Patents by Inventor Kenji Kitada
Kenji Kitada 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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Patent number: 11866596Abstract: An aqueous ink jet composition of the present disclosure includes: at least one dye selected from the group consisting of C.I. Solvent Yellow 160:1, C.I. Disperse Yellow 82, and C.I. Disperse Yellow 184; a material A which is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (1), a compound represented by the following formula (2), an ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a derivative of an ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a polyalkylene glycol, and a derivative of a polyalkylene glycol; and an anionic dispersant.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Inventors: Kenji Kitada, Hiroko Hayashi, Yasunari Ikeda, Hisashi Okamura, Kenta Kikuchi, Hirofumi Hokari, Shinichi Naito, Kazumasa Otsuki, Michio Nakamori, Shinichi Yamamoto, Seiji Kagami, Shigeki Kawada
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Patent number: 11831221Abstract: A drive device includes a fluid coupling, a transmission shaft, and a rotary electrical machine. The fluid coupling includes a cover, a turbine, and an impeller. The turbine is fixed to the cover. The impeller is disposed inside an outer shell formed by the cover and the turbine. The impeller is opposed to the turbine. The transmission shaft extends to penetrate the outer shell of the fluid coupling. The transmission shaft is connected to the impeller. The rotary electrical machine includes a first stator and a rotor. The first stator is disposed in a non-rotatable manner. The rotor is attached to the outer shell of the fluid coupling.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: EXEDY CorporationInventors: Kenji Kitada, Yuki Kawahara, Tomohiro Wada, Takuma Shimada, Yukiyoshi Takada
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Publication number: 20230312956Abstract: Provided is an aqueous pigment dispersion having high initial dispersion stability and high storage stability and demonstrating high color developability in particularly fabrics not pre-treated. An aqueous pigment dispersion for an aqueous inkjet ink, including a pigment and an aqueous medium, the pigment being dispersed with a polyurethane resin prepared by reacting an active hydrogen atom-containing component (A) with an organic polyisocyanate component (B). The active hydrogen atom-containing component (A) contains a quaternary ammonium compound (a1), and the quaternary ammonium compound (a1) is contained in a weight proportion of 12% by weight or more relative to the total weight of the active hydrogen atom-containing component (A) and the organic polyisocyanate component (B).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicants: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi ODAJIMA, Kenji KITADA, Takeshi YANO, Shinichi NAITO
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Publication number: 20230312960Abstract: An aqueous ink jet ink contains a pigment aqueous dispersion, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent. The pigment aqueous dispersion contains a pigment dispersed in a polyurethane resin obtained by reaction of an active hydrogen atom-containing component and an organic polyisocyanate component. The active hydrogen atom-containing component contains a quaternary ammonium compound. The organic polyisocyanate component contains one or more selected from the group consisting of a linear or branched aliphatic polyisocyanate, an alicyclic polyisocyanate, and an aromatic polyisocyanate. The weight rate of the quaternary ammonium compound is 12 wt % or more based on the total weight of the active hydrogen atom-containing component and the organic polyisocyanate component.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Kenji KITADA, Takeshi YANO, Shinichi NAITO, Hiroshi ODAJIMA
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Publication number: 20230312961Abstract: Provided is an aqueous pigment dispersion having high initial dispersibility, high storage stability, and high color developability after printing, and particularly having high rub resistance (rubbing fastness) in cotton fabrics. An aqueous pigment dispersion for an aqueous inkjet ink, including a pigment and an aqueous medium, the pigment being dispersed with a polyurethane resin prepared by reacting an active hydrogen atom-containing component (A) with an organic polyisocyanate component (B), the active hydrogen atom-containing component (A) containing a polycarbonate polyol (a1), the organic polyisocyanate component (B) containing at least one compounds selected from the group consisting of aliphatic polyisocyanates (b1), alicyclic polyisocyanates (b2), and aromatic polyisocyanates (b3), wherein a coating film formed by drying the aqueous pigment dispersion at 50° C. for 12 hours has a storage modulus G? at 160° C. of 1 to 10 MPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicants: SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi ODAJIMA, Takeshi YANO, Kenji KITADA, Shinichi NAITO
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Publication number: 20230311409Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object, the manufacturing method including: a powder layer formation step of disposing powders containing a forming material of the three-dimensional shaped object in a layer shape and forming a powder layer having a predetermined thickness; and a molded body formation step of discharging, to the powder layer, a binder liquid containing a binder for binding the powders to one another, and forming a molded body in which the powders are bound to one another. In the molded body formation step, in a formation region of the molded body in the powder layer, a discharging amount of the binder liquid per unit area to a first formation region that is a contour portion of the formation region and a discharging amount of the binder liquid per unit area to a second formation region other than the contour portion are discharging amounts different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Masaya ISHIDA, Momoko WAKABAYASHI, Toshiki SANO, Hideki ISHIGAMI, Kei HIRUMA, Seiichi TANIGUCHI, Kenji KITADA
