Patents by Inventor Takanori Kobayashi

Takanori 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: 11947280
    Abstract: A mechanism that enables developer replenishment by a simpler structure and a mechanism that enables more user-friendly developer replenishment are provided. An attachment port to which a developer supply bottle containing a developer stored therein is detachably attachable is disposed in an interior of an image forming apparatus. The developer supply bottle can be attached when the cover is in an open state. According to this image forming apparatus, when the developer supply bottle is attached to the attachment port, the developer inside the developer supply bottle moves into a developer housing chamber by its own weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Funatani, Masatake Tanaka, Kentaro Yamawaki, Kenichi Iida, Shinsuke Kobayashi, Kensuke Umeda, Takanori Watanabe, Ai Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240077823
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus to and from which a replenishment container accommodating toner is attachable and detachable includes a replenishment port to allow replenishment of toner from the replenishment container, an opening/closing portion to open the replenishment port in an open position and close the replenishment port in a closed position, a locking member to move between a restricting position in which the locking member restricts movement of the opening/closing portion from the closed position to the open position, and an allowing position in which the movement of the opening/closing portion from the closed position to the open position is allowed. A developer container accepts more toner for replenishment in a case where a second display is in a second state than in a first state, and a first display more accurately displays information related to the toner accommodated in the developer container than the second display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kensuke Umeda, Shinsuke Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Funatani, Takanori Watanabe, Ai Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20230372262
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for the treatment of vascular disease, for the prevention of vascular disease, for the treatment of hypertension or for the prevention of hypertension, comprising caryophyllene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Nobuhiro ZAIMA, Chihiro KISHI, Yuki TAKEMOTO, Shinichi MATSUMURA, Yuri YOSHIOKA, Kohei IWAMOTO, Shohei MAKINO, Kazuya YAMADA, Takanori KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11795525
    Abstract: To improve adhesion between a plating film reducing contact electrical resistance and a copper alloy plate containing Mg. A copper alloy plate containing Mg of more than 1.2% by mass and 2% by mass or less and the balance Cu and inevitable impurities in a center portion in a plate thickness direction, in the copper alloy plate, a surface Mg concentration at a surface is 30% or less of a center Mg concentration at the center portion in the plate thickness direction, a surface layer portion having a depth from the surface to where a Mg concentration is 90% of the center Mg concentration is provided, and in the surface layer portion, the Mg concentration increases from the surface toward the center portion of the plate thickness direction with a concentration gradient of 0.2% by mass/?m or more and 50% by mass/?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Miyashima, Takanori Kobayashi, Kazunari Maki, Shinichi Funaki, Hiroyuki Mori, Yuki Ito
  • Publication number: 20230334164
    Abstract: A document redacted part displaying system includes: a redaction target document determining part which determines a redaction target document which entails an inputted text; a trained model generation part which generates a trained model by training a model using one or more documents and labels that designates a redacted part(s) in the document(s) as training data; a redaction part prediction part which predicts and outputs a part(s) to be redacted in the redaction target document by the trained model; and a redacted part displaying part which displays the redacted part(s) in the redaction target document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi OIKAWA, Takanori KOBAYASHI, Akihisa TSUDA, Hisashi NAGAI
  • Patent number: 11720039
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing belt, a steering roller, a pressure rotation member, and a control unit. The pressure rotation member forms a nip portion with the fixing belt to convey a recording material. In continuously performing fixing on recording materials, the control unit controls the steering roller such that a distance between a center position of the fixing belt when an operation to tilt the steering roller is performed for a first time after the center position is moved away from a center position of a moving range of the fixing belt and the center position of the moving range is smaller in a period after a last but one recording material before the pressure rotation member enters a separated state from the fixing belt passes through the nip portion than in a period before the recording material passes through the nip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takanori Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11696525
