Patents by Inventor Shigeru Watanabe
Shigeru Watanabe 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: 9981475Abstract: An ink supply apparatus includes a first ink tank, a second ink tank, a first flow path configured to connect the first ink tank and the second ink tank, a volume change unit disposed on the first flow path, configured to be able to change an internal volume of its own, and allow ink to flow thereinto from the first flow path when the internal volume is expanded and to flow out to the first flow path when the internal volume is reduced, a first opening and closing unit disposed between the first ink tank and the volume change unit, and a second opening and closing unit disposed between the second ink tank and the volume change unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeru Watanabe, Kouhei Tokuda, Tsutomu Obata, Hiroyuki Matsunaka, Naoaki Wada, Eiichi Adachi, Noriyuki Aoki, Toshiro Sugiyama, Ryohei Maruyama, Ryuichi Kato
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Patent number: 9971285Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including a fixing member that transports a recording medium on which an image is transferred while nipping the recording medium to fix the image to the recording medium, a discharge member that discharges the recording medium by rotating forwardly, a guide member that guides the recording medium to a reverse transport path in which a front surface and a rear surface of the recording medium are reversed by coming in contact with the recording medium transported by the discharge member that reversely rotates, and a waving member that is disposed at a downstream side of the fixing member in the transport direction of the recording medium, and waves the recording medium transported by the fixing member in a width direction of the recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2017Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Okabe, Shigeru Watanabe
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Patent number: 9902160Abstract: A supply apparatus includes a holder for a liquid container, a link coupled to the holder, an operation handle rotatably coupled to the link, an engaging portion and a rotation restriction unit. The operation handle operate connection and disconnection of the liquid container to and from a supplying portion by rotation with respect to the link. The engaging portion maintains a connection state between the supplying portion and the liquid container by engaging with the operation handle. The unit can restrict rotation of the operation handle when the engaging portion and the operation handle are in a disengaged state.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiro Sugiyama, Noriyuki Aoki, Shigeru Watanabe, Tsutomu Obata, Naoaki Wada, Ryohei Maruyama, Ryuichi Kato, Kouhei Tokuda
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Patent number: 9895835Abstract: In order to achieve lower costs in a molding apparatus using a mold by reducing mold cleaning steps following releasing of the product from the mold and shortening the molding cycle, the apparatus is equipped with a plurality of fixed molds and movable molds which are heated to the temperature necessary to harden a molding material and come together by means of clamping to form a cavity, and a non-heated cold runner which supplies the molding material from an injection device to the interior of the cavity via a gate opened in the movable mold, the fixed molds and movable molds being movable between an injection stage where the injection device and cold runner (32) are present and an opening stage near the injection stage.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: NOK CorporationInventors: Shotaro Koga, Tetsuya Urakawa, Takeshi Masaka, Yoshihiro Kurano, Shigeru Watanabe, Toshihiro Shimazoe
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Patent number: 9862191Abstract: Provided is a liquid holding container in which waste liquid leakage is not caused even when the container is turned upside down. For this purpose, a surface of an absorber facing the rear face of a cover part is disposed apart from the cover part so as to form a space between the cover part and the absorber of a waste liquid holding container.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryohei Maruyama, Noriyuki Aoki, Shigeru Watanabe, Toshiro Sugiyama, Tsutomu Obata, Naoaki Wada, Ryuichi Kato, Kouhei Tokuda
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Patent number: 9855758Abstract: There is provided a print device including a wet liquid supply unit corresponding to a wider environmental range, with a simple and inexpensive configuration. Therefore, a valve that can change the volume is provided in a flow passage between an intermediate tank and a storing unit that stores liquid and that supplies the liquid to the intermediate tank.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki, Shigeru Watanabe, Toshiro Sugiyama, Naoaki Wada, Ryohei Maruyama, Ryuichi Kato, Kouhei Tokuda
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Patent number: 9829841Abstract: A fixing device includes a first supporting member that supports one of first and a second forming members that form a nip portion by sandwiching a recording medium, a second supporting member supporting the other of the first and second forming members, a first spring pressurizing the nip portion, a cam that rotates to relatively displace the first and second supporting members in a direction in which the nip portion is released, a rotating portion disposed at a position shifted from the cam in a rotation axis direction of the cam and rotating integrally with the cam, and a second spring exerting a force on the rotating portion in a direction opposite to a rotating direction of the cam according to the rotation of the cam when a state in which the nip portion is released transitions to a state in which the nip portion is formed.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeru Watanabe, Jun Sawamura, Takayuki Ukawa
