Patents by Inventor Minoru Ito
Minoru Ito 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: 20200199402Abstract: Provided is a developer carrying member that enables stable formation of images of high quality even on recording paper having a high talc content. The developer carrying member includes a conductive base member and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer includes a urethane resin, and the urethane resin has a carbonate bond and a tertiary amine structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Sosuke Yamaguchi, Minoru Ito, Takashi Koyanagi, Takahiro Miyazawa, Shohei Urushihara, Kentarou Nakamura
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Publication number: 20200019080Abstract: A member for electrophotography includes a base, an elastic layer on the base, the elastic layer comprising a silicone rubber, and a resin layer on the elastic layer and containing a resin. The resin in the resin layer and a silicon atom in the silicone rubber contained in the elastic layer bond to each other with a linking group. The linking group has a particular structure, and the linking group has a molecular weight of 58 or more and 550 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Tomoya Uesugi, Minoru Ito, Kazuhito Wakabayashi, Masaki Yamada
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Patent number: 10328387Abstract: A method of manufacturing an exhaust gas-purifying catalyst comprising: moving a gas-flow control tool from a first position where the gas-flow control tool faces the first end face with the slurry in the reservoir interposed therebetween and is spaced apart from the slurry in the reservoir to a second position where the gas-flow control tool faces the first end face with a distance from the first end face shorter than that in the first position, in a period during which the slurry flows from the first end face's side toward the second end face's side, the gas-flow control tool being configured to generate a distribution of linear velocities of gas flows when the gas-flow control tool faces the first end face and gas is passed therethrough toward the first end face.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Shoko Fukuyo, Minoru Ito
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Patent number: 10317269Abstract: A flow rate verification unit that uses the pressure variation value per unit time of a pressure measurement value measured by a pressure gauge and a temperature measurement value measured by a thermometer in a state where a second shut-off valve is closed to calculate the volume between a flow-rate control valve and the second shut-off valve and verifies the flow rates of mass flow controllers one at a time, wherein a first verification side connection part attachably and detachably connected to an integrated gas unit is provided upstream from the pressure gauge and a serially connected verification gas input valve, verification side mass flow controller, and verification side flow rate control valve are provided in parallel with the second shut-off valve.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: CKD CORPORATIONInventors: Naoya Shiroyama, Akihito Sugino, Minoru Ito
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Patent number: 10260656Abstract: A vacuum valve placed between a vacuum vessel and a vacuum pump to adjust a valve opening degree using an operating fluid includes a packing mounted in a recessed groove of a piston. The packing is provided with a contact portion on a radially inner side and a contact portion on a radially outer side, and a slide-contact portion contacting with an inner peripheral surface of a cylinder. A portion between the contact portion and the slide-contact portion has a thin thickness.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: CKD CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru Ito, Masayuki Watanabe, Seiji Hashiguchi
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Patent number: 10184185Abstract: In a gas flow monitoring method using a MFC (a flow control device) for controlling a flow rate of process gas from a process gas supply source and supply the process gas to a predetermined process chamber, a start shut-off valve placed upstream of the MFC, and a pressure gauge placed between the start shut-off valve and the MFC, the start shut-off valve is closed and a drop of pressure on an upstream side of the MFC is measured by the pressure gauge to measure a flow rate of the MFC, thereafter, the start shut-off valve is opened to monitor the flow rate of the MFC. The MFC is switched from an ON state to an OFF state before the start shut-off valve is opened. The method enables in-line monitoring a low rate of process gas without affecting a semiconductor manufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignees: CKD CORPORATION, HORIBA STEC. CO., LTD.Inventors: Akiko Nakada, Yasunori Nishimura, Minoru Ito, Masami Nishikawa, Shigeyuki Hayashi, Atsushi Ieki
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Patent number: 10160002Abstract: A coating apparatus includes: a supply frame for supplying slurry into channels from one end of a honeycomb substrate; and a blower for evacuating a wind box. An annular resistive member is attached to the circumference of the opening of the wind box, and the honeycomb substrate is arranged, with a spacer placed on the resistive member. When the blower is operated and the slurry is supplied, the coat width of the slurry coated on the inner surfaces of the channels in an outer circumferential area is less than the coat width of the slurry coated on the inner surfaces of the channels in a center area.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Sekine, Hiroki Nagashima, Naohiro Takaoka, Minoru Ito
