Patents by Inventor Kazuki Murata

Kazuki Murata 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: 20240088385
    Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, a niobium-titanium oxide is provided. The niobium-titanium oxide satisfies Formulae (1) to (3) below in an L*a*b* color space according to Japanese Industrial Standard JIS Z 8722:2009: 95.0?L*?100??(1) ?1.0?a*?1.0??(2) ?1.0?b*?6.0??(3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yoshiaki MURATA, Kakuya UEDA, Yasuhiro HARADA, Kazuki ISE, Norio TAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20240067663
    Abstract: An yttrium compound, a method of manufacturing an integrated circuit device, and a raw material for forming an yttrium-containing film, the yttrium compound being represented by the following General formula (1):
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyunwoo KIM, Kazuki HARANO, Kiyoshi MURATA, Haruyoshi SATO, Seungmin RYU, Gyuhee PARK, Younjoung CHO, Atsushi YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20240059506
    Abstract: A processing system includes a conveyance system including: a conveyance body unit having a conveyance surface; a movable body moving along the conveyance surface; and a conveyance control unit controlling a magnetism acting between the movable body and the conveyance body unit, wherein the movable body moves along the conveyance surface in a floating state where the movable body is separated from the conveyance surface due to the magnetism, wherein the conveyance control unit controls the magnetism to variably adjust one or more of a movement trajectory, a rotation state, a movement speed, a movement time and a posture of the movable body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Noriyuki YAMANE, Koichi NAKAGAWA, Kazuki MURATA
  • Patent number: 11634532
    Abstract: Provided is a material having an excellent sound-absorbing performance which can be easily applied to the desired area at the operation site and which can effectively prevent sound leakage. The material includes an open-cell soft polyurethane foam prepared from a 2-part reactive urethane resin composition prepared from a polyisocyanate component and a polyol-containing component, wherein the polyol-containing component comprises a polyol component, catalysts, a foam stabilizer, an amine compound having primary or secondary amino groups, and carbon dioxide; wherein an average sound absorption coefficient of said polyurethane foam is 30% or more, measured in accordance with JIS A 1405-2:2007 for 63 hertz to 5000 hertz; and the length of liquid-dripping is within 300 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignees: Mazda Motor Corporation, Nihon Tokushu Toryo Co., Ltd., Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Shinsuke Kataoka, Eiichi Kawase, Masanori Takasaki, Yuji Watanabe, Hirofumi Takeuchi, Shinichiro Sado, Hiroaki Ido, Shinji Nishikawa, Saeko Kinami, Kazuki Murata
  • Patent number: 11598128
    Abstract: A vehicle door device includes: a latch mechanism configured to be switchable between a latch state and an unlatch state; a door handle configured to be movable between a first position and a second position; a door handle projecting mechanism configured to move the door handle from the first position to the second position when a press portion provided on an outer surface of the door handle or in a peripheral portion of the outer surface of the door handle is pressed; and an electrical unlatch operation mechanism including a switch and an electric actuator, the switch being operated by the door handle or the door handle projecting mechanism when the press portion is pressed, and the electric actuator being configured so that, when the switch is operated, the electric actuator is operated to switch the latch mechanism from a latch state to an unlatch state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuki Murata
  • Publication number: 20220413406
    Abstract: Provided is a toner comprising: a toner particle containing a binder resin; and an organic silicon polymer particle on a surface of the toner particle, wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline resin, and when the toner particle is pelletized and a Young's modulus of the toner measured in a micro compression test at 25° C. is represented by TE (MPa) and when one organic silicon polymer particle is separated from the toner and a Young's modulus of the one organic silicon polymer particle measured in a micro compression test at 25° C. is represented by SiE (MPa), TE and SiE satisfies 800?TE?2500 and 1.5?SiE/TE?10.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Megumi Shino, Takeshi Hashimoto, Yukihiro Abe, Miki Ueda, Hayato Ida, Kazuki Murata
  • Publication number: 20220404727
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle containing a binder resin and an inorganic fine particle, wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline resin, the crystalline resin has a first monomer unit represented by the following formula (1), the inorganic fine particle is at least one inorganic fine particle selected from the group consisting of a particle containing CaCO3, a particle containing BaSO4, a particle containing Mg3Si4O10(OH)2, and a particle containing Al2Si2O5(OH)4, the inorganic fine particle is treated with a fatty acid, and a content B of the inorganic fine particle in the toner particle is 1.0 mass % or more to 15.0 mass % or less, wherein RZ1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R1 represents an alkyl group having 18 to 36 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Miki Ueda, Takeshi Hashimoto, Kazuki Murata, Megumi Shino, Yukihiro Abe, Hayato Ida
  • Publication number: 20220326630
