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).

  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160257521
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section configured to form a toner image on a sheet having a paste component; and an end pressing section provided on an upstream side of the image forming section in a sheet conveyance direction, and configured to exert a pressure on an end portion of the sheet while moving from a center toward an end of the sheet in a sheet width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Tatsuya FURUTA, Tomohiro KAWASAKI, Shota SAKURAI, Tetsuya ISHIKAWA, Natsuko KAWAI
  • TRANSFER-SECTION CONTAMINATION PREVENTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160259292
    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: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohiro KAWASAKI, Tetsuya ISHIKAWA, Natsuko KAWAI, Tatsuya FURUTA, Shota SAKURAI
  • Fixing apparatus, image forming apparatus and temperature control method of fixing apparatus
    Patent number: 9436143
    Abstract: A fixing apparatus includes a heating unit configured to heat an endless belt stretched around a plurality of rollers, a lower pressure roller pressed into contact with the fixing belt, and a control unit configured to control the temperature of the fixing belt by controlling the heating unit, and fixes an unfixed toner image formed on a continuous paper to the continuous paper by heat from the heated object under a nipping pressure applied at the nip portion which is formed by engagement between the fixing belt and the lower pressure roller. The control unit controls the temperature of the fixing belt to be a stand-by temperature lower than such a first temperature, which is set up in advance, that paper trouble might occur if the continuous paper is continuously heated at a temperature not lower than the first temperature in a stand-by state in which fixing is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ishikawa, Hiroshi Morimoto, Kazuteru Ishizuka, Kei Okamura
  • Method of forming a group III-nitride crystalline film on a patterned substrate by hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE)
    Patent number: 9431477
    Abstract: A method of depositing a high quality low defect single crystalline Group III-Nitride film. A patterned substrate having a plurality of features with inclined sidewalls separated by spaces is provided. A Group III-Nitride film is deposited by a hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) process over the patterned substrate. The HVPE deposition process forms a Group III-Nitride film having a first crystal orientation in the spaces between features and a second different crystal orientation on the inclined sidewalls. The first crystal orientation in the spaces subsequently overgrows the second crystal orientation on the sidewalls and in the process turns over and terminates treading dislocations formed in the first crystal orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Olga Kryliouk, Yuriy Melnik, Hidehiro Kojiri, Tetsuya Ishikawa
  • HAND DEVICE, ROBOT ARM, AND ROBOT
    Publication number: 20160236354
    Abstract: A hand device includes: a hand base (40a); a first finger (40b) which extends from a tip of the hand base (40a) in a longitudinal direction while bending to the hand base (40a); a second finger (40c) attached to the hand base (40a) so as to face a surface of the hand base (40a) side of a tip of the first finger (40b); and a drive mechanism (40e) which actuates the second finger (40c) so that a tip of the second finger (40c) approaches or separates from the first finger (40b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ishikawa, Susumu Miyazaki
  • Printing apparatus and printing method
    Patent number: 9415960
    Abstract: A sheet is conveyed with no slack between a first conveying path and a second conveying path, thus allowing a high-quality image to be printed on the sheet and suppressing a possible sheet jam. A conveying path with a changeable conveying path length is provided between a first conveying path including a pair of downstream side conveying rollers and a pair of downstream side conveying rollers and a second conveying path including a pair of downstream side conveying rollers and a pair of downstream side conveying rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinya Asano, Atsushi Saito, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Takatoshi Nakano, Yutaka Kano
  • MASSAGE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160193105
    Abstract: There is provided a massage device for performing a grabbing massage such as to grab a to-be-massaged area. The massage device (1) comprises: a kneading massage member (2) having a kneading massager (9) at its front end; and a grabbing massage member (8) having a grabbing massager (7) at its front end, which is disposed on the base end side of the kneading massage member (2), and, the grabbing massage member (8) is designed to perform a grabbing massage by moving the grabbing massager of the grabbing massage member (8) close to and away from the kneading massager (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: DAITO ELECTRIC MACHINE INDUSTRY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Fumitaka ISHIGURO, Tetsuya ISHIKAWA, Shinsaku SHIMIZU
  • APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF SUPPLYING TARGET MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20160128170
    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: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Chirag RAJYAGURU, John M. Algots, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Peter Baumgart
  • Vehicle seat
    Patent number: 9272642
    Abstract: In a vehicle seat (car seat 1) including a first seat portion (seat cushion 10) movable between a use position and a retracted position, and a second seat portion (seat back 20) movable between a use position and a retracted position, an actuator mechanism is configured to cause the second seat portion to start moving toward its retracted position at a time when the first seat portion passes a predetermined intermediate position that is on a way from the use position toward the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignees: TS TECH CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Kazuhisa Nishimura
  • Wearable Computer
    Publication number: 20160004084
    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: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Tetsuya ISHIKAWA, Naoki TAJIMA, Kazuhiko IWAKI, Satoru HIROSE
  • Method for manufacturing sensor element for use in gas sensor, inspecting electrical characteristics of sensor element, and pre-treating sensor element
    Patent number: 9229047
