Patents by Inventor Maho Tanaka
Maho Tanaka 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: 20240116435Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a fixing portion to which a lamp is fixed, and a support portion that supports the fixing portion and is capable of switching a position of the fixing portion between a use position where at least a portion of the lamp is located outside a vehicle body with respect to a fender and a storage position where the lamp is located inside the vehicle body with respect to the fender.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Shinji FUJIMOTO, Norita TOTTORI, Ryosuke TANAKA, Maho YAMANAKA
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In-vehicle wireless electric power feeding device and vehicle wireless electric power feeding method
Patent number: 11894711Abstract: An in-vehicle wireless electric power feeding device is used in a vehicle, wirelessly performs electric power feeding to an electric power reception device (e.g., smartphone), and stops the electric power feeding at a temperature not lower than or higher than a predetermined first temperature threshold. The in-vehicle wireless electric power feeding device SD includes an electric power transmission unit that wirelessly performs electric power feeding to the electric power reception device, a temperature measurement unit that measures the temperature of the electric power transmission unit, and a control unit that controls the electric power transmission unit so that the electric power transmission unit wirelessly performs electric power feeding to the electric power reception device when the temperature measured by the temperature measurement unit at startup is not higher than or lower than a predetermined second temperature threshold higher than the first temperature threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei Takagi, Maho Tanaka, Takayoshi Nishijima -
IN-VEHICLE WIRELESS ELECTRIC POWER FEEDING DEVICE AND VEHICLE WIRELESS ELECTRIC POWER FEEDING METHOD
Publication number: 20210359537Abstract: An in-vehicle wireless electric power feeding device is used in a vehicle, wirelessly performs electric power feeding to an electric power reception device (e.g., smartphone), and stops the electric power feeding at a temperature not lower than or higher than a predetermined first temperature threshold. The in-vehicle wireless electric power feeding device SD includes an electric power transmission unit that wirelessly performs electric power feeding to the electric power reception device, a temperature measurement unit that measures the temperature of the electric power transmission unit, and a control unit that controls the electric power transmission unit so that the electric power transmission unit wirelessly performs electric power feeding to the electric power reception device when the temperature measured by the temperature measurement unit at startup is not higher than or lower than a predetermined second temperature threshold higher than the first temperature threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Ryohei TAKAGI, Maho TANAKA, Takayoshi NISHIJIMA -
Patent number: 10895815Abstract: A toner including: a toner particle including a toner base particle containing a binder resin, and an organosilicon condensate present on a surface of the toner base particle, wherein a charge attenuation constant of the toner is 3.5×10?3 or more to 1.0×100 or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenta Kamikura, Kunihiko Nakamura, Maho Tanaka, Fumiya Hatakeyama
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Patent number: 10635010Abstract: A toner having a toner particle having a plurality of fine particles on the surface of a toner base particle, the toner base particle contains a binder resin, wherein a fine particle layer A constituted of a plurality of the fine particles is observed in an EDX mapping image of the constituent elements in a cross section of the toner particle as provided by EDX of the toner particle cross section observed using TEM; a fine particle B, containing a metal compound containing at least one metal element M selected from all the metal elements belonging to Groups 3 to 13, is observed in the fine particle layer A; and the number-average particle diameter D of the fine particle B, the average value H of the thickness of the fine particle layer A, and the standard deviation S on the thickness of the fine particle layer A satisfy prescribed relationships.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenta Kamikura, Kunihiko Nakamura, Maho Tanaka, Yusuke Kosaki
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Patent number: 10551758Abstract: Provided is a toner, including a toner particle having: a toner base particle containing a binder resin and a colorant; and protrusion derived from a resin fine particle in a surface of the toner base particle, wherein the protrusion is covered with a condensation product of an organosilicon compound represented by the formula (1), and wherein the resin fine particle is in direct contact with the toner base particle.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Maho Tanaka, Kunihiko Nakamura, Kenta Kamikura, Fumiya Hatakeyama, Akane Masumoto
