Patents by Inventor Akira Urita
Akira Urita 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).
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Publication number: 20240064248Abstract: An operation unit is provided on a front side of the image forming apparatus. A document feeding portion feeds a document supported by a document supporting portion in a document feeding direction from a front side of the image forming apparatus toward the rear side of the image forming apparatus. A document discharge portion discharges the document in a document discharge direction from the rear side toward the front side. The operation unit is disposed on one side with respect to an apparatus center of the image forming apparatus in a left-right direction orthogonal to a direction from the front side to the rear side. A conveyance center of the document feeding portion in the left-right direction is disposed on the other side with respect to the apparatus center in the left-right direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: TAKAHIRO ONO, TAKAYUKI FUKUSHIMA, KAZUKI MATSUO, TAKUMA TACHIBANA, YUYA YASUDA, AKIYUKI MITAMURA, AKIRA MATSUMOTO, AKIRA URITA, NORIKAZU HISHINUMA, TAKATSUGU NAKAMURA, YU HASHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20240064247Abstract: A document supporting portion includes a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion. The first supporting portion has a first supporting surface that supports a document. The second supporting portion has a second supporting surface that supports the document together with the first supporting surface and provided so as to be slidable between a first position at which the second supporting portion located above the first supporting portion and a second position at which the second supporting surface supports the document together with the first supporting surface. In a state where the second supporting portion is located at the first position, the second supporting surface constitutes a portion of an upper surface of the document feeding apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: TAKAHIRO ONO, TAKAYUKI FUKUSHIMA, KAZUKI MATSUO, YUYA YASUDA, TAKUMA TACHIBANA, AKIYUKI MITAMURA, AKIRA MATSUMOTO, AKIRA URITA, NORIKAZU HISHINUMA, TAKATSUGU NAKAMURA, YU HASHIMOTO
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Patent number: 11843741Abstract: A document supporting portion includes a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion. The first supporting portion has a first supporting surface that supports a document. The second supporting portion has a second supporting surface that supports the document together with the first supporting surface and provided so as to be slidable between a first position at which the second supporting portion located above the first supporting portion and a second position at which the second supporting surface supports the document together with the first supporting surface. In a state where the second supporting portion is located at the first position, the second supporting surface constitutes a portion of an upper surface of the document feeding apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2023Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiro Ono, Takayuki Fukushima, Kazuki Matsuo, Yuya Yasuda, Takuma Tachibana, Akiyuki Mitamura, Akira Matsumoto, Akira Urita, Norikazu Hishinuma, Takatsugu Nakamura, Yu Hashimoto
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Patent number: 11843742Abstract: An operation unit is provided on a front side of the image forming apparatus. A document feeding portion feeds a document supported by a document supporting portion in a document feeding direction from a front side of the image forming apparatus toward the rear side of the image forming apparatus. A document discharge portion discharges the document in a document discharge direction from the rear side toward the front side. The operation unit is disposed on one side with respect to an apparatus center of the image forming apparatus in a left-right direction orthogonal to a direction from the front side to the rear side. A conveyance center of the document feeding portion in the left-right direction is disposed on the other side with respect to the apparatus center in the left-right direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2023Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takahiro Ono, Takayuki Fukushima, Kazuki Matsuo, Takuma Tachibana, Yuya Yasuda, Akiyuki Mitamura, Akira Matsumoto, Akira Urita, Norikazu Hishinuma, Takatsugu Nakamura, Yu Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20230370555Abstract: An operation unit is provided on a front side of the image forming apparatus. A document feeding portion feeds a document supported by a document supporting portion in a document feeding direction from a front side of the image forming apparatus toward the rear side of the image forming apparatus. A document discharge portion discharges the document in a document discharge direction from the rear side toward the front side. The operation unit is disposed on one side with respect to an apparatus center of the image forming apparatus in a left-right direction orthogonal to a direction from the front side to the rear side. A conveyance center of the document feeding portion in the left-right direction is disposed on the other side with respect to the apparatus center in the left-right direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: TAKAHIRO ONO, TAKAYUKI FUKUSHIMA, KAZUKI MATSUO, TAKUMA TACHIBANA, YUYA YASUDA, AKIYUKI MITAMURA, AKIRA MATSUMOTO, AKIRA URITA, NORIKAZU HISHINUMA, TAKATSUGU NAKAMURA, YU HASHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20230370554Abstract: A document supporting portion includes a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion. The first supporting portion has a first supporting surface that supports a document. The second supporting portion has a second supporting surface that supports the document together with the first supporting surface and provided so as to be slidable between a first position at which the second supporting portion located above the first supporting portion and a second position at which the second supporting surface supports the document together with the first supporting surface. In a state where the second supporting portion is located at the first position, the second supporting surface constitutes a portion of an upper surface of the document feeding apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: TAKAHIRO