Patents by Inventor Kensuke Watanabe
Kensuke Watanabe 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: 11968768Abstract: In the present invention, a high-voltage side electrode constituent part includes a dielectric electrode and metal electrodes formed on the upper surface of the dielectric electrode. The dielectric electrode has a structure in which a film thickness is continuously changed along an X direction. That is, the film thickness of the right end of the dielectric electrode is set to a thickness dA1; and the film thickness of the left end is set to a thickness dB1 (>dA1), and is continuously increased from the right end to the left end along the X direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI—ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Kensuke Watanabe, Ren Arita
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Patent number: 11952423Abstract: A novel antibody that can be used as an anti-tumor agent and an anti-tumor agent that comprises, as an active ingredient, a molecule containing such an antibody.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: MIE UNIVERSITY, DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Hiroshi Shiku, Yasushi Akahori, Kento Tanaka, Ayaka Yatsu, Junya Ichikawa, Toshiaki Ohtsuka, Shiho Kozuma, Ryuji Hashimoto, Makiko Nakayama, Naoya Shinozaki, Kensuke Nakamura, Ichiro Watanabe, Shinji Furuzono
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Patent number: 11947280Abstract: A mechanism that enables developer replenishment by a simpler structure and a mechanism that enables more user-friendly developer replenishment are provided. An attachment port to which a developer supply bottle containing a developer stored therein is detachably attachable is disposed in an interior of an image forming apparatus. The developer supply bottle can be attached when the cover is in an open state. According to this image forming apparatus, when the developer supply bottle is attached to the attachment port, the developer inside the developer supply bottle moves into a developer housing chamber by its own weight.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiro Funatani, Masatake Tanaka, Kentaro Yamawaki, Kenichi Iida, Shinsuke Kobayashi, Kensuke Umeda, Takanori Watanabe, Ai Suzuki
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Patent number: 11942310Abstract: In an active gas generation apparatus of the present invention, an auxiliary conductive film provided on a first electrode dielectric film is provided to overlap part of an active gas flow path in plan view, and the auxiliary conductive film is set to the ground potential. An active gas auxiliary member provided on a second electrode dielectric film is provided to fill part of the active gas flow path between a discharge space and a gas ejection hole in a dielectric space between the first and second electrode dielectric films in order to limit to an active gas flow gap.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Ren Arita, Kensuke Watanabe
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Publication number: 20240077823Abstract: An image forming apparatus to and from which a replenishment container accommodating toner is attachable and detachable includes a replenishment port to allow replenishment of toner from the replenishment container, an opening/closing portion to open the replenishment port in an open position and close the replenishment port in a closed position, a locking member to move between a restricting position in which the locking member restricts movement of the opening/closing portion from the closed position to the open position, and an allowing position in which the movement of the opening/closing portion from the closed position to the open position is allowed. A developer container accepts more toner for replenishment in a case where a second display is in a second state than in a first state, and a first display more accurately displays information related to the toner accommodated in the developer container than the second display.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Kensuke Umeda, Shinsuke Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Funatani, Takanori Watanabe, Ai Suzuki
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Publication number: 20240062994Abstract: One direction discharge structure in an active gas generation apparatus satisfies arrangement conditions (a) to (c). The condition (a) is a condition that a region where a corresponding metal electrode and a corresponding metal electrode are overlapped with each other in a plan view serves as a corresponding discharge space in a corresponding gap region. The condition (b) is a condition that the corresponding gap region and a plurality of gas supply holes provided in a corresponding gas supply region are overlapped with each other in a plan view. The condition (c) is a condition that the plurality of gas supply holes provided in the corresponding gas supply region and a plurality of gas ejection holes provided below the corresponding gap region sandwich the corresponding discharge space in a plan view, and are disposed to face each other on a one-to-one basis along a Y direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2021Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Kensuke WATANABE, Ren ARITA
