Patents by Inventor Koji Abe
Koji Abe 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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Publication number: 20240140434Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a decider configured to decide on a start and a cancelation of a travel mode in which a vehicle travels at or below a target speed set by a driver of the vehicle and a controller configured to control traveling of the vehicle in the travel mode in accordance with a decision result of the decider. The decider sets a state of the cancelation of the travel mode as a deferred state when the operation amount of a brake operation on a brake pedal of the vehicle is less than or equal to a threshold value if a cancelation operation is performed according to the brake operation when the start of the travel mode is decided on in accordance with a first start operation and the controller controls the traveling and decides to continue the travel mode when a second start operation different from the first start operation is performed in the deferred state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Koji Abe, Hiroyuki Tokunaga
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Publication number: 20240113338Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes a negative electrode including a mixture layer which contains a niobium titanium oxide as a negative electrode active material, and non-aqueous electrolyte containing lithium alkoxysulfonate represented by RSOOO?Li+ (where R is at least one selected from the group consisting of OCH3 and OC2H5).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicants: The Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd., YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITYInventors: Yosuke Masuda, Miyu Nemoto, Hiroatsu Kondou, Koji Abe, Yanko Marinov Todorov
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Publication number: 20240102239Abstract: A fibrous body processing apparatus includes a humidifying unit, a first processing unit, a second processing unit, a first supply passage, a second supply passage, and a returning passage. The humidifying unit generates humidified air. The first processing unit processes a material that contains fibers. The second processing unit processes the material that was processed at the first processing unit. Humidified air is supplied from the humidifying unit to the first processing unit through the first supply passage. Humidified air is supplied from the first processing unit to the second processing unit, together with the material, through the second supply passage. The returning passage includes an upstream-side end portion and a downstream-side end portion. Humidified air is returned from the second supply passage or the second processing unit to the humidifying unit through the returning passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Karen HASEBE, Makoto SATO, Koji MOTOHASHI, Jun SAKURADA, Toshihiko YAMAZAKI, Takashi ABE
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Publication number: 20240102240Abstract: A fibrous body processing apparatus includes a coarsely-crushed-pieces reservoir unit; a humidifying unit that generates humidified air and supplies the humidified air to the coarsely-crushed-pieces reservoir unit; a weight measurement unit that measures a weight of the coarsely crushed pieces let out of the coarsely-crushed-pieces reservoir unit; a fixed amount supplying unit that supplies a fixed amount of the coarsely crushed pieces measured by the weight measurement unit; a defibrating unit that defibrates the coarsely crushed pieces supplied from the fixed amount supplying unit; a first transportation portion through which the coarsely crushed pieces are sent from the coarsely-crushed-pieces reservoir unit to the weight measurement unit; a second transportation portion through which the coarsely crushed pieces are sent from the fixed amount supplying unit to the defibrating unit; and a generated at the humidifying unit is supplied to the defibrating unit while bypassing the weight measurement unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Jun SAKURADA, Makoto SATO, Koji MOTOHASHI, Karen HASEBE, Toshihiko YAMAZAKI, Takashi ABE
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Publication number: 20240095850Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing therein an information management program for causing a computer to execute a process comprises: receiving property information indicating a reliability of a post uploaded on the Internet and a digital signature generated from the property information; and storing the property information, to which identification information of the post and the digital signature are added, in a storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicants: Fujitsu Limited, KEIO UNIVERSITYInventors: Takuya SAKAMOTO, Kazuaki NIMURA, Ryuichi MATSUKURA, Koji NAKAMICHI, Masayuki FUKUI, Shigeya SUZUKI, Osamu NAKAMURA, Ryosuke ABE
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Publication number: 20240085851Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body including a main contact, and a main guide, and a cartridge including a memory contact, a moving unit moving into and out of the apparatus body in a first direction and including a frame to which the cartridge is attached, first and second protrusions protruding in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction from the end surface of the frame, an intermediate contact being in electrical contact with the memory contact, an unit contact being in electrical contact with the main contact, and a line conductor, the first protrusion being supported by the main guide of the apparatus body, the second protrusion being located above the first protrusion. At least part of the line conductor connecting the intermediate contact and the unit contact is located in a recess formed by the first protrusion, the second protrusion, and the end surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Daisuke Abe, Koji Wada
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Publication number: 20240082413Abstract: As an antitumor drug which is excellent in terms of antitumor effect and safety, there is provided an antibody-drug conjugate in which an antitumor compound represented by the following formula is conjugated to an antibody via a linker having a structure represented by the following formula: -L1-L2-LP-NH—(CH2)n1-La-Lb-Lc- wherein the antibody is connected to the terminal of L1, and the antitumor compound is connected to the terminal of Lc with the nitrogen atom of the amino group at position 1 as a connecting position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Takeshi MASUDA, Hiroyuki NAITO, Takashi NAKADA, Masao YOSHIDA, Shinji ASHIDA, Hideki MIYAZAKI, Yuji KASUYA, Koji MORITA, Yuki ABE, Yusuke OGITANI