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Patent number: 10092334Abstract: A femur fixation apparatus includes an intramedullary nail, a lag screw that is inserted through the intramedullary nail, and an adjuster 4 fitted in the intramedullary nail. The adjuster includes a sliding part unrotatable and slid-movable in a longitudinal direction relative to the intramedullary nail and a rotation part rotatably connected to the sliding part. A lower end of the rotation part is formed with an inward flange part and a cutout. An engaging part of an engaging protrusion formed to the sliding part is inserted into the rotation part via the cutout from the radial direction, and the engaging part is supported by the inward flange part from the bottom, rotatably connecting the sliding part to the rotation part.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: OMIC CORPORATIONInventors: Toru Sato, Kouji Imoto, Minoru Ito
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Publication number: 20180250042Abstract: A femur fixation apparatus includes an intramedullary nail, a lag screw that is inserted through the intramedullary nail, and an adjuster 4 fitted in the intramedullary nail. The adjuster includes a sliding part unrotatable and slid-movable in a longitudinal direction relative to the intramedullary nail and a rotation part rotatably connected to the sliding part. A lower end of the rotation part is formed with an inward flange part and a cutout. An engaging part of an engaging protrusion formed to the sliding part is inserted into the rotation part via the cutout from the radial direction, and the engaging part is supported by the inward flange part from the bottom, rotatably connecting the sliding part to the rotation part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: OMIC CORPORATIONInventors: Toru SATO, Kouji IMOTO, Minoru ITO
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Publication number: 20180250630Abstract: A method of manufacturing an exhaust gas-purifying catalyst comprising: moving a gas-flow control tool from a first position where the gas-flow control tool faces the first end face with the slurry in the reservoir interposed therebetween and is spaced apart from the slurry in the reservoir to a second position where the gas-flow control tool faces the first end face with a distance from the first end face shorter than that in the first position, in a period during which the slurry flows from the first end face's side toward the second end face's side, the gas-flow control tool being configured to generate a distribution of linear velocities of gas flows when the gas-flow control tool faces the first end face and gas is passed therethrough toward the first end face.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: Cataler CorporationInventors: Shoko Fukuyo, Minoru Ito
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Patent number: 10058846Abstract: An catalyst for purifying exhaust gas comprising an OCS material that has sufficient heat resistance and achieves a favorable balance between the oxygen storage volume and the oxygen absorption/release rate includes an catalyst for purifying exhaust, which has a substrate and a catalyst coating layer formed on the substrate, wherein the catalyst coating layer comprises a ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide having a pyrochlore structure in an amount of 5 to 100 g/L based on the volume of the substrate, the ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide has a secondary particle size (D50) of 3 ?m to 7 ?m, and the ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide optionally contains praseodymium.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori Saito, Masahide Miura, Seiji Nakahigashi, Hiromasa Suzuki, Takahiro Suzuki, Kosuke Iizuka, Minoru Ito, Ryota Nakashima
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Patent number: 10031438Abstract: The present invention provides an electrophotographic member which can prevent generation of fogging while high quality images can be output during long-term use. The present invention is an electrophotographic member including a substrate, and an outermost layer directly or indirectly on the substrate, wherein the outermost layer contains a compound having at least a Si—O—Al bond, and the compound has a structural unit represented by Formula (1) and a structural unit represented by AlO3/2.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhito Wakabayashi, Minoru Ito, Tomoya Uesugi
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Publication number: 20180065111Abstract: An catalyst for purifying exhaust gas comprising an OCS material that has sufficient heat resistance and achieves a favorable balance between the oxygen storage volume and the oxygen absorption/release rate includes an catalyst for purifying exhaust, which has a substrate and a catalyst coating layer formed on the substrate, wherein the catalyst coating layer comprises a ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide having a pyrochlore structure in an amount of 5 to 100 g/L based on the volume of the substrate, the ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide has a secondary particle size (D50) of 3 ?m to 7 ?m, and the ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide optionally contains praseodymium.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinori SAITO, Masahide MIURA, Seiji NAKAHIGASHI, Hiromasa SUZUKI, Takahiro SUZUKI, Kosuke IIZUKA, Minoru ITO, Ryota NAKASHIMA
