Patents by Inventor Takuya MASUKO

Takuya MASUKO 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: 11934145
    Abstract: A developing apparatus includes an electrostatic latent image bearer, a developing sleeve, a case, and an air filter. The case accommodates a two-component developer and the developing sleeve. The air filter is attached to the case. The air filter has a thickness of 2 to 20 mm and has a density gradient with a pressure loss of 2 to 40 Pa at a wind speed of 10 cm/s. The air filter forms an airflow sucked into the case from a gap between the developing sleeve and the case and forms an airflow discharged from the case through the air filter. The two-component developer accommodated in the case contains a magnetic particle a surface of which is coated with a resin layer. The resin layer contains at least one type of chargeable particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Masuda, Tohru Suganuma, Masashi Nagayama, Hiroyuki Kishida, Kento Takeuchi, Kaede Masuko, Tomomi Suzuki, Takuya Suganuma, Kazuki Yogosawa
  • Patent number: 10850765
    Abstract: An electric power steering system is provided that is capable of performing assist control in which a change in a steering feel is reduced. The electric power steering system includes a current command value calculating unit configured to output a current command value Iref1 in accordance with steering torque and a vehicle speed on the basis of an assist map. The current command value calculating unit includes a vibration component reducing section configured to reduce a vibration component resulting from vibrations for warning that have been transmitted to a steering wheel and included in the steering torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Sugawara, Takuya Masuko, Tomoki Fukuda, Hideki Sawada
  • Publication number: 20200269905
    Abstract: An electric power steering system is provided that is capable of performing assist control in which a change in a steering feel is reduced. The electric power steering system includes a current command value calculating unit configured to output a current command value Iref1 in accordance with steering torque and a vehicle speed on the basis of an assist map. The current command value calculating unit includes a vibration component reducing section configured to reduce a vibration component resulting from vibrations for warning that have been transmitted to a steering wheel and included in the steering torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi SUGAWARA, Takuya MASUKO, Tomoki FUKUDA, Hideki SAWADA