Patents by Inventor Zhou Yaomin

Zhou Yaomin 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).

  • Fixing belt, and image heat fixing assembly
    Patent number: 6782230
    Abstract: In a fixing belt having at least a release layer and a metal layer formed of electroformed nickel, the electroformed nickel has, in its crystal texture, crystallites having an average size of 0.05 &mgr;m or more and 0.2 &mgr;m or less. This fixing belt has high durability, and an image heat fixing assembly using this fixing belt has high durability and high reliability and realizes low-energy heating by utilizing a heating element with a small heat capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Zhou Yaomin, Kazuo Kishino, Hideyuki Yano, Masahiro Suzuki, Koji Sasaki
  • FIXING BELT, AND IMAGE HEAT FIXING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20030228179
    Abstract: In a fixing belt having at least a release layer and a metal layer formed of electroformed nickel, the electroformed nickel has, in its crystal texture, crystallites having an average size of 0.05 &mgr;m or more and 0.2 &mgr;m or less. This fixing belt has high durability, and an image heat fixing assembly using this fixing belt has high durability and high reliability and realizes low-energy heating by utilizing a heating element with a small heat capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Zhou Yaomin, Kazuo Kishino, Hideyuki Yano, Masahiro Suzuki, Koji Sasaki