Patents by Inventor Ken Kikuchi

Ken Kikuchi 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: 10789878
    Abstract: A light source device according to the present disclosure includes: a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, and a fourth terminal; a first light-emitting element that is disposed in a first path from the first terminal to the second terminal, includes a first electrode of a first type and a second electrode of a second type coupled to the second terminal, and emits first basic color light; a second light-emitting element that is disposed in a second path from the second terminal to the third terminal, includes a first electrode of the first type coupled to the second terminal and a second electrode of the second type, and emits second basic color light; and a third light-emitting element that is disposed in a third path from the second terminal to the fourth terminal, includes a first electrode of the first type coupled to the second terminal and a second electrode of the second type, and emits third basic color light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Chibashi, Ken Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10747170
    Abstract: A photosensitive member unit includes a photosensitive member, a transfer roller, a mounting portion capable of mounting a development unit including a development roller, a first gear and a second gear each provided at one end of the photosensitive member in an axial direction of the photosensitive member, and a third gear provided at one end of the transfer roller in an axial direction of the photosensitive member and configured to engage with the second gear. The first gear, the second gear, and the third gear are helical gears. A direction in which helical teeth of the first gear are inclined is opposite to a direction in which helical teeth of the second gear are inclined, and the direction in which the helical teeth of the first gear are inclined matches a direction in which helical teeth of the third gear are inclined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masao Uyama, Kenji Matsuda, Ken Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20200257239
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first developing cartridge including a first developing roller and a first projection, the first developing cartridge being detachably mounted to a first mounting portion of a frame such that the first developing cartridge is movable relative to the frame between a position where the first developing roller contacts a first photosensitive drum and the first projection is located in a first lower position and a position where the first projection is located in a first upper position above the first lower position. The apparatus also includes a first contacting member contactable with the first projection. The force applying portion is configured to apply a force to the first developing cartridge such that the first projection being held in the first upper position by the first contacting portion is moved to the first lower position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Ken Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20200225611
    Abstract: A photosensitive drum unit to which a coupling member 200 is easily mounted is provided. A drum flange 250 is fixed to one end portion of a cylinder 20A having a photosensitive layer at a peripheral surface. The coupling member 200 is inserted into the drum flange 250. Finally, a closing member 230 is mounted to the drum flange 250.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Ken Kikuchi, Yoshiyuki Batori
  • Publication number: 20200192276
    Abstract: A photosensitive member cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus for forming an image, includes a frame; a photosensitive drum on which and which is provided in the frame; a transfer member for transferring an image formed on the drum onto the sheet; a mounting portion for detachably mounting a developing cartridge including a developer carrying member onto the drum and a memory for storing information; a first electrical contact provided on the frame and electrically connectable with a main assembly electrical contact provided in the main assembly when the cartridge is mounted to the main assembly; and a second electrical contact provided on the frame for electrically connecting the memory and the first electrical contact portion with each other when the developing cartridge is mounted to the mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Jun Miyamoto, Masao Uyama, Kenji Matsuda, Ken Kikuchi, Jun Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10671012
    Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum and a developing cartridge including a developing roller for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the electrophotographic photosensitive drum. A cartridge supporting member is movable, while detachably mounting the developing cartridge, between an inside position which is inside of the main assembly of the apparatus to mount the developing cartridge to the main assembly of the apparatus and an outside position that is outside of the main assembly of the apparatus to remove the developing cartridge from the main assembly of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20200126473
