Patents by Inventor Hiromitsu Uchida

Hiromitsu Uchida 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).

  • Patent number: 7684745
    Abstract: An image heating apparatus including an endless belt for heating an image on a recording material; a supporting member for supporting the belt; a coil for induction heat generation in the belt; control means for controlling a position of the belt in a widthwise direction by inclining the supporting member so as to maintain the position of the belt in the widthwise direction within a predetermined target range; and suppressing means for suppressing a variation of a distance between the belt and the coil with a variation of inclination of the supporting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Uchida, Masahiko Yokota, Kazuhisa Okuda, Michiaki Endo, Takatoshi Chiba, Shinsuke Ubayashi, Hiromasa Katayama
  • Publication number: 20090231058
    Abstract: Provided is a band-pass filter having a small phase change in a pass band and a steep frequency characteristic. The band-pass filter includes: a four-terminal pair 90-degree hybrid circuit (10) for distributing power into two directions with a phase difference of 90 degrees; and a band elimination filter circuit including a plurality of unit circuits (15) and (16) connected to each other, each of the plurality of unit circuits including a series circuit of a coil and a capacitor and a parallel circuit of a coil and a capacitor, which are connected with each other, input terminals of the plurality of unit circuits being connected with coupling terminals (13) and (14) of the hybrid circuit (10) and output terminals of the plurality of unit circuits being terminated with resistors having impedance values equal to an output impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Tamotsu Nishino, Moriyasu Miyazaki, Hiromitsu Uchida
  • Patent number: 7546078
    Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes an endless belt for heating an image on a recording material at a nip; a pressing pad for pressing the belt at the nip; a supporting member for supporting the belt at an inner surface thereof, the supporting member being displaceable to move the belt in a widthwise direction of the belt; a lubricant application member for applying lubricant onto the inner surface of the belt; and displacing means for displacing the lubricant application member in accordance with a displacement of the supporting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Okuda, Masahiko Yokota, Michiaki Endo, Shinsuke Ubayashi, Takatoshi Chiba, Hiromasa Katayama, Hiromitsu Uchida
  • Patent number: 7505725
    Abstract: An apparatus for inclining a roller on which a pressure belt is suspended to perform a deviation control of the pressure belt, which can well perform the deviation control of the pressure belt even when the pressure belt has been spaced apart from a fixing roller. A fixing device is provided with a pressure belt suspended on rollers, a deviation control device adjusting the deviation of the pressure belt, and a pressure unit bringing the pressure belt into pressure contact with a fixing roller to form a nip portion. The deviation control device is designed to be moved with the pressure unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromasa Katayama, Kazuhisa Okuda, Michiaki Endo, Masahiko Yokota, Shinsuke Ubayashi, Takatoshi Chiba, Hiromitsu Uchida
  • Patent number: 7480480
    Abstract: In a fixing apparatus capable of reducing unevenness in temperature distribution in an axial direction while reducing heat loss at an end portion, a fixing belt 11 extended around a fixation roller 13 and a fixation tension roller 14 is heated by a coil unit 28 for effecting induction heating. The fixation tension roller 14 is assembled by inserting a heat pipe 15 into a hollow roller 14a. At both end portions, the hollow roller 14a is covered with a cover portion having small holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michiaki Endo, Masahiko Yokota, Kazuhisa Okuda, Takatoshi Chiba, Shinsuke Ubayashi, Hiromasa Katayama, Hiromitsu Uchida
  • Publication number: 20090003912
    Abstract: A curl correcting device for correcting a curl of a sheet at a curved belt-nip portion includes an endless belt extending between a driving roller and a driven roller, and a pressing roller configured to press a belt surface of the endless belt. A stepping motor is controlled in accordance with a pressing amount of the pressing roller to the belt surface of the endless belt to adjust a speed of the endless belt, thereby preventing the speed from being decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nagasaki, Kenichi Hirota, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Hiromitsu Uchida, Hiroshige Inoue, Yoshiyasu Satomi
  • Publication number: 20090003866
    Abstract: An image heating apparatus including an endless belt for heating an image on a recording material; a supporting member for supporting the belt; a coil for induction heat generation in the belt; control means for controlling a position of the belt in a widthwise direction by inclining the supporting member so as to maintain the position of the belt in the widthwise direction within a predetermined target range; and suppressing means for suppressing a variation of a distance between the belt and the coil with a variation of inclination of the supporting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromitsu UCHIDA, Masahiko YOKOTA, Kazuhisa OKUDA, Michiaki ENDO, Takatoshi CHIBA, Shinsuke UBAYASHI, Hiromasa KATAYAMA
  • Patent number: 7424261
    Abstract: An image heating apparatus including an endless belt for heating an image on a recording material; a supporting member for supporting the belt; a coil for induction heat generation in the belt; control means for controlling a position of the belt in a widthwise direction by inclining the supporting member so as to maintain the position of the belt in the widthwise direction within a predetermined target range; and suppressing means for suppressing a variation of a distance between the belt and the coil with a variation of inclination of the supporting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Uchida, Masahiko Yokota, Kazuhisa Okuda, Michiaki Endo, Takatoshi Chiba, Shinsuke Ubayashi, Hiromasa Katayama
  • Publication number: 20070212133
    Abstract: An image heating apparatus including an endless belt for heating an image on a recording material; a supporting member for supporting the belt; a coil for induction heat generation in the belt; control means for controlling a position of the belt in a widthwise direction by inclining the supporting member so as to maintain the position of the belt in the widthwise direction within a predetermined target range; and suppressing means for suppressing a variation of a distance between the belt and the coil with a variation of inclination of the supporting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Uchida, Masahiko Yokota, Kazuhisa Okuda, Michiaki Endo, Takatoshi Chiba, Shinsuke Ubayashi, Hiromasa Katayama
