Patents by Inventor Yuta Hiramine

Yuta Hiramine 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).

  • TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170068190
    Abstract: Provided is a transfer device including a primary transfer roller that selectively takes a contact position where an intermediate transfer belt is brought into contact with an image holding member, and a separation position where the intermediate transfer belt is separated from the image holding member, a tension applying roller on which the intermediate transfer belt is wound thereon together with a driving roller and which is urged in a direction receding from the driving roller, and a relaxing member that is attached to a shaft portion of the tension applying roller, is urged by an urging unit in a direction approaching the driving roller, and relaxes an urging force of the tension applying roller in a direction receding from the driving roller when the primary transfer roller is at the separation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sota HARA, Yoshiyuki TAKASHIMA, Hiroaki YAGI, Masakazu SHIRAI, Koji DEGUCHI, Kentaro IWAMOTO, Yuta HIRAMINE
  • Transfer device and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 9581940
    Abstract: Provided is a transfer device including a primary transfer roller that selectively takes a contact position where an intermediate transfer belt is brought into contact with an image holding member, and a separation position where the intermediate transfer belt is separated from the image holding member, a tension applying roller on which the intermediate transfer belt is wound thereon together with a driving roller and which is urged in a direction receding from the driving roller, and a relaxing member that is attached to a shaft portion of the tension applying roller, is urged by an urging unit in a direction approaching the driving roller, and relaxes an urging force of the tension applying roller in a direction receding from the driving roller when the primary transfer roller is at the separation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sota Hara, Yoshiyuki Takashima, Hiroaki Yagi, Masakazu Shirai, Koji Deguchi, Kentaro Iwamoto, Yuta Hiramine