section such that the switching control section continues the on conduction state over a given idle time after the temperature judgment section has judged to be a preset temperature or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Mukai, Toshiaki Kagawa, Hiroyuki Yamaji
  • Patent number: 8690558
    Abstract: The compressor includes a first constituent element and a first slider. The first constituent element is capable of being laser welded. The first slider is composed of cast iron capable of being laser welded and having a carbon content of from 2.0 wt % or more to 2.7 wt % or less. This first slider is joined to the first constituent element by laser welding without using a filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Kishikawa, Takashi Hirouchi, Hiroyuki Yamaji, Mikio Kajiwara, Satoshi Yamamoto, Mie Arai
  • Patent number: 8641394
    Abstract: A compressor is configured to compress a refrigerant and use a lubricating oil. The compressor includes a compression mechanism configured to compress the refrigerant, a driving shaft configured to rotate about a rotation axis in order to drive the compression mechanism, a slide bearing slidably supporting the driving shaft, a first surface fixed to the driving shaft and intersecting with a line arranged in parallel to the rotation axis, a second surface facially abutted to the first surface, and a recovery space formed in the compressor. The recovery space is configured and arranged to recover the lubricating oil leaking out of bottom ends of sliding surfaces of the slide bearing and the driving shaft. The first surface and the second surface respectively continue to surfaces forming the recovery space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamada, Kazuhiko Matsukawa, Hiroyuki Yamaji, Satoshi Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Murakami, Tomoko Mizuguchi
  • Patent number: 8622723
    Abstract: A scroll compressor includes first and second scroll members housed in a casing. The first scroll member has a fluid inlet and a first through hole spaced from the fluid inlet. A fluid introducing pipe is configured to connect to the first through hole. A piston, having an annular groove and a second through hole, is disposed in the first through hole and is biased toward the fluid introducing pipe. The piston is configured to shut an end of the first through hole when fluid pressure larger than the biasing force is introduced into the fluid introducing pipe and to open the end of the first through hole when fluid pressure smaller than the biasing force is introduced into the fluid introducing pipe. A piston ring is fitted into the annular groove of the piston and has a stepped fitting end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Matsukawa, Hiroyuki Yamaji
  • Patent number: 8512017
    Abstract: A compression mechanism is configured to be used in a scroll compressor. The compression mechanism includes a fixed scroll and a movable scroll. One of the fixed scroll and the movable scroll is a cast iron molding fabricated through semi-molten die casting, and the other of the fixed scroll and the movable scroll is a grey iron casting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Mikio Kajiwara, Mitsuhiko Kishikawa, Hiroyuki Yamaji, Mie Arai, Yasuhiro Murakami
  • Patent number: 8463169
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a fixing roller and a pressure roller. The fixing roller and the pressure roller each have an elastic layer formed between a core bar and a release layer, which release layer serves as a surface of the fixing roller and the pressure roller. The pressure roller has a lower Asker-C hardness than that of the fixing roller, and has a greater micro rubber hardness than that of the fixing roller. This prevents the surface of the pressure roller from deteriorating in a short period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Yamaji
  • Patent number: 8402649
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a scroll member includes a casting step and a cutting step. In the casting step an iron casting having a spiraling part is formed. In the cutting step, the iron casting obtained in the casting step is cut to obtain a final shape of the scroll member. Preferably the iron casting obtained in the casting step has a fixing part with the spiraling part extending from one side and a protruding part extending from an opposite side. A specified portion of the spiraling part, a central portion of the fixing part and/or the protruding part has a larger dimension before the cutting step is performed than after the cutting step is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Murakami, Mikio Kajiwara, Mitsuhiko Kishikawa, Hiroyuki Yamaji, Mie Arai, Satoshi Yamamoto