Patents by Inventor Koji Ogawa
Koji Ogawa 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: 20240360568Abstract: There are provided a CO production device and a CO2 electrolysis device which allow a promotion of effective use of CO2 and a reduction in emission of CO2 into the air. A CO production device and CO2 electrolysis device 1 of an embodiment includes: a CO2 electrolysis apparatus 3 including a cathode 6 which electrolyzes CO2 to produce CO and an anode 7 which oxidizes a substance to be oxidized to produce an oxide; a CO purifier 4 which purifies CO from a gas containing CO supplied from the CO2 electrolysis apparatus 3; and a H2 purifier 5 which purifies H2 from a CO-extracted residual gas discharged from the CO purifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi OGAWA, Takehiko MURAMATSU, Hideo KITAMURA, Hiroyuki OTA, Koji MIZUGUCHI
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Patent number: 12111601Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developer container to and from which a replenishment container is attachable and detachable, the developer container including an accommodating portion, and a supporting portion, wherein the developer container includes a projection portion that is provided at one end portion thereof in the rotation axis direction of the developer bearing member and projects toward the supporting portion more than a center portion of the developer container in a crossing direction crossing the rotation axis direction, the projection portion communicates with the accommodating portion and includes, at a distal end portion thereof, an attachment portion configured such that the replenishment container is attachable thereto in a state of being exposed to the outside of the apparatus, and a replenishment port for replenishing the accommodating portion with developer from the replenishment container is defined in the attachment portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Wada, Tsuyoshi Ogawa, Hiroshi Takarada, Kenji Matsuzaka, Takao Sameshima, Tomio Noguchi, Yuichiro Inaba, Kenichi Iida, Masaaki Sato
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Publication number: 20240301234Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a powder component of which a coating film having excellent transparency can be formed, a resin composition for coating, and a coating film. A powder component of the present invention is a powder component containing a polyarylate containing a repeating unit represented by Formula (A-I) and a repeating unit represented by Formula (A-II), and a compound that is different from the polyarylate and that has a repeating unit represented by Formula (B), in which a value obtained by subtracting a measured value 1 from a measured value 2 is 2,000 ppm by mass or less. Measured value 1: a proportion of a mass of a compound represented by Formula (C) in the powder component with respect to a whole mass of the powder component. Measured value 2: a proportion of the mass of the compound represented by Formula (C) in a mixture obtained by mixing the powder component with diethylamine with respect to the whole mass of the powder component.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Taiki OGAWA, Koji HIRONAKA, Yutaka NOZOE, Junko YAMASHITA, Michio ARAI, Keisuke USHIROGATA
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Patent number: 12085912Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus for fully utilizing the functions of a machine tool by correctly converting CL data into an NC program. The information processing apparatus includes a CL data acquirer that can acquire CL data including standardization information based on a rule defined among a plurality of output devices, thereby acquiring CL data including the standardization information associated with at least one of unique control information of the numerical control apparatus, unique control information of the machine tool, and unique control information of a user of the machine tool, and an NC program generator that acquires an NC code corresponding to the standardization information included in the CL data, and generates an NC program including the NC code based on the NC code and the CL data.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: DMG MORI CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiko Mori, Naruhiro Irino, Hironari Sakamoto, Yoji Tsukui, Yasuhiro Imabeppu, Koji Matsuoka, Munetaka Wakizaka, Takaaki Soga, Tetsuo Ogawa, Takashi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 12077030Abstract: A control device includes a controller that executes determining a connection between a first unit that has a boarding space which allows a user to board and is provided with a predetermined facility and that is provided with a first path through which a fluid used in the predetermined facility passes and a second unit that is configured to be separated from and connected to the first unit and that has a drive device of a vehicle that is formed by being connected to the first unit, and supplying the fluid in the first path to a second unit side to absorb heat generated from the drive device.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2023Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshinari Ogawa, Kohta Tarao, Shinya Kijima, Osamu Fukawatase, Koji Yasui, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Hitomi Nakatani, Kuniaki Jinnai, Nobuki Hayashi, Masahiro Nagano, Akihiro Ito
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Patent number: 12041210Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a platen on which a document is to be placed, an image sensor configured to read an image of the document on the platen, an opening/closing member configured to cover and uncover the platen, a document pressing layer disposed on a surface of the opening/closing member and configured to press the document on the plate when the opening/closing member covers the platen, elastic layers located between the document pressing layer and the opening/closing member and spaced apart from each other on a surface of the document pressing layer, and connection layers connecting the elastic layers to the opening/closing member. An area of the elastic layer is larger than an area of the connection layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Koji Migita, Yutaro Kajitani, Masato Ogawa
