Patents by Inventor Masashi Tanaka

Masashi Tanaka 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: 20140343005
    Abstract: The invention provides aqueous liquid pharmaceutical compositions comprising arbekacin and chloride ions. The compositions are well tolerable for use in a method for treatment or prevention of a disease of the upper or lower respiratory tract, wherein the composition is aerosolized and inhaled by the patient. Furthermore, the invention provides arbekacin hydrochloride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicants: PARI PHARMA GMBH, MEIJI SEIKA PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manfred Keller, Yukihiro Yagi, Masashi Tanaka, Toshie Sugano, Kuniko Shoji, Nao Sano, Michael Hahn, Roman Egle
  • Patent number: 8879974
    Abstract: An image heating device includes an endless belt including a base layer and an elastic layer formed around the base layer, a contact member contacting an inner surface of the endless belt, a pressure rotating member forming a nip portion configured to convey a recording material while nipping the recording material along with the contact member via the endless belt, wherein an image formed on the recording material is heated at the nip portion using heat from the endless belt, and wherein one end of the endless belt is coated with the elastic layer and the other end of the endless belt is not coated with the elastic layer, and a belt lateral shifting direction regulating mechanism configured to regulate a direction in which the endless belt shifts when the endless belt is rotated, toward the end coated with the elastic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsutoshi Ando, Tohru Saito, Eiji Uekawa, Masashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8831493
    Abstract: An image heating apparatus for heating a toner image formed on a recording material includes a first rotatable member contactable to the toner image; and a heating unit, including a second rotatable member rotating while contacting a surface of the first rotatable member, for heating the first rotatable member. The toner image on the recording material is heated by receiving heat from the first rotatable member heated by the heating unit. The image heating apparatus further includes a potential controller for maintaining a polarity of a surface potential of the second rotatable member so as to be opposite to a charge polarity of the toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masashi Tanaka, Kenichi Ogawa, Satoshi Nishida, Kohei Okayasu, Shuichi Tetsuno, Shogo Kan, Takaaki Akamatsu
  • Publication number: 20140224649
    Abstract: The present invention provides a membrane-electrode assembly which includes: at least one rod-form or tubular electrode; a tubular diaphragm disposed around the periphery of the electrode; and a wire-form counter electrode disposed around the periphery of the diaphragm, the diaphragm being fixed to the rod-form or tubular electrode with the wire-form counter electrode to thereby form an electrode chamber having a gas/liquid passage between the diaphragm and the rod-form or tubular electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicants: PERMELEC ELECTRODE LTD., Institute of National Colleges of Technology, Japan
    Inventors: Noriyuki KITAORI, Kota SEKIDO, Tomoyasu SHIBATA, Tomohisa SUZUKI, Masashi TANAKA, Tsuneto FURUTA, Yoshinori NISHIKI
  • Patent number: 8798514
    Abstract: Image fixing apparatus for fixing a toner image through a nip, the apparatus including a cylindrical film; a nip forming member contacting an inner surface of the film; a pressing rotatable member forming the nip in cooperation with the nip forming member with the film interposed therebetween; and a regulating member for regulating movement of the film in a direction of a generatrix of the film, wherein the regulating member has an opposing surface opposing an edge of an end portion of the film with respect to the direction of the generatrix, and the opposing surface has a regulation region for regulating the edge of the film when the film is driven and moves in the generatrix direction, wherein the regulation region is narrower in a downstream side of a center portion of the nip than in an upstream side thereof with respect to a sheet feeding direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masashi Tanaka, Kohei Okayasu, Takanori Watanabe, Keisuke Fujita
  • Publication number: 20140169848
    Abstract: According to embodiments, a heating member or a sliding member arranged in contact with the surface of a fusing roller is moved in an intersecting direction with the rotational direction of the fusing roller in a contact state with the heating member or the sliding member so as to prevent a scratch from being generated on the surface of the fusing roller or to repair the scratch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Tanaka, Atsuyoshi Abe, Daisuke Aoki, Kazuhisa Kemmochi, Tsutomu Miki
  • Patent number: 8737896
    Abstract: A fixing device configured to heat a recording material bearing a toner image at a nip portion while conveying the recording material includes a tubular film, a nip portion forming member contacting an inner surface of the film, a pressure member forming the nip portion together with the nip portion forming member via the film, and a regulating member configured to regulate a movement of the film by contacting an end surface of the film. The regulating member includes, in a vicinity of the nip portion, a regulating surface inclined such that a distance from an imaginary plane including the end surface is gradually decreased as the regulating surface extends away from the nip portion to a circumferential direction of the film, and that the distance therefrom is gradually increased as the regulating surface extends in a radial direction of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keisuke Fujita, Masashi Tanaka, Kohei Okayasu
