Patents by Inventor Yusuke Baba

Yusuke Baba 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: 20230176506
    Abstract: An electrophotographic member includes a base layer, an elastic layer, and a surface layer stacked in this order. The surface layer contains a fluorine resin and a fluorine rubber, the fluorine rubber is contained at a proportion of 0.5 parts by mass or more and 1.0 parts by mass or less with respect to 1 part by mass of the fluorine resin, and the surface layer further contains a compound represented by formula (1): CH3(CH2)m—O—((CH2)lO)n—OH??(1) In formula (1), m, l, and n each independently represent an integer of 1 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Yusuke Baba, Masaaki Takahashi, Masahiro Takenaga, Takeshi Suzuki, Masayuki Onuma, Kaoru Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11644777
    Abstract: Provided is a pressurizing member including a substrate, an elastic layer on the substrate, and a surface layer on the elastic layer, the surface layer containing a fluorine resin, wherein the surface layer has a surface resistivity of 1×1011[?/?] or less at a temperature of 25° C. when applying a DC voltage of 500 V, and a thermal conductivity ? in a thickness direction of the surface layer is 0.093 [W/(m·K)] or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo Ishifuji, Hiroki Muramatsu, Yasuharu Notoya, Yohei Miyauchi, Naoko Kasai, Yusuke Baba, Masaaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230129722
    Abstract: A heater element including a honeycomb structure and a functional material-containing layer, wherein the honeycomb structure has an outer peripheral wall and partition walls provided inside the outer peripheral wall, the partition walls partitioning a plurality of cells that form flow paths extending from an inlet end surface to an outlet end surface, and at least the partition walls are made of a material having PTC characteristics, and wherein the functional material-containing layer is provided on a surface of the partition walls, and a thickness of the functional material-containing layer increases from the inlet end surface toward the outlet end surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicants: NGK Insulators, Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio MIYAIRI, Masaaki MASUDA, Takuya NAKASHIMA, Yusuke BABA, Subaru MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230055171
    Abstract: A hood in which a predetermined space is formed is provided in a front portion of a traveling vehicle body, a control portion on which an operator rides is provided on a rear side of the hood, a first electric motor configured to drive rear wheels and a second electric motor configured to drive a work machine are provided on a lower rear side of a control seat of the control portion, and a battery configured to store electric power to be supplied to the first electric motor and the second electric motor is provided in the space formed by the hood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: ISEKI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taro TSUNASHIMA, Ryutaro MASUDA, Yusuke BABA
  • Patent number: 11561495
    Abstract: A pressing rotating member comprising a base layer, an elastic layer and a surface layer, in this order, the surface layer having pores, wherein when placing an observation region of 8 ?m long×11 ?m wide at a cross section of the surface layer in a thickness direction of the surface layer—a direction perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the pressing rotating member, a degree of orientation f of the pores observed in the observation region is 0.20 or higher, and an orientation angle ? of the pores observed in the observation region is 0° to 10°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoko Kasai, Yohei Miyauchi, Yasuharu Notoya, Takuji Oishi, Yasuhiro Miyahara, Masaaki Takahashi, Yusuke Baba, Hiroki Muramatsu, Ryo Ishifuji
  • Publication number: 20220390885
    Abstract: Provided is a pressurizing member including a substrate, an elastic layer on the substrate, and a surface layer on the elastic layer, the surface layer containing a fluorine resin, wherein the surface layer has a surface resistivity of 1×1011[?/?] or less at a temperature of 25° C. when applying a DC voltage of 500 V, and a thermal conductivity ? in a thickness direction of the surface layer is 0.093 [W/(m·K)] or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Ryo Ishifuji, Hiroki Muramatsu, Yasuharu Notoya, Yohei Miyauchi, Naoko Kasai, Yusuke Baba, Masaaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220334506
    Abstract: An electrophotographic member includes a base layer and an elastic layer on the base layer, wherein the elastic layer includes a matrix rubber, an ionic liquid including an anion and a cation, and an inorganic layered double hydroxide compound, wherein the anion is at least one selected from the group consisting of structural formulae (1) to (3), the cation is at least one selected from the group consisting of structural formulae (4) to (7), and the inorganic layered double hydroxide compound has an average value of interlayer distances of 4 ? or larger and 8 ? or smaller, which are measured by XRD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro Takenaga, Yusuke Baba
