Patents by Inventor Tomomi OOTAKA

Tomomi OOTAKA 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).

  • TRANSFER UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240103411
    Abstract: A transfer unit that transfers a developing agent image formed with a developing agent, includes a belt; and a rotational body that stretches the belt. The rotational body includes a shaft body, and a surface layer provided on an outer side of the shaft body in radial directions. Surface roughness of an outer peripheral surface of the surface layer is greater than a volume mean particle diameter of the developing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomomi OOTAKA
  • FIXATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20230305462
    Abstract: A fixation device according to an embodiment may include: an annular belt, and includes an elastic layer with a thickness of more than 300 ?m; and a counter member opposed to the outer peripheral surface of the annular belt to form a nip region with the annular belt. A difference between a local maximum and a local minimum in a film thickness profile of the annular belt along a circumferential direction of the outer peripheral surface at a first location in a width direction of the annular belt is less than 101 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomomi OOTAKA