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Ichihashi, JP

Akira Ichihashi, Nagano JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090009561	Liquid Detecting Device, Liquid Container and Method of Manufacturing Liquid Detecting Device - In an ink cartridge, a negative pressure generating mechanism is disposed between an ink storage region and an ink supply port, and has a wall surface having two through-holes for ink flow, and a valve member contacted with and separated from the through-hole by receiving a pressure in an ink supply port side. Ink flowing via the through-hole is supplied via the through-hole to the ink supply port.	01-08-2009
20090167826	LIQUID CONTAINER AND LIQUID FILLING METHOD - A liquid container includes: a container body attachable to a container attachment portion of an apparatus side; a liquid chamber, provided in the container body, for accommodating a liquid therein; a liquid supply hole connectable to a liquid receiving portion of the apparatus side; a liquid leading path for leading the liquid stored in the liquid chamber to the liquid supply hole; an air open hole for introducing outside air into the liquid chamber as the liquid in the liquid chamber is consumed; pressure regulating means, provided in a portion of the liquid leading path, for regulating a pressure of the liquid to be supplied to the liquid receiving portion through the liquid supply hole and hindering a reverse flow of the liquid from the liquid supply hole to the liquid chamber; a first bypass path for causing first and second liquid leading passages of the liquid leading path, provided respectively before and after the pressure regulating means, to communicate with each other; and a first bypass blocking portion capable of blocking the bypass path.	07-02-2009

Akira Ichihashi, Fukushima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090053599	ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION AND BATTERY - An electrolytic solution capable of suppressing the battery swollenness and improving the battery characteristics such as the charge and discharge efficiency and a battery using it are provided. A cathode (	02-26-2009
20090123849	NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present application provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that includes, a cathode capable of being electrochemically doped/dedoped with lithium, an anode capable of being electrochemically doped/dedoped with lithium, and an electrolyte placed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the electrolyte contains at least one of fluoro ethylene carbonate represented by Chemical Formula (1) and difluoro ethylene carbonate represented by Chemical Formula (2) as a solvent and the ratio of a discharge capacity B during discharging at a 5C rate to a discharge capacity A during discharging at a 0.2C rate ((B/A)×100) is 80% or more.	05-14-2009
20090130555	NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes positive and negative electrodes and an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte includes succinic anhydride and at least one of lithium difluoro(oxalate)borate presented in Chemical Formula (1) and lithium bis(oxalate)borate presented in Chemical Formula (2).	05-21-2009
20100081061	ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION AND BATTERY - An electrolytic solution capable of suppressing the decomposition reaction of the solvent and a battery using it are provided. A cathode (	04-01-2010

Daisuke Ichihashi, Ashigarakami-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090284794	DOCUMENT PROCESSOR, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, PRINT INSTRUCTION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM AND PRINT INSTRUCTION METHOD - A document processor includes a reception unit that receives document data, the document data being broadcasted to another document processor, a data storage unit that stores the document data received by the reception unit, a document data output unit that outputs the document data stored in the data storage unit, an instruction accepting unit that accepts an instruction to execute output based on the document data stored in the data storage unit, a controller that controls the document data output unit to output the document data stored in the data storage unit upon reception of an output instruction from the instruction accepting unit, and a notifying unit that notifies another document processor which stores the document data being broadcasted to the another document processor of an output executed based on the document data.	11-19-2009

Hideki Ichihashi, Yamaguchi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100249291	REACTIVE HOT-MELT COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a reactive hot melt composition that is capable of shortening a molding cycle and is excellent in adhesion with a metal, such as aluminum and the like, and provides (1) a reactive hot melt composition containing a composition containing a crystalline polyesterpolyol and an amorphous polyester polyol, and a polyisocyanate reacted with the composition, and having a semicrystallization time of 150 seconds or less and a crystallization heat of from 30 to 90 J/g, (2) a reactive hot melt composition containing a composition containing 100 parts by mass of a polyol containing from 30 to 95% by mass of a crystalline polyesterpolyol and from 5 to 70% by mass of an amorphous polyesterpolyol, and from 0.05 to 5 parts by mass of a crystallization nucleating agent added to the polyol, and a polyisocyanate reacted with the composition, and (3) a molded article containing the same molded.	09-30-2010

