Patents by Inventor Yosuke IMANISHI

Yosuke IMANISHI 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).

  • Publication number: 20230367250
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a main casing to which a consumable is attached; a controller; and a main memory. The consumable includes a consumable memory in which lifetime information relating to a service life of the consumable is stored. The controller is configured to perform: a reception process to receive an instruction to initialize the lifetime information; an initialization process to initialize the lifetime information stored in the consumable memory in accordance with the received instruction; and a write process to write initialization information into the consumable memory, the initialization information indicating that the lifetime information was initialized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadao KYOTANI, Yosuke IMANISHI
  • Publication number: 20230314997
    Abstract: A first memory stores type information and identification information. The type information indicates whether a consumable is a contract consumable or a normal consumable. The identification information is unique information for identifying the consumable. A replacement part is used in an image forming apparatus together with the consumable. The replacement part includes a second memory. A controller is configured to: determine whether a contract cancel instruction has been received, the contract cancel instruction being an instruction for cancelling contract for the image forming apparatus; in response to determining that the contract cancel instruction has been received, determine whether the type information is information indicating the contract consumable; and in response to determining that the type information is information indicating the contract consumable, store the identification information in the second memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yosuke IMANISHI
  • Patent number: 11658345
    Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which electrode plate deformation in association with charge/discharge cycles is suppressed. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which is one example of an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a winding type electrode body (14). The electrode body (14) is provided with a tape (50) adhered to an exposed portion (42) which is provided at an outermost circumferential surface and at which a negative electrode collector is exposed. The tape (50) is adhered to the exposed portion (42) so as not to be overlapped with at least one of a winding-finish side end (31e) of positive electrode mixture layers and a winding-finish side end (41e) of negative electrode mixture layers in a radius direction of the electrode body (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Imanishi, Atsushi Mizawa, Takaki Nakao
  • Publication number: 20200373626
    Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which electrode plate deformation in association with charge/discharge cycles is suppressed. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which is one example of an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a winding type electrode body (14). The electrode body (14) is provided with a tape (50) adhered to an exposed portion (42) which is provided at an outermost circumferential surface and at which a negative electrode collector is exposed. The tape (50) is adhered to the exposed portion (42) so as not to be overlapped with at least one of a winding-finish side end (31e) of positive electrode mixture layers and a winding-finish side end (41e) of negative electrode mixture layers in a radius direction of the electrode body (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Imanishi, Atsushi Mizawa, Takaki Nakao
  • Patent number: 9724915
    Abstract: A controller is configured to: (a) control a head according to a recording command received to eject liquid through ejection openings toward a recording medium; (b) control a discharger to discharge the liquid toward a receiving member through at least one of the ejection openings; (c) determine whether a remaining amount representing an amount of the liquid on the receiving member and based at least on an amount of the liquid discharged onto the receiving member in the step (b) is equal to or greater than a first predetermined amount; and (d) control the remover to remove the liquid on the receiving member. The controller is configured to perform the step (a) before the step (d) when it is determined in the step (c) that the remaining amount is less than the first predetermined amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadao Kyotani, Yosuke Imanishi
  • Publication number: 20140035983
    Abstract: A controller is configured to: (a) control a head according to a recording command received to eject liquid through ejection openings toward a recording medium; (b) control a discharger to discharge the liquid toward a receiving member through at least one of the ejection openings; (c) determine whether a remaining amount representing an amount of the liquid on the receiving member and based at least on an amount of the liquid discharged onto the receiving member in the step (b) is equal to or greater than a first predetermined amount; and (d) control the remover to remove the liquid on the receiving member. The controller is configured to perform the step (a) before the step (d) when it is determined in the step (c) that the remaining amount is less than the first predetermined amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadao KYOTANI, Yosuke IMANISHI