Patents by Inventor Takayuki Higuchi

Takayuki Higuchi 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: 20250026725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydrate crystal of 5-chloro-4-(3-chloro-4-methylphenyl)-1H-imidazole-2-carbonitrile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: ISHIHARA SANGYO KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shikama, Koji Higuchi, Shogo Atsumi, Hiroto Shiota, Takayuki Imura
  • Patent number: 12204259
    Abstract: There is provided a fixing solution capable of improving fixing property while suppressing odor. The fixing solution includes: an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid ester; a polyethylene glycol alkyl ether; and water. The water is dispersed in the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid ester. The polyethylene glycol alkyl ether has not less than 4 pieces and not more than 12 pieces of an oxyethylene unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideji Fukaya, Takayuki Higuchi, Tatsuya Ezaka
  • Publication number: 20240429644
    Abstract: The object is to provide a connector and a connector connection structure that, even if an electric wire is vibrated, may suppress influence of the vibration. A housing 22, 23 includes an insertion cylinder 221, 231 in communication with a main body 222, 232 and having a high-voltage electric wire 201 inserted thereinto. An electric wire retaining portion 28 provided on the harness insertion outer cylinder 231 and retaining the high-voltage electric wire 201 has an electric wire insertion hole 281 retaining the high-voltage electric wire 201 inserted thereinto, and further includes a securing-side retaining portion 282 provided on the harness insertion outer cylinder 231 and having securing-side arcked grooves 281a, and an attachment retaining portion 283 having attachment-side arcked grooves 281b and attached to the securing-side retaining portion 282.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Tomoaki TANIGAWA, Takayuki HIGUCHI, Takeshi WATANABE
  • Patent number: 12124198
    Abstract: An image forming method includes: forming a toner image on a sheet by using a toner including a first binder resin; and applying, to the toner image, a fixing solution capable of softening the first binder resin so as to fix the toner image to the sheet. The first binder resin is a condensate of a first alcohol component and a first carboxylic acid component. The first alcohol component contains 1,4-butanediol, and the first carboxylic acid component contains polyvalent carboxylic acid. A molar ratio of the 1,4-butanediol in the first alcohol component is not less than 30 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Higuchi, Kumiko Sakaguchi, Beibei Yang, Norihiro Hirai
  • Publication number: 20240275105
    Abstract: A harness-side connector includes a retaining portion main body having a harness-side terminal disposed therein, a shell main body, a harness insertion cylinder and a harness insertion outer cylinder. A retainer outserted over a portion, of a high-voltage electric wire that is inserted into the harness insertion cylinder and the harness insertion outer cylinder, to be secured is provided. The retainer includes a retainer securing portion inserted into the harness insertion outer cylinder to be secured, and an electric wire retaining portion protruding from the harness insertion outer cylinder and retaining the high-voltage electric wire. The electric wire retaining portion includes a securing-side retaining portion integrally formed with the retainer securing portion, and an attachment retaining portion attached to the securing-side retaining portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki HIGUCHI, Takeshi WATANABE, Tomoaki TANIGAWA, Sota KAMON, Takuto WADA
  • Patent number: 11911861
    Abstract: A machining system includes a cover body having an opening and defining a machining area of a workpiece, a door portion provided in the opening, an actuator that operates the door portion between a first position at which the opening is closed and a second position at which the opening is opened, a controller that controls the actuator, and a robot arm that operates through the opening to convey a workpiece between the machining area and an external area outside the machining area. The controller controls the actuator such that the door portion is positioned at a third position when the robot arm conveys the workpiece. An opening area of the opening when the door portion is positioned at the third position is smaller than an opening area of the opening when the door portion is positioned at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: DMG MORI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Higuchi, Hiroshi Yasuda, Hideki Nagasue
  • Patent number: 11817398
    Abstract: A conductive paste contains (A) copper fine particles having an average particle diameter of 50 nm to 400 nm and a crystallite diameter of 20 nm to 50 nm, (B) copper particles having an average particle diameter of 0.8 ?m to 5 ?m and a ratio of a crystallite diameter to the crystallite diameter of the copper fine particles (A) of 1.0 to 2.0, and (C) a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: NAMICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Kajita, Masahiro Kitamura, Takayuki Higuchi, Noritsuka Mizumura
