Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Ishikawa

Tetsuya Ishikawa 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).

  • TOWEL BAR FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT
    Publication number: 20170259705
    Abstract: A rail and carrier system for a removable seat of a motor vehicle includes two lower rails fixedly attached laterally along a floor of the motor vehicle. a first upper rail is nested with and laterally slidable within the first lower rail, and a second upper rail is nested with and laterally slidable within the second lower rail. First and second cross brackets are laterally spaced apart and arranged perpendicular to the first and second upper rails are connected to the first and second upper rails. A cover is connected to and extends between the first and second cross brackets. A spring-loaded lock holds the first upper rail in place with the first lower rail, and a towel bar releases the lock, enabling the first and second upper rails to slide within the first and second lower rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Peter A. SUPERNAVAGE, Tetsuya ISHIKAWA, Jeffrey H. SCHEURER, II
  • GARNISH CAP INCLUDING LIVING HINGE FOR A VEHICLE SEAT
    Publication number: 20170259711
    Abstract: A seat for a motor vehicle includes a seatbelt integrated into a seat back of the seat and a seatbelt mechanism for providing access to the seatbelt. The seat further includes an extended base attached to the seat, a raised and curved section of the extended base for transitioning the seatbelt from a vertical orientation inside the seatback to a horizontal orientation for use, an arcuate slot atop the extended base, the seatbelt being threaded through the arcuate slot, the arcuate slot preventing the seatbelt from becoming tangled and misaligned, a garnish for covering the seatbelt mechanism, a fastener, and a cap for covering the fastener. The fastener fastens the garnish and the cap to the extended base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Peter A. SUPERNAVAGE, Jesus A. DIAZ GONZALEZ, Jeffrey H. SCHEURER, II, Tetsuya ISHIKAWA
  • LATERAL SLIDE REMOVABLE SEAT
    Publication number: 20170259700
    Abstract: A rail and carrier system for first and second removable seats of a motor vehicle is described. The rail and carrier system includes two lower rails fixedly attached to and positioned laterally along a floor of the motor vehicle. Two upper rails are nested with and laterally slidable within each of the lower rails. The rail and carrier system further includes four cross brackets laterally spaced apart and arranged perpendicular to the upper rails, two connecting the left upper rails, and two connecting the right upper rails. Covers are connected to and extend between the cross brackets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Peter A. SUPERNAVAGE, Fernando A. MONTIJO, Jeffrey H. SCHEURER, II, Tetsuya ISHIKAWA, Spyridon G. BLATSEAS, Jesus A. DIAZ GONZALEZ
  • SPACER FOR LATERAL SLIDE REMOVABLE SEAT
    Publication number: 20170259703
    Abstract: A rail and carrier system for first and second removable seats for a motor vehicle includes two lower rails fixedly attached to and positioned laterally along a floor of the motor vehicle. Two upper rails are nested with and laterally slidable within each of the first lower rails. Cross brackets are laterally spaced apart and arranged perpendicular to the upper rails. Covers are connected to and extend between the cross brackets. Spacers are located laterally between upper rails within the lower rails. The spacers include a first shoe located in the lower rail, a second shoe located in the lower rail, and a first bracket connecting the first shoe and second shoe. The first and second shoes prevent the upper rails from contacting each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Peter A. SUPERNAVAGE, Jeffrey H. SCHEURER, II, Tetsuya ISHIKAWA
  • OUTDOOR UNIT
    Publication number: 20170248329
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an outdoor unit is provided with a housing, an outdoor heat exchanger, and a communication unit. The housing has a ventilation opening and contains the outdoor heat exchanger. The communication unit is disposed within the housing at a position facing the ventilation opening and performs contactless data communication with a nearby information terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: Toshiba Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Inada, Mitsunobu Maezawa, Takahiko Mukai, Tetsuya Ishikawa
  • SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING OCCURRENCE OF DEFECTIVE IMAGE AND PROGRAM FOR PREDICTING OCCURRENCE OF DEFECTIVE IMAGE
    Publication number: 20170236036
    Abstract: A system for predicting occurrence of a defective image includes: an input device configured to input image data into an image forming apparatus; and a hardware processor configured to analyze a spatial frequency of gradient distribution of an image in accordance with a size of a density irregularity specific to the image forming apparatus with respect to the input image data and to calculate a probability of a conspicuous density irregularity of the size in regard to the image formed by the image forming apparatus based on the image data with reference to an index of correlation between an analysis result and an evaluation value of the density irregularity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Natsuko KAWAI, Takashi AKAZAWA, Tetsuya ISHIKAWA, Ryoei IKARI, Kei OKAMURA, Keiji UCHIKAWA
