Patents by Inventor Kenta Inaba

Kenta Inaba 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: 12285893
    Abstract: A method for detachably attaching a linking unit, including an end with a hole and a slit, to a mold, the method comprising inserting a first attachment member connected to the mold through the hole; and inserting a second attachment member connected to the mold through the slit, wherein the linking unit is detached from the mold by moving the linking unit in a direction opposite to a direction in which the slit is formed in a state where the first attachment member is disconnected from the mold and the second attachment member remains connected to the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignees: Canon Virginia, Inc., Canon U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Yuichi Yanahara, Koki Kodaira, Hideo Matsumoto, Nobunari Shimoe, Hiroyuki Katagiri, Tomoaki Ikeguchi, Junko Tajima, Kenta Inaba
  • Publication number: 20240402964
    Abstract: An image-forming system includes an image-forming apparatus arranged in a user environment and configured to execute a job to form an image on a sheet; a database arranged in a remote environment and configured to store history data of one or more jobs executed by the image-forming apparatus; a control unit configured to control execution of a job at the image-forming apparatus or control charging to a user based on an actual number of consumed sheets calculated based on the history data; a communication unit configured to, when a first job has caused a trouble of image-formation, transmit, in response to an instruction by a user, a modification request for modifying the database so that at least a sheet affected by the trouble is not taken into account in the actual number, the modification request including job-related information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroko Kunimoto, Marehiko Hirajima, Kengo Kawamoto, Satoshi Takami, Kenta Inaba
  • Patent number: 12064906
    Abstract: A manufacturing system including an injection molding machine and a conveyance apparatus injections a mold and cools the mold at a molding operation position in the injection molding machine, ejections a molded part from the mold at the molding operation position, and conveys the mold to a path of the conveyance apparatus and heats the mold on the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: Canon Virginia, Inc., Canon U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Kenta Inaba
  • Patent number: 12023831
    Abstract: A manufacturing system including an injection molding machine and a conveyance apparatus injections a mold and cools the mold at a molding operation position in the injection molding machine, ejections a molded part from the mold at the molding operation position, and conveys the mold to a path of the conveyance apparatus and heats the mold on the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignees: Canon Virginia, Inc., Canon U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Kenta Inaba
  • Patent number: 12005619
    Abstract: An injection molding system includes a conveyor apparatus that moves a mold, and an injection molding apparatus that performs, using an injection cylinder and a screw, injection molding with the mold, wherein the improvement of the injection molding system includes at least one structure located in proximity to at least a part of the conveyor apparatus, wherein the at least one structure includes at least one element that is moveable, and wherein, when the screw is removed from the injection cylinder, the at least one element is in a position to prevent the at least one element from contacting the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: Canon Virginia, Inc., Canon U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Yohei Minatoya, Kenta Inaba
  • Patent number: 11675302
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording material based on first image data; a controller configured to control an image forming operation by the image forming unit; an acquisition unit configured to acquire property information related to a property of the recording material; a setting unit configured to set a control value to be used in the image forming operation; a reader configured to read an image formed on the recording material by the image forming unit and to output second image data; and a comparison unit configured to compare the first image data to the second image data, wherein the setting unit is further configured to set the control value based on a comparison result from the comparison unit and the property information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mahito Yoshioka, Masaki Shimomura, Kenta Inaba, Kuniaki Kasuga
  • Publication number: 20220242017
    Abstract: A manufacturing system including an injection molding machine and a conveyance apparatus injections a mold and cools the mold at a molding operation position in the injection molding machine, ejections a molded part from the mold at the molding operation position, and conveys the mold to a path of the conveyance apparatus and heats the mold on the path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Kenta Inaba
  • Publication number: 20220193962
    Abstract: A method for detachably attaching a linking unit, including an end with a hole and a slit, to a mold, the method comprising inserting a first attachment member connected to the mold through the hole; and inserting a second attachment member connected to the mold through the slit, wherein the linking unit is detached from the mold by moving the linking unit in a direction opposite to a direction in which the slit is formed in a state where the first attachment member is disconnected from the mold and the second attachment member remains connected to the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Yuichi Yanahara, Koki Kodaira, Hideo Matsumoto, Nobunari Shimoe, Hironori Katagiri, Tomoaki Ikeguchi, Junko Tajima, Kenta Inaba
  • Publication number: 20220161473
    Abstract: An injection molding system includes a conveyor apparatus that moves a mold, and an injection molding apparatus that performs, using an injection cylinder and a screw, injection molding with the mold, wherein the improvement of the injection molding system includes at least one structure located in proximity to at least a part of the conveyor apparatus, wherein the at least one structure includes at least one element that is moveable, and wherein, when the screw is removed from the injection cylinder, the at least one element is in a position to prevent the at least one element from contacting the screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Yohei Minatoya, Kenta Inaba
  • Publication number: 20210278791
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording material based on first image data; a controller configured to control an image forming operation by the image forming unit; an acquisition unit configured to acquire property information related to a property of the recording material; a setting unit configured to set a control value to be used in the image forming operation; a reader configured to read an image formed on the recording material by the image forming unit, and to output second image data; and a comparison unit configured to compare the first image data to the second image data, wherein the setting unit is further configured to set the control value based on a comparison result from the comparison unit and the property information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Mahito Yoshioka, Masaki Shimomura, Kenta Inaba, Kuniaki Kasuga