Patents by Inventor Koji Wada
Koji Wada 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).
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Publication number: 20240142913Abstract: A cartridge includes a developing roller rotatable about a rotational axis thereof, and a frame configured to support the developing roller. A lever is connected to the frame, with the lever being elastically deformable such that a first part of the lever is movable relative to a second part of the lever and relative to the frame, and the lever protruding from the frame. A coupling member is configured to transmit a rotational force to the developing roller, the coupling member being rotatable about a rotational axis thereof, and the coupling member being movable relative to the frame in a direction of its rotational axis. When the cartridge is oriented with the lever and the electrode portion at a bottom portion of the cartridge, the lever protrudes downward from the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Masaaki Sato, Yukio Kubo, Hiroyuki Munetsugu, Koji Wada
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Publication number: 20240085851Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body including a main contact, and a main guide, and a cartridge including a memory contact, a moving unit moving into and out of the apparatus body in a first direction and including a frame to which the cartridge is attached, first and second protrusions protruding in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction from the end surface of the frame, an intermediate contact being in electrical contact with the memory contact, an unit contact being in electrical contact with the main contact, and a line conductor, the first protrusion being supported by the main guide of the apparatus body, the second protrusion being located above the first protrusion. At least part of the line conductor connecting the intermediate contact and the unit contact is located in a recess formed by the first protrusion, the second protrusion, and the end surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Daisuke Abe, Koji Wada
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Publication number: 20240085823Abstract: A cartridge is configured to be attachable to a main body of an image forming apparatus and configured to receive toner supplied from a supply container. The cartridge includes a supply port configured to receive the toner supplied from the supply container, a shutter member configured to cover the supply port, and a locking member. The locking member is moved from a lock position to an unlock position to allow movement of the shutter member by using electric power supplied from the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Koji Wada, Tsuyoshi Ogawa, Hiroshi Takarada, Masaaki Sato
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Publication number: 20240044033Abstract: A film that contains Ni2O3H as a main component.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji WADA, Haruyuki NAKANISHI
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Patent number: 11862852Abstract: A cable antenna an end part of which is connected to an oscillator that supplies a high-frequency current is disclosed. The cable antenna includes: an inner conductor; an insulating layer covering the inner conductor; and an outer conductor covering the insulating layer, wherein only one exposed part is formed in a middle part of the cable antenna in a longitudinal direction, the exposed part formed by removing at least the outer conductor, a distance L between a tip end of the cable antenna and an end of the exposed part on a side closer to the tip end is an odd multiple of a quarter of a wavelength ?, of the high-frequency current, the multiplier being three or greater, and a length G of the exposed part in the longitudinal direction satisfies the following formula (1): ?/20?G<?/4??(1) ?: wavelength (mm) of the high-frequency current.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Yometel Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinobu Okano, Koji Wada, Shin Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 11846895Abstract: A cartridge is configured to be attachable to a main body of an image forming apparatus and configured to receive toner supplied from a supply container. The cartridge includes a supply port configured to receive the toner supplied from the supply container, a shutter member configured to cover the supply port, and a locking member. The locking member is moved from a lock position to an unlock position to allow movement of the shutter member by using electric power supplied from the main body.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Wada, Tsuyoshi Ogawa, Hiroshi Takarada, Masaaki Sato
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Patent number: 11846894Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developer container to accommodate developer containing toner, a developer bearing member to rotate while bearing the developer accommodated in the developer container and develop the electrostatic latent image borne on an image bearing member into a developer image, a detection portion to output remainder amount information corresponding to an amount of the developer accommodated in the developer container, and a notification portion capable of notifying a first state indicating that a remainder amount of the developer accommodated in the developer container is a first amount or more and a second state indicating that the remainder amount of the developer accommodated in the developer container is less than the first amount. The notification portion notifies one of a plurality of states including the first state and the second state on a basis of the remainder amount information output from the detection portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaaki Sato, Koji Wada, Tsuyoshi Ogawa, Koji Fujinaka, Takao Sameshima, Tomio Noguchi, Akitoshi Toyota, Susumu Nittani
