Patents by Inventor Makito Nakashima
Makito Nakashima 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: 20230294412Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle plate having a discharge port, and a valve facing the nozzle plate to open and close the discharge port. The valve includes a core having a recess, and an elastic member attached to the core. The recess has: an opening rim on a leading end of the core, the opening rim defining an opening of the recess opening toward the discharge port; a bottom face opposite to the opening rim; and a retaining portion having a width wider than a width of a portion other than the retaining portion of the recess in a width direction. the retaining portion disposed in a rear region between the bottom face and a center of the recess. The elastic member includes a first portion fitted into the recess and a second portion projecting from the opening of the recess toward the discharge port.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Tomoko KUROSAWA, Eiri SAGAE, Makito NAKASHIMA, Riku MAESHIRO
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Publication number: 20220310899Abstract: An element includes an upper electrode, a flexible intermediate layer, and a lower electrode. The upper electrode having an uneven structure. The lower electrode is closely attached to the intermediate layer. The element is configured to generate an electrical signal due to contact and separation between the upper electrode and the intermediate layer. The lower electrode is configured to take a shape fittable to the uneven structure when the upper electrode and the intermediate layer come into contact with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Hideyuki MIYAZAWA, Tsuneaki KONDOH, Yuko ARIZUMI, Junichiro NATORI, Tomoaki SUGAWARA, Makito NAKASHIMA, Takeshi ENDOH, Mizuki OTAGIRI, Yuki HOSHIKAWA
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Patent number: 11189778Abstract: An element 1 includes a pair of electrodes 2 and 3, and an intermediate layer 4 having deformability, arranged between the pair of electrodes 2 and 3, and containing, as a material, a silicon compound including an unpaired electron. The intermediate layer 4 may contain a particle including the unpaired electron. The intermediate layer 4 may have rubber elasticity. The intermediate layer 4 may have at least one peak at a g value between 2.070 and 2.001 when being measured at an environment temperature of ?150° C. by using an electron spin resonance (ESR) device. The intermediate layer 4 may have at least one peak at a g value between 2.070 and 2.001 when being measured at an environment temperature of ?150° C. by using the electron spin resonance (ESR) device.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Tomoaki Sugawara, Tsuneaki Kondoh, Yuko Arizumi, Junichiro Natori, Mizuki Otagiri, Mayuka Araumi, Megumi Kitamura, Takahiro Imai, Makito Nakashima, Hideyuki Miyazawa
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Patent number: 11018602Abstract: A power generating element is provided. The power generating element includes a pair of electrodes, an intermediate layer being insulating, and a substrate being flexible. The intermediate layer is disposed between the electrodes. The substrate is configured to support the electrodes and the intermediate layer. When the substrate undergoes a deformation, the intermediate layer is separated from or pressed against one of the electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Mizuki Otagiri, Tsuneaki Kondoh, Tomoaki Sugawara, Yuko Arizumi, Junichiro Natori, Mayuka Araumi, Takahiro Imai, Hideyuki Miyazawa, Makito Nakashima, Megumi Kitamura
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Patent number: 11010004Abstract: An input element includes: a first electrode and a second electrode that face each other; and an intermediate layer disposed between the first and the second electrodes and made of rubber or a rubber composition, the rubber or rubber composition containing siloxane. The intermediate layer is made of rubber or a rubber composition, the rubber or rubber composition containing siloxane that has a silicon atom bound to three to four oxygen atoms. The intermediate layer has concentration profiles such that, while oxygen increases from one side to the other side of a thickness direction thereof and has a maximal value, carbon decreases from the one side to the other side thereof and has a minimal value.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2017Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Mayuka Araumi, Yuko Arizumi, Makito Nakashima, Megumi Kitamura, Tomoaki Sugawara, Tsuneaki Kondoh, Takahiro Imai, Junichiro Natori, Hideyuki Miyazawa, Mizuki Otagiri
