Patents by Inventor Takayuki Miyamoto
Takayuki Miyamoto 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).
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Patent number: 9623688Abstract: When an abutting member is in contact with a driving force transmission member that engages with a driving member, a biasing member biases the driving force transmission member in a direction where the driving force transmission member is disengaged from the driving member.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2012Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Motoyasu Muramatsu, Takayuki Miyamoto, Chikara Imaizumi
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Publication number: 20170070642Abstract: A printing system and a method of controlling a printing system capable of making it easier for service providers that provide print services via a network to spread more easily are provided. Also, a printing system and a method of controlling a printing system by which a service user can use print services easily are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2015Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Takayuki Miyamoto, Kazuhiko Okazawa, Yuuji Takayama, Hikaru Uchidate, Munehito Kurata, Hiroshi Hagiwara, Masayuki Takao, Masaaki Nakamura, Katsuhiko Shinjo, Senju Sato
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Publication number: 20160263297Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel filter material and a filter including the same. Specifically, the present invention aims to provide a filter material capable of filtering in a short period of time, without clogging of the filter, while maintaining high cell separation properties, and a filter including the same. More specifically, the present invention aims to provide a filter material in which fiber masses (flocs) are uniformly distributed, and a filter including the same. The present invention provides a novel filter material showing excellent cell separation properties and excellent flow-through properties regardless of design choices for filters known prior to the filing of the present application, and an efficient cell separation method using a novel filter on which the filter material is stacked.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2014Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Ikuhiro SUZUKI, Takayuki MIYAMOTO, Takao SHIBATA
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Publication number: 20160048104Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes image forming stations including respective electrophotographic photosensitive drums; an image transfer belt contactable to the drums; image transfer rollers, contactable to the transfer belt to urge the belt to the drums for transferring the toner images from the drums onto the belt, the rollers being provided with respective rotational shafts about an axis of which the rollers are rotatable; and a slidable member slidable in a direction in which the stations are arranged to retract the rollers away from the corresponding drums, the slidable member being provided with inclined surfaces contactable to the shafts, the inclined surfaces being disposed at such positions that the rollers are retracted from respective drums sequentially with the movement of the slidable member in the direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2015Publication date: February 18, 2016Inventors: Tomomichi Kawashima, Takayuki Miyamoto
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Patent number: 9245612Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device that includes: a sense amplifier circuit activated in response to a first control signal; a first global bit line coupled to the sense amplifier circuit; a first local bit line; a first transistor electrically coupled between the first global bit line and the first local bit line, the first transistor being rendered conductive in response to a second control signal; a first memory cell; a first cell transistor electrically coupled between the first local bit line and the first memory cell, the first cell transistor being rendered conductive in response to a third control signal; and a control circuit producing the first, second, and third control signals such that the second control signal is produced after producing the third control signal and the first control signal is produced after producing the second and third control signals.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: PS4 Luxco S.a.r.l.Inventor: Takayuki Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20150165531Abstract: A side milling cutter for slot cutting is provided whose vibration can be damped even in cases where a vibration mode of the cutter generates plural nodes in a cutting part. A side milling cutter for slot cutting of the present invention includes a disc-shaped cutter and a plurality of cartridges as cutting edges provided at a predefined interval in a circumferential direction along an outer circumference of the disc-shaped cutter. The disc-shaped cutter cuts a predefined slot on a workpiece using the cartridges by circumferentially rotating. The disc-shaped cutter internally includes a plurality of vibration damping structures in the circumferential direction on a disk surface of the disc-shaped cutter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Takayuki MIYAMOTO, Kenji NISHIKAWA, Ippei KONO, Junichi HIRAI, Masanori KAWAKAMI, Nobuhisa KANAMARU, Hitoshi TOHKAIRIN
