Patents by Inventor Shoukou Gon

Shoukou Gon 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).

  • Heat fixing device and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 6907221
    Abstract: A heat fixing device for heat fixing a toner image to a receiving medium having a pair of fixing belts in an endless form; a pair of rotary members individually disposed on a respective inside circumference of the fixing belts and pressed against each other via the fixing belts; a pair of fixing members individually disposed on the respective inside circumference of the fixing belts and pressed against each other via the fixing belts; and a heating element for heating at least one of the fixing belts, wherein the fixing belts contact the rotary members and the fixing members only at a respective portion thereof via which the respective pair of rotary members and fixing members are pressed against each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Minolta Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Tanino, Yasuhiro Ohno, Shoukou Gon, Kazuo Mohri, Masami Miyazaki, Makoto Fujii, Eiichi Sano
  • Heat fixing device and image forming apparatus
    Publication number: 20040161271
    Abstract: A heat fixing device for heat fixing a toner image to a receiving medium comprises: a pair of fixing belts in an endless form; a pair of rotary members individually disposed on a respective inside circumference of the fixing belts and pressed against each other via the fixing belts; a pair of fixing members individually disposed on the respective inside circumference of the fixing belts and pressed against each other via the fixing belts; and a heating element for heating at least one of the fixing belts, wherein the fixing belts contact the rotary members and the fixing members only at a respective portion thereof via which the respective pair of rotary members and fixing members are pressed against each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicant: Minolta Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Tanino, Yasuhiro Ohno, Shoukou Gon, Kazuo Mohri, Masami Miyazaki, Makoto Fujii, Eiichi Sano
  • Image forming apparatus that can operate during malfunction
    Patent number: 6026254
    Abstract: In image forming apparatus pertaining to the present invention, after a malfunction is detected, the control of the image forming apparatus is carried out while isolating the malfunctioning device from said control, so that the image forming operation can be performed. It is determined whether a condition governing continued image forming exists during said isolating control. If said certain condition does not exist, the image forming operation is allowed to continue. Where said certain condition does exist, the image forming operation is suspended and subsequent image forming operations are prohibited, or a maintenance call request is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoukou Gon