Ichiro Ichihashi, Nagoya JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080290830	Stepping motor driving device, sheet processing device, and image processing apparatus - A stepping motor driving device drives a stepping motor according to a drive pulse of a step signal. A phase matching unit matches, at a time when there is a possibility that a rotor and a phase signal are out of phase with each other, phases of the rotor and the phase signal by applying at least one drive pulse after energizing the stepping motor for a predetermined time and applying a phase signal having a predetermined duration for a final pulse.	11-27-2008

Ichiro Ichihashi, Inuyama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090137374	Sheet finisher, image forming apparatus, and sheet processing method - A folding unit folds a sheet. A pressing unit presses a folded side of the folded sheet. A driving unit causes the pressing unit to slide in a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction. A control unit independently sets number of slides at which the pressing unit is to slide on each of a plurality of sections of the folded side depending on a distance of each of the sections from a reference position, and controls the driving unit so as to slide in each of the sections for the number of slides set for that section.	05-28-2009

Ichiro Ichihashi, Sagamihara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110138596	METHOD OF REPAIRING MEMBER - A bond layer	06-16-2011

Ikumi Ichihashi, Kitakyushu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110101319	ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - Provided are a hole-injecting material for an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) exhibiting high luminous efficiency at a low voltage and having greatly improved driving stability, and an organic EL device using the material. The hole-injecting material for an organic EL device is selected from benzenehexacarboxylic acid anhydrides, benzenehexacarboxylic acid imides, or N-substituted benzenehexacarboxylic acid imides. Further, the organic EL device has at least one light-emitting layer and at least one hole-injecting layer between an anode and a cathode arranged opposite to each other, and includes the above-mentioned hole-injecting material for an organic EL device in the hole-injecting layer. The organic EL device may contain a hole-transporting material having an ionization potential (IP) of 6.0 eV or less in the hole-injecting layer or a layer adjacent to the hole-injecting layer.	05-05-2011

Kaoru Ichihashi, Higashiomi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100065241	DEVICE FOR REMOVING SAND BY VIBRATION - A device for removing sand from a work by vibration which vibrates a molding (work) molded by casting such as an auto part to thereby remove core sand remaining on a hollow portion of the work and in which the work is held against a vibration plate and the vibration plate is vibrated with a single vibration motor to remove the sand.	03-18-2010

Kouki Ichihashi, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090237915	SURFACE LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS EMITTING LASER LIGHT - A surface light emitting apparatus capable of providing uniform illumination while efficiently using a laser light. The apparatus comprises a light source section that includes at least one light source which emits laser beam; an optical guiding section that guides from an incidence surface of the optical guiding section the laser beam emitted from the light source section and emits the laser beam from a radiation surface of the optical guiding section; and an optical element section that includes at least one beam shaping optical element with a powered surface which converts an intensity distribution of the laser beam emitted from the light source section at the incidence surface of the optical guiding section to a uniform intensity distribution.	09-24-2009
20100182222	LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND LIGHTING APPARATUS EACH INCLUDING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitter includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a light-emitting layer located between the first and second electrode layers. A gradient index lens is located proximate to the second electrode layer opposite the light-emitting layer and comprises a plurality of concentric parts. The concentric parts are grouped into a central zone and annular zones. Each annular zone includes at least two of the concentric parts. One of the concentric parts included in each annular zone has a refractive index different from a refractive index of another of the concentric parts. A wavelength of light emitted from the light-emitting layer is greater than a radius of the central zone and a width of each annular zone. An effective refractive index of each annular zone decreases in an outward direction from a center of the gradient index lens.	07-22-2010

