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20120117186 | DDS STRUCTURE WITH SCALABILITY AND ADAPTABILITY AND NODE CONSTITUTING THE SAME - A node constituting data distribution service (DDS) structure according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first DDS application including a first DCPS layer and a first real-time publish-subscribe (RTPS) layer and a second DDS application including a second DCPS layer communicated with the first RTPS layer. | 05-10-2012 |
20120120953 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISCOVERING COMMUNICATION ENTITY USING DISCOVERY GATEWAY - A method includes, when a passage network connecting at least one first communication entity in a first local domain with at least one second communication entity in a second local domain does not support the broadcast scheme and the multicast scheme, transmitting, by a first discovery gateway, a discovery request to a second discovery gateway, which is one of all discovery gateways connected with the first discovery gateway, in the second local domain via the passage network. Even when a passage network that does not support broadcasting and multicasting is between two communication entities, the method enables a communication entity to search for connection information about a counterpart communication entity without information required for communication entities requiring interaction on a network to connect with each other, thereby performing a function such as data exchange and service provision at a global level. | 05-17-2012 |
20120155269 | LIGHTWEIGHT MULTICAST METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA DISTRIBUTION SERVICE - The present invention provides a lightweight multicast method and apparatus for a data distribution service. The lightweight multicast apparatus includes a network congestion detection unit for multicasting packets to a plurality of subscriber node terminals, and detecting a cause of network congestion using a negative response message transferred from a relevant subscriber node terminal that could not receive the packets among the plurality of subscriber node terminals. A network recovery control unit determines a recovery control policy depending on the cause of the congestion detected by the network congestion detection unit, and solves the cause of the congestion. | 06-21-2012 |
20120166556 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME PUBLISH SUBSCRIBE DISCOVERY BASED ON DISTRIBUTED HASH TABLE - A method, a device, and a system for real-time publish subscribe (RTPS) discovery based on a distributed hash table (DHT) are provided. The method for RTPS discovery based on a DHT includes: registering, by a participant peer of participants, the participants in a distributed hash table (DHT) of an overlay network; obtaining location information on relative participants to be discovered from the DHT; sharing information on entities of the relative participants by exchanging a discovery message with the participant peer based on the location information on the obtained relative participants; and performing handshaking between the entities of the participants and the entities of the relative participants. Therefore, the exemplary embodiments of the present invention can rapidly and efficiently perform the discover of the participants based on the DHT. | 06-28-2012 |
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20150015954 | CAMERA MODULE - There is provided a camera module including: a lens barrel having a lens; and a housing having the lens barrel inserted thereinto, wherein an outer surface of the lens barrel facing an inner surface of the housing is provided with a first groove formed inwardly concave, and the inner surface of the housing is provided with a first foreign object collecting portion formed with a step difference and a second foreign object collecting portion formed with a step difference from the first foreign object collecting portion. | 01-15-2015 |
20150055220 | LENS DRIVING DEVICE AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME - A lens driving device includes a lens barrel supporting a lens; an autofocusing driving unit disposed on one side of a plane perpendicular to an optical axis direction based on the lens barrel to thereby drive the lens barrel in the optical axis direction; and a hand-shake prevention driving unit disposed on sides of the plane perpendicular to the optical axis direction other than the one side on which the autofocusing driving unit is disposed, to thereby drive the lens in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction. | 02-26-2015 |
20150103195 | CAMERA MODULE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A camera module may include a fixed part, and a driving part moved relatively with respect to the fixed part in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis direction. The driving part and the fixed part may be disposed to be spaced apart from each other in the optical axis direction, and the driving part may be supported by a plurality of suspension wires and a plurality of ball bearings, such that occurrence of tilting of a lens may be prevented when the driving part is driven in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction. | 04-16-2015 |