  • Patent number: 8699930
    Abstract: According to embodiments, a heating member or a sliding member arranged in contact with the surface of a fusing roller is moved in an intersecting direction with the rotational direction of the fusing roller in a contact state with the heating member or the sliding member so as to prevent a scratch from being generated on the surface of the fusing roller or to repair the scratch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masashi Tanaka, Atsuyoshi Abe, Daisuke Aoki, Kazuhisa Kemmochi, Tsutomu Miki
  • Publication number: 20130272762
    Abstract: The image heating apparatus includes an endless belt, a roller which contacts an outer face of the belt, a nip portion forming unit which contacts an inner face of the belt, and forms a nip portion with the roller, for nipping and conveying a recording material, the nip portion forming unit including a component which is longer than the belt in a generatrix direction of the belt; and a regulation portion provided to oppose an end face of the belt, for regulating a shift movement of the belt to the generatrix direction of the belt, wherein the regulation portion is integrally-molded with the component. Thereby, a damage of the end of the endless belt can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiji Uekawa, Tohru Saito, Atsutoshi Ando, Masashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8556459
    Abstract: Provided is a lighting device having high luminance in-plane uniformity without a dark part occurring at a connecting part between surface light source panels. The lighting device (1) is provided with a plurality of surface light source panel (2), and a plurality of light diffusion passive reflectors (3) disposed at the light-emitting side of the surface light source panel (2). In the light diffusion passive reflector (3), a rectangular-shaped bottom surface is disposed on a light emitting region of the surface light source panel (2), and a light-emitting surface (3a) has substantially the same size as a planar outline of the surface light source panel (2), and a side surface (3c) is formed to incline diagonally outward towards the light-emitting surface (3a) from the bottom surface. The light diffusion passive reflectors (3) which are mutually adjoining are disposed to contact with each other without a gap in between, and are disposed so that the light-emitting surface (3a) is continuously arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Takamura, Masashi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130251429
    Abstract: According to embodiments, a heating member or a sliding member arranged in contact with the surface of a fusing roller is moved in an intersecting direction with the rotational direction of the fusing roller in a contact state with the heating member or the sliding member so as to prevent a scratch from being generated on the surface of the fusing roller or to repair the scratch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Tanaka, Atsuyoshi Abe, Daisuke Aoki, Kazuhisa Kemmochi, Tsutomu Miki
  • Patent number: 8532551
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is capable of setting a cleaning mode in which a fixing portion is cleaned by a cleaning sheet while nip-conveying the cleaning sheet in a fixing nip. When the cleaning mode is set, an image forming apparatus provides a period in which a first rotatable member and a second rotatable member are rotated in a state in which a heater is controlled so that a surface temperature Th of the first rotatable member immediately after passing through the fixing nip is kept within a temperature range of Th?Tf3, wherein Tf3 is a flow start point of a toner and so that a surface temperature Tp of the second rotatable member immediately after passing through the fixing nip is within a temperature range Tf2?Tp?Tf3, wherein Tf2 is a deformation end point of the toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuichi Tetsuno, Kenichi Ogawa, Masashi Tanaka, Takaaki Akamatsu, Shogo Kan
  • Patent number: 8532530
    Abstract: A fixing device fixes on a recording material a toner image formed on the recording material and includes a fixing roller, a heating member for heating the fixing roller in contact with an outer surface of the fixing roller, and a pressing member for forming a fixing nip between itself and the fixing roller. When the recording material which has been jammed so that its leading end passes through the fixing nip to reach a contact portion between the heating member and the fixing roller, a force for drawing the recording material upstream when nipped in the fixing nip is at least equal to the drawing force of the recording material, toward the upstream side with respect to the rotational direction of the fixing roller, nipped between the fixing roller in the rest state and the heating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Nishida, Kenichi Ogawa, Masashi Tanaka, Shuichi Tetsuno, Shogo Kan
  • Patent number: 8472853