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Publication number: 20240006830Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a case including an accommodation part that accommodates a receptacle, a front wall part, a restriction part, and an engagement part that retain the receptacle in the accommodation part, a contact part that makes contact with a mounting surface, and a communication hole that is extended upward from the accommodation part and open to outside at its upper end and vertically movably retains a slider; the receptacle that includes a terminal prat located at the same height as the contact part or below the contact part and is movable upward; and the slider that can press down the receptacle retained in the accommodation part by the front wall part, the restriction part, and the engagement part.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Yasuo YOSHIURA, Kensuke WATANABE
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Publication number: 20240006787Abstract: An electrical connector to be mounted on a mounting surface of a substrate includes a case and a receptacle. The case includes: an accommodation part that is disposed in a bottom surface to be opposed to the mounting surface and accommodates a receptacle in a state of being exposed outside; a front wall part, a restriction part, and an engagement part that retain the receptacle in the accommodation part; and a contact part that makes contact with the mounting surface. The receptacle includes terminal parts to be soldered to the mounting surface. In a state where the receptacle is retained in the accommodation part by the engagement part, the terminal parts are located at the same height as the contact part or below the contact part and the receptacle is movable upward.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Yasuo YOSHIURA, Kensuke WATANABE
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Patent number: 11839014Abstract: In the present invention, an electrode pair having a discharge space therein is constituted by a combination of a high-voltage application electrode unit and a ground potential electrode unit. The high-voltage application electrode unit has, as the main components, an electrode dielectric film and a metal electrode formed on the upper surface of the electrode dielectric film. An auxiliary conductive film is formed in an annular shape so as to surround the metal electrode without overlapping the metal electrode in plan view. A metal electrode pressing member: has an annular shape in plan view; is provided to contact part of the upper surface of the auxiliary conductive film; and is fixed to a metal base flange. A ground potential is applied to the base flange.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Kensuke Watanabe, Ren Arita
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Publication number: 20230246377Abstract: An electric connector is provided which enables a cost increase to be reduced and enables strength to be improved. The electric connector for connecting a cable to a counterpart connector includes: a connection part that is connected to an electrically conductive part of the cable, that is connected to an electrically conductive member of the counterpart connector, and that is electrically conductive; a holding member that holds the cable and the connection part; a case that covers the holding member; and a cover that covers a part of the case. The case includes an engaging arm part that is engaged with the holding member and that is elastically deformable. The cover includes regulating parts that cover the engaging arm part and regulate elastic deformation of the engaging arm part in a direction in which engagement of the engaging arm part with the holding member is released.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Yasuo YOSHIURA, Kensuke WATANABE
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Patent number: 11693638Abstract: A compiler program causes a computer to execute optimization processing for an optimization target program. The optimization target program includes a loop including a vector store instruction and a vector load instruction for an array variable. The optimization processing includes (1) unrolling the vector store instruction and the vector load instruction in the loop by an unrolling number of times to generate a plurality of unrolled vector store instructions and a plurality of unrolled vector load instructions, and (2) scheduling to move an unrolled vector load instruction among the plurality of unrolled vector load instructions, which is located after a first unrolled vector store instruction that is located at first among the plurality of unrolled vector load instructions, before the first unrolled vector store instruction.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Kensuke Watanabe, Masatoshi Haraguchi, Shun Kamatsuka, Yasunobu Tanimura
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Publication number: 20230047916Abstract: This non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises: a separator that has an adhesive on at least one surface thereof; and an electrode that has a core and an electrode mix layer, and that is configured so that the electrode mix layer abuts the adhesive. The electrode mix layer is configured so that the density, in the thickness-direction, of a porous body increases from the core towards the adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kensuke Watanabe, Taiki Nonaka, Akira Nishida
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Publication number: 20230034041Abstract: An active gas generation apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a base flange having a central bottom surface region and a peripheral protruding part; a cooling plate provided on the peripheral protruding part of the base flange; an insulating plate provided between the cooling plate and the high voltage apply electrode part; and an electrode holding member provided on a lower surface of the cooling plate to support the high voltage apply electrode part from a lower side. Provided is a gas separation structure of separating a gas flow between an in-housing space and a discharge space by the cooling plate, the electrode holding member, and the high voltage apply electrode part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Kensuke WATANABE, Ren ARITA
