Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Watanabe

Kiyoshi 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).

  • Patent number: 12125883
    Abstract: A biaxially oriented SiC composite substrate includes a first biaxially oriented SiC layer that contains a threading screw dislocation and a basal plane dislocation, and a second biaxially oriented SiC layer that is formed continuously from the first biaxially oriented SiC layer and that contains 1×1016 atoms/cm3 or more and 1×1019 atoms/cm3 or less of a rare earth element. The defect density of a surface of the second biaxially oriented SiC layer is smaller than the defect density of the first biaxially oriented SiC layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Morimichi Watanabe, Kiyoshi Matsushima, Jun Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 12122635
    Abstract: A sheet transport device includes a pair of movable transport rollers capable of transporting a sheet while holding the sheet and capable of moving in an axial direction crossing a transportation direction; pairs of first transport rollers disposed at a distance from each other upstream from the pair of movable transport rollers in the transportation direction to transport the sheet while holding the sheet; and pairs of first transport guides disposed to define sheet transport spaces between the pair of movable transport rollers and the pairs of first transport rollers and between the pairs of first transport rollers. When the pair of movable transport rollers is moved in the axial direction, at least one of the pairs of first transport rollers is displaced in a direction to widen the transport space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yasunobu Goto, Yoshiki Matsuzaki, Yoshinori Koike, Natsumi Nakata, Nobuhiro Hiroe, Hirotake Eguchi, Kiyoshi Watanabe, Koji Deguchi
  • Patent number: 12122636
    Abstract: A sheet transport device includes a pair of movable transport rollers capable of transporting a sheet while holding the sheet and capable of moving in an axial direction crossing a transportation direction; pairs of first transport rollers disposed upstream from the pair of movable transport rollers in the transportation direction while being spaced apart from each other to transport the sheet while holding the sheet; and pairs of transport guides disposed to define sheet transport spaces between the pair of movable transport rollers and the pairs of first transport rollers and between the pairs of first transport rollers. When the pair of movable transport rollers is to be moved in the axial direction, first transport rollers in at least one of the pairs of first transport rollers are separated not to hold at least part of a portion of the transported sheet located upstream from the pair of movable transport rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yasunobu Goto, Yoshinori Koike, Natsumi Nakata, Nobuhiro Hiroe, Hirotake Eguchi, Kiyoshi Watanabe, Koji Deguchi, Yoshiki Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 12116239
    Abstract: A medium transport device includes a positional corrector configured to transport a medium and correct a position of the medium in a width direction of the medium by moving the medium in the width direction, and an inclination corrector configured to transport the medium and correct an inclination of the medium relative to a transport direction of the medium on an upstream side of the positional corrector in the transport direction, the inclination corrector being disposed at a position where the medium is transported in a flat posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hirotake Eguchi, Nobuhiro Hiroe, Koji Deguchi, Kiyoshi Watanabe, Yasunobu Goto, Yoshinori Koike, Natsumi Nakata, Yoshiki Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20240333849
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a first image reading unit, a second image reading unit provided on a side opposite from the first image reading unit with respect to a sheet feeding passage, a first guiding member, a second guiding member, a first unit holding the first image reading unit and the second guiding member, and a second unit holding the second image reading unit and the first guiding member. One of the first unit and the second unit is movable relative to the other unit so as to open the sheet feeding passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Kiyoshi WATANABE, Kazuhisa OKUDA, Michiaki ENDO
  • Publication number: 20240304980
    Abstract: There is provided a simple configuration capable of feeding power to a conductor present between a pair of dielectric plates. A feeding structure including a first dielectric plate; a second dielectric plate that faces the first dielectric plate; an interlayer that is disposed between the first dielectric plate and the second dielectric plate; a conductor that is disposed between the first dielectric plate and the second dielectric plate; a feeding portion that is disposed on a side opposite of the interlayer from the first dielectric plate and that sandwiches at least one of a portion of the interlayer and a portion of the second dielectric plate between the conductor and the feeding portion; and a first transmission line that is connected to the feeding portion, wherein the feeding portion electromagnetically couples to the conductor with a gap smaller than a thickness of the first dielectric plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuo MORIMOTO, Fuminori WATANABE, Ryota OKUDA, Kiyoshi NOBUOKA, Hideaki SHOJI
  • Patent number: 12080551
