Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Okuda

Mitsuru Okuda 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: 20090182065
    Abstract: This invention provides a process for producing a conductive rubber roller having small aspect ratios of inner and outer diameters, having a stable measure of its inner diameter, having uniform cell distribution and being free from non-uniformity of hardness and electrical resistance in the peripheral direction. The process has a step of continuously extruding a tube composed of a specific unvulcanized rubber composition from a rubber extruder in a microwave vulcanizing unit, and a step of foaming and vulcanizing the tube by using a microwave irradiator having a microwave irradiation zone 4 m or less in length while being transported at given speed. The foamed rubber tube has an inner diameter 20 to 35% smaller than the outer diameter of the conductive core material over the whole region in the lengthwise direction, and the conductive core material is press-fitted into the foamed rubber tube without using any adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Imasaka, Satoshi Fukuzawa, Mitsuru Okuda, Erika Umeki
  • Patent number: 7520057
    Abstract: A process produces a conductive rubber roller having small aspect ratios of inner and outer diameters, having a stable measure of its inner diameter, having uniform cell distribution and being free from non uniformity of hardness and electrical resistance in the peripheral direction. The process has a step of continuously extruding a tube composed of a specific unvulcanized rubber composition from a rubber extruder in a microwave vulcanizing unit, and a step of foaming and vulcanizing the tube by using a microwave irradiator having a microwave irradiation zone 4 m or less in length while being transported at given speed. The foamed rubber tube has an inner diameter 20 to 35% smaller than the outer diameter of the conductive core material over the whole region in the lengthwise direction, and the conductive core material is press fitted into the foamed rubber tube without using any adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Imasaka, Satoshi Fukuzawa, Mitsuru Okuda, Erika Umeki
  • Publication number: 20060280928
    Abstract: This invention provides a process for producing a conductive rubber roller having small aspect ratios of inner and outer diameters, having a stable measure of its inner diameter, having uniform cell distribution and being free from non-uniformity of hardness and electrical resistance in the peripheral direction. The process has a step of continuously extruding a tube composed of a specific unvulcanized rubber composition from a rubber extruder in a microwave vulcanizing unit, and a step of foaming and vulcanizing the tube by using a microwave irradiator having a microwave irradiation zone 4 m or less in length while being transported at given speed. The foamed rubber tube has an inner diameter 20 to 35% smaller than the outer diameter of the conductive core material over the whole region in the lengthwise direction, and the conductive core material is press-fitted into the foamed rubber tube without using any adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Applicant: CANON KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Imasaka, Satoshi Fukuzawa, Mitsuru Okuda, Erika Umeki
  • Patent number: 7006924
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a system for searching for relationships between base sequences in order to efficiently analyze the relationship between a sample base sequence and known base sequences. In the system, a theoretical value calculating portion calculates theoretical restriction fragment length values based on restriction enzyme data. The comparing portion produces analysis result data by comparing theoretical restriction fragment patterns with measured restriction fragment patterns, calculating the degree of similarity of the sample base sequence to known base sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignees: Incorporated Administrative Agency National Agriculture and Bio-oriented Research Organization
    Inventors: Katsuji Watanabe, Mitsuru Okuda
  • Patent number: 6648807
    Abstract: In a conductive rubber roller including a conductive support and a rubber layer, the rubber layer includes a component (A), an epichlorohydrin rubber containing 40 mol % or more of ethylene oxide, and a component (B), an acrylonitrile butadiene rubber component having an acrylonitrile content of 20% by weight or less. The component (A) is in a proportion of 5 or more to less than 25 in weight ratio, based on a total weight of the components (A) and (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Hashimoto, Masayuki Takahashi, Mitsuru Okuda
  • Publication number: 20020128139
    Abstract: In a conductive rubber roller comprising a conductive support and a rubber layer, the rubber layer comprises (A) an epichlorohydrin rubber containing 40 mol % or more of ethylene oxide and (B) an acrylonitrile butadiene rubber component having an acrylonitrile content of 20% by weight or less, and the component (A) is in a proportion of 5 or more to less than 25 in weight ratio, based on the total weight of said components (A) and (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Masayuki Hashimoto, Masayuki Takahashi, Mitsuru Okuda
  • Publication number: 20020045990
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a system for searching for relationships between base sequences in order to efficiently analyze the relationship between a sample base sequence and known base sequences. In the system, a theoretical value calculating portion calculates theoretical restriction fragment length values based on restriction enzyme data. The comparing portion produces analysis result data by comparing theoretical restriction fragment patterns with measured restriction fragment patterns, calculating the degree of similarity of the sample base sequence to known base sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: National Agricultural Research Organization
    Inventors: Katsuji Watanabe, Mitsuru Okuda