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Patent number: 11899392Abstract: A drum cartridge includes: a drum frame to which a developing cartridge including a storage medium having an electrical contact surface is detachably attachable; a photosensitive drum; a transfer roller; and a conveying roller. The drum is rotatable about a first axis extending in a first direction and positioned at one end portion of the frame in a second direction. The transfer roller is rotatable about a second axis extending in the first direction and in contact with the drum. The conveying roller is rotatable about a third axis extending in the first direction and separated from the transfer roller in the second direction. A first opening of the frame is positioned between the transfer roller and the conveying roller in the second direction. The electrical contact surface is exposed to an outside through the first opening in a case where the developing cartridge is attached to the frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Shimizu, Koji Abe
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Publication number: 20240027950Abstract: A developing cartridge is attachable to a drawer that is movable in a first direction relative to a main housing of an image forming apparatus. The developing cartridge includes: a casing having a toner chamber; and a developing roller positioned at one end of the casing in a second direction and rotatable about an axis extending in a third direction. The casing includes: a recessed portion recessed from an outer surface of the casing toward the developing roller; a first wall extending in the second direction; and a first boss positioned inside the toner chamber. The recessed portion is positioned at a center in the third direction of another end of the casing in the second direction. The first wall and the second wall form the toner chamber. The first boss extends from the first wall to be connected to the second wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji ABE, Takuya AMAIKE
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Patent number: 11868084Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a housing having an opening, a cover configured to open the opening in an open state and to close the opening in a close state, a photosensitive drum, a heater, a fan configured to force air out of the housing, and a controller. The cover in the open state is configured to allow a sheet with a toner image fixed thereon to be ejected through the opening. The heater is configured to heat a sheet to fix a toner image on the sheet, and is located between the cover in the close state and the photosensitive drum. During execution of a printing process, the controller is configured to cause the fan to rotate at a first speed if the cover is in the closed state, and to rotate at a second speed lower than the first speed if the cover is in the open state.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Koji Abe
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Patent number: 11845674Abstract: The present invention provides a lithium titanate powder for an electrode of an energy storage device, the lithium titanate powder comprising Li4Ti5O12 as a main component, having a specific surface area of 4 m2/g or more, and containing at least one localized element selected from the group consisting of boron (B), Ln (where Ln is at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Hb, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Y, and Sc), and M1 (where M1 is at least one metal element selected from W and Mo), wherein boron (B), Ln, and M1 as the localized element are localized on or near surfaces of lithium titanate particles forming the lithium titanate powder.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: UBE CorporationInventors: Yoshiki Kurihara, Atsuyoshi Nakagawa, Hiroshi Fujino, Chisen Hashimoto, Hirofumi Takemoto, Koji Abe
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Patent number: 11846908Abstract: An image forming apparatus having an image forming apparatus and a first housing is provided. The first housing has a top cover, a front cover, a side cover, a first guide, and a second guide. The front cover has a front wall having a first outlet port and a first upper wall. The side cover has a first side wall having a second outlet port and a second upper wall. The first guide guides liquid entering the first housing to the first outlet port and is connected to the front wall. The second guide guides the liquid entering the first housing to the second outlet port and is connected to the first side wall.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Abe, Tomohiro Wada
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Publication number: 20230366148Abstract: A dyeing system includes a transport device that transports a transport unit including a resin body, a transfer device that transfers a dye to the resin body in a state where a base body to which the dye is adhered faces the resin body, a laser fixing device that heats the resin body to which the dye is transferred by irradiating a surface of the resin body with laser light, an oven fixing device that heats a whole of the resin body to which the dye is transferred by the transfer device, a laser-applied transport path through which the transport unit including the resin body on which the dye is to be fixed by the laser fixing device is transported, and an oven-applied transport path through which the transport unit including the resin body on which the dye is to be fixed by the oven fixing device is transported.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji ABE, Minoru INUZUKA, Ryoji SHIBATA, Motoshi TANAKA, Shigenobu NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20230341810Abstract: A developing cartridge includes: a casing configured to accommodate therein toner; a developing roller; a supply roller configured to supply the toner to the developing roller; a layer thickness regulation blade in contact with a circumferential surface of the developing roller; a developing electrode electrically connected to the developing roller; and a supply electrode electrically connected to the supply roller and the layer thickness regulation blade. The supply electrode includes: an electrode member electrically connected to a rotation shaft of the supply roller and movable in a direction perpendicular to the rotation shaft; and a connection member in contact with and electrically connecting the electrode member and the layer thickness regulation blade. The electrode member is movable relative to the connection member in the direction perpendicular to the rotation shaft in a state where the electrode member is in contact with the connection member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi FUKAYA, Tomoya ICHIKAWA, Koji ABE, Naoya KAMIMURA
