Patents Examined by Stephanie E Bloss
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Patent number: 11976948Abstract: An angle detection apparatus includes a magnetic sensing element, a magnetic field generator, and a yoke. The magnetic field generator is rotatable around a rotation axis with respect to the magnetic sensing element and generates a magnetic field. The yoke is disposed in a magnetic-field influence region and is rotatable together with the magnetic field generator. The magnetic-field influence region is a region that lies between the magnetic field generator and the magnetic sensing element in a rotation axis direction along the rotation axis, and that is to be influenced by the magnetic field.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignees: TDK CORPORATION, SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD.Inventors: Toshio Ishikawara, Takahiro Moriya, Toshihiko Oyama, Seiji Fukuoka
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Patent number: 11977043Abstract: The MEMS type semiconductor gas detection element of the invention is a MEMS type semiconductor gas detection element 1 having a MEMS structure, for detecting hydrogen gas, comprising: a substrate 2; a gas sensitive portion 3 mainly made of a metal oxide semiconductor and provided to the substrate 2; a heating portion 4 for heating the gas sensitive portion 3; an inactive film 5 having hydrogen-permselective and formed outside the gas sensitive portion 3; a protective film 6 formed outside the inactive film 5, for suppressing deterioration of the gas sensitive portion 3.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: NEW COSMOS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu Mitsuhashi, Naganori Dogami
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Patent number: 11971648Abstract: A tripod includes: a hub defining a set of leg mounts; a set of legs configured to telescopically extend from the hub and couple to the set of leg mounts; a center column including a spherical end; and a head pivotably coupled to the spherical end. The head further includes: a base section; a camera platform arranged over the base section; a set of flanges extending below the base section and extending around the spherical end; a hat arranged over the spherical end; a pivot control ring arranged about the base section, configured to drive the hat into the spherical end to fix the head on the spherical end responsive to rotation in a first direction about the base section, and configured to retract the hat from the spherical end to unlock the head from the spherical end responsive to rotation in a second direction about the base section.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Peak DesignInventors: Robb Jankura, Matthew Thomas James, Peter Dering, Peter Lockett, Arthur Viger, Andrew Wheeler Gans, Kiran Malladi
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Patent number: 11966175Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt cleaning system includes an intermediate transfer belt that has an outer peripheral surface to which a toner image is to be transferred and a cleaning device having a cleaning blade that comes into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt to clean the outer peripheral surface, in which the cleaning blade has a peak value (tan ?p) of a loss tangent of 0.25 or more and 0.40 or less at a frequency of 1 Hz and a loss tangent (tan ?22) of 0.20 or more and 0.35 or less at 22° C. at a frequency of 1 Hz, the tan ?p and the tan ?22 being determined by measuring temperature dependence of viscoelasticity of the cleaning blade, and a coefficient D of dynamic friction between the intermediate transfer belt and the cleaning blade is 0.30 or more and 0.80 or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Yoshiro Yamashita
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Patent number: 11966176Abstract: A transfer member includes: an inner layer; and an outer layer that is adhered to the inner layer and has a hardness lower than a hardness of the inner layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Hirotaka Tanaka, Tomoaki Yoshioka, Yoko Miyamoto, Toshiaki Baba, Koichiro Yuasa, Kazuyoshi Hagiwara, Kei Tanaka
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Patent number: 11959818Abstract: A method for predicting the explosion pressure of a medium- and large-size cell module, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: (S100) deriving a profile (SOC-temperature profile) of the generation temperature according to a state of charge (SOC) of a medium- and large-size cell module to be predicted; (S200) mounting a small cell inside an explosion pressure measurement device; (S300) overcharging the small cell until an explosion occurs while heating the small cell in the same manner as the SOC-temperature profile derived in step (S100); (S400) measuring the pressure during the explosion of the small cell; and (S500) converting the pressure during the explosion of the measured small cell into pressure of a medium- and large-size cell module.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Ji Hye Park, Su Hyun Kim
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Patent number: 11960231Abstract: A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer member that has an outer peripheral surface to which a toner image is to be transferred, a primary transfer device that has a primary transfer member performing primary transfer of a toner image formed on a surface of an image holder to the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer member, a secondary transfer device that has a secondary transfer member which is arranged in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer member and performs secondary transfer of the toner image transferred to the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer member to a surface of a recording medium, and a cleaning device that has a cleaning blade cleaning the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer member, in which a coefficient D of dynamic friction between the intermediate transfer member and the cleaning blade is 0.2 or more and 1.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Yoshiro Yamashita