    Abstract: A SiC composite substrate includes a SiC single crystal layer and at least one biaxially oriented SiC layer. The at least one biaxially oriented SiC layer is disposed on the SiC single crystal. In the biaxially oriented SiC layer, the SiC is oriented in both a c-axis direction and an a-axis direction. The biaxially oriented SiC layer has pores and has a density of defect reaching the surface of 1.0×101/cm2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Risa Miyakaze, Kiyoshi Matsushima, Jun Yoshikawa, Morimichi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12065383
    Abstract: An oriented ceramic sintered body production method includes (a) a step of preparing a ceramic compact before firing into an oriented ceramic sintered body; and (b) a step of obtaining an oriented ceramic sintered body by sandwiching the ceramic compact between a pair of releasing sheets, placing the ceramic compact and the releasing sheets in a hot press firing furnace, and hot press firing the ceramic compact while applying a pressure by a pair of punches through the pair of releasing sheets, wherein each of the releasing sheets is a releasing sheet such that, after the releasing sheet is sandwiched between PET films, is then placed and vacuum-packed on a stainless steel sheet, and is isostatically pressed at 200 kg/cm2, a surface of the releasing sheet on the side opposite from the stainless steel sheet has a profile curve with a total profile height Pt of 0.8 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Morimichi Watanabe, Kei Sato, Kiyoshi Matsushima, Takahiro Maeda, Jun Yoshikawa, Tsutomu Nanataki
  • Patent number: 12066781
    Abstract: A sheet transport device includes a pair of movable transport rollers capable of transporting a sheet while holding the sheet and moving in an axial direction crossing a transportation direction; pairs of first transport rollers upstream from the pair of movable transport rollers in the transportation direction while being spaced apart from each other to transport the sheet while holding the sheet; and pairs of transport guides to define sheet transport spaces between the pair of movable transport rollers and the pairs of first transport rollers and between the pairs of first transport rollers. When the pair of movable transport rollers is to be moved in the axial direction, at least one pair of first transport rollers transports the sheet while bending the sheet in the transport space by producing a difference in transport rate within a portion of a section upstream from the pair of movable transport rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Yasunobu Goto, Yoshinori Koike, Yoshiki Matsuzaki, Hirotake Eguchi, Kiyoshi Watanabe, Natsumi Nakata, Koji Deguchi, Nobuhiro Hiroe
  • Publication number: 20240245381
    Abstract: A biological information acquisition device includes a main body including a facing surface facing a living body when mounted, a first biosensor provided in the main body such that at least a portion of the first biosensor protrudes from the facing surface of the main body and including a first contact surface contactable with the living body, and an adhesive tape attached to the facing surface of the main body and having a thickness less than a protrusion amount of the first biosensor from the facing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Shohei MORIKAWA, Hirofumi WATANABE, Kiyoshi KANAGAWA, Kiyotaka ASAI
  • Patent number: 12034894
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a first image reading unit, a second image reading unit provided on a side opposite from the first image reading unit with respect to a sheet feeding passage, a first guiding member, a second guiding member, a first unit holding the first image reading unit and the second guiding member, and a second unit holding the second image reading unit and the first guiding member. One of the first unit and the second unit is movable relative to the other unit so as to open the sheet feeding passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Watanabe, Kazuhisa Okuda, Michiaki Endo
  • Patent number: 11975682
    Abstract: A power transmission member including a base resin that has a water absorption characteristic that a water absorption rate is 1% or less when Method 1 of ISO 62 (a method for measuring a weight increasing rate after being immersed in water at 23° C. for 24 hours) is used and an elastomer that imparts mechanical characteristics to the power transmission member 32a, in which as the mechanical characteristics, tensile yield stress (ISO 527) is 40 to 54 MPa, tensile fracture strain (ISO 527) is 50% or more, tensile elastic modulus (ISO 527) is 1200 to 1900 MPa, bending elastic modulus (ISO 178) is 1100 to 1700 MPa, and unnotched Charpy impact strength (ISO 179) is no fracture at ?30° C. or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Yasushi Kanamori, Kiyoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11964626
    Abstract: Provided are a seat belt retractor and a seat belt device capable of suppressing an increase in frictional resistance when a pretensioner is steadily driven and increasing the resistance to be applied to a webbing when energy is absorbed. A seat belt retractor includes a guide member facing at least a part of an outer circumferential surface of a locking base and disposed along an opening portion. The guide member is configured not to come into contact with the locking base until a pretensioner is shifted to a steady driving state, is configured to come into contact with the locking base when the pretensioner is steadily driven, and is configured to allow contact between lock teeth and the locking base when subjected to a predetermined load after the pretensioner is shifted to the steady driving state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN G.K.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Watanabe, Tadayuki Asako
  • Publication number: 20240101372
