Patents by Inventor Taku Kanai
Taku Kanai 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).
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Patent number: 9776066Abstract: A toe strap of a snowboard binding is constituted of one belt to fasten an upper portion of a tiptoe of a boot and another belt to fasten a tip of the tiptoe of the boot, and it is a problem to have a configuration to guide the toe strap so as to be fastened to an appropriate position with respect to a shape of the tiptoe portion of the boot when the boot is mounted. At least any one belt of the one belt and the other belt of the toe strap includes an extending portion that extends at least any direction of front and rear on a center position in a lateral direction, and the extending portion of the belt is configured to abut on the boot prior to a non-extending portion of the belt on an adjacent position when the boot is mounted.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2014Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: CAR MATE MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideyuki Naito, Taku Kanai
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Publication number: 20160325174Abstract: A toe strap of a snowboard binding is constituted of one belt to fasten an upper portion of a tiptoe of a boot and another belt to fasten a tip of the tiptoe of the boot, and it is a problem to have a configuration to guide the toe strap so as to be fastened to an appropriate position with respect to a shape of the tiptoe portion of the boot when the boot is mounted. At least any one belt of the one belt and the other belt of the toe strap includes an extending portion that extends at least any direction of front and rear on a center position in a lateral direction, and the extending portion of the belt is configured to abut on the boot prior to a non-extending portion of the belt on an adjacent position when the boot is mounted.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2014Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicant: CAR MATE MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideyuki NAITO, Taku KANAI
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Patent number: 9195176Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a movable intermediary transfer member onto which the toner image is to be transferred from the image bearing member; and a cleaning member, contacting a surface of the intermediary transfer member, for scraping off a toner from the surface of the intermediary transfer member which moves. At the surface of the intermediary transfer member, a plurality of grooves are formed along a surface movement direction of the intermediary transfer member. The surface of the intermediary transfer member has an average in-plane roughness of 10 nm or more and 30 nm or less in an area of a square of an average particle size of the toner.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Seki, Takaaki Tsuruya, Taku Kanai
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Publication number: 20150177653Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a movable intermediary transfer member onto which the toner image is to be transferred from the image bearing member; and a cleaning member, contacting a surface of the intermediary transfer member, for scraping off a toner from the surface of the intermediary transfer member which moves. At the surface of the intermediary transfer member, a plurality of grooves are formed along a surface movement direction of the intermediary transfer member. The surface of the intermediary transfer member has an average in-plane roughness of 10 nm or more and 30 nm or less in an area of a square of an average particle size of the toner.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2014Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Hiroyuki Seki, Takaaki Tsuruya, Taku Kanai
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Patent number: 9052644Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an intermediate transfer member, and a secondary transfer member having a plurality of protrusions which come into contact with the intermediate transfer member. A superficial layer of the intermediate transfer member includes a superficial layer and a plurality of insulating particles buried in the superficial layer so as to be partially exposed from she superficial layer. In the case where the insulating particles are present in a contact region in which the protrusions are brought into contact with the intermediate transfer member, a portion in which the protrusions are brought into direct contact with the superficial layer is present in the contact region.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2013Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasutaka Yagi, Taku Kanai, Takaaki Tsuruya, Hiroyuki Seki
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Publication number: 20140212657Abstract: An electrophotographic belt including an electroconductive substrate constituted of a thermoplastic resin or a thermosetting resin, and an electroconductive surface layer. The surface layer includes an energy ray curing resin as a binder resin and fluorine resin particles and electroconductive particles and has a thickness of 1.0 to 4.0 ?m. The fluorine resin particles have a primary particle diameter of 0.2 to 0.6 ?m and is in a content of 30 to 60 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the surface layer resin. The electroconductive particles have a primary particle diameter of 1/20 to 1/10 of the primary diameter of the fluorine resin particles. The belt has a volume resistivity ?v (?·cm) of 1.0×109??v?1.0×1013. The surface layer has a surface resistivity ?v (?/sq.) of 1.0×108??s?1.0×1012.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Taku Kanai
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Publication number: 20140178110Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image bearing member, an intermediate transfer member, and secondary transfer member having a plurality of protrusions which come into contact with the intermediate transfer member. A superficial layer of the intermediate transfer member includes a superficial layer and a plurality of insulating particles buried in the superficial layer so as to be partially exposed from she superficial layer. In the case where the insulating particles are present in a contact region in which the protrusion brings into contact with the intermediate transfer member, a portion in which the protrusion brings into direct contact with the superficial layer is present in the contact region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasutaka Yagi, Taku Kanai, Takaaki Tsuruya, Hiroyuki Seki
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Patent number: 8003172Abstract: A process for producing an electrophotographic belt is disclosed which includes forming a base layer comprising a thermoplastic resin, and forming a surface layer comprising a cured resin film by applying on the base layer a surface layer forming coating fluid which contains a monomer and/or oligomer component as a raw material for the cured resin film, conductive particles and a solvent, followed by drying and curing to form the surface layer. The monomer and/or oligomer component is dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2009Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Taku Kanai
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Publication number: 20100008703Abstract: An electrophotographic belt is disclosed including a base layer which contains a thermoplastic resin and has a mass loss percentage of 0.30% or more after a Taber abrasion test (ASTM D-1175; at a load of 4.9 N and 500 revolutions) and a cured resin film which has been formed on the base layer by coating, contains conductive particles and has a thickness of from 0.5 ?m or more to 3.0 ?m or less. The cured resin film has at its surface a mass loss percentage of 0.050% or less after the Taber abrasion test. The electrophotographic belt has volume resistivity ?v (?cm) and surface resistivity ?s (?/square) which satisfy the following expressions (1), (2) and (3): 106??v?1010??(1), 108??s?1013??(2), ?s/?v?102??(3).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Taku Kanai
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Publication number: 20060240248Abstract: An electrophotographic belt is disclosed including a base layer which contains a thermoplastic resin and has a mass loss percentage of 0.30% or more after a Taber abrasion test (ASTM D-1175; at a load of 4.9 N and 500 revolutions) and a cured resin film which has been formed on the base layer by coating, contains conductive particles and has a thickness of from 0.5 ?m or more to 3.0 ?m or less. The cured resin film has at its surface a mass loss percentage of 0.050% or less after the Taber abrasion test. The electrophotographic belt has volume resistivity ?v (?cm) and surface resistivity ?s (?/square) which satisfy the following expressions (1), (2) and (3): 106??v?1010??(1), 108??s?1013??(2), ?s/?v?102??(3).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2006Publication date: October 26, 2006Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Taku Kanai