Kunio Ichihashi, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090291250	Artificial Leather, Base to be Used in the Leather, and Processes for Production of Both - A sheet of an artificial leather substrate contains an upper-layer nonwoven fabric A (	11-26-2009

Masamitsu Ichihashi, Kobe (hyogo) JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110171149	Skin Lightening Compositions - Compositions and methods for lightening and/or depigmenting skin are provided, the compositions comprising compounds having the structure:	07-14-2011

Masataka Ichihashi, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100322247	INTERNETWORK DEVICE - An internetwork device comprises a receiving module, an inter-device packet transfer interface, an inter-device packet transfer controller, an address translation module, and a transmission module. The receiving module receives a packet from a first network. The inter-device packet transfer interface carries out inter-device packet transfer involving transfer of a packet to or from another internetwork device. The inter-device packet transfer controller controls the inter-device packet transfers such that multiple fragmented packets created from a same original packet are collected by the same internetwork device, the fragmented packets being packets created by dividing a single original packet into multiple parts. The address translation module translates between a local address used within a specific network and a global address used across multiple networks, for at least one of a source address and a destination address of a packet. The transmission module transmits an address-translated packet to a second network.	12-23-2010

Mikio Ichihashi, Kodaira JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120062094	ELECTRON GUN - The present invention has an object to provide a cold cathode field-emission electron gun with low aberration, to thereby provide a high-brightness electron gun even in the case of a large current. The present invention provides a field-emission electron gun which extracts an electron beam from a cathode and converges the extracted electron beam, the field-emission electron gun including: a magnetic field lens which is provided such that the cathode is disposed inside of a magnetic field of the lens; and an extraction electrode for extracting electrons from the cathode, the extraction electrode being formed into a cylindrical shape without an aperture structure. The present invention can provide an electron gun having a function of converging an electron beam using a magnetic field, the electron gun which is capable of reducing an incidental electrostatic lens action and has small aberration and high brightness.	03-15-2012

Mikio Ichihashi, Kodaira-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090057556	METHOD AND APPARATUS OF AN INSPECTION SYSTEM USING AN ELECTRON BEAM - Problems encountered in the conventional inspection method and the conventional apparatus adopting the method are solved by the present invention using an electron beam by providing a novel inspection method and an inspection apparatus adopting the novel method which are capable of increasing the speed to scan a specimen such as a semiconductor wafer.	03-05-2009

Mitsuyoshi Ichihashi, Minami-Ashigara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090322993	OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - An optical compensation film comprising a light absorbing layer capable of absorbing at least light of wavelength λ nm in the visible light region is disclosed. The light absorbing layer has absorption anisotropy, light absorption coefficient kz(λ) in the direction normal to the surface of layer (in the direction of z-axis), with respect to light of wavelength λ nm in the visible light region, being larger than in-plane (x-y plane) light absorption coefficients kx(λ) and ky(λ); and the light absorbing layer has the larger degree of absorption anisotropy at the light of longer wavelength. A liquid crystal display device employing the film is also disclosed.	12-31-2009
20100014029	POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - The invention relates to a polarizing plate comprising at least a polarizing layer having a K value as defined by the following expression of from 0.25 to 0.75;	01-21-2010
20100053509	OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to an optical compensation film comprising a light absorbing layer and a retardation layer, wherein the light absorbing layer shows absorption anisotropy in the plane (x-y plane) thereof with respect to light of wavelength λ nm in the visible light region and a degree of polarization P of 0.986 or smaller, and the in-plane absorption axis of the light absorbing layer and the in-plane slow axis of the retardation layer are orthogonal to each other.	03-04-2010
20100078593	LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND RETARDATION FILM - The invention relates to a liquid crystal composition comprising two or more species of liquid crystal compounds respectively having a polymerizable group, at least one species of which being a compound represented by formula (I) below, having a content of the compound of from 20% to 80% relative to the total mass of said two or more species of liquid crystal compounds. In formula (I), P	04-01-2010

