Patents by Inventor Masamichi Kimura

Masamichi Kimura 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).

  • Publication number: 20240153656
    Abstract: To provide an electrical penetration capable of being used in nuclear power plants which are designed assuming operation under conditions of the severe accident. An electrical penetration includes: a tubular sleeve member 10; two or more insulating seal members 20A and 20B arranged inside the sleeve member 10 so as to be spaced from each other; wiring members 60, 60 disposed along the longitudinal direction of the sleeve member 10 so as to extend across two insulating seal members of the two or more insulating seal members 20A and 20B; and outer seal members provided inside the sleeve member 10 and at the outermost portions of the two insulating seal members 20A and 20B. The wiring members 60, 60 are each covered with an insulator made of the same material as those of the outer seal members 21A and 21B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Shingo ITO, Yasuyuki GOTO, Yukiharu SATO, Teppei KUBOTA, Masayuki SHIMIZU, Susumu KUMAGAI, Atsushi WARIGAYA, Masamichi IDONUMA, Kenta KIMURA
  • Patent number: 11629515
    Abstract: A booth that has an opening through which a user enters and exits the booth and a desk and a chair installed in a space surrounded by a floor and a side wall, the booth includes a movable sound insulation member that is installable to enclose the user in a case where the user is below a top portion of the booth while being in the booth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shu Watanabe, Kunichi Yamashita, Akihide Kawamura, Masamichi Kimura, Shigenaga Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20220243487
    Abstract: A booth that has an opening through which a user enters and exits the booth and a desk and a chair installed in a space surrounded by a floor and a side wall, the booth includes a movable sound insulation member that is installable to enclose the user in a case where the user is below a top portion of the booth while being in the booth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shu WATANABE, Kunichi YAMASHITA, Akihide KAWAMURA, Masamichi KIMURA, Shigenaga FUJIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220240670
    Abstract: A booth in which a desk is provided in a space surrounded by a floor, side walls, and a top and that is movable with a component for movement provided at the floor, the booth includes a handle for a movement operation of the booth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shu WATANABE, Masamichi KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220047762
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a processor configured to: acquire reservation information, the reservation information being information about a reservation of a booth; and make a determination regarding an improvement of an air environment by an improvement mechanism that improves the air environment provided inside the booth, on a basis of the acquired reservation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shu WATANABE, Kunichi YAMASHITA, Kengo TOKUCHI, Masamichi KIMURA, Kota NAKAYAMA, Akihide KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210026996
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a generation unit that generates three-dimensional model data for modeling a three-dimensional model with an internal structure suitable for a use of a partial shape of the three-dimensional model according to attribute information assigned in correspondence with the partial shape of the three-dimensional model to be modeled based on the three-dimensional model data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masamichi KIMURA
  • Patent number: 8941704
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a toner transporting member that transports a toner layer while carrying the toner layer on a first surface of the toner transporting member, the toner transporting member including the first surface and a second surface; a heating unit including heating elements that contact the second surface that is opposite to the first surface of the toner transporting member, and that generate heat in accordance with image information, the first surface contacting a recording medium and carrying the toner layer; and a transferring unit that selectively transfers toner at an image portion to the recording medium as a result of causing each heating element of the heating unit to generate the heat with a temperature of the heating elements at the image portion and a temperature of the heating elements at a non-image portion being different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Suzuki, Atsushi Ogihara, Shuichi Nishide, Tetsuji Okamoto, Koichi Watanabe, Masamichi Kimura
  • Patent number: 8879977
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium, a glossiness imparting unit that imparts glossiness to the image formed on the recording medium, and a glossiness reducing unit that reduces the glossiness of at least a part of the image to which the glossiness has been imparted by the glossiness imparting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ogihara, Tetsuji Okamoto, Koichi Watanabe, Wataru Suzuki, Shuichi Nishide, Masamichi Kimura
  • Patent number: 8649725
    Abstract: A collection container includes: a first receiving unit that receives toner removed from a toner holder, via an aperture; a conveyance member that is provided in the first receiving unit to convey the received toner in a direction across a first direction in which the first receiving unit extends; a toner container that has a width extending in the first direction to receive and store the conveyed toner across the width; an elastic body that supports the toner container against a weight of the toner container so that at least one end of the toner container is movable within a range greater than that of another part of the toner container; and a moving member that moves in accordance with a movement of one end of the toner container, when the elastic body elastically deformed caused by an increase in an amount of toner stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masamichi Kimura, Ichirou Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20130315641
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an unfixed toner image on a recording medium; a transfer unit that carries a layer of the UV-curable resin thereon and transfers a UV-curable resin to the recording medium, on which the image forming unit has formed the unfixed toner image, by making the UV-curable resin contact the recording medium; and an irradiation unit that irradiates the UV-curable resin transferred to the recording medium with UV rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi WATANABE, Atsushi OGIHARA, Tetsuji OKAMOTO, Wataru SUZUKI, Shuichi NISHIDE, Masamichi KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20130308991
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium, a glossiness imparting unit that imparts glossiness to the image formed on the recording medium, and a glossiness reducing unit that reduces the glossiness of at least a part of the image to which the glossiness has been imparted by the glossiness imparting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi OGIHARA, Tetsuji OKAMOTO, Koichi WATANABE, Wataru SUZUKI, Shuichi NISHIDE, Masamichi KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20130308989
