Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

Riken Corporation

Kanebo, Limited

Panasonic Corporation

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Funai Electric Company Ltd.

Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.

Healios K.k.

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Matushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Hagiwara Research Corp.

Zenji Hagiwara

Satoshi Ando

Masatoshi Noguchi

Hikaru Fukuda

Yuji Shimizu

Yuichi Kawaguchi

Eiichi Hatae

Yoshiki Sasai

Masao Oomoto

Mototsugu Eiraku

Tokushige Nakano

Takao Kuroda

Yusuke Sakaguchi

Masato Ohura

Kazuhide Sawabe

Masayuki Kikuchi

Yasuhiro Mori

Sei Shinohara

Yuto Otsuki

Keiichi Ohiso

Kazuhiko Nakajima

Karo Maeda

Akira Dohno

Koichi Saito

Masakatsu Hori

Yuki Kita

Hiroyuki Yoshida

Satoshi Kajita

Ryo Matsuyama

Kazuya Tanaka

Kei Wakayama

Tatsuro Arata

Makoto Tsuchihashi

Nobutaka Yamaguchi

Yasuhiro Miyake

Tatsuji Sudo

Saburo Nohara

Nobuhiro Matsutani

Yoshihito Kurizuka

Kunio Ichihashi

Akira Dono

Yuki Ogino

Satoshi Arita

Nobuyuki Horie

Noriyuki Suzuki

Takayoshi Shibata

Chikashi Ue

Takahiro Hyakudome

Akira Dohn

Hideo Yoshitome

Yoshiki (deceased) Sasai

Masahiko Haraguchi

An image forming apparatus includes: a main body frame; a process unit which is removably fitted in a first direction; a pressing member which presses the process unit in a second direction; and a restriction member which restricts the displacement of the process unit. The process unit includes a restriction plate which protrudes downward from the unit frame. The restriction member includes a pair of sandwiching surfaces which sandwich the restriction plate in the second direction. The process unit is fitted and is pressed by the pressing member such that the restriction plate abuts against the sandwiching surface to restrict the displacement of the process unit.

Image forming apparatus

A sheet storage device includes a regulation cursor and a hold mechanism. The hold mechanism includes a guide shaft, and a stopper having a guide hole in which the guide shaft is inserted, and being capable of reciprocating with the regulation cursor. When the stopper is inclined to one side, movement of the regulation cursor is restricted. When the stopper is raised to the other side, movement of the regulation cursor is enabled. The stopper has a contact part that contacts the regulation cursor, so as to restrict the stopper from inclining to the other side, when the regulation cursor is enabled to move.

Sheet storage device and image formation system including same

The present invention provides a production method of a retinal cell or retinal tissue, including the following steps: (1) a first step of culturing mammalian pluripotent stem cells in the absence of a feeder cell for a period not exceeding 30 days in a medium comprising 1) a factor for maintaining an undifferentiated state and 2) an MEK inhibitor, (2) a second step of culturing the cells obtained in the first step in suspension to form a cell aggregate, and (3) a third step of culturing the aggregate obtained in the second step in suspension in the presence of a BMP signal transduction pathway activating substance to obtain an aggregate containing retinal cells or a retinal tissue.

Method for producing retinal tissue

The invention provides a method for producing a retinal pigment epithelial cell by (1) maintaining and/or expanding human pluripotent stem cells comprising culturing the human pluripotent stem cells in the absence of a feeder cell in a medium comprising a factor for maintaining an undifferentiated state, (2) a first step for culturing the maintained and/or expanded human pluripotent stem cells in a medium comprising a MEK inhibitor in the absence of feeder cells for a period of not less than 2 days and not more than 30 days, wherein the culture condition in the first step is a condition sufficient for inducing gene expression of at least one eye field transcription factor, and (3) a second step for culturing the cells obtained in the first step in the presence of a Nodal signal transduction pathway inhibitor and/or a Wnt signal transduction pathway inhibitor to form a retinal pigment epithelial cell.

Method for producing retinal pigment epithelial cells

Provided is a sheet storage apparatus including: an apparatus body; a sheet storage section; a top cover; a sheet feeding section; a restricting cursor; a blowing device; a sheet holding-down member; and a moving mechanism. The sheet storage section includes a sheet supply port, and a sheet stacking portion. The top cover is pivotable to an opening position and to a closing position. The blowing device includes a fan and a vent. The sheet holding-down member includes a restricting piece. The moving mechanism is coupled to the sheet holding-down member, moves the sheet holding-down member to a restricting position by coming into contact with the top cover under a state in which the top cover has come to the closing position, and moves the sheet holding-down member to a retracted position by separating from the top cover when the top cover is moved to the opening position.

Sheet storage apparatus, image forming system including the sheet storage apparatus, and image forming apparatus

A sheet feeding cassette includes a main body, a lift plate, a pair of side cursors, and an auxiliary lift plate. The main body is configured to accommodate a sheet fed out in a predetermined sheet feeding direction. The lift plate is provided in the main body in a liftable manner, and has a sheet placement surface on which the sheet is placed. The pair of side cursors is configured to be moved in a width direction perpendicular to the sheet feeding direction and to come into contact with side edges of the sheet placed on the lift plate to align the sheet. The auxiliary lift plate is detachably attached to a notch portion which is formed in the lift plate so as to allow a moving of the side cursors.

