Patents by Inventor Syuichi Watanabe

Syuichi 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).

  • Patent number: 6819904
    Abstract: An image heating device having a predetermined amount of heat generation with a small electric current. The device includes a heat-generating roller (1) having magnetism and conductivity, an exciting coil (5) opposed to the peripheral face of the heat-generating roller (1) and adapted for allowing the heat-generating roller (1) to generate heat with electromagnetic induction. The exciting coil (5) is composed of a bundle of 60 copper wires of a 0.2 mm diameter are extended in the direction of the rotation axis of the heat-generating roller (1) and they are circumferentially wound along the circumferential direction of the heat-generating roller (1). The bundled wires are arranged in close contact with each other in the circumferential direction of the heat-generating roller (1) so as to cover the upper half of the heat-generating roller (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Terada, Masaru Imai, Hideki Tatematsu, Akinori Toyoda, Kenji Asakura, Syuichi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6757513
    Abstract: An image heating device having a predetermined amount of heat generation with a small electric current. The device comprises a heat-generating roller (1) having magnetism and conductivity, an exciting coil (5) opposed to the peripheral face of the heat-generating roller (1) and adapted for allowing the heat-generating roller (1) to generate heat with electromagnetic induction. The exciting coil (5) is composed of a bundle of 60 copper wires of a 0.2 mm diameter are extended in the direction of the rotation axis of the heat-generating roller (1) and they are circumferentially wound along the circumferential direction of the heat-generating roller (1). The bundled wires are arranged in close contact with each other in the circumferential direction of the heat-generating roller (1) so as to cover the upper half of the heat-generating roller (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Terada, Masaru Imai, Hideki Tatematsu, Akinori Toyoda, Kenji Asakura, Syuichi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20040081490
    Abstract: An image heating device having a predetermined amount of heat generation with a small electric current. The device comprises a heat-generating roller (1) having magnetism and conductivity, an exciting coil (5) opposed to the peripheral face of the heat-generating roller (1) and adapted for allowing the heat-generating roller (1) to generate heat with electromagnetic induction. The exciting coil (5) is composed of a bundle of 60 copper wires of a 0.2 mm diameter are extended in the direction of the rotation axis of the heat-generating roller (1) and they are circumferentially wound along the circumferential direction of the heat-generating roller (1). The bundled wires are arranged in close contact with each other in the circumferential direction of the heat-generating roller (1) so as to cover the upper half of the heat-generating roller (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Terada, Masaru Imai, Hideki Tatematsu, Akinori Toyoda, Kenji Asakura, Syuichi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6678498
    Abstract: An image heating device having a predetermined amount of heat generation with a small electric current. The device includes a heat-generating roller (1) having magnetism and conductivity, an exciting coil (5) opposed to the peripheral face of the heat-generating roller (1) and adapted for allowing the heat-generating roller (1) to generate heat with electromagnetic induction. The exciting coil (5) is composed of a bundle of 60 copper wires of a 0.2 mm diameter are extended in the direction of the rotation axis of the heat-generating roller (1) and they are circumferentially wound along the circumferential direction of the heat-generating roller (1). The bundled wires are arranged in close contact with each other in the circumferential direction of the heat-generating roller (1) so as to cover the upper half of the heat-generating roller (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Terada, Masaru Imai, Hideki Tatematsu, Akinori Toyoda, Kenji Asakura, Syuichi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6625417
    Abstract: An image heating device having a predetermined amount of heat generation with a small electric current. The device has a heat-generating roller having magnetism and conductivity, and an exciting coil opposed to the peripheral face of the heat-generating roller and adapted for allowing the heat-generating roller to generate heat with electromagnetic induction. The exciting coil is composed of a bundle of copper wires extended in the direction of the rotation axis of the heat generating roller. The wires are circumferentially wound along the circumferential direction of the heat-generating roller. The bundled wires are arranged in close contact with each other in the circumferential direction of the heat-generating roller so as to cover the upper half of the heat-generating roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Terada, Masaru Imai, Hideki Tatematsu, Akinori Toyoda, Kenji Asakura, Syuichi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20030170055
    Abstract: An image heating device having a predetermined amount of heat generation with a small electric current. The device comprises a heat-generating roller (1) having magnetism and conductivity, an exciting coil (5) opposed to the peripheral face of the heat-generating roller (1) and adapted for allowing the heat-generating roller (1) to generate heat with electromagnetic induction. The exciting coil (5) is composed of a bundle of 60 copper wires of a 0.2 mm diameter are extended in the direction of the rotation axis of the heat-generating roller (1) and they are circumferentially wound along the circumferential direction of the heat-generating roller (1). The bundled wires are arranged in close contact with each other in the circumferential, direction of the heat-generating roller (1) so as to cover the upper half of the heat-generating roller (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Terada, Masaru Imai, Hideki Tatematsu, Akinori Toyoda, Kenji Asakura, Syuichi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20030152406
    Abstract: An image heating device having a predetermined amount of heat generation with a small electric current. The device comprises a heat-generating roller (1) having magnetism and conductivity, an exciting coil (5) opposed to the peripheral face of the heat-generating roller (1) and adapted for allowing the heat-generating roller (1) to generate heat with electromagnetic induction. The exciting coil (5) is composed of a bundle of 60 copper wires of a 0.2 mm diameter are extended in the direction of the rotation axis of the heat-generating roller (1) and they are circumferentially wound along the circumferential direction of the heat-generating roller (1). The bundled wires are arranged in close contact with each other in the circumferential direction of the heat-generating roller (1) so as to cover the upper half of the heat-generating roller (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Terada, Masaru Imai, Hideki Tatematsu, Akinori Toyoda, Kenji Asakura, Syuichi Watanabe