Patents by Inventor Kenji Yao

Kenji Yao 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: 20130203901
    Abstract: A compound includes a lignophenol derivative having a weight average molecular weight in a range of 5000 to 10000, and satisfying the following formula (1): 3.0?pH value?4.5??(1) wherein the pH value is a determined value for a liquid mixture containing 0.2 g of the lignophenol derivative added to 40 ml of pure water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu KAWASHIMA, Kenji YAO
  • Patent number: 8475982
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising: a conductive support; and a photosensitive layer, wherein the photosensitive layer comprises a functional layer that comprises at least one of a first compound represented by formula (I); and a second compound derived from the first compound: wherein F represents a hole-transporting, n-valent organic group; R independently represents an organic group having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms; T represents a divalent group; m indicates 0 or 1; and n indicates an integer of from 1 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwasaki, Katsumi Nukada, Wataru Yamada, Kenji Yao
  • Patent number: 8476347
    Abstract: A resin compound includes a reaction product of (A) polymer which is at least selected from aliphatic polyester and aliphatic polyamide and (B) an aromatic compound with a compositional ratio from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of (A) and represented by the following Formula (1): wherein each of R1, R2, and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms; each of R4, R5, R6, and R7 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms; each dm and n independently represents an integer from 0 to 3; and each of p and q represents an integer from 0 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Yao
  • Publication number: 20130165565
    Abstract: A resin compound includes a reaction product of (A) polymer which is at least selected from aliphatic polyester and aliphatic polyamide and (B) an aromatic compound with a compositional ratio from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of (A) and represented by the following Formula (1): wherein each of R1, R2, and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms; each of R4, R5, R6, and R7 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms; each of m and n independently represents an integer from 0 to 3; and each of p and q represents an integer from 0 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji YAO
  • Publication number: 20130158173
    Abstract: A resin compound includes a reaction product of (A) aliphatic polyester and/or aliphatic polyamide and (B) an aromatic compound of which a compositional ratio is from 0.1 part by weight to 5 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the (A) and which is represented by the following Formula (1), (X)—(CH2OH)n??Formula (1) wherein in Formula (1), X represents an n-valent group having one or more aromatic rings, and n represents an integer of from 2 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji YAO
  • Patent number: 8455575
    Abstract: A wood powder-containing material includes wood powder having a volume average particle diameter of from about 1 ?m to about 5 mm, an aliphatic polyester, and a condensed phosphate ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Yao
  • Patent number: 8445602
    Abstract: The present invention provides a poly lactic acid resin including an L-lactic acid block and a D-lactic acid block, which blocks are bonded by a carbonate bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Yao
  • Publication number: 20130096243
    Abstract: A resin composition contains (A) a polylactic acid, (B) a polyhydroxyalkanoate, (C) an ammonium polyphosphate, and (D) a phenol-modified epoxy compound. With respect to the total amount of the resin composition, the polylactic acid (A) and the polyhydroxyalkanoate (B) are contained from about 60% by mass to about 95% by mass; the ammonium polyphosphate (C) is contained from about 4% by mass to about 35% by mass; the phenol-modified epoxy compound (D) is contained from about 1% by mass to about 5% by mass; the polylactic acid (A) is contained from about 40% by mass to about 90% by mass; the polyhydroxyalkanoate (B) is contained from about 5% by mass to about 55% by mass; and the amount ratio of the polylactic acid (A) to the polyhydroxyalkanoate (B) is from about 0.7 to about 18.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji YAO
  • Publication number: 20130072599
    Abstract: A wood powder-containing material includes wood powder having a volume average particle diameter of from about 1 ?m to about 5 mm, an aliphatic polyester, and a condensed phosphate ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji YAO
  • Publication number: 20130030084
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition including cellulose acetate propionate; from about phr to about 30 phr of at least one of plasticizer selected from an adipate-based plasticizer and a polyester-based plasticizer; and from about 5 phr to about 50 phr of a condensed phosphoric acid ester compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu KAWASHIMA, Masayuki OKOSHI, Kenji YAO
  • Patent number: 8268917
    Abstract: A resin composition, containing at least (A) a polylactic acid, (B) a phosphazene compound and (C) a crystal nucleator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya Ikuno, Kenji Yao, Sayaka Inoue
  • Patent number: 8258221
    Abstract: A polylactic acid-based resin composition includes (A) a polylactic acid-based resin; (B) a flame retardant compound; and (C) an ammonium compound of organic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Yao, Masaya Ikuno, Masayuki Okoshi
  • Publication number: 20120204755
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by formula (1): wherein R1 and R3 each independently represent an alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an arylene group; R2 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an aryl group; and l, n and m each independently represent a natural number of 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji YAO
  • Publication number: 20120101190
    Abstract: There is provided a resin composition including cellulose ester in an amount of from about 50 to about 95 phr and an acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer-containing resin in an amount of from about 5 to about 50 phr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki OKOSHI, Masato MIKAMI, Kenji YAO
  • Patent number: 8148453
    Abstract: A resin composition containing at least (A) a polylactic acid, (B) a phosphazene compound, and (C) a rubber and/or thermoplastic elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya Ikuno, Masayuki Okoshi, Kenji Yao, Masahiro Moriyama
  • Patent number: 8136412
    Abstract: An electromagnetic flowmeter includes a measuring tube, electrodes, an exciting coil for applying, to a fluid, a time-changing magnetic field asymmetrical with respect to a plane PLN, a signal conversion unit which extracts a ?A/?t component, irrelevant to a fluid flow velocity, from a resultant electromotive force of an electromotive force based on the ?A/?t component and an electromotive force based on a v×B component originating from the flow velocity of the fluid, a flow rate output unit which removes a variation factor for a span as a coefficient applied to a magnitude V of a flow velocity of the v×B component in the resultant electromotive force, based on the extracted ?A/?t component, and calculates a flow rate of the fluid from a result obtained by removing the variation factor, and signal lines inclined with respect to a direction of the magnetic field in parallel with the plane PLN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Yamatake Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoshige Yamamoto, Daisuke Akita, Yoshio Yamazaki, Kenji Yao
  • Publication number: 20110319553
    Abstract: The present invention provides a poly lactic acid resin including an L-lactic acid block and a D-lactic acid block, which blocks are bonded by a carbonate bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji YAO
  • Patent number: 8053516
    Abstract: A polylactic acid resin composition contains a polylactic acid resin having an epoxy group, and a flame-retardant additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Yao, Masayuki Okoshi
  • Publication number: 20110237719
    Abstract: A particle including: at least one selected from an ionic liquid that has, as an organic cation, one selected from cyclic amidine ion-based organic cations, pyridinium-based organic cations, ammonium-based organic cations, sulfonium-based organic cations, and phosphonium-based organic cations, or a liquid phosphate ester; and a polymer compound that serves as a base material, a resin composition including the particle and a resin molded article including the resin composition are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sayaka INOUE, Masahiro Moriyama, Masaya Ikuno, Masato Mikami, Masayuki Okoshi, Kenji Yao
  • Patent number: D654819
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Yamatake Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Yao, Nobutaka Chimura