Patents by Inventor Kohji Kamiya
Kohji Kamiya 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: 10843639Abstract: An elongated pillar garnish configured to be attached to a gap between a peripheral edge portion of a window pane of a vehicle and a pillar of the vehicle, the pillar garnish including: an elongated attachment member for attaching the pillar garnish to the gap; and an elongated decorative member assembled to a front surface side of the attachment member, in which the attachment member includes an elongated main body part, and a cover part provided to at least one end of the main body part in a longitudinal direction, in which the cover part has a covering portion covering at least a part of a front surface of the decorative member, and a supporting wall portion erected from the main body part toward the outer side and supporting the covering portion, and in which the supporting wall portion is provided along a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignees: TOKAI KOGYO CO., LTD., TAKARAKASEI KOGYO., LTD.Inventors: Motohiro Morishita, Kohji Kamiya, Renji Maki, Hiroyuki Taki
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Publication number: 20200215996Abstract: An elongated pillar garnish configured to be attached to a gap between a peripheral edge portion of a window pane of a vehicle and a pillar of the vehicle, the pillar garnish including: an elongated attachment member for attaching the pillar garnish to the gap; and an elongated decorative member assembled to a front surface side of the attachment member, in which the attachment member includes an elongated main body part, and a cover part provided to at least one end of the main body part in a longitudinal direction, in which the cover part has a covering portion covering at least a part of a front surface of the decorative member, and a supporting wall portion erected from the main body part toward the outer side and supporting the covering portion, and in which the supporting wall portion is provided along a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicants: TOKAI KOGYO CO., LTD., TAKARAKASEI KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Motohiro MORISHITA, Kohji KAMIYA, Renji MAKI, Hiroyuki TAKI
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Patent number: 10525622Abstract: A main body portion is disposed at a regular position by inserting a protrusion into an engaging portion formed in a leg portion of the main body portion in accordance with a forward movement of a sliding mold including the protrusion. Then, an injection molding mold is completely closed to cause at least a part of a mold surface of the sliding mold to come into contact with the main body portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2015Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: TOKAI KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventor: Kohji Kamiya
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Publication number: 20170291338Abstract: A main body portion is disposed at a regular position by inserting a protrusion into an engaging portion formed in a leg portion of the main body portion in accordance with a forward movement of a sliding mold including the protrusion. Then, an injection molding mold is completely closed to cause at least a part of a mold surface of the sliding mold to come into contact with the main body portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2015Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: TOKAI KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventor: Kohji KAMIYA
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Patent number: 9073286Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite molded article including: preparing a main body member to which a through hole is formed to a peripheral wall by removing a protruding portion protruding from a face of the peripheral wall surrounding a hollow space in the main body member having the hollow space formed therein along the longitudinal direction; setting the main body member in an injection molding die; forming a cushion member molding cavity by the main body member and a molding die face formed inside the injection molding die in the longitudinal direction of the main body member and allowing the through hole to communicate with the cavity; and filling a heated and melted elastic polymer material injected from an injection gate into the cavity and the hollow space from the through hole, thereby forming a cushion member and a filling portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2011Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: TOKAI KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Suzuki, Kohji Kamiya, Tetsuro Yamada
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Publication number: 20130142990Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite molded article including: preparing a main body member to which a through hole is formed to a peripheral wall by removing a protruding portion protruding from a face of the peripheral wall surrounding a hollow space in the main body member having the hollow space formed therein along the longitudinal direction; setting the main body member in an injection molding die; forming a cushion member molding cavity by the main body member and a molding die face formed inside the injection molding die in the longitudinal direction of the main body member and allowing the through hole to communicate with the cavity; and filling a heated and melted elastic polymer material injected from an injection gate into the cavity and the hollow space from the through hole, thereby forming a cushion member and a filling portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: TOKAI KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Suzuki, Kohji Kamiya, Tetsuro Yamada
