Patents by Inventor Mikihiko Tanaka

Mikihiko Tanaka 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: 11921449
    Abstract: A fixing apparatus includes a fixing belt, a slide member, an opposing member, and a retaining member. The retaining member includes, in a groove portion, a bottom surface portion that is in contact with an opposite surface of the slide member from a slide surface, a side surface portion that is formed on a downstream side of the groove portion in a conveyance direction and intersecting the bottom surface portion, and a continuous portion that is formed between the bottom surface portion and the side surface portion. The slide member includes an abutment portion configured to abut against the side surface portion at a position downstream from a downstream edge of the opposite surface when the slide member is slidden against the fixing belt such that the downstream edge of the opposite surface is positioned upstream from the continuous portion in the conveyance direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi Tanaka, Youichi Chikugo, Hidekazu Tatezawa, Rikiya Takemasa, Takeshi Kozuma, Mikihiko Watanabe, Taku Ashida
  • Patent number: 4636424
    Abstract: A moisture-permeable waterproof laminated fabric comprising a water-repellant base fabric and at least one porous film provided on one surface of the base fabric. The porous film is formed of a synthetic polymer composed chiefly of a polyamino acid urethane resin and has numerous fine pores provided by microcells which are continuous in the direction of its thickness. The laminated fabric has satisfactory waterproofness and moisture permeability as required for munition, survival and sport uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1987
    Assignee: Unitika Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Amemiya, Mikihiko Tanaka, Kenichi Kamemaru, Kiyoshi Nakagawa