Patents by Inventor Masahiro Ashikawa

Masahiro Ashikawa 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: 20100239282
    Abstract: A disclosed to-be-transferred object length measurement device includes a first rotating body; a passage detection unit detecting a passage of the to-be-transferred object; a rotation amount measurement unit measuring a rotation amount of the first rotating body in a first measurement period; a second rotating body feeding the to-be-transferred object; a speed detection unit detecting a first feeding speed and a second feeding speed of the to-be-transferred object; and a calculation unit calculating a feeding distance of the to-be-transferred object per a predetermined rotation amount of the first rotating body based on the first feeding speed, and further calculating a length of the to-be-transferred object based on the rotation amount of the first rotating body in the first measurement period, the feeding distance, and the second feeding speed of the to-be-transferred object in the second measurement period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Masahiro Ashikawa, Tatsuya Watahiki, Minoru Takahashi, Hideyuki Takayama, Takahisa Koike, Masaru Yamagishi, Takuhei Minami, Takuro Kamiyai, Junya Takigawa, Hiroaki Takagi, Koichi Kudo, Katsuya Kawagoe
  • Publication number: 20100034565
    Abstract: An intermediate transfer device including an intermediate transfer body having a primary transfer portion and a secondary transfer portion which bears a secondary image formed by transferring a primary image from an image bearing member; a pair of secondary transfer rollers having a secondary transfer roller and a support roller provided in contact with each other via the intermediate transfer body at the secondary transfer portion, which transfers the secondary image to a recording medium at the secondary transfer portion; a variation detection device that detects an amount of variance occurring to a transfer rotation body when the recording medium is transferred to the secondary transfer portion; and an adjustment device that adjusts the distance between the pair of the secondary transfer rollers according to the amount of variance detected by the variation detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Masahiro Ashikawa, Takahisa Koike, Hideyuki Takayama, Yoshihiro Asano, Minoru Takahashi