  • Patent number: 11698596
    Abstract: A fixing device is for fixing a developing agent image to a recording sheet by electrostatically spraying a charged fixing solution toward the developing agent image on the sheet. The fixing device includes a container portion, a plurality of nozzles, and a potential difference generating portion. The container portion is configured to store therein the fixing solution. The plurality of nozzles is in communication with the container portion and configured to spray the fixing solution toward the developing agent image. The potential difference generating portion is configured to generate a potential difference between the fixing solution stored in the plurality of nozzles and the recording sheet conveyed at a position separated from the plurality of nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yutaka Kakigahara, Kengo Takeda, Jun Mihara, Satoshi Murata, Shinya Yamamoto, Tomoaki Hattori, Kumiko Sakaguchi, Takayuki Higuchi, Tatsuya Ezaka, Emi Shimizu, Kentaro Murayama
  • Publication number: 20220298077
    Abstract: A floor patching composition, including: 100 parts of a dry mortar composition including: 9 to 15 parts of quick-setting cement, and 85 to 94 parts of a sole fine aggregate or a combination of two or more fine aggregates, wherein the sole fine aggregate or the combination has an average true density of 2.8 to 4.0 g/cm3 and a maximum particle size of 1.2 mm or less; 3 to 18 parts of polymer emulsion solid content having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of equal to or higher than ?20° C. and equal to or less than 10° C.; and 6 to 18 parts of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Takayuki HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220260935
    Abstract: There is provided a fixing solution capable of improving fixing property while suppressing odor. The fixing solution includes: an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid ester; a polyethylene glycol alkyl ether; and water. The water is dispersed in the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid ester. The polyethylene glycol alkyl ether has not less than 4 pieces and not more than 12 pieces of an oxyethylene unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideji FUKAYA, Takayuki HIGUCHI, Tatsuya EZAKA
  • Publication number: 20220244667
    Abstract: An image forming method includes: forming a toner image on a sheet by using a toner including a first binder resin; and applying, to the toner image, a fixing solution capable of softening the first binder resin so as to fix the toner image to the sheet. The first binder resin is a condensate of a first alcohol component and a first carboxylic acid component. The first alcohol component contains 1,4-butanediol, and the first carboxylic acid component contains polyvalent carboxylic acid. A molar ratio of the 1,4-butanediol in the first alcohol component is not less than 30 mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki HIGUCHI, Kumiko SAKAGUCHI, Beibei YANG, Norihiro HIRAI
  • Patent number: 11392051
    Abstract: An image forming method includes: forming a toner image on a print medium by using a toner including toner particles having a binder resin which contains a condensate of straight-chain diol having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and polyvalent carboxylic acid; and applying, to the toner image, a fixing solution containing an ester-based softening agent having a boiling point of not less than 180° C. so as to fix the toner image to the print medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Higuchi, Tatsuya Ezaka, Norihiro Hirai, Hisakazu Tajima
  • Patent number: 11333990
    Abstract: An image forming method includes: forming a toner image on a print medium by using a toner including toner particles having a binder resin which contains a condensate of straight-chain diol having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and polyvalent carboxylic acid; and applying, to the toner image, a fixing solution containing an ester-based softening agent having a boiling point of not less than 180° C. so as to fix the toner image to the print medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Higuchi, Tatsuya Ezaka, Norihiro Hirai, Hisakazu Tajima
  • Publication number: 20220055168
    Abstract: A machining system includes a cover body having an opening and defining a machining area of a workpiece, a door portion provided in the opening, an actuator that operates the door portion between a first position at which the opening is closed and a second position at which the opening is opened, a controller that controls the actuator, and a robot arm that operates through the opening to convey a workpiece between the machining area and an external area outside the machining area. The controller controls the actuator such that the door portion is positioned at a third position when the robot arm conveys the workpiece. An opening area of the opening when the door portion is positioned at the third position is smaller than an opening area of the opening when the door portion is positioned at the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: DMG MORI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki HIGUCHI, Hiroshi YASUDA, Hideki NAGASUE
  • Publication number: 20220045026
