Patents by Inventor Yo Imaizumi

Yo Imaizumi 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: 10859956
    Abstract: Provided is a fixing member having excellent heat resistance and durability. The fixing member includes a substrate and an elastic layer on the substrate, wherein the elastic layer includes: rubber, thermally conductive particles dispersed in the rubber, and iron oxide particles dispersed in the rubber, a content of the thermally conductive particles in the elastic layer is 30% by volume or more and 50% by volume or less, a content of the iron oxide particles in the elastic layer is 0.01% by volume or more and 1.0% by volume or less, the thermally conductive particles are at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, metal silicon, magnesium oxide, zinc oxide, and silicon carbide, and the iron oxide particles have a localization index M of 0.2 or more and less than 0.8, wherein the localization index M is determined by specific steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Matsutaka Maeda, Mamo Matsumoto, Yuji Kitano, Yo Imaizumi, Makoto Souma
  • Publication number: 20200333737
    Abstract: Provided is a fixing member having excellent heat resistance and durability. The fixing member includes a substrate and an elastic layer on the substrate, wherein the elastic layer includes: rubber, thermally conductive particles dispersed in the rubber, and iron oxide particles dispersed in the rubber, a content of the thermally conductive particles in the elastic layer is 30% by volume or more and 50% by volume or less, a content of the iron oxide particles in the elastic layer is 0.01% by volume or more and 1.0% by volume or less, the thermally conductive particles are at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, metal silicon, magnesium oxide, zinc oxide, and silicon carbide, and the iron oxide particles have a localization index M of 0.2 or more and less than 0.8, wherein the localization index M is determined by specific steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Matsutaka Maeda, Mamo Matsumoto, Yuji Kitano, Yo Imaizumi, Makoto Souma
  • Patent number: 10712697
    Abstract: Provided is a fixing member includes: a substrate; and an elastic layer on the substrate, wherein the elastic layer contains a rubber and fillers dispersed in the rubber, and wherein an average value of area ratios of large-particle diameter fillers is 20% or more and 40% or less, and the large-particle diameter fillers have an average array degree fL of 0.00 or more and 0.15 or less, an average value of an area ratios of small-particle diameter fillers is 10% or more and 20% or less, the small-particle diameter fillers have an average array degree fS of 0.20 or more and 0.50 or less, and the small-particle diameter fillers have an average array angle ?S of 60° or more and 120° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Matsutaka Maeda, Yuji Kitano, Mamo Matsumoto, Katsuhisa Matsunaka, Yasuharu Notoya, Yo Imaizumi, Takuji Oishi, Yasuhiro Miyahara
  • Patent number: 10534297
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic rotatable pressing member having further durability. The electrophotographic rotatable pressing member includes: a substrate; and an elastic layer formed on the substrate, the elastic layer containing a silicone rubber and a needle-shaped filler dispersed in the silicone rubber and having hollow parts, wherein, when cutting the elastic layer along a cross section including a center axis of the substrate in a longitudinal direction of the electrophotographic rotatable pressing member, and a total of each sectional area of the hollow parts in a unit area A2 of a cross-sectional surface is defined as A1, a standard deviation of an area ratio A1/A2 is 0.08 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Miura, Yutaka Arai, Takeshi Suzuki, Akeshi Asaka, Shigeaki Takada, Masaaki Takahashi, Yo Imaizumi
  • Publication number: 20190377291
    Abstract: Provided is a fixing member includes: a substrate; and an elastic layer on the substrate, wherein the elastic layer contains a rubber and fillers dispersed in the rubber, and wherein an average value of area ratios of large-particle diameter fillers is 20% or more and 40% or less, and the large-particle diameter fillers have an average array degree fL of 0.00 or more and 0.15 or less, an average value of an area ratios of small-particle diameter fillers is 10% or more and 20% or less, the small-particle diameter fillers have an average array degree fS of 0.20 or more and 0.50 or less, and the small-particle diameter fillers have an average array angle ?S of 60° or more and 120° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Matsutaka Maeda, Yuji Kitano, Mamo Matsumoto, Katsuhisa Matsunaka, Yasuharu Notoya, Yo Imaizumi, Takuji Oishi, Yasuhiro Miyahara
  • Publication number: 20190278202
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic rotatable pressing member having further durability. The electrophotographic rotatable pressing member includes: a substrate; and an elastic layer formed on the substrate, the elastic layer containing a silicone rubber and a needle-shaped filler dispersed in the silicone rubber and having hollow parts, wherein, when cutting the elastic layer along a cross section including a center axis of the substrate in a longitudinal direction of the electrophotographic rotatable pressing member, and a total of each sectional area of the hollow parts in a unit area A2 of a cross-sectional surface is defined as A1, a standard deviation of an area ratio A1/A2 is 0.08 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Jun Miura, Yutaka Arai, Takeshi Suzuki, Akeshi Asaka, Shigeaki Takada, Masaaki Takahashi, Yo Imaizumi
  • Patent number: 10353330
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic rotatable pressing member having further durability. The electrophotographic rotatable pressing member includes: a substrate; and an elastic layer formed on the substrate, the elastic layer containing a silicone rubber and a needle-shaped filler dispersed in the silicone rubber and having hollow parts, wherein, when cutting the elastic layer along a cross section including a center axis of the substrate in a longitudinal direction of the electrophotographic rotatable pressing member, and a total of each sectional area of the hollow parts in a unit area A2 of a cross-sectional surface is defined as A1, a standard deviation of an area ratio A1/A2 is 0.08 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Miura, Yutaka Arai, Takeshi Suzuki, Akeshi Asaka, Shigeaki Takada, Masaaki Takahashi, Yo Imaizumi
  • Publication number: 20180284659
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic rotatable pressing member having further durability. The electrophotographic rotatable pressing member includes: a substrate; and an elastic layer formed on the substrate, the elastic layer containing a silicone rubber and a needle-shaped filler dispersed in the silicone rubber and having hollow parts, wherein, when cutting the elastic layer along a cross section including a center axis of the substrate in a longitudinal direction of the electrophotographic rotatable pressing member, and a total of each sectional area of the hollow parts in a unit area A2 of a cross-sectional surface is defined as A1, a standard deviation of an area ratio A1/A2 is 0.08 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Jun Miura, Yutaka Arai, Takeshi Suzuki, Akeshi Asaka, Shigeaki Takada, Masaaki Takahashi, Yo Imaizumi
  • Patent number: 8363977
    Abstract: There is a situation in that, although a speckle interference optical system is effective for clarification of a process of deformation of a specimen, resolution is insufficient, and execution of a phase shift method for improving the resolution involves a costly apparatus. A phase shift image for an initial fringe pattern is acquired, and a phase variation between phase information on an initial image and a next image is derived by a phase shift method. After that, a phase shift image for the next image is computed by calculation based on the acquired information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yo Imaizumi
  • Publication number: 20110268312
    Abstract: There is a situation in that, although a speckle interference optical system is effective for clarification of a process of deformation of a specimen, resolution is insufficient, and execution of a phase shift method for improving the resolution involves a costly apparatus. A phase shift image for an initial fringe pattern is acquired, and a phase variation between phase information on an initial image and a next image is derived by a phase shift method. After that, a phase shift image for the next image is computed by calculation based on the acquired information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yo Imaizumi