Patents by Inventor Kenta Kikuchi

Kenta Kikuchi 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: 11866596
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji Kitada, Hiroko Hayashi, Yasunari Ikeda, Hisashi Okamura, Kenta Kikuchi, Hirofumi Hokari, Shinichi Naito, Kazumasa Otsuki, Michio Nakamori, Shinichi Yamamoto, Seiji Kagami, Shigeki Kawada
  • Publication number: 20230331126
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a pad having an air passage, a skin material, and a skin locking clip embedded in the pad and configured to tuck in a prescribed linear portion of the skin material The pad includes a main body member in which the skin locking clip is embedded, an intermediate layer member arranged on the main body member, and a surface layer member arranged on the intermediate layer member. The main body member includes a linear bulging portion extending along the linear portion and bulging so as to define a plane substantially identical to a surface of the surface layer member, and the skin material is tucked in by the skin locking clip at a portion extending further from the surface layer member than the linear bulging portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuya AOKI, Kenta KIKUCHI, Kei OKUMA
  • Publication number: 20230303878
    Abstract: An ink set of the present disclosure includes a colored ink jet ink and a decoloring ink. The colored ink jet ink includes a leuco dye, a developer, and a dispersant, and the decoloring ink includes a solvent and water. The solvent includes a specific solvent component that has a Hansen solubility parameter that differs from the Hansen solubility parameter of the developer by an absolute value of less than or equal to 5.3. Preferably, the specific solvent component is a glycol ether or a glycol. Preferably, the leuco dye is a fluoran. Preferably, the developer is a compound containing a phenolic hydroxy group in the molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Shigeki KAWADA, Kenta KIKUCHI, Tetsuya AOYAMA, Hiroaki KUMETA
  • Publication number: 20230286428
    Abstract: Provided is a conveyance seat in which a duct connected to a fan can be compactly disposed, and the fan is provided in a pan-frame-type seat cushion. The vehicle seat includes a seat cushion and a blower provided in the seat cushion. The seat cushion is provided with a plate-shaped pan frame. The blower is provided below the pan frame, a duct is connected to the blower, and an opening through which the duct extends is formed in the pan frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Kenta KIKUCHI, Yohei URABE
  • Publication number: 20230278473
    Abstract: A conveyance seat capable of suppressing wrinkles or saggings from occurring on a surface of a seat main body is provided. A conveyance seat S includes a seat back and a movable body which is attached inside the seat back, is disposed at an outer position in relation to a center portion of the seat back, and is operated so that a side portion of the seat back protrudes toward a seated occupant side (seat front side). The movable body is disposed on a back surface of a cushion material in the side portion. An end portion (rear end portion) on the side opposite to the seated occupant side of the movable body is disposed on the seated occupant side (seat front side) in relation to a seating surface of the center portion of the seat back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Takanori YAMAGUCHI, Masahito TASHIRO, Katsuya KAWATA, Kazuya MIYAWAKI, Heehyeok PARK, Kenta KIKUCHI, Naoto YAMAUCHI, Naoya MATSUMOTO, Hiroyuki KAKU, Hiroshi BABA, Jinichi TANABE
  • Publication number: 20230279253
    Abstract: An ink jet ink composition is a water-based ink jet ink composition and includes a vegetable black-derived colorant, a lignosulfonate salt, and an element A which includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Ca, Mg, Mn, Fe, Al, Si, Cr, Ni, Sr, and Ba, and a content of the element A with respect to a total mass of the ink composition is 50 to 1,700 mass ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Kenta KIKUCHI, Hiroaki KUMETA, Satoshi TSUBAMOTO, Koji IMAMURA
  • Patent number: 11724626
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a pad having an air passage, a skin material, and a skin locking clip embedded in the pad and configured to tuck in a prescribed linear portion of the skin material. The pad includes a main body member in which the skin locking clip is embedded, an intermediate layer member arranged on the main body member, and a surface layer member arranged on the intermediate layer member. The main body member includes a linear bulging portion extending along the linear portion and bulging so as to define a plane substantially identical to a surface of the surface layer member, and the skin material is tucked in by the skin locking clip at a portion extending further from the surface layer member than the linear bulging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuya Aoki, Kenta Kikuchi, Kei Okuma
  • Patent number: 11654803
    Abstract: Provided is a conveyance seat in which a duct connected to a fan can be compactly disposed, and the fan is provided in a pan-frame-type seat cushion. The vehicle seat includes a seat cushion (S2) and a blower (48) provided in the seat cushion (S2). The seat cushion (S2) is provided with a plate-shaped pan frame (42). The blower (48) is provided below the pan frame (42), a duct (49) is connected to the blower (48), and an opening (42a) through which the duct (49) extends is formed in the pan frame (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Kikuchi, Yohei Urabe
  • Publication number: 20230085792
