Patents by Inventor Takeshi Sugita
Takeshi Sugita 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).
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Publication number: 20230221662Abstract: An image forming apparatus is capable of being attached with a toner supply container. The toner supply container stores a toner that is to be supplied to a developing portion. An attachment location of the toner supply container isbelow a light scanning portion in a vertical direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Kazushi Suzuki, Takeshi Sugita, Tamotsu Kaneko, Hisahiro Saito, Yoichiro Maebashi
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Patent number: 11630403Abstract: An image forming apparatus is capable of being attached with a toner supply container. The toner supply container stores a toner that is to be supplied to a developing portion. An attachment location of the toner supply container is below a light scanning portion in a vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazushi Suzuki, Takeshi Sugita, Tamotsu Kaneko, Hisahiro Saito, Yoichiro Maebashi
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Publication number: 20210223718Abstract: An image forming apparatus is capable of being attached with a toner supply container. The toner supply container stores a toner that is to be supplied to a developing portion. An attachment location of the toner supply container isbelow a light scanning portion in a vertical direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Kazushi Suzuki, Takeshi Sugita, Tamotsu Kaneko, Hisahiro Saito, Yoichiro Maebashi
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Patent number: 11009812Abstract: An image forming apparatus is capable of being attached with a toner supply container. The toner supply container stores a toner that is to be supplied to a developing portion. An attachment location of the toner supply container is below a light scanning portion in a vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazushi Suzuki, Takeshi Sugita, Tamotsu Kaneko, Hisahiro Saito, Yoichiro Maebashi
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Publication number: 20200406577Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a honeycomb core by a domed bonding layer, a bonding sheet is, upon bonding of each cell, heated with hot air to form a uniform bonding layer on an end surface of each honeycomb cell, thereby providing a lightweight honeycomb core having stable strength. In the method for manufacturing the honeycomb core, a technique including the doming step of pumping, when bonding molding is performed for a core in which multiple ribs are connected to form an assembly of cells by means of a flat thermally-weldable bonding sheet laid on an upper surface of the core, upward hot air upwardly into the cells to form a dome-shaped bonding layer at the bonding sheet on an upper surface of each cell, the rupturing step of pumping downward hot air from above to the vicinity of the top of the dome-shaped bonding layer to rupture the bonding layer, and the thermal welding step of forming a uniform bonding layer on upper edge portions of the cells by means of meltability and surface tension.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2018Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: TEC Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takeshi SUGITA
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Publication number: 20190377283Abstract: An image forming apparatus is capable of being attached with a toner supply container. The toner supply container stores a toner that is to be supplied to a developing portion. An attachment location of the toner supply container is below a light scanning portion in a vertical direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2018Publication date: December 12, 2019Inventors: Kazushi Suzuki, Takeshi Sugita, Tamotsu Kaneko, Hisahiro Saito, Yoichiro Maebashi
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Publication number: 20190337046Abstract: The present invention is provided focusing on a servo press configured to enable high-speed/high-accuracy operation by numeric value control in the method for manufacturing an arc-shaped coil spring. The present invention provides a manufacturing method and a manufacturing device configured so that the curvature of the arc-shaped coil spring can be freely ensured. The manufacturing method includes the clamp step of fixing a straight cylindrical coil spring, the end portion detection step of detecting an end portion, a rotation angle position determination step, a pitch feeding step, a pressing member insertion step, and an insertion direction conversion step. The manufacturing method and the manufacturing device relate to the technology of continuously repeating the operation of pushing down a pressing member to an inter-pitch from above, thereby deforming the straight cylindrical coil spring into the coil spring with the curvature.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2017Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventor: Takeshi SUGITA
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Patent number: 10329659Abstract: A method of laser-depositing at least one type of organic material, characterized in that a duty ratio of a laser that evaporates the organic material is adjusted, which addresses the problem of providing an organic material deposition method and deposition apparatus that solve the issues in the conventional art, such as the organic material vaporizing and contaminating the other raw materials to be deposited, and the film formation rate running out of control, and whereby the film formation rate and the evaporation rate can be stably adjusted and controlled. Additionally, the invention is characterized in that the duty ratio is adjusted based on the evaporation rate of the organic substance or the vapor pressure inside the vacuum chamber used for deposition.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Tetsuhiko Miyadera, Takeshi Sugita, Takurou Murakami, Masayuki Chikamatsu, Koji Matsubara
