Patents by Inventor Satoru Nitobe

Satoru Nitobe 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).

  • Patent number: 12151490
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit to convey a print medium, a belt, a tensioner, and a control unit. The belt transmits a driving force of a drive unit to the conveyance unit. The tensioner is displaceable and makes pressure contact with the belt to generate tension. The control unit controls driving of the drive unit in a state where the tensioner is in pressure contact with the belt. The control unit performs first control in which the drive unit is driven with a first control value, which is not based on a driving amount detected by a detection unit. Where the detection unit detects the driving amount, the control unit subsequently performs second control in which the drive unit is driven with a second control value, which is based on the driving amount detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keisuke Arita, Takahide Onuma, Yasunori Matsumoto, Satoru Nitobe, Masashi Ito, Yuki Emoto
  • Publication number: 20240351355
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit configured to record an image onto a sheet, a first conveyance roller configured to convey the sheet, a motor configured to drive the first conveyance roller, and a control unit configured to repetitively perform control for accelerating the motor in an acceleration period and then decelerating the motor in a deceleration period, wherein, in at least a part of the deceleration period, the control unit makes an absolute value of a second deceleration in a second control of the motor smaller than an absolute value of a first deceleration in a first control of the motor, the first control being performed in a case where a trailing edge of the sheet does not stop in a first predetermined region, the second control being performed in a case where the trailing edge of the sheet stops in the first predetermined region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: MASAAKI MATSUURA, KEISEI HAKAMATA, YUKI EMOTO, MAYU TAKECHI, SATORU NITOBE
  • Patent number: 11833824
    Abstract: Provided is a waste liquid storing container capable of reducing imbalance in the absorption of waste liquid in an absorber that absorbs waste liquid. The liquid storing container includes a liquid absorber that absorbs liquid, a casing that houses the liquid absorber, a discharge portion that discharges liquid down in a direction of gravitational force into the casing, and an introduction space into which the liquid from the discharge portion is introduced. The liquid storing container further includes a liquid divider provided inside the introduction space to divide the liquid discharged from the discharge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Nitobe, Noriko Sato, Shingo Horita
  • Publication number: 20220258473
    Abstract: Provided is a waste liquid storing container capable of reducing imbalance in the absorption of waste liquid in an absorber that absorbs waste liquid. The liquid storing container includes a liquid absorber that absorbs liquid, a casing that houses the liquid absorber, a discharge portion that discharges liquid down in a direction of gravitational force into the casing, and an introduction space into which the liquid from the discharge portion is introduced. The liquid storing container further includes a liquid divider provided inside the introduction space to divide the liquid discharged from the discharge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Satoru Nitobe, Noriko Sato, Shingo Horita
  • Publication number: 20210252890
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit to convey a print medium, a belt, a tensioner, and a control unit. The belt transmits a driving force of a drive unit to the conveyance unit. The tensioner is displaceable and makes pressure contact with the belt to generate tension. The control unit controls driving of the drive unit in a state where the tensioner is in pressure contact with the belt. The control unit performs first control in which the drive unit is driven with a first control value, which is not based on a driving amount detected by a detection unit. Where the detection unit detects the driving amount, the control unit subsequently performs second control in which the drive unit is driven with a second control value, which is based on the driving amount detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Keisuke Arita, Takahide Onuma, Yasunori Matsumoto, Satoru Nitobe, Masashi Ito, Yuki Emoto
  • Patent number: 10054181
    Abstract: A damping component includes a base with an attachment portion to be attached to a vibrated member, a damping member disposed at an outer circumferential side of the base while being compressed, and a holding portion disposed at an outer circumferential side of the damping member and compressively holding the damping member. The damping member has rigidity lower than rigidity of the base and rigidity of the holding portion and has a loss factor, measured by a mechanical impedance method in a state being compressed between the base and the holding portion, of 0.05 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Rie Endo, Katsunori Yokoyama, Shinji Yamamoto, Kazuaki Takahata, Kazumasa Shibata, Hiroki Kasama, Satoru Nitobe
