Patents by Inventor Shinji Takagi

Shinji Takagi 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: 8664799
    Abstract: An apparatus which has a load that consumes a predetermined amount of electric power per unit time includes a power source circuit configured to generate a voltage for driving the load, a capacitor which is connected to a supply line for supplying electric power to the load from the power source circuit and configured to stabilize a potential of the load, a first supply circuit which can supply electric power smaller than the predetermined amount to the capacitor and can discharge a charge from the capacitor, a second supply circuit which can supply electric power larger than the predetermined amount to the capacitor, a switch circuit configured to operate each of the first supply circuit and the second supply circuit, and a holding circuit configured to hold information based on the operation of the first supply circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasufumi Ogasawara, Yuichi Naoi, Shinji Takagi
  • Patent number: 8632931
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photosensitive member obtained by providing an intermediate layer and a photosensitive layer on a conductive support in the stated order, the electrophotographic photosensitive member being characterized in that the intermediate layer contains a specific polyolefin resin and a specific organic electron-transporting substance, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each having the electrophotographic photosensitive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sekido, Hideaki Nagasaka, Michiyo Sekiya, Shinji Takagi
  • Patent number: 8546050
    Abstract: The present invention is an electrophotographic photosensitive member including a conductive support, an intermediate layer which is placed on the conductive support, and a photosensitive layer which is placed on the intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate layer comprises a metal-oxide particle and a compound having a structure represented by the following formula (1):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiro Maruyama, Kunihiko Sekido, Michiyo Sekiya, Hideaki Nagasaka, Shinji Takagi
  • Patent number: 8524429
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photosensitive member obtained by providing an intermediate layer and a photosensitive layer on a conductive support in the stated order, the electrophotographic photosensitive member being characterized in that the intermediate layer contains a specific polyolefin resin and a specific organic electron-transporting substance, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each having the electrophotographic photosensitive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaishi
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sekido, Hideaki Nagasaka, Michiyo Sekiya, Shinji Takagi
  • Patent number: 8524430
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photosensitive member obtained by providing, on a conductive support, a conductive layer containing conductive particles having a volume-average particle diameter of 0.1 ?m or more, an intermediate layer, and a photosensitive layer in the stated order in which the conductive layer contains a polyolefin resin containing a specific repeating structural unit at a specific ratio, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each having the electrophotographic photosensitive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinji Takagi, Hideaki Nagasaka, Kunihiko Sekido, Michiyo Sekiya
  • Patent number: 8524431
    Abstract: The electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a conductive support and an intermediate layer, a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, which are provided on the conductive support in this order. The intermediate layer contains an ethylene-acrylic acid binary copolymer and a polyolefin resin in which repeating structural units are contained in a particular ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideaki Nagasaka, Kunihiko Sekido, Shinji Takagi, Akihiro Maruyama, Michiyo Sekiya
  • Patent number: 8507162
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member comprises a conductive support, an intermediate layer provided on the conductive support, and a photosensitive layer provided on the intermediate layer, in which at least one of the intermediate layer and the photosensitive layer comprises a compound represented by the following formula (1):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiro Maruyama, Kunihiko Sekido, Hideaki Nagasaka, Shinji Takagi
  • Patent number: 8470504
    Abstract: The electrophotographic photosensitive member contains a support; and a first intermediate layer, a second intermediate layer and a photosensitive layer which are provided on the support in this order, in which the second intermediate layer contains a polyolefin resin and a metal oxide particle having a volume-average particle diameter of 20 nm or less, and the first intermediate layer contains a metal oxide particle, and the volume-average particle diameter of the metal oxide particle contained in the first intermediate layer is 10 times or more to 200 times or less as large as the volume average particle diameter of the metal oxide particle contained in the second intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michiyo Sekiya, Hideaki Nagasaka, Kunihiko Sekido, Shinji Takagi, Akihiro Maruyama
  • Patent number: 8465889
    Abstract: To provide an electrophotographic photosensitive member that can reproduce good images with less positive ghost and also has a good photosensitivity, the electrophotographic photosensitive member is incorporated in its photosensitive layer with a copolymer having a repeating structural unit represented by the formula (1) and a repeating structural unit represented by the formula (2), or a copolymer having a repeating structural unit represented by the formula (1) and a repeating structural unit represented by the formula (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sekido, Hideaki Nagasaka, Michiyo Sekiya, Shinji Takagi, Akihiro Maruyama
  • Patent number: 8435706
    Abstract: To provide an electrophotographic photosensitive member that can reproduce good images with less positive ghost and also has a good photosensitivity, the electrophotographic photosensitive member is incorporated in its photosensitive layer with a copolymer having a repeating structural unit represented by the formula (1) and a repeating structural unit represented by the formula (2), or a copolymer having a repeating structural unit represented by the formula (1) and a repeating structural unit represented by the formula (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sekido, Hideaki Nagasaka, Michiyo Sekiya, Shinji Takagi, Akihiro Maruyama