    Abstract: A light source device according to the present disclosure includes: a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, and a fourth terminal; a first light-emitting element that is disposed in a first path from the first terminal to the second terminal, includes a first electrode of a first type and a second electrode of a second type coupled to the second terminal, and emits first basic color light; a second light-emitting element that is disposed in a second path from the second terminal to the third terminal, includes a first electrode of the first type coupled to the second terminal and a second electrode of the second type, and emits second basic color light; and a third light-emitting element that is disposed in a third path from the second terminal to the fourth terminal, includes a first electrode of the first type coupled to the second terminal and a second electrode of the second type, and emits third basic color light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru CHIBASHI, Ken KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 10627769
    Abstract: A rotatable developer carrying member unit includes a rotatable developer carrying member and a rotational force receiving member for receiving a rotational force for rotating the rotatable developer carrying member. The rotational force receiving member includes a rotational force receiving portion for receiving the rotational force at one end portion side thereof and a portion-to-be-engaged at another end portion side thereof. One of the engaging portion and the portion-to-be-engaged includes a male screw portion and the other of the engaging portion and the portion-to-be-engaged includes a female screw portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ken Kikuchi, Yoshiyuki Batori
  • Patent number: 10613465
    Abstract: A drum cylinder unit includes a photoconductive drum and a flange member. The flange member includes a fixing portion fixed to an end of the photoconductive drum, a cylindrical portion which forms a hollow portion therein, a groove portion provided at an edge of the cylindrical portion, and a gear portion. The groove portion and the hollow portion open to an outside of an axial direction of the photoconductive drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigemi Kamoshida, Ken Kikuchi, Jun Miyamoto, Tomonori Mori, Daisuke Abe
  • Patent number: 10615786
    Abstract: A comparator circuit according to the present disclosure includes a first switch section that selectively takes in a signal voltage, a second switch section that selectively takes in a control waveform, a differential amplifier including a non-inverted input end connected to each of output ends of the first switch section and the second switch section, a capacity section including one end connected to an inverted input end of the differential amplifier and the other end supplied with a reference voltage, and a third switch section that selectively short-circuits the inverted input end and an output end of the differential amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki Sugiyama, Masaki Yoshioka, Ken Kikuchi, Masaru Chibashi, Ken Kitamura
  • Patent number: 10599094
    Abstract: A photosensitive member cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus for forming an image, includes a frame; a photosensitive drum on which and which is provided in the frame; a transfer member for transferring an image formed on the drum onto the sheet; a mounting portion for detachably mounting a developing cartridge including a developer carrying member onto the drum and a memory for storing information; a first electrical contact provided on the frame and electrically connectable with a main assembly electrical contact provided in the main assembly when the cartridge is mounted to the main assembly; and a second electrical contact provided on the frame for electrically connecting the memory and the first electrical contact portion with each other when the developing cartridge is mounted to the mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jun Miyamoto, Masao Uyama, Kenji Matsuda, Ken Kikuchi, Jun Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10515709
    Abstract: A sample-and-hold circuit of the disclosure includes: a differential pair that includes a first MOS transistor and a second MOS transistor, in which respective source terminals of the first MOS transistor and the second MOS transistor are interconnected to a specified node, and an input signal is input to a gate terminal of the first MOS transistor; a capacitor that is coupled to a gate terminal of the second MOS transistor, and samples and holds the input signal; a switch transistor that has a source terminal coupled to the capacitor and the gate terminal of the second MOS transistor, and causes the capacitor to sample and hold the input signal upon application of a predetermined ON voltage; and an ON-voltage control transistor that couples a gate terminal of the switch transistor to the specified node when causing the input signal to be sampled and held.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Chibashi, Ken Kikuchi, Takaaki Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10510286
    Abstract: There is provided a mounting substrate that makes a seam more inconspicuous when a plurality of mounting substrates are tiled, and an electronic apparatus including the mounting substrate. The mounting substrate includes a wiring substrate, a plurality of pixels (11) arranged in a matrix in a pixel region of the wiring substrate, and a plurality of drivers (14A) that are disposed in the pixel region and select the pixels in units of two or more pixels. Each of the pixels includes an optical element that emits or receives light, and a pixel circuit that controls light emission or light reception of the optical element. One or more of the plurality of drivers are assigned to each pixel row or every plurality of pixel rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Aoyagi, Ken Kikuchi, Katsuhiro Tomoda
