Patents by Inventor Hideki Mekada

Hideki Mekada 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: 9086674
    Abstract: A waste toner collector of the present invention includes: a container main body configured to collect and store waste toner; and a conveyance member configured to convey the waste toner in the container main body. The container main body is provided with, on one side wall, a plurality of protruding containing portions that protrude outward from the container main body and are disposed along a longitudinal direction of the container main body, and a plurality of recesses each positioned between adjacent ones of the protruding containing portions. The conveyance member extends along the longitudinal direction of the container main body and is rotatably disposed in the container main body. Waste toner conveyance force of the conveyance member in a rotary shaft direction varies in such a manner that, at border portions between the protruding containing portions and the recesses, the waste toner is pushed toward the protruding containing portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Hideki Mekada
  • Publication number: 20140044465
    Abstract: A waste toner collector of the present invention includes: a container main body configured to collect and store waste toner; and a conveyance member configured to convey the waste toner in the container main body. The container main body is provided with, on one side wall, a plurality of protruding containing portions that protrude outward from the container main body and are disposed along a longitudinal direction of the container main body, and a plurality of recesses each positioned between adjacent ones of the protruding containing portions. The conveyance member extends along the longitudinal direction of the container main body and is rotatably disposed in the container main body. Waste toner conveyance force of the conveyance member in a rotary shaft direction varies in such a manner that, at border portions between the protruding containing portions and the recesses, the waste toner is pushed toward the protruding containing portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Hideki MEKADA
  • Patent number: 7664420
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a first identification section for identifying whether a print target page in a print target document is color or monochrome and its page attribute, a second identification section for identifying a system speed during printing of an immediately preceding page of the print target page, a third identification section for identifying a presence of a subsequent page of the print target page and its page attribute, and a system speed determination section for selecting a print mode in conformity to a monochrome/color discrimination result based on an identification result in the first identification section and determining a system speed of the print target page based on the page attribute identified by the first identification section and identification results in the second and third identification sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Taiichi Oominami, Seiji Shibata, Tomiko Imoto, Hiroyuki Maeda, Hideki Mekada, Yuichi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20070110459
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a first identification section for identifying whether a print target page in a print target document is color or monochrome and its page attribute, a second identification section for identifying a system speed during printing of an immediately preceding page of the print target page, a third identification section for identifying a presence of a subsequent page of the print target page and its page attribute, and a system speed determination section for selecting a print mode in conformity to a monochrome/color discrimination result based on an identification result in the first identification section and determining a system speed of the print target page based on the page attribute identified by the first identification section and identification results in the second and third identification sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Taiichi OOMINAMI, Seiji SHIBATA, Tomiko IMOTO, Hiroyuki MAEDA, Hideki MEKADA, Yuichi YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: D553183
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hashimoto, Hideki Mekada, Tatsuya Tsujimura
  • Patent number: D565646
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuichi Yamamoto, Hideki Mekada
  • Patent number: D581974
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki Mekada, Yuichi Yamamoto