Mitsuyoshi Ichihashi, Ashigarakami-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110187973	HEAT SHIELD AND LAMINATED GLASS - A heat shield comprising a first light-reflective layer, having a reflectance peak both in a wavelength range of from 400 nm to less than 850 nm and in a wavelength range of from more than 850 nm to 1300 nm and satisfying C>A>B, is disclosed. “A” means the maximum reflectance in the wavelength range of from 400 nm to less than 850 nm; “B” means the reflectance at a wavelength of 850 nm; “C” means the maximum reflectance in the wavelength range of from more than 850 nm to 1300 nm; and “B” is equal to or less than 50%.	08-04-2011
20110229725	PROCESS OF PREPARING LAMINATION FILM, LAMINATION FILM AND HEAT SHIELD - A process of preparing a lamination film comprising two or more layers of a fixed cholesteric liquid-crystal phase is disclosed. The process comprises (a) applying a coating liquid of a curable liquid crystal composition comprising a rod-like liquid crystal compound, an alignment-control agent capable of controlling an alignment of the rod-like liquid crystal compound and a solvent to a surface; (b) drying the applied curable liquid crystal composition to form a cholesteric liquid-crystal phase; (c) carrying out a curing reaction of the composition and fixing the cholesteric liquid-crystal phase, thereby to form a lower layer; and (d) repeating the steps (a) to (c) on the lower layer, thereby to form an upper layer; wherein at least a part of the alignment-control agent in the lower layer diffuses into the upper layer.	09-22-2011
20110233464	POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUND, POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, POLYMER AND FILM - A polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by formula (I) is disclosed. R	09-29-2011
20110233465	COMPOUND, POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, POLYMER AND FILM - A compound represented by formula (I) is disclosed. P	09-29-2011
20110237768	POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUND, POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, POLYMER AND FILM - A polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by formula (I) is disclosed. R	09-29-2011
20120038858	LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL CELL - To provide a liquid crystal display device in which the transmitted light is inhibited not only in the front direction but also in oblique directions in the black state.	02-16-2012

Motoko Ichihashi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090038859	Measuring Method And Measuring Device Using Quartz Oscillator - An object of the present invention is that any of mass load, viscous load and viscoelasticity load is measured separately from other load whereby properties of the substance to be measured are able to be measured correctly.	02-12-2009
20100054076	METHOD FOR AGITATING LIQUEFIED MATERIAL USING QUARTZ CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR - It is an object of the invention to provide an agitation method for sufficiently agitating a mixture of a solution such as a buffer solution and a material to be detected, with no need of any dedicated unit for agitation, for measurements using a quartz crystal oscillator. The method for agitating a liquefied material using a quartz crystal oscillator in vibrating the quartz crystal oscillator at a given frequency and measuring the variation of the frequency due to a substance in contact with the quartz crystal oscillator, is that the quartz crystal oscillator is vibrated at other frequency different from the given frequency and equal to or higher than the fundamental vibration frequency to agitate a liquid containing the substance.	03-04-2010
20110061462	CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD USING SAME - [Problem] A crystal oscillator, and a measurement method using same are provided with which the density of a solution can be measured alone, or both the density and the viscosity of a solution can be measured at the same time using a single detector provided for the crystal oscillator.	03-17-2011

Naoto Ichihashi, Hitachinaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100319671	ENGINE-POWERED TOOL - An engine-powered cutter comprising a housing that houses an engine for driving a rotating blade and that is provided to the rear of the rotating blade; an air cleaner chamber provided in the housing to the rear of the engine; a pre-air cleaner chamber provided in the housing on the upstream side of the air cleaner chamber and having an air inflow opening through which air flows in formed in a side wall, an air exhaust opening for exhausting air into the air cleaner chamber formed in a rear partition and a divider wall extending downward beyond the bottom edge of the air exhaust opening from the rear partition above the air exhaust opening between the air inflow opening and the air exhaust opening; and a dust collection chamber provided in the lower side of the pre-air cleaner chamber so as to be free to open and close.	12-23-2010

