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Motofumi Baba, Ebina-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090263168	FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The fixing apparatus includes: a fixing member having base and conductive layers and fixing a toner onto a recording medium when the conductive layer is heated by electromagnetic induction; a magnetic field generating member generating an alternating-current magnetic field crossing the conductive layer; and a magnetic field inducing member arranged so as to face the magnetic field generating member across the fixing member, and inducing the magnetic field into itself or allowing the magnetic field to go through the member. The base layer and the magnetic field inducing member each contain a material having a magnetic permeability change onset temperature in a range from not less than a heating preset temperature of the fixing member to not more than a heatproof temperature of the fixing member. A thickness of the base layer is smaller than a skin depth of the layer at the heating preset temperature of the fixing member.	10-22-2009
20100215390	FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The fixing device includes: a fixing member including a conductive layer capable of self-heating by electromagnetic induction; a drive unit rotationally driving the fixing member; a magnetic field generating member generating an alternate-current magnetic field intersecting with the conductive layer; a fixation pressing member movable so as to come into pressure contact with an outer circumferential surface of the fixing member and to separate from the outer circumferential surface; and a temperature measurement unit that includes a temperature detector and a support portion, that measures temperature of the fixing member with the temperature detector which is pressed by the support portion to be brought into contact with an inner circumferential surface of the fixing member, and that holds a contact state between the temperature detector and the inner circumferential surface in every state where the fixing member is displaced in accordance with movement of the fixation pressing member.	08-26-2010
20100215414	FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATING DEVICE - The fixing device includes: a fixing member that includes a conductive layer capable of heating by electromagnetic induction; a magnetic field generating member that generates an alternate-current magnetic field intersecting with the conductive layer of the fixing member; plural magnetic path forming members that form a magnetic path of the alternate-current magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating member; a support member that supports the magnetic field generating member; an elastic support member that is arranged between the magnetic field generating member and the plural magnetic path forming members so as to be in contact with the plural magnetic path forming members; and a pressing member that presses the plural magnetic path forming members toward the magnetic field generating member.	08-26-2010
20100239339	HEATING ROTATOR, FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A heating rotator that is used for heating a developer on a recording medium has a cylindrical body that is made of a metal and both end portions of the cylindrical body is rotatably supported. The cylindrical body has a thick-walled portion at both end portions that is thicker than a center portion in an axial direction of the cylindrical body, and a cross-sectional shape of the heating rotator changes from the end portions toward the center portion in a pressure area of an outer peripheral surface to which pressure is applied by a pressure rotator.	09-23-2010
20100247185	FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The fixing device includes: a fixing member including a conductive layer, and fixing toner on a recording medium by heat generation of the conductive layer by electromagnetic induction; a magnetic field generating member generating an alternate-current magnetic field intersecting with the conductive layer; and a magnetic path forming member that has an outer circumferential surface arranged to be in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the fixing member, that forms a magnetic path of the alternate-current magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating member, and that includes: a magnetic layer having a changing range within a temperature range of about 20 degrees C., the changing range allowing a magnetic property of the magnetic layer to change between ferromagnetic and a paramagnetic properties in accordance with temperature; and an outer circumferential layer made of any one of or both chromium nitride as CrN and chromium nitride as Cr	09-30-2010
20110135355	HEATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A heating device includes: a heating member heating a recording medium by being heated through electromagnetic induction; a pressure member configured to come into contact with and separate from the heating member, and forming a nip portion between the pressure member and the heating member by pressing and coming into contact with the heating member; a first elastic member arranged inside the heating member, and elastically deformed at the nip portion by the pressure member; and any one of a second elastic member and a support member. The second elastic member is arranged between the first elastic member and the heating member while being fixed thereto, and has a larger elastic deformation ratio at the nip portion than the first elastic member. The support member supports the heating member and the first elastic member so as to form a gap therebetween, and rotates them with a rotational drive force.	06-09-2011
20110135356	HEATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A heating device includes: a heating member including a heat generation layer that generates heat by electromagnetic induction, and heating a recording medium by electromagnetic induction heating of the heat generation layer; and a pressure member configured to be movable in a direction approaching or away from the heating member, and forming a nip portion with the heating member therebetween, through which the recording medium passes, the pressure member being configured to include: a nip forming portion that forms the nip portion with the heating member therebetween in a state where the pressure member is set at a position in contact with the heating member while pressing; and a driving force transmission portion that is in contact with the heating member in a state where the nip forming portion is set at a position separated from the heating member and transmits a rotational driving force to the heating member.	06-09-2011