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Patent number: 11960226Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a developing member to supply a toner to the photosensitive member at a developing portion, and a transfer member to transfer a toner image to a recording material passing through a transfer portion from the photosensitive member. In a case which the transfer is performed to a shorter width recording material and thereafter, the transfer is successively performed to a longer width recording material, a control portion controls a first back contrast formed when an area of a surface of the photosensitive member corresponding to the transfer portion through which the shorter width recording material is passing reaches the developing portion, and a second back contrast formed when an area of the surface corresponding to the transfer portion through which the longer width recording material is passing reaches the developing portion so that the second back contrast is higher than the first back contrast.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroki Sasame, Tomoo Akizuki
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Patent number: 11962348Abstract: An audiometer system including an audiometer device that includes an audiometer digital signal processing (DSP) unit, an audiometer baseband processing unit positioned, and an audiometer light-based transceiver. The system further includes a transducer including a transducer light-based transceiver in optical communication with the audiometer light-based transceiver, a transducer baseband processing unit, a transducer processor unit, and an audio speaker.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Natus Medical IncorporatedInventor: Ningzhou Cui
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Patent number: 11959896Abstract: A transfer line for a GCMS arrangement, the transfer line comprising: a transfer probe having a probe bore to receive a GC column; a sealing cap movably mounted at a first end of the transfer probe; and a resilient element arranged to bias the sealing cap away from the first end of the transfer probe.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Micromass UK LimitedInventors: Carl Chen, Richard Jarrold, Pham Hoang Vu Ngo, William Ngo, Dennis Ong, Richard Tyldesley-Worster, Arvind Rangan, Chris Wheeldon
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Patent number: 11960199Abstract: A projection screen includes an optical collimating layer and a surface diffusion layer which are arranged in sequence. A grating absorption layer for absorbing ambient light from various directions except a projection light direction is also provided between the optical collimating layer and the surface diffusion layer. The grating absorption layer includes a plurality of light-absorption ring-shaped units with different radii. The plurality of light-absorption ring-shaped units are arranged in a concentric ring. Each of the light-absorption ring-shaped units consists of a plurality of gratings arranged in the circumferential direction of the concentric ring. By taking a vertical symmetrical center line of the projection screen as a center, in a direction extending along the circumferential direction of the concentric ring to the left side and the right side of the projection screen, the distance between two adjacent gratings in the same light-absorption ring-shaped unit gradually increases.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITEDInventors: Fei Hu, Wei Sun, Lin Wang, Yi Li
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Patent number: 11960221Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a belt, a plurality of stretching rollers including an inner roller and an upstream roller, an outer member, an urging member, a first position changing mechanism, a storing portion, a controller, and an operating portion. The controller controls the first position changing mechanism on the basis of a kind of a recording material on which an image is formed, first set information stored in the storing portion, and first input information for changing setting of a position of the urging member inputted to the controller through the operating portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryosuke Tsuruga, Yutaka Kakehi, Tatsuya Kohno, Manato Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11953810Abstract: A holding and moving device includes a support foot, a bearing arm secured pivotably onto the support foot to form a useful load side section and a weight-side section, a first pivot arm connected to the useful load side section of the bearing arm for attachment of a useful load and/or holding device for a useful load, and a second pivot arm connected to the weight-side section of the bearing arm for attachment of a balance weight. The bearing arm and the first and second pivot arms are connected to one another such that the alignment of the first and second pivot arms are essentially parallel to one another in each position. The second pivot arm and/or the weight-side section are designed such that the weight of the first pivot arm and/or of the useful load side section is balanced in each position of the holding and moving device.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Cinetica GmbHInventors: Andreas Lukas, Matthias Müller, Jan Riepert, Tojan Bieber