Naoto Ichihashi, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090194177	AIR COMPRESSOR - According to the invention, an air compressor includes: one pair of air tanks arranged parallel to each other by being separated from each other in a constant interval, for storing thereinto compressed air; a compressing unit that compresses air sucked from an external space so as to supply the compressed air to the air tanks; and a motor coupled to the compressing unit so as to drive the compressing unit, while the motor and the compressing unit are arranged above the one pair of air tanks; wherein: a cooling fan that generates cooling wind is provided on one end of a rotation shaft of the motor; and a control circuit unit that drives the motor is arranged above the one pair of air tanks and at a position which is overlapped with an axial direction projection area of the cooling fan.	08-06-2009

Nobuharu Ichihashi, Ebina-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110102561	VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS CAPABLE OF VIEWING VIDEOS BY A PLURALITY OF PERSONS USING A PLURALITY OF SHUTTER EYEGLASSES AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - The video display apparatus is provided that the breaking up of the video image should not be viewed by users when the frame rate of video content items is changed in association with the change in the number of viewed content items. The video display apparatus, which is capable of viewing a plurality of video content items using the shutter eyeglasses, controls the plurality of video content items by time-division, and performs the shutter control of the shutter eyeglasses in association with the display videos. The video time-division output processing section applies time-division processing to data representing the plurality of video content items in accordance with the control command provided by the control section to output the resulting data to the display section. The control section changes the frame rate of the display videos depending on the number of video content items which are to be viewed. When the number of video content items which are to be viewed is changed, the control section controls the shutters of all of the shutter eyeglasses so that they close for the frame period of the video'content items that are first output after a change of the frame rate.	05-05-2011

Nobuo Ichihashi, Isehara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080227171	Process For Producing Lactoperoxidase - A process for producing lactoperoxidase, including: a step (1) for bringing one or more milk materials into contact with a cation exchanger having weakly acidic groups as ion exchange groups to thereby effect adsorption treatment; a step (2) for washing the cation exchanger after the adsorption treatment; a step (3) for bringing the cation exchanger after the washing into contact with a leaching solvent to thereby obtain a leaching solution having lactoperoxidase eluted into the leaching solvent; a step (4) for concentrating the leaching solution through an ultrafiltration membrane to thereby effect precipitation in the concentrated leaching solution; and a step (5) for obtaining a lactoperoxidase solution by removing the precipitation from the concentrated leaching solution.	09-18-2008