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Patent number: 10539899Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle that contains a binder resin, wherein the surface of the toner particle has a reaction product of a polyhydric acid and a compound that contains a group 4 element.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiko Nakamura, Kenta Kamikura, Maho Tanaka, Yusuke Kosaki
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Patent number: 10539893Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin, wherein a layer comprising an organosilicon condensate is present on the surface of the toner particle; the layer comprising the organosilicon condensate further comprises a reaction product of a compound comprising at least one metal element selected from all the metal elements belonging to Groups 3 to 13, and a polyhydric acid; in a backscattered electron image of the toner captured at a magnification of 50,000 times by using a scanning electron microscope, an average value of an area of the reaction product is from 10 nm2 to 5000 nm2, and a coefficient of variation of the area of the reaction product is not more than 10.0.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Maho Tanaka, Kunihiko Nakamura, Kenta Kamikura, Yusuke Kosaki
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Publication number: 20190271926Abstract: A toner including: a toner particle including a toner base particle containing a binder resin, and an organosilicon condensate present on a surface of the toner base particle, wherein a charge attenuation constant of the toner is 3.5×10?3 or more to 1.0×100 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Kenta Kamikura, Kunihiko Nakamura, Maho Tanaka, Fumiya Hatakeyama
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Patent number: 10401750Abstract: Provided is a toner comprising a toner particle including a toner base particle and fine particles present on a surface of the toner base particle, wherein each of the fine particles includes a core fine particle and a condensate of at least one organosilicon compound selected from the group consisting of organosilicon compounds represented by specific structural formulas, the condensate coating the surface of the core fine particle, and in a wettability test of the toner with respect to a methanol/water mixed solvent, a methanol concentration, when a transmittance of light having a wavelength of 780 nm is 50%, is 5.0 to 20.0% by volume: in above Formulas, each of Ra, Rb and Rc independently represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an acetoxy group, an acyl group, an aryl group, or a methacryloxyalkyl group, R1 to R5 each independently represents a halogen atom or an alkoxy group.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiko Nakamura, Kenta Kamikura, Maho Tanaka, Fumiya Hatakeyama
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Publication number: 20190235407Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle that contains a binder resin, wherein the surface of the toner particle has a reaction product of a polyhydric acid and a compound that contains a group 4 element.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Kunihiko Nakamura, Kenta Kamikura, Maho Tanaka, Yusuke Kosaki
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Publication number: 20190235404Abstract: A toner having a toner particle having a plurality of fine particles on the surface of a toner base particle, the toner base particle contains a binder resin, wherein a fine particle layer A constituted of a plurality of the fine particles is observed in an EDX mapping image of the constituent elements in a cross section of the toner particle as provided by EDX of the toner particle cross section observed using TEM; a fine particle B, containing a metal compound containing at least one metal element M selected from all the metal elements belonging to Groups 3 to 13, is observed in the fine particle layer A; and the number-average particle diameter D of the fine particle B, the average value H of the thickness of the fine particle layer A, and the standard deviation S on the thickness of the fine particle layer A satisfy prescribed relationships.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Kenta Kamikura, Kunihiko Nakamura, Maho Tanaka, Yusuke Kosaki
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Publication number: 20190235403Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin, wherein a layer comprising an organosilicon condensate is present on the surface of the toner particle; the layer comprising the organosilicon condensate further comprises a reaction product of a compound comprising at least one metal element selected from all the metal elements belonging to Groups 3 to 13, and a polyhydric acid; in a backscattered electron image of the toner captured at a magnification of 50,000 times by using a scanning electron microscope, an average value of an area of the reaction product is from 10 nm2 to 5000 nm2, and a coefficient of variation of the area of the reaction product is not more than 10.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Maho Tanaka, Kunihiko Nakamura, Kenta Kamikura, Yusuke Kosaki
