Patents by Inventor Shigeru Fukuda

Shigeru Fukuda 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: 20240152077
    Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt has metal oxide particles as a solid lubricant on a surface of the intermediate transfer belt, in which an average spacing between the metal oxide particles on the surface is 1,000 nm or less, and an average height of the metal oxide particles from the surface is 15 nm or more and 320 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Daisuke TANEMURA, Masato ONO, Shigeru FUKUDA, Masato FURUKAWA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Yosuke KUBO, Iori NISHIMURA, Masayuki SEKO, Koichi MATSUMOTO, Satoya SUGIURA
  • Publication number: 20240118646
    Abstract: An endless belt, in which an outer peripheral surface of the endless belt has a coefficient of dynamic friction of 0.85 or less, and in a case where polyester resin particles having a volume-average particle size of 4.7 ?m are caused to adhere to the outer peripheral surface under a load of 0 g/cm2, and then air is sprayed on the outer peripheral surface from above the outer peripheral surface at a spray pressure that keeps increasing, all the polyester resin particles having adhered to the outer peripheral surface are spaced apart from the outer peripheral surface at the spray pressure of 6 kPa or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroaki TANAKA, Daisuke TANEMURA, Masato FURUKAWA, Yosuke KUBO, Iori NISHIMURA, Masato ONO, Masayuki SEKO, Shigeru FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20240118647
    Abstract: An endless belt includes a resin and conductive particles, in which a content of the conductive particles with respect to the endless belt is 5% by volume or more and 20% by volume or less in terms of a volume ratio, a Young's modulus of the endless belt is 3,000 MPa or more, and the number of times of bending endurance of the endless belt measured by an MIT test specified in JIS P8115:2001 is 10,000 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yosuke KUBO, Hiroaki TANAKA, Shigeru FUKUDA, Daisuke TANEMURA, Masato ONO, Masato FURUKAWA, Masayuki SEKO, Koichi MATSUMOTO, Iori NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240055783
    Abstract: A power storage device includes a terminal cover mounted in a terminal base. The terminal cover includes a base portion attached to the terminal base, cover the terminal base, and have an opening exposing a terminal bolt; and a cover portion attached to the base portion and covering at least the opening. The base portion has a first wall and a second wall protruding in a second direction from the base portion and facing each other with a wiring sandwiched therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuro AONUMA, Hiromi UEDA, Shigeru FUKUDA, Kazuki MAEDA, Naoto MORISAKU
  • Patent number: 11892785
    Abstract: An inorganic compound particle supply member includes inorganic compound particles, and the Young's modulus of the inorganic compound particle supply member is lower than the Young's modulus of a supply object to be supplied with the inorganic compound particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masato Ono, Masayuki Seko, Koichi Matsumoto, Daisuke Tanemura, Masato Furukawa, Hiroaki Tanaka, Yosuke Kubo, Shigeru Fukuda, Iori Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11874617
    Abstract: An endless belt includes a resin, and particles having an average primary particle diameter of 8 nm or more and 20 nm or less. In a volume frequency distribution of the particles determined by small-angle X-ray scattering measurement, the ratio (area B/area A) of graph area B of a particle diameter region of over 35 nm to graph area A of a particle diameter region of 35 nm or less is 0.3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yosuke Kubo, Hiroaki Tanaka, Shigeru Fukuda, Kenta Yamakoshi, Masato Ono, Masato Furukawa, Daisuke Tanemura, Masayuki Seko, Koichi Matsumoto, Iori Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11868066
    Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt includes a single-layer body including a resin layer or a multilayer body including the resin layer serving as a top surface layer. The surface of the resin layer has an arithmetic average surface height Sa of 0.005 ?m or more and 0.020 ?m or less. The surface of the resin layer has a maximum height Sz of 0.050 ?m or more and 0.200 ?m or less. The surface of the resin layer has recesses having a depth of 0.050 ?m or more, the recesses being arranged at a regular interval, and the interval of the recesses is 0.20 ?m or more and 0.80 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masato Furukawa, Masato Ono, Daisuke Tanemura, Hiroaki Tanaka, Yosuke Kubo, Iori Nishimura, Shigeru Fukuda, Masayuki Seko
  • Publication number: 20230402698
    Abstract: A power storage device includes: a module stacked body including a plurality of power storage modules stacked in a first direction and having a first side surface extending in the first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and a second side surface adjacent to the first side surface and extending in the first direction and a third direction orthogonal to the first side surface and the second direction; a first restraint plate and a second restraint plate stacked on both sides of the module stacked body in the first direction and applying a restraint load to the module stacked body in the first direction; a wiring connected to the module stacked body; and a guide member coupled to the first restraint plate and the second restraint plate and disposing the wiring on the first side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihito TSUGE, Hiromi UEDA, Naoto MORISAKU, Shigeru FUKUDA, Satoshi MORIOKA
  • Publication number: 20230350325
    Abstract: An inorganic compound particle supply member includes inorganic compound particles, and the Young’s modulus of the inorganic compound particle supply member is lower than the Young’s modulus of a supply object to be supplied with the inorganic compound particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masato ONO, Masayuki Seko, Koichi Matsumoto, Daisuke Tanemura, Masato Furukawa, Hiroaki Tanaka, Yosuke Kubo, Shigeru Fukuda, Iori Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20230297008
    Abstract: An endless belt includes a resin, and particles having an average primary particle diameter of 8 nm or more and 20 nm or less. In a volume frequency distribution of the particles determined by small-angle X-ray scattering measurement, the ratio (area B/area A) of graph area B of a particle diameter region of over 35 nm to graph area A of a particle diameter region of 35 nm or less is 0.3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yosuke KUBO, Hiroaki Tanaka, Shigeru Fukuda, Kenta Yamakoshi, Masato Ono, Masato Furukawa, Daisuke Tanemura, Masayuki Seko, Koichi Matsumoto, Iori Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20230288845
    Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt includes a single-layer body including a resin layer or a multilayer body including the resin layer serving as a top surface layer. The surface of the resin layer has an arithmetic average surface height Sa of 0.005 ?m or more and 0.020 ?m or less. The surface of the resin layer has a maximum height Sz of 0.050 ?m or more and 0.200 ?m or less. The surface of the resin layer has recesses having a depth of 0.050 ?m or more, the recesses being arranged at a regular interval, and the interval of the recesses is 0.20 ?m or more and 0.80 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masato FURUKAWA, Masato ONO, Daisuke TANEMURA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Yosuke KUBO, Iori NISHIMURA, Shigeru FUKUDA, Masayuki SEKO
  • Publication number: 20230280680
    Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt includes, on an outer peripheral surface, a coating body of a solid lubricant selected from an organic layered compound or an organic-inorganic composite layered compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroaki TANAKA, Masato FURUKAWA, Shigeru FUKUDA, Daisuke TANEMURA, Masato ONO, Masayuki SEKO, Yosuke KUBO, Iori NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230259056
    Abstract: An endless belt contains a resin and a surface modifier. The endless belt has, at an outer circumferential surface thereof, a sea-island structure including a sea portion containing the resin and island portions containing the surface modifier. The area of the island portions is equal to or less than 5% of the total area of the outer circumferential surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yosuke KUBO, Toshiyasu Yukawa, Hiroaki Tanaka, Shigeru Fukuda, Daisuke Tanemura, Masato Ono, Masato Furukawa, Masayuki Seko
  • Publication number: 20230236528
    Abstract: An endless belt includes a layer containing a resin and electrically conductive particles. In the endless belt, a discharge starting voltage at which discharge starts when a voltage is applied to the layer and increased is 0.9 kV or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Daisuke TANEMURA, Shigeru FUKUDA, Masato ONO, Masato FURUKAWA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Yosuke KUBO, Masayuki SEKO, Koichi MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 11644770
    Abstract: An intermediate transfer body includes a base layer and a surface layer disposed on the base layer, in which surface layer includes a sea-island structure that includes a sea phase and an island phase, in which the sea phase includes a resin, the island phase including an organopolysiloxane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Tanaka, Shigeru Fukuda, Kenta Yamakoshi, Yosuke Kubo, Masayuki Seko
  • Publication number: 20220384879
    Abstract: A battery unit includes a battery module having electrode sheets stacked along a first direction, and a cooling plate superposed on a surface of the battery module. Each electrode sheet has a coated portion having a surface on which an active substance exists, and an uncoated portion that is located adjacent to the coated portion, and has both surfaces on which the active substance does not exist. The cooling plate has a main plate opposed to the coated portion, and a sensor holder attached to an outer edge of the main plate. A boundary between the coated portion and uncoated portion of the electrode sheet and a boundary between the main plate and the sensor holder on an abutting surface of the cooling plate do not overlap with each other, when viewed along the first direction, in a section in which the boundaries extend in parallel with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Satoshi Morioka, Shigeru Fukuda, Hiromi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20220373939
    Abstract: An intermediate transfer body includes a base layer and a surface layer disposed on the base layer, in which surface layer includes a sea-island structure that includes a sea phase and an island phase, in which the sea phase includes a resin, the island phase including an organopolysiloxane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroaki TANAKA, Shigeru FUKUDA, Kenta YAMAKOSHI, Yosuke KUBO, Masayuki SEKO
  • Patent number: 11334006
    Abstract: An endless belt includes: a resin; and electrically conductive particles, wherein an integrated discharge amount is 350 ?C or less. The integrated discharge amount is determined by disposing an electrode at a position spaced 60 ?m apart from the outer circumferential surface of the belt, applying a voltage to the electrode, and measuring the amount of discharge for a period of 1 second after the voltage reaches 1300 V.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tanemura, Shigeru Fukuda, Satoya Sugiura, Tomotake Inagaki, Masato Ono, Masato Furukawa, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kenta Yamakoshi, Ryohei Yoshikawa, Yosuke Kubo, Masayuki Seko, Koichi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20220146966
    Abstract: An endless belt contains: a resin; electrically conductive carbon particles; and a surfactant. When polyester resin particles having a volume average particle diameter of 4.7 ?m are caused to adhere to an outer circumferential surface of the endless belt and then air is blown onto the outer circumferential surface from an upper side of the outer circumferential surface while the blowing pressure of the air is increased, all the polyester resin particles adhering to the outer circumferential surface are separated from the outer circumferential surface before or when the blowing pressure reaches 6 kPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masato Ono, Masayuki Seko, Koichi Matsumoto, Shigeru Fukuda, Satoya Sugiura, Daisuke Tanemura, Masato Furukawa, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kenta Yamakoshi, Yosuke Kubo
  • Publication number: 20220146965
    Abstract: An endless belt includes: a resin; and electrically conductive particles, wherein an integrated discharge amount is 350 ?C or less. The integrated discharge amount is determined by disposing an electrode at a position spaced 60 ?m apart from the outer circumferential surface of the belt, applying a voltage to the electrode, and measuring the amount of discharge for a period of 1 second after the voltage reaches 1300 V.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Daisuke TANEMURA, Shigeru FUKUDA, Satoya SUGIURA, Tomotake INAGAKI, Masato ONO, Masato FURUKAWA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Kenta YAMAKOSHI, Ryohei YOSHIKAWA, Yosuke KUBO, Masayuki SEKO, Koichi MATSUMOTO