Patents by Inventor Suguru MATSUNAE

Suguru MATSUNAE 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).

  • Powder transport device and powder using apparatus
    Patent number: 11392060
    Abstract: A powder transport device includes a transport unit, a spiral first transport member, and a first driving unit. The transport unit has a transport path. The first transport member is rotatably disposed in the transport path and rotates forward to transport powder. The first driving unit drives the first transport member to rotate. The first driving unit rotates the first transport member in reverse when both (i) a non-operation time during which the first transport member is not rotated and (ii) detection information on a temperature satisfy a condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Suguru Matsunae
  • POWDER TRANSPORT DEVICE, DEVELOPING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20220221809
    Abstract: A powder transport device includes: a storage part that stores powder; a transport member disposed in the storage part, the transport member extending in an axial direction and rotating to transport the powder in the storage part in the axial direction; and a swing member supported by the transport member so as to be rotated by the rotation of the transport member, the swing member swinging in a direction different from the axial direction while rotating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hirokazu ICHIHARA, Hirohisa HOSHINO, Suguru MATSUNAE, Taichi YAMADA
  • POWDER TRANSPORT DEVICE AND POWDER USING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20210302875
    Abstract: A powder transport device includes a transport unit, a spiral first transport member, and a first driving unit. The transport unit has a transport path. The first transport member is rotatably disposed in the transport path and rotates forward to transport powder. The first driving unit drives the first transport member to rotate. The first driving unit rotates the first transport member in reverse when both (i) a non-operation time during which the first transport member is not rotated and (ii) detection information on a temperature satisfy a condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventor: Suguru MATSUNAE
  • TERMINAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200310342
    Abstract: A terminal connection structure between a first device to be detachably attached for use and a second device having a mounting section to which the first device is to be detachably attached includes: at least one connection terminal provided in the first device; and at least one connection target terminal that is provided in the second device and comes into contact with the connection terminal in an electrically conductive manner when the first device is attached to the mounting section, one of the connection terminal and the connection target terminal having a structure including a plurality of contact portions to be in contact with the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suguru MATSUNAE, Yuta HOSHINO