ONO, TAKAYUKI FUKUSHIMA, KAZUKI MATSUO, YUYA YASUDA, TAKUMA TACHIBANA, AKIYUKI MITAMURA, AKIRA MATSUMOTO, AKIRA URITA, NORIKAZU HISHINUMA, TAKATSUGU NAKAMURA, YU HASHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20230370558Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a transparent member including a document placing surface on which a document is placed, a document pressing portion that presses the document placed on the transparent member against the transparent member, a pivot supporting portion that pivotably supports the document pressing portion so as to be pivotable about a pivot shaft with respect to a casing of the image reading apparatus, an image reading unit, an abutment portion against which an edge portion of the document placed on the document placing surface is abutted in order to position the document at a reference position, and an inclined surface. The abutment portion is provided at one portion of a front end on a side far from the pivot supporting portion. The inclined surface is provided at another portion of the front end and inclined upward toward the side far from the pivot supporting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: TAKAHIRO ONO, TAKAYUKI FUKUSHIMA, KAZUKI MATSUO, YUYA YASUDA, TAKUMA TACHIBANA, AKIYUKI MITAMURA, AKIRA MATSUMOTO, AKIRA URITA, NORIKAZU HISHINUMA, TAKATSUGU NAKAMURA, YU HASHIMOTO
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Patent number: 11330124Abstract: An image reading apparatus incudes a guiding shaft extending in an axial direction; a reading portion supported by the shaft so as to be movable in the axial direction; a casing accommodating the reading portion, the casing including a first supporting portion supporting an end portion of the shaft and a second supporting portion supporting the other end portion of the shaft; and an elastically deformable bonding portion bonding the casing and the shaft with each other, the bonding portion being provided between the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion in the axial direction and between the casing and the shaft in a diametrical direction perpendicular to the axial direction. The shaft is supported by the first supporting portion, the second supporting portion and the bonding portion, without contact to the casing except for the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Akira Urita
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Publication number: 20210168251Abstract: An image reading apparatus incudes a guiding shaft extending in an axial direction; a reading portion supported by the shaft so as to be movable in the axial direction; a casing accommodating the reading portion, the casing including a first supporting portion supporting an end portion of the shaft and a second supporting portion supporting the other end portion of the shaft; and an elastically deformable bonding portion bonding the casing and the shaft with each other, the bonding portion being provided between the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion in the axial direction and between the casing and the shaft in a diametrical direction perpendicular to the axial direction. The shaft is supported by the first supporting portion, the second supporting portion and the bonding portion, without contact to the casing except for the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventor: Akira URITA
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Patent number: 10469688Abstract: A conveyance apparatus includes a separation unit configured to separate and convey a sheet, a detection unit configured to detect a height-direction deformation of the sheet passing through the separation unit on a downstream side of a sheet-conveying position of the separation unit in a conveyance direction of the sheet, and a control unit configured to stop the sheet conveyed by the separation unit if the detection unit detects the deformation of the sheet.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.Inventors: Jianxun Xie, Akira Urita, Chiaki Yoshiwara
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Publication number: 20170359475Abstract: A conveyance apparatus includes a separation unit configured to separate and convey a sheet, a detection unit configured to detect a height-direction deformation of the sheet passing through the separation unit on a downstream side than a sheet-conveying position of the separation unit in a conveyance direction of the sheet, and a control unit configured to stop the sheet conveyed by the separation unit if the detection unit detects the deformation of the sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Jianxun Xie, Akira Urita, Chiaki Yoshiwara
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Patent number: 9191542Abstract: An image reading apparatus, including: an image reading unit configured to read an image of a document placed on a document placing portion; a document pressure unit configured to press the document placed on the document placing portion against the document placing portion; a first holding unit configured to hold the document pressure unit so that the document pressure unit is openable and closable with respect to the document placing portion with a shaft pivotally supporting the document pressure unit; and a second holding unit configured to hold the document pressure unit so that the document pressure unit is openable and closable with respect to the document placing portion without a shaft pivotally supporting the document pressure unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: CANON FINETECH INC.Inventors: Akira Urita, Takeshi Sasaki
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Publication number: 20150116796Abstract: An image reading apparatus, including: an image reading unit configured to read an image of a document placed on a document placing portion; a document pressure unit configured to press the document placed on the document placing portion against the document placing portion; a first holding unit configured to hold the document pressure unit so that the document pressure unit is openable and closable with respect to the document placing portion with a shaft pivotally supporting the document pressure unit; and a second holding unit configured to hold the document pressure unit so that the document pressure unit is openable and closable with respect to the document placing portion without a shaft pivotally supporting the document pressure unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Akira Urita, Takeshi Sasaki