    Abstract: The present invention provides an autonomous traveling work machine that can accurately receive positioning signals from navigation satellites and autonomously travel without deviating from a traveling path, even in the case of an inclined slope. The autonomous traveling work machine includes a traveling machine body, a positioning receiver that receives positioning signals from navigation satellites, an autonomous traveling control device that performs control for autonomous traveling along traveling paths based on the positioning signals, an inclination detection unit that detects the inclination of the traveling machine body and outputs inclination angle information, an inclination angle determination unit that determines an inclination angle based on the inclination angle information, and a rotation control mechanism that rotates the positioning receiver with one or more degrees of freedom. The rotation control mechanism keeps the positioning receiver horizontal based on the inclination angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Koto, Yasushi Watabe, Taro Nakamura, Junichiro Takiguchi, Yusuke Minakata, Takanori Kobayashi, Masahiro Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20230200435
    Abstract: Provided are a novel agent or composition and others. The agent or composition comprises caryophyllene and is used for at least one selected from the following (purposes) (1) to (3) : (1) promoting relaxation, prolonging a resting-state time, and/or prolonging a motionless time, (2) promoting sleep, and (3) preventing blood pressure elevation. The present invention also relates to a method for inhaling ?-caryophyllene simultaneously with smoking a tobacco product, characterized in that the tobacco product contains a ?-caryophyllene-containing seamless capsule in a tobacco filter, wherein the seamless capsule contains an essential oil containing ?-caryophyllene as an active ingredient. The applicants found that pulmonary inhalation of ?-caryophyllene by the above method allows ?-caryophyllene to be efficiently distributed throughout the body, leading to achievements of relaxing and sleep-inducing effects, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicants: KINKI UNIVERSITY, INABATA KORYO CO., LTD., SUNSHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro ZAIMA, Yuri YOSHIOKA, Shinichi MATSUMURA, Kohei IWAMOTO, Kazuya YAMADA, Takanori KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11661529
    Abstract: A heat dissipating paint composition for forming a heat dissipating coating is disclosed. The heat dissipating paint includes a prepolymer and a curing agent. The prepolymer includes a main chain containing an epoxy resin and a linear side chain bonded to the main chain and having 5 to 101 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., DAI NIPPON TORYO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kodaira, Kazutaka Yokoyama, Takanori Kobayashi, Megumi Sakai, Toshiyuki Mizuno, Ryo Nakatani, Takahiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20230016411
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing belt, a steering roller, a pressure rotation member, and a control unit. The pressure rotation member forms a nip portion with the fixing belt to convey a recording material. In continuously performing fixing on recording materials, the control unit controls the steering roller such that a distance between a center position of the fixing belt when an operation to tilt the steering roller is performed for a first time after the center position is moved away from a center position of a moving range of the fixing belt and the center position of the moving range is smaller in a period after a last but one recording material before the pressure rotation member enters a separated state from the fixing belt passes through the nip portion than in a period before the recording material passes through the nip portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: Takanori Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220274912
    Abstract: A metal oxide film-forming containing a tertiary alkyloxycarbonyl group-modified bisnaphthol fluorene compound represented by formula (1), a metal compound represented by formula L(R6)n1(O)n2, and a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kunihiro NODA, Takanori KOBAYASHI, Hiroki KATO, Dai SHIOTA
  • Publication number: 20220145125
    Abstract: An energy-sensitive composition that yields a cured product with excellent crack resistance, a cured product of the composition, and a method of forming a cured product. The composition includes a polysilane and a thermal base generator, the thermal base generator including a compound represented by the following formula (b1), in which Rb1 and Rb2 each independently represents a halogen atom, a nitro group, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, or an alkoxy group, n1 represents an integer of 0 or more and 4 or less, n2 represents an integer of 0 or more and 3 or less, Zq+ represents a counter cation composed of an organic cation or a metal cation, and q represents an integer of 1 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Kunihiro NODA, Naohiko IKUMA, Takanori KOBAYASHI, Dai SHIOTA
  • Publication number: 20220144745
    Abstract: An energy-sensitive composition that yields a cured product with excellent crack resistance, a cured product of the composition, and a method of forming a cured product. The energy-sensitive composition includes a polysilane and a thermal base generator, in which the thermal base generator includes a compound represented by the following formula (b1): in which Rb1 and Rb2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, or an alkoxy group, Rb3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; n1 and n2 each independently represent an integer of 0 or more and 4 or less; Zq+ represents a q-valent organic cation composed of a base having a pKa of greater than 15; and q represents an integer of 1 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Kunihiro NODA, Naohiko IKUMA, Takanori KOBAYASHI, Dai SHIOTA