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Publication number: 20230400792Abstract: A toner container for use with an image forming apparatus is provided with a toner accommodating portion in which toner is accommodated; a base portion including a receiving opening for receiving the toner accommodated in the toner accommodating portion, a discharge opening for permitting discharge of the toner, received through the receiving opening, to an outside of the toner container, and a passage which is a passage extending from the receiving opening to the discharge opening and which is for permitting passing of the toner; and a shutter constituted so as to be rotatable about a rotational axis relative to the base between an open position where the discharge opening is exposed to the outside and a closed position where the shutter covers the discharge opening, wherein the passage extends in a direction in which the passage is inclined relative to the rotational axis so that the receiving opening is in a position where the receiving opening crosses the rotational axis and so that the discharge openingType: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Masaaki Sato, Koji Wada, Hiroshi Takarada, Tsuyoshi Ogawa
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Patent number: 11841674Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body including a main contact, and a main guide, and a cartridge including a memory contact, a moving unit moving into and out of the apparatus body in a first direction and including a frame to which the cartridge is attached, first and second protrusions protruding in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction from the end surface of the frame, an intermediate contact being in electrical contact with the memory contact, an unit contact being in electrical contact with the main contact, and a line conductor, the first protrusion being supported by the main guide of the apparatus body, the second protrusion being located above the first protrusion. At least part of the line conductor connecting the intermediate contact and the unit contact is located in a recess formed by the first protrusion, the second protrusion, and the end surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Daisuke Abe, Koji Wada
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Patent number: 11821101Abstract: A film that contains Ni2O3H as a main component.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Wada, Haruyuki Nakanishi
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Patent number: 11774881Abstract: A toner container for use with an image forming apparatus is provided with a toner accommodating portion in which toner is accommodated; a base portion including a receiving opening for receiving the toner accommodated in the toner accommodating portion, a discharge opening for permitting discharge of the toner, received through the receiving opening, to an outside of the toner container, and a passage which is a passage extending from the receiving opening to the discharge opening and which is for permitting passing of the toner; and a shutter constituted so as to be rotatable about a rotational axis relative to the base between an open position where the discharge opening is exposed to the outside and a closed position where the shutter covers the discharge opening, wherein the passage extends in a direction in which the passage is inclined relative to the rotational axis so that the receiving opening is in a position where the receiving opening crosses the rotational axis and so that the discharge openingType: GrantFiled: February 2, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaaki Sato, Koji Wada, Hiroshi Takarada, Tsuyoshi Ogawa
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Publication number: 20230297024Abstract: A cartridge that is mountable to an apparatus main assembly of an image forming apparatus, the cartridge includes a developing roller; a frame supporting the developing roller; a movable part movably supported by the frame and movable to a first position and to a second position relative to the frame; and an elastic part provided between the frame and the movable part to urge the movable part. The movable part includes a first force receiving part that receives force from the apparatus main assembly, in a direction of moving from the first position to the second position, and a second force receiving part that receives force from the apparatus main assembly, in a direction of moving from the second position to the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Masaaki Sato, Yukio Kubo, Hiroyuki Munetsugu, Koji Wada
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Patent number: 11698601Abstract: A cartridge that is mountable to an apparatus main assembly of an image forming apparatus, the cartridge includes a developing roller; a frame supporting the developing roller; a movable part movably supported by the frame and movable to a first position and to a second position relative to the frame; and an elastic part provided between the frame and the movable part to urge the movable part. The movable part includes a first force receiving part that receives force from the apparatus main assembly, in a direction of moving from the first position to the second position, and a second force receiving part that receives force from the apparatus main assembly, in a direction of moving from the second position to the first position.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaaki Sato, Yukio Kubo, Hiroyuki Munetsugu, Koji Wada
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Patent number: 11693355Abstract: Movement and/or urging of a developer carrying member is carried out with high precision. A cartridge that is mountable to an apparatus main assembly of an image forming apparatus, the cartridge includes a developing roller; a frame supporting the developing roller; a movable part movably supported by the frame and movable to a first position and to a second position relative to the frame; and an elastic part provided between the frame and the movable part to urge the movable part. The movable part includes a first force receiving part that receives force from the apparatus main assembly, in a direction of moving from the first position to the second position, and a second force receiving part that receives force from the apparatus main assembly, in a direction of moving from the second position to the first position.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaaki Sato, Yukio Kubo, Hiroyuki Munetsugu, Koji Wada
