Patents by Inventor Yu Tabata

Yu Tabata 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: 11733623
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sensing portion configured to sense a current that flows through a secondary transfer member, or a voltage that has been applied; and a controller configured to perform an operation to determine a transfer voltage to be applied to the secondary transfer member in secondary transfer, on a basis of a result of sensing performed by the sensing portion at a time when a test voltage has been applied to the secondary transfer member in non-image formation, and the controller performs, in the operation, controlling a first application portion and a second application portion not to apply the voltage to a primary transfer member during a period of applying the test voltage to the secondary transfer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yu Tabata
  • Publication number: 20230064793
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a sensing portion configured to sense a current that flows through a secondary transfer member, or a voltage that has been applied; and a controller configured to perform an operation to determine a transfer voltage to be applied to the secondary transfer member in secondary transfer, on a basis of a result of sensing performed by the sensing portion at a time when a test voltage has been applied to the secondary transfer member in non-image formation, and the controller performs, in the operation, controlling a first application portion and a second application portion not to apply the voltage to a primary transfer member during a period of applying the test voltage to the secondary transfer member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yu Tabata
  • Patent number: 10452005
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a belt member, a toner image forming unit, a first transfer roller, a second transfer roller provided at a position opposed to the first transfer roller with the belt member intervened and forming a transfer portion, and a power feed roller configured to abut against an outer circumferential surface of the first transfer roller to supply a current to a metal shaft of the first transfer roller. A width of a large diameter portion of the power feed roller with respect to a width direction intersecting a direction of movement of the belt member is equal to or greater than a maximum width of image formation and smaller than a width of a maximum size of the recording material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yu Tabata
  • Publication number: 20170205754
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a belt member, a toner image forming unit, a first transfer roller, a second transfer roller provided at a position opposed to the first transfer roller with the belt member intervened and forming a transfer portion, and a power feed roller configured to abut against an outer circumferential surface of the first transfer roller to supply a current to a metal shaft of the first transfer roller. A width of a large diameter portion of the power feed roller with respect to a width direction intersecting a direction of movement of the belt member is equal to or greater than a maximum width of image formation and smaller than a width of a maximum size of the recording material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Yu Tabata