  • Patent number: 7256666
    Abstract: A band rejection filter with attenuation poles includes a plurality of series resonant circuits having end terminals connected in common and other end terminals connected in series via a plurality of transmission lines each having a length that is an odd multiple of about the one-quarter wavelength at the resonance frequency of the plurality of series resonant circuits, and a jump-coupling circuit for roughly coupling two of the plurality of series resonant circuits, which are not adjacent to each other, to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Uchida, Moriyasu Miyazaki, Yoshihiko Imai, Norio Umemura, Junko Nakayama, Hirotaka Kamino
  • Publication number: 20070059061
    Abstract: An apparatus for inclining a roller on which a pressure belt is suspended to perform a deviation control of the pressure belt, which can well perform the deviation control of the pressure belt even when the pressure belt has been spaced apart from a fixing roller. A fixing device is provided with a pressure belt suspended on rollers, a deviation control device adjusting the deviation of the pressure belt, and a pressure unit bringing the pressure belt into pressure contact with a fixing roller to form a nip portion. The deviation control device is designed to be moved with the pressure unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromasa Katayama, Kazuhisa Okuda, Michiaki Endo, Masahiko Yokota, Shinsuke Ubayashi, Takatoshi Chiba, Hiromitsu Uchida
  • Publication number: 20070059064
    Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes an endless belt for heating an image on a recording material at a nip; a pressing pad for pressing the belt at the nip; a supporting member for supporting the belt at an inner surface thereof, the supporting member being displaceable to move the belt in a widthwise direction of the belt; a lubricant application member for applying lubricant onto the inner surface of the belt; and displacing means for displacing the lubricant application member in accordance with a displacement of the supporting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Okuda, Masahiko Yokota, Michiaki Endo, Shinsuke Ubayashi, Takatoshi Chiba, Hiromasa Katayama, Hiromitsu Uchida
  • Publication number: 20070059062
    Abstract: In a fixing apparatus capable of reducing unevenness in temperature distribution in an axial direction while reducing heat loss at an end portion, a fixing belt 11 extended around a fixation roller 13 and a fixation tension roller 14 is heated by a coil unit 28 for effecting induction heating. The fixation tension roller 14 is assembled by inserting a heat pipe 15 into a hollow roller 14a. At both end portions, the hollow roller 14a is covered with a cover portion having small holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michiaki Endo, Masahiko Yokota, Kazuhisa Okuda, Takatoshi Chiba, Shinsuke Ubayashi, Hiromasa Katayama, Hiromitsu Uchida
  • Publication number: 20040178866
    Abstract: A band rejection filter with poles includes a plurality of series resonant circuits having end terminals connected in common and other end terminals connected in series via a plurality of transmission lines each having a length that is an odd multiple of about the one-quarter wavelength at the resonance frequency of the plurality of series resonant circuits, and a jump-coupling circuit for roughly coupling two of the plurality of series resonant circuits, which are not adjacent to each other, to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Uchida, Moriyasu Miyazaki, Yoshihiko Imai, Norio Umemura, Junko Nakayama, Hirotaka Kamino
  • Patent number: 6489866
    Abstract: In a microwave module including a transmitting portion circuit and a receiving portion circuit, the transmitting portion circuit and the receiving portion circuit are respectively constructed by transmission lines of different kinds in which polarization planes are orthogonal to each other, and are constructed on the same surface of the same substrate. For example, one of the transmitting portion circuit and the receiving portion circuit is constructed by a microstrip line, and the other is constructed by a coplanar line. Further, one of the transmitting portion circuit and the receiving portion circuit is constructed by a microstrip line, and the other is constructed by a slot line. By this, there is obtained a microwave module in which mutual interference by an electromagnetic field between element circuits in the module can be suppressed, the circuits can be arranged close to each other without requiring a shielding member, and miniaturization of the module can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Uchida, Yasushi Itoh
  • Patent number: 6339362
    Abstract: By connecting a grounding conductor pattern directly to a grounding terminal of a field-effect transistor and connecting a series circuit comprising a stabilized resistor and an open-circuit stub having a length equal to quarter of a parallel resonance frequency, undesirable parallel resonance caused by the grounding conductor pattern and the open-circuit stub is suppressed, and a voltage drop in the stabilized resistor is suppressed when a bias voltage is applied to the field-effect transistor. Accordingly, the operation of a microwave amplifier is stabilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Uchida, Takeshi Ohshima, Yasushi Itoh
  • Patent number: 6331815
    Abstract: A dual-frequency matching circuit of the present invention comprises an output terminal to which a load is connected, an input terminal through which an input signal is input to the load, a series resonance circuit, which is composed of a series capacitor and a series inductor connected in series to the series capacitor and disposed in such a manner that it is connected in series to the load when observed from the input terminal side, and a parallel resonance circuit, which is composed of a parallel capacitor and a parallel inductor connected in parallel to the parallel capacitor, and disposed in such a manner that it is connected in parallel to the entire portion of the load and the series resonance circuit when observed from the input terminal side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Oshima, Hiromitsu Uchida, Yasushi Itoh
  • Patent number: 6130580
    Abstract: By connecting a grounding conductor pattern directly to a grounding terminal of a field-effect transistor and connecting a series circuit comprising a stabilized resistor and an open-circuit stub having a length equal to quarter of a parallel resonance frequency, undesirable parallel resonance caused by the grounding conductor pattern and the open-circuit stub is suppressed, and a voltage drop in the stabilized resistor is suppressed when a bias voltage is applied to the field-effect transistor. Accordingly, the operation of a microwave amplifier is stabilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Uchida, Takeshi Ohshima, Yasushi Itoh