Patents by Inventor Shoji Asanuma

Shoji Asanuma 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: 10935929
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device; a fixing device; a first conveyance passage downstream from the fixing device in a sheet conveyance direction; a second conveyance passage downstream from the fixing device and communicating with the first conveyance passage; a sheet reversing member to reverse a conveyance direction of the sheet to the second conveyance passage; a divider to switch a route of the sheet between the first conveyance passage and the second conveyance passage; and a sheet detection sensor disposed downstream from the fixing device and upstream from the divider. The first conveyance passage includes a sheet outlet from which the sheet is ejected outside the apparatus. The apparatus further includes a ventilation passage communicating with an outside, to guide air from the outside to pass the sheet detection sensor and enter at least one of the first conveyance passage and the second conveyance passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Tanaka, Shoji Asanuma, Taiga Shoen, Yoshihide Ohta, Akimitsu Obana, Makoto Kikura
  • Patent number: 10761477
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body including a body side connector and a removable unit removably inserted in the apparatus body. The removable unit includes a unit side connector configured to engage with the body side connector in conjunction with insertion of the removable unit into and from the apparatus body in an insertion direction and disengage from the body side connector in conjunction with removal of the removable unit from the apparatus body in a removal direction. The apparatus further includes a first holder and a second holder. The first holder holds the body side connector and restrict the body side connector from moving in the insertion direction and the removal direction relative to the first holder. The second holder holds the first holder and restrict the first holder from moving in a direction different from the insertion direction and the removal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Ohta, Makoto Kikura, Shoji Asanuma, Akimitsu Obana, Tomoya Tanaka, Taiga Shoen
  • Publication number: 20200133195
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body including a body side connector and a removable unit removably inserted in the apparatus body. The removable unit includes a unit side connector configured to engage with the body side connector in conjunction with insertion of the removable unit into and from the apparatus body in an insertion direction and disengage from the body side connector in conjunction with removal of the removable unit from the apparatus body in a removal direction. The apparatus further includes a first holder and a second holder. The first holder holds the body side connector and restrict the body side connector from moving in the insertion direction and the removal direction relative to the first holder. The second holder holds the first holder and restrict the first holder from moving in a direction different from the insertion direction and the removal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihide OHTA, Makoto KIKURA, Shoji ASANUMA, Akimitsu OBANA, Tomoya TANAKA, Taiga SHOEN
  • Publication number: 20200103823
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device; a fixing device; a first conveyance passage downstream from the fixing device in a sheet conveyance direction; a second conveyance passage downstream from the fixing device and communicating with the first conveyance passage; a sheet reversing member to reverse a conveyance direction of the sheet to the second conveyance passage; a divider to switch a route of the sheet between the first conveyance passage and the second conveyance passage; and a sheet detection sensor disposed downstream from the fixing device and upstream from the divider. The first conveyance passage includes a sheet outlet from which the sheet is ejected outside the apparatus. The apparatus further includes a ventilation passage communicating with an outside, to guide air from the outside to pass the sheet detection sensor and enter at least one of the first conveyance passage and the second conveyance passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya TANAKA, Shoji ASANUMA, Taiga SHOEN, Yoshihide OHTA, Akimitsu OBANA, Makoto KIKURA
  • Patent number: 10599091
    Abstract: A cabinet includes a first body side engagement and a second body side engagement mounted on a body and a first cover side engagement and a second cover side engagement mounted on a cover. Slide restriction faces of the first cover side engagement and the second cover side engagement come into contact with slide restriction faces of the first body side engagement and the second body side engagement, respectively, to restrict sliding of a slider when the first cover side engagement does not engage the first body side engagement. The slide restriction face of at least one of the first body side engagement and the first cover side engagement has a length that is greater than a length of the slide restriction face of other one of the first body side engagement, the first cover side engagement, the second body side engagement, and the second cover side engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Kikura, Yoshihide Ohta, Shoji Asanuma, Gakushi Tanaka, Tomoya Tanaka, Akimitsu Obana, Taiga Shoen
  • Publication number: 20190227478
