Patents by Inventor Muneyuki Motohashi

Muneyuki Motohashi 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).

  • Sheet carrying unit, image forming apparatus and sheet carrying control method for double feed detecting of accepted sheets
    Patent number: 7673875
    Abstract: Based on the type of sheet and the detection result of double feed, carrying a sheet is stopped. Carrying of a predetermined type of sheet is not stopped even when double feed is detected. The predetermined type of sheet is a sheet having air space inside thereof (an envelope, an OHP sheet, Kent paper, or the like).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Muneyuki Motohashi, Tsuyoshi Iwamoto
  • SHEET CARRYING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SHEET CARRYING CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20070138738
    Abstract: A sheet carrying unit, which comprises double feed detecting means for detecting double feed of sheets and stopping means for stopping carrying of a sheet based on detection result of the double feed detecting means, comprising accepting means for accepting a type of a sheet to be carried, wherein the stopping means is constructed to stop carrying a sheet based on the type of sheet accepted by the accepting means and detection result of the double feed detecting means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Muneyuki Motohashi, Tsuyoshi Iwamoto
  • Thin film transistor and method for fabricating the same
    Patent number: 5936291
    Abstract: The thin film transistor of this invention is formed on a substrate and includes an active layer and a first insulating film and a second insulating film sandwiching the active layer, wherein the overall polarity of fixed charges contained in the first insulating film is the reverse of the overall polarity of fixed charges contained in the second insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Makita, Muneyuki Motohashi, Hidehiko Yamashita, Hideo Izawa