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Publication number: 20230312962Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an aqueous ink jet ink containing a pigment aqueous dispersion, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent. The pigment aqueous dispersion contains a pigment dispersed in a polyurethane resin obtained by reaction of an active hydrogen atom-containing component and an organic polyisocyanate component and an aqueous medium. The active hydrogen atom-containing component contains a polycarbonate polyol, the organic polyisocyanate component contains one or more selected from the group consisting of a linear or branched aliphatic polyisocyanate, an alicyclic polyisocyanate, and an aromatic polyisocyanate. A film obtained by drying the pigment aqueous dispersion at 50° C. for 12 hours has an elastic modulus G? at 160° C. of 1 to 10 MPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Takeshi YANO, Kenji KITADA, Shinichi NAITO, Hiroshi ODAJIMA
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Patent number: 11777368Abstract: A drive device includes a fluid coupling and a rotary electrical machine. The fluid coupling includes an impeller and a turbine, and is configured such that a torque is inputted thereto from one axial side and outputted therefrom to another axial side. The rotary electrical machine includes a first stator and a rotor. The first stator is disposed in a non-rotatable manner. The rotor is disposed to be rotated about a rotational axis of the fluid coupling. The first stator includes a first stator core, first and second coil ends. The first coil end protrudes from the first stator core in an axial direction. The second coil end protrudes from the first stator core to an opposite side of the first coil end in the axial direction. The first coil end is bent radially outward and located in part radially outside an outer peripheral surface of the first stator core.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: EXEDY CorporationInventors: Kenji Kitada, Yuki Kawahara, Tomohiro Wada, Takuma Shimada, Yukiyoshi Takada
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Patent number: 11591489Abstract: An aqueous ink jet composition contains: C.I. Disperse Red 364; a material A which is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (1), a compound represented by the following formula (2), an ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a derivative of the ethylene oxide adduct of tristyrylphenol, a polyalkylene glycol, and a derivative of the polyalkylene glycol; and an anionic dispersant.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Inventors: Hisashi Okamura, Hiroko Hayashi, Kenji Kitada, Yasunari Ikeda, Hirofumi Hokari, Shinichi Yamamoto, Michio Nakamori, Shigeki Kawada, Kenta Kikuchi, Kazumasa Otsuki, Seiji Kagami, Shinichi Naito
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Publication number: 20220337143Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes first and second magnetic poles, and first and second holding members. The first magnetic pole has a first annular portion and first claw portions. The first claw portions extend axially from the first annular portion, and are spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction. The second magnetic pole includes a second annular portion and second claw portions. The second annular portion is disposed on a first side in an axial direction to the first annular portion. The second claw portions extend axially from the second annular portion, and are disposed alternately with the first claw portions in the circumferential direction. The first holding member includes a first engaging portion disposed radially outward to a tip-portion of each first claw portion. The second holding member includes a second engaging portion disposed radially outward to a tip-portion of each second claw portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Tomohiro WADA, Kenji KITADA
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Patent number: 11447649Abstract: An aqueous ink jet composition includes a first component which is at least one selected from the group consisting of C.I. Solvent Yellow 160: 1, C.I. Disperse Yellow 82, and C.I. Disperse Yellow 184; a second component which is a dispersant having at least one chemical structure of a sulfo group and a salt thereof; and a third component which has a coumarin skeleton and at least one chemical structure of a sulfo group and a salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Inventors: Yasunari Ikeda, Hiroko Hayashi, Kenji Kitada, Hirofumi Hokari, Hisashi Okamura, Kenta Kikuchi, Shinichi Naito
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Patent number: 11433755Abstract: A drive device includes a fluid coupling and a rotary electrical machine. The fluid coupling is configured such that a torque is inputted thereto from a first side in an axial direction and is outputted therefrom to a second side in the axial direction. The rotary electrical machine includes a first stator and a rotor. The first stator is disposed in a non-rotatable manner. The rotor is disposed to be rotated about a rotational axis of the fluid coupling. The rotary electrical machine is disposed on the second side with respect to the fluid coupling in the axial direction. The rotary electrical machine overlaps the fluid coupling in an axial view.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: EXEDY CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Kitada, Yuki Kawahara, Tomohiro Wada, Takuma Shimada, Yukiyoshi Takada
