Patents by Inventor Kengo FUJIE

Kengo FUJIE 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).

  • Substrate, fixing belt with substrate, fixing device with fixing belt, and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 9383698
    Abstract: A fixing belt substrate for an image forming apparatus is prepared by an electroforming process. The fixing belt substrate contains nickel of prescribed weight percent, phosphorus of from about 0.4 weight percent or more to about 0.7 weight percent or less, sulfur of from about 0.003 weight percent or more to about 0.02 weight percent or less, and carbon of from about 0.012 weight percent or more to about 0.03 weight percent or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Fujie, Yasuomi Mikami, Yasuhide Fujiwara, Yuzuru Kudoh, Takaaki Konno
  • SUBSTRATE, FIXING BELT WITH SUBSTRATE, FIXING DEVICE WITH FIXING BELT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140328610
    Abstract: A fixing belt substrate for an image forming apparatus is prepared by an electroforming process. The fixing belt substrate contains nickel of prescribed weight percent, phosphorus of from about 0.4 weight percent or more to about 0.7 weight percent or less, sulfur of from about 0.003 weight percent or more to about 0.02 weight percent or less, and carbon of from about 0.012 weight percent or more to about 0.03 weight percent or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Kengo FUJIE, Yasuomi Mikami, Yasuhide Fujiwara, Yuzuru Kudoh, Takaaki Konno