Patents by Inventor Takashi Shimizu

Takashi Shimizu 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: 20250148883
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus (10) is used when target processing being at least one of product registration processing and settlement processing is performed, and includes a first support portion (300), a first display (130), a second support portion (200), and an interlocking portion (400). The first support portion (300) rotatably supports, in a horizontal direction, an input device (120) operated by a user of the terminal apparatus (10). The first display (130) faces a user of the terminal apparatus (10). The second support portion (200) rotatably supports the first display (130) in the horizontal direction. The interlocking portion (400) interlocks the first support portion (300) and the second support portion (200) with each other, and rotates the input device (120) and the first display (130) in the same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi SHIMIZU, Hiroshi MORIMITSU, Takahiro AMBE
  • Publication number: 20250147451
    Abstract: A developer cartridge may include: a first gear having a small-diameter gear portion and a large-diameter gear portion; and a second gear including: a first columnar portion centered on a second axis; a second columnar portion having a smaller diameter than the first columnar portion; a first engagement portion extending along a portion of a peripheral surface of the first columnar portion and engageable with the small-diameter gear portion; a second engagement portion extending along a portion of a peripheral surface of the second columnar portion and positioned closer to a housing than the first engagement portion in an axial direction and engageable with the large-diameter gear portion; and a protruding portion protruding in the axial direction and rotatable together with the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion. The second engagement portion may engage the large-diameter gear portion after the first engagement portion engages the small-diameter gear portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keita Shimizu, Takashi Shimizu, Hideshi Nishiyama, Naoya Kamimura, Tomonori Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20250148884
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus (10) is used when at least one of product registration processing and settlement processing is performed, and includes a housing (110), a first input device (172), and a shielding portion (300). The first input device (172) is provided on an upper surface of the housing (110), and receives an input of at least one of a character and a number from a user. The shielding portion (300) is provided on the housing (110), and shields a line of sight of the first input device (172) from a person other than a user. The shielding portion (300) includes a first member (302) and a second member (304). The first member (302) is located on one side of the first input device (172) when viewed from a user. The second member (304) is located on another side of the first input device (172) when viewed from a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi SHIMIZU, Hiroshi MORIMITSU, Takahiro AMBE
  • Patent number: 12282270
    Abstract: A developer cartridge may include: a first gear having a small-diameter gear portion and a large-diameter gear portion; and a second gear including: a first columnar portion centered on a second axis; a second columnar portion having a smaller diameter than the first columnar portion; a first engagement portion extending along a portion of a peripheral surface of the first columnar portion and engageable with the small-diameter gear portion; a second engagement portion extending along a portion of a peripheral surface of the second columnar portion and positioned closer to a housing than the first engagement portion in an axial direction and engageable with the large-diameter gear portion; and a protruding portion protruding in the axial direction and rotatable together with the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion. The second engagement portion may engage the large-diameter gear portion after the first engagement portion engages the small-diameter gear portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keita Shimizu, Takashi Shimizu, Hideshi Nishiyama, Naoya Kamimura, Tomonori Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20250123591
    Abstract: A developing cartridge includes a developing electrode and a supply electrode. The developing electrode includes a first electrical contact in contact with a developing roller shaft, and a second electrical contact positioned closer to the developing roller shaft than a second agitator gear is to the developing roller shaft. The second electrical contact is positioned farther from the developing roller shaft than the first electrical contact is from the developing roller shaft. The supply electrode includes a first electrical contact in contact with the supply roller shaft, and a second electrical contact positioned closer to the developing roller shaft than the second agitator gear is to the developing roller shaft. The second electrical contact of the supply electrode is positioned farther from the developing roller shaft than the second electrical contact of the developing electrode is from the developing roller shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keita SHIMIZU, Tomoya ICHIKAWA, Takashi SHIMIZU, Kazuna TAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 12274002
    Abstract: A multilayer circuit board includes a board body including insulator layers stacked upon each other, a first land pattern at the board body to mount a passive component, a second land pattern at the board body to mount an active component, and a heat-dissipation layer between the insulator layers and extending along main surfaces of the insulator layers. The heat-dissipation layer includes a hole extending therethrough in a stacking direction of the insulator layers. In a plan view from the stacking direction, an outer edge of the hole of the heat-dissipation layer is on an outer side of the first land pattern, or overlaps the first land pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kishimoto, Takumi Masaki, Masato Inaoka, Takashi Shimizu, Hiroshi Nishikawa, Takahiro Takada
