Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Aiba

Kiyoshi Aiba 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).

  • Image forming apparatus, image reading apparatus and complex machine
    Patent number: 7781907
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus, includes: a first rectifying circuit that is connected with an external commercial power supply and rectifies an alternating-current input; a first low-voltage power supply circuit that generates low voltages from a rectified power for power supply to respective parts of the apparatus; a first connector that is connected with the first rectifying circuit and is for outputting a power rectified by the first rectifying circuit; and a second connector that is connected with the first low-voltage power supply circuit and is for taking in a rectified power, wherein the apparatus is singly usable and optionally usable by being connected with an image reading apparatus, and the apparatus forms an electrostatic latent image, forms a toner image by developing the electrostatic latent image with toner, and fixes the toner image onto a transfer sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Aiba
  • Image Forming Apparatus, Image Reading Apparatus and Complex Machine
    Publication number: 20080095552
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus, includes: a first rectifying circuit that is connected with an external commercial power supply and rectifies an alternating-current input; a first low-voltage power supply circuit that generates low voltages from a rectified power for power supply to respective parts of the apparatus; a first connector that is connected with the first rectifying circuit and is for outputting a power rectified by the first rectifying circuit; and a second connector that is connected with the first low-voltage power supply circuit and is for taking in a rectified power, wherein the apparatus is singly usable and optionally usable by being connected with an image reading apparatus, and the apparatus forms an electrostatic latent image, forms a toner image by developing the electrostatic latent image with toner, and fixes the toner image onto a transfer sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kiyoshi AIBA