Patents by Inventor Yoshinobu EHARA

Yoshinobu EHARA 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).

  • Patent number: 11687026
    Abstract: A seal bearing includes: a bearing part configured to bear and hold a shaft such that the shaft is rotatable; and a seal part made of elastomer and combined with the bearing part. The seal part is joined to an end surface among two end surfaces of the bearing part. The two end surfaces are adjacent to a bearing surface of the bearing part in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Ehara, Hajime Mori
  • Patent number: 11681254
    Abstract: A resin sliding bearing includes: a bearing surface for slidingly bearing a shaft; and a hollow that communicates with the bearing surface through to a different surface of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Ehara, Hajime Mori
  • Patent number: 11513262
    Abstract: A method is for manufacturing a structure obtained by stacking a substrate that is a first member as a base material, and lens arrays that are second members that are opposed to the substrate, are formed of a resin material different from the substrate, and have a shape on a surface. The method includes a surface activation step of performing an activation treatment to cause an activation state of at least one of a surface of the substrate or a surface of the lens arrays, and a bonding step of pressurizing the lens arrays at least at a temperature that is equal to or higher than a reference temperature obtained by subtracting 30° C. from a load deflection temperature of a resin material of the lens arrays, and is equal to or lower than a glass transition temperature, to closely bond to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Ehara
  • Publication number: 20220299931
    Abstract: A seal bearing includes: a bearing part configured to bear and hold a shaft such that the shaft is rotatable; and a seal part made of elastomer and combined with the bearing part. The seal part is joined to an end surface among two end surfaces of the bearing part. The two end surfaces are adjacent to a bearing surface of the bearing part in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshinobu EHARA, Hajime MORI
  • Publication number: 20220299932
    Abstract: A resin sliding bearing includes: a bearing surface for slidingly bearing a shaft; and a hollow that communicates with the bearing surface through to a different surface of the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshinobu EHARA, Hajime MORI
  • Publication number: 20210026041
    Abstract: A method is for manufacturing a structure obtained by stacking a substrate that is a first member as a base material, and lens arrays that are second members that are opposed to the substrate, are formed of a resin material different from the substrate, and have a shape on a surface. The method includes a surface activation step of performing an activation treatment to cause an activation state of at least one of a surface of the substrate or a surface of the lens arrays, and a bonding step of pressurizing the lens arrays at least at a temperature that is equal to or higher than a reference temperature obtained by subtracting 30° C. from a load deflection temperature of a resin material of the lens arrays, and is equal to or lower than a glass transition temperature, to closely bond to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Yoshinobu EHARA
  • Patent number: 10211260
    Abstract: An optical writing device includes: a light emitting substrate on which light emitting device groups obtained by grouping light emitting devices is arranged; a lens array including image forming lenses condensing light emitted from the light emitting devices on an image carrier; a first base material including the lens array; and a second base material including the light emitting substrate or the lens array, wherein the first and/or second base materials, each of which includes a joint formed in a joint part with the other member, is a transparent body, the joint includes a metal layer, an intermediate layer providing a peak of total transmissivity of the joint in a first wavelength band, and a marker for alignment, the first and second base materials are joined via the metal layer, and the light emitting devices emit light of a wavelength band out of the first wavelength band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Ikeda, Makoto Ooki, Hideo Uemura, Tomohiko Tagawa, Yoshinobu Ehara
  • Publication number: 20180350882
    Abstract: An optical writing device includes: a light emitting substrate on which light emitting device groups obtained by grouping light emitting devices is arranged; a lens array including image forming lenses condensing light emitted from the light emitting devices on an image carrier; a first base material including the lens array; and a second base material including the light emitting substrate or the lens array, wherein the first and/or second base materials, each of which includes a joint formed in a joint part with the other member, is a transparent body, the joint includes a metal layer, an intermediate layer providing a peak of total transmissivity of the joint in a first wavelength band, and a marker for alignment, the first and second base materials are joined via the metal layer, and the light emitting devices emit light of a wavelength band out of the first wavelength band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki IKEDA, Makoto OOKI, Hideo UEMURA, Tomohiko TAGAWA, Yoshinobu EHARA