Patents by Inventor Koichi Kubo

Koichi Kubo 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).

  • Publication number: 20200157460
    Abstract: Provided is a lubricating oil composition having a HTHS viscosity at 150° C. in a range of about 1.7 to about 3.2 mPa s and a low temperature cold cranking viscosity of less than 7,000 mPa s at ?20° C., comprising: (a) a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of from 3.5 mm2/s to 20 mm2/s and a viscosity index of greater than 120 with a sulfur content of less than 0.03 wt. %, are classified into the API group III, IV, or V base stock category, and have an aromatics content (CA) of less than 5%; (b) an organomolybdenum compound; (c) a dispersed hydrated alkali metal borate compound; (e) one or more dispersants; (f) one or more calcium-based metal detergents; and (g) optionally, one or more magnesium-based metal detergents. Also provided is a method for improving wear, high temperature detergency, and thermal stability in an engine comprising operating said engine with said lubricating oil composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Koichi Kubo, Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Taiki Hattori, Chihiro Sone
  • Patent number: 10604719
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to lubricating oil compositions useful for automatic transmissions, and particularly transmission oils for automotive automatic transmissions and/or continuously variable transmissions using wet clutch systems, in particular wet paper clutch containing a small amount of cellulose fiber and/or aramid fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Chevron Japan LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Kubo, Masami Fuchi, Takahiro Nakagawa, Naoya Sasaki, Satoshi Ohta
  • Patent number: 10590904
    Abstract: A vane body of a guide vane includes a leading edge, and a trailing edge which is located closer to a runner than the leading edge, when located radially outside the runner. A projection extending in a direction from the trailing edge toward the leading edge is provided on an internal-diameter side blade face of the vane body, at least in any one of one side area of the internal-diameter side blade face and the other side area thereof in an axial direction of a guide vane rotation shaft, the internal-diameter side blade face being disposed on a side of the runner. The projection has a projection rear end of an arcuate shape, which projection rear end is formed to extend along a rotation trajectory which is drawn by the trailing edge when the vane body is rotated about the guide vane rotation shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Madoka Narikawa, Hideyuki Kawajiri, Norio Ohtake, Koichi Kubo, Toshifumi Kurokawa, Nobuaki Noda
  • Patent number: 10569558
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a liquid ejection portion configured to eject a liquid and a liquid supplying member. The liquid supplying member includes a first face, a second face that is the back face of the first face, a first connecting portion provided on the first face and fluidly connected to a main body, a second connecting portion provided on the second face and fluidly connected to the liquid ejection portion, and an interior channel communicating the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion. The interior channel includes a portion extending toward the first face and a portion extending toward the second face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriyasu Nagai, Koichi Kubo, Naozumi Nabeshima, Soji Kondo, Kazuya Yoshii
  • Patent number: 10538094
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a pressure adjusting mechanism that communicates with a supply flow path that supplies a liquid to an element substrate including an ejection port ejecting a liquid, and adjusts a pressure of the liquid flowing in the supply flow path, a pressure adjusting mechanism that communicates with a collection flow path that collects a liquid from the element substrate, and adjusts a pressure of the liquid flowing in the collection flow path, and a filter storage chamber including therein a filter that captures foreign matter in the liquid. Further, the liquid ejection head includes upstream flow paths and a connection section that causes the upstream flow paths to communicate with each other, and is provided downstream of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Kubo, Naozumi Nabeshima, Soji Kondo, Kazuya Yoshii, Noriyasu Nagai
  • Patent number: 10486424
    Abstract: A page-wide liquid ejection head detachable from a main body of a liquid ejection apparatus includes a supply connector connected to the main body and adapted to allow passage of a liquid supplied to the liquid ejection head; and a recovery connector connected to the main body and adapted to allow passage of the liquid recovered from the liquid ejection head, wherein the supply connector and the recovery connector are placed at one end in a longitudinal direction of the liquid ejection head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Soji Kondo, Naozumi Nabeshima, Koichi Kubo, Kazuya Yoshii, Noriyasu Nagai
  • Publication number: 20190352575
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to lubricating oil compositions useful for vehicles such as industrial machinery, especially transport, construction, and agricultural machinery. Also disclosed is a method for maintaining friction in said vehicles comprising lubricating said vehicles with said lubricating oil compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Koichi Kubo, Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Kyosuke Aoyama, Tsuymoshi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20190256792
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to lubricating oil compositions useful for automatic transmissions, and particularly transmission oils for automotive automatic transmissions and/or continuously variable transmissions using wet clutch systems, in particular wet paper clutch containing a small amount of cellulose fiber and/or aramid fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Koichi Kubo, Masami Fuchi, Takahiro Nakagawa, Naoya Sasaki, Satoshi Ohta
  • Publication number: 20190222170
    Abstract: This photovoltaic power generation device is provided with: a mounting bracket which is fixed to a roof and on which a frame, arranged on the ridge-side end of a solar cell module, and a frame, arranged on the eave-side end of a solar cell module, are mounted; and a securing bracket for securing the frames to the mounting bracket. The ridge-side edge of the mounting bracket is inclined in the eaves-ridge direction and the girder direction of the roof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Lt d.
