Patents by Inventor Naoki Hayashi

Naoki Hayashi 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).

  • Developer container, developer storage unit, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus having a sealing member and an unsealing member
    Patent number: 9785091
    Abstract: A developer container includes a developer storage chamber that stores developer and includes an opening, a sealing member that seals the opening, an unsealing member that opens the opening by rotating such that the sealing member, a part of which is attached to the unsealing member, is peeled away, a stirring member that is attached to the unsealing member; and a regulating portion that regulates rotation of the unsealing member by contacting the stirring member. The regulating portion is provided to regulate the rotation of the unsealing member when the developer container receives an external force, and allow the unsealing member to rotate such that the opening is opened when the unsealing member receives driving power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yu Fukasawa, Naoki Hayashi, Ryota Shibuya
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170282530
    Abstract: In the method of manufacturing an image display apparatus according to the present invention, a liquid photocurable resin composition that does not contain a thermal polymerization initiator is coated on the surface of a light-transmissive cover member including a light shielding layer or the surface of an image display member in a thickness thicker than that of the light shielding layer, and thereafter UV rays are irradiated in that state for curing to form a light-transmissive cured resin layer. Then, the image display member and the light-transmissive cover member are laminated to each other via the light-transmissive cured resin layer to obtain an image display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi OGAWA, Yoshihisa SHINYA, Naoki HAYASHI, Tomoyuki TOYODA
  • Interconnect Structure, Printed Circuit Board, Semiconductor Device, and Manufacturing Method for Interconnect Structure
    Publication number: 20170263560
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an interconnect structure in which the current capacity of an interconnect pattern involving a large amount of current is increased without preventing miniaturization of signal lines and increasing film thickness. To accomplish this object, the present invention is configured as an interconnect structure including a resin layer; and interconnects formed on the resin layer, wherein the resin layer has a plurality of parallel grooves in an area in which the interconnects are formed, and the interconnects are formed of a plating film created on a resin layer front surface in the area, in which the interconnects are formed, and on inner wall surfaces of the plurality of grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroaki MATSUBARA, Tomoshige CHIKAI, Naoki HAYASHI, Toshihiro IWASAKI
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170242380
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum; an image forming portion for forming an image on the drum; a fixing portion for fixing an image on a sheet, while heating the sheet in a fixing nip, wherein the fixing portion is provided above the drum; the fixing portion including a first roller contactable to the image on the sheet, a second roller cooperative with the first roller to form the fixing nip, first and second covers for protecting the first and second rollers, respectively; and at least one opening for fluid communication between an inside and an outside of the fixing portion, the opening being provided in the first cover at a position lower than a line connecting a rotation axis of the first roller and a rotation axis of the second roller, as seen along a rotational axis of the second roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Naoki Hayashi, Keisuke Fujita
  • Information processing apparatus, information processing system, control method for information processing system, and medium
    Patent number: 9720796
    Abstract: An apparatuses includes a processor, a storage unit, and a communication unit to access the storage unit without intermediary of the processor and to access a second apparatus of the plurality of information processing apparatuses via a communication unit of the second apparatus. The communication unit of a first apparatus of the plurality of information processing apparatuses executes at least one of a process of storing redundant data which is generated by making redundant data stored in the storage unit of the first apparatus in the storage unit of the second apparatus via the communication unit of the second apparatus, and a process of acquiring redundant data which is generated by making redundant data stored in the storage unit of the second apparatus via the communication unit of the second apparatus, and storing the acquired data in the storage unit of the first apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yukio Kozawa, Naoki Hayashi, Tsuyoshi Hashimoto
  • Method of manufacturing image display apparatus
    Patent number: 9718264
    Abstract: In the method of manufacturing an image display apparatus according to the present invention, a liquid photocurable resin composition that does not contain a thermal polymerization initiator is coated on the surface of a light-transmissive cover member including a light shielding layer or the surface of an image display member in a thickness thicker than that of the light shielding layer, and thereafter UV rays are irradiated in that state for curing to form a light-transmissive cured resin layer. Then, the image display member and the light-transmissive cover member are laminated to each other via the light-transmissive cured resin layer to obtain an image display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Ogawa, Yoshihisa Shinya, Naoki Hayashi, Tomoyuki Toyoda