20150138639 | LENS DRIVING DEVICE AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME - A lens driving device includes a lens barrel supporting a lens; an autofocusing driving unit disposed on one side of a plane perpendicular to an optical axis direction based on the lens barrel to thereby drive the lens barrel in the optical axis direction; and a hand-shake prevention driving unit disposed on sides of the plane perpendicular to the optical axis direction other than the one side on which the autofocusing driving unit is disposed, to thereby drive the lens in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction. | 05-21-2015 |
20150163386 | CAMERA MODULE - There is provided a camera module including: a housing having a lens barrel disposed therein; an infrared filter attached to an inner surface of the housing and disposed below the lens barrel; and a board coupled to a lower portion of the housing and having an image sensor mounted thereon, wherein the board has a plurality of terminals formed thereon, the image sensor has a plurality of bonding pads formed therein, and the plurality of bonding pads are electrically connected to the plurality of terminals by bonding wires, respectively, and the plurality of bonding pads have a coating material applied thereto in order to absorb external light incident thereto. | 06-11-2015 |
20150201112 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module may include: a frame having an opening formed therein; an auto-focusing unit mounted on the frame; and a position adjusting part formed in the auto-focusing unit. A distance from an optical axis to the position adjusting part may be smaller than a distance from the optical axis to the opening. | 07-16-2015 |
20150346587 | CAMERA MODULE - There is provided a camera module including: a housing unit; a lens unit which is movable relative to the housing unit in an optical axis direction and directions perpendicular with respect to an optical axis; and an actuator unit moving the lens unit, wherein corners of the housing unit are provided with flat surfaces which are inclined with respect to an optical axis of the lens unit. | 12-03-2015 |
20160054641 | CAMERA MODULE - Disclosed herein is a camera module in which a movement of a magnet is controlled by only magnetic force between the magnet and a yoke without a spring for controlling the movement of the magnet which operates up and down. The camera module includes: a lens module; and a main frame supporting the lens module and allowing the lens module to be driven in an optical axis direction, wherein the lens module includes: a lens assembly including a plurality of lenses; and a magnet fixed to one side of the lens module, and the main frame includes: a coil facing the magnet, fixed to one side within the main frame, and generating an electric field as power is applied thereto; and a yoke disposed to face the magnet with the main frame and the coil interposed therebetween and controlling driving of the lens module by attraction with the magnet. | 02-25-2016 |
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20120320467 | IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE - Disclosed herein is an image photographing device capable of being auto-focused while moving a lens barrel in an optical axis direction. The image photographing device includes: a lens barrel having at least one lens; a housing receiving the lens barrel therein so that the lens barrel moves in an optical axis direction; and an impact reducing unit elastically supporting the lens barrel in the case in which the lens barrel deviates from a set movement range, thereby primarily damping the lens barrel before the lens barrel deviates from the movement range to collide with other components positioned at an outer side of the lens barrel. | 12-20-2012 |
20130022883 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING FUEL CELL STACK - Disclosed is an apparatus and method for activating a fuel cell stack, which significantly reduces the time required for activation and the amount of hydrogen used for the activation by employing a vacuum wetting process in a shutdown operation. In particular, a high humidity open circuit voltage operation humidifies the fuel cell stack and operates the fuel cell stack at an open circuit voltage, and a vacuum wetting operation wets the surface of a polymer electrolyte membrane by creating a vacuum atmosphere in the fuel cell stack. The high humidity open circuit voltage operation and the vacuum wetting operation are performed alternately and repeatedly. | 01-24-2013 |
20140045086 | PRE-ACTIVATION METHOD FOR FUEL CELL STACK - Disclosed is a pre-activation method for a fuel cell stack, which can reduce the amount of hydrogen used and the processing time required during the regular activation process for the fuel cell stack. The disclosure provides, in part, a pre-activation method including: injecting water droplet-containing, humidified hydrogen into a cathode inlet manifold of a fuel cell stack assembled in an assembly process such that the water droplet-containing hydrogen is supplied to a cathode of the fuel cell stack; and sealing and storing the resulting fuel cell stack for a period of time to pre-activate the fuel cell stack. | 02-13-2014 |
