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).

  • Drum cartridge
    Patent number: 9958825
    Abstract: A drum cartridge, to which a developer cartridge containing toner therein and including a memory medium with an electric contact is detachably attached, is provided. The drum cartridge includes a photosensitive drum; a drum frame to receive the developer cartridge; a lock lever configured to lock the developer cartridge to the drum frame; a first drum contact configured to be in contact with the electric contact in a state where the developer cartridge is locked to the drum frame; and a spring configured to urge the first drum contact toward the electric contact. In the state where the developer cartridge is locked to the drum frame, the first drum contact is pressed toward the electric contact by an urging force of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Takashi Shimizu
  • Composition for hard coat, dyed resin body with hard coat, and method for producing dyed resin body with hard coat
    Patent number: 9951246
    Abstract: A composition for a hard coat according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a trifunctional or more methacrylate monomer and/or acrylate monomer; and a mixed solvent that contains a first solvent including at least one of a glycol-based solvent and a cellosolve-based solvent, and a second solvent including lower alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Akira Tezuka, Minoru Inuzuka, Hironori Ebi, Motoshi Tanaka
  • DRUM CARTRIDGE AND DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING VARIATION IN POSITION OF ELECTRICAL CONTACT SURFACE
    Publication number: 20180107155
    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: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi SHIMIZU, Koji ABE
  • DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE COMPRISING MECHANISM FOR INFORMATION DETECTION
    Publication number: 20180107150
    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: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuna TAGUCHI, Koji ABE, Motoaki MUSHIKA, Yasuo FUKAMACHI
  • DRUM CARTRIDGE
    Publication number: 20180095420
    Abstract: A drum cartridge, to which a developer cartridge containing toner therein and including a memory medium with an electric contact is detachably attached, is provided. The drum cartridge includes a photosensitive drum; a drum frame to receive the developer cartridge; a lock lever configured to lock the developer cartridge to the drum frame; a first drum contact configured to be in contact with the electric contact in a state where the developer cartridge is locked to the drum frame; and a spring configured to urge the first drum contact toward the electric contact. In the state where the developer cartridge is locked to the drum frame, the first drum contact is pressed toward the electric contact by an urging force of the spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji ABE, Takashi SHIMIZU
  • PACKAGE AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180097150
    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: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Tadaaki Ikeda, Masaki Hayashi, Koji Abe, Kimihiro Miyamoto
  • Nonaqueous electrolyte solution and electricity storage device using same
    Patent number: 9934911
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolytic solution capable of improving electrochemical characteristics in a broad temperature range and an energy storage device using the same. [1] A nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing, as an additive, an SO4 group-containing compound having a specified structure and [2] an energy storage device including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, wherein the nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains, as an additive, 0.001% by mass or more and less than 5% by mass of an SO4 group-containing compound having a specified structure in the nonaqueous electrolytic solution, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Shimamoto, Koji Abe, Yuichi Kotou, Shoji Shikita
  • TRANSFER-TYPE PHOTOSENSITIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX ADJUSTMENT FILM, METHOD FOR FORMING REFRACTIVE INDEX ADJUSTMENT PATTERN, AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20180074405
    Abstract: A transfer-type photosensitive refractive index adjustment film comprising a supporting film, a photosensitive resin layer and a high refractive index layer provided on the photosensitive resin layer, wherein the photosensitive resin layer and the high refractive index layer are composed mainly of an organic substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Mayumi SATO, Tadahiro KIMURA, Hideki YOSHIDA, Koji ABE, Takumi WATANABE
  • Developing cartridge including protrusion pivotally movable relative to casing
    Patent number: 9904237
    Abstract: In a developing cartridge, a developing roller extends in a first direction. A developing roller gear, a coupling, and first and second idle gears are positioned at an outer surface of a casing. An agitator gear has an end face in the first direction facing the outer surface. A first protrusion is positioned between the end face and the outer surface, and at a position outside of addendum circles of the developing roller gear, coupling, and first and second idle gears. The first protrusion is pivotally movable about an axis extending in the first direction between a first position and a second position. A first protruding portion has, at the first position, a first length in a second direction connecting the developing roller and the first protruding portion, and has, at the second position, a second length different from the first length in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Motoaki Mushika, Kazuna Taguchi, Yasuo Fukamachi
  • Toner
    Patent number: 9897933
    Abstract: Provided is a toner that is excellent in development durability and has excellent solid followability even when the amount of the toner in a toner cartridge is small. The toner includes toner particles each having a surface layer containing an organosilicon polymer, in which: the organosilicon polymer includes a siloxane-based polymer having partial structures represented by the following formulae (1) and (2); and in a chart obtained by 29Si-NMR measurement of a tetrahydrofuran-insoluble matter of the toner particles, an area RT3 of a peak assigned to the partial structure represented by the following formula (1) and an area RfT3 of a peak assigned to the partial structure represented by the following formula (2) satisfy the following formula (3). 0.300>(RfT3/RT3)?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sara Yoshida, Katsuyuki Nonaka, Koji Abe, Toshihiko Katakura, Akane Masumoto, Maho Tanaka
