Patents by Inventor KOHEI HAEMATSU

KOHEI HAEMATSU 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: 20240053696
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a fixing unit including a fixing member, a heating member, and a temperature detection portion, and a control portion configured to execute warm-up processing. If a temperature of the heating member at a first timing in a period of time in which the heating member is being heated in the warm-up processing is a first temperature, a temperature of the heating member at a second timing that is in the period of time and that is later than the first timing is a second temperature, and a temperature of the heating member at a timing different from the first timing and the second timing is a third temperature, the control portion is configured to change a fixing condition used in the job, based on the first temperature, the second temperature, and the third temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: KOHEI HAEMATSU, TAKAHIRO UCHIYAMA, KEISUKE MOCHIZUKI, HIROHIKO AIBA
  • Publication number: 20240045357
    Abstract: A fixing apparatus includes a rotatable fixing member, a rotatable pressurizing member, a heating portion, and a circuit portion including a contact member and configured to remove electric charge from the fixing member, the contact member being in contact with the fixing member. A surface layer of the pressurizing member is electrically connected to the circuit portion via a surface layer of the fixing member. In a case where a surface resistivity of the surface layer of the pressurizing member is represented by X (?/?) and a surface resistivity of the surface layer of the fixing member is represented by Y (?/?), 4.0?log X?13.0, 5.0?log Y?14.0, log Y?13.0?log X, and log Y?23.0?log X are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: MAHITO YOSHIOKA, TETSUICHIRO FUJIMOTO, KEISUKE MOCHIZUKI, KOHEI HAEMATSU