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Patent number: 10714676Abstract: A sensor includes a plurality of elements and an insulating layer. The plurality of elements is deformable to generate power. The insulating layer is interposed between the plurality of elements. Each of the plurality of elements includes a pair of electrodes and an intermediate layer. The intermediate layer is disposed between the pair of electrodes and formed of one of a rubber and a rubber composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Mizuki Otagiri, Tsuneaki Kondoh, Yuko Arizumi, Tomoaki Sugawara, Junichiro Natori, Mayuka Araumi, Hideyuki Miyazawa, Makito Nakashima, Kimio Aoki, Takahiro Imai, Megumi Kitamura, Yuki Hoshikawa
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Patent number: 10458816Abstract: A sensor includes an electrode, an insulator, a pressure receiver, and a pressure imparting unit. The insulator is disposed at a position facing the electrode and away from the electrode. The pressure receiver is disposed on a surface of the insulator on a side opposite to the electrode. The pressure imparting unit presses a part of the insulator toward the electrode at a position different from the pressure receiver to contact the insulator with the electrode. The insulator generates power by contact charging or separation charging with respect to the electrode, to output the power as a signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Miyazawa, Tsuneaki Kondoh, Tomoaki Sugawara, Yuko Arizumi, Junichiro Natori, Mayuka Araumi, Takahiro Imai, Makito Nakashima, Kimio Aoki, Mizuki Otagiri, Megumi Kitamura, Yuki Hoshikawa
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Patent number: 10442091Abstract: A gripping device 18 is provided at the front end of an arm of an assembly robot 2. The gripping device 18 includes a pair of grippers 20 and 22 capable of opening and closing. The side configured to come into contact with a part 4, of each gripper 20, 22 includes a pressure-sensitive sensor 24. The pressure-sensitive sensor 24 includes a first electrode and a second electrode serving as a pair of electrodes and an intermediate layer formed of rubber or a rubber composition between the pair of electrodes. The intermediate layer is configured to generate electricity when deformed by contact with an object (part 4). The side configured to come into contact with the object, of the intermediate layer is subjected to a surface modification treatment and has a higher hardness than the opposite side.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tsuneaki Kondoh, Tomoaki Sugawara, Yuko Arizumi, Mayuka Araumi, Mizuki Otagiri, Junichiro Natori, Megumi Kitamura, Takahiro Imai, Hideyuki Miyazawa, Makito Nakashima
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Publication number: 20190103548Abstract: An element 1 includes a pair of electrodes 2 and 3, and an intermediate layer 4 having deformability, arranged between the pair of electrodes 2 and 3, and containing, as a material, a silicon compound including an unpaired electron. The intermediate layer 4 may contain a particle including the unpaired electron. The intermediate layer 4 may have rubber elasticity. The intermediate layer 4 may have at least one peak at a g value between 2.070 and 2.001 when being measured at an environment temperature of ?150° C. by using an electron spin resonance (ESR) device. The intermediate layer 4 may have at least one peak at a g value between 2.070 and 2.001 when being measured at an environment temperature of ?150° C. by using the electron spin resonance (ESR) device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2016Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Tomoaki SUGAWARA, Tsuneaki KONDOH, Yuko ARIZUMI, Junichiro NATORI, Mizuki OTAGIRI, Mayuka ARAUMI, Megumi KITAMURA, Takahiro IMAI, Makito NAKASHIMA, Hideyuki MIYAZAWA
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Publication number: 20190089353Abstract: An input element includes: a first electrode and a second electrode that face each other; and an intermediate layer disposed between the first and the second electrodes and made of rubber or a rubber composition, the rubber or rubber composition containing siloxane. The intermediate layer is made of rubber or a rubber composition, the rubber or rubber composition containing siloxane that has a silicon atom bound to three to four oxygen atoms. The intermediate layer has concentration profiles such that, while oxygen increases from one side to the other side of a thickness direction thereof and has a maximal value, carbon decreases from the one side to the other side thereof and has a minimal value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Mayuka ARAUMI, Yuko ARIZUMI, Makito NAKASHIMA, Megumi KITAMURA, Tomoaki SUGAWARA, Tsuneaki KONDOH, Takahiro IMAI, Junichiro NATORI, Hideyuki MIYAZAWA, Mizuki OTAGIRI
