Inventor · Chiba, JP

Taro Minobe

16Patents
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16Co-inventors
53Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 4, 2011 → Feb 26, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9158238B2 Image forming apparatus using stretch member and contact member to maintain potential with current flowing from current supply member to intermediate transfer belt Physics 6 Active
US9417568B2 Image forming apparatus using stretch member and contact member to maintain potential with a current flowing to intermediate transfer belt Physics 4 Active
US9141038B2 Image forming apparatus Physics 3 Active
US9817342B2 Image forming apparatus using stretch member and contact member to maintain potential with a current flowing to intermediate transer belt Physics 3 Active
US9335726B2 Image forming apparatus having a transfer unit frame Physics 3 Active
US9864318B2 Image forming apparatus including a power supply for forming an image on a recording material Electricity 2 Active
US11474458B2 Image forming apparatus that determines whether or not plurality of rotating bodies are in state of contact Physics 1 Active
US10180643B2 Image forming apparatus having intermediate transfer belt, secondary transfer member that contacts outer surface of intermediate transfer belt, opposed member opposed to secondary transfer member via intermediate transfer belt, contact member that contacts inner surface of intermediate transfer belt, and constant-voltage element through which opposed member and contact member are grounded Physics 1 Active
US10671009B2 Printed circuit board mounting piezoelectric transformer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10228649B2 Power supply apparatus, image forming apparatus, and integrated circuit Electricity 0 Active
US9798283B2 Image forming apparatus including a power supply for forming an image on a recording material General 0 Revoked
US11307525B2 Printed circuit board mounting piezoelectric transformer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11112735B2 Image forming apparatus Physics 0 Active
US10627749B2 Image forming apparatus having transfer power source that applies voltage to secondary transfer member to perform secondary transfer of toner images from electrically conductive intermediate transfer belt to recording materials, toner images on image carrier primarily transferred to belt by transfer power source and contact member in which an electric potential is formed by constant-voltage element, transfer power source and auxiliary power source Physics 0 Active
US10261451B2 Image forming apparatus Physics 0 Active
US9052676B2 High-voltage power source Electricity 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.