Patents by Inventor Katsunori Takahashi
Katsunori Takahashi 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).
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Publication number: 20150240004Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a resin composite material in which a synthetic resin is grafted on a carbon material and the deterioration of the resin is less likely to occur to develop high mechanical strength. A method for producing a resin composite material, comprising steps of providing a resin composition comprising a synthetic resin and a carbon material dispersed in the synthetic resin and having a graphene structure; and grafting the synthetic resin on the carbon material simultaneously with the step of providing the resin composition, or after the step of providing the resin composition, wherein the grafting step is performed by mixing an initiator in which a radical generated in thermal decomposition is a carbon radical with the synthetic resin and the carbon material and heating an obtained mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventors: Kazuhiro Sawa, Nobuhiko Inui, Katsunori Takahashi
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Patent number: 9068037Abstract: Disclosed herein are: a method for producing a resin composite material in which a carbon material having a graphene structure is dispersed in a synthetic resin and which has high mechanical strength; and a resin composite material obtained by the method. More specifically, disclosed herein are: a method for producing a resin composite material in which a carbon material having a graphene structure is uniformly dispersed in a synthetic resin selected from the group consisting of a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin, the method comprising, when the synthetic resin is a crystalline resin, shear-kneading the crystalline resin and the carbon material with a shear-kneading device at a temperature lower than a melting point of the crystalline resin and, when the synthetic resin is an amorphous resin, shear-kneading the amorphous resin and the carbon material with a shear-kneading device at a temperature close to a Tg of the crystalline resin; and a resin composite material obtained by the production method.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Sawa, Kensuke Tsumura, Nobuhiko Inui, Katsunori Takahashi, Koji Taniguchi
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Patent number: 9051472Abstract: There are provided an exfoliated graphite oxide derivative excellent in dispersibility in a thermoplastic resin, a resin composite material of the exfoliated graphite oxide derivative and a thermoplastic resin, and a process for producing the resin composite material. The exfoliated graphite oxide derivative is obtained by reacting an exfoliated graphite oxide having a C/O ratio as determined by elemental analysis of 8 or less with a compound having a specific structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Keiichi Osano, Katsunori Takahashi
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Patent number: 9042742Abstract: An image forming apparatus receives setting of an object to be adjusted, on an adjustment object selection screen when selecting an adjustment mode. After the object to be adjusted is set, camera(s) photograph(s) the object to be adjusted so that the image forming apparatus obtains photographed data of current object to be adjusted. Next, the apparatus searches photographed data of the object to be adjusted in the ideal state thereof from the database. Name of the object to be adjusted and related information in the photographed data agree with those of the photographed data of current object to be adjusted. The higher ranked related information is preferentially searched and it is determined whether or not pieces of the higher ranked related information thus preferentially searched agree with each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Kazutoshi Yoshimura, Katsunori Takahashi, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Kenichi Hayashi, Keigo Ogura, Takahiro Yokoya, Kenji Tamaki
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Patent number: 9031429Abstract: A sheet of paper is set on a paper-supplying portion of a top surface gloss processing apparatus while its top surface is faced upward. A gloss level sensor measures gloss level of the top surface of the sheet of paper. Data of this measurement is compared with a previously set threshold value. Based on this comparison, it is determined whether or not the gloss processing has been performed on the top surface thereof. When determining that the gloss processing has been already performed, a warning message such that the gloss processing has been already performed on the top surface of the sheet, of paper is displayed on a screen. On the other hand, when determining that the gloss processing has not performed, the top surface gloss processing apparatus performs the gloss processing on the top surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Teruo Shimao, Toshie Shimao, Katsunori Takahashi, Kenji Tamaki, Kenichi Hayashi, Yumiko Izumiya, Kazutoshi Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20150073082Abstract: Provided is a resin composite material having a high modulus of elasticity. The resin composite material comprises a thermoplastic resin, exfoliated graphite, and an inorganic filler different from the exfoliated graphite.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Daisuke Mukohata, Katsunori Takahashi, Nobuhiko Inui
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Publication number: 20150063848Abstract: A serial tandem image forming system is described which is capable of inhibiting both the degradation of image quality and the reduction of the productivity. This system consists mainly of the control units of upstream and downstream apparatuses. When a preceding sheet differs from the subsequent sheet in sheet type, a control unit for controlling the image forming system has the subsequent sheet stand by at a paper stop roller of the upstream apparatus, and performs the operation of switching the operating states of the upstream and downstream apparatuses in accordance with the sheet type of the subsequent sheet. Also, the control unit predicts the timing of finishing the switching of the operating state, and then re-starts the conveyance of the subsequent sheet, in advance of finishing the switching of the operating state, by controlling the paper stop roller on the basis of the predicted finishing timing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Katsuyuki IKUTA, Katsunori TAKAHASHI, Kenichi HAYASHI, Kazutoshi YOSHIMURA, Tatsuhiro NOUTOMI
