Patents by Inventor Akira Tatsuzue

Akira Tatsuzue 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: 11688988
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an inlet including a ground terminal having a first surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface, a first casing metal plate configured to hold the inlet and contacting the first surface of the ground terminal, and a second casing metal plate contacting the second surface of the ground terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takumi Ide, Akira Tatsuzue, Hiroshi Fuse, Masamichi Iida, Junji Suzuki, Takahiro Yoneyama, Toshiro Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20210344154
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an inlet including a ground terminal having a first surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface, a first casing metal plate configured to hold the inlet and contacting the first surface of the ground terminal, and a second casing metal plate contacting the second surface of the ground terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Takumi IDE, Akira TATSUZUE, Hiroshi FUSE, Masamichi IIDA, Junji SUZUKI, Takahiro YONEYAMA, Toshiro SONODA
  • Patent number: 9891574
    Abstract: A high-voltage power supply that outputs high voltages having a predetermined polarity and a reverse polarity performs control in a manner that, during a transition period in which switching of a target voltage of the high voltage having the reverse polarity from the predetermined polarity is performed, a setting value in accordance with a voltage higher than a target voltage is set as the voltage having the reverse polarity, and then a setting value in accordance with the target voltage is set as the voltage having the reverse polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akira Tatsuzue
  • Publication number: 20170023903
    Abstract: A high-voltage power supply that outputs high voltages having a predetermined polarity and a reverse polarity performs control in a manner that, during a transition period in which switching of a target voltage of the high voltage having the reverse polarity from the predetermined polarity is performed, a setting value in accordance with a voltage higher than a target voltage is set as the voltage having the reverse polarity, and then a setting value in accordance with the target voltage is set as the voltage having the reverse polarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventor: Akira Tatsuzue
  • Patent number: 9423758
    Abstract: The power supply apparatus includes a transformer that generates an AC voltage; a driving unit that drives a primary side of the transformer to set an output on a secondary side of the transformer to a predetermined value; a rectifying and smoothing unit connected to one end on the secondary side and adapted to rectify and smooth the AC voltage and output a DC voltage of a positive potential; a voltage generation unit connected to another end on the secondary side and adapted to generate a DC voltage to be superposed with the AC voltage; a control unit connected to the rectifying and smoothing unit and the voltage generation unit and adapted to control a current value according to the DC voltage output by the rectifying and smoothing unit and control the DC voltage generated by the voltage generation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akira Tatsuzue
  • Patent number: 9342030
    Abstract: An alternating current generation circuit has a transformer and generates an alternating current voltage in accordance with a pulse signal input to the transformer. A clamp circuit has a constant-voltage element and a current limit element connected in series between the transformer, an output end of the alternating current voltage, and a ground. A direct current generation circuit generates a direct current voltage in accordance with a duty cycle of the input pulse signal. The direct current generation circuit converts, into a direct current voltage, a current that flows from the clamp circuit via the ground, and superimposes the direct current voltage on the alternating current voltage, and a voltage obtained by superimposing the direct current voltage on the alternating current voltage is output from the output end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akira Tatsuzue
  • Publication number: 20160116883
    Abstract: An alternating current generation circuit has a transformer and generates an alternating current voltage in accordance with a pulse signal input to the transformer. A clamp circuit has a constant-voltage element and a current limit element connected in series between the transformer, an output end of the alternating current voltage, and a ground. A direct current generation circuit generates a direct current voltage in accordance with a duty cycle of the input pulse signal. The direct current generation circuit converts, into a direct current voltage, a current that flows from the clamp circuit via the ground, and superimposes the direct current voltage on the alternating current voltage, and a voltage obtained by superimposing the direct current voltage on the alternating current voltage is output from the output end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventor: Akira Tatsuzue
  • Publication number: 20150268615
    Abstract: The power supply apparatus includes a transformer that generates an AC voltage; a driving unit that drives a primary side of the transformer to set an output on a secondary side of the transformer to a predetermined value; a rectifying and smoothing unit connected to one end on the secondary side and adapted to rectify and smooth the AC voltage and output a DC voltage of a positive potential; a voltage generation unit connected to another end on the secondary side and adapted to generate a DC voltage to be superposed with the AC voltage; a control unit connected to the rectifying and smoothing unit and the voltage generation unit and adapted to control a current value according to the DC voltage output by the rectifying and smoothing unit and control the DC voltage generated by the voltage generation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventor: Akira Tatsuzue