  • Publication number: 20190317448
    Abstract: A photosensitive member unit includes a photosensitive member, a transfer roller, a mounting portion capable of mounting a development unit including a development roller, a first gear and a second gear each provided at one end of the photosensitive member in an axial direction of the photosensitive member, and a third gear provided at one end of the transfer roller in an axial direction of the photosensitive member and configured to engage with the second gear. The first gear, the second gear, and the third gear are helical gears. A direction in which helical teeth of the first gear are inclined is opposite to a direction in which helical teeth of the second gear are inclined, and the direction in which the helical teeth of the first gear are inclined matches a direction in which helical teeth of the third gear are inclined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Masao Uyama, Kenji Matsuda, Ken Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10446291
    Abstract: Provided is a paste composition that enables the formation of a diffusion layer with a high concentration of n-type dopant element on a semiconductor substrate in a simple manner. The paste composition is intended to form a film on a semiconductor substrate. The paste composition contains an aluminum powder, a compound containing an n-type dopant element, a resin, and a solvent. The n-type dopant element is one, two, or more elements selected from the group consisting of phosphorus, antimony, arsenic, and bismuth. The content of the n-type dopant element in the n-type dopant element-containing compound is 1.5 parts by mass or more and 1000 parts by mass or less, per 100 parts by mass of aluminum contained in the aluminum powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Marwin Dhamrin, Shota Suzuki, Ken Kikuchi, Masahiro Nakahara, Naoya Morishita
  • Patent number: 10372079
    Abstract: A photosensitive member unit includes a photosensitive member, a transfer roller, a mounting portion capable of mounting a development unit including a development roller, a first gear and a second gear each provided at one end of the photosensitive member in an axial direction of the photosensitive member, and a third gear provided at one end of the transfer roller in an axial direction of the photosensitive member and configured to engage with the second gear. The first gear, the second gear, and the third gear are helical gears. A direction in which helical teeth of the first gear are inclined is opposite to a direction in which helical teeth of the second gear are inclined, and the direction in which the helical teeth of the first gear are inclined matches a direction in which helical teeth of the third gear are inclined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masao Uyama, Kenji Matsuda, Ken Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10289058
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a main assembly provided with an opening; a drawer movable while supporting an cartridge including a photosensitive drum between an inside position and an outside position; an optical unit in the main assembly to project light onto the drum a shutter member provided in the main assembly and movable between a closing position and an open position an operating portion to move the shutter member from the open position to the closing position in a process of movement of the drawer from the inside position to the outside position and to move the shutter member from the closing position to the open position in a process of movement of the drawer from the outside position to the inside position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Sakamoto, Yuichi Sakakibara, Tsutomu Nishiuwatoko, Takashi Akutsu, Daisuke Abe, Ken Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20190137925
    Abstract: A photosensitive drum unit to which a coupling member 200 is easily mounted is provided. A drum flange 250 is fixed to one end portion of a cylinder 20A having a photosensitive layer at a peripheral surface. The coupling member 200 is inserted into the drum flange 250. Finally, a closing member 230 is mounted to the drum flange 250.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Ken Kikuchi, Yoshiyuki Batori
  • Publication number: 20190123730
    Abstract: A comparator circuit according to the present disclosure includes: a first switch section that selectively takes in a signal voltage; a second switch section that selectively takes in a control waveform; a differential amplifier including a non-inverted input end connected to each of output ends of the first switch section and the second switch section; a capacity section including one end connected to an inverted input end of the differential amplifier and the other end supplied with a reference voltage; and a third switch section that selectively short-circuits the inverted input end and an output end of the differential amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: TAKAAKI SUGIYAMA, MASAKI YOSHIOKA, KEN KIKUCHI, MASARU CHIBASHI, KEN KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 10255852
    Abstract: A comparator unit includes: a comparison section configured to compare a control pulse with an electric potential based on a signal voltage; and a control section configured to control, based on the control pulse, operation and non-operation of the comparison section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Kikuchi, Takaaki Sugiyama, Takehiro Misonou, Genichiro Oga, Takahiro Kita