Patents by Inventor Shinji Kato

Shinji Kato 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: 10280291
    Abstract: A latex for dip forming and a sulfur-based crosslinking agent, and has a pH of 9.5-11, the latex containing a copolymer having 40-80% by weight of conjugated diene monomer units (A) that contain a butadiene unit and an isoprene unit, 10-45% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units (B), and 2-15% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer units (C), the ratio between the butadiene unit content and the isoprene unit content being 40:60 to 95:5 expressed in terms of weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Kato
  • Publication number: 20190119786
    Abstract: There is provided a copper alloy backing tube formed of a copper alloy having a composition containing 0.10 mass % or more and 0.30 mass % or less of Co, 0.030 mass % or more and 0.10 mass % or less of P, 0.01 mass % or more and 0.50 mass % or less of Sn, 0.02 mass % or more and 0.10 mass % or less of Ni, and 0.01 mass % or more and 0.10 mass % or less of Zn. A copper balance containing impurities. A mass ratio [Co]/[P] is set to be within a range of 3.0 or higher and 6.0 or lower. A thermal conductivity is set to 250 W/(m·K) or higher. A micro-Vickers hardness after a heating treatment is performed in a condition of being held for one hour at 250° C. is 100 Hv or higher, and a decrease rate from a hardness before the heating treatment is set to 5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Shinji Kato, Masanori Yosuke, Akifumi Mishima, Michiaki Ohto
  • Patent number: 10249982
    Abstract: Provided is a power supply device capable of improving workability during assembly and mounting. Accommodating a power source side connector by a cylindrical portion of a case makes a portion where the power source side connector of the harness is provided not pulled out to the outside of the case. Thus the workability at the time of assembling the power feeding device itself can be improved. Also, it is unnecessary to dispose the power source side connector where the passenger unlikely steps on, and simply mating the mating connector with the source side connector makes the workability at the time of mounting the power supply device on the vehicle improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Shinji Kato, Shougo Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20190071530
    Abstract: A copolymer latex of a copolymer comprising 50 to 88 wt % of a conjugated diene monomer unit, 10 to 40 wt % of an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer unit, and 2 to 10 wt % of an ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer unit, the copolymer latex having an insoluble content in methyl ethyl ketone of 70 wt % or less and a swelling degree in methyl ethyl ketone of 40 times or more when the copolymer is formed into a dry film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naohiro IGARI, Shinji KATO
  • Publication number: 20190049872
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a latent image bearer, an electrostatic latent image forming device, a potential sensor, a toner image forming device, a toner adhesion amount detector, and circuitry. The circuitry controls the electrostatic latent image forming device to create an adjustment pattern on the latent image bearer when the image forming apparatus is not printing, controls the potential sensor to detect an electric potential of the adjustment pattern, controls the electrostatic latent image forming device and the toner image forming device to create a test toner image during a printing period, controls the toner adhesion amount detector to detect a toner adhesion amount of the test toner image, and adjusts at least one image forming condition of the electrostatic latent image forming device and the toner image forming device based on the electric potential of the adjustment pattern and the toner adhesion amount of the test toner image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Atsushi Mori, Hideo Muroi, Makoto Komatsu, Shinji Kato
  • Publication number: 20180361957
    Abstract: Provide is a case that aims at while suppressing upsizing in a height direction to which a load is applied, restraining the application of load to articles accommodated in the accommodating chamber when an external force acts thereon. The case including an accommodating chamber for accommodating an article is provided with an upper wall on which load F acts from above, and an inner surface of the upper wall on the accommodation chamber side is formed into a concave shape. According to this, while suppressing an increase in size in the height direction of the case, it is possible to suppress the application of the load to the article accommodated in the accommodating chamber when the external force acts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Shinji KATO
  • Publication number: 20180305634
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is an operating oil for shock absorber in which influences against rubber materials are controlled. [Solution] An operating oil coming into contact with a rubber material, the operating oil containing a polyalkylene glycol and at least one base oil selected from a fatty acid diester, a poly-alfa-olefin, and a lubricating oil classified as GIII in American Petroleum Institute (API). [Effect] According to the operating oil, in view of the fact that swelling properties of a rubber material, such as a seal material, etc., are reduced, conventionally used rubber materials can be used without being changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Christian Scholz, Yoshihiro Ito, Shinji Kato
