Patents by Inventor Ryo Kobayashi

Ryo Kobayashi 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).

  • Patent number: 11173732
    Abstract: To provide a printing apparatus and a conveyance apparatus that are capable of preventing a cut position to be cut by a slitter (cutting unit) from deviating, a printing apparatus, which is configured to perform printing by use of a printing unit on a printing medium conveyed by a conveyance unit and is configured to cut the printing medium on which the printing has been performed by the printing unit by use of a cutting unit at a cut position along a conveyance direction of the conveyance unit, includes an abutment portion configured to abut on a printing surface of the printing medium at an inner position relative to the cut position in a width direction of the printing medium, the width direction that crosses the conveyance direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Suzuki, Ryo Kobayashi, Tsutomu Obata
  • Publication number: 20210346886
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a flow path device capable of suppressing an occurrence of air bubbles when a solution is introduced into a flow path. A fluidic device has a pair of substrates which are stacked in a thickness direction, one substrate including a flow path formed by being covered with the other substrate. The flow path includes a merging/branching portion which is surrounded by a contour which is configured to match each line segment connecting together apex positions of an equilateral triangle as viewed in the thickness direction or a contour parallel to each line segment and in which solution merges or branches. A valve which is configured to regulate flow of a fluid in the flow path is provided in at least two of the apex positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ryo KOBAYASHI, Tetsuomi TAKASAKI, Naoya ISHIZAWA, Taichi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210346887
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fluidic device in which a solution can be introduced into a flow path and be quantified while preventing air bubbles from being generated. A pair of substrates are provided which are stacked in a thickness direction and in which one substrate includes a flow path constituted by being covered by another substrate. The flow path includes a quantification part that is able to quantify a solution to a predetermined amount. The quantification part includes: a pair of merging/branching portions each of which is surrounded by a contour that matches each of line segments connecting apex positions of an equilateral triangle in a view of the thickness direction or a contour parallel to each of the line segments and at which merging or branching of the solution is performed; and a connection portion that connects the pair of merging/branching portions via one of the apex positions of the equilateral triangle of the merging/branching portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ryo KOBAYASHI, Tetsuomi TAKASAKI, Naoya ISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20210348992
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fluidic device in which solutions of different concentrations can be easily obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ryo KOBAYASHI, Hirofumi SHIONO
  • Publication number: 20210309024
    Abstract: To provide a printing apparatus and a conveyance apparatus that are capable of preventing a cut position to be cut by a cutting unit from deviating, in a printing apparatus in which printing is performed by a printing unit on a printing medium that is conveyed by a conveyance unit and the printing medium is cut by a cutting unit while being conveyed by the conveyance unit and a conveying force apply unit, the conveying force apply unit is arranged on an outer side relative to the cutting unit and configured to apply a conveying force to the printing medium in a direction outward in a width direction from an upstream to a downstream in a conveyance direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Ryo Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Tsutomu Obata
  • Publication number: 20210253539
    Abstract: A method for producing a nitroso compound of the following formula (3), comprising reacting a compound of the following formula (1) with a compound of the following formula (2) by using a tertiary alcohol and a base. wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a (C1-C4) alkyl, or a (C1-C4) alkoxy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Ryuji Tamai, Yukio Uchida, Fumiaki Takabe, Akira Kato, Ryo Maruyama, Ryo Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210237998
    Abstract: There is provided a sheet feeding apparatus. A supporting unit rotatably supports a roll sheet formed by winding a continuous sheet into a roll shape. A first conveying path forming member is placed in a position spaced apart from the roll sheet supported by the supporting unit, and forms a first conveying path of the sheet. A displacing unit includes a guide portion capable of being displaced between a guide position and a retracting position set farther from a start position than the guide position. The guide portion is displaced from the retracting position to the guide position when a leading edge of the sheet separated from the roll sheet supported by the supporting unit is positioned between the guide portion in the retracting position and the start position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventor: Ryo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11077739
    Abstract: In a vehicular air conditioning unit, an air conditioning case includes a space forming portion that forms a drainage space which is partitioned from an air passage. The space forming portion includes a drainage portion that discharges water from inside the air conditioning case to outside of the air conditioning case. Further, the space forming portion includes an upstream side communication portion that communicates the drainage space to an upstream side space on an air flow upstream side of the blower in the air passage. Further, the space forming portion includes a downstream side communication portion that communicates the drainage space to a downstream side space on the air flow downstream side of the blower in the air passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Kobayashi, Yoshihiko Okumura, Yasuhiro Sekito, Shinya Kato
  • Patent number: 11065892
    Abstract: To provide a printing apparatus and a conveyance apparatus that are capable of preventing a cut position to be cut by a cutting unit from deviating, in a printing apparatus in which printing is performed by a printing unit on a printing medium that is conveyed by a conveyance unit and the printing medium is cut by a cutting unit while being conveyed by the conveyance unit and a conveying force apply unit, the sconveying force apply unit is arranged on an outer side relative to the cutting unit and configured to apply a conveying force to the printing medium in a direction outward in a width direction from an upstream to a downstream in a conveyance direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryo Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Tsutomu Obata
  • Publication number: 20210208175
    Abstract: A fluid device includes a substrate which has a pair of substrate plates stacked in a thickness direction thereof, wherein the substrate is provided with a flow path which is formed by covering a groove portion provided in one substrate plate of the pair of substrate plates with the other substrate plate, wherein the flow path includes a merging portion, and a supply flow path, a discharge flow path, and a branch flow path which extend radially from the merging portion, wherein a discharge valve is provided between the merging portion and the discharge flow path, wherein a branch valve is provided between the merging portion and the branch flow path, wherein the merging portion is filled with a solution by causing the solution to flow from the supply flow path toward the discharge flow path in a state in which the branch valve is closed, and wherein in the merging portion, a dimension of a region adjacent to the discharge valve in the thickness direction is smaller than a dimension of a region adjacent to the