    Abstract: A cabinet includes a first body side engagement and a second body side engagement mounted on a body and a first cover side engagement and a second cover side engagement mounted on a cover. Slide restriction faces of the first cover side engagement and the second cover side engagement come into contact with slide restriction faces of the first body side engagement and the second body side engagement, respectively, to restrict sliding of a slider when the first cover side engagement does not engage the first body side engagement. The slide restriction face of at least one of the first body side engagement and the first cover side engagement has a length that is greater than a length of the slide restriction face of other one of the first body side engagement, the first cover side engagement, the second body side engagement, and the second cover side engagement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Kikura, Yoshihide Ohta, Shoji Asanuma, Gakushi Tanaka, Tomoya Tanaka, Akimitsu Obana, Taiga Shoen
  • Patent number: 9711125
    Abstract: A sound absorbing device including a Helmholtz resonator having a projection part which includes a shape of protruding from an outer wall surface of a communicating part forming plate among the communicating part forming plate and a cavity forming member that are cavity part forming members forming a cavity part of the Helmholtz resonator, and surrounding an opening of a communicating part that causes the cavity part to communicate with the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kouta Hirakawa, Junichi Murano, Shoji Asanuma, Toshihiro Shimada, Tsuyoshi Endo, Hiroki Ishimitsu, Masahiro Ishida, Naoki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 9527321
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises: a shielding object that is arranged at least in a plurality of directions and shields noise; and a Helmholtz silencer that is arranged in a direction where the shielding object does not exist, the shielding object and the silencer being arranged with respect to a noise source causing noise such as a driving source that is arranged inside an apparatus body, wherein a neck portion of the Helmholtz silencer is directed to the noise source, a plurality of such Helmholtz silencers are provided to correspond to at least two kinds of frequencies, and installed number of the Helmholtz silencers corresponding to at least two kinds of the frequencies respectively, is made different depending on a distance from the noise source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Junichi Kawase, Junichi Murano, Shoji Asanuma, Toshihiro Shimada, Kouta Hirakawa, Tsuyoshi Endo, Hiroki Ishimitsu, Masahiro Ishida, Naoki Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20160300558
    Abstract: A sound absorbing device including a Helmholtz resonator having a projection part which includes a shape of protruding from an outer wall surface of a communicating part forming plate among the communicating part forming plate and a cavity forming member that are cavity part forming members forming a cavity part of the Helmholtz resonator, and surrounding an opening of a communicating part that causes the cavity part to communicate with the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouta Hirakawa, Junichi MURANO, Shoji ASANUMA, Toshihiro SHIMADA, Tsuyoshi ENDO, Hiroki ISHIMITSU, Masahiro ISHIDA, Naoki MATSUDA
  • Patent number: 9389574
    Abstract: A sound absorbing device including a Helmholtz resonator also includes a projection part having a shape of protruding from an outer wall surface of a communicating part forming plate among the communicating part forming plate and a cavity forming member that are cavity part forming members forming a cavity part of the Helmholtz resonator, and surrounding an opening of a communicating part that causes the cavity part to communicate with the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kouta Hirakawa, Junichi Murano, Shoji Asanuma, Toshihiro Shimada, Tsuyoshi Endo, Hiroki Ishimitsu, Masahiro Ishida, Naoki Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20150343816
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises: a shielding object that is arranged at least in a plurality of directions and shields noise; and a Helmholtz silencer that is arranged in a direction where the shielding object does not exist, the shielding object and the silencer being arranged with respect to a noise source causing noise such as a driving source that is arranged inside an apparatus body, wherein a neck portion of the Helmholtz silencer is directed to the noise source, a plurality of such Helmholtz silencers are provided to correspond to at least two kinds of frequencies, and installed number of the Helmholtz silencers corresponding to at least two kinds of the frequencies respectively, is made different depending on a distance from the noise source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Junichi KAWASE, Junichi MURANO, Shoji ASANUMA, Toshihiro SHIMADA, Kouta HIRAKAWA, Tsuyoshi ENDO, Hiroki ISHIMITSU, Masahiro ISHIDA, Naoki MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20150243274
    Abstract: A sound absorbing device including a Helmholtz resonator also includes a projection part having a shape of protruding from an outer wall surface of a communicating part forming plate among the communicating part forming plate and a cavity forming member that are cavity part forming members forming a cavity part of the Helmholtz resonator, and surrounding an opening of a communicating part that causes the cavity part to communicate with the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kouta HIRAKAWA, Junichi MURANO, Shoji ASANUMA, Toshihiro SHIMADA, Tsuyoshi ENDO, Hiroki ISHIMITSU, Masahiro ISHIDA, Naoki MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20100149299