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Publication number: 20140378599Abstract: Provided is a process for manufacturing a resin composite material having high mechanical strength. The process comprises the steps of: preparing a resin composition comprising a carbon material having a graphene structure, a solvent, and a thermoplastic resin; applying a shearing force to a solid of the resin composition so that the total shearing strain, which is a product of shear rate (s?1) and shear time (s), is 80000 or more either at a temperature lower than the melting point of the thermoplastic resin when the thermoplastic resin is crystalline or at a temperature in the vicinity of Tg of the thermoplastic resin when the thermoplastic resin is amorphous; and kneading the resin composition at a temperature equal to or higher than the boiling point of the solvent to obtain the resin composite material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Kazuhiro Sawa, Kensuke Tsumura, Mitsuru Naruta, Nobuhiko Inui, Katsunori Takahashi
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Patent number: 8807775Abstract: An array-type display apparatus includes display devices each including a display section and a non-display area located around the display section, and transparent plates disposed on the viewer side. Each transparent plate has: a light exit-side deflection portion, provided in a position corresponding to the non-display area, for allowing at least part of light from the display section to exit the transparent plate in the front direction of the display section; and corner deflection portions, provided at the corners of the viewer-side surface, for allowing at least part of light that has passed through the transparent plate to exit it in the front direction. The width of the light exit-side deflection portion is larger than the width of the non-display area.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Masahiro Goto, Katsunori Takahashi
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Publication number: 20140178670Abstract: Provided are a resin composite material containing plate-shaped exfoliated graphite or exfoliated graphite oxide with few folds and wrinkles and having effectively-enhanced mechanical strength such as tensile elastic modulus and a method for manufacturing the resin composite material. The resin composite material is a resin composite material including a synthetic resin and exfoliated graphite or exfoliated graphite oxide, wherein an average value of an average degree of flexion of the exfoliated graphite or of the exfoliated graphite oxide in one of two orthogonal cutting planes along which the resin composite material is cut and an average degree of flexion of the exfoliated graphite or of the exfoliated graphite oxide in the other cutting plane is less than 0.3.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTDInventors: Katsunori Takahashi, Nobuhiko Inui, Takuya Wada, Hironori Tabata, Keiichi Osano
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Publication number: 20140140710Abstract: An image forming apparatus receives setting of an object to be adjusted, on an adjustment object selection screen when selecting an adjustment mode. After the object to be adjusted is set, camera(s) photograph(s) the object to be adjusted so that the image forming apparatus obtains photographed data of current object to be adjusted. Next, the apparatus searches photographed data of the object to be adjusted in the ideal state thereof from the database. Name of the object to be adjusted and related information in the photographed data agree with those of the photographed data of current object to be adjusted. The higher ranked related information is preferentially searched and it is determined whether or not pieces of the higher ranked related information thus preferentially searched agree with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Kazutoshi YOSHIMURA, Katsunori TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki WATANABE, Kenichi HAYASHI, Keigo OGURA, Takahiro YOKOYA, Kenji TAMAKI
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Patent number: 8725041Abstract: An image forming apparatus including, a photosensitive body for carrying toner images, a transfer section for nipping the recording sheet at a position facing the photosensitive body and transferring the toner images carried on the photosensitive body onto a recording sheet, a driving section for driving the photosensitive body, and a control section for giving instructions to the driving section to conduct a velocity control to rotate the photosensitive body at a predetermined velocity, wherein the control section sets a gain of velocity control to be greater than normal condition, at a time which is at least one of a time when the recording sheet enters the transfer section, or a time when the recording sheet separates from the transfer section.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Katsunori Takahashi, Masashi Sugano, Akinori Kimata, Akifumi Isobe, Kenji Tamaki, Satoshi Shimao
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Patent number: 8706013Abstract: In order that the air surrounding a fixing member is prevented from entering a blowing section for blowing separation air, a wind speed setting section is provided with switchable control modes, namely, a first control mode (control mode for operating the blower fan at a wind speed for separation) and a second control mode (control mode for operating the blower fan at a low speed). This structure allows the blower fan to be controlled in conformity to any one of these first and second control modes.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Katsunori Takahashi, Masashi Sugano, Akinori Kimata, Akifumi Isobe, Kenji Tamaki, Satoshi Shimao
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Publication number: 20140104712Abstract: An array-type display apparatus includes display devices each including a display section and a non-display area located around the display section, and transparent plates disposed on the viewer side. Each transparent plate has: a light exit-side deflection portion, provided in a position corresponding to the non-display area, for allowing at least part of light from the display section to exit the transparent plate in the front direction of the display section; and corner deflection portions, provided at the corners of the viewer-side surface, for allowing at least part of light that has passed through the transparent plate to exit it in the front direction. The width of the light exit-side deflection portion is larger than the width of the non-display area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., LtdInventors: Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Masahiro Goto, Katsunori Takahashi
