公开(公告)号：US20200249602A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-06

申请号：US16715348

申请日：2019-12-16

申请人： Daisuke Inoue ,  Tomoya ADACHI ,  Yuusuke FURUICHI

发明人： Daisuke Inoue ,  Tomoya ADACHI ,  Yuusuke FURUICHI

IPC分类号： G03G15/20 ,  G03G15/01

摘要： A fixing device includes an endless belt that rotates and a pressure rotator that rotates and presses against the endless belt to form a fixing nip between the endless belt and the pressure rotator, through which a recording medium bearing an image is conveyed. A heater is disposed inside a loop formed by the endless belt. The heater heats the endless belt. A conductor is disposed upstream from the pressure rotator in a recording medium conveyance direction and grounded. The conductor contacts and detects the recording medium.

公开(公告)号：US20220382192A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-01

申请号：US17742912

申请日：2022-05-12

申请人： Daisuke INOUE ,  Yuusuke FURUICHI ,  Hiroyuki SHIMADA ,  Yukimichi SOMEYA ,  Satoshi TOHKAI ,  Yumiko HAYASHI

发明人： Daisuke INOUE ,  Yuusuke FURUICHI ,  Hiroyuki SHIMADA ,  Yukimichi SOMEYA ,  Satoshi TOHKAI ,  Yumiko HAYASHI

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

摘要： A belt device includes a secured member, a belt, a pressure rotator, and lubricant. The belt has an endless shape and slides on a slide surface of the secured member. The belt has an inner portion having an elastic power of 55% or more and a sliding surface sliding on the slide surface of the secured member. The sliding surface has a surface roughness smaller than a surface roughness of the slide surface of the secured member. The pressure rotator presses the secured member via the belt to form a nip between the belt and the pressure rotator. The lubricant is interposed between the sliding surface of the belt and the slide surface of the secured member.

公开(公告)号：US20220308511A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17694719

申请日：2022-03-15

申请人： Yukimichi SOMEYA ,  Hiroyuki SHIMADA ,  Daisuke INOUE ,  Yuusuke FURUICHI ,  Satoshi TOHKAI ,  Yumiko HAYASHI

发明人： Yukimichi SOMEYA ,  Hiroyuki SHIMADA ,  Daisuke INOUE ,  Yuusuke FURUICHI ,  Satoshi TOHKAI ,  Yumiko HAYASHI

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

摘要： A pressing device includes a rotator, a secured member, a pressure rotator, and lubricant. The rotator has flexibility and a sleeve form and includes an inner portion having a sliding surface. The inner portion has an elastic power of 55% or more. The secured member is inside a loop of the rotator and has a slide surface on which the sliding surface of the rotator is to slide. The slide surface has a smaller surface roughness than a surface roughness of the sliding surface. The pressure rotator presses the rotator against the secured member and forms a nip between the rotator and the pressure rotator. The lubricant between the rotator and the secured member has a consistency of 275 or less.

公开(公告)号：US20210157259A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-27

申请号：US17086764

申请日：2020-11-02

申请人： Daisuke INOUE ,  Yuusuke FURUICHI

发明人： Daisuke INOUE ,  Yuusuke FURUICHI

IPC分类号： G03G15/20 ,  H05B3/02 ,  H05B3/03

摘要： A heater includes a first heat generator and a second heat generator each of which has a hypothetical center line that divides each of the first heat generator and the second heat generator into a first section and a second section. A first conductor connects a first electrode to the first heat generator and the second heat generator. A second conductor connects a second electrode to the first heat generator and the second heat generator. A first primary connector connects the first conductor to the first section of the first heat generator. A second primary connector connects the first conductor to the second section of the second heat generator. A first secondary connector connects the second conductor to the first heat generator. A second secondary connector connects the second conductor to the second heat generator.

公开(公告)号：US20220299920A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-22

申请号：US17692177

申请日：2022-03-11

申请人： Hiroyuki SHIMADA ,  Yukimichi SOMEYA ,  Yuusuke FURUICHI ,  Daisuke INOUE ,  Satoshi TOHKAI ,  Yumiko HAYASHI

发明人： Hiroyuki SHIMADA ,  Yukimichi SOMEYA ,  Yuusuke FURUICHI ,  Daisuke INOUE ,  Satoshi TOHKAI ,  Yumiko HAYASHI

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

摘要： A fixing device includes a rotator, a secured member, a pressure rotator, and lubricant. The rotator has flexibility and a sleeve form. The rotator includes an inner portion having a sliding surface. The inner portion has an elastic power of 55% or more. The secured member is disposed inside a loop of the rotator and has a slide surface on which the sliding surface of the rotator slides. The slide surface has a larger hardness than a hardness of the sliding surface of the rotator. The pressure rotator presses the rotator against the secured member and forms a nip between the rotator and the pressure rotator. The lubricant is provided between the rotator and the secured member.

