Patents by Inventor Yoshikazu Kuribayashi
Yoshikazu Kuribayashi 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).
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Patent number: 10474076Abstract: A fixing device fixes a toner image onto a piece of paper by conveying the piece of paper formed with the toner image while nipping the piece of paper at a fixing nip, and includes: an endless belt that is rotated; a pressing member that presses the belt; a support member that supports the pressing member; a sheet wound around the pressing member along the conveyance direction; and a pressurizing member that forms the fixing nip with the belt, wherein a part of an upstream region of the sheet existing more on an upstream side in a winding direction than a contact region contacting the belt and the pressing member and a part of a downstream region of the sheet existing more on a downstream side in the winding direction than the contact region are interposed between the pressing member and the support member, and are fixed by pressing force.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Masashi Sonoyama, Hidetoshi Katayanagi, Yoshikazu Kuribayashi, Tomoya Sato, Hiroyuki Maeda
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Publication number: 20190137916Abstract: A fixing device fixes a toner image onto a piece of paper by conveying the piece of paper formed with the toner image while nipping the piece of paper at a fixing nip, and includes: an endless belt that is rotated; a pressing member that presses the belt; a support member that supports the pressing member; a sheet wound around the pressing member along the conveyance direction; and a pressurizing member that forms the fixing nip with the belt, wherein a part of an upstream region of the sheet existing more on an upstream side in a winding direction than a contact region contacting the belt and the pressing member and a part of a downstream region of the sheet existing more on a downstream side in the winding direction than the contact region are interposed between the pressing member and the support member, and are fixed by pressing force.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Masashi Sonoyama, Hidetoshi Katayanagi, Yoshikazu Kuribayashi, Tomoya Sato, Hiroyuki Maeda
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Publication number: 20190018357Abstract: An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus; and a post-processing apparatus that is connectable to the image forming apparatus and performs predetermined processing on a recording medium on which an image is formed by the image forming apparatus, wherein the image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms and fixes an image on a recording medium, a hardware processor that controls a first parameter of the image forming unit, the first parameter relating to a first processable number of sheets, and a second parameter of the post-processing apparatus, the second parameter relating to a second processable number of sheets, and a communication interface, the post-processing apparatus operates in accordance with the second parameter, and the hardware processor changes the second parameter to cause the second processable number of sheets to decrease, when changing the first parameter to cause the first processable number of sheets to decrease.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2018Publication date: January 17, 2019Inventor: Yoshikazu KURIBAYASHI
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Patent number: 9170537Abstract: A fuser for fixing an unfixed toner image on a recording material includes: an endless belt body heated by a heat source; a pressing body moved to be connected to and disconnected from an inner peripheral surface of the belt body; a pressure roller member making pressure-contact with the pressing body through the belt body; a tension body moved to be connected to and disconnected from the inner peripheral surface of the belt body, contrary to the connection and disconnection movement of the pressing body; and a rotation transmitting unit configured to transmit a rotational force of the pressure roller member to the belt body using the tension body, while the pressing body is separated from and the tension body makes contact with the inner peripheral surface of the belt body.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Yoshikazu Kuribayashi, Hidetoshi Katayanagi, Etsuaki Urano, Hirotaka Kanou, Masashi Sonoyama, Tomohiro Takagi
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Publication number: 20150220031Abstract: A fuser for fixing an unfixed toner image on a recording material includes: an endless belt body heated by a heat source; a pressing body moved to be connected to and disconnected from an inner peripheral surface of the belt body; a pressure roller member making pressure-contact with the pressing body through the belt body; a tension body moved to be connected to and disconnected from the inner peripheral surface of the belt body, contrary to the connection and disconnection movement of the pressing body; and a rotation transmitting unit configured to transmit a rotational force of the pressure roller member to the belt body using the tension body, while the pressing body is separated from and the tension body makes contact with the inner peripheral surface of the belt body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Yoshikazu KURIBAYASHI, Hidetoshi KATAYANAGI, Etsuaki URANO, Hirotaka KANOU, Masashi SONOYAMA, Tomohiro TAKAGI
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Patent number: 8521050Abstract: A first temperature is obtained based on an amount of infrared rays incident upon a lens of an infrared temperature sensor, and a second temperature is obtained based on a temperature of a thermistor. A system controller performs first temperature control when a detected temperature difference between the first temperature and the second temperature is less than a predetermined temperature difference, performs second temperature control when the detected temperature difference is equal to or greater than the predetermined temperature difference, and activates an alarm when an elapsed time during which the second temperature control is continuously executed has become equal to or greater than a time that is the sum of a first predetermined time and a second predetermined time.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2009Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Yoshikazu Kuribayashi
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Publication number: 20110164893Abstract: A first temperature is obtained based on an amount of infrared rays incident upon a lens of an infrared temperature sensor, and a second temperature is obtained based on a temperature of a thermistor. A system controller performs first temperature control when a detected temperature difference between the first temperature and the second temperature is less than a predetermined temperature difference, performs second temperature control when the detected temperature difference is equal to or greater than the predetermined temperature difference, and activates an alarm when an elapsed time during which the second temperature control is continuously executed has become equal to or greater than a time that is the sum of a first predetermined time and a second predetermined time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2009Publication date: July 7, 2011Inventor: Yoshikazu Kuribayashi
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Patent number: 4910225Abstract: This invention relates to a locally administrable therapeutic composition for inflammatory disease which is characterized by comprising benzoylphenylacetic acid of the formula ##STR1## (wherein R is a hydrogen or halogen atom), or a salt thereof, or the hydrate of said acid or salt, as active ingredient.An ophthalmic composition according to the invention can treat effectively inflammatory eye disease by topical application, is not an irritant to the eye, and has a superior effect to conventional drugs of the same or similar type.The aqueous composition prepared in accordance with this invention has excellent stability and can be used advantageously as a nasal or otic composition as well as an ophthalmic one in the treatment of inflammatory otic or nasal disease.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 1989Date of Patent: March 20, 1990Assignees: Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., A. H. Robins Company, IncorporatedInventors: Takahiro Ogawa, Yoshikazu Kuribayashi, Kazumichi Ushio, Akira Ohtori
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Patent number: 4826879Abstract: An ocular antihypertensive composition for topical use which contains an effective amount of a compound represented by the formula ##STR1## or a salt thereof having, in low concentrations, intraocular pressure lowering activity in mammals, low toxicity and no influence on the pupil size and, therefore, is useful as a therapeutic agent for glaucoma, for instance.Furthermore, since the compound is effective in low concentrations, the possibility of tolerance development is considered to be scarce.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 1987Date of Patent: May 2, 1989Assignee: Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yujiro Yamamoto, Takahiro Ogawa, Yoshikazu Kuribayashi