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Patent number: 11953849Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises a main body casing; a fixing unit which fixes a developer to a sheet by means of heating and pressurization; a fan which is provided to discharge air inside the main body casing to outside of the main body casing; and a controller. The fixing unit includes a heating unit which heats the sheet; and a temperature sensor which detects a temperature of the heating unit. When the fixing unit is fixing the developer to the sheet, the controller is configured to: determine a heating unit temperature based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor; stop the fan in a case of determining that the heating unit temperature is not less than a threshold value; and drive the fan in a case of determining that the heating unit temperature is less than the threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tatsuya Koyama
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Patent number: 11947290Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes first and second rotatable members forming a nip therebetween, a heater disposed in inside of the second rotatable member, a first temperature sensor provided on a center of the heater, a second temperature sensor provided on an end side of the heater. A controller controls a feeding interval in which a trailing edge of a preceding sheet passes through the nip until a leading edge of a subsequent sheet reaches the nip. The controller controls the feeding interval to be a first interval in a case which a feeding speed of the sheet is a first speed and a detected temperature by the second sensor is a first temperature, and to be a second interval shorter than the first interval in a case which the feeding speed is a second speed lower than the first speed and the detected temperature is the first temperature.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsushi Nakamoto, Kazuhiro Doda
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Patent number: 11945376Abstract: The present disclosure provides a recreational vehicle camera with a marker light. The recreational vehicle camera with a marker light includes a mounting housing, a lamp body assembly, a camera assembly, and a rear mounting cover. The mounting housing is provided with an accommodating cavity, a first routing hole and a second routing hole. The lamp body assembly is provided with a first cable. The camera assembly is provided with a second cable. The rear mounting cover is provided with a first cable outlet hole. The rear mounting cover is used for being fixedly connected to a recreational vehicle. The rear mounting cover detachably covers the accommodating cavity. The first cable and the second cable are threaded out of the first cable outlet hole and are electrically connected to a circuit in the recreational vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Inventor: Xiangwen Lin
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Patent number: 11947304Abstract: A cleaning device includes: a cleaning brush that has bristles that rotate and contact a surface, to which toner has adhered, of a cleaning member to be cleaned, the cleaning brush removing the toner adhered to the surface of the cleaning member; a first contact member that contacts the bristles without a position of the first contact member relative to a position of the cleaning brush being changed; and a second contact member that contacts the bristles at a location downstream from the first contact member in a direction of rotation of the cleaning brush and without a position of the second contact member relative to the position of the cleaning brush being changed, and that is disposed on an extension line extended from a line between an axial center of the cleaning brush and a base of the bristles that move away from the first contact member.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Haruyuki Ideura, Daisuke Tanaka, Takeshi Yasuda, Kaoru Matsushita
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Patent number: 11940745Abstract: A fixing device includes: a heating section that heats in a non-contact manner a front surface of a recording medium; a feeding section that feeds the recording medium while causing the front surface to be opposed to the heating section; and a maintaining section that, in order to enable the recording medium to be fed by the feeding section while a rear surface that is opposite to the front surface, and that is in an image region where an unfixed-image is formed on the front surface is in a non-contact state, maintains the non-contact state.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Takayuki Yamashita
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Patent number: 11940275Abstract: A vibrator device includes a vibrator element, and a support substrate configured to support the vibrator element. The vibrator element includes a drive arm provided with a drive signal electrode and a drive constant-potential electrode, and a detection arm provided with a detection signal electrode and a detection constant-potential electrode. The support substrate includes a base, and a drive signal interconnection electrically coupled to the drive signal electrode, a drive constant-potential interconnection electrically coupled to the drive constant-potential electrode, and a detection signal interconnection electrically coupled to the detection signal electrode all provided to the base, and the drive arm includes a first surface located at the support substrate side, and a second surface located at an opposite side to the first surface. Further, the drive constant-potential electrode is disposed on the first surface, and the drive signal electrode is disposed on the second surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Seiichiro Ogura, Keiichi Yamaguchi, Ryuta Nishizawa
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Patent number: 11933642Abstract: A two-wire displacement sensor device includes an LC oscillation circuit including a coil whose inductance changes in accordance with a displacement amount of an object and an oscillation unit provided with capacitors and amplifying elements; and an interface unit serving as a signal output unit and a power supply input unit. The interface unit includes a constant current circuit that outputs at least two current values.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventor: Yosuke Murakami