Patents by Inventor Hisashi Koike

Hisashi Koike 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: 11890789
    Abstract: A web forming apparatus includes a drum portion and a second web forming unit. The drum portion has an accommodating chamber capable of accommodating fragments, and accommodating powder supplied from a first supplying unit. The second web forming unit forms a second web by letting a mixture containing the fragments and the powder falling from the drum portion accumulate. The first supplying unit includes a storing chamber for storing the powder and an outlet portion provided below the storing chamber. The powder goes out of the storing chamber via the outlet portion. The drum portion has meshes formed in a net demarcating the accommodating chamber. The powder is able to pass through the meshes. The outlet portion is provided vertically over the net of the drum portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Koike, Satomi Yoshioka, Akio Ito
  • Publication number: 20240010412
    Abstract: A buffer material is formed by assembling four buffer members containing cellulose fibers and having a plate shape, in which the cellulose fibers are oriented along a main surface of the buffer member, a first buffer member and a third buffer member among the four buffer members are spaced apart from each other and have the respective main surfaces disposed along each other, and a second buffer member and a fourth buffer member are spaced apart from each other and have the respective main surfaces disposed along each other, a rectangular frame shape is shown when viewed in a plan view from a direction along a Z axis, and an article is stored in a region surrounded by the four buffer members in the plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tomoaki NAKAMURA, Tetsuji FUJITA, Jun TAKIZAWA, Hisashi KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20240010413
    Abstract: A buffer material includes four buffer members containing cellulose fibers and having rectangular plate shapes similar to each other, in which the cellulose fibers are oriented along a main surface of the buffer member, at least two buffer members among the four buffer members have two recess portions on one specific side, the buffer material is assembled by inserting the other buffer members into the recess portions of the buffer members, two buffer members among the four buffer members are spaced apart from each other and each have the main surfaces disposed along a YZ plane, and the other two buffer members are spaced apart from each other and each have the main surfaces disposed along an XZ plane, and an article is stored in a region surrounded by the four buffer members in the plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tomoaki NAKAMURA, Tetsuji FUJITA, Jun TAKIZAWA, Hisashi KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20230320286
    Abstract: Provided is a mushroom cultivation medium that easily maintains its shape and that is easy to handle. The mushroom cultivation medium includes cellulose fibers, a binder binding the cellulose fibers to each other, and wood chips mixed with the cellulose fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Hisashi KOIKE, Shunichi SEKI, Akio ITO, Toshiaki MIKOSHIBA, Satomi YOSHIOKA, Takuya MIYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230150231
    Abstract: A buffer material is a material including a buffer sheet that contains cellulose fibers and a binding material binding the cellulose fibers and has a sheet shape, and a nonwoven fabric sheet that is provided on at least one surface side of the buffer sheet and is formed of nonwoven fabric. Further, a thickness T2 of the nonwoven fabric sheet is 5% or greater and 90% or less of a thickness Tl of the buffer sheet. Further, a basis weight of fibers in the nonwoven fabric sheet is less than a basis weight of the cellulose fibers in the buffer sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Jun TAKIZAWA, Tetsuji FUJITA, Tomoaki NAKAMURA, Hisashi KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20230147271
    Abstract: A buffer material of the present disclosure is a buffer material including a buffer sheet that contains cellulose fibers and a binding material binding the cellulose fibers and has a sheet shape, in which the buffer sheet has a plurality of first projections that protrude toward at least one surface side and are provided in a lattice shape. Further, it is preferable that the buffer sheet further have a plurality of second projections having a projection amount that is greater than a projection amount of the first projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Jun TAKIZAWA, Tetsuji FUJITA, Tomoaki NAKAMURA, Hisashi KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20230122259
    Abstract: An advertisement print method includes an advertisement information obtaining step of obtaining, by an advertisement processing apparatus, advertisement information input by an input apparatus, a transaction data selection step of selecting, by the advertisement processing apparatus, N transaction data associated with the advertisement information from a plurality of transaction data stored in an e-commerce database based on the advertisement information and orderer information and receiver information stored in the e-commerce database, N being an integer not less than 1, and a print step of printing, by a print apparatus, an advertisement based on the advertisement information on packing materials of N products specified by the N selected transaction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Tetsuji FUJITA, Hisashi KOIKE, Satoru YANAGI, Tokuro MIYANISHI, Jun TAKIZAWA, Tomoaki NAKAMURA, Akio ITO, Toshiaki MIKOSHIBA
  • Publication number: 20230098764
    Abstract: A packaging machine includes a first supplying unit, a second supplying unit, a placing mechanism, a moving mechanism, a guide member, and a joining mechanism. The first supplying unit supplies a first packaging material. The second supplying unit supplies a second packaging material. The placing mechanism places an object to be packaged on the first packaging material supplied by the first supplying unit. The moving mechanism moves the first packaging material, with the object to be packaged placed on the first packaging material, in a direction along a first axis. The guide member guides the second packaging material onto the object to be packaged. The joining mechanism joins the first packaging material and the second packaging material together. The object to be packaged is packaged using the first packaging material and the second packaging material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Hisashi KOIKE, Satoru YANAGI, Shigeo FUJITA, Tetsuji FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20230073306
    Abstract: Provided is a culture sheet including: a fiber layer including cellulose fibers and a natural bonding agent that bonds the cellulose fibers; and nonwoven paper that supports the fiber layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Hisashi KOIKE, Akio ITO, Toshiaki MIKOSHIBA
  • Publication number: 20220402175