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20130321937 | CAMERA MODULE - Disclosed herein is a camera module in which a movement of a magnet is controlled by only magnetic force between the magnet and a yoke without a spring for controlling the movement of the magnet which operates up and down. The camera module includes: a lens module; and a main frame supporting the lens module and allowing the lens module to be driven in an optical axis direction, wherein the lens module includes: a lens assembly including a plurality of lenses; and a magnet fixed to one side of the lens module, and the main frame includes: a coil facing the magnet, fixed to one side within the main frame, and generating an electric field as power is applied thereto; and a yoke disposed to face the magnet with the main frame and the coil interposed therebetween and controlling driving of the lens module by attraction with the magnet. | 12-05-2013 |
20140098434 | LENS ACTUATOR - There is provided a lens actuator, including: a lens barrel in which at least one lens is provided on an optical axis; a magnetic part provided on one surface of the lens barrel; and a printed circuit board in which a coil pattern part generating electromagnetic force is provided, the printed circuit board having one surface facing the magnetic part, wherein magnetic material is provided on the other surface of the printed circuit board. | 04-10-2014 |
20150015770 | CAMERA MODULE - There is provided a camera module including: a lens barrel having one or more lenses positioned along an optical axis; and a housing having the lens barrel therein, wherein the housing includes a first through hole into which the lens barrel is inserted and a second through hole having a diameter larger than that of the first through hole. | 01-15-2015 |
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20110063743 | PIEZO ACTUATOR AND LENS ACTUATING MODULE USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a piezo actuator and a lens actuating module using the piezo actuator. The lens actuating module includes a housing having an accommodating space. A lens barrel is accommodated in the accommodating space. A preload unit includes a locking part locked to the outer circumference of the lens barrel and preload parts extending from both edges of the locking part outwards relative to the lens barrel. A piezo actuator is interposed between the preload parts and supported at a side thereof by force of the preload parts, the side being bent and deformed inwards and outwards, thus applying force for actuating the lens barrel in a direction of an optical axis to the preload unit. The piezo actuator which is simple in structure and assembling process and has improved actuating reliability and the lens actuating module using the piezo actuator are achieved. | 03-17-2011 |
20110091193 | LENS ACTUATING MODULE - A lens actuating module. The module includes a housing and a lens barrel. received in an accommodating space of the housing and having a lens therein. A driving unit applies a driving force to the lens barrel such that the barrel can be moved up in an optical axis direction by a pulling force of contraction of an SMA (shape memory alloy) wire fixed to the housing. A rotary member is interposed between the housing and the lens barrel. A preload unit pulls the lens barrel in the optical axis direction such that the lens barrel can move down to an original position, and pulls the lens barrel in a direction to perpendicular to the optical axis to maintain a contact of the lens barrel with the rotary member. The lens barrel is moved by the contracted or extended amount of the SMA wire, thus realizing a simple structure and miniaturization. | 04-21-2011 |
20110109968 | IMAGE STABILIZATION MECHANISM FOR CAMERA MODULE - Disclosed herein is an image stabilization mechanism for a camera module. The image stabilization mechanism includes a base, a movable stage receiving a lens barrel therein and having a magnet, and a piezoelectric actuator. The piezoelectric actuator is installed to the base, moves the movable stage in an X-axis or Y-axis direction to remove shake of the lens barrel, and maintains contact with the movable stage because of magnetic attractive force between the piezoelectric actuator and the magnet. The image stabilization mechanism reduces the number of components, thus simplifying the structure and minimizing an increase in height. | 05-12-2011 |
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20090303594 | Image stabilizing apparatus for camera module - The present invention relates to an image stabilizing apparatus for a camera module capable of effectively stabilizing an image of the camera module, implementing miniaturization and slimness, and reducing a manufacture cost of the camera module by supplying a two-axial correction structure to perform correction in an X axial direction or an Y axial direction of an automatic focusing unit through a ball holder having upper balls and lower balls. | 12-10-2009 |