  • Publication number: 20250104538
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus (10) is used when at least one of product registration processing and settlement processing is performed, and includes a first display (150), a second display (140), and an input device (172). The first display (150) is located next to the second display (140). A lower end of the first display (150) is located higher than a lower end of the second display (140). The input device (172) is disposed in a region located below the first display (150).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi SHIMIZU, Hiroshi MORIMITSU, Takahiro AMBE
  • Patent number: 12261260
    Abstract: A micro-LED board includes a substrate, wiring, a first insulating layer, a micro-LED, and a light-blocking layer. The wiring, the first insulating layer, and the micro-LED are located on the substrate in an order of the wiring, the first insulating layer, and the micro-LED. The micro-LED overlaps the wiring. The light-blocking layer is located between the first insulating layer and the micro-LED, at least partially crosses a portion of the wiring directly below the micro-LED, and has an area that does not overlap a positive electrode and a negative electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Shimizu, Hiroaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20250084191
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a fluorine resin refining method. The method includes refining a fluorine resin by bringing the fluorine resin into contact with a fluorinating agent at a temperature of (Tg1?35)° C. or higher, where Tg1 is the glass transition temperature of the fluorine resin, and the fluorine resin includes a first fluorine-containing aliphatic ring structure in a molecular chain. The present invention makes it possible to produce a fluorine resin suitable for use in a plastic optical fiber. The first fluorine-containing aliphatic ring structure may have a dioxolane skeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihide KAWAGUCHI, Takashi SHIMIZU, Takeshi SAITO, Akifumi KIDO
  • Patent number: 12228878
    Abstract: A drum cartridge includes: a drum frame to which a developing cartridge including a storage medium having an electrical contact surface is detachably attachable; a photosensitive drum; a transfer roller; and a conveying roller. The drum is rotatable about a first axis extending in a first direction and positioned at one end portion of the frame in a second direction. The transfer roller is rotatable about a second axis extending in the first direction and in contact with the drum. The conveying roller is rotatable about a third axis extending in the first direction and separated from the transfer roller in the second direction. A first opening of the frame is positioned between the transfer roller and the conveying roller in the second direction. The electrical contact surface is exposed to an outside through the first opening in a case where the developing cartridge is attached to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Shimizu, Koji Abe
  • Publication number: 20250038007
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of conductive layers that are stacked in plurality in a first direction via an inter-layer insulating layer, that extend in a second direction which intersects the first direction, and that are disposed in plurality in a third direction which intersects the first direction and the second direction. In addition, the same nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises: a semiconductor layer that has the first direction as a longitudinal direction; a tunnel insulating layer that contacts a side surface of the semiconductor layer; a charge accumulation layer that contacts a side surface of the tunnel insulating layer; and a block insulating layer that contacts a side surface of the charge accumulation layer. Furthermore, in the same nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, an end in the third direction of the plurality of conductive layers is rounded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi SONEHARA, Takahiro HIRAI, Masaaki HIGUCHI, Takashi SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 12204275
    Abstract: A developing cartridge includes a developing electrode and a supply electrode. The developing electrode includes a first electrical contact in contact with a developing roller shaft, and a second electrical contact positioned closer to the developing roller shaft than a second agitator gear is to the developing roller shaft. The second electrical contact is positioned farther from the developing roller shaft than the first electrical contact is from the developing roller shaft. The supply electrode includes a first electrical contact in contact with the supply roller shaft, and a second electrical contact positioned closer to the developing roller shaft than the second agitator gear is to the developing roller shaft. The second electrical contact of the supply electrode is positioned farther from the developing roller shaft than the second electrical contact of the developing electrode is from the developing roller shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keita Shimizu, Tomoya Ichikawa, Takashi Shimizu, Kazuna Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20250006891
    Abstract: A negative electrode includes a negative active material layer containing a silicon-based negative active material, a rubber-based binder, and a carbon nanotube, wherein a content of the silicon-based negative active material in the negative active material layer is 68 mass % or more, a content of the rubber-based binder in the negative active material layer is 3.0 mass % or more, and a content of the carbon nanotube in the negative active material layer is 0.4×(n2+4n)/(2n+3) mass % or less where n is the number of layers of graphene forming the carbon nanotube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke ICHIKAWA, Nobuhiro NAKAJIMA, Takashi SHIMIZU, Akihito TANOI, Heisuke NISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 12165452