  • Publication number: 20180303173
    Abstract: A dip-formed article includes a laminate in which a rubber layer is laminated on a fiber base material. The thickness of the rubber layer is 0.2 to 0.8 mm, the rubber constituting the rubber layer penetrates into the fiber base material, the maximum depth to which the rubber has penetrated into the fiber base material is 0.1 to 0.3 mm, and the maximum stress at 50% elongation of the laminate is 20 N or smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naohiro IGARI, Shinji KATO, Tetsuya AKABANE, Tomoya TANIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180273119
    Abstract: It is contemplated to arrange a plurality of operational levers without inviting complications of the arrangements or enlargement of the vehicle body, intensively for better operability between the driver's seat and one of the right and left rear fenders. In a riding work vehicle, a plurality of operational levers 25, 26 are disposed adjacent on the right and left sides between a driver's seat and one of right and left rear fenders 7. Of the plurality of operational levers 25, 26, an inner operational lever 25 disposed on the side of the driver' seat is displaceable in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yoshida, Ayaka Nakabayashi, Daisuke Tomimatsu, Koji Masumoto, Koji Kajino, Isamu Morimoto, Kyosuke Tanaka, Yoshiaki Niimoto, Hiroo Fujimoto, Masatoshi Watanabe, Shinji Kato, Yutaka Inubushi, Tatsuyuki Kashimoto
  • Patent number: 10035395
    Abstract: A vehicle leaf spring shackle includes pair of longitudinal plate members opposed to each other, pair of devices for connecting the pair of longitudinal plate members to each other at their opposite end portions with respective predetermined spacing distances, and between pair of longitudinal plate members, one pair of devices is coupled to a member of a vehicle body while other pair of devices is coupled to one end portion of a leaf spring device provided to suspend the vehicle body. At least one end portion of the pair of longitudinal plate members on the leaf spring device side including a thick-walled portion formed with thickness larger than other portions of the pair of longitudinal plate members, the thick-walled portion is formed by press-forming operation to press at least one end portions of the longitudinal plate members on the leaf spring device side, in direction of the end portion plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignees: HOSEI BRAKE IND. CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinji Kato, Tomonori Ishigaki, Mamoru Saito
  • Publication number: 20180186128
    Abstract: A rubber formed article includes a laminate in which a rubber layer of nitrile rubber is laminated on a fiber base material. The nitrile rubber contains a copolymer having 52 to 78% by weight of conjugated diene monomer units, 20 to 40% by weight of ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units, and 2 to 10% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid monomer units. Stress at 50% elongation of the laminate is 20 N or smaller. A ratio of an area where rubber is visible when the laminate is viewed from the back side to an area of the laminate is 15% or less. The thickness of the rubber layer is 0.30 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji KATO, Naohiro IGARI, Tetsuya AKABANE, Tomoya TANIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180151979
    Abstract: Provided is a power supply device capable of improving workability during assembly and mounting. Accommodating a power source side connector by a cylindrical portion of a case makes a portion where the power source side connector of the harness is provided not pulled out to the outside of the case. Thus the workability at the time of assembling the power feeding device itself can be improved. Also, it is unnecessary to dispose the power source side connector where the passenger unlikely steps on, and simply mating the mating connector with the source side connector makes the workability at the time of mounting the power supply device on the vehicle improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Shinji Kato, Shougo Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 9921533
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor, an optical scanner, a development device, a movable density sensor, a density sensor driver, and a processor. The optical scanner includes a light source to emit light, and irradiates a surface of the photoconductor in a main scanning direction with the light to form a latent image on the surface of the photoconductor. The development device develops the latent image into a toner image. The density sensor detects unevenness in density of the toner image in the main scanning direction. The density sensor driver moves the density sensor in the main scanning direction. The processor corrects a driving signal for the light source according to image data to reduce the unevenness in density in the main scanning direction, according to positional data of the density sensor in the main scanning direction and an output value of the density sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Mori, Shinji Kato, Masaru Kumagai
  • Publication number: 20180017160
    Abstract: Problem: Provided is a sealing device which has reduced wear of a metallic member in sliding portions having electric-resistance welded carbon steel and a fiber reinforced resin member. Means for resolution: A sealing device having a mechanism in which a metallic member and a resin member relatively slide, wherein the metallic member is formed from electric-resistance welded carbon steel, and the resin member is formed from a carbon-fiber reinforced synthetic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Kato, Takashi Kobayashi, Yoshinori Sugiura, Kenji Sakuragi