  • Package, light emitting device, and methods of manufacturing the package and the light emitting device
    Patent number: 9893258
    Abstract: A package for mounting a light emitting element includes a recess; a pair of lead electrodes exposed at a bottom surface of the recess; a plating layer covering a surface of each of the pair of lead electrodes; and a resin molded body retaining the pair of lead electrodes, and forming an area between the pair of lead electrodes at the bottom surface of the recess and a lateral surface of the recess. At least one of the lead electrodes has a front surface protrusion that is linearly formed along the resin molded body at the bottom surface of the recess and along a periphery of the bottom surface of the recess, and a back surface protrusion that is formed at a position at a back surface opposite to a position of the front surface protrusion, and at least a tip of each of the front surface protrusion and the back surface protrusion is exposed outside the plating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Abe, Yuki Shiota
  • DRUM CARTRIDGE
    Publication number: 20180017934
    Abstract: A drum cartridge, comprising: a photosensitive drum; and a drum frame having a first state where a developing device is attached to the drum frame, the developing device including a developing roller, and a second state where a developing cartridge is detachably attachable to the drum frame, the developing cartridge including a developing roller and a developing frame which stores toner, wherein, in the first state, a toner cartridge is detachably attachable to the developing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji ABE, Takashi SHIMIZU
  • LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180019384
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting element, a light-transmissive member covering the light emitting element, a fluorescent material contained in the light-transmissive member, and a multilayer film disposed on the light-transmissive member and including alternatively layered two types of films of different refractive indices, in which the two types of films are aggregated nano-particles of TiO2 and aggregated nano-particles of SiO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji ABE
  • Methods of manufacturing the package and light-emitting device
    Patent number: 9865779
    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: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadaaki Ikeda, Masaki Hayashi, Koji Abe, Kimihiro Miyamoto
  • NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170373348
    Abstract: There are provided: a nonaqueous electrolytic solution for an energy storage device provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, wherein the potential of the positive electrode in a full-charge state is 4.5 V or higher on Li basis and the nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains at least one kind of tertiary carboxylic acid esters represented by the following general formula (I); and an energy storage device using the nonaqueous electrolytic solution. wherein R1 to R3 each independently represent a methyl group or an ethyl group; and R4 represents a halogenated alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD
    Inventors: Koji ABE, Masahide KONDO
  • Developing cartridge comprising mechanism for information detection
    Patent number: 9846405
    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: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuna Taguchi, Koji Abe, Motoaki Mushika, Yasuo Fukamachi
  • Light emitting device, package, and methods of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 9847466
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device includes: providing an assembly comprising: a package comprising: a resin member having an inner side surface defining a recess, and a lead frame supported by the resin member and arranged at a bottom surface of the recess, and a light emitting element electrically connected to the lead frame; and forming a reflective film containing particles of a first light reflective substance on at least a portion of an outer surface of the resin member corresponding to the recess. The first light reflective substance comprises particles of a white pigment. A reflectance of the reflective film is higher than a reflectance of the resin member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Abe
  • LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170345982
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a package, a light-emitting element disposed on the package, and a light-transmissive member over the light-emitting element. An upper surface of the light-transmissive member and an upper surface of the package each have a plurality of projections. The light-transmissive member contains particles of light-transmissive first fillers having refractive indices smaller than the refractive index of a matrix of the light-transmissive member. Part of the particles of the first fillers is exposed to the air from the matrix of the light-transmissive member on the upper surface of the light-transmissive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji ABE, Yasushi OKAMOTO
  • FILTER-FREE DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING FLUORESCENCE OF A MICROFLUIDIC ASSAY AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20170323441
    Abstract: The present technology relates generally to devices, systems, and methods for detecting an analyte from a microfluidic assay. In some embodiments, a method for detecting the analyte includes binding an analyte and a plurality of quantum dots to a detection region of a porous membrane of a microfluidic device. The method further includes emitting ultraviolet (“UV”) light from a light source towards the microfluidic device and simultaneously capturing RGB image data of the microfluidic device with an image sensor of a portable computing device without an optical filter. The method further includes quantifying the amount of analyte present on the porous membrane based on the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Kamal Shah, Koji Abe, Peter C. Kauffman
  • NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION AND LITHIUM BATTERY
    Publication number: 20170317386
    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: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji ABE, Takashi HATTORI, Yasuo MATSUMORI