  • Publication number: 20220145424
    Abstract: To improve adhesion between a plating film reducing contact electrical resistance and a copper alloy plate containing Mg. A copper alloy plate containing Mg of more than 1.2% by mass and 2% by mass or less and the balance Cu and inevitable impurities in a center portion in a plate thickness direction, in the copper alloy plate, a surface Mg concentration at a surface is 30% or less of a center Mg concentration at the center portion in the plate thickness direction, a surface layer portion having a depth from the surface to where a Mg concentration is 90% of the center Mg concentration is provided, and in the surface layer portion, the Mg concentration increases from the surface toward the center portion of the plate thickness direction with a concentration gradient of 0.2% by mass/?m or more and 50% by mass/?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Miyashima, Takanori Kobayashi, Kazunari Maki, Shinichi Funaki, Hiroyuki Mori, Yuki Ito
  • Publication number: 20200405647
    Abstract: Provided is a shell composition that is formed with a water-insoluble powder such as starch and/or a water-soluble polymer such as dextrin as a base component, and with locust bean gum and/or xanthan gum as a gelling agent. This shell composition enables a novel shell composition which can favorably form a shell without using carrageenan, has favorable properties that enable the shell composition to substitute traditional shells that use a gelatin shell or carrageenan, and comprises a plant-derived base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Shinya KURIHARA, Makoto MIWA, Tomokazu OKAYAMA, Keiichi KUBOTA, Takanori KOBAYASHI, Rei IWATA, Kenta YAMANISHI
  • Publication number: 20200375095
    Abstract: The present invention provides an autonomous traveling work machine that can accurately receive positioning signals from navigation satellites and autonomously travel without deviating from a traveling path, even in the case of an inclined slope. The autonomous traveling work machine includes a traveling machine body, a positioning receiver that receives positioning signals from navigation satellites, an autonomous traveling control device that performs control for autonomous traveling along traveling paths based on the positioning signals, an inclination detection unit that detects the inclination of the traveling machine body and outputs inclination angle information, an inclination angle determination unit that determines an inclination angle based on the inclination angle information, and a rotation control mechanism that rotates the positioning receiver with one or more degrees of freedom. The rotation control mechanism keeps the positioning receiver horizontal based on the inclination angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi Koto, Yasushi Watabe, Taro Nakamura, Junichiro Takiguchi, Yusuke Minakata, Takanori Kobayashi, Masahiro Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20200325356
    Abstract: A heat dissipating paint composition for forming a heat dissipating coating is disclosed. The heat dissipating paint includes a prepolymer and a curing agent. The prepolymer includes a main chain containing an epoxy resin and a linear side chain bonded to the main chain and having 5 to 101 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Ryosuke KODAIRA, Kazutaka YOKOYAMA, Takanori KOBAYASHI, Megumi SAKAI, Toshiyuki MIZUNO, Ryo NAKATANI, Takahiro INOUE
  • Publication number: 20190119520
    Abstract: Provided are a thermally emissive coating material composition, a thermally emissive coating and a coating forming method without any thermally emissive filler. Such a thermally emissive coating material composition includes a poly-?-olefin having a side chain with 5 to 20 carbon atoms and a silane coupling agent. The side chain preferably includes 10 to 15 carbon atoms. The thermally emissive coating material composition forms a thermally emissive coating on a surface of a base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Kazutaka YOKOYAMA, Ryosuke KODAIRA, Kosuke DATEKI, Takanori KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190112497
    Abstract: Provided are a thermally emissive coating material composition, a thermally emissive coating and a coating forming method without any thermally emissive filler. Such a thermally emissive coating material composition has a structure in which a straight alkyl with 4 to 16 carbons atoms is bonded to a phenol nucleus of a resol-type phenolic resin via an ether bond. The thermally emissive coating material composition may be formed by dehydrogenative condensation of a resol-type phenolic resin with a linear primary alcohol with 4 to 16 carbon atoms. The thermally emissive coating material composition forms a thermally emissive coating on a surface of a base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Kazutaka YOKOYAMA, Ryosuke KODAIRA, Kosuke DATEKI, Takanori KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180245183
    Abstract: Provided is a copper alloy for an electronic and electric device, including: Mg in a range of 0.5 mass % or more and 3.0 mass % or less; and a Cu balance including inevitable impurities, in which, a graph, in which a vertical axis is d?t/d?t and a horizontal axis is a true strain ?t, d?t/d?t being defined by a true stress ?t and the true strain ?t, obtained in a tensile test of the copper alloy, has a strained region that has a positive slope of d?t/d?t.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION, Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunari MAKI, Yuki ITO, Takanori KOBAYASHI