Osamu Ichihashi, Sagamihara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100142985	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH TRANSFER NIP ADJUSTMENT FUNCTION - A secondary transfer facing roller includes a roller part that has a through-hole penetrating in a rotary shaft line direction at a rotation center position, and a penetrating shaft member penetrating the through-hole of the roller part and spinning the roller part on a surface of the penetrating shaft member. Eccentric cams are fixed to both end regions that are not located in the roller part, so as to rotate integrally with the penetrating shaft member. A position regulating cam and an abutting roller form a gap between the intermediate transfer belt and the secondary transfer roller immediately before a transfer sheet enters a transfer nip part. While the gap is formed, current flows between the intermediate transfer belt and the secondary transfer roller via the position regulating cam and the abutting roller.	06-10-2010
20100221029	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide an image forming apparatus capable of increasing the life of a rotating cam while preventing the occurrence of a shock jitter and transfer failure. The image forming apparatus is configured to execute a forced movement process for rotating the rotating cam to forcibly move a secondary transfer roller against a biasing force of a bias coil spring at a pre-entry timing prior to the entry of the front edge of a recording sheet into a secondary transfer position, and a pressure intensifying process for rotating the rotating cam to increase transfer pressure at a timing immediately after the entry of the front edge of the recording sheet into the secondary transfer position. As the forced movement process, the image forming apparatus executes, alternately, a first forced movement process for normally driving and rotating the rotating cam, and a second forced movement process for inversely driving and rotating the rotating cam, at a predetermined timing.	09-02-2010
20100272478	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of N image carriers including first through Nth image carriers, a transfer unit including an endless transfer belt, a plurality of M belt supporting members including a plurality of first through Nth nip opposing members contacting the inner surface of the endless transfer belt at positions corresponding to where the plurality of N image carriers contacts the outer surface of the endless transfer belt to form N transfer nips thereat, the first opposing member defining a first supported area of the endless transfer belt, a contact and separation mechanism including a retaining unit to move the first supported area of the endless transfer belt into and out of contact with the first image carrier, and a mark detector to detect a plurality of adjacent marks formed at a predetermined pitch in a circumferential direction of the endless transfer belt.	10-28-2010
20110064487	TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME - A transfer device includes a plurality of rollers, a rotatable intermediate transfer belt wound around and stretched between the rollers, a transfer member disposed in the inner loop of the belt and facing an image bearing member of an image forming apparatus disposed at an outer circumference of the belt, to transfer an image formed onto the surface of the image bearing member when contacting the intermediate transfer belt, and a position adjuster to adjust the position of the intermediate transfer belt at different positions relative to the image bearing member. The positions include a contact state in which the intermediate transfer belt applied with a predetermined tension contacts the image bearing member, a first separation state in which the tensioned intermediate transfer belt separates from the image bearing member, and a second separation state in which the intermediate transfer belt separates further away from the image bearing member.	03-17-2011

Osamu Ichihashi, Kanagawa Prefecture JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110206399	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an endless intermediate transfer belt rotatably stretched over a plurality of rollers, and a detector to read a pattern on the intermediate transfer belt. One of the rollers includes a first portion disposed opposite an area on the intermediate transfer belt including a pattern passing position, and a second portion not including a pattern passing position. The first portion has a diameter smaller than that of the second portion thereof, and an elastic material is superimposed on the second portion only. The detector is disposed between a second roller disposed upstream of the first roller and a third roller disposed downstream of the first roller, and opposite the intermediate transfer belt.	08-25-2011

Osamu Ichihashi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110158690	TRANSFER ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME - A transfer assembly includes a counter member having a contact face, an engagement/disengagement unit to engage and disengage the image carrying face of image carrying member and the contact face of counter member using a cam, a pressure device to apply force to a transfer nip between the image carrying face and contact face, and a recording medium feed device to feed the recording medium to the transfer nip. When the cam is at a first rotation position, the image carrying face and contact face are separated, and when the cam is at a second rotation position, the image carrying face and contact face contact. Before the recording medium enters the transfer nip, the cam rotates from the first rotation position toward the second rotation position. After the recording medium enters the transfer nip, the cam is at the second rotation position to press the image carrying face with the contact face.	06-30-2011
20110286759	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a contact member supplied with voltage by a voltage application device, to contact an object; a rotary member rotatable about a rotation fulcrum shaft fixed to an image forming apparatus, to support the contact member; an biasing member to urge the rotary member to press the contact member against the object; a rotary conductive member fixed to the rotary member and connected electrically to the contact member; a main body side conductive member fixed to the rotation fulcrum shaft at the main body side and connected electrically to the voltage application device; and a conductive connector provided along the rotation fulcrum shaft to contact the rotary conductive member in an axial direction to connect electrically the main body side conductive member and the rotary conductive member. A contact of the conductive connector and a contact of the rotary conductive member are unfixed.	11-24-2011