    Abstract: A skin locking clip that is firmly supported by a pad is provided. The skin locking clip (10) is disposed in a groove (8) of a pad (5) of a vehicle seat or the like, and fixes a locked portion (6c) attached to a skin material. The skin locking clip (10) includes a base plate (11), a locking piece (12) erected on the base plate (11) to lock the locked portion (6c), and an overhanging piece (13) erected on the base plate. Since the overhanging piece (13) is supported by the pad (5), the skin locking clip (10) is firmly supported by the pad (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yuhei CHINOMI, Kazuya AOKI, Kenta KIKUCHI, Kei OKUMA
  • Publication number: 20230085490
    Abstract: An ink jet ink composition includes water, a phospholipid that forms a fine particle, and a coloring material that is incorporated in the fine particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Kenta KIKUCHI, Hiroaki KUMETA
  • Patent number: 11591489
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hisashi Okamura, Hiroko Hayashi, Kenji Kitada, Yasunari Ikeda, Hirofumi Hokari, Shinichi Yamamoto, Michio Nakamori, Shigeki Kawada, Kenta Kikuchi, Kazumasa Otsuki, Seiji Kagami, Shinichi Naito
  • Publication number: 20230002644
    Abstract: A method of producing a connected body, containing: disposing an adhesive film between a first electronic member having a first electronic electrode and a second electronic member having a second electrode; and pressure-bonding the second electronic member to the first electronic member via the adhesive film so that the second electrode is electrically connected to the first electrode; wherein the first electronic member has an indented surface, the first electrode is provided in a depressed portion of the indented surface, the second electrode has a substantially flat surface having an area larger than an area of the first electrode, the adhesive film contains: first conductive particles that are dendritic conductive particles; and second conductive particles containing a non-conductive core and a conductive layer provided on the core, and the second conductive particles have an average particle diameter of not less than a depth of the depressed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Tetsuyuki SHIRAKAWA, Hiroyuki IZAWA, Takuya MORI, Kenta KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220410775
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a pad having an air passage, a skin material, and a skin locking clip embedded in the pad and configured to tuck in a prescribed linear portion of the skin material. The pad includes a main body member in which the skin locking clip is embedded, an intermediate layer member arranged on the main body member, and a surface layer member arranged on the intermediate layer member. The main body member includes a linear bulging portion extending along the linear portion and bulging so as to define a plane substantially identical to a surface of the surface layer member, and the skin material is tucked in by the skin locking clip at a portion extending further from the surface layer member than the linear bulging portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuya AOKI, Kenta KIKUCHI, Kei OKUMA
  • Publication number: 20220340772
    Abstract: An ink jet ink composition includes a color material having a ligand; an inorganic compound; and a pH adjuster, and the color material forms a complex with the inorganic compound by the ligand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Kenta KIKUCHI, Hiroaki KUMETA
  • Publication number: 20220340770
    Abstract: An ink jet ink composition includes water, a plant-derived carbonized color material, and a lignin resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroaki KUMETA, Kenta KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 11447649
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventors: Yasunari Ikeda, Hiroko Hayashi, Kenji Kitada, Hirofumi Hokari, Hisashi Okamura, Kenta Kikuchi, Shinichi Naito
  • Publication number: 20220274259
    Abstract: A coating control apparatus includes operation control circuitry configured to control a coating device whose position and orientation are controlled by a robot in accordance with a command from robot control circuitry, robot information acquisition circuitry configured to acquire, from the robot control circuitry, robot data indicating an operation state of the robot, and a data processor configured to relate coating data which indicates an operation state of the coating device to the robot data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Tatsuya NAKATA, Kenta KIKUCHI, Yuki WATANABE, Sho TAJIMA, Tsuyoshi ITO
  • Publication number: 20220276617
    Abstract: A coating control system includes selection circuitry configured to select based on a user input a control target apparatus among a plurality of coating apparatuses which include different devices, parameter setting circuitry configured to determine a setting parameter according to the control target apparatus and set a value of the setting parameter based on a user input, and operation control circuitry configured to control the control target apparatus based on the value of the setting parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Tatsuya NAKATA, Kenta KIKUCHI, Yuki WATANABE, Sho TAJIMA, Tsuyoshi ITO
  • Patent number: 11384249
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kitada, Hiroko Hayashi, Yasunari Ikeda, Hirofumi Hokari, Hisashi Okamura, Kenta Kikuchi, Seiji Kagami, Shinichi Naito
  • Patent number: 11376262
    Abstract: A method of treating an inflammatory or infectious disease includes administering an effective amount of pharmaceutical composition to a subject in need of treatment of the inflammatory or infectious disease. The composition includes an aqueous suspension of nanoparticles of a glucocorticosteroid compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ACTIVUS PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tada, Kazuhiro Kagami, Kenta Kikuchi