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Patent number: 12007420Abstract: Provided is a potential measurement device including: a first substrate having read electrodes arranged in a two-dimensional array; and a second substrate on which the first substrate is stacked, in which each of the read electrodes includes at least one or more AD conversion circuits each having independent correspondence to the read electrode, and at least a part of the AD conversion circuits is arranged in a two-dimensional array on the second substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventor: Koji Ogawa
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Patent number: 11984607Abstract: A gas diffusion layer includes: a conductive particle; and a fluororesin, and the fluororesin includes a first fiber having a first average fiber diameter and a second fiber having a second average fiber diameter different from the first average fiber diameter.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATIONInventors: Tsutomu Kawashima, Yoko Yamamoto, Miyuki Yoshimoto, Koji Ogawa
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Patent number: 11927895Abstract: A drum cover is movable relative to a photosensitive drum between a first position at which the drum cover covers a part of a circumferential surface of the photosensitive drum, and a second position at which the drum cover does not cover the part of the circumferential surface of the photosensitive drum. A toner cartridge includes a toner storage portion configured to store toner to be supplied to the photosensitive drum. A drum cartridge includes a toner cartridge guide extending in a second direction crossing a first direction. The toner cartridge guide guides the toner cartridge to move in the second direction when the toner cartridge is being attached to the drum cartridge. A distance from the toner cartridge guide to the drum cover at the second position is longer than a distance from the toner cartridge guide to the drum cover at the first position.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shougo Sato, Koji Ogawa
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Publication number: 20230408954Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive drum; a magnetic roller; a transfer belt; a drum cleaning roller for collecting toner on the photosensitive drum and discharging collected toner to the photosensitive drum; a belt cleaner; a waste toner accommodating unit; and a controller configured to perform a printing operation for forming an image on a sheet and a cleaning operation for cleaning the drum cleaning roller. The controller is configured to perform: when performing the printing operation, collecting toner on the photosensitive drum using the drum cleaning roller; and when performing the cleaning operation, discharging the toner on the drum cleaning roller collected in the collecting to the photosensitive drum; transferring the toner on the photosensitive drum onto the transfer belt; and collecting the toner on the transfer belt using the belt cleaner so that the collected toner is accommodated in the waste toner accommodating unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshio FURUKAWA, Koji OGAWA, Fan XU, Kazuma HINOUE, Hotaka KAKUTANI, Shintaro FUKUOKA, Soun KANADA, Masahiko HAYAKAWA, Marika OZAKI, Masaki UEJI, Ayaka KOMORI, Enao YAMADA, Miho ISHIDA, Keigo NAKAJIMA, Shota IRIYAMA, Kengo YADA, Yuwen WANG, Junichi HASHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20230333040Abstract: The present technology relates to a potential measuring device capable of acquiring a signal of low-frequency bands of approximately 1 Hz to 300 Hz. The potential measuring device includes: a unit cell that includes a readout electrode for reading a predetermined potential as a displacement with respect to a reference potential, an amplifier circuit that includes a common-source amplifier, the readout electrode being connected to an input node of the common-source amplifier, a predetermined bias voltage being applied to the input node via a resistor, and a buffer circuit that is connected to an output node of the amplifier circuit. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a device for measuring the potential of a solution on a microelectrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventor: Koji OGAWA
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Publication number: 20230322068Abstract: A vehicle body base structure includes a battery pack that is configured to supply electric power to a traction motor and that is disposed beneath a floor panel, a bracket that pivotally supports a trailing arm and that is fixed to a rear side member, and a reinforcing brace that is fixed to the bracket and that is also fixed to the battery pack. The bracket is located rearward from the battery pack in a vehicle front-rear direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuya HIROTA, Hidenori YOSHIOKA, Koji OGAWA, Shinya KATAYAMA, Kyohei HEKI, Takayuki OMOTO
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Publication number: 20230308895Abstract: A wireless communications device configured to perform wireless resource management at a base station that performs wireless communication with a plurality of terminals by a predetermined beam, includes a memory storing therein a plurality of beam tables set with the terminals accommodated by a plurality of beams, and a processor connected to the memory and configured to manage the beam tables. The processor, during system operation, determines a movable terminal that, of the terminals, is movable between the beam tables and determines another beam table that, of the beam tables, is capable of accommodating the movable terminal. The processor moves the moveable terminal to the other beam table and adjusts a number of the terminals accommodated by each of the beam tables.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Xiangyu WANG, Koji OGAWA, Yasunori OTSUKA