20090303595 | Optical image stabilizing apparatus for micro-camera module - The present invention relates to an optical image stabilizing apparatus for a micro-camera module capable of effectively stabilizing an image of the camera module and implementing miniaturization of the camera module by supplying an “L”-shaped biaxial guide structure to prevent a tilt in a Y axial direction while moving an automatic focusing unit of the camera module in a horizontal X axial direction and to prevent a tilt in an X axial direction while moving the automatic focusing unit of the camera module in a horizontal Y axial direction. | 12-10-2009 |
20110194199 | TWO-AXIS STAGE AND CAMERA MODULE HAVING THE SAME - A camera module in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a housing, a first shaft, which is disposed in a first axis direction and coupled to the housing in such a way that the other end part can be tilted against one end part, a moving guide, which is mounted on the first shaft in such a way that the moving guide can slide in the first axis direction, a second shaft, which is disposed in a second axis direction and supported by the housing in such a way that the second shaft can be tilted against the housing, a lens module, which is mounted on the second shaft in such a way that the lens module can slide in the second axis direction, and a driver, which moves the lens module in the first axis direction and the second axis direction. | 08-11-2011 |
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20130250480 | MULTI-LAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a multi-layer ceramic electronic component including: a ceramic sintered body in which a plurality of dielectric layers are laminated; first and second internal electrodes formed in the ceramic sintered body; first and second external electrodes formed on both ends of the ceramic sintered body while covering a circumference thereof, and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes; and a sealing part including a glass component and formed in a gap between an outer surface of the ceramic sintered body and ends of the first and second external electrodes. | 09-26-2013 |
20140071586 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component, including: a ceramic body including a dielectric layer; first and second internal electrodes disposed to face each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween within the ceramic body; and first and second external electrodes formed on external surfaces of the ceramic body and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, wherein, when the dielectric layer is divided into three areas in a thickness direction of the ceramic body, an average size of dielectric grains in a middle area is different from that of dielectric grains in upper and lower areas, and when T | 03-13-2014 |
20150041194 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND BOARD FOR MOUNTING THE SAME - There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component including a ceramic body including a plurality of dielectric layers stacked in a thickness direction and satisfying T/W>1.0 when it is defined that a width thereof is W and a thickness thereof is T, a plurality of first and second internal electrodes disposed in the ceramic body so as to face each other, having the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and alternately exposed through both end surfaces of the ceramic body, and first and second external electrodes including head parts formed on both end surfaces of the ceramic body and two band parts connected to the head parts and formed on portions of upper and lower main surfaces of the ceramic body so as to be spaced apart from each other in a width direction, and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. | 02-12-2015 |
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20100015998 | LOCATION SERVICE BASED SECURE USER PLANE LOCATION - An IP connection is released when a SUPL-based periodic triggered service starts, so as to prevent consumption of network resources. After releasing the IP connection, if a location is measured thereby to generate location information, only the fact that the location has been measured is notified to a requester, and the requester is allowed to receive the location information only when a secure transmission is ensured after the notification, thereby avoiding the location information from being exposed externally. | 01-21-2010 |
20100228845 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING TRIGGERED SESSION IN TRIGGERED LOCATION SERVICE BASED ON SUPL - Disclosed is a triggered session performance in a SUPL-based triggered location service, in particular, a triggered location service capable of pausing an ongoing session and then resuming the paused session by using a dedicated or common message and other certain parameters indicating a session pause/resume. | 09-09-2010 |