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin, wherein the binder resin comprises a first resin and a second resin, the first resin is a crystalline resin, the second resin is an amorphous resin, and in observations of cross sections of 100 toner particles using a transmission electron microscope, (i) when an area ratio A (area %) denotes a ratio of an area occupied by the first resin in each of cross sections of the toner particles, an average value of the area ratio A is 30 to 75 area %, and (ii) when X denotes the number of cross sections of the toner particle for which the area ratio A is 90 area % or more and Z denotes the total number of cross sections of observed toner particles, then a value of X/Z is 0.15 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Takeshi Hashimoto, Kazuki Murata, Yukihiro Abe, Miki Ueda, Hayato Ida
  • Publication number: 20220299902
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin and a release agent, wherein the binder resin comprises a first resin and a second resin; the first resin is a crystalline resin having a melting point Tp of 50° C. to 90° C.; the second resin is an amorphous resin; in a cross section of the toner particle observed by a transmission electron microscope, the cross section of the toner particle has a matrix-domain structure composed of a matrix comprising the first resin and domains comprising the second resin; an area ratio of the matrix comprising the first resin in a total area of the cross section of the toner particle is 35 to 70 area %; and where a longest direction of each of the domains is taken as a longitudinal direction, a standard deviation of an angle of the longitudinal direction of the domains is 25° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Yukihiro Abe, Takeshi Hashimoto, Kazuki Murata, Miki Ueda, Hayato Ida
  • Publication number: 20220299901
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin, wherein the binder resin comprises a first resin and a second resin, the first resin is a crystalline resin, the second resin is an amorphous resin, in an observation of a cross section of the toner particle with a transmission electron microscope, a matrix-domain structure composed of a matrix comprising the first resin and domains comprising the second resin is present, an area ratio occupied by the matrix in a total area of the matrix and the domains is from 35 area % to 70 area %, a [hydrocarbon group index (Ge)]/[hydrocarbon group index (DIA)] after washing the toner with hexane is 1.10 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuki Murata, Takeshi Hashimoto, Yukihiro Abe, Miki Ueda, Hayato Ida
  • Publication number: 20220251284
    Abstract: Provided is a material having an excellent sound-absorbing performance which can be easily applied to the desired area at the operation site and which can effectively prevent sound leakage. The material includes an open-cell soft polyurethane foam prepared from a 2-part reactive urethane resin composition prepared from a polyisocyanate component and a polyol-containing component, wherein the polyol-containing component comprises a polyol component, catalysts, a foam stabilizer, an amine compound having primary or secondary amino groups, and carbon dioxide; wherein an average sound absorption coefficient of said polyurethane foam is 30% or more, measured in accordance with JIS A 1405-2:2007 for 63 hertz to 5000 hertz; and the length of liquid-dripping is within 300 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Shinsuke Kataoka, Eiichi Kawase, Masanori Takasaki, Yuji Watanabe, Hirofumi Takeuchi, Shinichiro Sado, Hiroaki Ido, Shinji Nishikawa, Saeko Kinami, Kazuki Murata
  • Publication number: 20220236653
    Abstract: A toner that is excellent in low-temperature fixability at the time of high-speed printing, achieves both hot offset resistance and winding resistance, and has such satisfactory durability as not to be liable to cause an image failure even at the time of long-term endurance. The toner includes a toner particle containing a binder resin including a first resin and a second resin, wherein the first resin is a crystalline resin, wherein the second resin is an amorphous resin, wherein, the toner has a domain-matrix structure formed of: a matrix containing the first resin; and domains each containing the second resin, wherein, an endothermic quantity ?H (J/g) derived from the first resin satisfies a relationship of ?H?3, and wherein, in flow tester measurement of the toner, the following relationships are satisfied: T10?65; T1?T10?10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Takeshi Hashimoto, Hayato Ida, Kazuki Murata
  • Publication number: 20220050398
    Abstract: A toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin, a colorant, and inorganic fine particles, in which in a depth profile of an element distribution in a depth region from the outermost surface of a particle to a depth of 500 nm the depth profile being obtained by an element analysis performed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy using the toner as a sample, two or more minimum points of a concentration of a carbon element in the depth region exist, a concentration of an inorganic element becomes a maximum value at a depth position corresponding to each of the minimum points, and the inorganic element is an element derived from the inorganic fine particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kazunari Ooyama, Yuu Nishimura, Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Hitoshi Sano, Toru Takahashi, Kazuki Murata, Daisuke Tsujimoto, Koh Ishigami, Shin Kitamura, Takaho Shibata, Ryo Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20210302853
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle containing a binder resin and a polymer A, wherein the binder resin contains a polyester resin having a specific structure, the polymer A has a first monomer unit derived from a specific (meth)acrylic acid ester and a second monomer unit different from the first monomer unit, a content ratio of the first monomer unit in the polymer A is 5.0 mol % to 60.0 mol % while a content ratio of the second monomer unit in the polymer A is 20.0 mol % to 95.0 mol %, and the SP value of the first monomer unit, the SP value of the second monomer unit, and the SP value of a silicone segment contained in the specific structure satisfy a specific relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuki Murata, Koh Ishigami, Shin Kitamura, Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Takaho Shibata, Toru Takahashi, Kazunari Ooyama, Yuu Nishimura, Daisuke Tsujimoto, Ryo Nakajima, Hitoshi Sano
