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).

  • Publication number: 20250107302
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device includes: providing a substrate including a base, and a pair of wiring parts disposed on an upper surface side of the base; providing a light-emitting element including a semiconductor structure, and a pair of electrodes; disposing the light-emitting element above the substrate such that the electrodes face the wiring parts; disposing an electrically-conductive member containing copper such that the electrically-conductive member electrically connects the wiring parts to the electrodes and includes a body portion and a protruding portion, the body portion overlapping a corresponding wiring part of the wiring parts in a top view, and the protruding portion protruding outward such that a gap is located between the protruding portion and the base; and disposing a protective film at least in the gap in a state in which the gap is widened by heating the electrically-conductive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji ABE
  • Publication number: 20250102997
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi FUKAYA, Tomoya ICHIKAWA, Koji ABE, Naoya KAMIMURA
  • Patent number: 12259679
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Takuya Amaike
  • Patent number: 12256101
    Abstract: An encoding method includes determining video format information, (i) setting each of all frames or all fields which are included in the video, as a picture, regardless of whether the video format is the interlace format or the progressive format, (ii) setting a POC indicating display order to each of all of the set pictures one by one, the POC being different each other, and encoding a picture to be encoded which is the frame or the field with reference to a picture previously encoded before encoding the picture to be encoded. In the encoding, the video is encoded with a syntax structure which is not dependent on the video format, the video format information is encoded in a header of a sequence which is a unit of the video, and the encoded bit stream is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Abe, Kazuhito Kimura, Hideyuki Ohgose, Hiroshi Arakawa, Koji Arimura
  • Publication number: 20250075426
    Abstract: There is provided a crushed piece supply device including a storage tank that stores a crushed piece containing a fiber, a partition portion that partitions an inside of the storage tank into a first space and a second space positioned below the first space by narrowing the inside of the storage tank, an adjusting section that adjusts a moving amount of the crushed piece moving from the first space to the second space, a stirring section that stirs the crushed piece in the second space, and a discharge port through which the crushed piece is discharged from the second space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Jun SAKURADA, Makoto SATO, Koji MOTOHASHI, Karen HASEBE, Takashi ABE
  • Publication number: 20250073655
    Abstract: A stirring device has a storage tank and a stirring member that stirs an inside of the storage tank, and the stirring member has a humidified air release port through which humidified air, which is air humidified, is released into the storage tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Koji MOTOHASHI, Makoto SATO, Jun SAKURADA, Takashi ABE
  • Publication number: 20250072198
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a first substrate; a light emitting element disposed on a first region of an upper surface of the first substrate; a light-transmissive member including disposed as a layer including a first portion that is located on an upper surface of the light emitting element and a second portion that is continuous with the first portion and is located on a second region of the upper surface of the first substrate; and a protrusion extending around the light emitting element. Part of the second portion of the light-transmissive member is located between the protrusion and the second region of the upper surface of the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji ABE
  • Patent number: 12228878
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Shimizu, Koji Abe
  • Patent number: 12227018
    Abstract: A dye-deposited base body manufacturing apparatus manufactures a dye-deposited base body. The dye-deposited base body is used in a dyeing step of dyeing a resin body. A dye to be transferred to the resin body is deposited to a base body. The dye-deposited base body manufacturing apparatus is provided with a printing device, a conveyance device, and a base body movement device. The printing device prints a dye for dyeing the resin body on the base body. The conveyance device conveys a dyeing tray on which the dye-deposited resin body on which the dye is printed by the printing device is placed. The base body movement device moves the dye-deposited base body from a printing position by the printing device to a side of the conveyance device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji Shibata, Minoru Inuzuka, Koji Abe, Motoshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20250049782
    Abstract: As an antitumor drug which is excellent in terms of antitumor effect and safety, there is provided an antibodydrug 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: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeshi MASUDA, Hiroyuki NAITO, Takashi NAKADA, Masao YOSHIDA, Shinji ASHIDA, Hideki MIYAZAKI, Yuji KASUYA, Koji MORITA, Yuki ABE, Yusuke OGITANI
  • Patent number: 12216429
    Abstract: A developing cartridge attachable to a drum cartridge includes: a developing roller; a casing including a first frame supporting the developing roller and a second frame fixed to the first frame; and a separation member movable in a first direction relative to the casing. The separation member includes: a separation shaft; and a first inclined surface positioned at one end portion in the first direction of the separation member. The first frame has a load receiving surface facing the separation shaft in a second direction crossing the first direction. The load receiving surface makes contact with the separation shaft to receive a load directed in the second direction from the separation shaft when the separation member moves in the first direction and the first inclined surface makes contact with the drum cartridge in a state where the developing cartridge is attached to the drum cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koji Abe
