Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro Mori
Mitsuhiro Mori 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: 20070254125Abstract: A heat roller having a cylindrical sheet-like heating element having a resistance member embedded in an insulating member. The sheet-like heating element is arranged between an inner tube and an outer tube. The outer tube is formed so as to be longer than the inner tube for reducing non-uniformity in heat of the heat roller. Further, a thermal expansion coefficient of a material of the outer tube is greater than that of a material of the inner tube. Moreover, a triple-tube heat roller is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2007Publication date: November 1, 2007Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuhiro Mori, Koichi Sanpei, Masatoshi Kimura, Masao Konishi
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Patent number: 7285359Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a negative electrode for a secondary battery which has large capacity and restrains a rise in resistance inside the battery and reduction in capacity even after cycles and the secondary battery using the same. A first active material layer 2a comprising members occluding and releasing Li onto a collector 1a is formed and a second active material layer 3a as an alloy layer containing metal forming alloy with lithium or lithium and metal not-forming alloy with lithium is formed thereon. The secondary battery is constituted using the negative electrode.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2003Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Hironori Yamamoto, Mitsuhiro Mori, Jiro Iriyama, Mariko Miyachi, Koji Utsugi, Yutaka Bannai, Tamaki Miura, Ikiko Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20070158944Abstract: A pipe joint construction comprising an elastic seal member (4) for hermetically sealing between an inner circumferential surface of a receiving pipe section (1) and an outer circumferential surface of an inserted pipe section (2) inserted into and connected to the receiving pipe section in a pipe axis direction (X), and a lock member (7) provided in the inner circumferential surface of the receiving pipe section (1) adjacent a receiving opening thereof for preventing separation of the pipe sections by contacting an engaging projection (5) protruding from the outer circumferential surface of the inserted pipe section (2) in the pipe axis direction, wherein the construction further comprises an attachment/detachment control device (A) for attaching and detaching the lock member (7) to/from the receiving pipe section (1) by rotating the lock member (7) about the pipe axis direction (X) relative to the receiving pipe section (1) and by moving, in the pipe axis direction (X), the lock member (7) placed in a speciType: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2004Publication date: July 12, 2007Applicants: TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT, TAISEI KIKO CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuhiro Mori, Fumiyoshi Miyazaki
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Patent number: 7240982Abstract: An ink-jet line printer (30) is constituted by multiple ink-jet heads (1-1 to 1-3). Actuators (3-1 to 3-3) are arranged so as to be moved between a home position and a print position, and backup mechanisms (2-1 to 2-3) are arranged at home positions. In this ink-jet line printer, the ink-jet heads can be protected and recovered by backup mechanisms, thus making high-speed continuous printing possible. Even though the backup mechanisms are incorporated, a compact apparatus can still be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2002Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koichi Sanpei, Mitsuhiro Mori, Akira Iwaishi, Shigeyoshi Nakamura, Katsumi Tateno
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Patent number: 7234798Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink jet printer provided with a line type ink jet head formed by a plurality of ink jet heads, in which a plurality of ink jet heads are fixed to a plate, and an ink is injected to an ink injected subject from a plurality of ink jet heads in a state in which a plate surface of the plate and the ink injected subject are faced to each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2002Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koichi Sanpei, Mitsuhiro Mori, Yoshihiro Watanabe
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Patent number: 7202000Abstract: An anode for a secondary battery capable of inserting and extracting a lithium ion having a multi-layered structure including a first anode layer containing carbon as a main component; a second anode layer made of a film-like material through which a lithium component passes; and a third anode layer containing lithium and/or a lithium-containing compound as a main component. The battery capacity of the lithium ion battery is substantially increased while the higher charge-discharge efficiency and the stable cycle performance are maintained.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2002Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Jiro Iriyama, Hironori Yamamoto, Tamaki Miura, Koji Utsugi, Masato Shirakata, Mitsuhiro Mori
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Publication number: 20070019024Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a flash fixing section having at least one flash lamp, the flash fixing section fixing a toner image onto a recording medium by light energy being emitted from the flash lamp, a detecting section which detects the light energy emitted from the flash lamp, the detecting section being provided at a position facing the flash fixing section, and a determining section which determines a type of the recording medium based on a value of the light energy detected by the detecting section and a relationship between light energy values and types of a recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2006Publication date: January 25, 2007Inventors: Kouichi Sanpei, Hiroshi Nou, Akira Iwaishi, Mitsuhiro Mori
