Patents by Inventor Akitoshi Inaba

Akitoshi Inaba 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: 11947305
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a developer container to and from which a replenishment container is attachable and detachable and which includes an accommodating portion and a replenishment port, a transfer portion configured to transfer a developer image on an image bearing member onto a recording material, a supporting tray including a supporting surface configured to support the recording material thereon, and a discharge portion configured to discharge the recording material, onto which the developer image has been transferred, on the supporting surface, wherein the supporting surface has an opening portion opening such that the replenishment port is exposed through the supporting surface, and wherein an opening/closing member configured to be movable between a closed position where the opening/closing member covers the replenishment port and serves as a part of the supporting surface and an open position where the replenishment port is exposed is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomio Noguchi, Masaaki Sato, Kenji Matsuzaka, Koji Fujinaka, Takao Sameshima, Akitoshi Toyota, Yuichiro Inaba, Kenichi Iida
  • Patent number: 6010427
    Abstract: An electronically controlled power shift transmission for a vehicle includes an oil pressure source which generates oil pressure, a clutch which is adapted to be engaged to move the vehicle when oil pressure is supplied to the clutch, a shift valve which is movable between a first position in which oil pressure is supplied to the clutch and a second position in which oil pressure to the clutch is cut off, and a solenoid valve for changing the position of the shift valve. The shift valve drains the oil pressure in the clutch when the shift valve cuts off the oil pressure supplied to the clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Wataru Hagimoto, Akitoshi Inaba