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).

  • Patent number: 12117747
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tanemura, Shigeru Fukuda, Masato Ono, Masato Furukawa, Hiroaki Tanaka, Yosuke Kubo, Masayuki Seko, Koichi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20240329569
    Abstract: A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer member consisting of an endless belt which consists of a layer containing a resin including at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a polyimide resin, a polyamide-imide resin, an aromatic polyether ether ketone resin, a polyphenylene sulfide resin, and a polyetherimide resin, conductive carbon particles, a silicone oil containing at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of dimethylpolysiloxane and organic group-substituted dimethylpolysiloxane or has the layer as an outermost layer, and in which an integral value of a statistical quantity L(r) represented by the following Equation (1) is 0 or more and 0.1 or less at an interparticle distance r of 0.05 ?m or more and 0.30 ?m or less in a spatial distribution of the conductive carbon particles existing in a 6.3 ?m×4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Satoya SUGIURA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Masato ONO, Yosuke KUBO, Iori NISHIMURA, Shigeru FUKUDA, Daisuke TANEMURA, Masayuki SEKO, Koichi MATSUMOTO, Masato FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240329556
    Abstract: A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer member consisting of an endless belt which consists of a layer containing a resin including at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a polyimide resin, a polyamide-imide resin, an aromatic polyether ether ketone resin, a polyphenylene sulfide resin, and a polyetherimide resin, conductive carbon particles, a silicone oil containing at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of dimethylpolysiloxane and organic group-substituted dimethylpolysiloxane or has the layer as an outermost layer, and in which an integral value of a statistical quantity L(r) represented by the following Equation (1) is 0 or more and 0.1 or less at an interparticle distance r of 0.05 ?m or more and 0.30 ?m or less in a spatial distribution of the conductive carbon particles existing in a 6.3 ?m×4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Satoya SUGIURA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Masato ONO, Yosuke KUBO, lori NISHIMURA, Shigeru FUKUDA, Daisuke TANEMURA, Masayuki SEKO, Koichi MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240295841
    Abstract: A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer belt that has a surface to which a toner image is to be transferred and solid lubricant particles are attached, a primary transfer device that has a primary transfer member performing primary transfer of a toner image formed on a surface of an image holder to the surface of the intermediate transfer belt, a secondary transfer device that has a secondary transfer member which is arranged in contact with the surface of the intermediate transfer belt and performs secondary transfer of the toner image transferred to the surface of the intermediate transfer belt to a surface of a recording medium, and a detection device that detects a density of the toner image transferred to the surface of the intermediate transfer belt and has a light irradiation unit irradiating the surface of the intermediate transfer belt with light and a light receiving unit receiving reflected light generated in a case where the light radiated from the light irradiation unit is reflected f
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masato ONO, Shigeru Fukuda, Satoya Sugiura, Hiroaki Tanaka, Yosuke Kubo, Iori Nishimura, Daisuke Tanemura, Masayuki Seko, Koichi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 12078944
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: 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: 20240268927
    Abstract: The present invention provides a base material for a pure titanium screw or a pure titanium screw which has sufficient strength comparable to those of titanium alloys. The present invention provides a substantially cylindrical pure titanium base material or a substantially cylindrical pure titanium screw having a maximum value of the specific strength of the (1 0-1 0)-plane orientation in the axial direction of the substantially cylindrical shape of 3 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Shigeru YAMANAKA, Ryo SHINOHARA, Kenji FUKUDA, Ryotaro KAWASHIMA
  • Patent number: 12055874
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 11988981
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: 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: 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