Patents by Inventor Tetsuhiro Kogawa

Tetsuhiro Kogawa 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: 7277660
    Abstract: Provided is an outer cover attachment structure which achieves the reduction of burden for collecting and recycling used products from the market, the reduction of replacement parts, and cost reduction of reproduced products. A housing portion housing the removed fixation members or connection members is provided to at least one of the paper feed trays. In the paper feed tray, a housing space is set behind the end face in the paper feed direction of the transfer paper. This position shall be a position that will not have an adverse effect on the paper feeding operation or paper replenishment of the paper feed tray. Two screw holes are provided inside the housing space, and a screw for fixing the fixation members to be housed are inserted into the screw hole so as to fix the fixation member or housing container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Umeyama, Tetsuhiro Kogawa, Keiichi Akatani
  • Publication number: 20050214022
    Abstract: Provided is an outer cover attachment structure which achieves the reduction of burden for collecting and recycling used products from the market, the reduction of replacement parts, and cost reduction of reproduced products. A housing portion housing the removed fixation members or connection members is provided to at least one of the paper feed trays. In the paper feed tray, a housing space is set behind the end face in the paper feed direction of the transfer paper. This position shall be a position that will not have an adverse effect on the paper feeding operation or paper replenishment of the paper feed tray. Two screw holes are provided inside the housing space, and a screw for fixing the fixation members to be housed are inserted into the screw hole so as to fix the fixation member or housing container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Umeyama, Tetsuhiro Kogawa, Keiichi Akatani