Patents by Inventor Fumito NAKAMOTO

Fumito NAKAMOTO 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: 20210063928
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a fixing belt and a heating section. The heating section includes a heater and a heater holding member. The heater holding member has a main body portion and a plurality of ridges. The ridges include a plurality of first ridges and a plurality of second ridges. The first ridges are disposed on a central portion of the main body portion in a width direction of the fixing belt. The second ridges are disposed in an area of the main body portion at least partially extending, in the width direction of the fixing belt, from the central portion to each of opposite ends of the main body portion. The first ridges are disposed separated at a first interval. The second ridges are disposed separated at a second interval. The first interval is smaller than the second interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Masakazu UEHARA, Hironori TAKAHASHI, Tomohiro WATATANI, Yuhiro SAKAI, Fumito NAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10859974
    Abstract: A sheet discharge tray includes a duct part provided at an upper side of the tray body to form a sheet discharge path communicating with the sheet discharge port and formed in the lower surface thereof with a discharge port that discharges a sheet, a suction fan provided in the duct part to suck air in the image forming apparatus body through the sheet discharge port and to discharge the air from an end part of the duct part, which is opposite to a side of the image forming apparatus body, and a deodorization filter provided in the duct part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Fumito Nakamoto
  • Publication number: 20200379388
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressure member, a first holding member, and a second holding member. The fixing belt is endless and includes a first rim and a second rim. The pressure member presses the fixing belt by being in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the fixing belt and rotates about a rotation axis of the pressure member. The first holding member is attached to the fixing belt and holds the first rim of the fixing belt. The second holding member is attached to the fixing belt and holds the second rim of the fixing belt. The second holding member includes a base portion, a main portion, and a protrusion. The main portion protrudes from the base portion. The protrusion protrudes from the main portion in a direction away from the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Hironori TAKAHASHI, Masakazu UEHARA, Tomohiro WATATANI, Yuhiro SAKAI, Fumito NAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200379386
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressure member, and a heating section. The heating section faces an inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt. The heating section includes a heater and a heater holding member. The heater heats the fixing belt. The heater holding member holds the heater. The heater holding member has a first side surface, a second side surface, and an inclined slit. The first and second side surfaces are in contact with the inner circumferential surface. The first side surface has the inclined slit. The inclined slit is located in the first side surface in a direction of a rotational axis of the fixing belt. The inclined slit has one end on a side of the pressure member and the other end on an opposite side to the side of the pressure member. The other end is located nearer a middle (center) of the first side surface in the direction of the rotational axis than the one end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohiro WATATANI, Masakazu UEHARA, Hironori TAKAHASHI, Yuhiro SAKAI, Fumito NAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200379387
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a fixing belt and a heating section. The heating section faces an inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt. The heating section includes a heater, a heater holding member, a reinforcing member, and at least one rotor. The heater heats the fixing belt. The heater holding member holds the heater. The reinforcing member reinforces the heater holding member. The at least one rotor faces the inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt. The at least one rotor is attached to the reinforcing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohiro WATATANI, Masakazu UEHARA, Hironori TAKAHASHI, Yuhiro SAKAI, Fumito NAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10802434
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a heating member heating a toner on a medium, a pressuring member, a pressure applying member, a pressure adjusting mechanism and a separating member. The pressuring member pressure-contacts with the heating member to form a pressuring area and pressurizes the medium passing through the pressuring area. The pressure applying member presses the pressuring member to generate fixing pressure in the pressuring area. The pressure adjusting mechanism switches the fixing pressure between first pressure and second pressure lower than the first pressure. The separating member contacts with the heating member to release the medium from the heating member. The separating member contacts with the heating member by interlocking with the pressure applying member when the pressure applying member applies the first pressure, and is separated from the heating member by interlocking with the pressure applying member when the pressure applying member applies the second pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Fumito Nakamoto
  • Publication number: 20190346798
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a heating member heating a toner on a medium, a pressuring member, a pressure applying member, a pressure adjusting mechanism and a separating member. The pressuring member pressure-contacts with the heating member to form a pressuring area and pressurizes the medium passing through the pressuring area. The pressure applying member presses the pressuring member to generate fixing pressure in the pressuring area. The pressure adjusting mechanism switches the fixing pressure between first pressure and second pressure lower than the first pressure. The separating member contacts with the heating member to release the medium from the heating member. The separating member contacts with the heating member by interlocking with the pressure applying member when the pressure applying member applies the first pressure, and is separated from the heating member by interlocking with the pressure applying member when the pressure applying member applies the second pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Fumito NAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190025756
    Abstract: A sheet discharge tray includes a duct part provided at an upper side of the tray body to form a sheet discharge path communicating with the sheet discharge port and formed in the lower surface thereof with a discharge port that discharges a sheet, a suction fan provided in the duct part to suck air in the image forming apparatus body through the sheet discharge port and to discharge the air from an end part of the duct part, which is opposite to a side of the image forming apparatus body, and a deodorization filter provided in the duct part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Fumito NAKAMOTO