Patents by Inventor Kazunobu Sato

Kazunobu Sato 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: 11930136
    Abstract: A reading device includes: plural transport rolls that transport a document along a transport path, include a discharge roll disposed on a most downstream side of the transport path, and rotate and do not rotate in synchronization with one another; an opening and closing unit that exposes or covers an upstream portion of the transport path; plural detectors that are provided apart from one another along the transport path, detect a transported document, and include a discharge detector that is disposed on a most downstream side of the transport path and is disposed on an upstream side relative to the discharge roll in a document transport direction; a reader that reads an image formed on a transported document in a downstream portion of the transport path; and a controller that stops the plural transport rolls once upon occurrence of a document jam inside a device body by controlling the transport rolls and rotates the transport rolls for only a predetermined period in a case where the discharge detector is d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Obara, Hidemasa Takahashi, Kazunobu Sato, Shigeru Tamura, Yuki Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20230053917
    Abstract: A reading device includes: plural transport rolls that transport a document along a transport path, include a discharge roll disposed on a most downstream side of the transport path, and rotate and do not rotate in synchronization with one another; an opening and closing unit that exposes or covers an upstream portion of the transport path; plural detectors that are provided apart from one another along the transport path, detect a transported document, and include a discharge detector that is disposed on a most downstream side of the transport path and is disposed on an upstream side relative to the discharge roll in a document transport direction; a reader that reads an image formed on a transported document in a downstream portion of the transport path; and a controller that stops the plural transport rolls once upon occurrence of a document jam inside a device body by controlling the transport rolls and rotates the transport rolls for only a predetermined period in a case where the discharge detector is d
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Noriyuki OBARA, Hidemasa TAKAHASHI, Kazunobu SATO, Shigeru TAMURA, Yuki IGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11094938
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an electric power storage device using an aqueous electrolytic solution that is safe even if the device is damaged while being used and the electrolytic solution leaks out from the battery housing. Specifically, the object of the present invention is to provide a secondary battery having both excellent safety and excellent cycle characteristics. The present invention is an aqueous secondary battery, wherein at least either of the positive electrode or the negative electrode comprises a compound (I) having a naphthalenediimide structure or a perylenediimide structure as an active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: MITANI BATTERY CO., LTD., UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA
    Inventors: Yuki Kanzaki, Kazunobu Sato, Takeji Takui, Daisuke Shiomi, Satoshi Mitani
  • Patent number: 10917534
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a transport unit, a reader, a detector, and a controller. The transport unit transports a document. The reader reads the transported document. The detector detects whether or not a document bundle prior to being transported is present. While a document in a first document bundle corresponding to a first job is being transported, if the detector detects that a document in a second document bundle corresponding to a second job as a subsequent job is loaded, the controller actuates the transport unit until all documents in the first document bundle are output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunobu Sato, Hosana Kimura, Hiromichi Sawamura, Kaoru Furusawa, Atsuhiro Itoh, Akari Fukuda, Minoru Aizumi, Yuichi Tanaka, Taketo Kondo
  • Publication number: 20200329164
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a transport unit, a reader, a detector, and a controller. The transport unit transports a document. The reader reads the transported document. The detector detects whether or not a document bundle prior to being transported is present. While a document in a first document bundle corresponding to a first job is being transported, if the detector detects that a document in a second document bundle corresponding to a second job as a subsequent job is loaded, the controller actuates the transport unit until all documents in the first document bundle are output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunobu SATO, Hosana KIMURA, Hiromichi SAWAMURA, Kaoru FURUSAWA, Atsuhiro ITOH, Akari FUKUDA, Minoru AIZUMI, Yuichi TANAKA, Taketo KONDO
  • Patent number: 10764454
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a transport unit, a reader, a detector, and a controller. The transport unit transports a document. The reader reads the transported document. The detector detects whether or not a document bundle prior to being transported is present. While a document in a first document bundle corresponding to a first job is being transported, if the detector detects that a document in a second document bundle corresponding to a second job as a subsequent job is loaded, the controller changes pre-feeding operation for preliminarily pulling a document in the second document bundle into the image reading apparatus in accordance with a pull-in position of the document in the image reading apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunobu Sato, Hiromichi Sawamura, Kaoru Furusawa, Hosana Kimura, Atsuhiro Itoh, Minoru Aizumi, Yuichi Tanaka, Taketo Kondo, Akari Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20190097231