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Publication number: 20230134527Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developer container to and from which a replenishment container is attachable and detachable, the developer container including an accommodating portion, and a supporting portion, wherein the developer container includes a projection portion that is provided at one end portion thereof in the rotation axis direction of the developer bearing member and projects toward the supporting portion more than a center portion of the developer container in a crossing direction crossing the rotation axis direction, the projection portion communicates with the accommodating portion and includes, at a distal end portion thereof, an attachment portion configured such that the replenishment container is attachable thereto in a state of being exposed to the outside of the apparatus, and a replenishment port for replenishing the accommodating portion with developer from the replenishment container is defined in the attachment portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2023Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Koji Wada, Tsuyoshi Ogawa, Hiroshi Takarada, Kenji Matsuzaka, Takao Sameshima, Tomio Noguchi, Yuichiro Inaba, Kenichi Iida, Masaaki Sato
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Publication number: 20230112483Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body including a main contact, and a main guide, and a cartridge including a memory contact, a moving unit moving into and out of the apparatus body in a first direction and including a frame to which the cartridge is attached, first and second protrusions protruding in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction from the end surface of the frame, an intermediate contact being in electrical contact with the memory contact, an unit contact being in electrical contact with the main contact, and a line conductor, the first protrusion being supported by the main guide of the apparatus body, the second protrusion being located above the first protrusion. At least part of the line conductor connecting the intermediate contact and the unit contact is located in a recess formed by the first protrusion, the second protrusion, and the end surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Daisuke Abe, Koji Wada
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Patent number: 11573521Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developer container to and from which a replenishment container is attachable and detachable, the developer container including an accommodating portion, and a supporting portion, wherein the developer container includes a projection portion that is provided at one end portion thereof in the rotation axis direction of the developer bearing member and projects toward the supporting portion more than a center portion of the developer container in a crossing direction crossing the rotation axis direction, the projection portion communicates with the accommodating portion and includes, at a distal end portion thereof, an attachment portion configured such that the replenishment container is attachable thereto in a state of being exposed to the outside of the apparatus, and a replenishment port for replenishing the accommodating portion with developer from the replenishment container is defined in the attachment portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Wada, Tsuyoshi Ogawa, Hiroshi Takarada, Kenji Matsuzaka, Takao Sameshima, Tomio Noguchi, Yuichiro Inaba, Kenichi Iida, Masaaki Sato
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Publication number: 20230021894Abstract: A cable antenna an end part of which is connected to an oscillator that supplies a high-frequency current is disclosed. The cable antenna includes: an inner conductor; an insulating layer covering the inner conductor; and an outer conductor covering the insulating layer, wherein only one exposed part is formed in a middle part of the cable antenna in a longitudinal direction, the exposed part formed by removing at least the outer conductor, a distance L between a tip end of the cable antenna and an end of the exposed part on a side closer to the tip end is an odd multiple of a quarter of a wavelength ? of the high-frequency current, the multiplier being three or greater, and a length G of the exposed part in the longitudinal direction satisfies the following formula (1): ? / 20 ? ? ? G ? < ? ? / 4 ... ?: wavelength (mm) of the high-frequency current.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: Yometel Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinobu OKANO, Koji WADA, Shin WAKABAYASHI
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Publication number: 20220404735Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developer container to accommodate developer containing toner, a developer bearing member to rotate while bearing the developer accommodated in the developer container and develop the electrostatic latent image borne on an image bearing member into a developer image, a detection portion to output remainder amount information corresponding to an amount of the developer accommodated in the developer container, and a notification portion capable of notifying a first state indicating that a remainder amount of the developer accommodated in the developer container is a first amount or more and a second state indicating that the remainder amount of the developer accommodated in the developer container is less than the first amount. The notification portion notifies one of a plurality of states including the first state and the second state on a basis of the remainder amount information output from the detection portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Masaaki Sato, Koji Wada, Tsuyoshi Ogawa, Koji Fujinaka, Takao Sameshima, Tomio Noguchi, Akitoshi Toyota, Susumu Nittani
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Patent number: 11506996Abstract: A conveyance mechanism which includes a rotation shaft extending in a direction along a first direction connecting first and second discharge ports that is rotatable with a rotation axis extending in the first direction. Wherein, a first rotation conveyance unit is disposed on the rotation shaft, and is rotatable together with the rotation shaft, conveys developer toward the first discharge port, and a second rotation conveyance unit is disposed on the rotation shaft, and is rotatable together with the rotation shaft, conveys developer toward the second discharge port. The second rotation conveyance unit is configured to provide a larger amount of conveyance than the first rotation conveyance unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Takarada, Masaaki Sato, Koji Wada, Tsuyoshi Ogawa