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Patent number: 8309172Abstract: A method and a device for coating a hollow cylindrical member. The method includes radially coating an entire inner surface of the hollow cylindrical member with a first coating material discharged by a first slit nozzle and simultaneously circularly coating an entire outer surface of the hollow cylindrical member with a second coating material discharged in an axial direction of the hollow cylindrical member by a second slit nozzle located opposite the first slit nozzle with the hollow cylindrical member therebetween. The first slit nozzle and the second slit nozzle discharge the first coating material and the second coating material, respectively, to a same height of the hollow cylindrical member relative to the inner surface and the outer surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2008Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Michitaka Higaki, Takayuki Yoshii, Tsuneaki Kondoh, Kohji Kamiya, Hidenori Machida, Satoshi Tohkai
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Patent number: 8195075Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit for fixing a toner image on a recording medium. In at least one embodiment, the fixing unit includes a fixing member configured to heat and melt a toner. Further, in at least one embodiment, the fixing member has a surface contacting the toner image and includes a wettability not greater than 38 mN/m.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2007Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshinaga, Takayuki Yoshii, Kohji Kamiya, Masanao Ehara
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Patent number: 7945199Abstract: A fixing device including a heating roller; a fixing roller facing the heating roller; a fixing belt wound between the heating roller and the fixing roller, and including, a cylindrical substrate, and an elastic layer provided on or above the substrate except at end parts of the substrate; a pressure roller configured to press the fixing roller through the fixing belt; and a separation part configured to separate media from the fixing belt.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2007Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Inventors: Tsuneaki Kondoh, Hidenori Machida, Kohji Kamiya
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Patent number: 7643784Abstract: A fixing apparatus including at least one transfer and fixing member which is placed in contact with an image carrier and a recording medium and configured to transfer and fix an image on the image carrier to the recording medium, at least detection mechanism configured to detect a jam generated on the recording medium, a separation mechanism configured to contact the transfer and fixing member with and separate from the transfer and fixing member from the image carrier or recording medium, the separation mechanism being configured to separate the transfer and fixing member from the image carrier or recording medium when the jam on the recording medium is detected by the detection mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2006Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tsuneaki Kondoh, Takayuki Yoshii, Michitaka Higaki, Kohji Kamiya, Eiji Sawamura
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Publication number: 20080311293Abstract: A method and a device for coating a hollow cylindrical member. The method includes radially coating an entire inner surface of the hollow cylindrical member with a first coating material discharged by a first slit nozzle and simultaneously circularly coating an entire outer surface of the hollow cylindrical member with a second coating material discharged in an axial direction of the hollow cylindrical member by a second slit nozzle located opposite the first slit nozzle with the hollow cylindrical member therebetween. The first slit nozzle and the second slit nozzle discharge the first coating material and the second coating material, respectively, to a same height of the hollow cylindrical member relative to the inner surface and the outer surface thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2008Publication date: December 18, 2008Inventors: Michitaka Higaki, Takayuki Yoshii, Tsuneaki Kondoh, Kohji Kamiya, Hidenori Machida, Satoshi Tohkai
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Patent number: 7458253Abstract: In a method for evaluating a fixing member to fix a toner having a surface layer, a hardness test is carried out by applying a pressure deformation from the surface side of the fixing member, and when a deformation of the surface layer by the pressure deformation is within an elastic range, the fixing member is regarded as a standard product.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2006Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Norihiko Aze, Kyoichi Ashikawa, Kohji Kamiya, Minoru Matsuo, Takayuki Yoshii, Nozomu Takahata
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Patent number: 7447475Abstract: A fixing device configured to fix a toner image onto a recording medium includes a coil for generating a magnetic flux and a heat generation member for generating heat by the magnetic flux; the heat generation member includes a hollow cylinder shape, the coil has a loop-shaped coil disposed in a loop shape to sandwich inner and outer circumference planes of the heat generation member of the hollow cylinder shape, the loop-shaped coil is divided into an inside coil portion, which is positioned in the inner circumference plane side of the heat generation member, and an outside coil portion which is positioned in the outer circumference plane side of the heat generation member, and a terminal portion for connecting both of the coil portions is provided between the inside coil portion and the outside coil portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2006Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Ishibe, Makoto Murata, Kohji Kamiya, Kazuo Uchida, Motokazu Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20080138123Abstract: A fixing device including a heating roller; a fixing roller facing the heating roller; a fixing belt wound between the heating roller and the fixing roller, and including, a cylindrical substrate, and a elastic layer provided on or above the substrate except at end parts of the substrate; a pressure roller configure to press the fixing roller through the fixing belt; and a separation part configured to separate media from the fixing belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2007Publication date: June 12, 2008Inventors: Tsuneaki Kondoh, Hidenori Machida, Kohji Kamiya
