Patents by Inventor Kei ASANO

Kei ASANO 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: 11976204
    Abstract: A composition for aqueous ink jet contains a specific dye which is one or more coloring materials selected from the group consisting of C. I. Acid Black 172 and C. I. Acid Black 194, and a specific aromatic compound which is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formulae (1) to (4) below. The content of the specific aromatic compound relative to 100 parts by mass of the specific dye is 0.2 parts by mass or more and 50 parts by mass or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Homare Kuribayashi, Shotaro Watanabe, Kei Hiruma, Masato Hanamura, Koji Imamura, Jungo Asano
  • Publication number: 20240132666
    Abstract: A polymer powder includes a polyamide, wherein a melting point determined in differential scanning calorimetry is 190° C. or higher, a difference between the melting point and a melting onset temperature, which is defined in differential scanning calorimetry as a lowest temperature among temperatures at each of which a first temperature differential value of Heat Flow (W/g) observed between a peak top temperature of an endothermic peak, observed when 10 mg of powder is heated at a rate of 20° C./min from 30° C. in a nitrogen atmosphere, and a temperature point of ?50° C. from the peak top, becomes ?0.2 (W/g.° C.), is less than 30° C., and a D50 particle size is 1 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Hirokazu Iwata, Tomohiko Nakamura, Yota Okuno, Kei Watanabe, Mikiya Nishida, Itaru Asano
  • Publication number: 20220341960
    Abstract: A composite analysis device, configured to perform a plurality of types of analyses, which prevent a shortage of a volume of a specimen. The analysis device can execute a plurality of measurement processing steps for a biological sample based on order information. The analysis device includes: a pierce nozzle unit which pierces a hole in a sealed sample container in which the biological sample is contained, collects the biological sample, and discharges the biological sample into a predetermined containing unit; a sample nozzle unit which dispenses the biological sample contained in the containing unit into one or more cuvettes; and a control device which control operations of the pierce nozzle unit and the sample nozzle unit based on the order information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Masatoshi ISHIGURO, Miyuki AZUMA, Masayoshi HAYAKAWA, Hiroyuki SHIMIZU, Kei ASANO
  • Publication number: 20210349117
    Abstract: A cuvette discarding unit includesa cuvette discarding container capable of discarding a cuvette from a top opening an accommodation frame capable of accommodating the cuvette discarding containerand a cuvette receiving part arranged at a top of the cuvette discarding container and having an input port into which a cuvette is charged. The cuvette receiving part has a movable cuvette receiving bottom part. The cuvette receiving bottom part is held in a retracted posture allowing the cuvette received from the input port to be charged into the cuvette discarding container at a lower position in a state in which the cuvette discarding container is accommodated in the accommodation frame, and held in a temporary receiving posture for receiving the cuvette received from the input port in a state in which the cuvette discarding container is not accommodated in the accommodation frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Miyuki AZUMA, Masamichi MORIYA, Kei ASANO
  • Patent number: 9950618
    Abstract: A controller of a four-wheel drive vehicle includes a first operation part that switches drive mode of the vehicle; a second operation part that switches off-road traveling modes indicating traveling modes for off-road driving of the vehicle; a transfer controller that controls the arrangement of a transfer device in accordance with the drive mode; a detector that detects the arrangement of the transfer device; a determiner that determines whether a switching of the traveling modes is permitted or not based on the drive mode and the arrangement detected by the detector; and a setter that sets the traveling modes of the vehicle based on the detected arrangement and input operations to the first operation part and the second operation part when the determiner determines the switching of the traveling modes is permitted, and maintains the current traveling mode when the determiner determines the switching of the traveling modes is not permitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kawasaki, Takayuki Wako, Atsuro Hirayama, Tomo Kato, Wataru Tanabe, Shuichi Yoshida, Kei Asano, Yutaka Kohara
  • Patent number: 9919597
    Abstract: A controller for a four-wheel drive vehicle includes a multi-information display, a first operation part for switching of drive modes, a second operation part for switching of off-road traveling modes, a transfer controller that controls the arrangement of a transfer device based on the drive mode, a detector that detects the arrangement of the transfer device, a setter that sets the traveling mode based on the detected arrangement and input operations to the first and second operation parts, and a display controller that instructs the multi-information display to display the drive mode based on the input operation to the first operation part and the detected arrangement and to display the traveling mode set by the setter. The display controller displays the drive mode and the traveling mode on a window when the switched drive mode is a locked drive mode and simultaneously turns off these modes after a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kawasaki, Yuichi Urabe, Ryoichi Hino, Takayuki Wako, Atsuro Hirayama, Yuichi Kamei, Kei Asano
  • Publication number: 20160243939
    Abstract: A controller of a four-wheel drive vehicle includes a first operation part that switches drive mode of the vehicle; a second operation part that switches off-road traveling modes indicating traveling modes for off-road driving of the vehicle; a transfer controller that controls the arrangement of a transfer device in accordance with the drive mode; a detector that detects the arrangement of the transfer device; a determiner that determines whether a switching of the traveling modes is permitted or not based on the drive mode and the arrangement detected by the detector; and a setter that sets the traveling modes of the vehicle based on the detected arrangement and input operations to the first operation part and the second operation part when the determiner determines the switching of the traveling modes is permitted, and maintains the current traveling mode when the determiner determines the switching of the traveling modes is not permitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro KAWASAKI, Takayuki WAKO, Atsuro HIRAYAMA, Tomo KATO, Wataru TANABE, Shuichi YOSHIDA, Kei ASANO, Yutaka KOHARA
  • Publication number: 20160243940
    Abstract: A controller for a four-wheel drive vehicle includes a multi-information display, a first operation part for switching of drive modes, a second operation part for switching of off-road traveling modes, a transfer controller that controls the arrangement of a transfer device based on the drive mode, a detector that detects the arrangement of the transfer device, a setter that sets the traveling mode based on the detected arrangement and input operations to the first and second operation parts, and a display controller that instructs the multi-information display to display the drive mode based on the input operation to the first operation part and the detected arrangement and to display the traveling mode set by the setter. The display controller displays the drive mode and the traveling mode on a window when the switched drive mode is a locked drive mode and simultaneously turns off these modes after a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro KAWASAKI, Yuichi URABE, Ryoichi HINO, Takayuki WAKO, Atsuro HIRAYAMA, Yuichi KAMEl, Kei ASANO