Patents by Inventor Wang Zhoa Yan

Wang Zhoa Yan 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).

  • Developing apparatus in use with an image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 5749031
    Abstract: A developer in use with an image forming apparatus. The developer includes: a developing sleeve which rotates and holds toner on itself so as to develop a latent image on a photoreceptor with the toner; a driving motor for generating a rotational driving force; a drive transmission for transmitting the rotational driving force of the driving motor to the developing cartridge in which the drive transmission has a transmitting state and an untransmitting state; and a shock easing controller or member for easing a shock of transmission of the rotational driving force to the developing sleeve in the transmitting state, in which the shock easing controller or member is provided in at least one of the driving means and the drive transmission means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Miwa, Hidehiro Kanda, Isao Matsuoka, Toru Makino, Wang Zhoa Yan, Ryoko Yoshikawa, Akira Tai, Naoto Tokutake, Masahiro Shigetomi