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a toner transporting member that transports a toner layer while carrying the toner layer on a first surface of the toner transporting member, the toner transporting member including the first surface and a second surface; a heating unit including heating elements that contact the second surface that is opposite to the first surface of the toner transporting member, and that generate heat in accordance with image information, the first surface contacting a recording medium and carrying the toner layer; and a transferring unit that selectively transfers toner at an image portion to the recording medium as a result of causing each heating element of the heating unit to generate the heat with a temperature of the heating elements at the image portion and a temperature of the heating elements at a non-image portion being different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru SUZUKI, Atsushi OGIHARA, Shuichi NISHIDE, Tetsuji OKAMOTO, Koichi WATANABE, Masamichi KIMURA
  • Patent number: 8311056
    Abstract: A time slot selection device is provided that can consider resource use states on its own and allocate time slots. The time slot selection device performs time slot allocation, based on data link identifiers that identify a group of data links specified by a path setup request, a time slot size that is information about a required band, and a required number that is the number of contiguous time slots required. In this time slot selection device, a resource allocation section performs time slot selection, based on the resource use state of each time slot. By the time slot selection with consideration given to the use state of each time slot in the group of data links, time slots to be used can be selected so that a maximum number of contiguous usable time slots will be left. Thus, it is possible to efficiently use resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masamichi Kimura, Makoto Kawamichi, Shuichi Iida, Tomoshige Funasaki
  • Publication number: 20110217103
    Abstract: A collection container includes: a first receiving unit that receives toner removed from a toner holder, via an aperture; a conveyance member that is provided in the first receiving unit to convey the received toner in a direction across a first direction in which the first receiving unit extends; a toner container that has a width extending in the first direction to receive and store the conveyed toner across the width; an elastic body that supports the toner container against a weight of the toner container so that at least one end of the toner container is movable within a range greater than that of another part of the toner container; and a moving member that moves in accordance with a movement of one end of the toner container, when the elastic body elastically deformed caused by an increase in an amount of toner stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masamichi KIMURA, Ichirou KAWAHARA
  • Patent number: 7653327
    Abstract: A developer recovering mechanism used in a developing apparatus having a developer cartridge which houses developer, a developing unit in which the developer cartridge is installed and which can make a latent image of an image carrier visible by the developer, and a rotor at which the developing unit is loaded and which rotates and moves the developing unit successively to a developing region, the developer recovering mechanism having: a housing chamber provided at the developer cartridge, for housing recovered developer; a recovery opening for recovering developer, which is in the developing unit, into the housing chamber; and a shutter which is plate-shaped, one end side of the shutter being rotatably shaft-supported within the housing chamber, the shutter opening and closing the recovery opening in accordance with changes in gravity due to rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masamichi Kimura, Kazunori Koshimori, Yukimitsu Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20090190469
    Abstract: This is invention is to provide a communication device, a network system, a path management method, and a program in which a state of a path which has been set can be recognized in a case where the path has been set by autonomous distributed control via an autonomous distributed control non-supporting device in a network including both an autonomous distributed control supporting device and an autonomous distributed control non-supporting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Masamichi KIMURA, Shuichi IIDA
  • Publication number: 20090016373
    Abstract: A time slot selection device is provided that can consider resource use states on its own and allocate time slots. The time slot selection device performs time slot allocation, based on data link identifiers that identify a group of data links specified by a path setup request, a time slot size that is information about a required band, and a required number that is the number of contiguous time slots required. In this time slot selection device, a resource allocation section performs time slot selection, based on the resource use state of each time slot. By the time slot selection with consideration given to the use state of each time slot in the group of data links, time slots to be used can be selected so that a maximum number of contiguous usable time slots will be left. Thus, it is possible to efficiently use resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Masamichi Kimura, Makoto Kawamichi, Shuichi Iida, Tomoshige Funasaki
  • Publication number: 20080085136
    Abstract: A developer recovering mechanism used in a developing apparatus having a developer cartridge which houses developer, a developing unit in which the developer cartridge is installed and which can make a latent image of an image carrier visible by the developer, and a rotor at which the developing unit is loaded and which rotates and moves the developing unit successively to a developing region, the developer recovering mechanism having: a housing chamber provided at the developer cartridge, for housing recovered developer; a recovery opening for recovering developer, which is in the developing unit, into the housing chamber; and a shutter which is plate-shaped, one end side of the shutter being rotatably shaft-supported within the housing chamber, the shutter opening and closing the recovery opening in accordance with changes in gravity due to rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masamichi KIMURA, Kazunori Koshimori, Yukimitsu Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7321743
    Abstract: A developer recovering mechanism used in a developing apparatus having a developer cartridge which houses developer, a developing unit in which the developer cartridge is installed and which can make a latent image of an image carrier visible by the developer, and a rotor at which the developing unit is loaded and which rotates and moves the developing unit successively to a developing region, the developer recovering mechanism having: a housing chamber provided at the developer cartridge, for housing recovered developer; a recovery opening for recovering developer, which is in the developing unit, into the housing chamber; and a shutter which is plate-shaped, one end side of the shutter being rotatably shaft-supported within the housing chamber, the shutter opening and closing the recovery opening in accordance with changes in gravity due to rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masamichi Kimura, Kazunori Koshimori, Yukimitsu Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7146124
    Abstract: Provided are a developer cartridge and a developing apparatus using the developer cartridge, the developer cartridge making it possible to set the amount of developers that can be received to be large even when used in a miniaturized developing device and simplify the mechanism for opening/closing a supply outlet of the developer cartridge. As a result, the developer cartridge has no wasted space and thus can be miniaturized. In order to attain the above, the present invention provides a developer cartridge including a developer receiving portion that receives a new developer and has a section formed to have a shape that occupies a substantially entire space that is allocated to the developer cartridge to be attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya Okamoto, Masamichi Kimura