Patents by Inventor Masaru Namekata

Masaru Namekata 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).

  • Method and apparatus for attaching part, light scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 7589879
    Abstract: A method for attaching a part, including preparing an optical part-holding member for holding an optical part and a housing member having a bottom wall and mountable the optical part-holding member, identifying a plurality of part-attaching portions forming nodal points on the bottom wall of the housing member, and fixing the optical part-holding member for holding the optical part to the part-attaching portions by spacing from the bottom wall of the housing other than the part-attaching portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Kondoh, Mihito Okitsu, Masaru Namekata, Hirokazu Kurihara, Takafumi Kondo
  • Method and apparatus for attaching part, light scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus
    Publication number: 20050122555
    Abstract: A method for attaching a part, including preparing an optical part-holding member for holding an optical part and a housing member having a bottom wall and mountable the optical part-holding member, identifying a plurality of part-attaching portions forming nodal points on the bottom wall of the housing member, and fixing the optical part-holding member for holding the optical part to the part-attaching portions by spacing from the bottom wall of the housing other than the part-attaching portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Hirofumi Kondoh, Mihito Okitsu, Masaru Namekata, Hirokazu Kurihara, Takafumi Kondou