  • Publication number: 20220206421
    Abstract: A fixing rotating member comprising a base layer, an elastic layer and a surface layer, in this order, the surface layer containing PFA and PFPE, and having pores with openings at a first surface; at least part of the pores containing the PFPE, wherein when after removing the PFPE in the pores, placing a first observation region on the first surface, defining a ratio of a sum of areas of the openings in the first observation region relative to an area of the first observation region as P1; and placing a second observation region in a cross section of the surface layer, and defining a ratio of a sum of areas of the pores in the second observation region relative to an area of the second observation region as P2, P2/P1 is 1.3 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Yohei Miyauchi, Yasuharu Notoya, Naoko Kasai, Yusuke Baba, Masaaki Takahashi, Hiroki Muramatsu, Ryo Ishifuji
  • Publication number: 20220206420
    Abstract: A pressing rotating member comprising a base layer, an elastic layer and a surface layer, in this order, the surface layer having pores, wherein when placing an observation region of 8 ?m long×11 ?m wide at a cross section of the surface layer in a thickness direction of the surface layer—a direction perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the pressing rotating member, a degree of orientation f of the pores observed in the observation region is 0.20 or higher, and an orientation angle ? of the pores observed in the observation region is 0° to 10°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Naoko Kasai, Yohei Miyauchi, Yasuharu Notoya, Takuji Oishi, Yasuhiro Miyahara, Masaaki Takahashi, Yusuke Baba, Hiroki Muramatsu, Ryo Ishifuji
  • Publication number: 20220206419
    Abstract: Provided is a fixing rotating member capable of maintaining high toner releasability over longer periods of time than in conventional instances and that is capable of maintaining abrasion resistance against paper; the fixing rotating member comprises a base layer, an elastic layer, and a surface layer, in this order; the surface layer containing a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer and a perfluoropolyether; the tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer having pores formed therein; the surface layer has pores with openings at a first surface thereof, and constituting an outer surface of the fixing rotating member; at least part of the pores containing the perfluoropolyether; a content of the perfluoropolyether in the surface layer is 20 mass % to 60 mass %; and a degree of orientation A of molecules of the tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether in a direction perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the surface layer is 35 to 75%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki Muramatsu, Ryo Ishifuji, Yohei Miyauchi, Yasuharu Notoya, Yusuke Baba, Masaaki Takahashi, Naoko Kasai
  • Publication number: 20220196963
    Abstract: A lens unit and a camera module are provided which are capable of warming the lens surface and realizing a quick snow melting effect without impairing the antireflection characteristics of the antireflection film. The lens unit has lens heating means which includes: i) a transparent conductive film provided on a lens surface facing the object side of the lens located closest to the object side, the lens constituting the lens group; ii) at least a pair of electrodes electrically connected to the transparent conductive film; wherein an electric current is caused to flow to the transparent conductive film by applying a voltage between the electrodes to generate Joule heat on the lens surface. The lens unit further includes an antireflection film provided to cover the lens heating means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki SUGINOME, Akira INABA, Yusuke BABA, Hideki SHINOHARA
  • Patent number: 11358374
    Abstract: A laminated film exhibits a certain adhesive property to various adherends having shapes or different irregularity shapes. The laminated film includes a resin layer A on one surface of a substrate and a resin layer B on the other surface. The resin layer A has a ten-point average surface roughness Rz(a) of 1.5 ?m or more and 5.0 ?m or less and a storage elastic modulus G? at 25° C. and 1 Hz of 3.0×105 Pa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Toray Advanced Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Baba, Tetsuya Machida, Norihide Inoue, Naoya Nishimura, Masatoshi Ohkura, Toshiumi Tatsuki
  • Publication number: 20220146777
    Abstract: A lens unit that includes an optical element including at least a lens group in which a plurality of lenses are arranged along an optical axis; and a cylindrical lens barrel having an inner accommodation space for accommodating and holding the optical element, and the lens group includes a first lens located closest to the object side thereof; and a second lens adjacent to the first lens on the image side thereof, and optical elements and/or the optical element and the lens barrel are bonded to each other in an airtight state, such that an inter-lens space between the first lens and the second lens is sealed to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira INABA, Hiroyuki HIRAMA, Yasushi KATO, Takayuki SUGINOME, Yusuke BABA
