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: 20190265639
    Abstract: A developing cartridge may include a housing including an outer surface, a small-diameter gear, a large-diameter gear, a first gear, and a moving member. The small-diameter gear may include a first engaging portion positioned on at least a portion of a peripheral surface of the small-diameter gear. The large-diameter gear may be positioned farther from the outer surface than the small-diameter gear from the outer surface. The large-diameter gear may be rotatable together with the small-diameter gear. The first gear may include a second engaging portion, a first end surface, a second end surface, and at least one protrusion. The moving member may include a contact portion configured to move the moving member from one position to another position in a state where the contact portion is in contact with the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuna TAGUCHI, Koji ABE, Motoaki MUSHIKA, Yasuo FUKAMACHI
  • Patent number: 10367121
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a package, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a resin compact having a recess, and including a pair of leads arranged at a bottom surface of the recess, a first resin body forming a lateral wall of the recess, and a second resin body arranged between the pair of leads; forming a reflective film entirely on at least the bottom surface of the recess and an inner surface of the lateral wall of the recess; and removing the reflective film formed on the pair of leads in the recess in the resin compact on which the reflective film has been formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadaaki Ikeda, Masaki Hayashi, Koji Abe, Kimihiro Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 10355155
    Abstract: A method of producing an optical element, which includes a glass substrate and a sheet-like formed body, is provided. The sheet-like formed body is formed of an organic resin, one surface of which has a fresnel lens pattern and the other surface of which is bonded to the glass substrate. The sheet-like formed body is a thermoplastic polymer composition. A bonding surface of the sheet-like formed body facing the glass substrate is treated by irradiating active energy. A bonding surface of the glass substrate facing the sheet-like formed body is bonded to the bonding surface of the sheet-like formed body by using a silane coupling agent as a crosslinking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Shinji Hiramatsu, Katsuhiro Fujita
  • Publication number: 20190207065
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a package having a recess, a light emitting element disposed in the recess, a translucent sealing material provided in the recess to encapsulate the light emitting element, and a film provided on the translucent sealing material. The film has a contact surface to contact the translucent sealing material and an outer surface opposite to the contact surface. The film includes a translucent base material and two or more layers of particles stacked in the translucent base material between the contact surface and the outer surface. At least one of the particles is exposed in a vicinity of the outer surface of the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji ABE, Yasushi OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10338520
    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: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Shimizu, Koji Abe
  • Publication number: 20190198928
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Shimamoto, Koji Abe, Shoji Shikita, Kazuhiro Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20190172980
    Abstract: A package for mounting a light emitting element includes: a first lead electrode having, in a plan view, a first region, a second region surrounding a periphery of the first region having a width of 110 ?m or more and a thickness greater than that of the first region, and a third region partially surrounding a periphery of the second region and having a thickness smaller than that of the second region; a second lead electrode spaced apart from the first lead electrode; and a resin molded body fixing a portion of each of the first and second lead electrodes. A portion of each of the first and second lead electrodes and a portion of the resin molded body exposed therebetween form a bottom surface of a recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Koji ABE, Yuki SHIOTA
  • Patent number: 10303113
    Abstract: A developing cartridge may include a housing including an outer surface, a small-diameter gear, a large-diameter gear, a first gear, and a moving member. The small-diameter gear may include a first engaging portion positioned on at least a portion of a peripheral surface of the small-diameter gear. The large-diameter gear may be positioned farther from the outer surface than the small-diameter gear from the outer surface. The large-diameter gear may be rotatable together with the small-diameter gear. The first gear may include a second engaging portion, a first end surface, a second end surface, and at least one protrusion. The moving member may include a contact portion configured to move the moving member from one position to another position in a state where the contact portion is in contact with the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuna Taguchi, Koji Abe, Motoaki Mushika, Yasuo Fukamachi
  • Patent number: 10276757
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light emitting device includes providing a package having a recess in which a light emitting element is disposed. A translucent sealing material is provided in the recess to encapsulate the light emitting element. A film is provided on the translucent sealing material. The film includes a translucent base material and particles disposed in the translucent base material. The film has a contact surface to contact the translucent sealing material and an outer surface opposite to the contact surface. Abrasive is blasted onto the outer surface of the film to roughen the outer surface so as to expose at least one of the particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Yasushi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10263287
    Abstract: Provided are a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the electrolyte salt including at least one first lithium salt selected from LiPF6, LiBF4, LiN(SO2F)2, LiN(SO2CF3)2, and LiN(SO2C2F5)2, and at least one second lithium salt selected from a lithium salt having an oxalate structure, a lithium salt having a phosphate structure, and a lithium salt having an S?O group, with a sum total of the first lithium salt and the second lithium salt being four or more, and an energy storage device using the same. This nonaqueous electrolytic solution is not only able to improve electrochemical characteristics at a high temperature and much more improve a discharge capacity retention rate and low-temperature output characteristics after a high-temperature storage test but also able to improve low-temperature input characteristics even for high-density electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Kei Shimamoto
