Patents by Inventor Jiro Moriya
Jiro Moriya 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: 20170038715Abstract: The present invention provides a fixing device including a flexible cylindrical rotary member and an inner-surface opposing portion that opposes an inner surface of the rotary member at an end portion of the rotary member in a generatrix direction. The inner-surface opposing portion moves upstream in a recording material conveying direction in accordance with lateral shift of the rotary member in the generatrix direction. This restricts the lateral shift of the rotary member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Hideki Ohta, Terutaka Endo, Seiji Obata, Jiro Moriya, Takayuki Mizuta
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Patent number: 9513583Abstract: The present invention provides a fixing device including a flexible cylindrical rotary member and an inner-surface opposing portion that opposes an inner surface of the rotary member at an end portion of the rotary member in a generatrix direction. The inner-surface opposing portion moves upstream in a recording material conveying direction in accordance with lateral shift of the rotary member in the generatrix direction. This restricts the lateral shift of the rotary member.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideki Ohta, Terutaka Endo, Seiji Obata, Jiro Moriya, Takayuki Mizuta
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Publication number: 20160223971Abstract: A fixing device includes first and second members, a frame supporting the second member, and two pressure mechanisms provided on either end of the first member. The mechanism includes a lever having one end supported by the frame in a rotatable manner in a pressure direction, and a helical compression spring disposed between a first spring support provided on the other end of the lever and a second spring support on the frame. At least one of the first and second spring supports includes a first area and a second area closer to the spring in the axial direction than the first area, the first area is in contact with an area of the spring close to a winding end of the spring, and the second area is in contact with an area of the spring farther away from the winding end in a winding direction than the first area.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Jiro Moriya, Hideki Ohta, Takayuki Mizuta, Naoto Tsuchihashi, Eiji Uekawa, Hiroshi Kataoka, Keisuke Mochizuki
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Publication number: 20160216657Abstract: An image fixing apparatus includes a heater for heating and fixing a toner image formed on a recording material; a thermosensitive element for sensing heat from the heater; and a tension spring for urging thermosensitive element toward the heater.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Hideki Ohta, Jiro Moriya
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Patent number: 9335686Abstract: An image fixing apparatus includes: a heater for heating and fixing a toner image formed on a recording material; a thermosensitive element for sensing heat from the heater; and a tension spring for urging the thermosensitive element toward the heater.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideki Ohta, Jiro Moriya
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Patent number: 9291984Abstract: An image fixing apparatus for heating and fixing an unfixed image formed on a recording material, comprising a heater including a substrate, a first electrode provided on one side of the substrate and a second electrode provided on the other side of the substrate; and a connector, connected with the heater, for receiving electric power, the connector including an electrically insulative housing, and a contact terminal provided inside the housing and having first spring contact contacted to the first electrode and a second spring contact contacted to the second electrode, wherein the contact terminal is swingable relative to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2015Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Jiro Moriya, Takayuki Mizuta, Hideki Ohta, Yoshisuke Kasuya, Kazushi Suzuki
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Patent number: 9153848Abstract: An electronic device includes a battery capacity computing unit configured to compute a current full-charge capacity of a currently inserted battery apparatus having secondary cells. The battery capacity computing unit acquires at least information on a full-charge capacity of the battery apparatus in a brand-new state and information on the battery charge/discharge cycle count from the battery apparatus, retains a correction coefficient used when computing the current full-charge capacity of the battery apparatus, and calculates the current full-charge capacity of the battery apparatus using the information on the full-charge capacity of the battery apparatus in a brand-new state, the information on the battery charge/discharge cycle count, and the correction coefficient.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ryoichi Nakashima, Ryota Hashizume, Jiro Moriya, Yukio Tsuchiya, Junya Yamada, Takashi Mutou
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Publication number: 20150139709Abstract: An image fixing apparatus includes a heater for heating and fixing a toner image formed on a recording material; a thermosensitive element for sensing heat from the heater; and a tension spring for urging thermosensitive element toward the heater.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Hideki Ohta, Jiro Moriya
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Publication number: 20150139680Abstract: An image fixing apparatus for heating and fixing an unfixed image formed on a recording material, comprising a heater including a substrate, a first electrode provided on one side of the substrate and a second electrode provided on the other side of the substrate; and a connector, connected with the heater, for receiving electric power, the connector including an electrically insulative housing, and a contact terminal provided inside the housing and having first spring contact contacted to the first electrode and a second spring contact contacted to the second electrode, wherein the contact terminal is swingable relative to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2015Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Jiro Moriya, Takayuki Mizuta, Hideki Ohta, Yoshisuke Kasuya, Kazushi Suzuki
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Patent number: 8995868Abstract: An image fixing apparatus for heating and fixing an unfixed image formed on a recording material, comprising a heater including a substrate, a first electrode provided on one side of the substrate and a second electrode provided on the other side of the substrate; and a connector, connected with the heater, for receiving electric power, the connector including an electrically insulative housing, and a contact terminal provided inside the housing and having first spring contact contacted to the first electrode and a second spring contact contacted to the second electrode, wherein the contact terminal is swingable relative to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Jiro Moriya, Takayuki Mizuta, Hideki Ohta, Yoshisuke Kasuya, Kazushi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20150037078Abstract: The present invention provides a fixing device including a flexible cylindrical rotary member and an inner-surface opposing portion that opposes an inner surface of the rotary member at an end portion of the rotary member in a generatrix direction. The inner-surface opposing portion moves upstream in a recording material conveying direction in accordance with lateral shift of the rotary member in the generatrix direction. This restricts the lateral shift of the rotary member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Hideki Ohta, Terutaka Endo, Seiji Obata, Jiro Moriya, Takayuki Mizuta
