Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Kawatani
Tetsuya Kawatani 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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Patent number: 11966195Abstract: A minute-particle trapping device includes: an air duct having a duct space through which air containing minute particles flows; a first filter disposed to block the duct space in the air duct and having a honeycomb structure to trap the minute particles contained in the air; and a second filter disposed in the air duct at a position downstream from the first filter in an air flow direction to block the duct space, the second filter being formed from a nonwoven fabric folded in a wave pattern to trap minute particles contained in the air that has passed through the first filter.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yuka Nomura, Tetsuya Kawatani, Yutaka Nakayama, Kazunari Ishii
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Publication number: 20230393522Abstract: A minute-particle trapping device includes: an air duct having a duct space through which air containing minute particles flows; a first filter disposed to block the duct space in the air duct and having a honeycomb structure to trap the minute particles contained in the air; and a second filter disposed in the air duct at a position downstream from the first filter in an air flow direction to block the duct space, the second filter being formed from a nonwoven fabric folded in a wave pattern to trap minute particles contained in the air that has passed through the first filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2022Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yuka NOMURA, Tetsuya KAWATANI, Yutaka NAKAYAMA, Kazunari ISHII
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Patent number: 11599060Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer member, a fixing member, a guide member, and an attraction member. The transfer member transfers a developer to a medium. The fixing member fixes onto the medium the developer transferred to the medium. The guide member is disposed between the transfer member and the fixing member to guide the medium. The attraction member attracts the developer through the opening. An opening is located upstream of the guide member in a medium transport direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kazunari Ishii, Akio Shimonaga, Tetsuya Kawatani
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Patent number: 11561505Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer member, a fixing member, a guide member, and an attraction member. The transfer member transfers a developer to a medium. The fixing member fixes onto the medium the developer transferred to the medium. The guide member is disposed between the transfer member and the fixing member to guide the medium. The attraction member attracts the developer through the opening. An opening is located upstream of the guide member in a medium transport direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kazunari Ishii, Akio Shimonaga, Tetsuya Kawatani
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Patent number: 11561506Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a housing; a fixing device that is disposed in the housing and that heats an unfixed image made of developer to fix the unfixed image to a recording medium; an exhaust device having an air inlet through which air heated by the fixing device is sucked, an air outlet through which the air sucked through the air inlet is discharged from the housing, and a flow path portion having a flow path space through which the air flows from the air inlet to the air outlet; and a mesh member that is provided on the air inlet and that collects fine particles contained in the air that is sucked.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yutaka Nakayama, Tetsuya Kawatani
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Patent number: 11543770Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a housing; a fixing device that is disposed in the housing and that heats an unfixed image made of developer to fix the unfixed image to a recording medium; an exhaust device having an air inlet through which air heated by the fixing device is sucked, an air outlet through which the air sucked through the air inlet is discharged from the housing, a flow path portion having a flow path space through which the air flows from the air inlet to the air outlet, and an air flow generator that generates an exhaust air flow in the flow path space; and plural mesh members that are located in a region between and including the air inlet and the air outlet and arranged in a direction in which the air flows, the mesh members collecting fine particles contained in the air that is sucked.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Tetsuya Kawatani
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Publication number: 20220373966Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a housing; a fixing device that is disposed in the housing and that heats an unfixed image made of developer to fix the unfixed image to a recording medium; an exhaust device having an air inlet through which air heated by the fixing device is sucked, an air outlet through which the air sucked through the air inlet is discharged from the housing, and a flow path portion having a flow path space through which the air flows from the air inlet to the air outlet; and a mesh member that is provided on the air inlet and that collects fine particles contained in the air that is sucked.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.Inventors: Yutaka NAKAYAMA, Tetsuya KAWATANI