  • Patent number: 8343699
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member having a conductive support, an intermediate layer provided on the conductive support, and a photosensitive layer provided on the intermediate layer in which the intermediate layer contains a polyolefin resin containing a specific component at a specific mass ratio, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each having the electrophotographic photosensitive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideaki Nagasaka, Kunihiko Sekido, Michiyo Sekiya, Shinji Takagi
  • Publication number: 20120230727
    Abstract: An undercoat layer of an electrophotographic photosensitive member contains a polymer having a specific repeating structural unit in order to provide an electrophotographic photosensitive member that suppresses positive ghost, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus having the electrophotographic photosensitive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sekido, Michiyo Sekiya, Akihiro Maruyama, Shinji Takagi, Hideaki Nagasaka
  • Publication number: 20120107735
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member comprises a conductive support, an intermediate layer provided on the conductive support, and a photosensitive layer provided on the intermediate layer, in which at least one of the intermediate layer and the photosensitive layer comprises a compound represented by the following formula (1):
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiro Maruyama, Kunihiko Sekido, Hideaki Nagasaka, Shinji Takagi
  • Publication number: 20120052423
    Abstract: The present invention is an electrophotographic photosensitive member including a conductive support, an intermediate layer which is placed on the conductive support, and a photosensitive layer which is placed on the intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate layer comprises a metal-oxide particle and a compound having a structure represented by the following formula (1):
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiro Maruyama, Kunihiko Sekido, Michiyo Sekiya, Hideaki Nagasaka, Shinji Takagi
  • Publication number: 20110273507
    Abstract: This invention is directed to real time detection of occurrence of a transfer error and feedback of the detection result to a printing apparatus in consideration of a possible risk that a signal transfer error occurs on a transfer path that becomes longer as the printhead is elongated. To accomplish this, in a printhead configured by cascade-connecting a plurality of element substrates, information of a transfer error detected in real time in each element substrate during transfer of a print data signal is output to an element substrate on the next stage by taking account of information input from an element substrate on the preceding stage. Information containing pieces of information from all element substrates is output from an element substrate on the final stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidenori Yamato, Tatsuo Furukawa, Nobuyuki Hirayama, Ryo Kasai, Kimiyuki Hayasaki, Shinji Takagi
  • Publication number: 20110268472
    Abstract: To provide an electrophotographic photosensitive member that can reproduce good images with less positive ghost and also has a good photosensitivity, the electrophotographic photosensitive member is incorporated in its photosensitive layer with a copolymer having a repeating structural unit represented by the formula (1) and a repeating structural unit represented by the formula (2), or a copolymer having a repeating structural unit represented by the formula (1) and a repeating structural unit represented by the formula (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sekido, Hideaki Nagasaka, Michiyo Sekiya, Shinji Takagi, Akihiro Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20110143273
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photosensitive member obtained by providing an intermediate layer and a photosensitive layer on a conductive support in the stated order, the electrophotographic photosensitive member being characterized in that the intermediate layer contains a specific polyolefin resin and a specific organic electron-transporting substance, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each having the electrophotographic photosensitive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sekido, Hideaki Nagasaka, Michiyo Sekiya, Shinji Takagi
  • Publication number: 20110104599
    Abstract: The electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support; an intermediate layer, a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer which are provided on a conductive support in this order, in which the intermediate layer contains an ethylene-acrylic acid binary copolymer and a polyolefin resin in which repeating structural units are contained in a particular ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideaki Nagasaka, Kunihiko Sekido, Shinji Takagi, Akihiro Maruyama, Michiyo Sekiya
  • Publication number: 20110104597
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member having a conductive support, an intermediate layer provided on the conductive support, and a photosensitive layer provided on the intermediate layer in which the intermediate layer contains a polyolefin resin containing a specific component at a specific mass ratio, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each having the electrophotographic photosensitive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideaki Nagasaka, Kunihiko Sekido, Michiyo Sekiya, Shinji Takagi
  • Publication number: 20110104598
    Abstract: The electrophotographic photosensitive member contains a support; and a first intermediate layer, a second intermediate layer and a photosensitive layer which are provided on the support in this order, in which the second intermediate layer contains a polyolefin resin and a metal oxide particle having a volume-average particle diameter of 20 nm or less, and the first intermediate layer contains a metal oxide particle, and the volume-average particle diameter of the metal oxide particle contained in the first intermediate layer is 10 times or more to 200 times or less as large as the volume average particle diameter of the metal oxide particle contained in the second intermediate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michiyo Sekiya, Hideaki Nagasaka, Kunihiko Sekido, Shinji Takagi, Akihiro Maruyama