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Publication number: 20230025809Abstract: A housing in an active gas generator according to the present disclosure includes a peripheral stepped region formed along an outer periphery of a central bottom region, the peripheral stepped region being higher in formed height than the central bottom region. A high-voltage-electrode dielectric film on the peripheral stepped region forms a gas separation structure for separating a gas stream into a feeding space and an active gas generating space including a discharge space. A vacuum pump disposed outside the housing sets the feeding space under vacuum.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Ren ARITA, Kensuke WATANABE
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Publication number: 20230013017Abstract: Provided in an active gas generation apparatus according to the present disclosure is a gas separation structure of separating a gas flow between an in-housing space and a discharge space by a cooling plate, an electrode holding member, and a high voltage apply electrode part. The active gas generation apparatus further includes an auxiliary metal electrode provided on an upper surface of an electrode dielectric film in the high voltage apply electrode part. The auxiliary metal electrode is provided to overlap with part of an active gas transmission path in a plan view, and set to ground potential.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Ren ARITA, Kensuke WATANABE
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Publication number: 20230006292Abstract: In a state in which a sealing member is fixed to an exterior container by swaging, at least a tip side of a protrusion is embedded in a seal component. In a state before the sealing member is fixed to the exterior container by swaging, when the protrusion of the sealing member and the seal component are brought into abutment with each other, a communication path is formed in the protrusion or the seal component to communicate a space inside the exterior container and a space outside the exterior container with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Kensuke WATANABE, Taiki NONAKA
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Publication number: 20220407191Abstract: This electrical storage device comprises: an electrode body; a bottomed cylindrical outer can; a sealing plate to which a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal are attached; and a functional part placed near the positive electrode terminal or the negative electrode terminal on the inner surface of the sealing plate. The electrode body has a positive electrode tab group for which a plurality of positive electrode tabs are laminated, and a negative electrode tab group for which a plurality of negative electrode tabs are laminated, and each tab group functions as a spring that connects the electrode body and the sealing plate. Of the positive electrode tab group and the negative electrode tab group, the spring constant of one tab group near the functional part is greater than the spring constant of the other tab group.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Daisuke ITO, Yukihiro MIZONOBE, Kensuke WATANABE
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Patent number: 11532458Abstract: In the present invention, a high-voltage side electrode component further includes a conductive film disposed on an upper surface of a dielectric electrode independently of a metal electrode. The conductive film is disposed between at least one gas ejection port and the metal electrode in plan view, and the conductive film is set to ground potential.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Ren Arita, Kensuke Watanabe, Shinichi Nishimura
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Patent number: 11466366Abstract: An electric discharge generator and power supply device of electric discharge generator includes a radical gas generation apparatus, a process chamber apparatus, and an n-phase inverter power supply device. The radical gas generation apparatus is located adjacent to the process chamber apparatus. The radical gas generation apparatus includes a plurality of (n) discharge cells. The n-phase inverter power supply device includes a power supply circuit configuration offering a means to control output of n-phase alternating current voltages and variably controls, according to positions of the plurality of discharge cells, the alternating current voltages of different phases.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI—ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichiro Tabata, Kensuke Watanabe, Shinichi Nishimura
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Patent number: 11453945Abstract: A gas ejector of a gas supply apparatus includes a nozzle portion. The opening of a first-stage restricting cylinder constituting the nozzle portion has a circular cross-sectional shape with a diameter r1. A second-stage restricting cylinder is continuously formed with the first-stage restricting cylinder along a Z direction. The opening of the second-stage restricting cylinder has a circular cross-sectional shape with a diameter r2, and supplies a source gas supplied from the first-stage restricting cylinder to a low-vacuum processing chamber below. At this time, the diameter r2 is set to satisfy “r2>r1”.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Nishimura, Kensuke Watanabe, Yoichiro Tabata