Patents by Inventor Kiyotaka Ohsumi

Kiyotaka Ohsumi 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 with skew correction
    Patent number: 6052552
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material. The position of the recording material is detected when the recording material is underway from a registration roller for correcting a skew of the recording material to an image forming position for the recording material, and the image is written based on the detected position signal. The image is thus formed at a proper position on the recording material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ohsumi, Akio Ohno
  • Recording apparatus
    Patent number: 6005593
    Abstract: A recording apparatus comprises transporting rollers for transporting a recording medium in a sandwiched state; a platen for supporting the recording medium at a recording position; and a releasing mechanism for moving the platen from a position at which the platen is located during a recording operation and releasing the recording medium sandwiched by the transporting rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Yoshinaga, Kunihiko Matsuzawa, Masaharu Nemura, Kiyotaka Ohsumi