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a conductive paste that achieves both low resistance and high adhesion strength (die shear strength) of the resulting conductive body after firing. The present invention provides a conductive paste comprising: (A) copper fine particles having an average particle diameter of 50 nm to 400 nm and a crystallite diameter of 20 nm to 50 nm; (B) copper particles having an average particle diameter of 0.8 ?m to 5 ?m and a ratio of a crystallite diameter to the crystallite diameter of the copper particles (A) of 1.0 to 2.0; and (C) a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: NAMICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi KAJITA, Masahiro KITAMURA, Takayuki HIGUCHI, Noritsuka MIZUMURA
  • Publication number: 20210263458
    Abstract: A fixing device is for fixing a developing agent image to a recording sheet by electrostatically spraying a charged fixing solution toward the developing agent image on the sheet. The fixing device includes a container portion, a plurality of nozzles, and a potential difference generating portion. The container portion is configured to store therein the fixing solution. The plurality of nozzles is in communication with the container portion and configured to spray the fixing solution toward the developing agent image. The potential difference generating portion is configured to generate a potential difference between the fixing solution stored in the plurality of nozzles and the recording sheet conveyed at a position separated from the plurality of nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Yutaka Kakigahara, Kengo Takeda, Jun Mihara, Satoshi Murata, Shinya Yamamoto, Tomoaki Hattori, Kumiko Sakaguchi, Takayuki Higuchi, Tatsuya Ezaka, Emi Shimizu, Kentaro Murayama
  • Patent number: 11009820
    Abstract: A fixing device is for fixing a developing agent image to a recording sheet by electrostatically spraying a charged fixing solution toward the developing agent image on the sheet. The fixing device includes a container portion, a plurality of nozzles, and a potential difference generating portion. The container portion is configured to store therein the fixing solution. The plurality of nozzles is in communication with the container portion and configured to spray the fixing solution toward the developing agent image. The potential difference generating portion is configured to generate a potential difference between the fixing solution stored in the plurality of nozzles and the recording sheet conveyed at a position separated from the plurality of nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yutaka Kakigahara, Kengo Takeda, Jun Mihara, Satoshi Murata, Shinya Yamamoto, Tomoaki Hattori, Kumiko Sakaguchi, Takayuki Higuchi, Tatsuya Ezaka, Emi Shimizu, Kentaro Murayama
  • Publication number: 20200310272
    Abstract: An image forming method includes: forming a toner image on a print medium by using a toner including toner particles having a binder resin which contains a condensate of straight-chain diol having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and polyvalent carboxylic acid; and applying, to the toner image, a fixing solution containing an ester-based softening agent having a boiling point of not less than 180° C. so as to fix the toner image to the print medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki HIGUCHI, Tatsuya EZAKA, Norihiro HIRAI, Hisakazu TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20200309274
    Abstract: The diaphragm valve comprises a body with a flow path, a stem, a diaphragm, a diaphragm depressor attached to the lower end of the stem, and a connecting member which connects the diaphragm and the diaphragm depressor. Further, the connecting member has a rod-shaped part to be connected to the diaphragm depressor and a flange part which is radially protruding in a circular shape at the lower end of the connecting member and having at least one notch on the outer peripheral edge. Furthermore, the rod-shaped part has a radially concaved constriction part above the flange part, and the flange part and the constriction part are embedded in the central part of the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shunji Obara, Tadayuki Yakushijin, Takayuki Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20190391517
    Abstract: A fixing device is for fixing a developing agent image to a recording sheet by electrostatically spraying a charged fixing solution toward the developing agent image on the sheet. The fixing device includes a container portion, a plurality of nozzles, and a potential difference generating portion. The container portion is configured to store therein the fixing solution. The plurality of nozzles is in communication with the container portion and configured to spray the fixing solution toward the developing agent image. The potential difference generating portion is configured to generate a potential difference between the fixing solution stored in the plurality of nozzles and the recording sheet conveyed at a position separated from the plurality of nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Yutaka Kakigahara, Kengo Takeda, Jun Mihara, Satoshi Murata, Shinya Yamamoto, Tomoaki Hattori, Kumiko Sakaguchi, Takayuki Higuchi, Tatsuya Ezaka, Emi Shimizu, Kentaro Murayama