20100228846 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING SUPL BASED LOCATION SERVICE - A method for performing an SUPL-based triggered location service, comprising: sending a pause message for a triggered session to a server, starting the triggered session for a triggered location service with the server; and sending a end message to the server if a condition added to the triggered session is satisfied during pause of the triggered session. | 09-09-2010 |
20100228847 | METHOD FOR TRIGGERED LOCATION SERVICE IN SUPL - Disclosed is an SUPL-based triggered location service which provides a triggered location service capable of pausing an ongoing session and then resuming the paused session by using a dedicated or common message and other certain parameters indicating a session pause/resume. | 09-09-2010 |
20110022710 | LOCATION INFORMATION SERVICE METHOD - A location service method in a terminal includes: receiving a message including a first parameter with respect to an inner area determined based on a particular geographic area and a second parameter with respect to an outer area from a server; and checking whether or not the terminal leaves the particular geographic area through the parameters of the inner area and the outer area. | 01-27-2011 |
20110045827 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION SERVICE FOR ROAMING TERMINAL - A method for providing a location service for a roaming terminal includes: receiving a start message for starting a location service from a terminal in a situation in which a session for the location service is ongoing; transmitting, by the terminal, a roaming location service start message including an indication parameter for requesting information required for an intended location measurement method and the start message to a server of a network the terminal is visiting; receiving a roaming location service start response message including a start response message and the requested information from the server; and transferring the start response message in the received location service start response message to the terminal. | 02-24-2011 |
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20130116297 | NOVEL FUSARISETIN COMPOUNDS, AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to novel fusarisetin compounds separated from | 05-09-2013 |
20150182502 | COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF CANCER COMPRISING N-METHYLENENAPHTHO[2,1-b]FURAN-2-CARBOHYDRAZIDE DERIVATIVES AS AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT - The present invention relates to ethyl(2-methyl-3{(E)-[(naphtho[2,1-b]furan-2-ylcarbonyl)hydrazono]methyl}-1H-indole-1-yl)acetate, the novel mitosis inhibitor. The said ethyl(2-methyl-3{(E)-[(naphtho[2,1-b]furan-2-ylcarbonyl)hydrazono]methyl}-1H-indole-1-yl)acetate not only induces apoptosis by inhibiting tubulin polymerization in the course of mitosis but also displays an excellent anticancer effect in the multi-drug resistant cancer cells, so that it can be effectively used for the treatment of cell proliferative disease including various cancers. | 07-02-2015 |
20160102078 | NOVEL TUBULIN POLYMERIZATION INHIBITOR AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING SAME - The present invention relates to (E)-ethyl 2-(2-methyl-3-((2-(naphtho[2,1-b]furan-2-carbonyl)hydrazono)methyl)-1H-indol-1-yl)acetate as a novel tubulin polymerization inhibitor and a method for synthesizing the same. The compound of the present invention can inhibit mitosis and induce apoptosis and thus be used as an anticancer agent, by binding to tubulin to inhibit microtube polymerization. According to the synthesis method of the present invention, the reaction is simplified and the efficiency is 60%, or higher, leading to a very high yield, thereby providing an effective synthesis method. | 04-14-2016 |
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20090275351 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, SERVER, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MESSAGE SERVICE WITH FONT DATA - A mobile communication terminal, a message service server, a message service system, and a method thereof for sending and receiving a message are disclosed. In one embodiment, the mobile communication terminal includes 1) a font encoder configured to encode a font design into font data and to encode a message text into message data so as to generate combined message data which comprises the font data and message data and 2) a font decoder configured to i) separate the font data and the message data from the combined message data, and ii) reconstruct and output a message, comprising the font design, based at least in part on the separated font data and the message data. According to one embodiment, by including the font data and message data in the transmission, the receiving mobile communication terminal can display the same font design as the original font design. | 11-05-2009 |
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20140170510 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING PERFORMANCE OF FUEL CELL - A method for recovering performance of a degraded polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack through electrode reversal. In detail, oxide films formed on the surface of platinum of a cathode is removed through an electrode reversal process that creates a potential difference between an anode and the cathode by supplying air to the anode instead of hydrogen and supplying a fuel to the cathode instead of air, thus rapidly recovering the performance of a degraded polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack. | 06-19-2014 |
