Patents by Inventor Kenichi Ogawa

Kenichi Ogawa 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).

  • FIXING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160098001
    Abstract: A fixing apparatus for fixing a toner image to a recording material includes a cylindrical film, a heater configured to make contact with the film, the heater including a substrate and a heat generation resistor formed on the substrate, and a heat conduction member configured to make contact with a surface of the heater opposite to a surface thereof being in contact with the film, the heat conduction member having a higher thermal conductivity than that of the substrate, and being divided into parts in a generatrix direction of the film. The toner image formed on the recording material is fixed on the recording material by using heat of the film, and one of the parts of the heat conduction member is configured to make contact with the heater continuously from a center to an end of a heat generation region of the heater in the generatrix direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Takashi Narahara, Toru Imaizumi, Yasuhito Minamishima, Tsuguhiro Yoshida, Masashi Tanaka, Kensuke Umeda
  • Gene for increasing the production of plant biomass and method of use thereof
    Patent number: 9297020
    Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. The AT3G05660 gene encoding a receptor-like protein having a leucine-rich repeat structure or a gene functionally equivalent to such a gene is introduced, or an expression control region of an endogenous gene corresponding to the gene is modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, OKAYAMA PREFECTURE
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Etsuko Hattori, Chikara Ohto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Kenichi Ogawa
  • PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION COMPRISING PHENYLALANINE DERIVATIVE
    Publication number: 20160082009
    Abstract: The disclosed pharmaceutical preparation comprises a compound represented by the chemical formula (A) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which is dispersed in a matrix consisting of a water-soluble high molecular weight substance; and Crospovidone: The pharmaceutical preparation is excellent in the solubility and the storage stability even if the amount of the compound or the salt included in each individual dosage unit is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: SATOSHI ABURATANI, HIROKAZU HAGIO, HIROYUKI HIGUCHI, KENICHI OGAWA
  • BATTERY
    Publication number: 20150318533
    Abstract: A battery capable of improving the energy density and improving the battery characteristics such as cycle characteristics and high temperature storage characteristics. A cathode and an anode are oppositely arranged with a separator in between. The open circuit voltage in full charge is in the range from 4.25 V to 6.00 V. The separator has a base material layer and a surface layer. The surface layer opposed to the cathode is formed from at least one from the group consisting of polyvinylidene fluoride, polytetrafluoroethylene, polypropylene, and aramid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Hiroyuki Akashi, Kumiko Takagi, Tomitaro Hara, Yoshiaki Obana, Yosuke Hosoya
  • MACHINING JIG FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING WORKPIECE WITH RESPECT TO TOOL OF MACHINE TOOL AND MACHINING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150266109
    Abstract: A machining jig for rotatably supporting a workpiece comprising: a rotary drive part which rotates a seating part about a rotation axis, a clamp arm which has a rotary type clamp member which cooperates with the seating part to fasten a workpiece at a position separated from the seating part in a direction along the rotation axis of the seating part, a linear drive part which moves the clamp arm in a direction along a rotation axis, a position adjusting part which adjusts a position of the clamp arm in a plane intersecting the rotation axis, and a tilt adjusting part which adjusts a tilt of the clamp member so that a rotation axis of the clamp member becomes parallel with the rotation axis of the seating part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Kenichi OGAWA, Takashi NAGATOMI
  • Image forming apparatus with modified transfer brush
    Patent number: 9086660
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member adapted to bear a toner image, a transfer belt configured to be movable, and a transfer device positioned across the transfer belt from the image bearing member and adapted to transfer the toner image from the image bearing member to the transfer belt. The transfer device includes a brush member equipped with a plurality of conductive filaments to be put into contact with the belt, wherein the plurality of conductive filaments located at an upstream end with respect to a moving direction of the transfer belt is cut along an orthogonal direction intersecting the moving direction of the transfer belt at right angles or the conductive filaments located at an upstream end of the brush member along the moving direction of the transfer belt are bonded together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaaki Akamatsu, Kenichi Ogawa, Koji An
  • Alga in which production of photosynthetic products is improved, and use for said alga
    Patent number: 9051575
    Abstract: Provided are an alga in which productivity of a photosynthate is increased, and use of the alga. The alga of the present invention has an increased glutathione concentration in its chloroplast. A method of the present invention for producing biomass is a method for producing biomass with the use of the alga of the present invention or an alga produced by a method of the present invention for producing an alga.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Masanobu Nishikawa
  • OBJECT FASTENING DEVICE FOR FASTENING OBJECT TO RECEIVING PART, MACHINE TOOL, ROBOT, AND METHOD OF FASTENING OBJECT TO RECEIVING PART
    Publication number: 20150145193
    Abstract: An object fastening device which can prevent foreign matter from ending up damaging an object when confirming the object is properly seated, which object fastening device is provided with a receiving part, a pushing part which pushes the object against the receiving part, a first drive part which makes the pushing part generate a first force, a second drive part which is provided separate from the first drive part and makes the pushing part generate a second force which is smaller than the first force, and a foreign matter detecting part which detects foreign matter which is interposed between the object and receiving part while the second drive part is being used to cause the pushing part to push the object against the receiving part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi Ogawa
  • PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150140599
    Abstract: A plant growth regulator containing glutathione allows increasing harvest index. This provides a technique for specifying a control factor for a plant, thereby effectively controlling germination, growth, anthesis etc. of the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Kenji Henmi
  • GENE FOR INCREASING THE PRODUCTION OF PLANT BIOMASS AND/OR SEEDS AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150143586
    Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. A protein phosphatase 2C gene having 3 consensus sequences comprising the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS: 1-3 from the N-terminal side in such order is over-expressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, OKAYAMA PREFECTURE
    Inventors: Satoshi KONDO, Chikara Ohto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Kenichi Ogawa, Hiroki Sugimoto, Tomoko Tanaka, Madoka Yonekura
  • Plant growth regulator and use thereof
    Patent number: 8999888
    Abstract: A plant growth regulator containing glutathione allows increasing harvest index. This provides a technique for specifying a control factor for a plant, thereby effectively controlling germination, growth, anthesis etc. of the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Kenji Henmi
  • METHOD FOR IMPARTING ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS RESISTANCE TO PLANTS
    Publication number: 20150059020
    Abstract: Environmental stress resistance is imparted to a plant or the environmental stress resistance of a plant is improved. Environmental stress resistance is imparted to a plant by changing the expression level of the tyrosine phosphatase gene (At1g71860).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicants: OKAYAMA PREFECTURE, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Chikara Ohto, Kenichi Ogawa, Kenji Henmi
  • Method for producing clone seedlings
    Patent number: 8927286
    Abstract: A shoot of a plant is cultivated under the presence of glutathione, so that the shoot is rooted. It is possible to cultivate the shoot under the presence of glutathione by use of a rooting medium including glutathione or by contacting a solution including glutathione with the shoot. Oxidized glutathione is preferably used as glutathione. By promoting rooting of the shoot of the plant, a rooting rate of the shoot of the plant is improved. This improves productivity of a clone seedling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Okayama Prefecture
    Inventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Etsuko Matsunaga, Naoki Negishi, Masatoshi Ohishi, Humiki Kawai, Toshiaki Tanabe, Akiyoshi Kawaoka
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING CLONE SEEDLINGS
    Publication number: 20140366440
    Abstract: A shoot of a plant is cultivated under the presence of glutathione, so that the shoot is rooted. It is possible to cultivate the shoot under the presence of glutathione by use of a rooting medium including glutathione or by contacting a solution including glutathione with the shoot. Oxidized glutathione is preferably used as glutathione. By promoting rooting of the shoot of the plant, a rooting rate of the shoot of the plant is improved. This improves productivity of a clone seedling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Etsuko Matsunaga, Naoki Negishi, Masatoshi Ohishi, Humiki Kawai, Toshiaki Tanabe, Akiyoshi Kawaoka
  • COMPOUND FOR INCREASING AMINO ACID CONTENT IN PLANT, AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140325712
    Abstract: In order to develop a technique for increasing an amino acid content and to provide a technique for easily producing a plant having an increased amino acid content, an amino acid content in a plant is increased by an amino acid content promoting agent, a composition containing the amino acid content promoting agent, a kit including an amino acid content promoting agent, or a kit including a composition containing the amino acid content promoting agent, and a plant having an increased amino acid content is produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Kenji Henmi, Aya Iwasaki
  • MANAGEMENT METHOD AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR BIOMASS AT PLANT HARVEST
    Publication number: 20140323307
    Abstract: A method for managing plant biomass at harvest in accordance with the present invention includes the steps of: a) measuring the amount of fatty acids contained in a plant(s); b) obtaining the percentage of linolenic acid with respect to the total amount of fatty acids; and c) estimating the plant biomass at harvest from the percentage of linolenic acid thus obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventor: Kenichi Ogawa
  • Method for manufacturing twist ball type electronic paper
    Patent number: 8840747
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a twist ball type electronic paper capable of preferably displaying an image and enabling easily taking out of a wiring, and a manufacturing method for a twist ball type electronic paper for manufacturing a reusable twist ball type electronic paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Hironori Kobayashi
  • Image heating apparatus
    Patent number: 8831493
    Abstract: An image heating apparatus for heating a toner image formed on a recording material includes a first rotatable member contactable to the toner image; and a heating unit, including a second rotatable member rotating while contacting a surface of the first rotatable member, for heating the first rotatable member. The toner image on the recording material is heated by receiving heat from the first rotatable member heated by the heating unit. The image heating apparatus further includes a potential controller for maintaining a polarity of a surface potential of the second rotatable member so as to be opposite to a charge polarity of the toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masashi Tanaka, Kenichi Ogawa, Satoshi Nishida, Kohei Okayasu, Shuichi Tetsuno, Shogo Kan, Takaaki Akamatsu
  • Gene capable of increasing the production of plant biomass and method for using the same
    Patent number: 8822758
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a technique with which the production of plant biomass can be drastically increased and salt stress resistance can be imparted to a plant is provided. A gene encoding a protein comprising a common sequence consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 3 and a common sequence consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 in such order from the N-terminal side and having a coiled-coil structure, a nucleic acid binding site, and a leucine rich repeat structure has been introduced or an expression control region of the gene that is endogenously presented has been altered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Okayama Prefecture
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Etsuko Hattori, Chikara Ohto, Kenichi Ogawa
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140161496
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member adapted to bear a toner image, a transfer belt configured to be movable, a transfer device placed across the transfer belt from the image bearing member and adapted to transfer the toner image from the image bearing member to the transfer belt, the transfer device including a brush member equipped with a plurality of conductive filaments to be put into contact with the belt, wherein the plurality of conductive filaments located at an upstream end in a moving direction of the transfer belt is cut along an orthogonal direction intersecting the moving direction of the transfer belt at right angles or the conductive filaments located at an upstream end of the brush member along the moving direction of the transfer belt are bonded together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki Akamatsu, Kenichi Ogawa, Koji An