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Publication number: 20230333509Abstract: A drum cartridge includes: a drum frame to which a developing cartridge including a storage medium having an electrical contact surface is detachably attachable; a photosensitive drum; a transfer roller; and a conveying roller. The drum is rotatable about a first axis extending in a first direction and positioned at one end portion of the frame in a second direction. The transfer roller is rotatable about a second axis extending in the first direction and in contact with the drum. The conveying roller is rotatable about a third axis extending in the first direction and separated from the transfer roller in the second direction. A first opening of the frame is positioned between the transfer roller and the conveying roller in the second direction. The electrical contact surface is exposed to an outside through the first opening in a case where the developing cartridge is attached to the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi SHIMIZU, Koji ABE
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Publication number: 20230280690Abstract: A drum cartridge includes: a drum frame to which a developing cartridge is attachable; a photosensitive drum; and a first storage medium. The drum frame has one end portion and another end portion spaced apart from the one end portion in a first direction. The photosensitive drum is rotatable about a first axis extending in a second direction and is positioned at the one end portion of the drum cartridge. The first storage medium includes a first electrical contact surface. The first storage medium is positioned at an outer surface of the drum frame, the outer surface being exposed in a state where the developing cartridge is attached to the drum frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji ABE, Naoya KAMIMURA
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Publication number: 20230270790Abstract: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a life-threatening neurodegenerative disease characterized by the progressive loss of motor neurons. Muse cells are endogenous reparative pluripotent-like stem cells distributed to various tissues. Once intravenously injected, such cells, upon sensing sphingosine-1-phosphate produced by damaged cells, settle selectively on damaged sites, and after homing, can exhibit multiphase effects including natural differentiation into tissue-protecting and tissue-reconstructing cells. In the present invention, with G93A-Tg mice serving as an ALS model, human Muse cells injected intravenously successfully homed into the lumbar cord, mainly at the pia mater and the lower white matter, and expressed glial-like forms and GFAP. Meanwhile, no such homing or differentiation was observed in the case of human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), and, rather, MSCs were found distributed to the lungs.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, LIFE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Koji ABE, Toru YAMASHITA, Mari DEZAWA, Yoshihiro KUSHIDA, Yumiko IWASE
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Patent number: 11733643Abstract: A developing cartridge includes: a casing configured to accommodate therein toner; a developing roller; a supply roller configured to supply the toner to the developing roller; a layer thickness regulation blade in contact with a circumferential surface of the developing roller; a developing electrode electrically connected to the developing roller; and a supply electrode electrically connected to the supply roller and the layer thickness regulation blade. The supply electrode includes: an electrode member electrically connected to a rotation shaft of the supply roller and movable in a direction perpendicular to the rotation shaft; and a connection member in contact with and electrically connecting the electrode member and the layer thickness regulation blade. The electrode member is movable relative to the connection member in the direction perpendicular to the rotation shaft in a state where the electrode member is in contact with the connection member.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Fukaya, Tomoya Ichikawa, Koji Abe, Naoya Kamimura
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Nonaqueous electrolyte, capacitor device using same, and carboxylic acid ester compound used in same
Patent number: 11695158Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolytic solution capable of improving electrochemical characteristics in the case of using an energy storage device at a high temperature and at a high voltage and further capable of inhibiting the gas generation while maintaining a capacity retention rate after storage at a high temperature and at a high voltage and also provides an energy storage device using the same. Disclosed is a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing a carboxylic acid ester compound represented by the following general formula (I). In the formula, each of R1 and R2 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a —C(?O)—OR4 group, or the like, and R1 and R2 may be bonded to each other to form a ring structure. R3 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Kei Shimamoto, Koji Abe, Shoji Shikita, Kazuhiro Miyoshi -
Patent number: 11687030Abstract: A drum cartridge includes: a drum frame to which a developing cartridge is attachable; a photosensitive drum; and a first storage medium. The drum frame has one end portion and another end portion spaced apart from the one end portion in a first direction. The photosensitive drum is rotatable about a first axis extending in a second direction and is positioned at the one end portion of the drum cartridge. The first storage medium includes a first electrical contact surface. The first storage medium is positioned at an outer surface of the drum frame, the outer surface being exposed in a state where the developing cartridge is attached to the drum frame.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Abe, Naoya Kamimura