Patents by Inventor Toshihiko Kobayashi
Toshihiko Kobayashi 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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Publication number: 20240111236Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a charging member, a developing member, a transfer member, a brush, a drive unit, a control unit, and a memory. The charging member charges a surface of the photosensitive drum at a charging portion. The transfer member comes into contact with the photosensitive drum to form a transfer portion. The drive unit rotatably drive the photosensitive drum. The control unit controls the drive unit to perform an image forming operation. The memory stores information about the image forming operation. In a case where the image forming operation is performed and a non-image forming operation is performed after the image forming operation, the control unit performs control such that a switching operation for stopping the photosensitive drum after the photosensitive drum is driven and re-driving the photosensitive drum is performed a plurality of times based on the information about the image forming operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: SHINSUKE KOBAYASHI, TOSHIHIKO TAKAYAMA, KENSUKE UMEDA, AI SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20240111240Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a charging member, a developing member, a transfer member, first and second gears, a drive source, and a control unit. The charging member contacts the photosensitive drum and forms a charging portion to charge a surface of the photosensitive drum. The control unit performs control in such a manner that an image forming operation of performing image formation by rotating the photosensitive drum at a first rotational speed is executable. Where the control unit executes the image forming operation, the control unit performs a switch operation of stopping the photosensitive drum in a state in which the photosensitive drum is driven, while a non-image forming operation to be executed after the image forming operation is executed, and rotationally driving the photosensitive drum again at a second rotational speed faster than the first rotational speed, a plurality of times.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: TOSHIHIKO TAKAYAMA, SHUICHI TETSUNO, SHINSUKE KOBAYASHI, HIROKO KATAGIRI, MIKIHIKO HAMADA
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Publication number: 20240069482Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a charging unit that charges an image bearing member, a developing unit that forms a toner image on an latent image formed on the image bearing member, a transfer unit that transfers the toner image onto a transfer material, a charge neutralizer that neutralizes a charge of the image bearing member downstream of a transfer portion and upstream of a charging portion in a rotating direction of the image bearing member, a conductive collecting unit that collects a material adhering on the image bearing member downstream of the transfer portion and upstream of the charging portion, wherein the developing unit collects residual toner on the image bearing member, an voltage application unit sets a potential difference between the voltage applied to the collecting unit and the surface electric potential of the image bearing member not more than a discharge threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Kazuhiro Funatani, Shinsuke Kobayashi, Shuichi Tetsuno, Toshihiko Takayama, Jun Hara
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Patent number: 11676757Abstract: An insulating layer, which is composed of a material having a higher insulating property than a core, partially covers a surface of the core. A plating layer, which functions as an electrode, is stacked on a surface of the insulating layer. The surface area of the insulating layer is larger than the surface area of the plating layer and the plating layer is stacked inside a region covered by the insulating layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Otani, Yuuta Hoshino, Toshihiko Kobayashi, Tomotaka Gotohda
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Publication number: 20210043369Abstract: An insulating layer, which is composed of a material having a higher insulating property than a core, partially covers a surface of the core. A plating layer, which functions as an electrode, is stacked on a surface of the insulating layer. The surface area of the insulating layer is larger than the surface area of the plating layer and the plating layer is stacked inside a region covered by the insulating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinji OTANI, Yuuta HOSHINO, Toshihiko KOBAYASHI, Tomotaka GOTOHDA
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Patent number: 10723494Abstract: A paper sheet bundling apparatus includes: a reel unit, in which a tape roll is set, configured to rotate the tape roll in a direction in which the tape is fed, and a direction in which the tape is wound; a tape transport unit, having a transport path provided between the reel unit and a tape bundling unit, configured to transport the tape, along the transport path, to supply the tape to the tape bundling unit when the tape bundling unit performs bundling, and to cause, when the tape bundling unit does not perform bundling, the tape to be in a stand-by state in which the tape is arranged continuously along the transport path; and specific operation execution means for executing, at a predetermined time, a specific operation of reducing tensile force in the tape arranged continuously along the transport path, when the tape bundling unit does not perform bundling.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: GLORY LTD.Inventors: Kiyoaki Kobayashi, Toshihiko Kobayashi, Yoshikatsu Mizushima, Hitoshi Kobayashi, Takahiko Taguchi, Masao Okamura, Atsushi Nagase
