Patents by Inventor Kiichi KAMODA

Kiichi KAMODA 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: 11926931
    Abstract: A resin powder for solid freeform fabrication includes a particle having a pillar-like form, wherein the ratio of the height of the particle to the diameter or the long side of the bottom of the particle is 0.5 to 2.0, the particle has a 50 percent cumulative volume particle diameter of from 5 to 200 ?m, and the ratio (Mv/Mn) of the volume average particle diameter (Mv) to the number average particle diameter (Mn) of the particle is 2.00 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Saito, Shigenori Yaguchi, Yasuyuki Yamashita, Kiichi Kamoda, Yasuo Suzuki, Nozomu Tamoto, Hitoshi Iwatsuki, Shinzo Higuchi, Sohichiroh Iida
  • Publication number: 20230150169
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaped object producing method is provided that includes: forming a layer from secondary particles (51) including a binder resin and primary particles containing at least a ceramic material; and applying a liquid that dissolves the binder resin on the formed layer. The liquid contains a solvent having a boiling point of 100° C. or higher and 210° C. or lower, a relative energy difference (RED) between the binder resin and the solvent is 1.0 or less, and the secondary particles (51) have a loose bulk density of 25% or higher and 55% or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiichi Kamoda, Hiroki Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 11504883
    Abstract: Provided is a resin particle producing method including: a fiber aggregate producing step of directly joining fibers containing a thermoplastic resin with each other to obtain a fiber aggregate; and a particle forming step of forming the fiber aggregate into particles to obtain resin particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nozomu Tamoto, Hitoshi Iwatsuki, Yasuo Suzuki, Yasuyuki Yamashita, Sohichiroh Iida, Shinzo Higuchi, Akira Saito, Kiichi Kamoda, Yoshihiko Furugohri, Shinsuke Nagai
  • Patent number: 11491713
    Abstract: A resin powder for solid freeform fabrication has a 50 percent cumulative volume particle diameter of from 5 to 100 ?m and a ratio (Mv/Mn) of a volume average particle diameter (Mv) to the number average particle diameter (Mn) of 2.50 or less and satisfies at least one of the following conditions (1) to (3): (1): Tmf1>Tmf2 and (Tmf1?Tmf2)?3 degrees C., both Tmf1 and Tmf2 are measured in differential scanning calorimetry measuring according to ISO 3146, (2): Cd1>Cd2 and (Cd1?Cd2)?3 percent, both Cd1 and Cd2 are measured in differential scanning calorimetry measuring according to ISO 3146, and (3): C×1>C×2 and (C×1?C×2)?3 percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Saito, Yasuyuki Yamashita, Kiichi Kamoda, Shigenori Yaguchi, Nozomu Tamoto, Hitoshi Iwatsuki, Shinzo Higuchi, Sohichiroh Iida, Yasuo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11472958
    Abstract: A powder for solid freeform fabrication includes a first resin particle and a second resin particle, wherein MFR2 is greater than MFR1 and a ratio of MFR2 to MFR1 is from 2 to 5, where MFR1 represents a melt mass-flow rate (MFR) of the first resin particle and MFR2 represents a melt mass-flow rate of the second resin particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Naruse, Akira Saito, Hitoshi Iwatsuki, Yasuyuki Yamashita, Toshiyuki Mutoh, Yasutomo Aman, Kiichi Kamoda, Sohichiroh Iida, Shinzo Higuchi, Toshiyuki Iseki
  • Patent number: 11458676
    Abstract: A resin powder contains a resin contains columnar particles, wherein the proportion of the columnar particles having a ratio (L/W) of less than 1 is 50 percent by volume or more in the total volume of the resin powder, where W represents the width in the radial direction of the columnar particles and L represents the length in the axis direction of the columnar particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kiichi Kamoda, Akira Saito, Yasutomo Aman, Hitoshi Iwatsuki
  • Publication number: 20220176625
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solid freeform fabrication object includes forming a layer of resin powder for solid freeform fabrication including particles having a pillar-like form and solidifying a particular area of the layer with irradiation of laser beams, wherein the laser beams have an energy intensity distribution having a top hat-like form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiichi Kamoda, Yasuyuki Yamashita, Akira Saito, Sohichiroh Iida, Shinzo Higuchi, Hitoshi Iwatsuki, Nozomu Tamoto, Yasuo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20220048245
    Abstract: A resin powder for solid freeform fabrication has a 50 percent cumulative volume particle diameter of from 5 to 100 ?m and a ratio (Mv/Mn) of a volume average particle diameter (Mv) to the number average particle diameter (Mn) of 2.50 or less and satisfies at least one of the following conditions (1) to (3): (1): Tmf1>Tmf2 and (Tmf1?Tmf2)?3 degrees C., both Tmf1 and Tmf2 are measured in differential scanning calorimetry measuring according to ISO 3146, (2): Cd1>Cd2 and (Cd1?Cd2)?3 percent, both Cd1 and Cd2 are measured in differential scanning calorimetry measuring according to ISO 3146, and (3): Cx1>Cx2 and (Cx1?Cx2)?3 percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Akira Saito, Yasuyuki Yamashita, Kiichi Kamoda, Shigenori Yaguchi, Nozomu Tamoto, Hitoshi Iwatsuki, Shinzo Higuchi, Sohichiroh Iida, Yasuo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11242436
    Abstract: Provided are resin particles including columnar resin particles each including filaments of a fibrous material, wherein the filaments of the fibrous material are aligned in an axial direction of each of the columnar resin particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Yasuyuki Yamashita, Akira Saito, Kiichi Kamoda
  • Publication number: 20220032540
    Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional object producing method for producing a three-dimensional object using primary particles containing at least a ceramic material, the three-dimensional object producing method including: a forming step of forming a layer using secondary particles containing the primary particles and a binder resin; and an applying step of applying a liquid for dissolving the binder resin to the layer formed in the forming step, wherein a central particle diameter of the primary particles is 5 micrometers or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kiichi KAMODA, Kohsuke MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210402680
    Abstract: A resin powder for solid freeform fabrication contains pillar-like form particles having an average circularity of 0.83 or greater in a particle diameter range of from 0.5 to 200 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Nozomu Tamoto, Sohichiroh Iida, Akira Saito, Yasuyuki Yamashita, Hitoshi Iwatsuki, Shinzo Higuchi, Kiichi Kamoda
  • Publication number: 20210317601
    Abstract: A resin powder for solid freeform fabrication includes a particle having a pillar-like form, wherein the ratio of the height of the particle to the diameter or the long side of the bottom of the particle is 0.5 to 2.0, the particle has a 50 percent cumulative volume particle diameter of from 5 to 200 ?m, and the ratio (Mv/Mn) of the volume average particle diameter (Mv) to the number average particle diameter (Mn) of the particle is 2.00 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Akira Saito, Shigenori Yaguchi, Yasuyuki Yamashita, Kiichi Kamoda, Yasuo Suzuki, Nozomu Tamoto, Hitoshi Iwatsuki, Shinzo Higuchi, Sohichiroh Iida
  • Patent number: 11066758
    Abstract: A resin powder for solid freeform fabrication includes a particle having a pillar-like form, wherein the ratio of the height of the particle to the diameter or the long side of the bottom of the particle is 0.5 to 2.0, the particle has a 50 percent cumulative volume particle diameter of from 5 to 200 ?m, and the ratio (Mv/Mn) of the volume average particle diameter (Mv) to the number average particle diameter (Mn) of the particle is 2.00 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Saito, Shigenori Yaguchi, Yasuyuki Yamashita, Kiichi Kamoda, Yasuo Suzuki, Nozomu Tamoto, Hitoshi Iwatsuki, Shinzo Higuchi, Sohichiroh Iida
  • Patent number: 11045978
    Abstract: A particle for solid freeform fabrication having a columnar form has end surfaces and a side surface, wherein one of the end surfaces partially covers the side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Iwatsuki, Yasuyuki Yamashita, Kiichi Kamoda, Toshiyuki Mutoh, Yasutomo Aman, Toshiyuki Iseki, Mitsuru Naruse, Akira Saito, Shinzo Higuchi, Sohichiroh Iida
  • Publication number: 20210101334
    Abstract: A method for producing a three-dimensional object, the method including: disposing powder; disposing fibers; and applying liquid for binding the powder and the fibers to at least one selected from the group consisting of the powder and the fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventor: Kiichi KAMODA
  • Publication number: 20200398458
    Abstract: Provided is a resin particle producing method including: a fiber aggregate producing step of directly joining fibers containing a thermoplastic resin with each other to obtain a fiber aggregate; and a particle forming step of forming the fiber aggregate into particles to obtain resin particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Nozomu TAMOTO, Hitoshi IWATSUKI, Yasuo SUZUKI, Yasuyuki YAMASHITA, Sohichiroh IIDA, Shinzo HIGUCHI, Akira SAITO, Kiichi KAMODA, Yoshihiko FURUGOHRI, Shinsuke NAGAI
  • Patent number: 10822277
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oxidation-induced highly-functional self-healing ceramic composition, a method for producing the ceramic composition, a use of the ceramic composition and a method for achieving the enhancement of the functionality of the ceramic composition, by focusing on a repairing stage and a remodeling state in a self-healing process and by carrying out elemental and structural designing of an oxidation-induced self-healing ceramic composition for the purpose of speeding up these stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Toshio Osada, Kiichi Kamoda, Toru Hara, Masanori Mitome, Taichi Abe, Takahito Ohmura, Wataru Nakao
  • Patent number: 10800096
    Abstract: A resin powder for solid freeform fabrication includes resin particles having a significantly pillar-like form including resin particles having a concave portion on the circumferential side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sohichiroh Iida, Shigenori Yaguchi, Hitoshi Iwatsuki, Yasuo Suzuki, Nozomu Tamoto, Shinzo Higuchi, Akira Saito, Yasuyuki Yamashita, Kiichi Kamoda
  • Patent number: 10682808
    Abstract: A fabrication method includes laminating a fabrication material to form an object, and applying a release material on a surface of the object to form a release layer on the surface of the object. A surface free energy of the release material is equal to or smaller than 25 mN/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Fujita, Akira Saito, Kiichi Kamoda, Yasutada Shitara, Kazuhiko Watanabe, Hitoshi Iwatsuki, Yuuya Endoh, Kazufumi Kimura, Yasuyuki Yamashita, Shinnosuke Koshizuka, Yuuki Kamon, Nozomu Tamoto
  • Publication number: 20200114574
    Abstract: A resin powder contains a resin contains columnar particles, wherein the proportion of the columnar particles having a ratio (L/W) of less than 1 is 50 percent by volume or more in the total volume of the resin powder, where W represents the width in the radial direction of the columnar particles and L represents the length in the axis direction of the columnar particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Kiichi KAMODA, Akira SAITO, Yasutomo AMAN, Hitoshi IWATSUKI