Patents by Inventor Masaaki Araki
Masaaki Araki 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: 20240348110Abstract: A stator includes a plurality of composing split cores, an insulator that is attached to each of the split cores, a coil conductor wire that has a wound portion wound around the split cores via the insulator and a bridging portion drawn out from the wound portion, and a regulating member that regulates movement of the coil conductor wire. The insulator has an accommodating portion that accommodates the bridging portion, the accommodating portion has a first surface and a second surface that form mutually facing surfaces and opening portions that communicate with each other and are formed in each of the first surface and the second surface. The regulating member is configured of a bendable member and is inserted through the opening portion formed in the first surface and the opening portion formed in the second surface and is wound around the bridging portion accommodated in the accommodating portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2022Publication date: October 17, 2024Inventors: Takashi ARAKI, Motoyasu MOCHIDUKI, Masaaki MATSUMOTO, Ryou TAMURA, Hiroyasu FUKUHARA
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Publication number: 20240305161Abstract: A cable holding structure according to an embodiment is for holding a cable of a rotating electrical machine and includes a holding member that holds the cable and is attached to a frame that accommodates the rotating electrical machine, in which at least one attachment hole for attachment of the holding member is formed in the frame along a wiring route of the cable. The holding member has a head portion that is provided with a through-hole through which the cable passes and a shaft portion that extends from the head portion, the holding member being attached to the frame by the shaft portion being inserted into the attachment hole, the holding member holding the cable on a side of the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2022Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Masaaki MATSUMOTO, Takashi ARAKI, Motoyasu MOCHIDUKI
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Publication number: 20240266904Abstract: A rotating electric machine case includes: a body in a hollow shape; and a flow path, provided between an inner circumferential portion and an outer circumferential portion of the body, configured to allow a refrigerant to pass from one end portion toward the other end portion in an axial direction of the body. In addition, an inner diameter of the body is constant in the axial direction of the body, and a dimension from the inner circumferential portion of the body to the outer circumferential portion of the body is larger on a downstream side of the flow path than on an upstream side of the flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2022Publication date: August 8, 2024Inventors: Takashi ARAKI, Toshiaki HIRATE, Motoyasu MOCHIDUKI, Masaaki MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 8630034Abstract: A display medium of the present invention includes first and second substrates, a spacing member and a particle dispersion liquid. The first substrate is transparent to light. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate and has plural electrodes placed at an interval. The second substrate has a difference between reflectivity of the electrode portions and reflectivity of plural boundary portions between the electrodes with respect to light incident from the first substrate side. The difference is 12 percentage points or less. The spacing member is placed between the first and second substrates at another interval, is transparent to light, and keeps a gap between the first and second substrates. The particle dispersion liquid is filled between the first and second substrates, and includes particles moving in a direction of an electric field formed between the first and second substrates and a dispersion medium.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2012Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihide Kawamura, Hideo Kobayashi, Masaaki Araki, Takehito Hikichi, Mamoru Fujita, Motohiko Sakamaki
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Publication number: 20130242374Abstract: A display medium of the present invention includes first and second substrates, a spacing member and a particle dispersion liquid. The first substrate is transparent to light. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate and has plural electrodes placed at an interval. The second substrate has a difference between reflectivity of the electrode portions and reflectivity of plural boundary portions between the electrodes with respect to light incident from the first substrate side. The difference is 12 percentage points or less. The spacing member is placed between the first and second substrates at another interval, is transparent to light, and keeps a gap between the first and second substrates. The particle dispersion liquid is filled between the first and second substrates, and includes particles moving in a direction of an electric field formed between the first and second substrates and a dispersion medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2012Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihide KAWAMURA, Hideo KOBAYASHI, Masaaki ARAKI, Takehito HIKICHI, Mamoru FUJITA, Motohiko SAKAMAKI
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Publication number: 20130242375Abstract: A display medium includes a first substrate that is transparent to light, a second substrate, a spacing member, and a particle dispersion liquid. The second substrate is provided to be opposite to the first substrate and has a plurality of electrodes placed at a predetermined interval. The spacing member (i) is placed between the first and second substrates at another interval different from the predetermined interval of the electrodes, (ii) has a first end portion on a first substrate side of the spacing member and a second end portion on a second substrate side of the spacing member. The first end portion is transparent to light. The second end portion has different transparency from the first end portion to reduces a reflection of light incident through the first substrate onto a first substrate side of the spacing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Mamoru FUJITA, Hideo KOBAYASHI, Masaaki ARAKI, Takehito HIKICHI, Motohiko SAKAMAKI, Akihide KAWAMURA