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus provides an improved printing speed and improved convenience of use. A recording head discharges droplets of a recording liquid onto a paper so as to form an image on the paper. A belt conveyance mechanism has a belt onto which the paper is electrostatically attached. The paper attached onto the belt is conveyed in a direction perpendicular to a carding direction of the paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Hajime NISHIDA, Manabu Nonaka, Eiki Yoshimizu, Shinichiro Naruse, Yasuhiro Kawashima, Hideki Sueoka, Tetsu Morino, Kazumasa Ishikawa, Yasunobu Youda, Akihiro Fujita, Shoji Asanuma, Masatoshi Sakakitani, Taku Kudoh, Shigeyuki Ito, Yohzoh Dohki, Koji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7712892
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus provides an improved printing speed and improved convenience of use. A recording head discharges droplets of a recording liquid onto a paper so as to form an image on the paper. A belt conveyance mechanism has a belt onto which the paper is electrostatically attached. The paper attached onto the belt is conveyed in a direction perpendicular to a carding direction of the paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Nishida, Manabu Nonaka, Eiki Yoshimizu, Shinichiro Naruse, Yasuhiro Kawashima, Hideki Sueoka, Tetsu Morino, Kazumasa Ishikawa, Yasunobu Youda, Akihiro Fujita, Shoji Asanuma, Masatoshi Sakakitani, Taku Kudoh, Shigeyuki Ito, Yohzoh Dohki, Koji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7614740
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body having an image forming part that forms an image by scanning a recording head discharging droplets of a recording liquid. A paper eject part is located in an upper portion of the apparatus body for stacking recording papers having the image formed thereon by the image forming part. An image reading part is located above the paper eject part. The apparatus body accommodates a maintenance and recovery mechanism and a waste discharge receiving part therein on both ends of a scanning range of the recording head. An outer covering of the apparatus body has a shape in which a portion corresponding to at least one of the maintenance and recovery mechanism and the waste discharge receiving part is recessed relative to other portions of the outer covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoji Asanuma
  • Patent number: 7578589
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided with a openable/closable conveyance cover enabling exposure of a recording paper conveyance path on which recording paper is conveyed, on a top of a printer part carrying out recording on the recording paper, and has a conveyance cover lock part configured to fix a state in which the conveyance cover is opened, when recording paper jam occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoji Asanuma
  • Patent number: 7505714
    Abstract: In an image forming device comprising an image forming part forming an image on a recording sheet, a sheet ejection part provided above the image forming part and stacking the recording sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming part, and an image reading part provided above the sheet ejection part and reading an image of an original document, the sheet ejection part is provided with a cover which is capable of being opened or closed to the sheet ejection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Asanuma, Shuji Tanaka, Manabu Nonaka, Kazumasa Ishikawa, Taku Kudoh, Hajime Nishida, Akihiro Fujita, Yasuhiro Kawashima, Kenji Kameyama, Yasunobu Youda, Eiki Yoshimizu, Shinichiro Naruse, Yohzoh Dohki, Shigeyuki Ito
  • Patent number: 7431422
    Abstract: A head cleaner is disclosed that includes a blade that has a top face and wipes the nozzle face of a liquid droplet ejecting head that ejects liquid droplets from nozzles, and a cleaning part that cleans the top face of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Asanuma, Manabu Nonaka, Hajime Nishida, Akihiro Fujita, Eiki Yoshimizu, Shinichiro Naruse, Yasuhiro Kawashima, Taku Kudoh, Kazumasa Ishikawa, Yohzoh Dohki, Shigeyuki Ito
  • Patent number: 7380931
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a carriage having a printing head and moving in a main scanning direction, an exterior cover, and a detection part configured to detect an opening or closing state of the exterior cover. The carriage is returned to a home position when opening of the exterior cover is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoji Asanuma
  • Publication number: 20060187258
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body having an image forming part that forms an image by scanning a recording head discharging droplets of a recording liquid. A paper eject part is located in an upper portion of the apparatus body for stacking recording papers having the image formed thereon by the image forming part. An image reading part is located above the paper eject part. The apparatus body accommodates a maintenance and recovery mechanism and a waste discharge receiving part therein on both ends of a scanning range of the recording head. An outer covering of the apparatus body has a shape in which a portion corresponding to at least one of the maintenance and recovery mechanism and the waste discharge receiving part is recessed relative to other portions of the outer covering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventor: Shoji Asanuma