Motofumi Ikeda, Chuo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100245303	PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display device in which a sustain pulse having a leading period is applied between row electrodes forming each row electrode pair by a number of times previously determined for each subfield, in a sustain period, and a length of the leading period of the sustain pulse is set in accordance with an accumulated light emission time or an accumulated use time of the plasma display panel.	09-30-2010

Motofumi Koyuba, Yamaguchi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090250146	High Strength Thick-Gauge Electric-Resistance Welded Steel Pipe Excellent in Hardenability, Hot Workability and Fatigue Strength and Method of Production of the Same - The present invention provides high strength thick-gauge electric-resistance welded steel pipe excellent in hardenability, hot workability, and fatigue strength and a method of production of the same, that is, thick-gauge electric-resistance welded steel pipe containing, by mass %, C: 0.25 to 0.4%, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.8 to 1.5%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.05% or less, Al: 0.05% or less, Ti: 0.005 to 0.05%, B: 0.0005 to 0.01%, N: 0.001 to 0.05%, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, having a critical cooling rate V	10-08-2009

Motofumi Koyuba, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100119860	STEEL PIPE EXCELLENT IN DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - The invention provides a steel pipe excellent in deformation characteristics, most notably a steel pipe for expandable-pipe oil well and a low-yield-ratio line pipe, and a method of producing the same without conducting water cooling requiring large-scale heat treatment equipment, namely a method of producing a steel pipe excellent in deformation characteristics whose microstructure is a two-phase structure including a martensite-austenite constituent at an area fraction of 2 to 10% and a soft phase, which method comprises: heating at Ac	05-13-2010

Motofumi Suzuki, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090279084	Optical Sensor and Method for Manufacturing the Same - An optical sensor according to the present invention significantly enhances the sensitivity of an optical sensor for molecular measurement using light such as Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering and Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy utilizing the local plasmon's excitation of a noble metal. By using a transparent substance deposition step for forming a large number of anisotropic nano-columns having a predetermined aspect ratio, with their longitudinal direction and transverse direction aligned, by depositing a transparent substance onto a substrate from an oblique position while periodically inverting the position and a noble metal deposition step for depositing a noble metal onto surfaces of the formed anisotropic nano-columns, it is possible to manufacture an optical sensor with very high sensitivity at very low cost.	11-12-2009

Motofumi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100116597	ELEVATOR - An elevator includes a car that ascends and descends in an elevation path, and at least one airflow generation device that is set on a surface of a top end part of at least one of upper and lower end parts of the car, the surface facing a platform of the elevation path, and suppresses a separation flow generated at the top end of the car during running, thereby to generate an airflow for rectifying an airflow flowing into a front side of the car.	05-13-2010

Motofumi Yamaguchi, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080224932	PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE - A portable terminal device can suppress/reduce a noise radiated from the portable terminal device, especially more effectively can suppress/reduce adverse effects of a high-frequency noise in VHF/UHF band or higher, so that reception sensitivity of its antenna can be improved effectively. The portable terminal device is arranged such that a sheet member includes at least one of a conductive sheet and a metal deposition sheet inside a housing, an electronic circuit substrate is provided inside the sheet material, and an antenna member is provided outside the sheet member.	09-18-2008

Motofumi Yoshino, Ogura-Cho Uji JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090014522	ENABLING HOLOGRAPHIC MEDIA BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY WITH DUAL-USE MEDIA CARD CONNECTOR - A holographic read only memory card which can be coupled to and read by a card reader to which electronic read only memory cards can also be coupled to and read by the card reader is disclosed. The holographic read only memory card comprises: a housing having a compartment for receiving a holographic storage medium; a holographic storage medium having stored thereon holographic data; and optionally a an electronics panel member having an electronic memory component which can be read by the card reader when the holographic read only memory card is coupled to the electronic card reader. The housing comprises one or more card locating members to thereby repeatedly position the holographic read only memory card each time the holographic read only memory card is coupled to the electronic card reader so that the holographic data can be read.	01-15-2009
20090017687	DUAL-USE MEDIA CARD CONNECTOR FOR BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE HOLOGRAPHIC MEDIA CARD - A card connector which can interchangeably couple a holographic memory card or an electronic memory card to a card reader and/or writer which can then read and/or write to the coupled holographic memory card or electronic memory card. The card connector comprises: a memory card receiving section which can interchangeably receive the holographic memory card or the electronic memory card; and one or more card positioning members which cooperate with one or more card locating members on the coupled holographic memory card or the coupled electronic memory card to thereby repeatedly position the coupled holographic memory card or the coupled electronic memory card each time the holographic memory card or the electronic memory card is coupled to the card reader and/or writer, and is in a fully inserted card position, so that data can be read from and/or written to the coupled holographic memory card or the coupled electronic memory card.	01-15-2009