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20150104721 | PERFORMANCE RECOVERY METHOD FOR FUEL CELL STACK - A method for recovering the performance of a fuel cell stack mounted within a vehicle is provided. A method includes a recovery process of continuously applying a predetermined load using a load device when an air supply is stopped and hydrogen is supplied to a fuel cell stack to output current from the fuel cell stack. Further, protons and electrons generated by hydrogen oxidation reaction at an anode are moved to a cathode, to produce hydrogen at the cathode and simultaneously remove oxide on the catalyst surface of the cathode. | 04-16-2015 |
20150133120 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR TRANSMITTING CONTENTS WITH SUPPORTING HAND-OVER - According to one aspect of the present invention, the content transmission method supporting handover includes: (a) compressing, at a compressor, content transmitted from a server and transmitting the compressed content to a decompressor if a request for changing to a compression mode is received; and (b) transmitting, at a compressor, content transmitted from a server without compression to a client or another decompressor connected to the client after a handover occurs if the handover occurs at the client. | 05-14-2015 |
20150180064 | FUEL CELL MANAGEMENT METHOD - A fuel cell management method includes removing droplets remaining in a fuel cell stack using air supplied to a cathode and hydrogen supplied to an anode. Hydrogen and oxygen remaining are removed in the fuel cell stack by stopping the supply of the hydrogen and the air, and the hydrogen and the oxygen in the fuel cell stack are chemically reacted to remove residual hydrogen and oxygen. Hydrogen is generated in the cathode of the fuel cell stack after removing the residual hydrogen and oxygen. The residual oxygen is additionally removed using the generated hydrogen, the generated hydrogen is absorbed on a surface of a catalyst layer formed on the anode and cathode and accelerating the chemical reaction of hydrogen and air. | 06-25-2015 |
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20100119247 | FUSING UNIT, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - Disclosed are a fusing unit capable of a variable fusing pressing force, a control method thereof and an image forming apparatus employing the same. The fusing pressing force may be selectively varied so as to apply a lesser force at the initial stage of the operation of the fusing unit, and may be increased to a desired level of force suitable for fusing operation so as to minimize excessive torque in a driving motor that rotationally drives the fusing device. | 05-13-2010 |
20110091229 | FUSING UNIT, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A fusing unit includes a driving source, a fusing part which includes a heat source and is driven by the driving source to heat and press a transported printing medium to fuse an image transferred to the printing medium, an electric power supplying unit which supplies an electric power to the heat source, and a control unit which senses the torque of the driving source or a property value corresponding to the torque, and restricts or blocks electric power supplied to the heat source from the electric power supplying unit during a predetermined time if a change rate of the torque or the property value deviates from a reference value. | 04-21-2011 |
20120082492 | FUSING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - A fusing unit and an image forming apparatus, the fusing unit includes: a fusing frame which is grounded to the image forming apparatus when mounted in the image forming apparatus; a heating member which includes a release layer contacting the print medium and a heat transfer layer provided within the release layer, grounded to the fusing frame, and transfers heat from a heat source provided therein to a print medium passing a predetermined fusing nip; a supporting member which rotatably supports the heating member; a pressure roller, forms the fusing nip between the pressure roller and the heating member, presses the print medium passing the fusing nip and includes a conductive material; and a discharging member includes an end part which contacts the print medium passing the fusing nip, and discharges static electricity from the print medium. | 04-05-2012 |
20120170957 | FUSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A fusing device and an image forming apparatus having the same are provided. The fusing device includes a position regulating device to regulate a position of a side frame which rotatably supports a fusing belt, thereby fixing a position of a fusing nip defined between the fusing belt, inside of which a heat source is placed, and a pressure roller arranged to face the fusing belt. The fusing device prevents shift of a recording medium delivery path due to deformation of the pressure roller. | 07-05-2012 |