  • Publication number: 20170350509
    Abstract: Providing a sealing member which can successfully scrape off foreign substances and prevent failure caused by incorporation of foreign substances. A dust seal serving as a sealing member includes a dust seal body and a lip member. The dust seal body has a predetermined elasticity and is retained in an opening of an outer tube into which an inner tube reciprocated in a projected state is inserted. The lip member is harder than the dust seal body and is attached to a distal end of the dust seal body. The lip member has a distal end which is brought into sliding contact with an outer peripheral surface of the inner tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: KYB CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji KATO
  • Publication number: 20170342242
    Abstract: A latex for dip forming and a sulfur-based crosslinking agent, and has a pH of 9.5-11, the latex containing a copolymer having 40-80% by weight of conjugated diene monomer units (A) that contain a butadiene unit and an isoprene unit, 10-45% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units (B), and 2-15% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer units (C), the ratio between the butadiene unit content and the isoprene unit content being 40:60 to 95:5 expressed in terms of weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji KATO
  • Publication number: 20170342243
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dip-formed article obtained by dip-molding a latex composition for dip-forming, which contains a crosslinking agent and a latex for dip-forming containing a copolymer composed of 40-80% by weight of conjugated diene monomer units (A) containing an isoprene unit, 20-45% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units (B), and 2-15% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer units (C), and having a weight ratio of butadiene unit content to isoprene unit content that falls within the range of 60:40 to 100:0. Tear strength is at least 50 N/mm, tensile strength is at least 25 MPa, and oil swelling rate does not exceed 5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji KATO
  • Publication number: 20170313150
    Abstract: A vehicle leaf spring shackle includes pair of longitudinal plate members opposed to each other, pair of devices for connecting the pair of longitudinal plate members to each other at their opposite end portions with respective predetermined spacing distances, and between pair of longitudinal plate members, one pair of devices is coupled to a member of a vehicle body while other pair of devices is coupled to one end portion of a leaf spring device provided to suspend the vehicle body. At least one end portion of the pair of longitudinal plate members on the leaf spring device side including a thick-walled portion formed with thickness larger than other portions of the pair of longitudinal plate members, the thick-walled portion is formed by press-forming operation to press at least one end portions of the longitudinal plate members on the leaf spring device side, in direction of the end portion plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicants: HOSEI BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinji KATO, Tomonori ISHIGAKI, Mamoru SAITO
  • Patent number: 9653727
    Abstract: A metal tin-carbon composite having excellent properties required for various use applications, a method for producing the composite at low cost and in a simple manner, and use applications of a non-aqueous lithium secondary battery produced using the composite are provided. A metal tin-carbon composite comprising metal tin nanoparticles (B) contained in a sheet-like matrix (A) composed of carbon, wherein the metal tin-carbon composite contains the metal tin nanoparticle (B) having a particle size of a range of 0.2 nm to 5 nm and does not contain a coarse metal tin particle having a particle size of 1 ?m or more, a preferable method for producing the composite using a specific precursor, an anode active material for a non-aqueous lithium secondary battery comprising the composite, a negative electrode for non-aqueous lithium secondary battery using the anode active material, and a non-aqueous lithium secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peixin Zhu, Hiroshi Kinoshita, Takumi Yoshimura, Shinji Kato
  • Patent number: 9605408
    Abstract: An electric motor that is fixed to a revolving frame, an electrical equipment that is supported by the revolving frame by using a vibration absorption mount, and a cable for establishing a connection between the electric motor and the electrical equipment are provided. A connector mounting member having an outer shape smaller than that of a box is provided in the box of the electrical equipment, and an equipment-side connector is provided in the connector mounting member. A cable-side connector of the cable is connected to the equipment-side connector, and a cable end portion of the cable is fixed to the box by a clamp member. As a result, the vibration that is transmitted to the cable can be matched with the vibration that is transmitted to the cable-side connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Satake, Takako Satake, Shinji Kato, Shuji Egawa, Takenori Hiroki, Toshihiko Watanabe, Yasunori Ota, Mitsugu Ojima