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Patent number: 10324406Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a member for use in forming an image, an acquiring unit, a scanning unit, and a control unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire first image information on the image formed on a recording material. The scanning unit is configured to scan the image formed on the recording material to acquire second image information. The control unit is configured to compare the first image information acquired by the acquiring unit with the second image information acquired by the scanning unit to determine a state of the member based on a comparison result.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keisuke Endoh, Hideyuki Matsubara, Takeshi Sugita
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Publication number: 20180039213Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a member for use in forming an image, an acquiring unit, a scanning unit, and a control unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire first image information on the image formed on a recording material. The scanning unit is configured to scan the image formed on the recording material to acquire second image information. The control unit is configured to compare the first image information acquired by the acquiring unit with the second image information acquired by the scanning unit to determine a state of the member based on a comparison result.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2016Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Keisuke Endoh, Hideyuki Matsubara, Takeshi Sugita
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Publication number: 20170268094Abstract: A method of laser-depositing at least one type of organic material, characterized in that a duty ratio of a laser that evaporates the organic material is adjusted, which addresses the problem of providing an organic material deposition method and deposition apparatus that solve the issues in the conventional art, such as the organic material vaporizing and contaminating the other raw materials to be deposited, and the film formation rate running out of control, and whereby the film formation rate and the evaporation rate can be stably adjusted and controlled. Additionally, the invention is characterized in that the duty ratio is adjusted based on the evaporation rate of the organic substance or the vapor pressure inside the vacuum chamber used for deposition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2015Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Tetsuhiko MIYADERA, Takeshi SUGITA, Takurou MURAKAMI, Masayuki CHIKAMATSU, Koji MATSUBARA
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COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION ADAPTER, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
Publication number: 20140293872Abstract: A communication system includes a network cradle provided on a network, and a handy terminal connected to the network through the network cradle. The handy terminal includes a control unit generating a header in an IP protocol including a MAC address of the handy terminal as a transmission source MAC address, generating first data obtained by adding the header to data to be transmitted, and generating second data obtained by adding a header in a P2P protocol to the first data, and a communication unit transmitting the second data to the network cradle by the P2P protocol. The network cradle includes a mobile terminal communication unit that receives the second data transmitted from the handy terminal, and a network communication unit transmitting the first data obtained by removing the header in the P2P protocol from the second data, to the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takeshi SUGITA, Tetsuji OHTSUKI, Masafumi FURUI, Kazuma MINAMI, Azuma IDE, Shouji YAMAGISHI -
Patent number: 7239823Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus on which a process cartridge is detachably mountable forms an image on a recording medium, and has a main body electrical contact electrically connected to a cartridge electrical contact when the cartridge is mounted on an apparatus main body, an electrically grounded electrically conductive discharge preventing member for effecting discharge between it and a charged foreign substance to thereby prevent discharge from occurring between the foreign substance and the main body electrical contact when the foreign substance has entered the apparatus main body on which the process cartridge is not mounted. The discharge preventing member is movable between a first position located in the entry route of the cartridge and a second position retracted from the first position and located outside the entry route. The apparatus also has an actuating member for moving the discharge preventing member from the first to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2006Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toru Oguma, Hideshi Kawaguchi, Takeshi Sugita
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Publication number: 20060193653Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus on which a process cartridge is detachably mountable forms an image on a recording medium, and has a main body electrical contact electrically connected to a cartridge electrical contact when the cartridge is mounted on an apparatus main body, an electrically grounded electrically conductive discharge preventing member for effecting discharge between it and a charged foreign substance to thereby prevent discharge from occurring between the foreign substance and the main body electrical contact when the foreign substance has entered the apparatus main body on which the process cartridge is not mounted. The discharge preventing member is movable between a first position located in the entry route of the cartridge and a second position retracted from the first position and located outside the entry route. The apparatus also has an actuating member for moving the discharge preventing member from the first to the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2006Publication date: August 31, 2006Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toru Oguma, Hideshi Kawaguchi, Takeshi Sugita
