Patents by Inventor Yasuko Yamazaki

Yasuko Yamazaki 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: 11408471
    Abstract: A wear debris collection device includes a rotation body that is connected to a rotation shaft and performs rotating movement in accordance with rotation of the rotation shaft, a braking member that brakes the rotating movement of the rotation body, a hood covering the rotation body and the braking member and to prevent dust from entering from outside, a blower that blows air into the hood, a collection apparatus that suctions air in the hood and collects wear debris of the braking member contained in the air, and an air pressure adjuster that measures air pressure in the hood and external air pressure and adjusts an air quantity of at least one of the blower and the collection apparatus so that the air pressure in the hood equals the external air pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigetomo Suzuki, Taro Matsuda, Hidehiko Nakagawa, Yasuko Yamazaki, Atsushi Ueno, Ayumu Okunari
  • Publication number: 20210148422
    Abstract: A wear debris collection device includes a rotation body that is connected to a rotation shaft and performs rotating movement in accordance with rotation of the rotation shaft, a braking member that brakes the rotating movement of the rotation body, a hood covering the rotation body and the braking member and to prevent dust from entering from outside, a blower that blows air into the hood, a collection apparatus that suctions air in the hood and collects wear debris of the braking member contained in the air, and an air pressure adjuster that measures air pressure in the hood and external air pressure and adjusts an air quantity of at least one of the blower and the collection apparatus so that the air pressure in the hood equals the external air pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigetomo SUZUKI, Taro MATSUDA, Hidehiko NAKAGAWA, Yasuko YAMAZAKI, Atsushi UENO, Ayumu OKUNARI
  • Patent number: 7983583
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet of recording medium, a sheet feed tray selecting unit, a medium size selecting unit that selects a first medium size, a medium type selecting unit that selects a medium type. A determining unit determines operation of the image forming unit based on a search result of a first sheet feed tray corresponding to the first medium size selected by the medium size selecting unit, a search result of a second sheet feed tray corresponding to the medium type selected by the medium type selecting unit, a selected tray selected by the sheet feed tray selecting unit, and resetting values specified for the operation of the image forming unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yuko Ota, Yasuko Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 7770880
    Abstract: A technology for selecting a sheet feeding source in an image forming apparatus including a plurality of sheet feeding sources is disclosed. A rank is acquired for each of the sheet feeding sources from a search order. The search order defines ranks for possible setups of sheet feeding sources. Each acquired rank represents a setup of a sheet feeding source, which setup is available in the image forming apparatus. A sheet feeding source that satisfies a user specification and whose rank is highest is selected from among the sheet feeding sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuko Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20080232835
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet of recording medium, a sheet feed tray selecting unit, a medium size selecting unit that selects a first medium size, a medium type selecting unit that selects a medium type. A determining unit determines operation of the image forming unit based on a search result of a first sheet feed tray corresponding to the first medium size selected by the medium size selecting unit, a search result of a second sheet feed tray corresponding to the medium type selected by the medium type selecting unit, a selected tray selected by the sheet feed tray selecting unit, and resetting values specified for the operation of the image forming unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Yuko OTA, Yasuko Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20070057430
    Abstract: A technology for selecting a sheet feeding source in an image forming apparatus including a plurality of sheet feeding sources is disclosed. A rank is acquired for each of the sheet feeding sources from a search order. The search order defines ranks for possible setups of sheet feeding sources. Each acquired rank represents a setup of a sheet feeding source, which setup is available in the image forming apparatus. A sheet feeding source that satisfies a user specification and whose rank is highest is selected from among the sheet feeding sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventor: Yasuko Yamazaki