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Patent number: 11433756Abstract: A drive device includes a fluid coupling, a rotary electrical machine, and a damper device. The fluid coupling includes an input unit and an output unit. The input unit includes an impeller. The output unit includes a turbine. The rotary electrical machine includes a first stator and a rotor. The first stator is disposed in a non-rotatable manner. The rotor is attached to the output unit. The damper device is disposed axially adjacent to the fluid coupling. The damper device is connected to the input unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: EXEDY CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Kitada, Yuki Kawahara, Tomohiro Wada, Takuma Shimada, Yukiyoshi Takada
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Patent number: 11384249Abstract: An aqueous ink jet composition contains at least one disperse dye selected from the group consisting of C.I. Disperse Yellow 54, C.I. Disperse Red 60, and C.I. Disperse Blue 359, and a styrene maleic acid-based dispersing agent represented by Formula (1).Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Kitada, Hiroko Hayashi, Yasunari Ikeda, Hirofumi Hokari, Hisashi Okamura, Kenta Kikuchi, Seiji Kagami, Shinichi Naito
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Patent number: 11368059Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a non-rotating member, a stator fixed to the non-rotating member, a field coil fixed to the non-rotating member, disposed on an inner diameter side of the stator, and having an iron core and a winding wound around the iron core, and a rotor rotatably disposed between the stator and the field coil. The rotor has, at a portion facing the stator, different radial dimensions with respect to a rotary shaft of the rotor between a one end of the rotor in an extending direction of the rotary shaft and a portion different from the one end in the extending direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: EXEDY CORPORATIONInventors: Hitoshi Katsura, Taichi Kitamura, Kenji Kitada
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Patent number: 11323004Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a non-rotating member, a stator fixed to the non-rotating member, a field coil fixed to the non-rotating member, disposed on an inner diameter side of the stator, and having an iron core and a winding wound around the iron core, and a rotor rotatably disposed between the stator and the iron core. A flow path through which a heat exchange medium is supplied and discharged is formed in the iron core along an axial direction thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: EXEDY CORPORATIONInventors: Hitoshi Katsura, Taichi Kitamura, Kenji Kitada
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Patent number: 11293535Abstract: A launch device coupling a prime mover to a transmission. The launch device includes a front cover for connecting to the output of the prime mover and an output hub for connecting to the input of the transmission. A rear cover is connected to the front cover and cooperates to define a chamber. Within the chamber are an impeller and a turbine having a plurality of opposing blades such that hydraulic fluid is directed from the impeller blades and toward the turbine blades. A main damper is provided between the turbine and output hub of the launch device. Coupled to the main damper is a lock-out clutch configured to releasably lock the main damper for rotation with one of the front and rear covers. The launch device also includes an active dynamic damper system coupled to the main damper and configured to reduce resonance influence on the main damper.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: EXEDY GLOBALPARTS CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Kitada, Scott Binder, Ken Mototsune, Daniel Leschuk
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Publication number: 20220098424Abstract: One aspect of the ink jet ink set according to the present disclosure is an ink jet ink set including an anionic ink containing an anionic resin, a pigment, and water, and a cationic ink containing a cationic resin, a pigment, and water, in which the anionic ink and the cationic ink are similar colors to each other, the pigment in the anionic ink is coated with the anionic resin, the pigment in the cationic ink is coated with the cationic resin, and the anionic resin or the cationic resin, or both have a urethane-based skeleton or a polyester-based skeleton.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Kenji KITADA, Takeshi YANO, Shinichi NAITO, Kenta KIKUCHI, Hirofumi HOKARI
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Publication number: 20220072946Abstract: A drive device includes a fluid coupling, a rotary electrical machine, and a damper device. The fluid coupling includes an input unit and an output unit. The input unit includes an impeller. The output unit includes a turbine. The rotary electrical machine includes a first stator and a rotor. The first stator is disposed in a non-rotatable manner. The rotor is attached to the output unit. The damper device is disposed axially adjacent to the fluid coupling. The damper device is connected to the input unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Kenji KITADA, Yuki KAWAHARA, Tomohiro WADA, Takuma SHIMADA, Yukiyoshi TAKADA
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Publication number: 20220077746Abstract: A drive device includes a fluid coupling and a rotary electrical machine. The fluid coupling includes an impeller and a turbine, and is configured such that a torque is inputted thereto from one axial side and outputted therefrom to another axial side. The rotary electrical machine includes a first stator and a rotor. The first stator is disposed in a non-rotatable manner. The rotor is disposed to be rotated about a rotational axis of the fluid coupling. The first stator includes a first stator core, first and second coil ends. The first coil end protrudes from the first stator core in an axial direction. The second coil end protrudes from the first stator core to an opposite side of the first coil end in the axial direction. The first coil end is bent radially outward and located in part radially outside an outer peripheral surface of the first stator core.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Kenji KITADA, Yuki KAWAHARA, Tomohiro WADA, Takuma SHIMADA, Yukiyoshi TAKADA