Patents by Inventor Matsuda Yuji

Matsuda Yuji 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).

  • Image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 7603061
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus to form an image on a recording medium, capable of reducing deterioration of image bearer, is disclosed. In one embodiment, the image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, a driver to move the image bearer, a image forming device to form a visible image on the image bearer, a contacting member to form a nip by contacting with the image bearer, and a controller to control the driver for driving stop with a distance shifted on a surface of the image bearer from a start of driving. An amount of the shifted distance is greater than a width of the nip and is not a divisional number of a peripheral length of the image bearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
    Inventors: Joh Ebara, Handa Seiichi, Matsuda Yuji, Kouji Amanai, Yasuhisa Ehara, Kobayashi Kazuhiko, Toshiyuki Uchida, Noriaki Funamoto, Sugiyama Keisuke
  • Image forming apparatus
    Publication number: 20070212109
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus to form an image on a recording medium, capable of reducing deterioration of image bearer, is disclosed. In one embodiment, the image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, a driver to move the image bearer, a image forming device to form a visible image on the image bearer, a contacting member to form a nip by contacting with the image bearer, and a controller to control the driver for driving stop with a distance shifted on a surface of the image bearer from a start of driving. An amount of the shifted distance is greater than a width of the nip and is not a divisional number of a peripheral length of the image bearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Joh Ebara, Handa Seiichi, Matsuda Yuji, Kouji Amanai, Yasuhisa Ehara, Kobayashi Kazuhiko, Toshiyuki Uchida, Noriaki Funamoto, Sugiyama Keisuke