Patents by Inventor Kazuki TADA

Kazuki TADA 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: 20230335840
    Abstract: A bushing (40A) for a lead-acid battery includes: a cylindrical bushing main body portion (41) that can be fitted to a pole (45); and a columnar terminal portion (50) located at a position offset from the bushing main body portion (41) in plan view, in which the terminal portion (50) includes: a pedestal portion (52) integrally coupled to the bushing main body portion (41) via a coupling portion; and a connecting portion (51) which is located on the pedestal portion (52) and to which an external terminal is connected, and in which the pedestal portion (52) has a recessed cavity portion (53) on a bottom surface of the pedestal portion (52).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Sousuke FUJITA, Kazuki TADA, Takatomo TAKEMITSU
  • Patent number: 11740573
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a first rotatable member with a heater, a second rotatable member contacting the first rotatable member and forming a fixing nip, a pressing unit pressing the first rotatable member to the second rotatable member in a pressing direction, a pair of side boards disposed with a space in the widthwise direction, and first, second and third stays supporting the pair of side boards. The first stay is provided upstream of a center of the fixing nip in the pressing direction and upstream of the center in a feeding direction of a recording material. The second stay is provided upstream of the center in the pressing direction and downstream of the center in the feeding direction. The third stay is provided downstream of the center in the pressing direction and at least one of upstream and downstream of the center in the feeding direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Takematsu, Tatsuo Yasui, Keiichi Mizukami, Takuya Hasegawa, Tomoaki Tanto, Kazuki Tada
  • Patent number: 11675297
    Abstract: A fusing apparatus having a heating rotary member, a pressing rotary member, a flange, a fusing frame, a pressing member, and a plate. The heating rotary member heats a recording medium and includes a heater and a film that rotates. The pressing rotary member rotates to press an outer circumferential surface of the film and performs fusing of a toner image on the recording medium. The flange supports the heater. The fusing frame supports the pressing rotary member and has a positioning hole. The pressing member presses the flange. The plate includes a pressure receiving portion and an insertion portion. The pressure receiving portion is pressed by the pressing member and the insertion portion is inserted into a positioning hole and positioned in a first state. The insertion portion is removed from the positioning hole in a second state where the pressing member further contracts from the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuo Yasui, Koji Takematsu, Keiichi Mizukami, Takuya Hasegawa, Tomoaki Tanto, Kazuki Tada
  • Patent number: 11614713
    Abstract: Provided is a timepiece including: hands being an hour hand, a minute hand and a second hand; a movement for driving the hands; a first dial; a first dial ring having upper and lower surfaces provided with an upper projection and a lower projection, respectively, the first dial ring being disposed on the first dial and positioned relative to the first dial by the lower projection; and a transparent second dial disposed on the first dial ring and positioned relative to the first dial ring by the upper projection, wherein one of the hands is disposed between the first dial and the second dial, while the others of the hands are disposed above the second dial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Kuroda, Kazuki Tada, Yuya Matsushita, Setsuo Kachi
  • Publication number: 20220253009
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a first rotatable member with a heater, a second rotatable member contacting the first rotatable member and forming a fixing nip, a pressing unit pressing the first rotatable member to the second rotatable member in a pressing direction, a pair of side boards disposed with a space in the widthwise direction, and first, second and third stays supporting the pair of side boards. The first stay is provided upstream of a center of the fixing nip in the pressing direction and upstream of the center in a feeding direction of a recording material. The second stay is provided upstream of the center in the pressing direction and downstream of the center in the feeding direction. The third stay is provided downstream of the center in the pressing direction and at least one of upstream and downstream of the center in the feeding direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Koji Takematsu, Tatsuo Yasui, Keiichi Mizukami, Takuya Hasegawa, Tomoaki Tanto, Kazuki Tada
  • Publication number: 20220179342
    Abstract: A fusing apparatus having a heating rotary member, a pressing rotary member, a flange, a fusing frame, a pressing member, and a plate. The heating rotary member heats a recording medium and includes a heater and a film that rotates. The pressing rotary member rotates to press an outer circumferential surface of the film and performs fusing of a toner image on the recording medium. The flange supports the heater. The fusing frame supports the pressing rotary member and has a positioning hole. The pressing member presses the flange. The plate includes a pressure receiving portion and an insertion portion. The pressure receiving portion is pressed by the pressing member and the insertion portion is inserted into a positioning hole and positioned in a first state. The insertion portion is removed from the positioning hole in a second state where the pressing member further contracts from the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Tatsuo Yasui, Koji Takematsu, Keiichi Mizukami, Takuya Hasegawa, Tomoaki Tanto, Kazuki Tada
  • Publication number: 20220100134
    Abstract: A heater 600 includes a substrate 610 and a plurality of heat generating elements 623a to 623f which are provided on both surfaces of the substrate 610 and which generate heat, and heats a fixing belt in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt. The plurality of heat generating elements 623a to 623f are different from each other in length with respect to a widthwise direction, and a plurality of the heat generating elements are provided on a front surface of the substrate 610 which is a side where the heater 600 contacts the inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt 600, and at least one of the heat generating elements is provided on a back surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Akitomo Miyamoto, Kazuki Tada, Masayuki Tamaki
  • Publication number: 20200201257
    Abstract: Provided is a timepiece including: hands being an hour hand, a minute hand and a second hand; a movement for driving the hands; a first dial; a first dial ring having upper and lower surfaces provided with an upper projection and a lower projection, respectively, the first dial ring being disposed on the first dial and positioned relative to the first dial by the lower projection; and a transparent second dial disposed on the first dial ring and positioned relative to the first dial ring by the upper projection, wherein one of the hands is disposed between the first dial and the second dial. while the others of the hands are disposed above the second dial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Akihiko KURODA, Kazuki TADA, Yuya MATSUSHITA, Setsuo KACHI