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Publication number: 20170351275Abstract: A vacuum valve placed between a vacuum vessel and a vacuum pump to adjust a valve opening degree using an operating fluid includes a packing mounted in a recessed groove of a piston. The packing is provided with a contact portion on a radially inner side and a contact portion on a radially outer side, and a slide-contact portion contacting with an inner peripheral surface of a cylinder. A portion between the contact portion and the slide-contact portion has a thin thickness.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: CKD CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru ITO, Masayuki WATANABE, Seiji HASHIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20170299420Abstract: A flow rate verification unit that uses the pressure variation value per unit time of a pressure measurement value measured by a pressure gauge and a temperature measurement value measured by a thermometer in a state where a second shut-off valve is closed to calculate the volume between a flow-rate control valve and the second shut-off valve and verifies the flow rates of mass flow controllers one at a time, wherein a first verification side connection part attachably and detachably connected to an integrated gas unit is provided upstream from the pressure gauge and a serially connected verification gas input valve, verification side mass flow controller, and verification side flow rate control valve are provided in parallel with the second shut-off valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2015Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: CKD CORPORATIONInventors: Naoya SHIROYAMA, Akihito SUGINO, Minoru ITO
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Publication number: 20170274412Abstract: A coating apparatus includes: a supply frame for supplying slurry into channels from one end of a honeycomb substrate; and a blower for evacuating a wind box. An annular resistive member is attached to the circumference of the opening of the wind box, and the honeycomb substrate is arranged, with a spacer placed on the resistive member. When the blower is operated and the slurry is supplied, the coat width of the slurry coated on the inner surfaces of the channels in an outer circumferential area is less than the coat width of the slurry coated on the inner surfaces of the channels in a center area.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: Cataler CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Sekine, Hiroki Nagashima, Naohiro Takaoka, Minoru Ito
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Patent number: 9704416Abstract: A television device and an image display method thereof are provided. The television devices includes an image color converter configured to generate image data, after color conversion, wherein the image data is configured for a person with a color vision deficiency for an area which is selected based on selection area information from a terminal device which selects the area or a plurality of areas from a screen layout, a display data generator configured to generate display data based on the image data and color conversion information which is generated by the image color converter, a display configured to display the display data, and a layout information extractor configured to extract layout information corresponding to the screen layout of the image data.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Minoru Ito
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Publication number: 20170167026Abstract: In a gas flow monitoring method using a MFC (a flow control device) for controlling a flow rate of process gas from a process gas supply source and supply the process gas to a predetermined process chamber, a start shut-off valve placed upstream of the MFC, and a pressure gauge placed between the start shut-off valve and the MFC, the start shut-off valve is closed and a drop of pressure on an upstream side of the MFC is measured by the pressure gauge to measure a flow rate of the MFC, thereafter, the start shut-off valve is opened to monitor the flow rate of the MFC. The MFC is switched from an ON state to an OFF state before the start shut-off valve is opened. The method enables in-line monitoring a low rate of process gas without affecting a semiconductor manufacturing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2016Publication date: June 15, 2017Applicants: CKD CORPORATION, HORIBA STEC, CO., LTD.Inventors: Akiko NAKADA, Yasunori NISHIMURA, Minoru ITO, Masami NISHIKAWA, Shigeyuki HAYASHI, Atsushi IEKI
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Patent number: 9581934Abstract: The developing apparatus includes a toner, a developing container, a developing roller, and a toner layer thickness controlling member, wherein the toner contains toner particles containing a binder resin and a colorant, and silica fine particles; the covering rate X1 of the surface of each of the toner particles with the silica fine particles is 40.0 to 75.0 area %; and a diffusion index represented by X1/X2 satisfies a predetermined range where the theoretical covering rate with the silica fine particles is defined as X2, the developing roller includes a substrate, a base layer, and a coverage portion; and the volume resistivity of the coverage portion and the average thickness of the coverage portion are within predetermined ranges.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Minoru Ito, Masaki Yamada, Kazuhito Wakabayashi, Tomoya Uesugi, Michihisa Magome, Takashi Matsui
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Patent number: 9550724Abstract: An inexpensive and convenient production method of diphenylamine compounds is provided, that can solve problems in the conventional technology such as decrease in reactivity, restriction of substituents, high temperature, high pressure, by-products or the like. Further, diphenylamine compounds useful as intermediates of medicine and agricultural chemicals are provided. Diphenylamine compounds are produced, represented by general formula (3): which is characterized by reacting aniline compounds represented by general formula (2): under the presence of base and ethers solvent, with 2,6-dichloronitrobenzene compound represented by general formula (1): and a diphenylamine compound represented by general formula (3).Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2012Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignees: IHARA CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD., KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Minoru Ito, Akiko Ikumi