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Publication number: 20150160602Abstract: A unit detachably mountable to an apparatus main assembly s provided with a coupling for receiving a rotational driving force from the apparatus main assembly. Also the apparatus main assembly is provided with a coupling to be engaged with the coupling of the unit. At least one of these couplings can be pushed in a direction parallel to a rotation shaft and one of the couplings is provided with an inclined surface. During mounting and demounting of the unit, the engagement between the couplings is released by the pushing-in of one of the couplings pushed by the inclined surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2014Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Tomomichi KAWASHIMA, Takayuki Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20140315680Abstract: When an abutting member is in contact with a driving force transmission member that engages with a driving member, an biasing member biases the driving force transmission member in a direction where the driving force transmission member is disengaged from the driving member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2012Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Motoyasu Muramatsu, Takayuki Miyamoto, Chikara Imaizumi
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Publication number: 20140023394Abstract: A unit detachably mountable to an apparatus main assembly s provided with a coupling for receiving a rotational driving force from the apparatus main assembly. Also the apparatus main assembly is provided with a coupling to be engaged with the coupling of the unit. At least one of these couplings can be pushed in a direction parallel to a rotation shaft and one of the couplings is provided with an inclined surface. During mounting and demounting of the unit, the engagement between the couplings is released by the pushing-in of one of the couplings pushed by the inclined surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomomichi Kawashima, Takayuki Miyamoto
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Patent number: 8532528Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a main assembly and a transfer unit. A rotatable first coupling is provided in the main assembly and is rotatable by a driving source. The transfer unit is detachably mountable to the main assembly and is movable in a first direction when dismounted from the main assembly. The transfer unit includes a movable belt and a rotatable second coupling capable of receiving a driving force from the first coupling. The first direction is parallel with a traveling direction of the belt. One of the first and second couplings is movable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. When the transfer unit is dismounted from the main assembly, one of the first and second couplings is moved in the second direction to retract from the other coupling, by the transfer unit being moved in the first direction with the first and second couplings being kept in contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomomichi Kawashima, Takayuki Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20120213548Abstract: A unit detachably mountable to an apparatus main assembly s provided with a coupling for receiving a rotational driving force from the apparatus main assembly. Also the apparatus main assembly is provided with a coupling to be engaged with the coupling of the unit. At least one of these couplings can be pushed in a direction parallel to a rotation shaft and one of the couplings is provided with an inclined surface. During mounting and demounting of the unit, the engagement between the couplings is released by the pushing-in of one of the couplings pushed by the inclined surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomomichi Kawashima, Takayuki Miyamoto
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Patent number: 8165499Abstract: A unit detachably mountable to an apparatus main assembly is provided with a coupling for receiving a rotational driving force from the apparatus main assembly. Also the apparatus main assembly is provided with a coupling to be engaged with the coupling of the unit. At least one of these couplings can be pushed in a direction parallel to a rotation shaft and one of the couplings is provided with an inclined surface. During mounting and demounting of the unit, the engagement between the couplings is released by the pushing in of one of the couplings pushed by the inclined surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomomichi Kawashima, Takayuki Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20100189462Abstract: A unit detachably mountable to an apparatus main assembly s provided with a coupling for receiving a rotational driving force from the apparatus main assembly. Also the apparatus main assembly is provided with a coupling to be engaged with the coupling of the unit. At least one of these couplings can be pushed in a direction parallel to a rotation shaft and one of the couplings is provided with an inclined surface. During mounting and demounting of the unit, the engagement between the couplings is released by the pushing-in of one of the couplings pushed by the inclined surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2010Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomomichi Kawashima, Takayuki Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20080145122Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes at least one image forming unit configured to form an image, a belt for transferring an image formed by the image forming unit onto a recording material, and an opening and closing unit having the belt and openable and closable relative to a main body of the apparatus. The belt is provided above the image forming unit, and the image forming unit is removable from the main body of the apparatus when the opening and closing unit is open. The opening and closing unit slides substantially horizontally, thereby opening and closing relative to the main body of the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2007Publication date: June 19, 2008Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tamotsu Kaneko, Takayuki Miyamoto, Hiroshi Kawamura, Kazushi Ino, Katsuhiko Oba