Sheet feeding cassette and image forming apparatus

A vehicle includes a main drive unit, a sub drive unit, and a control unit. The main drive unit includes a main drive rotary electric machine. The sub drive unit includes a sub drive rotary electric machine. The control unit includes a driving force distribution ratio setting unit configured to set a driving force distribution ratio between the main driving force and the sub driving force and is configured to control the outputs of the main drive unit and the sub drive unit so that the main driving force and the sub driving force have the driving force distribution ratio set by the driving force distribution ratio setting unit. The driving force distribution ratio setting unit is configured to set the driving force distribution ratio to minimize electric power loss of the vehicle based on a vehicle speed of the vehicle and a required driving force of the vehicle.

Vehicle

The present invention provides a method for more efficiently producing retinal pigment epithelial cells from pluripotent stem cells. The method of the present invention for producing retinal pigment epithelial cells includes the following steps: (1) a first step for culturing a pluripotent stem cell in a medium comprising an FGF receptor inhibitor and/or an MEK inhibitor for a period of not more than 30 days, and (2) a second step for culturing the cell obtained in the first step in the presence of a Nodal signal transduction pathway inhibitor and/or a Wnt signal transduction pathway inhibitor to form a retinal pigment epithelial cell.

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming part, a fixing device, a fixing temperature sensor, a drive device, a printed sheet number counting part, a fixing voltage power supply, a controller, and an apparatus external temperature sensor. The controller can perform a cooling mode in which, when a number of continuous printed sheets at a reference speed exceeds an upper limit number, a number of printed sheets per unit time is gradually decreased to suppress an increase of an apparatus internal temperature. The controller sets the upper limit number based on a temperature difference between the fixing temperature detected by the fixing temperature sensor and the apparatus external temperature detected by the apparatus external temperature sensor.

A gripping mechanism () includes a holder (), a gripping roller (), a first movable plate (), a second movable plate (), a first spring (), and a second spring (). The holder () houses the gripping roller (). The first movable plate () and the second movable plate () pinch the gripping roller () inside the holder (). The first spring () urges the first movable plate () toward the gripping roller (). The second spring () urges the second movable plate () toward the gripping roller (). The gripping mechanism () grips a gripped section () of a first component () between the first movable plate () and the gripping roller ().

Gripping mechanism and assembly apparatus

A vehicle includes a main drive unit, a sub drive unit, and a control unit. The control unit includes a driving force distribution ratio setting unit and is configured to control the main drive unit and the sub drive unit. A drive mode of the main drive unit includes an electric power drive mode and an engine drive mode. The driving force distribution ratio setting unit is configured to set the driving force distribution ratio based on a vehicle speed, a required driving force, and the drive mode. When the drive mode is the engine drive mode, the driving force distribution ratio setting unit is configured to set the driving force distribution ratio so that a distribution ratio of the main driving force is 90% or more.

The invention provides a method for producing a cell aggregate containing a ciliary marginal zone-like structure by culturing a cell aggregate containing a retinal tissue in which Chx10 positive cells are present in a proportion of 20% or more of the tissue in a serum-free medium or serum-containing medium, each containing a substance acting on the Wnt signal pathway for only a period before the appearance of a RPE65 gene expressing cell, followed by culturing the 'cell aggregate in which a RPE65 gene expressing cell does not appear' thus obtained in a serum-free medium or serum-containing medium, each not containing a substance acting on the Wnt signal pathway and so on.

Method for producing ciliary marginal zone-like structure

A gripping mechanism includes a pair of inclined surfaces and rolling elements. The pair of inclined surfaces face each other, are inclined in opposite directions with respect to a vertical direction, and approach each other on a lower side. Each of the rolling elements is rollable on the respective inclined surfaces in an obliquely upward and downward direction. An opening space is formed between lower ends of the inclined surfaces, the opening space having a direction Y (horizontal) width smaller than a direction Y width of the respective rolling elements arranged in the direction Y.

A gripping mechanism which grips an object includes a main body section, a first gripping section, and a second gripping section. The first and second gripping sections are connected, with a space therebetween, to the main body section. The first gripping section includes a first roller and a first frame. The first frame houses the first roller. The first gripping section grips a first portion of an object between an outer surface of the first roller and an inner surface of the first frame using gravity acting on the first roller. The second gripping section includes a second roller and a second frame. The second frame houses the second roller. The second gripping section grips a second portion of the object, differing from the first portion, between an outer surface of the second roller and an inner surface of the second frame using gravity acting on the second roller.

An image forming apparatus includes a waste toner container installed removably in an apparatus body through an opening and collecting a waste toner discharged from an image forming section in which an image is formed with toner, and an opening/closing cover supported at an edge of the opening and pivoting about an axis line extending in a specific direction, the opening/closing cover pivoting about the axis line and moving between a closed position to close the opening and an open position to open the opening. The waste toner container has an engaged part, and the opening/closing cover has an engaging part that engages with the engaged part. The engaging part engages with the engaged part in the closed position to hold the opening/closing cover in the closed position when the waste toner container is installed in the apparatus body.

Image forming apparatus including a waste toner container removably installed

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Satoshi Ando