Patents by Inventor Mitsutaka Nakamura

Mitsutaka Nakamura 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: 20180179010
    Abstract: A sheet conveying device, which is included in a sheet discharging device and an image forming apparatus, includes a contact body configured to rotate while contacting a sheet in conveyance, a shaft configured to rotate together with the contact body in a range of rotation of the contact body, a sheet detector configured to detect the sheet through detection of rotation of the shaft, and a rotary body support configured to rotatably support the contact body to the shaft, extending the range of rotation, in a same direction as the direction of rotation of the shaft. The sheet discharging device includes a sheet discharging body, a sheet stacker of the sheet discharged, and the above-described sheet conveying device. The sheet detector is a stack height detector configured to detec't that the height of the sheet stacked on the sheet stacker is equal to or higher than a predetermined height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsutaka NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180051017
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for treatment of schizophrenia which can improve wide-ranging symptoms of schizophrenia, especially positive symptoms and negative symptoms without being accompanied by extrapyramidal symptoms, which comprises orally administering as an active compound (1R,2S,3R,4S)-N-[(1R,2R)-2-[4-(1,2-benzoisothiazol-3-yl)-1-piperazinylmethyl]-1-cyclohexylmethyl]-2,3-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptanedicarboxyimide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (e.g., hydrochloride) at a daily dose of 5 mg to 120 mg once a day to a patient with schizophrenia, and a therapeutic agent to be used in said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsutaka NAKAMURA, Masaaki Ogasa, Shunsuke Sami
  • Publication number: 20170349390
    Abstract: A sheet feeding device, which is included in an image forming apparatus and includes a device attachment body, includes a sheet container configured to accommodate a sheet, a support configured to support a lower face of the sheet in the sheet container, a sheet width regulator configured to regulate a position of the sheet in a sheet width direction, a conveying force applier configured to apply a sheet conveying force in a sheet conveying direction to the sheet in the sheet container, and a sheet guide disposed above the sheet in the sheet container and configured to regulate movement of the sheet in an upper direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsutaka NAKAMURA, Ikuo FUJII
  • Patent number: 9815827
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for treatment of schizophrenia which can improve wide-ranging symptoms of schizophrenia, especially positive symptoms and negative symptoms without being accompanied by extrapyramidal symptoms, which comprises orally administering as an active compound (1R,2S,3R,4S)-N-[(1R,2R)-2-[4-(1,2-benzoisothiazol-3-yl)-1-piperazinylmethyl]-1-cyclohexylmethyl]-2,3-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptanedicarboxyimide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (e.g., hydrochloride) at a daily dose of 5 mg to 120 mg once a day to a patient with schizophrenia, and a therapeutic agent to be used in said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Nakamura, Masaaki Ogasa, Shunsuke Sami
  • Patent number: 9352916
    Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes a first rotating member, a second rotating member, and a biasing unit that biases the second rotating member toward the first rotating member. The first and second rotating members pinch a sheet therebetween and convey the sheet in a sheet conveying direction. The second rotating member includes a small-diameter portion that faces a conveying portion of the first rotating member, and a large-diameter portion at a position axially displaced from the conveying portion. The second rotating member can change its orientation to an orientation where a rotating shaft of the second rotating member is tilted relative to a rotating shaft of the first rotating member as viewed in the sheet conveying direction, thereby moving a position of an end portion of the second rotating member on a side of the large-diameter portion away from the rotating shaft of the first rotating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Toshikane Nishii, Haruyuki Honda, Masanori Namba, Mitsutaka Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9346635
    Abstract: A sheet container, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus, includes a container body having a loading face to load a sheet thereon, an extension unit disposed extendable in a sheet feeding direction with respect to the container body to extend the loading face, a length regulator disposed movable in the sheet feeding direction with respect to the extension unit to regulate a sheet trailing end position in the sheet feeding direction, and a sheet size indicator having a strip-shape provided on the container body along with a moving direction of the extension unit as a reference of a position of the length regulator, having at least one sheet size mark to indicate a size of the sheet, and being variable in length in a longitudinal direction with respect to the container body along with movement of the extension unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Munekazu Hirata, Mitsutaka Nakamura, Takashi Fujimoto, Kozo Yamazaki, Toshio Yamaki
  • Patent number: 9342037
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a manual operating unit, at least a part of which being exposed to an outside of the apparatus body and a part of which included inside the apparatus body being exposed to the outside by manually operating from the outside, a condensation part to which moist air in the apparatus body contacts to dew-condense to a water droplet, and a recovery container part containing the water droplet generated by the condensation part and being disposed on an inner surface of the manual operating unit included inside the apparatus body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Namba, Toshikane Nishii, Mitsutaka Nakamura, Haruyuki Honda
  • Patent number: 9302861
    Abstract: A sheet feed tray to stack a sheet to be conveyed to an image forming apparatus includes a platen on which a first portion of the sheet is placed; a pair of first support portions to support a second portion of the sheet folded back upward at a trailing end of the first portion; and a pair of second support portions to support a third portion of the sheet folded back upward at a trailing end of the second portion. In the sheet feed tray, the first support portions and the second support portions are reciprocally movable toward each other, and a distance between the second support portions is wider than a distance between the first support portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, LTD.