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Publication number: 20220373967Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a housing; a fixing device that is disposed in the housing and that heats an unfixed image made of developer to fix the unfixed image to a recording medium; an exhaust device having an air inlet through which air heated by the fixing device is sucked, an air outlet through which the air sucked through the air inlet is discharged from the housing, a flow path portion having a flow path space through which the air flows from the air inlet to the air outlet, and an air flow generator that generates an exhaust air flow in the flow path space; and plural mesh members that are located in a region between and including the air inlet and the air outlet and arranged in a direction in which the air flows, the mesh members collecting fine particles contained in the air that is sucked.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.Inventor: Tetsuya KAWATANI
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Publication number: 20220203285Abstract: A particulate capturing device includes: a vent pipe having a flow path space through which air containing fine particles flows; an air flow generating portion configured to generate an air flow flowing in a direction in which the air is to he sent in the flow path space of the vent pipe; and a collecting portion disposed in a state of crossing the flow path space of the vent pipe in a direction intersecting the air flow, and configured to collect the fine particles contained in the air, in which the collecting portion is formed of a vent plate having a thickness of 5 mm or less and having plural vent portions with an opening size of 0.005 mm or more and 0.1 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.Inventors: Tetsuya KAWATANI, Yuka NOMURA, Yutaka NAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20220203277Abstract: A particulate capturing device includes: a vent pipe having a flow path space through which air containing fine particles flows; an air flow generating portion configured to generate an air flow flowing in a direction in which the air is to be sent in the flow path space of the vent pipe; and a collecting portion disposed in a state of crossing the flow path space of the vent pipe in a direction intersecting the air flow, and configured to collect the fine particles contained in the air, in which the collecting portion is formed of a metal vent plate having plural vent portions with an opening size of 0.005 mm or more and 0.1 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.Inventors: Yuka NOMURA, Tetsuya KAWATANI, Yutaka NAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 11338671Abstract: A hydraulic transaxle of the present invention includes an axle, a hydraulic static transmission (“HST”), a center case that has pair of oil passages for circulating the hydraulic oil between the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor, and a gear mechanism that transmits an output of the HST to the axle. A case supports the axle and accommodates the HST while also forming an oil reservoir. A hydraulic motor of the HST includes a motor shaft, a cylinder block with a plurality of cylinders fixed to the motor shaft, a plurality of pistons inserted into the cylinders, a fixed swash plate abutted by the plurality of pistons, and a fixed swash plate holder that supports the fixed swash plate with respect to the case. The motor shaft of the hydraulic motor is supported by the center case and the fixed swash plate holder.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Michio Tsukamoto, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Daisuke Murashima, Tetsuya Kawatani
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Publication number: 20210294262Abstract: A particle collecting device includes: an air pipe having a flow space in which air including particles flows; and a collecting unit that is disposed in such a way as to block the flow space of the air pipe and that collects the particles included in the air. The collecting unit is a plate-shaped air-permeable member having a honeycomb structure such that a number of cells per square inch is 600 or larger and 1400 or smaller.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yuka NOMURA, Tetsuya KAWATANI, Yutaka NAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 11106177Abstract: A particle collecting device includes: an air pipe having a flow space in which air including particles flows; and a collecting unit that is disposed in such a way as to block the flow space of the air pipe and that collects the particles included in the air. The collecting unit is a plate-shaped air-permeable member having a honeycomb structure such that a number of cells per square inch is 600 or larger and 1400 or smaller.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yuka Nomura, Tetsuya Kawatani, Yutaka Nakayama
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Publication number: 20200376957Abstract: A hydraulic transaxle of the present invention includes an axle, a hydraulic static transmission (“HST”), a center case that has pair of oil passages for circulating the hydraulic oil between the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor, and a gear mechanism that transmits an output of the HST to the axle. A case supports the axle and accommodates the HST while also forming an oil reservoir. A hydraulic motor of the HST includes a motor shaft, a cylinder block with a plurality of cylinders fixed to the motor shaft, a plurality of pistons inserted into the cylinders, a fixed swash plate abutted by the plurality of pistons, and a fixed swash plate holder that supports the fixed swash plate with respect to the case. The motor shaft of the hydraulic motor is supported by the center case and the fixed swash plate holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Michio TSUKAMOTO, Hiroshi SUGIMOTO, Daisuke MURASHIMA, Tetsuya KAWATANI