Satoru Ichihashi, Tochigi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090237025	BIPEDAL WALKING ROBOT - Provided is a bipedal walking robot which includes a linear actuator, which connects a crus link and a foot of each leg away from an ankle joint, for driving the foot to rock around the ankle joint with respect to the crus link according to a telescopic motion thereof. The robot is capable of applying a desired moment to the foot for walking on stairs without increasing the linear actuator in size. The linear actuator is disposed in such a way that a telescopic force therefrom acts on a line inclined backward with respect to a connection line connecting a knee joint and the ankle joint. Preferably, a connection portion, which is connected to the crus link, of the linear actuator is disposed backward from the connection line, and a connection portion, which is connected to the foot, of the linear actuator is disposed forward from the connection line.	09-24-2009

Satoru Ichihashi, Hagagun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110243645	SLIDER - A slider configured to reduce the wear of rotating bodies and an arc-shaped rail. The slider	10-06-2011
20110262062	MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ARC-SHAPED RAIL - A manufacturing method for appropriately manufacturing an arc-shaped rail that is C-shaped in cross section includes: a first process of forming one side wall	10-27-2011

Syo Ichihashi, Anjo-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090195411	Speed limit informing device installed in on-board navigation system - A device for informing to a driver a speed limit set for an own lane included in a multi-lane road is installed in a navigation system mounted on an automotive vehicle. The device includes a road surface camera for taking pictures of the speed limit painted on a road surface and informing devices such as a display panel and/or a speaker. The speed limit set for the own lane is specified based on the pictures taken by the road surface camera, and the specified speed limit is informed to the driver. Speed limits set for neighboring lanes may be also specified, and if they are different from the speed limit set for the own lane, this is informed to the driver together with the speed limits set for the neighboring lanes. It is not required to distinguish the own lane from among other lanes included in the multi-lane road because the speed limit set for the own lane is detected by the camera mounted on the own vehicle.	08-06-2009

Syuji Ichihashi, Koga-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090008815	Forming method using pressing and injection-molding multifunction die, forming apparatus provided with pressing and injection-molding multifunction die, and metal-resin molded product formed by the method or the apparatus - A forming method using a pressing and injection-molding multifunction die for forming a metal-resin molded product by integrating metal with resin, includes: forming a resin-molded portion on the metal; and performing, after the resin-molded portion is formed on the metal, at least one of a pressing process and an injection-molding process on the metal in the state in which the metal-resin molded product is supported by only the resin.	01-08-2009
20100255144	Forming method using pressing and injection-molding multifunction die, forming apparatus provided with pressing and injection-molding multifunction die , and metal-resin molded product formed by the method or the apparatus - A forming method using a pressing and injection-molding multifunction die for forming a metal-resin molded product by integrating metal with resin, includes: forming a resin-molded portion on the metal; and performing, after the resin-molded portion is formed on the metal, at least one of a pressing process and an injection-molding process on the metal in the state in which the metal-resin molded product is supported by only the resin.	10-07-2010
20110008479	Forming method using pressing and injection-molding multifunction die, forming apparatus provided with pressing and injection-molding multifunction die, and metal-resin molded product formed by the method or the apparatus - A forming method using a pressing and injection-molding multifunction die for forming a metal-resin molded product by integrating metal with resin, includes: forming a resin-molded portion on the metal; and performing, after the resin-molded portion is formed on the metal, at least one of a pressing process and an injection-molding process on the metal in the state in which the metal-resin molded product is supported by only the resin.	01-13-2011

Tetsuya Ichihashi, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080230743	Polyamine Derivative and Polyol Derivative - A novel polyamine derivative, or polyol derivative, having a piperidylaminotriazine skeleton; salts of such compounds; a process for producing them; an organic material stabilizer comprising any of such compounds; a method of stabilizing an organic material; and a stabilized organic material. Compounds of the general formula: (1) (wherein X is N(R	09-25-2008