  • Publication number: 20210302854
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle containing a binder resin containing at least 50 mass % of a polyester resin, wherein the polyester resin contains a polyester resin A having a silicone segment, and in XPS analysis, when X is a ratio of the number of silicon atoms attributable to silicone segments relative to a total number of measured atoms, X1 is a value of the X on the toner particle surface, X2 is a value of the X at a depth of 30 nm from the surface, Z is a ratio of the number of carbon atoms attributable to ester bonds relative to a total number of measured atoms, Z1 is a value of the Z on the toner particle surface and Z2 is a value of the Z at a depth of 30 nm from the toner particle surface, X1, Z1, X2 and Z2 satisfy a specific relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Shin Kitamura, Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Daisuke Tsujimoto, Kazunari Ooyama, Yuu Nishimura, Kazuki Murata, Toru Takahashi, Ryo Nakajima, Hitoshi Sano, Koh lshigami, Takaho Shibata
  • Patent number: 10754137
    Abstract: A microscope apparatus includes: a light source configured to irradiate a specimen with illumination light; a revolver configured to hold plural objective lenses and arranges the plural objective lenses switchably onto an optical path; a sensor configured to detect an objective lens arranged on the optical path; a first illumination light quantity table configured to store therein a first illumination light quantity set for each of the plural objective lenses; a second illumination light quantity table configured to store therein a second illumination light quantity specified by an observer; an illumination light quantity setting unit configured to set validity/invalidity of the first illumination light quantity and second illumination light quantity; and an illumination controller configured to control light quantity of the light source to the first illumination light quantity or second illumination light quantity validated by the illumination light quantity setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Murata, Koji Imazeki, Daisuke Mizusawa
  • Publication number: 20200190848
    Abstract: A door handle projecting/pulling-in mechanism has a spring and an alternating mechanism. The spring urges the door handle such that the door handle is stored within a door main body. The alternating mechanism is set such that a distal end portion of a movable portion faces the door handle, and the movable portion travels reciprocally along a door thickness direction. Against urging force of the spring, the alternating mechanism can switch between a first state, in which the alternating mechanism maintains the door handle at a first position of being even with an outer surface of the door main body, and a second state, in which the alternating mechanism maintains the door handle at a second position at which the door handle can be grasped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuki Murata, Tatsuya Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20200173204
    Abstract: A vehicle door device includes: a latch mechanism configured to be switchable between a latch state and an unlatch state; a door handle configured to be movable between a first position and a second position; a door handle projecting mechanism configured to move the door handle from the first position to the second position when a press portion provided on an outer surface of the door handle or in a peripheral portion of the outer surface of the door handle is pressed; and an electrical unlatch operation mechanism including a switch and an electric actuator, the switch being operated by the door handle or the door handle projecting mechanism when the press portion is pressed, and the electric actuator being configured so that, when the switch is operated, the electric actuator is operated to switch the latch mechanism from a latch state to an unlatch state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuki Murata
  • Publication number: 20190345745
    Abstract: A vehicle door latch unlocking device includes: an input section that is provided to a vehicle cabin interior side portion of a vehicle door, the input section being capable of outputting an input signal in response to an input from a hand of an occupant; an electric actuator that is driven based on the input signal, and that is capable of unlocking a lock state of the vehicle door locked by a door latch; and an operation section that is provided at a peripheral edge portion of the input section, the operation section being mechanically connected to the door latch, and being capable of unlocking the locked state as a result of being operated by the hand of the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuki MURATA, Tatsuya SHIMIZU, Tadao OKUMURA, Noriyo INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20190300643
    Abstract: Provided is a material having an excellent sound-absorbing performance which can be easily applied to the desired area at the operation site and which can effectively prevent sound leakage The material includes a 2-part reactive urethane resin composition prepared from a polyisocyanate component and a polyol-containing component, wherein the polyol-containing component comprises a polyol component (a), catalysts (b), a foam stabilizer (c), an amine compound having primary or secondary amino groups (d), and carbon dioxide (e). The 2-part reactive urethane resin composition, when cured, is an open-cell soft polyurethane foam, wherein the average sound absorption coefficient of said polyurethane foam is 30% or more, measured in accordance with JIS A 1405-2:2007 for 63 hertz to 5000 hertz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Shinsuke Kataoka, Eiichi Kawase, Masanori Takasaki, Yuji Watanabe, Hirofumi Takeuchi, Shinichiro Sado, Hiroaki Ido, Shinji Nishikawa, Saeko Kinami, Kazuki Murata