Patents by Inventor Toru Yamamura

Toru Yamamura 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: 6508564
    Abstract: In this surface light source device, light is incident from a plurality of point light sources 2 arranged on a one side end surface of a light guide plate 1, is reflected on a light reflecting surface 11 on a rear surface of the light guide plate 1, and is emitted from a front surface of the light guide plate 1. The point light sources 2 comprise white light emitting diode elements. Two white light emitting diode elements out of six of the white light emitting diode elements having chromaticity outermost from a center of an aimed chromaticity range in opposite hue directions are arranged in an approximately center of a group of the white diode elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kuwabara, Hiroshi Yamashita, Toru Yamamura, Nobuhito Nishida, Masashi Ochiiwa, Michiaki Satou
  • Patent number: 5138387
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor including a glass substrate and a photoconductive layer laminated thereon. A toner box is provided in the vicinity of the photoreceptor, in which a mixed toner including an insulative non-magnetic toner and a conductive magnetic toner is contained. At an opening of the toner box, a magnetic roller and a developing sleeve which is rotatably put on the magnetic roller are arranged, and a magnetic brush of the mixed toner is formed according to a rotation of the developing sleeve so that the mixed toner is brought into contact with the photoconductive layer. A developing bias having the same polarity as a charged polarity of the insulative non-magnetic toner is applied between the developing sleeve and the photoconductive layer and, at the same time, an exposure light is projected from an LED array on the photoconductive layer through the glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michiaki Sato, Toru Yamamura, Youichiro Goto, Toru Nose