    Abstract: A web forming apparatus includes a drum portion and a second web forming unit. The drum portion has an accommodating chamber capable of accommodating fragments, and accommodating powder supplied from a first supplying unit. The second web forming unit forms a second web by letting a mixture containing the fragments and the powder falling from the drum portion accumulate. The first supplying unit includes a storing chamber for storing the powder and an outlet portion provided below the storing chamber. The powder goes out of the storing chamber via the outlet portion. The drum portion has meshes formed in a net demarcating the accommodating chamber. The powder is able to pass through the meshes. The outlet portion is provided vertically over the net of the drum portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Hisashi KOIKE, Satomi YOSHIOKA, Akio ITO
  • Patent number: 11019443
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm includes a cone formed of a first material including first fibers derived from a plant and a first resin for binding the first fibers together, and an edge portion which is positioned at an outer peripheral portion of the cone and formed of a second material including a second resin, in which the cone and the edge portion are integrally formed. In addition, at least one of the content and the composition of the first resin and the second resin is different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satomi Yoshioka, Hisashi Koike, Nobutaka Urano, Tsukasa Ota
  • Patent number: 10597069
    Abstract: A connector structure that is joined to a housing so as to form the control unit includes a connector main body in which a connector is formed, a terminal including a power supply system and a signal system, and a component mounting portion including at least one of a capacitor and a coil, wherein the component mounting portion is provided parallel to a motor output shaft on the exterior of a motor or the housing, and the at least one of the capacitor and the coil included in the component mounting portion is electrically connected directly to the connector of the connector main body via the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Koike, Masaaki Tanigawa, Dai Yoshii
  • Publication number: 20200077217
    Abstract: A speaker diaphragm according to the present disclosure includes a cone formed of a first material including first fibers derived from a plant and a first resin for binding the first fibers together, and an edge portion which is positioned at an outer peripheral portion of the cone and formed of a second material including a second resin, in which the cone and the edge portion are integrally formed. In addition, at least one of the content and the composition of the first resin and the second resin is different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Satomi YOSHIOKA, Hisashi KOIKE, Nobutaka URANO, Tsukasa OTA
  • Publication number: 20170305457
    Abstract: A connector structure that is joined to a housing so as to form the control unit includes a connector main body in which a connector is formed, a terminal including a power supply system and a signal system, and a component mounting portion including at least one of a capacitor and a coil, wherein the component mounting portion is provided parallel to a motor output shaft on the exterior of a motor or the housing, and the at least one of the capacitor and the coil included in the component mounting portion is electrically connected directly to the connector of the connector main body via the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi KOIKE, Masaaki TANIGAWA, Dai YOSHII
  • Patent number: 9542129
    Abstract: There are provided a printing apparatus which holds a job, determines whether attribution information of a sheet to be used by the stored job is registered for a sheet storage unit, judges whether a sheet exists in a sheet storage unit to be used by the job, and notifies a result of the determination and a result of the judgment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiji Kanamoto, Hisashi Koike
  • Patent number: 9430722
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a job holding unit, a selecting unit, a performing unit, a displaying unit, and a notification unit. The job holding unit holds jobs that print an image on a sheet conveyed from at least one of sheet holding units. The selecting unit selects a job from the job holding unit. The receiving unit receives, from a user, an instruction to execute the selected job. The performing unit performs the job per the instruction. The displaying unit displays a screen for selecting at least one of the sheet holding units for which attribute information of a sheet, to be used in a selected first job, is to be stored. The notification unit notifies, on the screen in a distinguishable manner, a user of at least one of the sheet holding units which is and another which is not used in printing of a second job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihiko Iida, Yoshiji Kanamoto, Hisashi Koike
  • Publication number: 20160162220
    Abstract: There are provided a printing apparatus which holds a job, determines whether attribution information of a sheet to be used by the stored job is registered for a sheet storage unit, judges whether a sheet exists in a sheet storage unit to be used by the job, and notifies a result of the determination and a result of the judgment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshiji Kanamoto, Hisashi Koike
  • Patent number: 9311574
    Abstract: There are provided a printing apparatus which holds a job, determines whether attribution information of a sheet to be used by the stored job is registered for a sheet storage unit, judges whether a sheet exists in a sheet storage unit to be used by the job, and notifies a result of the determination and a result of the judgment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiji Kanamoto, Hisashi Koike
  • Patent number: 9280730
    Abstract: There are provided a printing apparatus which holds a job, determines whether attribution information of a sheet to be used by the stored job is registered for a sheet storage unit, judges whether a sheet exists in a sheet storage unit to be used by the job, and notifies a result of the determination and a result of the judgment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiji Kanamoto, Hisashi Koike
  • Patent number: 9264582
    Abstract: A host computer generates a print job and transmits it to a printing apparatus. A media group definition defining one or a plurality of groups each combining a plurality of specified media with one or a plurality of feedable search media is added to each print job. The printing apparatus acquires the media group definition from the received print job, acquires, from the media group definition, feedable search media corresponding to the specified media for each page included in the print job, searches for a sheet feed stage storing any one of the feedable search media based on sheet feed stage information, feeds the print medium from the detected sheet feed stage, and prints the page on the print medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hisashi Koike