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Publication number: 20060291926Abstract: A flash fixing device is disclosed. The flash fixing device has a group of main flash lamps which emit main flash light for fixing a toner image on a recording medium; an auxiliary flash lamp provided at a position corresponding to between a pair of flash lamps of the group of main flash lamps; and a light-emission control unit controlling light-emission of the group of main flash lamps and light-emission of the auxiliary flash lamp by using a predetermined relationship. Also disclosed is an image forming device having the flash fixing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2006Publication date: December 28, 2006Inventors: Akira Iwaishi, Mitsuhiro Mori, Hiroshi Nou, Kouichi Sanpei, Kunihiko Sato
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Patent number: 7118831Abstract: An anode with a multi-layer structure including a first layer (21) having carbon as a main component, and a second layer (22) having lithium-ion conductivity and including a material as a main component thereof which can insert and extract lithium ions, or a multi-layer structure including a third layer (23) containing lithium in addition to the first layer and the second layer, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The lithium secondary battery can be provided in which the battery capacity is substantially enhanced in the voltage range where the battery is actually used while maintaining the higher charge-discharge efficiency and the excellent cycle performance.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2003Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Yutaka Bannai, Hironori Yamamoto, Mariko Miyachi, Ikiko Yamazaki, Koji Utsugi, Jiro Iriyama, Tamaki Miura, Mitsuhiro Mori, Hidemasa Kawai
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Publication number: 20060216081Abstract: A fixing device that applies heat energy to a recording medium having a toner image formed thereon to fix the toner image includes a flash fixing part that includes a flash lamp disposed in non-contact with the recording medium and applies heat energy to the toner image formed on the recording medium through discharge luminescence of a gas in the flash lamp, and an air stream spraying part that is disposed in non-contact with the recording medium on a downstream side of the flash fixing part in a transporting direction of the recording medium and sprays an air stream at a prescribed temperature onto a surface of the recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2005Publication date: September 28, 2006Inventors: Kouichi Sanpei, Hiroshi Nou, Akira Iwaishi, Mitsuhiro Mori
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Patent number: 7109441Abstract: A heat plate for fixation includes: a metallic base plate; and a heating resistor arranged on a reverse face of the metallic base plate, the heating resistor being formed by laminating, at least, an electric insulating layer and heating resistor layer in this order on the metallic base plate, wherein the heat plate is capable of raising the temperature of the metallic base plate to a fixing temperature when the heating resistor layer is energized and heated. A semicircular heating member for fixation includes the heat plate which is curved so that the metallic base plate has a convex surface, a belt type fixing device is provided with the semicircular heating member, and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus is provided with the belt type fixing device having the semicircular heating member.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2005Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignees: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koichi Sanpei, Mitsuhiro Mori, Akio Yano, Masatoshi Kimura, Masao Konishi, Takao Kawamura, Akio Harada, Tsuyoshi Nishi, Yukio Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Ohbayashi, Naoya Takehara, Toru Imai
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Patent number: 7073776Abstract: A sluicing valve device in which a valve element is arranged in case members attachable to a pipe, and the valve element comprises a valve element core metal fitting, an elastic seal member covering the same, and a lifting and lowering shaft formed into a rod shape along an insertion direction in order to move the valve element core metal fitting along the insertion direction inside of the pipe, wherein the valve element core metal fitting supports the elastic seal member inserted into the pipe and presses the same from the insertion direction to deform elastically, and a guide portion preventing the elastic seal member from protruding in an axial center direction of the pipe is formed on a tip end side in the insertion direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2004Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Waterworks Technology Development Organization Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mitsuhiro Mori
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Patent number: 7050022Abstract: A subfield lighting rate measuring unit detects a lighting rate for each subfield, and a subfield processor controls a scan driver and a sustain driver so that a recovery time of each sustain pulse, a resonance time of LC resonance and a sustain period become longer as the detected lighting rate for each subfield becomes smaller.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2001Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeo Kigo, Mitsuhiro Kasahara, Mitsuhiro Mori, Jumpéi Hashiguchi