  • Patent number: 10263285
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Shimamoto, Koji Abe, Shoji Shikita, Kazuhiro Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20190103531
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a package includes molding a precursor of a package including a cup-shaped resin component having a bottom surface and side walls, an opening opened at am upper part of the side walls, and a pair of leads exposed on the bottom surface. The side walls include a side wall that extends along the Y axis and the X axis and that has a first outer surface, and a side wall that extends along the Y axis and the Z axis. A thickness of the side wall extending along Y axis and the X axis is less than a thickness of the side wall extending along axis and the Z axis, The first outer surface has a recess which is recessed in the Z axis direction and arranged in a position corresponding to the opening. The method further includes forming a reflective film in the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Koji ABE, Tomohisa KISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190081356
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolytic solution comprising a non-aqueous solvent and an electrolyte, which further contains a combination of a nitrile compound and an S?O group-containing compound (or a dinitrile compound) in an amount of 0.001 to 10 wt. % imparts improved cycle performance and storage property to a lithium battery, particularly a lithium secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji ABE, Takashi HATTORI, Yahuo MATSUMORI
  • Patent number: 10224464
    Abstract: A package for mounting a light emitting element includes: a first lead electrode having, in a plan view, a first region, a second region surrounding a periphery of the first region having a width of 110 ?m or more and a thickness greater than that of the first region, and a third region partially surrounding a periphery of the second region and having a thickness smaller than that of the second region; a second lead electrode spaced apart from the first lead electrode; and a resin molded body fixing a portion of each of the first and second lead electrodes. A portion of each of the first and second lead electrodes and a portion of the resin molded body exposed therebetween form a bottom surface of a recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Yuki Shiota
  • Publication number: 20190056692
    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: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi SHIMIZU, Koji ABE
  • Publication number: 20190033779
    Abstract: A photosensitive drum is rotatable about a first axis extending in a particular direction. A frame rotatably supports the photosensitive drum. A developing roller is rotatable according to driving force about a second axis extending in the particular direction. A surface of the developing roller contacts a surface of the photosensitive drum through toner. A resistance generating member generates a resistance torque TQ1 serving as resistance between the frame and photosensitive drum in a case where the photosensitive drum rotates relative to the frame. In a case where the developing roller rotates according to the driving force in a state where the surface of the developing roller contacts the surface of the photosensitive drum through toner, the resistance torque TQ1 is smaller than a torque TQ2 that causes the photosensitive drum to rotate due to friction between the surface of the developing roller and the surface of the photosensitive drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoya ICHIKAWA, Takashi SHIMIZU, Masaaki FURUKAWA, Naoya KAMIMURA, Takashi YASUDA, Masanari YOSHIKAWA, Koji ABE
  • Patent number: 10181552
    Abstract: A package, includes a cup-shaped resin component having a bottom surface and side walls that surround the bottom surface, an opening which is opened at an upper part of the side walls, a pair of leads exposed on part of the bottom surface, and a reflective film, the resin component having a 3-D shape defined by an X axis, a Y axis and a Z axis, the outer surface of the side walls that has a recess which is recessed in the Z axis direction and arranged in a position corresponding to the opening, and the reflective film being disposed in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Tomohisa Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20190004470
    Abstract: A developing cartridge may include a housing including an outer surface, a small-diameter gear, a large-diameter gear, a first gear, and a moving member. The small-diameter gear may include a first engaging portion positioned on at least a portion of a peripheral surface of the small-diameter gear. The large-diameter gear may be positioned farther from the outer surface than the small-diameter gear from the outer surface. The large-diameter gear may be rotatable together with the small-diameter gear. The first gear may include a second engaging portion, a first end surface, a second end surface, and at least one protrusion. The moving member may include a contact portion configured to move the moving member from one position to another position in a state where the contact portion is in contact with the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuna TAGUCHI, Koji ABE, Motoaki MUSHIKA, Yasuo FUKAMACHI
  • Patent number: 10164293
    Abstract: Disclosed are a non-aqueous electrolytic solution, which can improve cycle characteristics when a power storage device is used at high temperature and high voltage, and a power device using the same. The non-aqueous electrolytic solution according to the present invention comprises, in addition to a non-aqueous solvent and an electrolyte salt dissolved therein, a compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein n is an integer of 1 or 2; and when n is 1, L represents a straight or branched unsaturated hydrocarbon group of which at least one hydrogen atom is optionally substituted by a halogen atom, a cycloalkyl group of which at least one hydrogen atom is optionally substituted by a halogen atom, or an aryl group of which at least one hydrogen atom is optionally substituted by a halogen atom; and when n is 2, L represents a saturated or unsaturated divalent hydrocarbon group which optionally contains ether bond(s), or an arylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Kei Shimamoto, Shoji Shikita
  • Patent number: D849131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Shimizu, Naoya Kamimura, Koji Abe, Hideshi Nishiyama, Keita Shimizu, Shinya Kusuda, Atsushi Fukaya, Tomoya Ichikawa