  • Method of controlling image forming apparatus, image forming apparatus and image forming system to identify paper position and paper deformation
    Patent number: 9715196
    Abstract: A method of controlling an image forming apparatus, an image forming apparatus and image forming system are described, with which banner paper can be processed by appropriately detecting the banner paper in the fixing position when the conveyance of the banner paper is halted. The image forming apparatus comprises a paper conveying unit for conveying banner paper, an image forming unit for transferring an image to the banner paper, a fixing unit for fixing the image to the banner paper in a fixing nip by heating and pressing the banner paper conveyed along a conveying route, and a control unit. This control unit identifies information about the paper position which coincides with the fixing nip when the conveyance of the banner paper is halted and information about the amount of paper deformation of the banner paper in the paper position, and outputs the information which is identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuteru Ishizuka, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Hiroshi Morimoto, Kei Okamura
  • Human pluripotent stem cells induced from undifferentiated stem cells derived from a human postnatal tissue
    Patent number: 9714433
    Abstract: Establishment of human pluripotent stem cells having properties close to human ES cells with the genome of the patient per se that can circumvent immunological rejection of transplanted cells from cells derived from a postnatal human tissue are described. Human pluripotent stem cells can be induced by introducing three genes of Oct3/4, Sox2 and Klf 4, or three genes of Oct3/4, Sox2 and Klf 4 plus the c-Myc gene or a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor of undifferentiated stem cells present in various human postnatal tissues in which each gene of Tert, Nanog, Oct3/4 and Sox2 has not undergone epigenetic inactivation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sakurada, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Hideki Masaki, Shunichi Takahashi
  • Handle for a vehicle seat
    Patent number: 9713970
    Abstract: A seat for a motor vehicle includes a base, a seat cushion on top of the base having a top surface and rear surface, a seat back having a forward surface, a rear surface, and a bottom surface, and a handle attached to the bottom surface of the seat back located between the bottom surface of the seat back and the top surface of the seat cushion when the seat back is upright. The handle and bottom surface of the seat back being exposed when the seat back is folded down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeffrey H Scheurer, II, Tetsuya Ishikawa
  • Image forming apparatus, image formation system and recording medium
    Patent number: 9696664
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a second cleaning section, an image formation control section configured to control an image forming section to form a high-coverage patch on a transfer belt, and a cleaning control section configured to control the second cleaning section to perform cleaning of the patch on the transfer belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shota Sakurai, Tatsuya Furuta, Natsuko Kawai, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Tomohiro Kawasaki
  • Transfer-section contamination prevention device and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 9696680
    Abstract: A transfer-section contamination prevention device includes: a powder housing section that is disposed on an upstream side relative to a transfer section in a sheet conveyance direction, and is capable of holding powder at a position near an end portion of a sheet in a sheet width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction or capable of guiding the powder to the position near the end portion of the sheet, the sheet including a base material layer, a release layer and an adhesive layer containing adhesive agent disposed between the base material layer and the release layer, the transfer section being configured to transfer a toner image to the sheet; and a powder adhesion facilitation section configured to facilitate adhesion of the powder to the lateral end portion of the sheet from the powder housing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kawasaki, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Natsuko Kawai, Tatsuya Furuta, Shota Sakurai
  • Wearable computer
    Patent number: 9625725
    Abstract: A wearable computer includes a computer, a display unit, first and second casings, temples, a holding member and an adjustment mechanism. The second casing houses the computer. The temples are respectively connected to one end and, through a connection member, the other end of the first casing in a longitudinal direction. The holding member extends downward from the connection member and holds a nose pad and a translucent member. The display unit extends downward from the first casing and to outside of an installation space of the translucent member to face one eye of a wearer. The adjustment mechanism adjusts a relative position of the display unit and the nose pad. The wearable computer is wearable with the first casing being held above the one eye by the temples, the connection member and the nose pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ishikawa, Naoki Tajima, Kazuhiko Iwaki, Satoru Hirose
