Patents by Inventor Teruo Soeda

Teruo Soeda 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).

  • Publication number: 20110182631
    Abstract: A fuser device includes: a fuser member that heats developer on a print medium; a pressure member that presses the fuser member so as to provide a contact region therebetween; and a separation member that separates the print medium, which is ejected from the contact region, from either the fuser member or the pressure member. The separation member includes a separator in a plate-like shape and a support member that supports the separator such that the separator is disposed in the vicinity of the fuser member. The separator includes a planar part in a plate-like shape that is sustained by the support member; a tip part that is a tip of the separator, an inclined surface part that is inclined toward the tip part in a thickness direction of the separator, a border part that is defined as a boundary between the planar part and the inclined surface part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Teruo Soeda