    Abstract: An electronic key terminal includes a first case and a second case, an elastic member including a planar portion and a wall portion protruding from at least a part of a periphery of the planar portion in a direction from the first case toward the second case, and an electronic board housed in a space defined by the first case and the second case. The wall portion includes protruding portions protruding from opposing sides of the wall portion. The electronic board is partially disposed between the third planar portion and the protruding portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Shimizu, Yuichi Suehiro, Koichi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20240396135
    Abstract: The sealing film seals a gap between an electrode lead wire and a housing vessel. The electrode lead wire is electrically connected to a battery body. The housing vessel houses the battery body. The sealing film includes one or a plurality of thermoplastic resin layers. At least one of the thermoplastic resin layers includes a hydrogen-bonding resin having a structure allowing hydrogen bonding between molecules thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Shunsuke Takeyama, Takanori Sakuragi, Atsufumi Meguro, Takashi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20240377576
    Abstract: A plastic optical fiber suitable for reducing interfacial delamination between a clad and a coating layer. The plastic optical fiber includes: a core; a clad disposed on an outer circumference of the core and including a fluorine-containing resin; and a coating layer disposed on an outer circumference of the clad, the coating layer consisting of a material. The material has an elongation, as measured by a given test, of 0.05% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi OHMURA, Takashi SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 12142486
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of conductive layers that are stacked in plurality in a first direction via an inter-layer insulating layer, that extend in a second direction which intersects the first direction, and that are disposed in plurality in a third direction which intersects the first direction and the second direction. In addition, the same nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises: a semiconductor layer that has the first direction as a longitudinal direction; a tunnel insulating layer that contacts a side surface of the semiconductor layer; a charge accumulation layer that contacts a side surface of the tunnel insulating layer; and a block insulating layer that contacts a side surface of the charge accumulation layer. Furthermore, in the same nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, an end in the third direction of the plurality of conductive layers is rounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Sonehara, Takahiro Hirai, Masaaki Higuchi, Takashi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20240329295
    Abstract: A plastic optical fiber of the present disclosure includes: a core including a first region having a refractive index decreasing in a direction from a center of the core toward an outer edge of the core; and a trench disposed on an outer circumference of the core. When a refractive index difference between a refractive index n1 at the outer edge of the core and a refractive index n2 of the trench is defined as ?n and a thickness of the trench is defined as d (?m), a value of ?n×d is 0.010 or more and 0.06 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Shimizu, Toru Moriya, Kazuya Takayama, Hiroshi Ohmura
  • Patent number: 12085872
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: a photoconductor; a developing device; a developer storage; a supplier configured to supply developer; an optical sensor; and a controller configured to execute: a developing process of developing an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor; a usage-amount obtaining process of obtaining a usage amount of the developer; a supplying process of supplying the developer to the developing device every time when the obtained usage amount becomes equal to or greater than a first threshold; and a detecting process of detecting, by the optical sensor, an amount of the developer in the developing device every time when the obtained usage amount becomes equal to or greater than a second threshold larger than the first threshold, and wherein the controller is configured to execute the detecting process in a period different from a period in which the developing process is being executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Suzuki, Kazuma Hinoue, Takashi Yasuda, Takashi Shimizu, Yoshifumi Kajikawa
  • Patent number: 12072006
    Abstract: A developing device may include an auger or an agitator that is capable of supplying toner in a toner accommodation chamber to a developing chamber and is rotatable about an auger axis extending in an axial direction, a transporting gear that is rotatable together with the auger or the agitator, and a moving gear that is in mesh with a coupling gear and is rotatable both counterclockwise and clockwise. The moving gear is movable while being in mesh with the coupling gear between a first position where the moving gear is in mesh with the transporting gear and a second position where the moving gear is out of mesh with the transporting gear. The moving gear moves to the first position when the coupling gear rotates counterclockwise and to the second position when the coupling gear rotates clockwise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Shimizu, Yasuo Fukamachi, Keita Shimizu, Kazutoshi Nakamura