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Patent number: 7026578Abstract: A heat roller having a cylindrical sheet-like heating element having a resistance member embedded into an insulating member. The sheet-like heating element is arranged between an inner tube and an outer tube. The resistance member is formed such that a heating density of the sheet-like heating element is changed in an axial direction of the heat roller. The heating density of the sheet-like heating element at its edge section is greater than that at a center in the axial direction of the heat roller.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: April 11, 2006Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuhiro Mori, Koichi Sanpei, Masatoshi Kimura, Masao Konishi
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Publication number: 20060054612Abstract: A heat plate for fixation comprising: a metallic base plate; and a heating resistor arranged on a reverse face of the metallic base plate, the heating resistor being formed by laminating, at least, an electric insulating layer and heating resistor layer in this order on the metallic base plate, wherein the heat plate is capable of raising the temperature of the metallic base plate to a fixing temperature when the heating resistor layer is energized and heated. A semicircular heating member for fixation comprises the heat plate which is curved so that the metallic base plate has a convex surface, a belt type fixing device is provided with the semicircular heating member, and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus is provided with the belt type fixing device comprising the semicircular heating member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2005Publication date: March 16, 2006Inventors: Koichi Sanpei, Mitsuhiro Mori, Akio Yano, Masatoshi Kimura, Masao Konishi, Takao Kawamura, Akio Harada, Tsuyoshi Nishi, Yukio Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Ohbayashi, Naoya Takehara, Toru Imai
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Patent number: 6987245Abstract: A heat plate for fixation comprising: a metallic base plate; and a heating resistor arranged on a reverse face of the metallic base plate, the heating resistor being formed by laminating, at least, an electric insulating layer and heating resistor layer in this order on the metallic base plate, wherein the heat plate is capable of raising the temperature of the metallic base plate to a fixing temperature when the heating resistor layer is energized and heated. A semicircular heating member for fixation comprises the heat plate which is curved so that the metallic base plate has a convex surface, a belt type fixing device is provided with the semicircular heating member, and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus is provided with the belt type fixing device comprising the semicircular heating member.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2004Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Assignees: Takao Kawamura, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koichi Sanpei, Mitsuhiro Mori, Akio Yano, Masatoshi Kimura, Masao Konishi, Takao Kawamura, Akio Harada, Tsuyoshi Nishi, Yukio Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Ohbayashi, Naoya Takehara, Toru Imai
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Publication number: 20060000999Abstract: A sluicing valve device in which a valve element is arranged in case members attachable to a pipe, and the valve element comprises a valve element core metal fitting, an elastic seal member covering the same, and a lifting and lowering shaft formed into a rod shape along an insertion direction in order to move the valve element core metal fitting along the insertion direction inside of the pipe, wherein the valve element core metal fitting supports the elastic seal member inserted into the pipe and presses the same from the insertion direction to deform elastically, and a guide portion preventing the elastic seal member from protruding in an axial center direction of the pipe is formed on a tip end side in the insertion direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2004Publication date: January 5, 2006Inventor: Mitsuhiro Mori
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Patent number: 6964829Abstract: A lithium secondary cell has, on a conductive substrate (collector) a lithium layer containing metallic lithium or an alloy thereof, and further has a metal fluoride substance film containing at least one type metal fluoride substance.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2001Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Koji Utsugi, Mitsuhiro Mori, Jiro Iriyama, Hironori Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20050206692Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink jet printer provided with a line type ink jet head formed by a plurality of ink jet heads, in which a plurality of ink jet heads are fixed to a plate, and an ink is injected to an ink injected subject from a plurality of ink jet heads in a state in which a plate surface of the plate and the ink injected subject are faced to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2002Publication date: September 22, 2005Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Koichi Sanpei, Mitsuhiro Mori, Yoshihiro Watanabe
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Patent number: 6940045Abstract: A heat roller has a cylindrical sheet-like heating element, an inner tube and an outer tube. The sheet-like heating element has a resistance member embedded into an insulating member. The outer tube has a non-linear shape seen in an axial direction. The heat roller is fabricated by supplying pressurized fluid to the inner tube for expanding the inner tube, sheet-like heating element and outer tube toward a die. The die has a non-linear inner shape seen in the axial direction. Therefore, the outer tube of the fabricated heat roller has a non-linear shape. Further, an edge section of the inner tube can simultaneously be formed into a desired shape.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koichi Sanpei, Mitsuhiro Mori, Masatoshi Kimura, Masao Konishi