  • Semiconductor package and its manufacturing method
    Patent number: 9721900
    Abstract: Provided is a bonding method to construct a bonding with high thermal reliability between electrodes formed on both chip surfaces of a semiconductor device and wiring. The bonding method includes: bonding a semiconductor chip over a first substrate with a bonding film interposed therebetween; forming a first insulating film over the semiconductor chip; forming a first via in the first insulating film; forming a first wiring over the first insulating film so as to be electrically connected to the semiconductor chip through the first via; forming a second via in the bonding film; and forming a second wiring under the semiconductor chip so as to be electrically connected to the semiconductor chip through the second via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: J-Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Naoki Hayashi
  • SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20170170123
    Abstract: Provided is a bonding method to construct a bonding with high thermal reliability between electrodes formed on both chip surfaces of a semiconductor device and wiring. The bonding method includes: bonding a semiconductor chip over a first substrate with a bonding film interposed therebetween; forming a first insulating film over the semiconductor chip; forming a first via in the first insulating film; forming a first wiring over the first insulating film so as to be electrically connected to the semiconductor chip through the first via; forming a second via in the bonding film; and forming a second wiring under the semiconductor chip so as to be electrically connected to the semiconductor chip through the second via.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Naoki HAYASHI
  • WIRING SUBSTRATE, SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE HAVING THE WIRING SUBSTRATE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170170106
    Abstract: Provided is a wiring substrate and its manufacturing method in which a thick wiring layer capable of being applied with a large current and a thin wiring layer capable of being subjected to microfabrication coexist in the same layer. The wiring substrate includes: an insulating film located over a first wiring and having a via; and a second wiring over the insulating film. The second wiring has a stacked structure including a first layer and a second layer covering the first layer. The second layer is in direct contact with the first wiring in the via. A thickness of the second layer in a region overlapping with the first layer is different from a thickness of the second layer in the via.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Naoki HAYASHI
  • Cleaning apparatus, process cartridge, image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 9678468
    Abstract: There is provided a cleaning apparatus including a cleaning member configured to collect developer on an image bearing member, and a storage chamber configured to store the developer, wherein cross-sectional areas of a lengthwise center and an end portion of the storage chamber in a lengthwise direction of the storage chamber are different, the cross sections being orthogonal to the lengthwise direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuta Isobe, Takayuki Namiki, Nobuo Oshima, Masanori Tanaka, Naoki Hayashi, Shigemi Kamoshida
  • Radiographic image capturing system and console
    Patent number: 9665254
    Abstract: A console includes a display section. The console performs a focus display of the icon corresponding to the imaging order information regarding a currently-performed imaging, and when the imaging ends, moves the focus display of the icon to the icon of a next imaging. The console performs a focus display of the thumbnail image, and after a confirming process or when a predetermined time has passed, moves the focus display of the thumbnail image to a position at which the thumbnail image of the next imaging to be displayed on the display section. The console includes a first transition mode in which focus display transitions of the icon and thumbnail image are performed concurrently, and a second transition mode in which each of them is independently from each other. The transition mode of the focus display is capable of being switched between the first and second transition modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA INC.
    Inventor: Naoki Hayashi
  • POSITIVE ELECTRODE, BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE, AND ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170149049
    Abstract: A positive electrode contains a first active material and a second active material. The first active material and the second active material each contain a lithium composite oxide containing at least manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), and cobalt (Co) as transition metals. The first active material has a particulate shape. An average porosity V1 in a particle of the first active material satisfies 10[%]?V1?30[%]. An average particle diameter D1 of the first active material satisfies 6 [?m]?D1?20 [?m]. The second active material has a particulate shape. An average porosity V2 in a particle of the second active material satisfies 0[%]?V2?10[%]. An average particle diameter D2 of the second active material satisfies 1 [?m]?D2?6 [?m].
