Patents by Inventor Tomohide URAZATO

Tomohide URAZATO 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).

  • DENSITY SENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20110222892
    Abstract: A density sensor detects a density of a subject according to a variation in received light. The density sensor comprises a base plate, a light emitting element irradiating a subject with light, the light receiving element receiving light reflected by the subject, lead terminals connected at one end with bottoms of the light emitting and receiving elements, respectively, and electrically connected at the other end with the base plate, and a package containing the light emitting and receiving elements and supported by the base plate, wherein at least one of the lead terminals is configured to be inclined from a halfway position so as to reflect light from the light emitting element in a direction away from the bottom of the light receiving element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi HASHIGUCHI, Tomohide URAZATO, Norifumi YAMAMOTO, Masahiko SATO, Toshio YANATA, Tetsuya HIRATA