Patents by Inventor Yasumasa KIDO

Yasumasa KIDO 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).

  • Publication number: 20240045369
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a driving unit configured to apply a driving force to a photosensitive drum, in which the driving unit includes a first driving frame hold a shaft joint side of a driving gear, a second driving frame hold a side opposite to the shaft joint side of the driving gear and be located coaxially with the first through-hole, a first driving frame wall portion extend in an axial direction of the driving gear toward the second driving frame, and a second driving frame wall portion extend in the axial direction toward the first driving frame, and an elastic member is compressed and held in a gap between the first driving frame wall portion and the second driving frame wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: YASUMASA KIDO, MASATO YAMAOKA
  • Patent number: 11262681
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a motor which is provided in a housing of the image forming apparatus; a first gear which includes a rotation shaft axially supported by the housing; a first bearing and a second bearing which support the rotation shaft of the first gear and are arranged on one side and the other side of the first gear; a second gear which includes a rotation shaft and meshes with the first gear; a rotating member to which the second gear is attached and which is rotatable with respect to the housing so as to be positioned at a first position at which the first gear and the second gear mesh with each other and at a second position at which the second gear is separated from the first gear; a third bearing and a fourth bearing which support the rotation shaft of the second gear and are arranged on one side and the other side of the second gear; and a holding member which is provided in the housing integrally holds the first bearing and the second bearing, the holding member having a first gr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasumasa Kido, Shin-ichi Sugiyama, Takashi Hiratsuka
  • Publication number: 20200371462
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a motor which is provided in a housing of the image forming apparatus; a first gear which includes a rotation shaft axially supported by the housing; a first bearing and a second bearing which support the rotation shaft of the first gear and are arranged on one side and the other side of the first gear; a second gear which includes a rotation shaft and meshes with the first gear; a rotating member to which the second gear is attached and which is rotatable with respect to the housing so as to be positioned at a first position at which the first gear and the second gear mesh with each other and at a second position at which the second gear is separated from the first gear; a third bearing and a fourth bearing which support the rotation shaft of the second gear and are arranged on one side and the other side of the second gear; and a holding member which is provided in the housing integrally holds the first bearing and the second bearing, the holding member having a first gr
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Yasumasa Kido, Shin-ichi Sugiyama, Takashi Hiratsuka
  • Publication number: 20180299037
    Abstract: A high-pressure hose relating to the present disclosure has, within a hose main body, four or more reinforcing layers at which linear reinforcing materials extend in spiral shapes, wherein, at two reinforcing layers that are adjacent in a hose radial direction, a pitch length of the reinforcing material at the reinforcing layer that is disposed at an outer side is shorter than a pitch length of the reinforcing material at the reinforcing layer that is disposed at an inner side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi YAMATO, Wataru SEKI, Akira MIYAWAKI, Kazuhiro SHIRAKI, Tatsuya SUZUKI, Yasumasa KIDO