    Inventors: Munekazu Hirata, Mitsutaka Nakamura, Takashi Fujimoto, Kozo Yamazaki, Toshio Yamaki
  • Patent number: 9174975
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for treatment of schizophrenia which can improve wide-ranging symptoms of schizophrenia, especially positive symptoms and negative symptoms without being accompanied by extrapyramidal symptoms, which comprises orally administering as an active compound (1R,2S,3R,4S)—N-[(1R,2R)-2-[4-(1,2-benzoisothiazol-3-yl)-1-piperazinylmethyl]-1-cyclohexylmethyl]-2,3-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptanedicarboxyimide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (e.g., hydrochloride) at a daily dose of 5 mg to 120 mg once a day to a patient with schizophrenia, and a therapeutic agent to be used in the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: SUMITOMO DAINIPPON PHARMA CO., LTD
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Nakamura, Masaaki Ogasa, Shunsuke Sami
  • Publication number: 20150270522
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a separator maintaining high rate characteristics and enabling suppression of short circuit. The object is achieved by a separator comprising a substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface, and inorganic particles presented on the outer surface and the inner surface of the substrate, wherein the substrate has a porosity of 55% or more and a mean flow pore size of 30 ?m or less, the inorganic particles have an average particle size of 1.0 to 4.0 ?m, and the inorganic particles comprises 40% by volume or less of particles having a particle size of 1.0 ?m or less and 30 to 75% by volume of particles having a particle size of 2.0 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Yamada, Makoto Uozumi, Takashi Misao, Mitsutaka Nakamura, Masaaki Sasayama, Kazufumi Kato
  • Patent number: 9139391
    Abstract: A sheet conveyor, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus and in which a method of preventing sheet skew is performed, includes a sheet conveying path through which a sheet is conveyed, a first conveying unit disposed in a sheet conveying direction and including a shaft extending in a lateral direction, multiple rollers attached to the shaft along the shaft, and a rotation regulator disposed between each of the multiple rollers and the shaft to idly rotate each of the multiple rollers in a given range about the shaft, a second conveying unit disposed along the sheet conveying path and downstream from the first conveying unit in the sheet conveying direction, and a sheet abutting part provided at the second conveying unit, against which a leading edge of the sheet abuts to form a slack of the sheet to correct skew of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Nakamura, Masanori Namba, Toshikane Nishii, Haruyuki Honda, Munekazu Hirata
  • Publication number: 20150205252
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a manual operating unit, at least a part of which being exposed to an outside of the apparatus body and a part of which included inside the apparatus body being exposed to the outside by manually operating from the outside, a condensation part to which moist air in the apparatus body contacts to dew-condense to a water droplet, and a recovery container part containing the water droplet generated by the condensation part and being disposed on an inner surface of the manual operating unit included inside the apparatus body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori NAMBA, Toshikane NISHII, Mitsutaka NAKAMURA, Haruyuki HONDA
  • Patent number: 9051709
    Abstract: A bulldozer is equipped with an engine, a radiator, a reservoir tank, and an engine hood. The reservoir tank is connected to the radiator. The engine hood has a body section and a case section. The body section defines an upper section of the engine room. The case section is disposed on an inside surface of the body section and accommodates the reservoir tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushi Nakata, Yuuichirou Kitagawa, Mitsutaka Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20150123341
    Abstract: A sheet feed tray to stack a sheet to be conveyed to an image forming apparatus includes a platen on which a first portion of the sheet is placed; a pair of first support portions to support a second portion of the sheet folded back upward at a trailing end of the first portion; and a pair of second support portions to support a third portion of the sheet folded back upward at a trailing end of the second portion. In the sheet feed tray, the first support portions and the second support portions are reciprocally movable toward each other, and a distance between the second support portions is wider than a distance between the first support portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Munekazu HIRATA, Mitsutaka NAKAMURA, Takashi FUJIMOTO, Kozo YAMAZAKI, Toshio YAMAKI
  • Patent number: 9025991