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Publication number: 20190030732Abstract: A gripping device 18 is provided at the front end of an arm of an assembly robot 2. The gripping device 18 includes a pair of grippers 20 and 22 capable of opening and closing. The side configured to come into contact with a part 4, of each gripper 20, 22 includes a pressure-sensitive sensor 24. The pressure-sensitive sensor 24 includes a first electrode and a second electrode serving as a pair of electrodes and an intermediate layer formed of rubber or a rubber composition between the pair of electrodes. The intermediate layer is configured to generate electricity when deformed by contact with an object (part 4). The side configured to come into contact with the object, of the intermediate layer is subjected to a surface modification treatment and has a higher hardness than the opposite side.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Tsuneaki KONDOH, Tomoaki SUGAWARA, Yuko ARIZUMI, Mayuka ARAUMI, Mizuki OTAGIRI, Junichiro NATORI, Megumi KITAMURA, Takahiro IMAI, Hideyuki MIYAZAWA, Makito NAKASHIMA
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Patent number: 10087093Abstract: A fluid treatment apparatus for treating a target fluid is provided. The fluid treatment apparatus includes a cylindrical reactor and one or more catalyst members each having a rod-like or plate-like shape extending in a longitudinal direction within the reactor. The cylindrical reactor decomposes an organic substance contained in a mixed fluid of the target fluid with an oxidant by an oxidation reaction under heat and pressure. The cylindrical reactor has an introduction port on one end and a discharge port on the other end. An upstream end surface, relative to a direction of flow of the target fluid, of each of the catalyst members is located in a downstream vicinity of or upstream from an inflow position where the target fluid flows into the reactor through the introduction port. Each of the catalyst members is suspended with the upstream end surface being fixed.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Toshiyuki Mutoh, Shogo Suzuki, Yuu Zama, Aya Utsuki, Kimio Aoki, Hideyuki Miyazawa, Makito Nakashima, Kenichi Hayakawa, Shigeru Yamada
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Publication number: 20180156639Abstract: A sensor includes an electrode, an insulator, a pressure receiver, and a pressure imparting unit. The insulator is disposed at a position facing the electrode and away from the electrode. The pressure receiver is disposed on a surface of the insulator on a side opposite to the electrode. The pressure imparting unit presses a part of the insulator toward the electrode at a position different from the pressure receiver to contact the insulator with the electrode. The insulator generates power by contact charging or separation charging with respect to the electrode, to output the power as a signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Hideyuki MIYAZAWA, Tsuneaki KONDOH, Tomoaki SUGAWARA, Yuko ARIZUMI, Junichiro NATORI, Mayuka ARAUMI, Takahiro IMAI, Makito NAKASHIMA, Kimio AOKI, Mizuki OTAGIRI, Megumi KITAMURA, Yuki HOSHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20180149685Abstract: A sensor includes a first detector and a second detector. The first detector detects an electromagnetic noise varying according to a distance between the sensor and a human body and changes an output according to the electromagnetic noise detected. The second detector detects a detection load applied to a detection surface of the sensor and changes an output according to the detection load.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2017Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Makito NAKASHIMA, Tsuneaki KONDOH, Tomoaki SUGAWARA, Junichiro NATORI, Yuko ARIZUMI, Mayuka ARAUMI, Hideyuki MIYAZAWA, Kimio AOKI, Takahiro IMAI, Mizuki OTAGIRI, Megumi KITAMURA, Yuki HOSHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20180145244Abstract: A sensor includes a plurality of elements and an insulating layer. The plurality of elements is deformable to generate power. The insulating layer is interposed between the plurality of elements. Each of the plurality of elements includes a pair of electrodes and an intermediate layer. The intermediate layer is disposed between the pair of electrodes and formed of one of a rubber and a rubber composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Mizuki OTAGIRI, Tsuneaki KONDOH, Yuko ARIZUMI, Tomoaki SUGAWARA, Junichiro NATORI, Mayuka ARAUMI, Hideyuki MIYAZAWA, Makito NAKASHIMA, Kimio AOKI, Takahiro IMAI, Megumi KITAMURA, Yuki HOSHIKAWA
