Patents by Inventor Masataka MOMMA

Masataka MOMMA 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).

  • Recording-medium transport device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 11550244
    Abstract: A recording-medium transport device includes: a rotating first and second member, the first and second member forming a nip area therebetween and transporting a recording medium while nipping; a gripping member that grips the recording medium; a separating member that separates the recording medium passing through the nip area from the first or second member; and a control mechanism that controls contact and separation between the first and second member and opening and closing the gripping member where, in a first section, the gripping member passes between the first and second member, the first and second member are separated, and the gripping member is opened to release the recording medium until the first and second member come into contact with each other and, in a second section subsequent to the first section and before the recording medium reaches the separating member, the gripping member opens wider than the first section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hideki Kuge, Takayuki Ukawa, Kei Tanaka, Masataka Momma, Norio Ogawahara
  • Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
    Patent number: 9996039
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes at least a load unit, a driving unit that drives the load unit, and a controller that controls the driving unit. The controller determines that at least one of the load unit and the driving unit malfunctions if a velocity change time period that the driving unit has taken to reach a second velocity from a first velocity is off a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotake Eguchi, Yasuhiro Kurokawa, Chihiro Iijima, Masataka Momma, Masashi Takahashi, Shohei Miyagawa, Kazuyuki Yagata, Toshihiro Goda
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180004140
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes at least a load unit, a driving unit that drives the load unit, and a controller that controls the driving unit. The controller determines that at least one of the load unit and the driving unit malfunctions if a velocity change time period that the driving unit has taken to reach a second velocity from a first velocity is off a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotake EGUCHI, Yasuhiro KUROKAWA, Chihiro IIJIMA, Masataka MOMMA, Masashi TAKAHASHI, Shohei MIYAGAWA, Kazuyuki YAGATA, Toshihiro GODA