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Publication number: 20200292968Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer member, a fixing member, a guide member, and an attraction member. The transfer member transfers a developer to a medium. The fixing member fixes onto the medium the developer transferred to the medium. The guide member is disposed between the transfer member and the fixing member to guide the medium. The attraction member attracts the developer through the opening. An opening is located upstream of the guide member in a medium transport direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2019Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazunari ISHII, Akio Shimonaga, Tetsuya Kawatani
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Patent number: 10705483Abstract: A particle collecting device includes a vent pipe having a channel space through which air flows, a first air blower that delivers air including a particle at a first end of the vent pipe into the channel space, a collector that is disposed to block a channel in the channel space at an intermediate part of the vent pipe and that collects the particle included in the air delivered by the first air blower, and a second air blower that collects the air traveling through the collector at a second end of the vent pipe and that delivers the air outward from the channel space. The first and second air blowers operate such that a first pressure in a first channel space extending from the first air blower to the collector and a second pressure in a second channel space extending from the collector to the second air blower are maintained to have a relationship in which the second pressure<the first pressure?atmospheric pressure. The first and second channel spaces are included in the channel space of the vent pipe.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuka Nomura, Tetsuya Kawatani, Kokichi Kasai, Kazunari Ishii, Ryosuke Nara, Satoshi Takada, Akira Numazaki, Satoru Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20200026235Abstract: A flow channel structure includes a duct that includes a flow channel through which air is blown and sucks air around a fixation device that fixes a toner image on a recording medium by using an air blowing unit; and an electrically conductive contact surface that is provided in the duct and is disposed so as to cross an air blowing direction in the duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya KAWATANI, Kokichi KASAI, Kazunari ISHII, Yuka NOMURA
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Publication number: 20200019117Abstract: A particle collecting device includes a vent pipe having a channel space through which air flows, a first air blower that delivers air including a particle at a first end of the vent pipe into the channel space, a collector that is disposed to block a channel in the channel space at an intermediate part of the vent pipe and that collects the particle included in the air delivered by the first air blower, and a second air blower that collects the air traveling through the collector at a second end of the vent pipe and that delivers the air outward from the channel space. The first and second air blowers operate such that a first pressure in a first channel space extending from the first air blower to the collector and a second pressure in a second channel space extending from the collector to the second air blower are maintained to have a relationship in which the second pressure<the first pressure?atmospheric pressure. The first and second channel spaces are included in the channel space of the vent pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuka NOMURA, Tetsuya KAWATANI, Kokichi KASAI, Kazunari ISHII, Ryosuke NARA, Satoshi TAKADA, Akira NUMAZAKI, Satoru NISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 10335726Abstract: A gas purification device includes an inflow port provided in an upper part of the gas purification device in a gravitational direction so that gas flows therein, a removing member that removes powder contained in the gas when the gas passes through the removing member, the removing member being disposed at a position such as not to overlap with the inflow port when viewed from above in the gravitational direction, and an outflow port provided in a lower part of the gas purification device in the gravitational direction so that the gas flows out therefrom after passing through the removing member.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshitaka Kuroda, Kokichi Kasai, Tetsuya Kawatani, Satoshi Takada
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Publication number: 20170284510Abstract: A dual clutch transmission comprises a housing formed therein with a gear chamber incorporating an odd-numbered speed gear train group and an even-numbered speed gear train group. An end of the input shaft is connected to an engine, and a cover is detachably attached to the housing opposite the end of the input shaft so as to define a clutch chamber divided from the gear chamber. A first clutch for the odd-numbered speed gear train group and a second clutch for the even-numbered speed gear train group are disposed in the clutch chamber. Fluid passages for supplying hydraulic fluid to the first and second clutches are formed in the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Koji IWAKI, Jun MATSUURA, Nobuhiro SHIMOBAYASHI, Daisuke MURASHIMA, Tetsuya KAWATANI, Shuji NISHIMOTO, Tatsuya KAMADA, Takehiro OTA