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Patent number: 8526101Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a display medium, including preparing a first substrate on which a gap retaining member that retains a gap between substrates is disposed in a protruded form; applying an adhesive to a top surface of the gap retaining member; disposing a particle dispersion liquid on an area surrounded by the first substrate and the gap retaining member; and adhering the first substrate and a second substrate together via the gap retaining member, by contacting the second substrate with the adhesive applied to the top surface of the gap retaining member and drying the solvent of the adhesive so as to adhere the second substrate to the top surface of the gap retaining member by the adhesive component of the adhesive. The display medium and a display apparatus including the display medium and an electrical field-generating unit are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihide Kawamura, Hideo Kobayashi, Takehito Hikichi, Masaaki Araki, Mamoru Fujita, Motohiko Sakamaki
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Patent number: 8179484Abstract: The present invention provides a display medium which prevents a decrease in reflectance during storage at high temperatures, and a writing apparatus using the display medium. A photoconductive layer 24, a selective light transmission layer 22, and a liquid crystal layer 20 are laminated between substrates 12 and 14, which have electrodes 16 and 18, respectively, to form a display medium 10. The selective light transmission layer 22 as a color layer is composed of a deionized material. The ion concentration of the selective light transmission layer 22 is controlled to be within a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2008Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Kobayashi, Masaaki Araki, Takehito Hikichi, Takeo Kakinuma, Naoki Hiji, Chikara Manabe, Motohiko Sakamaki, Hiroe Okuyama, Shigeru Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20120038970Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a display medium, including: preparing a first substrate on which a gap retaining member that retains a gap between substrates is disposed in a protruded form; applying an adhesive to a top surface of the gap retaining member; disposing a particle dispersion liquid on an area surrounded by the first substrate and the gap retaining member; and adhering the first substrate and a second substrate together via the gap retaining member, by contacting the second substrate with the adhesive applied to the top surface of the gap retaining member and drying the solvent of the adhesive so as to adhere the second substrate to the top surface of the gap retaining member by the adhesive component of the adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2011Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihide KAWAMURA, Hideo KOBAYASHI, Takehito HIKICHI, Masaaki ARAKI, Mamoru FUJITA, Motohiko SAKAMAKI
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Patent number: 8054533Abstract: An image record apparatus for recording a visible image on each of image record media 14 has a light application section 30 for applying exposure light to the plurality of placed image record media 14, a voltage application section 20 for applying an image write voltage to each of the plurality of placed image record media 14, and a control section 40 for controlling the light application section 30 and the voltage application section 20 so that exposure light for representing a visible image is applied to the plurality of placed image record media and the image write voltage is applied to the image record medium 14 on which the same visible image as the image is to be recorded.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2002Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Araki, Tsunemasa Mita, Naoki Hiji, Yasunori Saito
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Patent number: 8013971Abstract: A display medium includes: a pair of substrates that have light transmittance; electrode members that are respectively formed on the opposing surfaces of the substrates, have light transmittance, and are capable of carrying an electric current; a display member that is interposed between the electrode members and displays display information when the electric current is supplied; a terminal portion provided at one electrode member; a reinforcing portion that has electrical conductivity and is joined to the terminal portion; and a mounted electrode that has electrical conductivity and is joined to the terminal portion by a joining material that has, after curing, a cohesive force larger than that of the reinforcing portion. The area of a reinforcing joining region of the terminal portion to which the reinforcing portion is joined is smaller than the area of a mounted joining region of the terminal portion to which the joining material is joined.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2009Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motohiko Sakamaki, Masaaki Araki, Takehito Hikichi, Koichi Haga, Mamoru Fujita
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Patent number: 7948567Abstract: An optically writable display medium includes an optical switching element and a display element. The optical switching element includes a charge transport layer sandwiched between an upper charge generating layer and a lower charge generating layer. The display element includes a display layer having memory properties and is provided on the optical switching element. The absorption wavelength region of the upper charge generating layer and the absorption wavelength region of the lower charge generating layer are substantially different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2008Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Tomozumi Uesaka, Mieko Seki, Hiroe Okuyama, Masaaki Araki
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Publication number: 20100225837Abstract: The invention provides a display medium including: a first electrode; a second electrode; a liquid crystal layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; a photoconductive layer provided between the second electrode and the liquid crystal layer, the photoconductive layer absorbing light of a predetermined wavelength used for writing, and thereby exhibiting an electrical characteristic corresponding to the intensity distribution of the light used for writing; a first light absorption layer provided between the liquid crystal layer and the photoconductive layer, the first light absorption layer absorbing light transmitted through the liquid crystal layer; a second light absorption layer provided at the side of the second electrode not facing the photoconductive layer, the second light absorption layer allowing transmission of the light used for writing and having an absorbance of 1 or more with respect to light of any wavelength in a range of from 300 nm to 550 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2009Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Mieko SEKI, Yasuhiro YAMAGUCHI, Tomozumi UESAKA, Hideo KOBAYASHI, Hiroe OKUYAMA, Masaaki ARAKI, Motohiko SAKAMAKI
