Patents by Inventor Shogo SAKAMOTO

Shogo SAKAMOTO 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: 11698604
    Abstract: An electrical apparatus includes a housing, a blower, and a duct. The housing covers a plurality of electrical components. The blower blows air. The duct guides the air that has cooled one of the plurality of electrical components to another one of the plurality of electrical components. The duct includes a fire wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shogo Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11495203
    Abstract: A sound absorber includes at least one cavity and at least one mouth to communicate the at least one cavity with an outside of the sound absorber. The at least one cavity includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side wall. The top surface includes the mouth. The bottom surface opposes the top surface. The side wall is extended to connect the top surface with the bottom surface. At least one of the top surface and the bottom surface is inclined with respect to the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ishida, Naoki Matsuda, Hiroshi Ishii, Kohta Takenaka, Keisuke Shimizu, Shogo Sakamoto, Takayuki Isaka
  • Publication number: 20220299936
    Abstract: An electrical apparatus includes a housing, a blower, and a duct. The housing covers a plurality of electrical components. The blower blows air. The duct guides the air that has cooled one of the plurality of electrical components to another one of the plurality of electrical components. The duct includes a fire wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shogo Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11277049
    Abstract: A fire-spread prevention member is interposed between an electrical component and a combustible member. The fire-spread prevention member includes a bent portion that is disposed outside an outer edge of the electrical component and bent to a side on which the electrical component is disposed. The fire-spread prevention member is made of non-combustible material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shogo Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11143992
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a unit including a drive member and being positioned to the housing, and a drive device configured to rotate the drive member in a normal direction and a reverse direction. The drive device includes a housing-side gear mounted on the housing, and a unit-side gear mounted on the unit, the unit-side gear being configured to mesh with the housing-side gear. The drive device transmits a driving force to the drive member, the driving force causes a force from the housing-side gear to the unit-side gear, the force includes a component force in a direction to detach the unit from the housing, and the component force is smaller than a static friction force between the unit and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Shogo Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20210103238
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a unit including a drive member and being positioned to the housing, and a drive device configured to rotate the drive member in a normal direction and a reverse direction. The drive device includes a housing-side gear mounted on the housing, and a unit-side gear mounted on the unit, the unit-side gear being configured to mesh with the housing-side gear. The drive device transmits a driving force to the drive member, the driving force causes a force from the housing-side gear to the unit-side gear, the force includes a component force in a direction to detach the unit from the housing, and the component force is smaller than a static friction force between the unit and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventor: Shogo SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10875977
    Abstract: An anti-fogging and anti-fouling laminate, including: a substrate; and an anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer on the substrate where a surface of the anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer is flat, wherein the anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer is a cured product obtained by curing an active energy ray curable resin composition through an active energy ray, wherein the active energy ray curable resin composition includes a hydrophilic monomer having a radically polymerizable unsaturated group and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein a content of the hydrophilic monomer having a radically polymerizable unsaturated group in the active energy ray curable resin composition is 60% by mass or more, and wherein a surface of the anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer has a pure water contact angle of 90° or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Dexerials Corporation
    Inventors: Shogo Sakamoto, Ryosuke Endo, Mikihisa Mizuno, Shinobu Hara
  • Patent number: 10829410
    Abstract: An anti-fogging laminate including: a substrate; and an anti-fogging layer on the substrate where a surface of the anti-fogging layer is flat, wherein the anti-fogging layer includes a hydrophilic molecular structure; and wherein the anti-fogging layer has an elastic recovery of 90% or more, a coefficient of dynamic friction of 0.40 or less, and an average thickness of 4 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mikihisa Mizuno, Shogo Sakamoto, Shinobu Hara, Ryo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200244135
    Abstract: A fire-spread prevention member is interposed between an electrical component and a combustible member. The fire-spread prevention member includes a bent portion that is disposed outside an outer edge of the electrical component and bent to a side on which the electrical component is disposed. The fire-spread prevention member is made of non-combustible material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shogo Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20200105237
    Abstract: A sound absorber includes at least one cavity and at least one mouth to communicate the at least one cavity with an outside of the sound absorber. The at least one cavity includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side wall. The top surface includes the mouth. The bottom surface opposes the top surface. The side wall is extended to connect the top surface with the bottom surface. At least one of the top surface and the bottom surface is inclined with respect to the side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro ISHIDA, Naoki MATSUDA, Hiroshi ISHII, Kohta TAKENAKA, Keisuke SHIMIZU, Shogo SAKAMOTO, Takayuki ISAKA
  • Patent number: 10540953
    Abstract: A sound absorber includes at least one cavity and at least one mouth to communicate the at least one cavity with an outside of the sound absorber. The at least one cavity includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side wall. The top surface includes the mouth. The bottom surface opposes the top surface. The side wall is extended to connect the top surface with the bottom surface. At least one of the top surface and the bottom surface is inclined with respect to the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ishida, Naoki Matsuda, Hiroshi Ishii, Kohta Takenaka, Keisuke Shimizu, Shogo Sakamoto, Takayuki Isaka
  • Patent number: 10253846