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Publication number: 20140071657Abstract: An array-type display apparatus includes display devices each including a display section and a non-display area located around the display section, and transparent plates disposed on the viewer side. Each transparent plate has: a light exit-side deflection portion, provided in a position corresponding to the non-display area, for allowing at least part of light from the display section to exit the transparent plate in the front direction of the display section; and corner deflection portions, provided at the corners of the viewer-side surface, for allowing at least part of light that has passed through the transparent plate to exit it in the front direction. The width of the light exit-side deflection portion is larger than the width of the non-display area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi SEKIGUCHI, Masahiro GOTO, Katsunori TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 8670683Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: a photoreceptor for bearing a toner image; a transfer body onto which the toner image borne by the photoreceptor is transferred; a drive section for driving the photoreceptor and transfer body respectively, and a control section for controlling the drive section so as to drive the photoreceptor and transfer body at a predetermined driving speed, wherein the control section, under a state in which the control section controls to drive the transfer body at the predetermined driving speed, controls to: a) drive the photoreceptor while changing the driving speed of the photoreceptor within a range of driving speeds between low speed and high speed, including the predetermined driving speed, b) extract torque characteristics under the control which includes the change of driving speed of the photoreceptor, and c) determine the driving speed of the photoreceptor based on the extracted torque characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2011Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Katsunori Takahashi, Masashi Sugano, Akinori Kimata, Akifumi Isobe, Jun Onishi, Masahito Takano, Kenji Tamaki
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Publication number: 20140058046Abstract: Disclosed herein are: a method for producing a resin composite material in which a carbon material having a graphene structure is dispersed in a synthetic resin and which has high mechanical strength; and a resin composite material obtained by the method. More specifically, disclosed herein are: a method for producing a resin composite material in which a carbon material having a graphene structure is uniformly dispersed in a synthetic resin selected from the group consisting of a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin, the method comprising, when the synthetic resin is a crystalline resin, shear-kneading the crystalline resin and the carbon material with a shear-kneading device at a temperature lower than a melting point of the crystalline resin and, when the synthetic resin is an amorphous resin, shear-kneading the amorphous resin and the carbon material with a shear-kneading device at a temperature close to a Tg of the crystalline resin; and a resin composite material obtained by the production method.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Sawa, Kensuke Tsumura, Nobuhiko Inui, Katsunori Takahashi, Koji Taniguchi
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Patent number: 8606155Abstract: Disclosed is a fixing device, which makes it possible to prevent the air blasting section from deterioration, caused by heat transferred from the duct to the air blasting section. The fixing device includes a fixing section to fix the toner image onto the paper sheet; a heat source; and a separating section to separate the paper sheet from the pair of fixing members. On the other hand, the separating section includes: a gas blasting section to blast a gas; and a duct to guide the gas towards the pair of fixing members, and that is provided with a duct wall serving as a heat receiving surface to receive radiation heat irradiated from the fixing section, and at least one of the gas blasting section and the duct is provided with such a connection structure that suppresses heat transferring action from the duct to the gas blasting section.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Akinori Kimata, Masashi Sugano, Katsunori Takahashi, Akifumi Isobe, Kenji Tamaki, Satoshi Shimao
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Patent number: 8600251Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a transfer section, which is pressed against, and is separated from, the image bearing member, for transferring a toner image on the image bearing member onto a recording medium when being pressed against the image bearing member, a transfer section drive section for driving the transfer section to rotate; and a control section configured to control the transfer section drive section to carry out constant speed control and constant torque control, to drive said transfer section to rotate at a constant speed, and at a constant torque, respectively, wherein the control section carries out the constant torque control while the transfer section is pressed against the image bearing member, in accordance with a drive torque detected when the constant speed control is carried out while the transfer section is separated from the image bearing member.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Satoshi Ogata, Katsunori Takahashi, Jun Onishi
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Publication number: 20130316159Abstract: There are provided a multilayered resin molded body having high filler orientability and high mechanical strength, and a method for manufacturing the same. A multilayered resin molded body (1) comprising a plurality of laminated resin composition layers (11) comprising a thermoplastic resin (11a) and a filler (15) comprising a carbon material having a graphene structure, the filler (15) being dispersed in the thermoplastic resin (11a), wherein an angle formed by a longitudinal direction of each filler (15) and a direction that is an average of longitudinal directions of all fillers (15) is ±6° or less, and a method for manufacturing the multilayered resin molded body (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2012Publication date: November 28, 2013Inventors: Kensuke Tsumura, Kazuhiro Sawa, Katsunori Takahashi, Yoshihiro Inui, Nobuhiko Inui, Koji Taniguchi