  • Publication number: 20160273605
    Abstract: A damping component includes a base with an attachment portion to be attached to a vibrated member, a damping member disposed at an outer circumferential side of the base while being compressed, and a holding portion disposed at an outer circumferential side of the damping member and compressively holding the damping member. The damping member has rigidity lower than rigidity of the base and rigidity of the holding portion and has a loss factor, measured by a mechanical impedance method in a state being compressed between the base and the holding portion, of 0.05 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Rie Endo, Katsunori Yokoyama, Shinji Yamamoto, Kazuaki Takahata, Kazumasa Shibata, Hiroki Kasama, Satoru Nitobe
  • Patent number: 9239543
    Abstract: A developer supply container for use with an image forming apparatus includes a shell having an air passage and a discharge nozzle, a developer storage pouch storing developer contained inside the shell, and a discharging nozzle for discharging the developer accommodated in the developer storage pouch to outside of the developer supply container. In addition, an air passage allows air to communicate between inside and outside of the shell, and a seal attached to the shell seals the air passage to maintain a pressure inside the shell in a negative pressure state which is lower than a pressure outside the shell. The developer storage pouch is deformed to discharge the developer by peeling the seal off the shell to permit air to enter the shell through the air passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichi Nishida, Satoru Nitobe, Kazuaki Takahata, Junji Yasuda, Takeshi Fujino, Takayuki Tanaka, Masashige Tamura
  • Publication number: 20150110526
    Abstract: A developer supply container includes: a developer accommodating bag, having an elastic restoring force, for accommodating the developer; and a developer discharging path for discharging, when the developer accommodating bag is mounted in a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating bag to the main assembly. When the developer accommodating bag is mounted in the main assembly, the developer accommodating bag is expandable by pressure generating means provided in the main assembly. An amount of the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating bag is such that by accommodation of the developer, a volume of the developer accommodating bag is not less than a volume when a contraction pressure of the developer accommodating bag has a maximum value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Takayuki Tanaka, Shinichi Nishida, Masashige Tamura, Takeshi Fujino, Junji Yasuda, Kazuaki Takahata, Satoru Nitobe, Fuyuko Koyama
  • Publication number: 20140363210
    Abstract: A developer supply container for an image forming apparatus includes a container shell; a developer accommodation bag contained in the container shell; a developer discharging path for discharging the developer from the bag an outside of the developer supply container; an air fluid communication path for fluid communication between inside and outside of the container shell; and a maintaining portion sealing the air fluid communication path to maintain a pressure inside the container shell in a negative pressure state, wherein the developer accommodation bag deforms to discharge the developer, by the maintaining portion opening the air fluid communication path to permit air to enter the container shell through the air fluid communication path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Shinichi Nishida, Satoru Nitobe, Kazuaki Takahata, Junji Yasuda, Takeshi Fujino, Takayuki Tanaka, Masashige Tamura
  • Patent number: 8837971
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an unfixed toner image on a recording material and a fixing unit, wherein, in a case where an image is formed by using the toners of the plurality of colors, when a specific gravity of the toners is ? (g/cm3) and a weight average particle diameter of the toners is L (?m), the image forming unit sets a maximum laid-on amount A (mg/cm2) of each color in the unfixed toner image on the recording material so as to satisfy the following condition: A<??L/30?3, and wherein the fixing unit fixes the unfixed toner image to the recording material so that a dot spread amount (?m) of the toner image satisfies the following condition: ?(??L3/90?3A)?Dot Spread Amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Kemmochi, Taichi Takemura, Hikaru Osada, Keisuke Abe, Tsutomu Miki, Jiro Ishiduka, Toshinori Nakayama, Masayuki Tamaki, Satoru Nitobe
  • Publication number: 20110074744
    Abstract: Provided is an electron-emitting device including an insulating member and a gate stacked on a substrate. A cathode is disposed on a side surface of the insulating member. The cathode has a plurality of protrusions provided along a corner of the insulating member. The gate has a plurality of protrusions extending toward the cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoru Nitobe, Takashi Shiozawa, Takanori Suwa, Shigeyuki Takagi, Toshiharu Sumiya