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an electric power storage device using an aqueous electrolytic solution that is safe even if the device is damaged while being used and the electrolytic solution leaks out from the battery housing. Specifically, the object of the present invention is to provide a secondary battery having both excellent safety and excellent cycle characteristics. The present invention is an aqueous secondary battery, wherein at least either of the positive electrode or the negative electrode comprises a compound (I) having a naphthalenediimide structure or a perylenediimide structure as an active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yuki KANZAKI, Kazunobu SATO, Takeji TAKUI, Daisuke SHIOMI, Satoshi MITANI
  • Patent number: 9453127
    Abstract: This thermoplastic resin composition (D) contains a polycarbonate resin (A), a polyester resin (B) which comprises diol structural units and dicarboxylic acid structural units in which the ratio of diol structural units having a cyclic acetal skeleton to all diol structural units is 20 to 60 mol %, and a polyester resin (C) other than the polyester resin (B), wherein the ratio of the polycarbonate resin (A) to the total of the polycarbonate resin (A), the polyester resin (B) and the polyester resin (C) is 15 to 98 wt %, the ratio of the polyester resin (B) is 1 to 80 wt %, and the ratio of the polyester resin (C) is 1 to 60 wt %; further provided is a sheet using said thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Atsuko Iwasaki, Kazunobu Sato
  • Publication number: 20160176170
    Abstract: A resin-made multilayer molding includes two or more resin layers, at least one resin layer is configured from a mixed resin (B) containing, at a ratio (C)/(D)=99/1 to 10/90 by weight, a polyamide resin (C) obtained by polymerizing a diamine component containing 70 mol % or more of m-xylylenediamine and a dicarboxylic acid component containing 70 mol % or more of adipic acid, and a polyester resin (D) containing a dicarboxylic acid unit and a diol unit, 1-80 mol % of the diol unit having a cyclic acetal skeleton; and at least one resin layer in contact with a layer configured from the mixed resin (B) is configured from a resin containing 70 wt % or more of a thermoplastic polyester resin (A) obtained by polymerizing a dicarboxylic acid component containing 80 mol % or more of terephthalic acid and a diol component containing 80 mol % or more of ethylene glycol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kazunobu SATO, Atsuko IWASAKI, Takanori MIYABE, Tomoe SUNADA, Hirokatsu ARAI
  • Patent number: 9168700
    Abstract: The present invention provides a foamed molded article production method that can produce polycarbonate resin foamed blow-molded articles, etc. Which are good over a wide range of densities. The present invention is a method for producing a foamed molded article including extruding a foamable molten resin, formed by kneading a polycarbonate resin, a polyester resin in an amount of 5 to 100 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the polycarbonate resin and a foaming agent, from a die to obtain a foamed parison, and molding the foamed parison in a softened state in a mold. The polyester resin is a polyester copolymer containing diol component units, 10 to 80 mol % of which are glycol component units each having a cyclic ether structure, and dicarboxylic acid component units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: JSP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoo Tokiwa, Masahiro Gomibuchi, Kazunobu Sato
  • Patent number: 9114895
    Abstract: A method of providing an oxygen barrier for a product includes placing a product in an injection molded article which includes 10 to 60% by mass of a polyamide resin (A) and 40 to 90% by mass of a mixed polyolefin (E), wherein the polyamide resin (A) includes a diamine unit 70 mol % or more of which is one or more m-xylylenediamine units and a dicarboxylic acid unit 70 mol % or more of which is one or more dicarboxylic acid units including a C4 to C20 ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and isophthalic acid at a molar ratio of from 30:70 to 100:0, the mixed polyolefin (E) includes 40 to 100% by mass of a polyolefin (C) and 0 to 60% by mass of a modified polyolefin (B), and at least a portion of the polyamide resin (A) is dispersed in a layered state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kazunobu Sato, Katsuya Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20150094431
    Abstract: This thermoplastic resin composition (D) contains a polycarbonate resin (A), a polyester resin (B) which comprises diol structural units and dicarboxylic acid structural units in which the ratio of diol structural units having a cyclic acetal skeleton to all diol structural units is 20 to 60 mol %, and a polyester resin (C) other than the polyester resin (B), wherein the ratio of the polycarbonate resin (A) to the total of the polycarbonate resin (A), the polyester resin (B) and the polyester resin (C) is 15 to 98 wt %, the ratio of the polyester resin (B) is 1 to 80 wt %, and the ratio of the polyester resin (C) is 1 to 60 wt %; further provided is a sheet using said thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Atsuko Iwasaki, Kazunobu Sato
  • Publication number: 20140364547
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyester resin composition including, a polyester resin (A) including a dicarboxylic acid unit and a diol unit, 1 to 60 mol % of the diol unit being a diol unit having a cyclic acetal skeleton; a phosphorus compound (B) represented by the following general formula (1); and a basic compound (C), wherein, based on 100 parts by weight of the polyester resin (A), the phosphorus compound (B) is in an amount of 0.005 to 2 parts by weight and the basic compound (C) is in an amount of 0 to 2 parts by weight, and a method for producing the polyester resin composition: (wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently represent an aryl group, X represents a divalent group derived from an aromatic dihydroxy compound having 6 to 15 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Atsuko Iwasaki, Kazunobu Sato
  • Patent number: 8557885