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Publication number: 20170336739Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including a fixing member that transports a recording medium on which an image is transferred while nipping the recording medium to fix the image to the recording medium, a discharge member that discharges the recording medium by rotating forwardly, a guide member that guides the recording medium to a reverse transport path in which a front surface and a rear surface of the recording medium are reversed by coming in contact with the recording medium transported by the discharge member that reversely rotates, and a waving member that is disposed at a downstream side of the fixing member in the transport direction of the recording medium, and waves the recording medium transported by the fixing member in a width direction of the recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji OKABE, Shigeru WATANABE
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Publication number: 20170326759Abstract: The invention relates to molding of a roller in which a roller body is provided integrally on the outer periphery of an axial core member, and the objective of the invention is to prevent the generation of a thin burr, and damage to the die. In order to achieve this objective, a die is provided with a first split die and a second split die which can butt against one another or separate from one another at mutually-opposing parting surfaces. A roller body molding surface, a cavity being defined between the axial core member and the roller body molding surface when the mold is clamped; and recessed portions which are located at both end portions of the supporting portions and extend along the parting surfaces, and which are not in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the axial core member when the mold is clamped.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Shiro YASUNAGA, Shigeru WATANABE, Yuta SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20170312963Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to make it possible to shorten the time required for a burr removal step and make it difficult for the burrs to detach from a sheet member in a step for removing the burrs together with the sheet member. For removal, by making the burrs to adhere to a pliable sheet member such as paper or nonwoven fabric that has been incorporated beforehand in the molding die and stripping the sheet member from the molding die, the burrs are removed together with the sheet member. The present invention is characterized in that in order to make it difficult for the burrs to detach from the sheet member during the stripping, a radiused shape with an arc-shaped cross-section is formed by the molding die on the areas surrounding the sections where the burrs adhere to the sheet member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Bunpei YOSHIDA, Takeshi MASAKA, Shigeru WATANABE, Shun MURASAKI
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Publication number: 20170302104Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply, including a plurality of power supply units, a plurality of battery units and an information integration management unit. Each power supply unit belongs to one of an operating system and a standby system. Each battery unit belongs to one of a power failure standby system and a power failure backup system. The information integration management unit manages the power supply units and the battery units, by receiving an instruction from an externally connected management device, and setting each of the power supply units to be in the operating system or the standby system, and setting each of the battery units to be in the power failure standby system or the power failure backup system, in accordance with the received instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeru WATANABE, Kazuhiro IWAI, Asuka OHNO
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Patent number: 9773651Abstract: A high-purity copper sputtering target, wherein a Vickers hardness of a flange part of the target is in a range of 90 to 100 Hv, a Vickers hardness of an erosion part in the central area of the target is in a range of 55 to 70 Hv, and a crystal grain size of the erosion part is 80 ?m or less. This invention relates to a high-purity copper sputtering target that does not need to be bonded to a backing plate (BP), and aims to provide a high-purity copper sputtering target capable of forming a thin film having superior uniformity by enhancing a strength (hardness) of the flange part of the target, and reducing an amount of warpage of the target. Moreover, the uniformity of the film thickness is improved by adjusting the (111) orientation ratio of the erosion part and the flange part in the target.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2012Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals CorporationInventors: Takeo Okabe, Tomio Otsuki, Shigeru Watanabe
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Publication number: 20170248884Abstract: A fixing device includes a first supporting member that supports one of first and a second forming members that form a nip portion by sandwiching a recording medium, a second supporting member supporting the other of the first and second forming members, a first spring pressurizing the nip portion, a cam that rotates to relatively displace the first and second supporting members in a direction in which the nip portion is released, a rotating portion disposed at a position shifted from the cam in a rotation axis direction of the cam and rotating integrally with the cam, and a second spring exerting a force on the rotating portion in a direction opposite to a rotating direction of the cam according to the rotation of the cam when a state in which the nip portion is released transitions to a state in which the nip portion is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2016Publication date: August 31, 2017Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeru WATANABE, Jun SAWAMURA, Takayuki UKAWA