公开(公告)号：US20220299919A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-22

申请号：US17686622

申请日：2022-03-04

申请人： Daisuke INOUE ,  Yuusuke FURUICHI ,  Hiroyuki SHIMADA ,  Yukimichi SOMEYA ,  Satoshi TOHKAI ,  Yumiko HAYASHI

发明人： Daisuke INOUE ,  Yuusuke FURUICHI ,  Hiroyuki SHIMADA ,  Yukimichi SOMEYA ,  Satoshi TOHKAI ,  Yumiko HAYASHI

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

摘要： A fixing device includes a rotator, a secured member, a pressure rotator, and lubricant. The rotator has flexibility and a sleeve form. The rotator includes an inner portion having a sliding surface. The inner portion has an elastic power of 55% or more. The secured member is disposed inside a loop of the rotator and has a slide surface on which the sliding surface of the rotator is to slide. The slide surface has a smaller surface roughness in a sliding direction of the rotator than a surface roughness of the sliding surface in the sliding direction of the rotator. The pressure rotator presses the rotator against the secured member and forms a nip between the rotator and the pressure rotator. The lubricant is provided between the rotator and the secured member.

公开(公告)号：US20230081075A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-16

申请号：US17864434

申请日：2022-07-14

申请人： Yukimichi SOMEYA ,  Hiroyuki SHIMADA ,  Yuusuke FURUICHI ,  Daisuke INOUE ,  Satoshi TOHKAI ,  Yumiko HAYASHI

发明人： Yukimichi SOMEYA ,  Hiroyuki SHIMADA ,  Yuusuke FURUICHI ,  Daisuke INOUE ,  Satoshi TOHKAI ,  Yumiko HAYASHI

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

摘要： A belt device includes a heater and a belt. The heater includes a substrate and a heat generator on the substrate. The heater has a first heater surface and a second heater surface opposite the first heater surface. The first heater surface is adjacent to the heat generator. The belt is rotatable, has an endless shape, and slides on the second heater surface. The belt includes an inner portion having an inner circumferential surface to slide on the second heater surface. The inner portion has an elastic power of 52% or more.

公开(公告)号：US20230063779A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-02

申请号：US17863404

申请日：2022-07-13

申请人： Hiroyuki SHIMADA ,  Yukimichi SOMEYA ,  Yuusuke FURUICHI ,  Daisuke INOUE ,  Satoshi TOHKAI ,  Yumiko HAYASHI

发明人： Hiroyuki SHIMADA ,  Yukimichi SOMEYA ,  Yuusuke FURUICHI ,  Daisuke INOUE ,  Satoshi TOHKAI ,  Yumiko HAYASHI

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

摘要： A belt device includes a belt, a secured member, a pressure rotator, and lubricant. The belt is rotatable and has an endless shape. The belt includes an inner portion having an inner circumferential surface. The inner portion has an elastic power of 55% or more. The inner circumferential surface of the belt slides on the secured member. The pressure rotator includes a porous elastic body and presses the secured member via the belt to form a nip between the belt and the pressure rotator. The lubricant is interposed between the inner circumferential surface of the belt and the secured member.

公开(公告)号：US20200249601A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-06

申请号：US16701686

申请日：2019-12-03

申请人： Daisuke INOUE ,  Tomoya ADACHI ,  Yuusuke FURUICHI ,  Yukimichi SOMEYA

发明人： Daisuke INOUE ,  Tomoya ADACHI ,  Yuusuke FURUICHI ,  Yukimichi SOMEYA

IPC分类号： G03G15/20 ,  H05B3/03 ,  H05B3/00 ,  G03G15/00

摘要： A heater includes a base and at least one resistive heat generator mounted on a face of the base. At least one electrode supplies power to the at least one resistive heat generator. A conductor couples the at least one electrode with the at least one resistive heat generator. A slide layer covers the at least one resistive heat generator and the conductor. The slide layer includes a projecting portion that defines a surface of the slide layer. The projecting portion is defined by a film thickness of at least one of the conductor and the at least one resistive heat generator. The projecting portion includes an upstream projection disposed opposite a lateral end of the base in a longitudinal direction of the base and a downstream projection disposed downstream from the upstream projection in a rotation direction of an endless belt that slides over the heater.

公开(公告)号：US20210041832A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-11

申请号：US16942072

申请日：2020-07-29

申请人： Yuusuke FURUICHI

发明人： Yuusuke FURUICHI

IPC分类号： G03G21/20 ,  G03G15/20

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes a cooler and a heater. The heater includes a heat generation unit, which includes resistive heat generators arranged in a longitudinal direction of the heater, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first conductor that connects the resistive heat generators in parallel with each other to the first electrode, and a second conductor that connects the resistive heat generators in parallel with each other to the second electrode. The first and second conductors are connected to at least one of the resistive heat generators on a first longitudinal end side of the heater from a center of the resistive heat generator in the longitudinal direction of the heater. A cooling ability of the cooler to a second longitudinal end side of the heater opposite the first longitudinal end side of the heater is greater than that to the first longitudinal end side of the heater.