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Patent number: 9960714Abstract: A power generating element is provided. The power generating element includes a piezoelectric body and a pair of electrodes. The piezoelectric body is expandable and contractible in response to a movement of a moving body. The piezoelectric body undergoes a deformation when expanding or contracting and generates power when undergoing the deformation. The pair of electrodes extracts the power generated as the piezoelectric body undergoes the deformation.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tsuneaki Kondoh, Tomoaki Sugawara, Mayuka Araumi, Yuko Arizumi, Mizuki Otagiri, Junichiro Natori, Megumi Kitamura, Takahiro Imai, Hideyuki Miyazawa, Makito Nakashima
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Publication number: 20170214338Abstract: A power generating element is provided. The power generating element includes a pair of electrodes, an intermediate layer being insulating, and a substrate being flexible. The intermediate layer is disposed between the electrodes. The substrate is configured to support the electrodes and the intermediate layer. When the substrate undergoes a deformation, the intermediate layer is separated from or pressed against one of the electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Mizuki OTAGIRI, Tsuneaki KONDOH, Tomoaki SUGAWARA, Yuko ARIZUMI, Junichiro NATORI, Mayuka ARAUMI, Takahiro IMAI, Hideyuki MIYAZAWA, Makito NAKASHIMA, Megumi KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20170207729Abstract: A power generating element is provided. The power generating element includes a piezoelectric body and a pair of electrodes. The piezoelectric body is expandable and contractible in response to a movement of a moving body. The piezoelectric body undergoes a deformation when expanding or contracting and generates power when undergoing the deformation. The pair of electrodes extracts the power generated as the piezoelectric body undergoes the deformation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Tsuneaki KONDOH, Tomoaki SUGAWARA, Mayuka ARAUMI, Yuko ARIZUMI, Mizuki OTAGIRI, Junichiro NATORI, Megumi KITAMURA, Takahiro IMAI, Hideyuki MIYAZAWA, Makito NAKASHIMA
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Patent number: 9260330Abstract: A fluid purifying apparatus that purifies fluid containing organic matter has a reactor including a first transfer part that receives the fluid from outside and transfers the fluid in a vertical direction from an upper side to a lower side while heating and pressurizing the fluid and mixing the fluid with an oxidant, a second transfer part that receives the fluid that has passed through the first transfer part and transfers the fluid in the vertical direction from the lower side to the upper side, and a partition member that partitions an upper part of the reactor into the first transfer part and the second transfer part, and a solid storage part that communicates with the first transfer part and the second transfer part below the partition member and receives solid matter contained in the fluid that settles while the fluid is transferred.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2013Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Kenichi Hayakawa, Shogo Suzuki, Hideyuki Miyazawa, Kimio Aoki, Noriaki Okada, Aya Utsuki, Yuu Zama, Toshiyuki Mutoh, Shigeru Yamada, Makito Nakashima
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Publication number: 20150376042Abstract: A fluid treatment apparatus for treating a target fluid is provided. The fluid treatment apparatus includes a cylindrical reactor and one or more catalyst members each having a rod-like or plate-like shape extending in a longitudinal direction within the reactor. The cylindrical reactor decomposes an organic substance contained in a mixed fluid of the target fluid with an oxidant by an oxidation reaction under heat and pressure. The cylindrical reactor has an introduction port on one end and a discharge port on the other end. An upstream end surface, relative to a direction of flow of the target fluid, of each of the catalyst members is located in a downstream vicinity of or upstream from an inflow position where the target fluid flows into the reactor through the introduction port. Each of the catalyst members is suspended with the upstream end surface being fixed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Toshiyuki MUTOH, Shogo SUZUKI, Yuu ZAMA, Aya UTSUKI, Kimio AOKI, Hideyuki MIYAZAWA, Makito NAKASHIMA, Kenichi HAYAKAWA, Shigeru YAMADA