Patents by Inventor Yasuaki Tomoda

Yasuaki Tomoda 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: 8180253
    Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus has an electrostatic latent image bearing members, developing devices each including developer and capable of developing corresponding electrostatic latent images on the electrostatic latent image bearing members into visualized developer images, a transfer device capable of transferring the developer images to a sheet, first collecting devices each capable of collecting untransferred developer from the electrostatic latent image bearing members, developer supply devices each capable of supplying the developer to the corresponding developing devices, accommodating sections each combined with the corresponding developer supply devices and capable of accommodating the untransferred developer, a collecting and distributing device capable of collecting the untransferred developer collected by the first collecting devices and distributing the collected untransferred developer to the accommodating sections, and a housing capable of retaining the developer supply device
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideaki Hayashi, Kuniya Matsuura, Junji Kanda, Yasuaki Tomoda
  • Publication number: 20100310278
    Abstract: A toner supply container that has: a container body that contains toner therein; and a conveyance member that is rotatably arranged inside the container body and conveys the toner toward a discharge opening of the container body when driven to rotate by external force, wherein the conveyance member includes (i) a cylindrical rotary body and (ii) a screw blade member that is wound around the cylindrical rotary body in such a manner that the screw blade member stands on an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical rotary body, an inner surface of a bottom wall of the container body includes a cylindrically curved surface that is identical to a part of a circumferential surface of an imaginary cylinder whose axis is substantially the same as a rotation axis of the conveyance member, and a curvature radius of the cylindrically curved surface is set such that the conveyance member is driven to rotate in a state where an outer circumferential edge of the screw blade member substantially slides on the cylindr
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Naoi, Hiroshi Tanimoto, Yasuaki Tomoda
  • Publication number: 20080166162
    Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus has an electrostatic latent image bearing members, developing device each including developers and capable of developing corresponding electrostatinc latent images on the electrostatic latent image bearing members into visualized developer images, transfer device capable of transferring the developer images to a sheet, a first collecting device each capable of collecting untransferred developer from the electrostatic latent image bearing members, developer supply devices each capable of supplying the developers to the corresponding developing devices, accommodating sections each combined with the corresponding developer supply devices and capable of accommodating the untransferred developer, a collecting and distributing device capable of collecting the untransferred developers collected by the first collecting devices and distributing the collected untransferred developers to the accommodating sections, and a housing capable of retaining the developer supply dev
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hideaki HAYASHI, Kuniya MATSUURA, Junji KANDA, Yasuaki TOMODA
  • Patent number: 7369797
    Abstract: A developing apparatus includes a developer container for storing a developer which contains toner, a rotary member for stirring and conveying the developer, and a bearing member to hold the rotary member in the developer container. At least one of the bearing member and the rotary member has a plurality of protrusions on a portion of the bearing member which holds the rotary member, or on a portion of the rotary member which is held by the bearing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Yoshida, Yasuaki Tomoda
  • Publication number: 20060204282
    Abstract: A developing apparatus includes a developer container for storing a developer which contains toner, a rotary member for stirring and conveying the developer, and a bearing member to hold the rotary member in the developer container. At least one of the bearing member and the rotary member has a plurality of protrusions on a portion of the bearing member which holds the rotary member, or on a portion of the rotary member which is held by the bearing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Hideyuki Yoshida, Yasuaki Tomoda
  • Patent number: D644264
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hashimoto, Yasuaki Tomoda, Masashi Kawai
  • Patent number: D644683
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Masashi Kawai, Takeshi Hashimoto, Yasuaki Tomoda
  • Patent number: D646712
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hashimoto, Yasuaki Tomoda, Masashi Kawai
  • Patent number: D657413
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hashimoto, Yasuaki Tomoda, Masashi Kawai