    Abstract: To provide a method for manufacturing a sensor element, by which stabilization of an electrode, which is performed prior to inspecting element characteristics, can be performed for a shorter time period and in a more reliable manner than in the conventional. The sensor element includes: an oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte layer; a first electrode that is formed on a surface of the oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte layer; and a second electrode that is formed in a space provided inside the oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte layer, and that is configured to reduce said predetermined gas component. As the pre-treatment, by an external power source, a voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, to thereby decompose and remove a gas component attached to the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Ohtsubo, Tetsuya Ishikawa
  • FIXING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD OF FIXING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150355584
    Abstract: A fixing apparatus includes a heating unit configured to heat an endless belt stretched around a plurality of rollers, a lower pressure roller pressed into contact with the fixing belt, and a control unit configured to control the temperature of the fixing belt by controlling the heating unit, and fixes an unfixed toner image formed on a continuous paper to the continuous paper by heat from the heated object under a nipping pressure applied at the nip portion which is formed by engagement between the fixing belt and the lower pressure roller. The control unit controls the temperature of the fixing belt to be a stand-by temperature lower than such a first temperature, which is set up in advance, that paper trouble might occur if the continuous paper is continuously heated at a temperature not lower than the first temperature in a stand-by state in which fixing is not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Tetsuya ISHIKAWA, Hiroshi MORIMOTO, Kazuteru ISHIZUKA, Kei OKAMURA
  • Thin Film Battery with Magnetic Components
    Publication number: 20150349374
    Abstract: Solid-state battery structures and methods of manufacturing solid-state batteries, such as thin-film batteries, are disclosed. More particularly, embodiments relate to solid-state batteries that incorporate magnetic material in one or more layers. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ishikawa, Penchala N. Kankanala, Alan Ritchie
  • Thin Film Battery Structures Having Sloped Cell Sidewalls
    Publication number: 20150349373
    Abstract: Solid-state battery structures and methods of manufacturing solid-state batteries, such as thin-film batteries, are disclosed. More particularly, embodiments relate to solid-state batteries having a current collector tab between multiple electrochemical cells. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Shawn William Snyder, Tetsuya Ishikawa
  • Devices And Methods For Reducing Battery Defects
    Publication number: 20150349371
    Abstract: Solid-state battery structures and methods of manufacturing solid-state batteries are disclosed. More particularly, embodiments relate to solid-state batteries having one or more subdivided electrode layers. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Bernd Jurgen Neudecker, Shawn William Snyder, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Tor Collins Anderson
  • METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150316878
    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: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuteru ISHIZUKA, Tetsuya ISHIKAWA, Hiroshi MORIMOTO, Kei OKAMURA
  • Lower-leg massage device
    Patent number: 9173804
    Abstract: There is provided a massage device capable of producing innovative and comfortable massage effect by massaging a target body part over a wide area in its lengthwise direction with substantially rectilinear motion of a pressure-applying point. The massage device 1 comprises a pair of treatment members 23, 24 arranged face-to-face with each other at a spacing large enough for insertion of part of human body; a holding mechanism 162 for holding and pressing the body part in sandwich style by moving at least one of the paired treatment members or both of them 23, 24 in the direction of width of the body part set in place between the paired treatment members; and a moving mechanism 26 for moving the treatment member 23, 24 in the direction of length of the body part while maintaining the holding condition of the treatment member 23, 24 effected by the holding mechanism 162.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: DAITO ELECTRIC MACHINE INDUSTRY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ishikawa, Shigeki Noda, Shinsaku Shimizu
  • Image forming apparatus and method of forming an image which can prevent a development memory from occurring
    Patent number: 9164415
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section including a light exposure section configured to expose an image bearing member to light to form an electrostatic latent image, the image forming section being configured to form a toner image on the image bearing member, and to form an image on a recording sheet by transferring the toner image onto the recording sheet; an estimation section configured to estimate a density lowering position on the basis of image data of an image formed by the image forming section, the density lowering position being a position where decrease in image density relative to a predetermined image density is caused in the image; and a control section configured to increase a light exposure amount at the density lowering position estimated by the estimation section on the image bearing member to an amount greater than a predetermined light exposure amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Natsuko Minegishi, Hideaki Tanaka, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Ryoei Ikari, Shintaro Sone
  • PRINTING APPARATUS AMD PRINTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20150284202
    Abstract: A sheet is conveyed with no slack between a first conveying path and a second conveying path, thus allowing a high-quality image to be printed on the sheet and suppressing a possible sheet jam. A conveying path with a changeable conveying path length is provided between a first conveying path including a pair of downstream side conveying rollers and a pair of downstream side conveying rollers and a second conveying path including a pair of downstream side conveying rollers and a pair of downstream side conveying rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Shinya Asano, Atsushi Saito, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Takatoshi Nakano, Yutaka Kano
  • METHOD FOR PERFORMING PROCESSING ON GAS SENSOR
    Publication number: 20150260679
    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: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Tetsuya ISHIKAWA, Kazuhito SAKAKIBARA, Shota KAGEYAMA