Patents by Inventor Akihiro Kita

Akihiro Kita 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).

  • Patent number: 11953843
    Abstract: A powder container includes a powder chamber for containing powder for forming images, a powder outlet formed in a face of the powder container, and a shutter assembly to open and close the powder outlet and including first and second shutters. The first shutter is movable between a sealing position to close the powder outlet and an open position to open the powder outlet and includes a pressed member to cancel retention of the first shutter at the sealing position. The second shutter includes a pressing projection that interferes with the pressed member of the first shutter and is movable between a shielding position to cover the pressed member without interference between the pressing projection and the pressed member and a releasing position to press the pressed member with the pressing projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Nodera, Emi Kita, Akihiro Takayama, Susumu Tateyama, Shinnosuke Koshizuka, Tatsuya Kubo, Teppei Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 5506637
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved bridge structure of spectacles frame, which frame has a bridge and a transverse piece both connecting two rims side by side. It comprises a joint piece and opposite arms, each arm being fixed to one or the other rim at one end, and being fixed to the joint piece at the other end so as to permit the arms to rotate relative to each other. The rotatable bridge permits the frame to yielding twist when exterior force is applied thereto, and to restore to its original shape when the exterior force is removed therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Erica Optical
    Inventors: Akihiro Kita, Yoshio Chikama