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Publication number: 20230236194Abstract: A method for evaluating the progression of hepatic fibrosis in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, said method comprising measuring the amount of a sugar chain having a structure represented by formula (I) and/or a precursor sugar chain of the biosynthesis of a sugar chain having a structure represented by formula (I) in a sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2020Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITYInventors: Jun-ichi FURUKAWA, Naoya SAKAMOTO, Hisatoshi HANAMATSU, Koji OGAWA, Goki SUDA
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Publication number: 20230213475Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device and a cell potential measuring device capable of improving measurement accuracy of a potential of a solution.A semiconductor device includes a read electrode that reads a potential of a solution, a differential amplifier, a first capacitor connected in series in a loop feeding back an output of the differential amplifier to a second input different from a first input from the read electrode, a resistance element connected in parallel with the first capacitor, and a second capacitor connected between a reference electrode indicating a reference potential and the second input. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a cell potential measuring device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: YURI KATO, KOJI OGAWA
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Publication number: 20230185216Abstract: A drum cover is movable relative to a photosensitive drum between a first position at which the drum cover covers a part of a circumferential surface of the photosensitive drum, and a second position at which the drum cover does not cover the part of the circumferential surface of the photosensitive drum. A toner cartridge includes a toner storage portion configured to store toner to be supplied to the photosensitive drum. A drum cartridge includes a toner cartridge guide extending in a second direction crossing a first direction. The toner cartridge guide guides the toner cartridge to move in the second direction when the toner cartridge is being attached to the drum cartridge. A distance from the toner cartridge guide to the drum cover at the second position is longer than a distance from the toner cartridge guide to the drum cover at the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shougo Sato, Koji Ogawa
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Publication number: 20230062417Abstract: A cartridge includes: a photosensitive drum; a drum cleaner for cleaning the photosensitive drum; a toner pipe for conveying collected toner; a toner container storing therein toner; and a developing device for supplying toner in the toner container to the photosensitive drum. The cartridge is detachably attachable to an image forming apparatus. The collected toner is toner removed from the photosensitive drum by the drum cleaner. The developing device includes a developing housing for storing therein toner supplied from the toner container and the collected toner conveyed by the toner pipe. The toner container has: a toner discharge port for discharging toner stored in the toner container; and a returned toner receiving port for receiving toner returned from the developing device. The developing housing has: a toner receiving port for receiving toner discharged from the toner discharge port; and a toner return port for returning toner to the toner container.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasutada KATO, Yasuo FUKAMACHI, Shougo SATO, Koji OGAWA
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Patent number: 11579544Abstract: A drum cartridge includes a drum cover movable relative to a photosensitive drum between a first position at which the drum cover covers a part of a circumferential surface of the photosensitive drum and a second position at which the drum cover does not cover the part of the circumferential surface. The drum cover is located at an opposite side of a toner cartridge with respect to the photosensitive drum in a state where the toner cartridge is attached to the drum cartridge and the drum cover is located at the second position. The drum cover is located at the first position in a state where the drum cartridge is attached to a drawer and the drawer is located at a pulled-out position and located at the second position in a state where the drum cartridge is attached to the drawer and the drawer is located at an accommodated position.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shougo Sato, Koji Ogawa
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Publication number: 20230028175Abstract: A communication system includes: a first node; and a second node that is located at a lower level of the first node and connected to the first node. The second node includes a transmitter that transmits, when the second node is connected to the first node, function identification information for identifying functions installed in the second node, and the first node includes a receiver that receives the function identification information transmitted from the second node, and a processor that is connected to the receiver. The processor executes a process including deciding, based on the function identification information, a function to be enabled or disabled out of the functions installed in the second node, and selecting at least a test item used for verifying the function that is decided to be enabled.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Koji Ogawa, Teruyoshi WATANABE, Yuzo ITO, Yasunori OTSUKA
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Patent number: 11483498Abstract: A solid imaging element (11a) according to an embodiment includes: a light reception element (402) that outputs an electric signal in accordance with incident light, a detection unit (30) that detects whether a change quantity of the electric signal output from the light reception element has exceeded a threshold, and outputs a detection signal expressing a detection result of the detection, a temperature measurement unit (51) that measures temperature, and a setting unit (52) that sets the threshold on the basis of the temperature measured by the temperature measurement unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventor: Koji Ogawa