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Publication number: 20170129141Abstract: Provided is a structure in which an inserted article is easily inserted and a product is easily released from a die after molding. The structure includes a positioning mechanism which is vertically arranged on one split die, includes a positioning pin having a tapered distal end, and positions the inserted article by engaging the inserted article with the positioning pin, a stop mechanism that has a spring means assembled with the one split die and a stopper portion held by the spring means, and temporarily stops movement of the other split die when the other split die comes into contact with the stopper portion at the time of mold clamping, and a pressing mechanism that has a spring assembled with the other split die, a pusher pin, a spring assembled with the one split die, and a pusher pin, and elastically presses the inserted article by the pusher pin.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Takeshi MASAKA, Shigeru WATANABE
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Publication number: 20170087854Abstract: A supply apparatus includes a holder for a liquid container, a link coupled to the holder, an operation handle rotatably coupled to the link, an engaging portion and a rotation restriction unit. The operation handle operate connection and disconnection of the liquid container to and from a supplying portion by rotation with respect to the link. The engaging portion maintains a connection state between the supplying portion and the liquid container by engaging with the operation handle. The unit can restrict rotation of the operation handle when the engaging portion and the operation handle are in a disengaged state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Toshiro Sugiyama, Noriyuki Aoki, Shigeru Watanabe, Tsutomu Obata, Naoaki Wada, Ryohei Maruyama, Ryuichi Kato, Kouhei Tokuda
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Publication number: 20170087851Abstract: There is provided a print device including a wet liquid supply unit corresponding to a wider environmental range, with a simple and inexpensive configuration. Therefore, a valve that can change the volume is provided in a flow passage between an intermediate tank and a storing unit that stores liquid and that supplies the liquid to the intermediate tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Tsutomu Obata, Noriyuki Aoki, Shigeru Watanabe, Toshiro Sugiyama, Naoaki Wada, Ryohei Maruyama, Ryuichi Kato, Kouhei Tokuda
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Publication number: 20170090400Abstract: Provided is a liquid holding container in which waste liquid leakage is not caused even when the container is turned upside down. For this purpose, a surface of an absorber facing the rear face of a cover part is disposed apart from the cover part so as to form a space between the cover part and the absorber of a waste liquid holding container.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Ryohei Maruyama, Noriyuki Aoki, Shigeru Watanabe, Toshiro Sugiyama, Tsutomu Obata, Naoaki Wada, Ryuichi Kato, Kouhei Tokuda
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Patent number: 9562609Abstract: The invention provides a plate-integrated gasket which can reduce a width necessary for installing seal members provided in a plurality of plates which are laminated on each other, and can achieve an improvement of productivity. In order to achieve this purpose, in the plate-integrated gasket, one plate and the other plate are laminated on each other, an outer peripheral surface of the one plate is fitted or loosely fitted to a stepped surface which is formed in the other plate, and a seal member made of an elastic material having a rubber-like elasticity is integrally formed astride both of the one plate and the other plate, and has a fixed portion filled in a seal fixing groove which is formed between the one plate and the other plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2012Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: NOK CorporationInventors: Toshihiro Shimazoe, Shigeru Watanabe
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Patent number: 9500166Abstract: Provided is an intake noise reduction device that can suppress an occurrence of noise in an intake pipe. An intake noise reduction device (100) disposed on a downstream side of a throttle valve in an intake pipe and including a flow-guiding net (110) that guides an air flow, wherein the flow-guiding net includes a mesh that is configured to be fine in a vicinity of a center of a flow passage in the intake pipe and to become coarser with distance from the vicinity of the center. For example, the mesh flow-guiding net (110) is formed of a plurality of radial portions (111) extending radially outward from the vicinity of the center of the flow passage in the intake pipe and a plurality of concentric portions (112) provided concentrically from the vicinity of the center.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Shuji Yoshitsune, Shigeru Watanabe, Masahiko Inoue, Norimasa Hosonuma
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Publication number: 20160288390Abstract: In order to achieve lower costs in a molding apparatus using a mold by reducing mold cleaning steps following releasing of the product from the mold and shortening the molding cycle, the apparatus is equipped with a plurality of fixed molds and movable molds which are heated to the temperature necessary to harden a molding material and come together by means of clamping to form a cavity, and a non-heated cold runner which supplies the molding material from an injection device to the interior of the cavity via a gate opened in the movable mold, the fixed molds and movable molds being movable between an injection stage where the injection device and cold runner (32) are present and an opening stage near the injection stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2014Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Shotaro KOGA, Tetsuya URAKAWA, Takeshi MASAKA, Yoshihiro KURANO, Shigeru WATANABE, Toshihiro SHIMAZOE