Patents by Inventor Akihirio Kondo

Akihirio Kondo 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: 20090245898
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit fixing a toner image onto a sheet. The fixing unit includes a heating member having a sheet conveyed region that is set in accordance with the size of the sheet. The fixing unit further includes a coil generating magnetic field, a fixed core forming a magnetic path, movable cores forming a magnetic path together with the fixed core and arranged along the sheet conveyed region, a shielding member arranged on at least one movable core and shielding magnetism, and a magnetism adjustment unit rotating at least one movable core to switch the position of the shielding member between a shielding position where the shielding member is positioned inside the sheet conveyed region to shield the magnetism and a retracted position where the shielding member is positioned outside the sheet conveyed region to permit pass of the magnetism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syoukou Gon, Yuzuru Nanjo, Akihirio Kondo, Eiji Nakajima, Naoyuki Ishida, Kenichi Kasama, Tamami Asari