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: KAZUAKI ENDOH, KAZUNARI MOTOHASHI, NAOKI HAYASHI
  • SOLAR CELL INCLUDING LIGHT-ABSORBING LAYER CONTAINING PEROVSKITE TYPE COMPOUND
    Publication number: 20170149005
    Abstract: A solar cell according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode; an electron transport layer on the first electrode; a light-absorbing layer located on the electron transport layer and containing a perovskite type compound; a second electrode on the light-absorbing layer; and a sealing body sealing at least a part of the first electrode, the electron transport layer, the light-absorbing layer, and at least a part of the second electrode. A gas containing oxygen is present between the sealing body and each of the at least a part of the first electrode, the electron transport layer, the light-absorbing layer, and the at least a part of the second electrode. The concentration of the oxygen is 5% or more, and the concentration of water is 300 ppm or less on a volume fraction basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: MICHIO SUZUKA, NAOKI HAYASHI, RYUUSUKE UCHIDA, AKIO MATSUSHITA
  • Nutrition composition
    Patent number: 9629386
    Abstract: The present invention can provide a nutrition composition useful for patients with renal diseases, which has an effective prophylactic or improving effect for various symptoms of malnutrition, inflammation, arteriosclerosis, abnormal lipid metabolism and oxidative stress, associated with renal diseases, or for diabetic nephropathy. The nutrition composition of the present invention m contains one or more kinds of free amino acids selected from the group consisting of valine, leucine, isoleucine and histidine, and a lipid comprising ?-3 fatty acid and ?-6 fatty acid at a weight ratio (?-6 fatty acid to ?-3 fatty acid) of 0.5-5.5. In addition, the composition further contains a soybean protein or a hydrolysate thereof together with the aforementioned lipid or instead of the aforementioned lipid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Shinji Somekawa, Tomoyuki Mine, Naoki Hayashi
  • Developing apparatus, process cartridge and unit
    Patent number: 9632451
    Abstract: A developing device includes first and second frames; a developer carrying member; an end portion seal, provided in the first frame, for sealing between an end portion and the first frame to prevent leakage; a sheet, provided in the second frame in contact with the developer carrying member along the rotation axial direction of the developer carrying member; a filler filling a space defined by the first and second frames, the end portion seal and the sheet at a connecting portion where the end portion seal and the sheet contact each other; and a projected portion provided in the first frame and projected into the space, the projected portion is spaced from the second frame, the end portion seal in the rotation axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Hayashi, Yosuke Kashiide, Masaaki Sato, Fuyuki Sugihara
  • DEVELOPER ACCOMMODATING CONTAINER, DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170060033
    Abstract: A developer accommodating container for accommodating a developer includes: a toner seal member for unsealably sealing an opening of the developer accommodating container; an unsealing member, connected to an end portion of the toner seal member, for unsealing the opening by moving at least a part of the toner seal member; and an auxiliary unsealing member for assisting unsealing by changing a pulling direction of the toner seal member by the unsealing member. The auxiliary unsealing member includes a shaft portion or a projected portion. The shaft portion or the projected portion extends in a longitudinal direction of the developer accommodating container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Toshiaki Takeuchi, Takashi Kimura, Yoshiyuki Batori, Ryuta Murakami, Daisuke Makiguchi, Noritomo Yamaguchi, Naoki Hayashi
  • COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR IMPROVING PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
    Publication number: 20170035721
    Abstract: Compositions which contain an amino acid containing serine and a lipid containing a n-3 fatty acid are useful for the prophylaxis or improvement of peripheral neuropathy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki MINE, Ryo UCHIDA, Naoki HAYASHI
  • PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL
    Publication number: 20170018371
    Abstract: A perovskite solar cell includes: a first electrode; an electron transport layer on the first electrode, containing a semiconductor; a porous layer on the electron transport layer, containing a porous material; a light-absorbing layer on the porous layer, containing a first compound and a second compound different from the first compound, the first compound having a perovskite structure represented by a compositional formula ABX3 where A represents a monovalent cation, B represents a divalent cation, and X represents a halogen anion, the second compound containing the divalent cation; and a second electrode on the light-absorbing layer. A ratio of a number of moles of the monovalent cation in the light-absorbing layer to a number of moles of the divalent cation in the light-absorbing layer is 0.5 or more and 0.9 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: MICHIO SUZUKA, SHINYA FUJIMURA, RYUSUKE UCHIDA, NAOKI HAYASHI
  • Nutritional Composition
    Publication number: 20160374381
    Abstract: A nutritional composition is provided which has an effective prophylactic and/or improving effect for various symptoms of muscle mass decrease, decreased basal metabolism, low body temperature, suppression of obesity, suppression of visceral fat accumulation, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia and the like in elderly people. The nutritional composition can include n-3 fatty acid and one or more of free lysine, dipeptides containing lysine, and lysine salts, wherein the content of free lysine, dipeptides containing lysine, and/or lysine salts is 0.1 g-10.0 g per 100 kcal of the composition, and the content of the total amount of n-3 fatty acid is 0.17 g-5.00 g per 100 kcal of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Mine, Naoki Hayashi, Itaru Kon, Kazunori Saima
  • Process cartridge for printer
    Patent number: D786968
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunsuke Uratani, Takeshi Arimitsu, Ryoji Kusudo, Isao Koishi, Yu Fukasawa, Shigemi Kamoshida, Ryota Shibuya, Shohei Katsuya, Naoki Hayashi