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Patent number: 7111840Abstract: The present invention relates to a sheet feeding roller for feeding a sheet by rotation in pressed contact with stacked sheets by an outer peripheral surface of the roller. A distance from a rotary center to the outer peripheral surface is changeable according to the state of feeding of the sheet.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2002Date of Patent: September 26, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takayuki Miyamoto
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Patent number: 7107000Abstract: The image heating apparatus for heating an image formed on a recording material, comprises a flexible sleeve; a driving roller which contacts an outer peripheral surface of said sleeve and rotates said sleeve; a sliding member which contacts an inner peripheral surface of said sleeve and forms said driving roller together with a nip portion by nipping said sleeve between thereof; and an inner surface regulating member comprising an opposing area opposed to the inner peripheral surface of a generatrix direction end portion of said sleeve; wherein the recording material is nipped and conveyed by the nip portion; and wherein a outlineoutline of the opposing area of said inner surface regulating member is approximately similar to the outlineoutline of the end face of said sleeve when said sleeve is rotated by said driving roller in a state in which said inner surface regulating member is not attached to said apparatus. In this way, the durability of the flexible sleeve can be enhanced.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2005Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenji Watanabe, Takayuki Miyamoto, Katsuhiko Oba
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Patent number: 7017090Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a plurality of semiconductor memory devices, a registered buffer, a PLL circuit and a test mode entry circuit. The test mode entry circuit receives a signal MRS, a bank address signal and an address signal from the registered buffer, directly and externally receives a signal formed of a high voltage level higher than the voltage level in a normal operating range, generates a deactivating signal for deactivating the PLL circuit and a test mode shift signal formed of the high voltage level, applying the deactivating signal to the PLL circuit, and applying the test mode shift signal to the plurality of semiconductor memory devices. Consequently, the plurality of semiconductor memory devices included in the module can be shifted to the test mode in the modular state.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2002Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.Inventors: Shunsuke Endou, Takayuki Miyamoto, Jun Nakai
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Patent number: 6937837Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes a rotatable member contactable to a recording material carrying an image; and a limiting member for limiting movement of the rotatable member in a direction of a generating line of the rotatable member, wherein the limiting member is provided with a surface opposed to an outer peripheral surface at an end portion of the rotatable member.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2002Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akihiko Takeuchi, Masahiro Suzuki, Tatsuro Hayakawa, Takayuki Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20050180788Abstract: The image heating apparatus for heating an image formed on a recording material, comprises a flexible sleeve; a driving roller which contacts an outer peripheral surface of said sleeve and rotates said sleeve; a sliding member which contacts an inner peripheral surface of said sleeve and forms said driving roller together with a nip portion by nipping said sleeve between thereof; and an inner surface regulating member comprising an opposing area opposed to the inner peripheral surface of a generatrix direction end portion of said sleeve; wherein the recording material is nipped and conveyed by the nip portion; and wherein a outlineoutline of the opposing area of said inner surface regulating member is approximately similar to the outlineoutline of the end face of said sleeve when said sleeve is rotated by said driving roller in a state in which said inner surface regulating member is not attached to said apparatus. In this way, the durability of the flexible sleeve can be enhanced.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2005Publication date: August 18, 2005Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji Watanabe, Takayuki Miyamoto, Katsuhiko Oba
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Patent number: RE44131Abstract: A storage device, having the function of coping with a computer virus which has the ability to prevent infection with a computer virus and properly deal with infection with a computer virus, comprises: an infection management table used to manage files stored on a disk to see if the files are infected with viruses; a table registering unit for receiving a result of detection from a virus checker for detecting if a file stored on a disk is infected with a virus, and for registering the result in the infection management table; a judging unit that when a use request is made externally for a file stored on the disk, references the infection management table so as to judge if the file is infected with a virus; and a prohibiting unit that when the judging unit judges that a file is infected with a virus, prohibits the use of the file.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2001Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Yoshifusa Togawa, Takayuki Miyamoto, Kuriko Ando