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion for forming an unfixed toner image on a recording material; and a fixing portion for heat-fixing the unfixed toner image on the recording material while nip-conveying the recording material in a fixing nip, the fixing portion includes a first rotatable member contactable to the unfixed toner image, and a second rotatable member contacted to the first rotatable member to form the fixing nip between itself and the first rotatable member. The image forming apparatus is capable of setting a cleaning mode in which the fixing portion is cleaned by a cleaning sheet while nip-conveying the cleaning sheet in the fixing nip. When the cleaning mode is set, the image forming apparatus executes a plurality of types of cleaning operations in a period in which a single cleaning sheet passes through the fixing nip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaaki Akamatsu, Shuichi Tetsuno, Masashi Tanaka, Shogo Kan, Kenichi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8463167
    Abstract: According to embodiments, a heating member or a sliding member arranged in contact with the surface of a fusing roller is moved in an intersecting direction with the rotational direction of the fusing roller in a contact state with the heating member or the sliding member so as to prevent a scratch from being generated on the surface of the fusing roller or to repair the scratch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masashi Tanaka, Atsuyoshi Abe, Daisuke Aoki, Kazuhisa Kemmochi, Tsutomu Miki
  • Publication number: 20130037415
    Abstract: The current invention is to provide an oxygen gas diffusion cathode for brine electrolysis which reduces an initial electrolysis voltage and is excellent in the durability against short-circuit, and an electrolytic cell and an electrolytic method using the same. The oxygen gas diffusion cathode for brine electrolysis includes a gas diffusion layer 13 and a reaction layer 14 on one surface of an electro-conductive substrate 12, and an electro-conductive layer 15 on the opposite surface thereof. The present oxygen gas diffusion cathode reduces the resistance of the electro-conductive substrate 12 and supplies uniform current by mounting the electro-conductive layer 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Yuki Izawa, Setsuro Ogata, Masaharu Uno, Masashi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130039683
    Abstract: A fixing device configured to heat a recording material bearing a toner image at a nip portion while conveying the recording material includes a tubular film, a nip portion forming member contacting an inner surface of the film, a pressure member forming the nip portion together with the nip portion forming member via the film, and a regulating member configured to regulate a movement of the film by contacting an end surface of the film. The regulating member includes, in a vicinity of the nip portion, a regulating surface inclined such that a distance from an imaginary plane including the end surface is gradually decreased as the regulating surface extends away from the nip portion to a circumferential direction of the film, and that the distance therefrom is gradually increased as the regulating surface extends in a radial direction of the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keisuke Fujita, Masashi Tanaka, Kohei Okayasu
  • Patent number: 8364067
    Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes a rotatable member; a heater contactable to a surface of the rotatable member to heat the rotatable member; and a back-up member cooperative with the rotatable member to form a nip for nipping and feeding a recording material carrying an image, wherein a position of a peak in a pressure distribution with respect to a rotational direction of the rotatable member is upstream, with respect to the rotational direction, of a central portion of a contact region between the rotatable member and the heater with respect to the rotational direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsutomu Miki, Kazuhisa Kemmochi, Kenichi Ogawa, Satoshi Nishida, Masashi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20120308279
    Abstract: Image fixing apparatus for fixing a toner image through a nip, the apparatus including a cylindrical film; a nip forming member contacting an inner surface of the film; a pressing rotatable member forming the nip in cooperation with the nip forming member with the film interposed therebetween; and a regulating member for regulating movement of the film in a direction of a generatrix of the film, wherein the regulating member has an opposing surface opposing an edge of an end portion of the film with respect to the direction of the generatrix, and the opposing surface has a regulation region for regulating the edge of the film when the film is driven and moves in the generatrix direction, wherein the regulation region is narrower in a downstream side of a center portion of the nip than in an upstream side thereof with respect to a sheet feeding direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Tanaka, Kohei Okayasu, Takanori Watanabe, Keisuke Fujita
  • Publication number: 20120155938
    Abstract: An image heating apparatus for heating a toner image formed on a recording material includes a first rotatable member contactable to the toner image; and a heating unit, including a second rotatable member rotating while contacting a surface of the first rotatable member, for heating the first rotatable member. The toner image on the recording material is heated by receiving heat from the first rotatable member heated by the heating unit. The image heating apparatus further includes a potential controller for maintaining a polarity of a surface potential of the second rotatable member so as to be opposite to a charge polarity of the toner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: MASASHI TANAKA, Kenichi Ogawa, Satoshi Nishida, Kohei Okayasu, Shuichi Tetsuno, Shogo Kan, Takaaki Akamatsu