  • Publication number: 20210371661
    Abstract: Provided is a curable silicone rubber mixture that provides a cured silicone rubber having a small change in volume resistivity when a high voltage is applied for a long period of time. The curable silicone rubber mixture includes a curable silicone rubber, a cation having one or more carbon-carbon double bonds in the molecular structure thereof, a metal oxide particle having a hydrophilization ratio at the surface thereof of 0.50 or more, and an anion having a specific structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro Takenaga, Yusuke Baba, Takeshi Suzuki, Toshio Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210197535
    Abstract: A laminated film exhibits a certain adhesive property to various adherends having shapes or different irregularity shapes. The laminated film includes a resin layer A on one surface of a substrate and a resin layer B on the other surface. The resin layer A has a ten-point average surface roughness Rz(a) of 1.5 ?m or more and 5.0 ?m or less and a storage elastic modulus G? at 25° C. and 1 Hz of 3.0×105 Pa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yusuke Baba, Tetsuya Machida, Norihide Inoue, Naoya Nishimura, Masatoshi Ohkura, Toshiumi Tatsuki
  • Patent number: 9927747
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fixing member having a substrate, an elastic layer on the substrate, and a release layer on the elastic layer, having a thickness of 15 ?m or more and 25 ?m or less, and containing a fluororesin includes (1) providing a coating solution, containing: the fluororesin having a melt flow rate (MFR) of 1 g/10 min or more and 3 g/10 min or less, and an acrylic resin; (2) forming a coating film of the coating solution on the elastic layer; and (3) baking the coating film to melt the fluororesin therein, covering a surface of the elastic layer with the melted fluororesin, and forming the release layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akane Kuboyama, Yusuke Baba, Matsutaka Maeda
  • Patent number: 9785102
    Abstract: A rotatable fixing member includes an elastic layer, a primer layer provided on the elastic layer, and a parting layer provided on the primer layer. The primer layer contains a crystalline fluorocarbon polymer having a functional group and has a thickness of 850 nm or less. The parting layer is a coating layer of a crystalline fluorocarbon polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahito Omata, Shoji Umehara, Shuichi Tetsuno, Akeshi Asaka, Masayuki Onuma, Yusuke Baba, Kazuo Kishino
  • Publication number: 20160363890
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fixing member having a substrate, an elastic layer on the substrate, and a release layer on the elastic layer, having a thickness of 15 ?m or more and 25 ?m or less, and containing a fluororesin includes (1) providing a coating solution, containing: the fluororesin having a melt flow rate (MFR) of 1 g/10 min or more and 3 g/10 min or less, and an acrylic resin; (2) forming a coating film of the coating solution on the elastic layer; and (3) baking the coating film to melt the fluororesin therein, covering a surface of the elastic layer with the melted fluororesin, and forming the release layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Akane Kuboyama, Yusuke Baba, Matsutaka Maeda
  • Patent number: 9164450
    Abstract: Provided are an electrophotographic member having excellent durability and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The electrophotographic member includes: an elastic layer including a silicone rubber; an intermediate layer including at least one of an aromatic polyimide and an aromatic polyamideimide, and a fluororesin; and a surface layer including a fluororesin, in which the aromatic polyimide or the aromatic polyamideimide is bonded to the silicone rubber through an amide bond-containing group, and in which a carbon atom constituting the amide bond is directly bonded to a carbon atom constituting an aromatic ring in a molecule of the aromatic polyimide or aromatic polyamideimide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mamo Matsumoto, Katsuhisa Matsunaka, Yusuke Baba, Noritaka Inoue, Akeshi Asaka
  • Publication number: 20150241822
    Abstract: Provided are an electrophotographic member having excellent durability and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The electrophotographic member includes: an elastic layer including a silicone rubber; an intermediate layer including at least one of an aromatic polyimide and an aromatic polyamideimide, and a fluororesin; and a surface layer including a fluororesin, in which the aromatic polyimide or the aromatic polyamideimide is bonded to the silicone rubber through an amide bond-containing group, and in which a carbon atom constituting the amide bond is directly bonded to a carbon atom constituting an aromatic ring in a molecule of the aromatic polyimide or aromatic polyamideimide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Mamo Matsumoto, Katsuhisa Matsunaka, Yusuke Baba, Noritaka Inoue, Akeshi Asaka