    Inventors: Koichi Kubo, Naofumi Hayashi, Minoru Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20190221696
    Abstract: This photovoltaic power generation device is provided with: a mounting bracket which is fixed to a roof and on which a frame, arranged on the ridge-side end of a solar cell module, and a frame, arranged on the eave-side end of a solar cell module, are mounted; and a fixing bracket which is arranged in the space between the frame and the frame, and which is fixed to the mounting bracket and holds said frames from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Kubo, Tomohide Yoshida, Mamoru Arimoto, Naofumi Hayashi, Minoru Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20190119601
    Abstract: Provided is an internal combustion engine lubricating oil composition having a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity; a combination of alkaline earth metal alkylhydroxybenzoate detergents; at least about 50 to about 500 ppm of boron from a boron containing detergent; a molybdenum containing compound in an amount to provide the lubricating oil composition from about 100 to about 1500 ppm molybdenum; a ZnDTP compound; where the composition comprises magnesium in an amount from about 100 to about 800 ppm, and calcium in an amount from about 500 to about 2000 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Hisanari Onouchi, Koichi Kubo, Isao Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190106651
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to an internal combustion engine lubricating oil composition comprising: (a) a major amount of a base oil of lubricating viscosity; (b) a nitrogen-containing dispersant; (c) an alkaline earth metal containing detergent; (d) a compound comprising the reaction product of: (i) a nitrogen-containing reactant, wherein the nitrogen-containing reactant comprises an alkyl alkanolamide, an alkyl alkoxylated alkanolamide, an alkyl alkanolamine, an alkyl alkoxylated alkanolamine or mixtures thereof, (ii) a source of boron, and (iii) a hydrocarbyl polyol, having at least three hydroxyl groups. Also provided is a method for improving fresh oil or used oil fuel economy in an internal combustion engine comprising lubricating said engine with said lubricating oil composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Koichi Kubo, Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Masaya Kanauchi, Chihiro Sone, Yat Fan Suen, Trevor W. Miller
  • Patent number: 10207511
    Abstract: There is provided an ink cartridge capable of accomplishing satisfactory electrical connection relative to a printer main assembly. An ink cartridge detachably mountable to a cartridge mounting portion provided with an ink receiving tube and a plurality of electrical connecting portions, the ink cartridge including a tube inserting portion into which the receiving tube is insertable, a substrate provided on a front side in a position above the tube inserting portion, a plurality of electrical contacts electrically connectable with the plurality of electrical connecting portions, the electrical contacts being arranged on the substrate in a direction crossing with a direction from a bottom surface toward an upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuo Nanjo, Yasuo Kotaki, Kenta Udagawa, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Wataru Takahashi, Koichi Kubo, Shigeki Fukui, Naozumi Nabeshima, Soji Kondo, Masafumi Seki, Kazuya Yoshii, Satoshi Kimura, Kyosuke Toda
  • Publication number: 20190009543
    Abstract: A page-wide liquid ejection head includes a liquid ejection unit 300 adapted to eject a liquid; a liquid supply unit 220 provided with a liquid supplying flow path adapted to supply the liquid to the liquid ejection unit 300; and first and second pressure control units 230 fixed to the liquid supply unit 220 and adapted to control pressure in the liquid supplying flow path, in which the first and second pressure control units 230 are shorter in longitudinal length than the liquid supply unit 220, and the first pressure control unit 230 and second pressure control unit 230 are placed by being shifted partially or totally from each other in a longitudinal direction of the liquid supply unit 220.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuya Yoshii, Koichi Kubo, Naozumi Nabeshima, Soji Kondo, Noriyasu Nagai
