Patents by Inventor Masatsugu Hongo

Masatsugu Hongo 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: 20230280667
    Abstract: An electroconductive member for electrophotography including a support having electro-conductivity and an electroconductive layer on the outer surface of the support, the electroconductive layer including a matrix containing a crosslinked product of a first rubber and first electroconductive particles and domains each containing a crosslinked product of a second rubber and second electroconductive particles, wherein at least part of the first electroconductive particles are present as a primary particle in the crosslinked product of the first rubber, wherein, the first electroconductive particles of the matrix observed in a specific observation region have dl of 200 nm or more, the second electroconductive particles in the domains observed therein have d2 of 50 nm or less, and 80 number % or more of the domains satisfy specific conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: ATSUSHI UEMATSU, YUICHI KIKUCHI, MASATSUGU HONGO, MOTOTERU GOTO, MASAKI TSUNODA, NAO HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230146111
    Abstract: An active oxygen supply device that is a plasma actuator equipped with a plasma generator and an ultraviolet light source in a housing having at least one opening, the plasma generator being provided with a first electrode and a second electrode with a dielectric in-between and creating an induced flow that contains ozone by applying a voltage between the two electrodes, in which the plasma actuator is positioned so that the induced flow flows outside the housing from an opening, and the ultraviolet light source irradiates the induced flow with ultraviolet rays and generates active oxygen in the induced flow; a device for conducting treatment by active oxygen; and a method for conducting treatment by active oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Takumi Furukawa, Kazuhiro Yamauchi, Masaki Ozawa, Kenji Takashima, Yuichi Kikuchi, Shota Kaneko, Masatsugu Hongo
  • Publication number: 20230139536
    Abstract: A sterilization device or the like is equipped with a plasma generator and an ultraviolet light source, wherein the plasma generator is a plasma actuator provided with a first electrode and a second electrode with a dielectric in-between, and in which an induced flow including ozone is generated by application of a voltage between the two electrodes, the ultraviolet light source is arranged so as to be able to irradiate the surface of an object to be sterilized, and the plasma actuator is arranged so that the induced flow is supplied to said surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Takumi Furukawa, Kazuhiro Yamauchi, Masaki Ozawa, Kenji Takashima, Yuichi Kikuchi, Shota Kaneko, Masatsugu Hongo