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Patent number: 7354617Abstract: A method for evaluating a fixing belt includes forming a fixing belt which includes a substrate, an elastic layer laminated on the substrate, and a mold releasing layer laminated on the elastic layer. A universal hardness test for the fixing belt is performed. The fixing belt is judged as an acceptable product if a creep value CHU is included within a range of 0.40?CHU ?3.50 (%) when the universal hardness test is performed for the fixing belt and when the creep value CHU, which is measured from the side of the mold releasing layer, is defined by the following formula: CHU=(h2-hl)/hl×100 (%) where h1 is a pushed depth when a test load reaches a predetermined value which is kept for a predetermined period of time, and h2 is a pushed depth when a predetermined period of time is elapsed after the test load is removed.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2005Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Kohji Kamiya, Kyoichi Ashikawa, Norihiko Aze, Minoru Matsuo, Nozomu Takahata
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Publication number: 20080063443Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit for fixing a toner image on a recording medium. In at least one embodiment, the fixing unit includes a fixing member configured to heat and melt a toner. Further, in at least one embodiment, the fixing member has a surface contacting the toner image and includes a wettability not greater than 38 mN/m.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2007Publication date: March 13, 2008Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshinaga, Takayuki Yoshii, Kohji Kamiya, Masanao Ehara
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Publication number: 20080063444Abstract: In a fixing member having an elastic layer of heat resistance rubber provided on a substrate and a separation layer of fluorocarbon resin provided on the elastic layer, the fluorocarbon resin is that a tensile strength of a 30 ?m coating film burned at 340° C. is equal or greater than 25 MPa. The heat resistance rubber includes, for example, silicone rubber or fluorosilicone rubber as a major component. The fluorocarbon resin includes PFA as a major component, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2007Publication date: March 13, 2008Inventors: Tsuneaki Kondoh, Kyoichi Ashikawa, Takuzo Kurachi, Norihiko Aze, Kohji Kamiya, Takayuki Yoshii, Nozomu Takahata, Atsushi Ishibe, Hidenori Machida
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Publication number: 20070140759Abstract: A fixing device configured to fix a toner image onto a recording medium includes a coil for generating a magnetic flux and a heat generation member for generating heat by the magnetic flux; the heat generation member includes a hollow cylinder shape, the coil has a loop-shaped coil disposed in a loop shape to sandwich inner and outer circumference planes of the heat generation member of the hollow cylinder shape, the loop-shaped coil is divided into an inside coil portion, which is positioned in the inner circumference plane side of the heat generation member, and an outside coil portion which is positioned in the outer circumference plane side of the heat generation member, and a terminal portion for connecting both of the coil portions is provided between the inside coil portion and the outside coil portionType: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2006Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: Atsushi ISHIBE, Makoto Murata, Kohji Kamiya, Kazuo Uchida, Motokazu Hasegawa
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Patent number: 7146126Abstract: A fixing member includes a base member and an outermost layer located overlying the base member and having different fluororesins to fix a toner onto a sheet.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2005Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Takayuki Yoshii, Tsuneaki Kondoh, Kohji Kamiya
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Publication number: 20060198666Abstract: A fixing apparatus including at least one transfer and fixing member which is placed in contact with an image carrier and a recording medium and configured to transfer and fix an image on the image carrier to the recording medium, at least detection mechanism configured to detect a jam generated on the recording medium, a separation mechanism configured to contact the transfer and fixing member with and separate from the transfer and fixing member from the image carrier or recording medium, the separation mechanism being configured to separate the transfer and fixing member from the image carrier or recording medium when the jam on the recording medium is detected by the detection mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2006Publication date: September 7, 2006Inventors: Tsuneaki Kondoh, Takayuki Yoshii, Michitaka Higaki, Kohji Kamiya, Eiji Sawamura