Patents by Inventor Masayuki Isayama
Masayuki Isayama 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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Patent number: 7673488Abstract: A fixing apparatus of the present invention for an electronic induction heating system includes a heat roller and a magnetic excitation coil that generates Joule heat within the heat roller. The fixing apparatus includes a coil positioner that positions the magnetic excitation coil around a portion of a periphery of the heat roller, a fixing roller that fixes toner image on a recording medium, and a belt that contacts a portion of a periphery of the heat roller and the fixing roller to conduct the generated heat from the heat roller to the fixing roller. The coil positioner further has a surface of first curvature substantially identical to a curvature of a periphery of the heat roller at an opposition area, the opposition area being opposite to a contact area where the heat roller makes contact with the belt. The coil positioner is spaced from the belt by a predetermined distance.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2008Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masayuki Isayama, Fumihiro Tateno, Yasuhiro Torigoe
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Patent number: 7473871Abstract: A heating apparatus that enables an abnormally high temperature detection section that detects, when a heating element heated by means of electromagnetic induction reaches an abnormally high temperature, this abnormally high temperature, to operate speedily and reliably irrespective of the material and temperature characteristic of the heating element in a low-cost and compact configuration. In this apparatus, thermostat 301 is disposed on the same side as exciting coil 231 with respect to heat generating belt 210 and between winding bundles of a conductor wire of exciting coil 231. This allows coil guide 234 to hold both thermostat 301 and exciting coil 231 and allows these wires and terminals to be concentrated on one location, thus making it possible to reduce the number of parts and assembling man-hours and configure the body of the apparatus in a low-cost and compact configuration.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2004Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Noriyuki Tajima, Koichi Baba, Akihiro Yasuda, Keisuke Fujimoto, Shigemitsu Tani, Masayuki Isayama
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Publication number: 20080289717Abstract: A fixing apparatus of the present invention for an electronic induction heating system includes a heat roller and a magnetic excitation coil that generates Joule heat within the heat roller. The fixing apparatus includes a coil positioner that positions the magnetic excitation coil around a portion of a periphery of the heat roller, a fixing roller that fixes toner image on a recording medium, and a belt that contacts a portion of a periphery of the heat roller and the fixing roller to conduct the generated heat from the heat roller to the fixing roller. The coil positioner further has a surface of first curvature substantially identical to a curvature of a periphery of the heat roller at an opposition area, the opposition area being opposite to a contact area where the heat roller makes contact with the belt. The coil positioner is spaced from the belt by a predetermined distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2008Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki ISAYAMA, Fumihiro TATENO, Yasuhiro TORIGOE
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Patent number: 7383010Abstract: A fixing apparatus of the present invention for an electronic induction heating system includes a heat roller and a magnetic excitation coil that generates Joule heat within the heat roller. The fixing apparatus includes a coil positioner that positions the magnetic excitation coil around a portion of a periphery of the heat roller, a fixing roller that fixes toner image on a recording medium, and a belt that contacts a portion of a periphery of the heat roller and the fixing roller to conduct the generated heat from the heat roller to the fixing roller. The coil positioner further has a surface of first curvature substantially identical to a curvature of a periphery of the heat roller at an opposition area, the opposition area being opposite to a contact area where the heat roller makes contact with the belt. The coil positioner is spaced from the belt by a predetermined distance.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2005Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Isayama, Fumihiro Tateno, Yasuhiro Torigoe
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Publication number: 20070041757Abstract: A heating apparatus that enables an abnormally high temperature detection section that detects, when a heating element heated by means of electromagnetic induction reaches an abnormally high temperature, this abnormally high temperature, to operate speedily and reliably irrespective of the material and temperature characteristic of the heating element in a low-cost and compact configuration. In this apparatus, thermostat 301 is disposed on the same side as exciting coil 231 with respect to heat generating belt 210 and between winding bundles of a conductor wire of exciting coil 231. This allows coil guide 234 to hold both thermostat 301 and exciting coil 231 and allows these wires and terminals to be concentrated on one location, thus making it possible to reduce the number of parts and assembling man-hours and configure the body of the apparatus in a low-cost and compact configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2004Publication date: February 22, 2007Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Noriyuki Tajima, Koichi Baba, Akihiro Yasuda, Keisuke Fujimoto, Shigemitsu Tani, Masayuki Isayama
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Patent number: 7129448Abstract: A heat apparatus for an electromagnetic induction heating system comprises a heat roller that comprises magnetic and conductive material. The heating apparatus also comprises a magnetic excitation coil that is positioned around a portion of the periphery of the heat roller. The magnetic excitation coil is configured to generate a magnetic field that extends to the heat roller, to generate an eddy current within the heat roller, and to generate Joule heat within the heat roller. The magnetic excitation coil is configured to generate a smaller magnetic field at the center area of the heat roller than at the side areas of the heat roller.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2005Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Matsunaga, Masayuki Isayama
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Publication number: 20050260017Abstract: A fixing apparatus of the present invention for an electronic induction heating system comprises a heat roller and a magnetic excitation coil that generates Joule heat within the heat roller. The fixing apparatus comprises a coil positioner that positions the magnetic excitation coil around a portion of a periphery of the heat roller, and a fixing roller that fixes toner image on a recording medium. The fixing apparatus comprises a belt that contacts a portion of a periphery of the heat roller and the fixing roller to conduct the generated heat from the heat roller to the fixing roller. The coil positioner further has a surface of first curvature substantially identical to a curvature of a periphery of the heat roller at an opposition area, the opposition area being opposite to a contact area where the heat roller makes contact with the belt. The coil positioner is spaced from the belt by a predetermined distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2005Publication date: November 24, 2005Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Isayama, Fumihiro Tateno, Yasuhiro Torigoe
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Publication number: 20050205555Abstract: A heat apparatus for an electromagnetic induction heating system comprises a heat roller that comprises magnetic and conductive material. The heating apparatus also comprises a magnetic excitation coil that is positioned around a portion of the periphery of the heat roller. The magnetic excitation coil is configured to generate a magnetic field that extends to the heat roller, to generate an eddy current within the heat roller, and to generate Joule heat within the heat roller. The magnetic excitation coil is configured to generate a stronger magnetic field at the center area of the heat roller than at the side areas of the heat roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2005Publication date: September 22, 2005Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Matsunaga, Masayuki Isayama
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Patent number: 6498443Abstract: A color TV tube apparatus having a horizontal deflection coil for generating a pincushion-shaped horizontal deflection field, which uses a self-convergence method. In such a color TV tube, the horizontal deflection coil is adjusted so that the vertical focus points of the electron beams lie 50 mm or less on the inside and 30 mm or less on the outside of each edge of the effective display screen area along the horizontal axis. The horizontal deflection coil is adjusted with the focusing of an electron beam by a lensing action of an electron gun non-operational.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2001Date of Patent: December 24, 2002Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuyuki Ueda, Masayuki Isayama, Katsuhisa Kitada
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Publication number: 20020017872Abstract: A color TV tube apparatus having a horizontal deflection coil for generating a pincushion-shaped horizontal deflection field, which uses a self-convergence method. In such a color TV tube, the horizontal deflection coil is adjusted so that the vertical focus points of the electron beams lie 50 mm or less on the inside and 30 mm or less on the outside of each edge of the effective display screen area along the horizontal axis. The horizontal deflection coil is adjusted with the focusing of an electron beam by a lensing action of an electron gun non-operational.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2001Publication date: February 14, 2002Inventors: Yasuyuki Ueda, Masayuki Isayama, Katsuhisa Kitada