  • Publication number: 20190009560
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a pressure adjusting mechanism 231 that communicates with a supply flow path that supplies a liquid to an element substrate including an ejection port ejecting a liquid, and adjusts a pressure of the liquid flowing in the supply flow path, a pressure adjusting mechanism 232 that communicates with a collection flow path that collects a liquid from the element substrate, and adjusts a pressure of the liquid flowing in the collection flow path, and a filter storage chamber 222 including therein a filter 221 that captures a foreign matter included in the liquid. Further, the liquid ejection head includes an upstream flow path 233, an upstream flow path 234, and a connection section 235 that causes the upstream flow path 233 and the upstream flow path 234 to communicate with each other, and is provided at a downstream side from the filter 221.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Koichi Kubo, Naozumi Nabeshima, Soji Kondo, Kazuya Yoshii, Noriyasu Nagai
  • Publication number: 20190009541
    Abstract: A page-wide liquid ejection head detachable from a main body of a liquid ejection apparatus includes a supply connector connected to the main body and adapted to allow passage of a liquid supplied to the liquid ejection head; and a recovery connector connected to the main body and adapted to allow passage of the liquid recovered from the liquid ejection head, wherein the supply connector and the recovery connector are placed at one end in a longitudinal direction of the liquid ejection head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Soji Kondo, Naozumi Nabeshima, Koichi Kubo, Kazuya Yoshii, Noriyasu Nagai
  • Publication number: 20190002784
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to a lubricating oil composition having a HTHS viscosity at 150° C. in a range of about 1.3 to about 2.5 cP, comprising: (a) a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. in a range of 1.5 to 6.0 mm2/s; and (b) an overbased metal salt of an alkyl-substituted detergent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander Bowman Boffa, Jacob Daniel Ward, Brendan P. Miller, Isao Tanaka, Hitoshi Ohkubo, Koichi Kubo, John Robert Miller, Curtis Bay Campbell
  • Publication number: 20190001690
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a liquid ejection portion configured to eject a liquid and a liquid supplying member 2220. The liquid supplying member 2220 includes a first face 2227, a second face 2228 that is the back face of the first face 2227, a first connecting portion 2241 provided on the first face 2227 and fluidly connected to a main body 1001, a second connecting portion 2242 provided on the second face 2228 and fluidly connected to the liquid ejection portion, and an interior channel communicating the first connecting portion 2241 and the second connecting portion 2242. The interior channel includes a portion 2246 extending toward the first face 2227 and a portion 2247 extending toward the second face 2228.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Noriyasu Nagai, Koichi Kubo, Naozumi Nabeshima, Soji Kondo, Kazuya Yoshii
  • Publication number: 20180313320
    Abstract: According to the embodiment of the present invention, a guide vane of a water turbine rotatable about an axis, including a guide vane for directing supplied flowing water toward the downstream side. The guide vane has a downstream end edge having an upper end portion and a lower end portion. The lower end portion of the downstream end edge is displaced in the direction orthogonal to an axis with respect to the upper end portion of the downstream end edge when viewed from the downstream side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki NAKAMURA, Koichi KUBO, Takahiro NAKASHIMA, Takanori NAKAMURA, Takuya TOMIOKA, Keita SAITO
  • Patent number: D869550
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuya Yoshii, Yasuo Kotaki, Kenta Udagawa, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Wataru Takahashi, Koichi Kubo, Shigeki Fukui, Naozumi Nabeshima, Soji Kondo, Tatsuo Nanjo, Norihiro Ikebe, Kenichi Kanno, Keiichiro Tsukuda, Hiroki Nakanishi