  • Patent number: 12204274
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Fukaya, Tomoya Ichikawa, Koji Abe, Naoya Kamimura
  • Patent number: 12183772
    Abstract: Alight emitting device includes: a light emitting element; a first substrate having an upper surface comprising an element placement region on which the light emitting element is disposed; a light-transmissive member with a sheet-like shape that covers the light emitting element, wherein an outer edge of a lower surface of the light-transmissive member contacts an outer side of the upper surface of the element placement region of the first substrate; and a first protrusion portion disposed along an outer edge of an upper surface of the light-transmissive member and extending across an upper surface of the first substrate and the upper surface of the light-transmissive member, wherein the first protrusion portion comprises a top portion located higher than an upper surface of the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Abe
  • Publication number: 20240411208
    Abstract: A surveillance camera includes a first infrared irradiation portion that irradiates first infrared light, a second infrared irradiation portion that irradiates second infrared light having a narrower irradiation angle than the first infrared light, a camera body including an imaging lens for allowing light to be incident from an irradiation region of at least one of the first and second infrared lights, and a dome cover covering the camera body. The first infrared irradiation portion includes a first light source of the first infrared light and a first pedestal on which the first light source is placed. The second infrared irradiation portion includes a second light source of the second infrared light and a second pedestal on which the second light source is placed. 10 The first light and second sources, which are provided adjacent to a side surface of the camera body, are disposed differently in an up-down direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: i-PRO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji NAKANO, Hideaki YAMADA, Koji ABE, Hikaru KONISHI
  • Publication number: 20240402630
    Abstract: A drum unit includes: a photosensitive drum rotatable about a drum axis extending in a first direction; a drum frame to which a developing cartridge including a developing roller is attachable; and a pressure member. The drum frame includes a guide frame positioned at one end portion in the first direction of the drum frame. The guide frame has a guide groove allowing a portion of the developing cartridge to be inserted therein. The pressure member is provided at the guide frame at a position inward relative to the guide groove in the first direction. The pressure member is pivotally movable about a pressure axis extending in the first direction. The pressure member presses the developing cartridge toward the photosensitive drum in a state where the developing cartridge is attached to the drum frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koji ABE
  • Publication number: 20240396076
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a lithium ion secondary battery having both excellent battery safety when used at a high temperature, which is important for recent secondary batteries installed in vehicles such as electric vehicles, and excellent battery characteristics such as initial capacity and fast charging at a low temperature. A lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution including an electrolyte salt contained in a non-aqueous solvent. The non-aqueous electrolytic solution includes a pivalate ester in an amount that is 0.1 vol % or greater and less than 5 vol % with respect to the non-aqueous solvent. The pivalate ester has from 12 to 13 carbons with a flash point of 90° C. or higher and a viscosity of from 2 to 2.3 cp at 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventor: Koji ABE
  • Publication number: 20240345538
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji ABE, Naoya KAMIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240329500
    Abstract: A surveillance camera includes a bracket, a main case suspended and supported by the bracket, and a fixing member interposed between the bracket and the main case. The main case has a camera unit. The fixing member presses and fixes a lower end surface of the bracket and an upper end surface of the main case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: i-PRO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kento MAEKAWA, Koji ABE
  • Publication number: 20240329498
    Abstract: An attachment member for a camera is attachable to a pole or a wall surface. The attachment member includes a camera attachment portion to which the camera is attachable, a protruding portion whose one end is connected to the camera attachment portion, and a back plate connected to another end of the protruding portion. The protruding portion has a pair of side wall portions formed from the back plate toward the camera attachment portion, the pair of side wall portions have a through hole that allows at least one belt to be inserted, and the back plate has a plurality of fixing holes that allow a plurality of fixing members to be screwed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: i-PRO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kento MAEKAWA, Koji ABE
  • Publication number: 20240329499
    Abstract: A surveillance camera includes a camera unit, a camera case including the camera unit therein, and a rotation seat rotatably connecting the camera case. The camera case includes a substrate holding portion formed of metal. On an inner side surface of the substrate holding portion, a first substrate on which an electronic component that processes data transmitted from the camera unit is mounted is arranged. On an outer side surface of the substrate holding portion, a heat dissipating portion is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: i-PRO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji ABE, Fumihiro ARASE