Patents by Inventor Koji Fujikawa

Koji Fujikawa 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).

  • Patent number: 11275273
    Abstract: An optical device (10) includes a first substrate (11) and a second substrate (12) facing each other, a liquid crystal component (13) between the first substrate (11) and the second substrate (12), a first electrode (18) and a second electrode (19) located on the first substrate (11) on the second substrate (12) side, and a first alignment layer (14) that is located on the first substrate (11) on the second substrate (12) side and controls the alignment state of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal component (13), wherein an interface between the liquid crystal component (13) and the first alignment layer (14) forms a non-glide weak anchoring interface (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignees: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Yamamoto, Koki Takamoto, Takeaki Araki, Waki Sakatsuji, Hirotsugu Kikuchi, Yasushi Okumura, Koji Fujikawa, Yu Fukunaga, Kiyoshi Minoura, Koji Murata, Isa Nishiyama, Koichi Endo
  • Publication number: 20210276392
    Abstract: A cab for a construction machine includes; an operator seat including a seat base and a backrest; a control box disposed along a lateral side of the operator seat; an air conditioner main body for cooling air; and a duct disposed behind the operator sea for guiding a cooling air generated in the air conditioner main body. The duct has a blowing port provided at such a position as to allow the cooling air to flow frontward along at least one of a lateral side of the seat base and a lateral side of a lower portion of the backrest and along an inner surface of the control box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji FUJIKAWA, Shunsuke TADA, Yohei TASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20210191170
    Abstract: An optical device (10) includes a first substrate (11) and a second substrate (12) facing each other, a liquid crystal component (13) between the first substrate (11) and the second substrate (12), a first electrode (18) and a second electrode (19) located on the first substrate (11) on the second substrate (12) side, and a first alignment layer (14) that is located on the first substrate (11) on the second substrate (12) side and controls the alignment state of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal component (13), wherein an interface between the liquid crystal component (13) and the first alignment layer (14) forms a non-glide weak anchoring interface (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicants: Kyoto University, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Yamamoto, Koki Takamoto, Takeaki Araki, Waki Sakatsuji, Hirotsugu Kikuchi, Yasushi Okumura, Koji Fujikawa, Yu Fukunaga, Kiyoshi Minoura, Koji Murata, Isa Nishiyama, Koichi Endo
  • Patent number: 9556588
    Abstract: A floor member includes a floor plate extending in a length direction along a front-rear direction of a cab. The floor plate includes front-left corner portion, front-right corner portion, rear-left corner portion, and rear-right corner portion; a first vertical beam member; a second vertical beam member; and a plurality of support members which support the first vertical beam member, the second vertical beam member, and the floor plate in respective regions including a region where the front-left corner portion and a first front end overlap each other, a region where the rear-left corner portion and a first rear end overlap each other, a region where the front-right corner portion and a second front end overlap each other, and a region where the rear-right corner portion and a second rear end overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Fujikawa, Keiji Yamamoto, Yasumitsu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20150233092
    Abstract: A floor member includes a floor plate extending in a length direction along a front-rear direction of a cab. The floor plate includes front-left corner portion, front-right corner portion, rear-left corner portion, and rear-right corner portion; a first vertical beam member; a second vertical beam member; and a plurality of support members which support the first vertical beam member, the second vertical beam member, and the floor plate in respective regions including a region where the front-left corner portion and a first front end overlap each other, a region where the rear-left corner portion and a first rear end overlap each other, a region where the front-right corner portion and a second front end overlap each other, and a region where the rear-right corner portion and a second rear end overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji FUJIKAWA, Keiji Yamamoto, Yasumitsu Fujii
  • Patent number: 5446555
    Abstract: A design drawing transmission system comprises a design drawing transmission device including a scanner for reading a design drawing drafted on a recording sheet and a transmitter for transmitting drawing information including the image signal prepared by the scanner through a predetermined path, and a design drawing receiving device including a receiver for receiving the drawing information transmitted through the transmission path, a memory for storing the drawing information received by the receiver and a plotter for reading out the drawing information stored by the memory and reproducing the design drawing on a recording sheet on the basis of the image signal included in the drawing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Fujikawa, Kazuo Shibata, Kenshi Katayama, Masahiko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: D727978
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumikazu Higuchi, Masaaki Murakami, Koji Fujikawa, Masaru Ito
  • Patent number: D730948
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumikazu Higuchi, Masaaki Murakami, Koji Fujikawa, Masaru Ito
  • Patent number: D897252
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MASHINERY CO., LTD., SANDEN AUTOMOTIVE CLIMATE SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Fujikawa, Keiji Yamamoto, Shintaro Sakitani, Toru Tanaka
  • Patent number: D982620
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Fujikawa, Shintaro Sakitani, Yumiko Matsumura, Kotaro Shinzaki
  • Patent number: D984489
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru Adachi, Shintaro Sakitani, Koji Fujikawa
  • Patent number: D984490
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru Adachi, Keiji Yamamoto, Koji Fujikawa