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Ryo KOBAYASHI, Taro UENO, Naoya ISHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11052489
    Abstract: In a laser processing method, laser lights of fiber lasers or direct diode lasers is irradiated onto an iron-based plate material from a nozzle, a nozzle with a nozzle opening whose opening diameter is preliminarily set according to a thickness of the plate material is selected from plural nozzles whose nozzle openings have different opening diameters from each other, and the plate material is cut while irradiating the laser lights onto the plate material and injecting assist gas from the nozzle opening toward the plate material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: AMADA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya Mizoguchi, Hiroaki Ishiguro, Ryohei Ito, Ryo Kobayashi, Kenji Masuda
  • Publication number: 20210197195
    Abstract: A fluid device includes a substrate and a gas-liquid separating filter, the substrate has a flow path through which a solution flows, a reservoir, in which the solution is accommodated, connected to the flow path, an injection hole configured to connect the reservoir to the outside, and an air introduction hole branched off from the injection hole and connected to the outside, and the gas-liquid separating filter is disposed in a path of the air introduction hole, allows passage of a gas flowing through the air introduction hole, and prevents passage of a liquid flowing through the air introduction hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Naoya ISHIZAWA, Taro UENO, Ryo KOBAYASHI, Tetsuomi TAKASAKI
  • Patent number: 11041656
    Abstract: An opening and closing device includes a casing that defines an air passage, a slide door that includes a door main body slidable to open or close the air passage, and a sliding gear that is disposed on one side of the door main body in its width direction and includes first teeth in a sliding direction, and a drive gear that is rotatable around its axis line extending in the width direction and that includes second teeth in a circumferential direction around the axis line such that the first teeth and the second teeth are arranged in engagement with each other. When the drive gear rotates, a driving force is transmitted from the drive gear to the slide door through the sliding gear to slide the slide door. The door main body is restricted from shifting in the width direction due to the rotation of the drive gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sekito, Ryo Kobayashi, Shinya Kato, Yuki Tsumagari, Tetsuya Matsue
  • Patent number: 11039039
    Abstract: There is provided an image forming apparatus for performing printing in a plurality of colors. The image forming apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to receive first print data in which an object to be printed in a spot color is designated in a first area in a document to be printed and second print data of the document to be printed from an information processing apparatus; convert the second print data received by the communication unit into image data of a predetermined color; extract an image of the first area from the image data obtained by conversion of the drawing unit; convert the image of the first area extracted by the spot color image control unit into the spot color; and generate image data of the spot color in which the image of the first area converted by the conversion unit is placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Kunimi, Yutaka Ataku, Noboru Tamura, Ryo Kobayashi, Hiroki Matsuura, Yoshio Taga, Kaname Nomura
  • Publication number: 20210162405
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a fluidic device that can hold a large amount of solutions in a reservoir without depending on an attitude. The reservoir includes a meandering flow path including: a plurality of first flow paths that extend linearly along a first direction and that are arranged to be spaced in a second direction crossing the first direction; and a second flow path that extends linearly along the second direction such that a connection between first end sides of the adjacent first flow paths and a connection between second end sides of the adjacent first flow paths are alternately switched along the second direction for each first flow path, wherein the meandering flow path meanders along the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Ryo KOBAYASHI, Naoya ISHIZAWA, Taro UENO
  • Publication number: 20210162404
    Abstract: A fluidic device that can stably supply a solution from a reservoir without causing bubbles to precede a solution is provided. The fluidic device includes a flow path into which a solution is introduced and a reservoir in which the solution is accommodated and which supplies the solution to the flow path. A length of the reservoir in a direction in which the solution flows toward the flow path is greater than a width perpendicular to the length. A width and a depth of the reservoir are formed in a size based on a capillary length which is calculated on the basis of a surface tension and a density of the solution and acceleration which includes gravity and which is applied to the solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Takanori ICHIKI, Ryo KOBAYASHI, Taro UENO
  • Publication number: 20210148944
    Abstract: A fluidic device that can feed a fluid along a flow path without causing a leakage of gas is provided. The fluidic device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate which are bonded to each other at a bonding surface and at least one of which includes a flow path that is open on the bonding surface; and three or more valve portions that are disposed at a position facing the flow path and that are configured to adjust a flow of a fluid in the flow path by deformation. The first substrate includes a through-hole penetrating the first substrate at positions facing the valve portions. The valve portions are disposed on the same circumference centered on an axis extending in a normal direction of the bonding surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Ryo KOBAYASHI, Naoya ISHIZAWA, Taro UENO, Kohma HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10987991
    Abstract: An air conditioning unit for a vehicle includes: an air conditioning case, a blower that draws air from an opening and blows the air radially outward from its rotation axis, a cooler disposed upstream of the blower, and a heater is disposed downstream of the blower. The air conditioning case includes an upper bypass passage through which the air bypasses the heater on an upper side of the heater, a lower bypass passage through which the air bypasses the heater on a lower side of the heater, a first opening provided downstream of the upper bypass passage, and a second opening provided downstream of the lower bypass passage. The opening of the blower faces an air outflow face of the cooler. A passage area of the upper bypass passage is larger than a passage area of the lower bypass passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Tsumagari, Ryo Kobayashi, Tetsuya Kono, Shinji Ide
  • Patent number: D930057
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: AMADA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Kobayashi, Akihiko Sugiyama, Yasuhito Baba
  • Patent number: D933253
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya Ishizawa, Taro Ueno, Ryo Kobayashi