    Abstract: A drive transmitter includes an internally toothed gear, a first support shaft to rotatably support the internally toothed gear without using a bearing, a drive source to apply a driving force to the internally toothed gear, a rotary body to which the driving force is transmitted via the internally toothed gear, and a grease retainer disposed on the first support shaft and to retain grease on at least one of a portion of the first support shaft facing the internally toothed gear and a portion of the internally toothed gear facing the first support shaft. An image forming apparatus includes the drive transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Narumi Sugita, Masahiro Ishida, Shogo Sakamoto, Naoki Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20180347667
    Abstract: A drive transmitter includes an internally toothed gear, a first support shaft to rotatably support the internally toothed gear without using a bearing, a drive source to apply a driving force to the internally toothed gear, a rotary body to which the driving force is transmitted via the internally toothed gear, and a grease retainer disposed on the first support shaft and to retain grease on at least one of a portion of the first support shaft facing the internally toothed gear and a portion of the internally toothed gear facing the first support shaft. An image forming apparatus includes the drive transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Narumi SUGITA, Masahiro Ishida, Shogo Sakamoto, Naoki Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20180305249
    Abstract: An anti-fogging laminate including: a substrate; and an anti-fogging layer on the substrate where a surface of the anti-fogging layer is flat, wherein the anti-fogging layer includes a hydrophilic molecular structure; and wherein the anti-fogging layer has an elastic recovery of 90% or more, a coefficient of dynamic friction of 0.40 or less, and an average thickness of 4 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Mikihisa Mizuno, Shogo Sakamoto, Shinobu Hara, Ryo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10082192
    Abstract: A drive transmitter includes an internally toothed gear, a first support shaft to rotatably support the internally toothed gear without using a bearing, a drive source to apply a driving force to the internally toothed gear, a rotary body to which the driving force is transmitted via the internally toothed gear, and a grease retainer disposed on the first support shaft and to retain grease on at least one of a portion of the first support shaft facing the internally toothed gear and a portion of the internally toothed gear facing the first support shaft. An image forming apparatus includes the drive transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD
    Inventors: Narumi Sugita, Masahiro Ishida, Shogo Sakamoto, Naoki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 10054896
    Abstract: A drive transmission device includes a rotation shaft, a drive transmitter attached to the rotation shaft to slide in an axial direction and including an engaging portion extending in the axial direction, and a coil spring to bias the drive transmitter to one side in the axial direction, and a shaft-side drive transmitter disposed on the rotation shaft. The coil spring includes a sparse portion and a dense portion. The shaft-side drive transmitter engages the engaging portion to prevent the drive transmitter from disengaging from the rotation shaft. The coil spring and the engaging portion satisfy C>A?B where A represents a length of the coil spring in a state in which the shaft-side drive transmitter retains the drive transmitter, B represents a compressed height of the coil spring, and C represents a length of the coil spring in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takagi, Kimiharu Yamazaki, Naoyuki Suido, Shogo Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 10053317
    Abstract: A contact-and-separation system includes a first roller, a second roller, and a contact-and-separation device. The first roller contacts a belt. The second roller is opposed to the first roller. The contact-and-separation device contacts or separates the belt to or from the second roller via a sheet conveyed. The contact-and-separation device includes an eccentric cam, a motor, and a circuitry. The eccentric cam is mounted on an end of a rotation shaft of the first roller. The motor rotates the eccentric cam. The circuitry controls the motor to rotate the eccentric cam to contact or separate the belt to or from the second roller via the sheet conveyed. The circuitry controls the motor to decelerate a rotation speed of the motor on contact or separation of the belt to or from the second roller between the first roller and the second roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo Nakamoto, Takeo Seki, Takuya Murata, Shogo Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20180118907
    Abstract: An anti-fogging and anti-fouling laminate, including: a substrate; and an anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer on the substrate where a surface of the anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer is flat, wherein the anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer is a cured product obtained by curing an active energy ray curable resin composition through an active energy ray, wherein the active energy ray curable resin composition includes a hydrophilic monomer having a radically polymerizable unsaturated group and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein a content of the hydrophilic monomer having a radically polymerizable unsaturated group in the active energy ray curable resin composition is 60% by mass or more, and wherein a surface of the anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer has a pure water contact angle of 90° or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Shogo Sakamoto, Ryosuke Endo, Mikihisa Mizuno, Shinobu Hara
  • Publication number: 20180050513
    Abstract: An anti-fogging and anti-fouling laminate, including a substrate made of a resin; and an anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer on the substrate made of a resin, wherein the anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer comprises micro convex portions or micro concave portions in a surface thereof wherein the anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer comprises a hydrophilic molecular structure, and wherein a pure water contact angle of the surface of the anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer is 90° or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Mikihisa Mizuno, Shinobu Hara, Shogo Sakamoto, Ryosuke Endo, Takashi Iwamura
  • Publication number: 20180039221
    Abstract: A contact-and-separation system includes a first roller, a second roller, and a contact-and-separation device. The first roller contacts a belt. The second roller is opposed to the first roller. The contact-and-separation device contacts or separates the belt to or from the second roller via a sheet conveyed. The contact-and-separation device includes an eccentric cam, a motor, and a circuitry. The eccentric cam is mounted on an end of a rotation shaft of the first roller. The motor rotates the eccentric cam. The circuitry controls the motor to rotate the eccentric cam to contact or separate the belt to or from the second roller via the sheet conveyed. The circuitry controls the motor to decelerate a rotation speed of the motor on contact or separation of the belt to or from the second roller between the first roller and the second roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shogo NAKAMOTO, Takeo SEKI, Takuya MURATA, Shogo SAKAMOTO