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an extruded thermoplastic resin foam, particularly relates to a board extruded thermoplastic resin which has low heat conductivity, an excellent heat insulating property over a long period of time, high flame retardancy, and excellent mechanical strength. The extruded thermoplastic resin foam having an apparent density of 20 to 50 kg/m3, a closed cells ratio of 85% or more and a thickness of 10 to 150 mm, and containing a non-halogen organic physical blowing agent, wherein the thermoplastic resin composing the extruded foam contains a mixture of 100 parts by weight of a polystyrene resin (A) and 5 to 150 parts by weight of a polyester resin (B), and an endothermic calorific value of the polyester resin (B) less than 5 J/g (including 0) for fusion of the polyester resin on a DSC curve obtained by heat flux differential scanning calorimetry based on JIS K7122 (1987).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: JSP Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Okuda, Tatsuyuki Ishikawa, Naochika Kogure, Kazunobu Sato
  • Publication number: 20130075944
    Abstract: The present invention provides a foamed molded article production method that can produce polycarbonate resin foamed blow-molded articles, etc. Which are good over a wide range of densities. The present invention is a method for producing a foamed molded article including extruding a foamable molten resin, formed by kneading a polycarbonate resin, a polyester resin in an amount of 5 to 100 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the polycarbonate resin and a foaming agent, from a die to obtain a foamed parison, and molding the foamed parison in a softened state in a mold. The polyester resin is a polyester copolymer containing diol component units, 10 to 80 mol % of which are glycol component units each having a cyclic ether structure, and dicarboxylic acid component units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: JSP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoo Tokiwa, Masahiro Gomibuchi, Kazunobu Sato
  • Publication number: 20120263962
    Abstract: An injection molded article comprising: (A) 10 to 60% by mass of a polyamide resin comprising a diamine unit 70 mol % or more of which is one or more m-xylylenediamine units and a dicarboxylic acid unit 70 mol % or more of which is one or more dicarboxylic acid units comprising a C4 to C20 ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and isophthalic acid at a molar ratio of from 30:70 to 100:0; and (E) 40 to 90% by mass of a mixed polyolefin comprising (C) 40 to 100% by mass of a polyolefin and (B) 0 to 60% by mass of a modified polyolefin, wherein at least a part of the polyamide resin (A) is dispersed in a layered state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Gas Chenical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunobu Sato, Katsuya Maruyama
  • Patent number: 8168277
    Abstract: A laminated body having a thermoplastic resin layer (I) and a polyamide resin layer (II) which is made of nylon 11 and/or nylon 12. The thermoplastic resin layer (I) includes 100 parts by weight of a polyamide resin composition (A) and 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a carbodiimide compound (B) having two or more carbodiimide groups. The polyamide resin composition (A) contains a polyamide resin (a-1) having diamine units 70 mol % or more of which are derived from m-xylylenediamine and dicarboxylic acid units 70 mol % or more of which are derived from a C4 to C20 ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and a nylon 12 and/or nylon 11 component (a-2) in an amount of 5 to 95% by weight of the component (a-1) and 95 to 5% by weight of the component (a-2) each based on a total weight of the components (a-1) and (a-2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Kazunobu Sato
  • Publication number: 20120082861
    Abstract: A multilayer injection molded article comprising a layer of a barrier resin composition including (A) 10 to 70% by mass of a polyamide resin including a diamine constitutional unit 70 mol % or more of which is derived from m-xylylenediamine and a dicarboxylic acid constitutional unit 70 mol % or more of which is derived from a dicarboxylic acid containing a C4 to C20 ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and isophthalic acid at a molar ratio of from 30:70 to 100:0, (B) 90 to 30% by mass of a modified polyolefin, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunobu SATO, Katsuya Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20110250421
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an extruded thermoplastic resin foam, particularly relates to a board extruded thermoplastic resin which has low heat conductivity, an excellent heat insulating property over a long period of time, high flame retardancy, and excellent mechanical strength. The extruded thermoplastic resin foam having an apparent density of 20 to 50 kg/m3, a closed cells ratio of 85% or more and a thickness of 10 to 150 mm, and containing a non-halogen organic physical blowing agent, wherein the thermoplastic resin composing the extruded foam contains a mixture of 100 parts by weight of a polystyrene resin (A) and 5 to 150 parts by weight of a polyester resin (B), and an endothermic calorific value of the polyester resin (B) less than 5 J/g (including 0) for fusion of the polyester resin on a DSC curve obtained by heat flux differential scanning calorimetry based on JIS K7122 (1987).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: JSP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira OKUDA, Tatsuyuki ISHIKAWA, Naochika KOGURE, Kazunobu SATO
  • Patent number: 7981518
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising 100 parts by mass of a polyamide resin composition (A) and 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of a carbodiimide compound (B) having two or more carbodiimide groups. The polyamide resin composition (A) contains a polyamide resin (a-1) and nylon 11 and/or nylon 12 (a-2) in an amount of 5 to 95% by mass of the component (a-1) and 95 to 5% by mass of the component (a-2) each based on a total amount of the components (a-1) and (a-2). The polyamide resin (a-1) is constituted by diamine units 70 mol % or more of which are derived from m-xylylenediamine and dicarboxylic acid units 70 mol % or more of which are derived from a C4 to C20 ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid. The thermoplastic resin composition is excellent in barrier property, strength and impact resistance, in particular, barrier property to alcohol-containing fuels, and suitably used as various shaped articles such as fuel containers, tubes and parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Kazunobu Sato