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Patent number: 10625887Abstract: Disclosed herein is a banknote handling apparatus 100 functioning as a paper sheet bundling device configured to bundle stacked banknotes with a tape T. The apparatus includes bundling stackers 4, 4 configured to bundle the banknotes, a tape loop forming unit 92 configured to form a small tape loop L1 from the tape T and then feed the tape T to enlarge the small tape loop L1 into a large tape loop L2, and a second transport unit 8 configured to grip the banknotes stacked in the bundling stackers 4 to transport the banknotes into the large tape loop L2.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2014Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: GLORY LTD.Inventors: Yoshikazu Mitsusada, Toshihiko Kobayashi, Hitoshi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10453608Abstract: A ceramic electronic component including a ceramic element assembly, an external electrode, and an underlying layer. In this ceramic electronic component, the underlying layer is formed on the ceramic element assembly, the external electrode is formed on the underlying layer, the underlying layer is formed of a metal material and a glass material containing a silicon atom, and the metal material exists in a highly dispersed state in the glass material.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshihiko Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10017205Abstract: An apparatus and a method that include a program execution monitoring dedicated circuit connected to a CPU of a control apparatus of an on-vehicle electronic equipment that includes an execution time monitoring timer circuit, an execution sequence monitoring comparison circuit, a setting register, an other attached circuit and so on, perform monitoring of an execution sequence of a task executed by a control program of the on-vehicle electronic equipment and/or an execution time from a head address to an end address of the task executed by the control program, and enable the control of the on-vehicle electronic equipment such as an electric power steering apparatus to be continued by performing an alternative processing in the case of detecting an abnormality in the execution sequence and/or the execution time.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2015Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventor: Toshihiko Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20180125887Abstract: This invention concerns anti-inflammatory agents and methods for treating inflammatory disorders. Also disclosed are methods for identifying or evaluating anti-inflammatory agents or compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Jeffrey Ravetch, Robert Anthony, Toshihiko Kobayashi, Fredrik Wermeling
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Publication number: 20180068788Abstract: A ceramic electronic component including a ceramic element assembly, an external electrode, and an underlying layer. In this ceramic electronic component, the underlying layer is formed on the ceramic element assembly, the external electrode is formed on the underlying layer, the underlying layer is formed of a metal material and a glass material containing a silicon atom, and the metal material exists in a highly dispersed state in the glass material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventor: TOSHIHIKO KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 9896125Abstract: A control apparatus of an on-vehicle electronic equipment. The control apparatus of the on-vehicle electronic equipment monitors an execution time of each normal processing obtained by subdividing a control program of the on-vehicle electronic equipment by means of an MCU which is provided in the control apparatus. In a case that an abnormality in the execution time of the normal processing is detected by a timer interruption processing based on a general-purpose timer built in the MCU and software, an alternative processing to be paired with the normal processing is performed to continue a control of the on-vehicle electronic equipment by replacing the normal processing with the alternative processing in a next period.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventor: Toshihiko Kobayashi
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Patent number: 9889881Abstract: An apparatus and a method that includes a program execution monitoring dedicated circuit connected to a CPU of a control apparatus of an on-vehicle electronic equipment that includes an execution time monitoring timer circuit, an execution sequence monitoring comparison circuit, a setting register, and an other attached circuit, perform monitoring of an execution sequence of a task executed by a control program of the on-vehicle electronic equipment and/or an execution time of the task executed by the control program, stop monitoring the execution time of the task when a priority interruption occurs, and enable the control of the on-vehicle electronic equipment such as an electric power steering apparatus to be continued by performing an alternative processing in the case of detecting an abnormality in the execution sequence and/or the execution time.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventor: Toshihiko Kobayashi