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Patent number: 7062192Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus on which a process cartridge is detachably mountable forms an image on a recording medium, and has a main body electrical contact electrically connected to a cartridge electrical contact when the cartridge is mounted on an apparatus main body, an electrically grounded electrically conductive discharge preventing member for effecting discharge between it and a charged foreign substance to thereby prevent discharge from occurring between the foreign substance and the main body electrical contact when the foreign substance has entered the apparatus main body on which the process cartridge is not mounted. The discharge preventing member is movable between a first position located in the entry route of the cartridge and a second position retracted from the first position and located outside the entry route. The apparatus also has an actuating member for moving the discharge preventing member from the first to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2004Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toru Oguma, Hideshi Kawaguchi, Takeshi Sugita
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Patent number: 6947679Abstract: An image forming apparatus has sufficient fixing stability and load capacity and being free of sheet jamming and poor image formation. An image forming apparatus includes a transfer voltage applying section for applying a voltage to a transfer section; a transfer current detector for detecting the transfer current flowing through the transfer section; a fixing section for fixing the toner image to fixing position at a predetermined temperature; and a size detector for detecting the size of the recording material. The transfer voltage applying section applies a predetermined transfer voltage, while the recording material passes through the transfer section, so that the transfer current is kept a constant current. When the predetermined transfer voltage is lower than a threshold voltage and the size of the recording material is larger than the predetermined size, the fixing section fixes the toner image at a temperature which is lower than the predetermined temperature.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2003Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akira Kato, Takeshi Sugita, Atsushi Wada, Tatsubumi Mizuno, Satoshi Nishida
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Publication number: 20050191080Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus on which a process cartridge is detachably mountable and for forming an image on a recording medium, having a main body electrical contact electrically connected to a cartridge electrical contact the process cartridge has when the process cartridge is mounted on an apparatus main body, an electrically earthed electrically conductive discharge preventing member for effecting discharge between it and a charged foreign substance to thereby prevent discharge from occurring between the foreign substance and the main body electrical contact when the foreign substance has entered the apparatus main body on which the process cartridge is not mounted, the discharge preventing member being movable between a first position located in the entry route of the process cartridge and a second position retracted from the first position and located outside the entry route, and an actuating member for moving the discharge preventing member from the first position to the second positType: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2004Publication date: September 1, 2005Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toru Oguma, Hideshi Kawaguchi, Takeshi Sugita
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Publication number: 20040047641Abstract: An image forming apparatus has sufficient fixing stability and load capacity and being free of sheet jamming and poor image formation. An image forming apparatus includes a transfer voltage applying section for applying a voltage to a transfer section; a transfer current detector for detecting the transfer current flowing through the transfer section; a fixing section for fixing the toner image to fixing position at a predetermined temperature; and a size detector for detecting the size of the recording material. The transfer voltage applying section applies a predetermined transfer voltage, while the recording material passes through the transfer section, so that the transfer current is kept a constant current. When the predetermined transfer voltage is lower than a threshold voltage and the size of the recording material is larger than the predetermined size, the fixing section fixes the toner image at a temperature which is lower than the predetermined temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2003Publication date: March 11, 2004Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akira Kato, Takeshi Sugita, Atsushi Wada, Tatsubumi Mizuno, Satoshi Nishida
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Patent number: 6084622Abstract: A frame structure usable in an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material using a laser source, the apparatus includes a first wall; a second wall opposed to the first wall; first and second connecting members bridging between the first wall and the second wall; a scanner supporting member for supporting an optical device between the first connecting member and the second connecting member; a motor supporting member for supporting a motor between the scanner supporting member and the first wall; wherein the walls, connecting members, scanner supporting member and motor supporting member are integrally molded.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1997Date of Patent: July 4, 2000Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinori Sugiura, Jun Azuma, Nobukazu Adachi, Takeshi Setoriyama, Chitose Tenpaku, Noriyoshi Ishikawa, Tatsuo Hamada, Yoshiro Tsuchiya, Takeshi Kubota, Yoshiya Nomura, Akira Kuroda, Ken Murooka, Takeshi Sugita, Takeshi Niimura, Akira Yuza
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Patent number: 5752149Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes a heater; an endless film loosely trained around the heater; a pressing roller cooperative with the heater to form a nip with the film interposed between the pressing roller and the heater; a driver for driving the pressing roller; a guiding member for guiding an inside surface of the film, and extended along the pressing roller; wherein the guiding member has, at an end portion, a film guiding surface which is inclined relative to an axis of the pressing roller.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 1996Date of Patent: May 12, 1998Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akira Yuza, Nobukazu Adachi, Akira Kuroda, Takeshi Sugita