Patents by Inventor Kazuaki Ilkura

Kazuaki Ilkura 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).

  • Heating unit and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 10379468
    Abstract: A heating unit includes a first rotatable member that generates heat; a second rotatable member that forms, in combination with the first rotatable member, a nip area through which sheets of different sizes pass one by one; a housing that supports the first and second rotatable members such that the first and second rotatable members are rotatable; an electronic component that is fixed to the housing and includes a portion that overlaps a smallest one of the sheets passing through the nip area in terms of a position in a long-side direction of the nip area; and an other member that is provided between the first rotatable member and the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narumi Nozawa, Kazuaki Ilkura
  • HEATING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190011863
    Abstract: A heating unit includes a first rotatable member that generates heat; a second rotatable member that forms, in combination with the first rotatable member, a nip area through which sheets of different sizes pass one by one; a housing that supports the first and second rotatable members such that the first and second rotatable members are rotatable; an electronic component that is fixed to the housing and includes a portion that overlaps a smallest one of the sheets passing through the nip area in terms of a position in a long-side direction of the nip area; and an other member that is provided between the first rotatable member and the electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narumi Nozawa, Kazuaki Ilkura