    Abstract: A medium transport device includes a first transporter configured to transport a medium by nipping the medium along with rotation, a second transporter configured to transport the medium and disposed on an upstream side of the first transporter in a transport direction of the medium, a first adjuster configured to adjust a position of the medium in a width direction by moving the first transporter and the second transporter in the width direction of the medium with the medium nipped by the first transporter and the second transporter, and a second adjuster configured to adjust a contact pressure of the first transporter for the medium and a contact pressure of the second transporter for the medium based on resistance caused when the medium is moved in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hirotake EGUCHI, Yasunobu GOTO, Yoshinori KOIKE, Yuki KAWAZOE, Shuhei KOBORI, Kiyoshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240101378
    Abstract: A sheet transporting device includes: a skew correcting component configured to correct any skew of a sheet by executing speed-gap driving in which first and second transporting components that are arranged at respective positions in a direction intersecting a direction of sheet transport are driven for a predetermined time period with a speed gap between the first and second transporting components; and a changing component configured to change, with reference to a characteristic relevant to sheet transport, a state of the speed-gap driving of the skew correcting component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshinori KOIKE, Hirotake EGUCHI, Yasunobu GOTO, Kiyoshi WATANABE, Yuki KAWAZOE, Shuhei KOBORI
  • Publication number: 20240101381
    Abstract: A sheet transporting device includes first and second position correcting components provided at respective positions in a direction of sheet transport and each being configured to correct a position of a sheet in a direction intersecting the direction of sheet transport by being shifted in the direction intersecting the direction of sheet transport while holding the sheet, and a changing component capable of changing an amount of correction of the position of the sheet individually for the first and second position correcting components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yasunobu GOTO, Kiyoshi WATANABE, Yoshinori KOIKE, Hirotake EGUCHI, Yuki KAWAZOE, Shuhei KOBORI
  • Patent number: 11915865
    Abstract: A movable-side magnet is provided to a movable portion in a vacuum chamber. A drive unit is provided outside the vacuum chamber, and drives the movable portion by exerting magnetic force on the movable-side magnet. The drive unit has a first magnet, a second magnet, and a moving mechanism (moving member). The first magnet exerts magnetic force of attracting the movable-side magnet. The second magnet is provided to be adjacent to the first magnet, and exerts magnetic force of repelling the movable-side magnet. The moving mechanism integrally moves the first magnet and the second magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaji Furuta, Kei Kodera, Kiyoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240010162
    Abstract: Provided are a seat belt retractor and a seat belt device capable of suppressing an increase in frictional resistance when a pretensioner is steadily driven and increasing the resistance to be applied to a webbing when energy is absorbed. A seat belt retractor includes a guide member facing at least a part of an outer circumferential surface of a locking base and disposed along an opening portion. The guide member is configured not to come into contact with the locking base until a pretensioner is shifted to a steady driving state, is configured to come into contact with the locking base when the pretensioner is steadily driven, and is configured to allow contact between lock teeth and the locking base when subjected to a predetermined load after the pretensioner is shifted to the steady driving state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kiyoshi WATANABE, Tadayuki ASAKO
  • Publication number: 20230312282
    Abstract: A sheet transporting device includes: a pair of transporting rolls provided to a sheet transport path; a separating component configured to move one of transporting rolls that form the pair of transporting rolls to an open position where the one of the transporting rolls is spaced apart from an other of the transporting rolls; and a switching component having a switching function of switching a position of the pair of transporting rolls between a nipping position and an unnipping position, the switching component being configured to resume the switching function when the pair of transporting rolls once moved to the open position by the separating component is returned to a normal operating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshinori KOIKE, Nobuhiro HIROE, Hirotake EGUCHI, Koji DEGUCHI, Yasunobu GOTO, Natsumi NAKATA, Yoshiki MATSUZAKI, Kiyoshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230312293
    Abstract: A medium transport device includes a positional corrector configured to transport a medium and correct a position of the medium in a width direction of the medium by moving the medium in the width direction, and an inclination corrector configured to transport the medium and correct an inclination of the medium relative to a transport direction of the medium on an upstream side of the positional corrector in the transport direction, the inclination corrector being disposed at a position where the medium is transported in a flat posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hirotake EGUCHI, Nobuhiro HIROE, Koji DEGUCHI, Kiyoshi WATANABE, Yasunobu GOTO, Yoshinori KOIKE, Natsumi NAKATA, Yoshiki MATSUZAKI