Patents by Inventor Keji Honjoh

Keji Honjoh 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).

  • LUBRICANT APPLICATOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE
    Publication number: 20140037303
    Abstract: A lubricant applicator includes a block of lubricant, a supply member contactable against the block of lubricant to scrape the block of lubricant, and a lubricant gauge including a first electrode and a second electrode. The lubricant gauge is electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode to detect whether an amount of lubricant remaining is less than a threshold value based on establishment of electrical continuity between the first electrode and the second electrode. One of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a projection projecting toward the other one of the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Daisuke TOMITA, Takeshi Shintani, Norio Kudo, Keji Honjoh, Satoshi Hatori, Naohiro Kumagai, Akira Fujimori, Kaoru Yoshino, Yuta Azeyanagi, Hideyasu Seki, Ryohta Gotoh