  • CONVEYOR BELT RUBBER COMPOSITION AND CONVEYOR BELT
    Publication number: 20170029598
    Abstract: A rubber composition with which a conveyor belt having high energy saving performance can be obtained while maintaining breaking resistance and a conveyor belt having high energy saving performance while maintaining breaking resistance are provided. A conveyor belt rubber composition includes: a diene-based polymer; and a bismaleimide compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuya ISHIKAWA
  • SUBLIMATOR/VAPORIZER
    Publication number: 20170023235
    Abstract: A chamber body is to receive therein a substance that is to be vaporized or sublimated into a vapor. A plate whose bottom face rests on the substance inside the chamber body is temperature regulated, e.g., using a heater therein, which releases heat directly above the substance that lies below. The plate slides downward as the substance is consumed by vaporization or sublimation. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventor: Tetsuya Ishikawa
  • Apparatus for and method of supplying target material
    Patent number: 9544983
    Abstract: An EUV light source target material handling system is disclosed which includes a target material dispenser and a target material repository in which solid target material in the target material repository is converted to target material in liquid form through the use of inductive heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Chirag Rajyaguru, John M. Algots, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Peter Baumgart
  • Nozzle
    Patent number: 9544982
    Abstract: An EUV light source target material handling system is disclosed which includes a target material dispenser and a target material repository including a nozzle with a radial trench design. The nozzle may be formed from a silicon-on-insulator wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Jian Zhao, Tetsuya Ishikawa
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20160342113
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a second cleaning section, an image formation control section configured to control an image forming section to form a high-coverage patch on a transfer belt, and a cleaning control section configured to control the second cleaning section to perform cleaning of the patch on the transfer belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Shota SAKURAI, Tatsuya FURUTA, Natsuko KAWAI, Tetsuya ISHIKAWA, Tomohiro KAWASAKI
  • Method for performing processing on gas sensor
    Patent number: 9500619
    Abstract: A sensor element mainly contains an oxygen ion conductive solid electrolyte. By applying, across a first electrode formed on a surface of an internal space into which a measurement gas is introduced from an outside and a second electrode formed on an external surface of the element, a predetermined voltage determined based on a potential difference between the first electrode and a reference electrode provided inside the element, oxygen in the internal space can be pumped out. In a case where pump reference processing is performed, a DC voltage having a maximum value of 1.4 to 2.0 V inclusive is applied across the reference and second electrodes for 10 to 1200 seconds inclusive in a state in which the reference and second electrodes are respectively electrically connected to negative and positive terminals of an external DC power supply, and an element temperature is set to 700 to 850° C. inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ishikawa, Kazuhito Sakakibara, Shota Kageyama
  • LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160284959
    Abstract: A light emitting device of a side-surface light emission type includes a package defining a recess and having a shape elongated in a lateral direction, the package including a pair of lead electrodes arranged next to each other in the lateral direction and forming main portions of a bottom of the recess, and a molded body integrally formed with the pair of lead electrodes and defining sidewalls of the recess, and a light emitting element disposed on at least one of the pair of lead electrodes at the bottom of the recess. The molded body has a reinforcing portion connecting between two sidewalls of the recess opposite to each other in a longitudinal direction. The reinforcing portion is made of two end portions respectively connected to the two sidewalls, and an intermediate portion provided between the two end portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuya ISHIKAWA
  • FUEL VAPOR PROCESSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160265481
    Abstract: A fuel vapor processing apparatus may include a diaphragm valve disposed in a vapor path communicating between a fuel tank and a canister. The diaphragm valve may include a valve chamber, a backpressure chamber, a diaphragm partitioning the valve chamber and the backpressure chamber from each other; and a valve member attached to the diaphragm. The backpressure chamber is not directly opened to an outside of the diaphragm valve. A control valve device may control a pressure within the backpressure chamber of the diaphragm valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya ISHIKAWA, Norihisa YAMAMOTO