Toshihiko Ichihashi, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100105588	LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITION FOR CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSIONS - A lubricating base oil contains: an overbased calcium sulfonate having a different base number provided such that a total base number is in a range of 280 to 500 mgKOH/g and a calcium concentration in a total amount is in a range of 280 to 3000 mass ppm (in terms of calcium); and orthophosphates that is at least one selected from phosphates and acid phosphates and provided such that a phosphorus concentration is 50 mass ppm or more. A high friction coefficient of 0.11 or more and a favorable wear resistance of a specific wear rate of less than 2.0×10	04-29-2010
20100216676	LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITION - A lubricating oil composition includes: a lubricating base oil; and an imide compound, an amide compound and an aliphatic amine compound mixed with the lubricating base oil. A content of the imide compound is 300 to 1000 ppm by mass of the total amount of the composition in terms of nitrogen. A content of the amide compound is 380 to 1300 ppm by mass of the total amount of the composition in terms of nitrogen. A content of the aliphatic amine compound is 35 to 360 ppm by mass of the total amount of the composition in terms of nitrogen.	08-26-2010

Toshinari Ichihashi, Minato-Ku JP

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20100202976	SUBSTANCE-ENCAPSULATING CARBON NANOHORN AGGREGATE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A substance-encapsulating carbon nanohorn aggregate which has improved chemical stability by isolating the encapsulated substance from outside and which is useful as a targeting material which can be led from the outside of the body or as a contrast medium by holding the encapsulated substance in an aggregated form, and a process for producing the same are provided. The substance-encapsulating carbon nanohorn aggregate is characterized in that the encapsulated substance is aggregated in a central part of the carbon nanohorn aggregate or a neighborhood thereof with being isolated from outside. The process includes aggregating a substance to be encapsulated in a central part or a neighborhood thereof by a heat treatment.	08-12-2010

Yasunori Ichihashi, Shiga JP

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20110121268	LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - The present invention relates to an organic thin-film light emitting device containing an organic compound represented by formula (1) and a donor compound. the light emitting device ca achieve both of the low-voltage driving operation and high luminance efficiency.	05-26-2011

Yoshinari Ichihashi, Hashima-Shi JP

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20100085997	NITRIDE-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A nitride-based semiconductor laser device includes a nitride-based semiconductor layer formed on an active layer made of a nitride-based semiconductor, and an electrode layer including a first metal layer, made of Pt, formed on a far side of a surface of the nitride-based semiconductor layer from the active layer, a second metal layer, made of Pd, formed on a surface of the first metal layer, and a third metal layer, made of Pt, formed on a surface of the second metal layer, and having a shape necessary for the device in plan view. A thickness of the third metal layer is at least 10 times and not more than 30 times a thickness of the first metal layer.	04-08-2010

Yukichika Ichihashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP

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20090034011	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A color printed image with compressed colors produced by printing an electronic color image is reconstructed into an electronic color image similar to an original color image by using digital watermark image data with a reduced data size. The digital watermark image data is produced using color difference data of the color image data including luminance data and the color difference data. The digital watermark image data either does not include luminance data or includes luminance data with a data size reduced at a very large ratio.	02-05-2009
20090284805	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - This invention has as its object to generate image data having a desired resolution by a small footprint upon execution of resolution conversion processing in an image processing apparatus having an area image sensor. This invention is an image processing method for processing a plurality of image data which have phase shifts in the main scanning direction and sub scanning direction, including a step of inputting a target resolution, a step of executing super-resolution processing for respective positions using image data, corresponding to each position of the document in the sub scanning direction, of the plurality of image data, and a step of further executing variable-magnification processing of the image data which has undergone the super-resolution processing at that position when the resolution of the image data executed super-resolution processing is lower than the target resolution.	11-19-2009
20110176154	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a recording apparatus in which resolution of a main scan and resolution of a subscan differ, a print character is preferably reproduced. An image processing apparatus for controlling the recording apparatus in which the subscan resolution is lower than the main scan resolution has: a character direction discriminating unit for discriminating a direction of a character included in image data; an image rotating unit for rotating the image data so that a horizontal line in the character decided by the character direction discriminating unit is scanned by the main scan of the recording apparatus; and a control unit for allowing the recording apparatus to record the image data rotated by the image rotating unit.	07-21-2011