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a manual operating unit, at least a part of which being exposed to an outside of the apparatus body and a part of which included inside the apparatus body being exposed to the outside by manually operating from the outside, a condensation part to which moist air in the apparatus body contacts to dew-condense to a water droplet, and a recovery container part containing the water droplet generated by the condensation part and being disposed on an inner surface of the manual operating unit included inside the apparatus body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Namba, Toshikane Nishii, Mitsutaka Nakamura, Haruyuki Honda
  • Publication number: 20150102550
    Abstract: A sheet container, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus, includes a container body having a loading face to load a sheet thereon, an extension unit disposed extendable in a sheet feeding direction with respect to the container body to extend the loading face, a length regulator disposed movable in the sheet feeding direction with respect to the extension unit to regulate a sheet trailing end position in the sheet feeding direction, and a sheet size indicator having a strip-shape provided on the container body along with a moving direction of the extension unit as a reference of a position of the length regulator, having at least one sheet size mark to indicate a size of the sheet, and being variable in length in a longitudinal direction with respect to the container body along with movement of the extension unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Munekazu HIRATA, Mitsutaka NAKAMURA, Takashi FUJIMOTO, Kozo YAMAZAKI, Toshio YAMAKI
  • Publication number: 20150014919
    Abstract: A sheet conveyor, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus and in which a method of preventing sheet skew is performed, includes a sheet conveying path through which a sheet is conveyed, a first conveying unit disposed in a sheet conveying direction and including a shaft extending in a lateral direction, multiple rollers fixed to the shaft along the shaft, and a rotation regulator disposed between each of the multiple rollers and the shaft to idly rotate each of the multiple rollers in a given range about the shaft, a second conveying unit disposed along the sheet conveying path and downstream from the first conveying unit in the sheet conveying direction, and a sheet abutting part provided at the second conveying unit, against which a leading edge of the sheet abuts to form a slack of the sheet to correct skew of the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsutaka NAKAMURA, Masanori NAMBA, Toshikane NISHII, Haruyuki HONDA, Munekazu HIRATA
  • Patent number: 8925916
    Abstract: A sheet discharging device, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a sheet discharging tray, a sheet discharging roller pair, a full state detection feeler pivotably supported and including a center feeler to measure a height of a center part of the recording medium and an edge feeler to measure a height of an edge part of the recording medium, and a full state detection sensor to detect a position of the full state detection feeler. A distance between a leading edge of the center feeler and an upper surface of the sheet discharging tray is smaller than a distance between a leading edge of the edge feeler and the upper surface thereof. The leading edge of the edge feeler is located closer to the upper surface of the sheet discharging tray than a common tangential line of the sheet discharging roller pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruyuki Honda, Masanori Namba, Toshikane Nishii, Mitsutaka Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8923746
    Abstract: A sheet feeding mechanism incorporatable in an image forming apparatus includes a cover unit rotatably attached to one side of a main body of an image forming apparatus to cover a part of a sheet conveyance path, a first feeding member located in a main body of the apparatus, a second feeding member located in the cover unit in a displaceable manner and facing the first feeding member when the cover unit is closed and sandwiching and conveying a recording medium along the sheet conveyance path with the first feeding member, and a guide member disposed in the main body to guide the second feeding member. The guide member guides the second feeding member to move in a first direction that approaches the first feeding member when closing the cover unit and in a second direction that separates from the first feeding member when opening the cover unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Nakamura, Haruyuki Honda, Toshikane Nishii, Hirofumi Horita, Ippei Kimura, Masanori Namba
  • Publication number: 20140371236
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for treatment of schizophrenia which can improve wide-ranging symptoms of schizophrenia, especially positive symptoms and negative symptoms without being accompanied by extrapyramidal symptoms, which comprises orally administering as an active compound (1R,23,3R,4S)-N-[(1R,2R)-2-[4-(1,2-benzoisothiazol-3-yl)-1-piperazinylmethyl]-1-cyclohexylmethyl]-2,3-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptanedicarboxyimide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (e.g., hydrochloride) at a daily dose of 5 mg to 120 mg once a day to a patient with schizophrenia, and a therapeutic agent to be used in said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Nakamura, Masaaki Ogasa, Shunsuke Sami