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Publication number: 20100225866Abstract: A display medium includes: a pair of substrates that have light transmittance; electrode members that are respectively formed on the opposing surfaces of the substrates, have light transmittance, and are capable of carrying an electric current; a display member that is interposed between the electrode members and displays display information when the electric current is supplied; a terminal portion provided at one electrode member; a reinforcing portion that has electrical conductivity and is joined to the terminal portion; and a mounted electrode that has electrical conductivity and is joined to the terminal portion by a joining material that has, after curing, a cohesive force larger than that of the reinforcing portion. The area of a reinforcing joining region of the terminal portion to which the reinforcing portion is joined is smaller than the area of a mounted joining region of the terminal portion to which the joining material is joined.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2009Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Motohiko SAKAMAKI, Masaaki ARAKI, Takehito HIKICHI, Koichi HAGA, Mamoru FUJITA
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Publication number: 20090195716Abstract: An optically writable display medium includes an optical switching element and a display element. The optical switching element includes a charge transport layer sandwiched between an upper charge generating layer and a lower charge generating layer. The display element includes a display layer having memory properties and is provided on the optical switching element. The absorption wavelength region of the upper charge generating layer and the absorption wavelength region of the lower charge generating layer are substantially different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2008Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideo KOBAYASHI, Yasuhiro YAMAGUCHI, Tomozumi UESAKA, Mieko SEKI, Hiroe OKUYAMA, Masaaki ARAKI
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Publication number: 20090159345Abstract: The present invention provides a display medium which prevents a decrease in reflectance during storage at high temperatures, and a writing apparatus using the display medium. A photoconductive layer 24, a selective light transmission layer 22, and a liquid crystal layer 20 are laminated between substrates 12 and 14, which have electrodes 16 and 18, respectively, to form a display medium 10. The selective light transmission layer 22 as a color layer is composed of a deionized material. The ion concentration of the selective light transmission layer 22 is controlled to be within a predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideo Kobayashi, Masaaki Araki, Takehito Hikichi, Takeo Kakinuma, Naoki Hiji, Chikara Manabe, Motohiko Sakamaki, Hiroe Okuyama, Shigeru Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7265864Abstract: An optical write apparatus has an image display screen 102 for displaying an image and role switch section 105 for switching the image display screen 102 between a role in displaying an image for observation and that in writing an image onto an image record medium 10 onto which an image is written upon application of light for representing the image.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2002Date of Patent: September 4, 2007Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minoru Koshimizu, Daisuke Tsuda, Yasunori Saito, Tsunemasa Mita, Masaaki Araki, Naoki Hiji
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Publication number: 20030103762Abstract: An image record apparatus for recording a visible image on each of image record media 14 has a light application section 30 for applying exposure light to the plurality of placed image record media 14, a voltage application section 20 for applying an image write voltage to each of the plurality of placed image record media 14, and a control section 40 for controlling the light application section 30 and the voltage application section 20 so that exposure light for representing a visible image is applied to the plurality of placed image record media and the image write voltage is applied to the image record medium 14 on which the same visible image as the image is to be recorded.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2002Publication date: June 5, 2003Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Araki, Tsunemasa Mita, Naoki Hiji, Yasunori Saito
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Publication number: 20020118400Abstract: An optical write apparatus has an image display screen 102 for displaying an image and role switch section 105 for switching the image display screen 102 between a role in displaying an image for observation and that in writing an image onto an image record medium 10 onto which an image is written upon application of light for representing the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2002Publication date: August 29, 2002Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Minoru Koshimizu, Daisuke Tsuda, Yasunori Saito, Tsunemasa Mita, Masaaki Araki, Naoki Hiji
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Patent number: 5907375Abstract: An input-output unit includes a display unit having a bendable display screen for displaying information on the bendable display screen; and a pressure-sensitive input unit containing detection means being provided below the display screen for detecting a position on the bendable display screen in response to press pressure from a view side of the bendable display screen.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 1997Date of Patent: May 25, 1999Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiji Nishikawa, Tsunemasa Mita, Masaaki Araki, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Kazuyoshi Itoh, Toshikazu Minomoto