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Patent number: 9796415Abstract: An apparatus and a method that includes a program execution monitoring dedicated circuit connected to a CPU of a control apparatus of an on-vehicle electronic equipment that includes an execution time monitoring timer circuit (111), an execution sequence monitoring comparison circuit (113), a setting register (115), an attached circuit (117), perform monitoring of an execution sequence of a task executed by a control program of the on-vehicle electronic equipment and/or an execution time of the task executed by the control program, and enabled to continue the control of the on-vehicle electronic equipment such as an electric power steering apparatus by performing an alternative processing in the case of detecting an abnormality in the execution sequence and/or the execution time.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2014Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventor: Toshihiko Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20170197655Abstract: An apparatus and a method that includes a program execution monitoring dedicated circuit connected to a CPU of a control apparatus of an on-vehicle electronic equipment that includes an execution time monitoring timer circuit (111), an execution sequence monitoring comparison circuit (113), a setting register (115), an attached circuit (117), perform monitoring of an execution sequence of a task executed by a control program of the on-vehicle electronic equipment and/or an execution time of the task executed by the control program, and enabled to continue the control of the on-vehicle electronic equipment such as an electric power steering apparatus by performing an alternative processing in the case of detecting an abnormality in the execution sequence and/or the execution time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2014Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventor: Toshihiko KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 9704649Abstract: In order to prevent the ingress of moisture into a void section of a component main body of a ceramic electronic component, at least the component main body of the ceramic electronic component is provided with water repellency using a water repellent agent. The water repellent agent is dissolved in a supercritical fluid such as, a supercritical CO2 fluid, as a solvent to provide at least the component main body with water repellency. After providing the water repellency, the water repellent agent on the outer surface of the component main body is removed. As the water repellent agent, a silane coupling agent may be used.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Junichi Saito, Toshihiko Kobayashi, Makoto Ogawa, Akihiro Motoki, Kenichi Kawasaki, Tatsuo Kunishi
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Publication number: 20170190357Abstract: A control apparatus of on-vehicle electronic equipment that monitors an execution time of each normal processing obtained by subdividing a control program of the on-vehicle electronic equipment using an MCU which is provided in the control apparatus, wherein in a case that an abnormality in the execution time of the normal processing is detected by a timer interruption processing based on a general-purpose timer built in the MCU and software, an alternative processing to be paired with the normal processing is performed to continue a control of the on-vehicle electronic equipment by replacing the normal processing with the alternative processing in a next period.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2014Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventor: Toshihiko KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20170190358Abstract: An apparatus and a method that includes a program execution monitoring dedicated circuit connected to a CPU of a control apparatus of an on-vehicle electronic equipment that includes an execution time monitoring timer circuit, an execution sequence monitoring comparison circuit, a setting register, and an other attached circuit, perform monitoring of an execution sequence of a task executed by a control program of the on-vehicle electronic equipment and/or an execution time of the task executed by the control program, stop monitoring the execution time of the task when a priority interruption occurs, and enable the control of the on-vehicle electronic equipment such as an electric power steering apparatus to be continued by performing an alternative processing in the case of detecting an abnormality in the execution sequence and/or the execution time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2015Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventor: Toshihiko KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20170088164Abstract: An apparatus and a method that include a program execution monitoring dedicated circuit connected to a CPU of a control apparatus of an on-vehicle electronic equipment that includes an execution time monitoring timer circuit, an execution sequence monitoring comparison circuit, a setting register, an other attached circuit and so on, perform monitoring of an execution sequence of a task executed by a control program of the on-vehicle electronic equipment and/or an execution time from a head address to an end address of the task executed by the control program, and enable the control of the on-vehicle electronic equipment such as an electric power steering apparatus to be continued by performing an alternative processing in the case of detecting an abnormality in the execution sequence and/or the execution time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventor: Toshihiko KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20170073095Abstract: A paper sheet bundling apparatus includes: a reel unit, in which a tape roll is set, configured to rotate the tape roll in a direction in which the tape is fed, and a direction in which the tape is wound; a tape transport unit, having a transport path provided between the reel unit and a tape bundling unit, configured to transport the tape, along the transport path, to supply the tape to the tape bundling unit when the tape bundling unit performs bundling, and to cause, when the tape bundling unit does not perform bundling, the tape to be in a stand-by state in which the tape is arranged continuously along the transport path; and specific operation execution means for executing, at a predetermined time, a specific operation of reducing tensile force in the tape arranged continuously along the transport path, when the tape bundling unit does not perform bundling.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: GLORY LTD.Inventors: Kiyoaki KOBAYASHI, Toshihiko KOBAYASHI, Yoshikatsu MIZUSHIMA, Hitoshi KOBAYASHI, Takahiko TAGUCHI, Masao OKAMURA, Atsushi NAGASE