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Patent number: 10353308Abstract: Provided is a toner, including a toner particle containing a toner base particle and a fine particle, wherein the fine particle includes a composite particle each having a surface covered with a condensation product of at least one kind of organosilicon compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (1) and a compound represented by the following formula (2), wherein the fine particle is stuck in a state of being embedded in a surface of the toner base particle, and wherein a coverage of a composition containing the organosilicon compound with respect to the surface of the toner base particle excluding the fine particle is 0.1% by area or more and 40.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumiya Hatakeyama, Kunihiko Nakamura, Kenta Kamikura, Maho Tanaka
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Patent number: 10345726Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a toner including a toner particle containing a binder resin, the method including: process 1: preparing a mixed solution including the following components i) to iii) in an aqueous medium: i) a particular silicon compound, ii) a fine particle having a number average particle diameter of 3 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and iii) a toner base particle containing the binder resin; and process 2: adjusting a pH of the mixed solution to 7.0 or more and 12.0 or less to condense the silicon compound, wherein the fine particle has an absolute value of zeta potential of 10.0 mV or more at the pH of the mixed solution of process 1.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiko Nakamura, Kenta Kamikura, Maho Tanaka, Fumiya Hatakeyama
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Patent number: 10338487Abstract: A toner including: a toner particle including a toner base particle containing a binder resin, and an organosilicon condensate present on a surface of the toner base particle, wherein a charge attenuation constant of the toner is 3.5×10?3 or more to 1.0×100 or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenta Kamikura, Kunihiko Nakamura, Maho Tanaka, Fumiya Hatakeyama
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Patent number: 10310396Abstract: A first aspect is a toner production method in which an organosilicon compound is condensed in a surfactant-containing aqueous medium with a specific surface tension, in which a resin particle is dispersed, to produce a toner having the condensate of the organosilicon compound on the surface of the resin particle, and a second aspect is a toner production method in which an organosilicon compound is condensed in an aqueous medium which has a surfactant and a specific metal salt and in which a resin particle is dispersed, to produce a toner having the condensate of the organosilicon compound on the surface of the resin particle.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenta Kamikura, Kunihiko Nakamura, Maho Tanaka, Fumiya Hatakeyama
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Publication number: 20180329329Abstract: Provided is a toner comprising a toner particle including a toner base particle and fine particles present on a surface of the toner base particle, wherein each of the fine particles includes a core fine particle and a condensate of at least one organosilicon compound selected from the group consisting of organosilicon compounds represented by specific structural formulas, the condensate coating the surface of the core fine particle, and in a wettability test of the toner with respect to a methanol/water mixed solvent, a methanol concentration, when a transmittance of light having a wavelength of 780 nm is 50%, is 5.0 to 20.0% by volume: in above Formulas, each of Ra, Rb and Rc independently represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an acetoxy group, an acyl group, an aryl group, or a methacryloxyalkyl group, R1 to R5 each independently represents a halogen atom or an alkoxy group.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: KUNIHIKO NAKAMURA, Kenta Kamikura, Maho Tanaka, Fumiya Hatakeyama
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Publication number: 20180329328Abstract: Provided is a toner, including a toner particle having: a toner base particle containing a binder resin and a colorant; and protrusion derived from a resin fine particle in a surface of the toner base particle, wherein the protrusion is covered with a condensation product of an organosilicon compound represented by the formula (1), and wherein the resin fine particle is in direct contact with the toner base particle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Maho Tanaka, Kunihiko Nakamura, Kenta Kamikura, Fumiya Hatakeyama, Akane Masumoto
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Publication number: 20180329325Abstract: Provided is a toner, including a toner particle containing a toner base particle and a fine particle, wherein the fine particle includes a composite particle each having a surface covered with a condensation product of at least one kind of organosilicon compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (1) and a compound represented by the following formula (2), wherein the fine particle is stuck in a state of being embedded in a surface of the toner base particle, and wherein a coverage of a composition containing the organosilicon compound with respect to the surface of the toner base particle excluding the fine particle is 0.1% by area or more and 40.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Fumiya Hatakeyama, Kunihiko Nakamura, Kenta Kamikura, Maho Tanaka