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Publication number: 20140329123Abstract: Provided are a pack main body of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape in which a battery cell is embedded, and a terminal portion provided on a front face of the pack main body. The pack main body includes bevelled portions at corner portions formed by a top face and a bottom face and opposite side faces. The terminal portion is provided, in a protruding manner, on the front face at a position biased with respect to centre lines in a width direction and a height direction. The corner portions on one side have a chamfered shape and the corner portions on the other side have a rounded shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko Hara, Jiro Moriya, Tomomaru Ueda, Michihito Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Okada, Hideki Kamiya
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Patent number: 8828601Abstract: Provided are a pack main body of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape in which a battery cell is embedded, and a terminal portion provided on a front face of the pack main body. The pack main body includes bevelled portions at corner portions formed by a top face and a bottom face and opposite side faces. The terminal portion is provided, in a protruding manner, on the front face at a position biased with respect to center lines in a width direction and a height direction. The corner portions on one side have a chamfered shape and the corner portions on the other side have a rounded shape.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko Hara, Jiro Moriya, Tomomaru Ueda, Michihito Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Okada, Hideki Kamiya
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Publication number: 20130302060Abstract: An image fixing apparatus for heating and fixing an unfixed image formed on a recording material, comprising a heater including a substrate, a first electrode provided on one side of the substrate and a second electrode provided on the other side of the substrate; and a connector, connected with the heater, for receiving electric power, the connector including an electrically insulative housing, and a contact terminal provided inside the housing and having first spring contact contacted to the first electrode and a second spring contact contacted to the second electrode, wherein the contact terminal is swingable relative to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jiro Moriya, Takayuki Mizuta, Hideki Ohta, Yoshisuke Kasuya, Kazushi Suzuki
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Patent number: 8473112Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery cell, a temperature detection unit configured to detect a temperature of the battery cell, a cooling unit configured to cool down the battery cell, an information reception unit configured to receive first information whether electronic equipment is compatible with the cooling unit from the electronic equipment that is supplied with power from the battery cell, and a cooling function control unit configured to switch ON and OFF of the cooling unit depending on the temperature that is detected in a case where the electronic equipment is compatible with the cooling unit, and keep a drive of the cooling unit OFF in a case where the electronic equipment is incompatible with the cooling unit, based on the first information.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2011Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Jiro Moriya
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Publication number: 20120150465Abstract: An electronic device includes a battery capacity computing unit configured to compute the current full-charge capacity of a currently inserted battery apparatus having secondary cells. The battery capacity computing unit acquires at least information on the full-charge capacity of the battery apparatus in a brand-new state and information on the battery charge/discharge cycle count from the battery apparatus, retains a correction coefficient used when computing the current full-charge capacity of the battery apparatus, and calculates the current full-charge capacity of the battery apparatus using the information on the full-charge capacity of the battery apparatus in a brand-new state, the information on the battery charge/discharge cycle count, and the correction coefficient.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ryoichi NAKASHIMA, Ryota Hashizume, Jiro Moriya, Yukio Tsuchiya, Junya Yamada, Takashi Mutou
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Publication number: 20120148912Abstract: Provided are a pack main body of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape in which a battery cell is embedded, and a terminal portion provided on a front face of the pack main body. The pack main body includes bevelled portions at corner portions formed by a top face and a bottom face and opposite side faces. The terminal portion is provided, in a protruding manner, on the front face at a position biased with respect to centre lines in a width direction and a height direction. The corner portions on one side have a chamfered shape and the corner portions on the other side have a rounded shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko Hara, Jiro Moriya, Tomomaru Ueda, Michihito Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Okada, Hideki Kamiya
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Publication number: 20110218694Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery cell, a temperature detection unit configured to detect a temperature of the battery cell, a cooling unit configured to cool down the battery cell, an information reception unit configured to receive first information whether electronic equipment is compatible with the cooling unit from the electronic equipment that is supplied with power from the battery cell, and a cooling function control unit configured to switch ON and OFF of the cooling unit depending on the temperature that is detected in a case where the electronic equipment is compatible with the cooling unit, and keep a drive of the cooling unit OFF in a case where the electronic equipment is incompatible with the cooling unit, based on the first information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Jiro Moriya
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Publication number: 20110163726Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery cell, a charge calculator that calculates an amount of charge of the battery cell, a charge setting that sets multiple amounts of charge with different upper limits, a charge selecting switch that selects one of the amounts of charge, and a battery controller having a communication function that sends, to the charging apparatus, charge information about the battery cell and charging command information that instructs charging to be continued to an upper limit for the selected amount of charge.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2010Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Osamu Nagashima, Yoichi Miyajima, Shoichi Shintani, Jiro Moriya
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Patent number: 7843164Abstract: A power supply system is provided. The power supply system includes electronic equipment adapted to control power supply based on battery identification information from a battery installed in a battery housing section; and a power supply plate, the power supply plate including a plate main body installed in the battery housing section of the electronic equipment, and a cable, one end of which is connected to the plate main body and the other end of which is led through a lead-out hole of the battery housing section out of the electronic equipment, the other end also having a connector formed thereon which is connected to a power source, wherein power is supplied from the power source connected to the connector of the power supply plate to the electronic equipment.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2007Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mieko Hara, Yoichi Miyajima, Hiroaki Sato, Yoshihito Tamesue, Mitsuo Yamaguchi, Shoichi Shintani, Shinji Suzuki, Masashi Kumada, Ryoichi Nakashima, Jiro Moriya, Hisashi Aoki