Patents by Inventor Yoshiro Nishino

Yoshiro Nishino 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).

  • Image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 7773922
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus for developing an electrostatic image formed on a photosensitive drum 1 with a developer, so as to form an image includes: a rotatable developing sleeve 44; a developing blade 46 for restricting a layer of a developer borne on the developing sleeve 44; developing member for developing the electrostatic image formed on the photosensitive drum 1 with the developer; vibrating member 50 for vibrating the developing blade 46; and control member for controlling a drive condition of the vibrating means 50 according to a printing ratio of the image formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiro Nishino, Kenji Suzuki, Tomoharu Kitajima
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20090097872
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus for developing an electrostatic image formed on a photosensitive drum 1 with a developer, so as to form an image includes: a rotatable developing sleeve 44; a developing blade 46 for restricting a layer of a developer borne on the developing sleeve 44; developing means for developing the electrostatic image formed on the photosensitive drum 1 with the developer; vibrating means 50 for vibrating the developing blade 46; and control means for controlling a drive condition of the vibrating means 50 according to a printing ratio of the image formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiro Nishino, Kenji Suzuki, Tomoharu Kitajima