Patents by Inventor Yusuke Sasa

Yusuke Sasa 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).

  • CLEANING BLADE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20240369960
    Abstract: A cleaning blade includes an elastic member that includes a front edge surface extending in the longitudinal direction of the elastic member and the thickness direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and a bottom surface extending in the depth direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and the thickness direction, the bottom surface sharing a front edge ridge part with the front edge surface and facing a cleaning target, and a coating layer coating the front edge surface, the front edge ridge part, and the bottom surface, wherein the front edge ridge part coated with the coating layer is in contact with a surface of the cleaning target, and the coating layer has an average thickness that increases with an increase in a distance from the front edge ridge part in the thickness direction on the front edge surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuma Tokai, Naoko Shohji, Keiichiro Juri, Masahiro Ohmori, Hideki Kimura, Makoto Watanabe, Yosuke Suzuki, Jun Yamashita, Yusuke Sasa, Maho Shimokawa, Toshiki Mori