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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185018 | Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively eliminating color displacement by recognizing a rotational position of a rotating member with a mechanism using detection marks An image forming apparatus includes a rotating member, a motor configured to rotate the rotating member, and a marking member having primary and secondary portions. The image forming apparatus also includes a mark sensor configured to detect the primary and secondar... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180255 | Rotation member unit and image forming apparatus A rotation member unit detachable from a casing includes a rotation member for rotating when driven, and plural drive introduction members arranged at both ends of the rotation member in a rotation axial direction of the rotation member, respectively. The drive intr... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8165502 | Belt driving controller, belt rotating device, and image forming apparatus A belt driving controller is disclosed. The belt driving controller controls driving of a belt that is wound around plural sustaining rollers by controlling a driving sustaining roller that transmits a driving force to the belt. In two sustaining rollers, a calculat... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160480 | Image forming apparatus having controlled speed differential between image bearing members and intermediate transfer belt An image forming apparatus includes first and second rotatable image bearing members, a rotatable belt member which can abut on the first and second image bearing members, a drive mechanism to attach or separate the second image bearing member to or from the belt me... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8145097 | Constant-velocity joint and image-forming device A constant-velocity joint includes an outer ring having an annular space therein and an opening at one axial end thereof. The annular space is defined by a radially outer wall and a radially inner wall of the outer ring. At least one of the radially outer wall and t... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8126366 | Image forming apparatus in which drive transmission member engages drive input member An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus comprises an apparatus main body; a process unit having a drive input member; and a drive transmission member, wherein, the drive transmission member comprises: a guide core member having a distal e... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8103193 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus having a color mode and a monochromatic mode, which includes: a transmission member, which can be switched between a transmitted state where a motor transfers a drive force to a single photoreceptor drum and a non-transmitted state where t... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103192 | Constant velocity joint and image forming apparatus Example embodiments relate to a constant velocity joint having an outer ring including an annular space with an open end, plural outer grooves axially extending in an outer wall of the annular space and being equally spaced from each other in a circumferential direc... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099022 | Color image forming apparatus According to an embodiment of the present invention, color drift is prevented from occurring in a color image by detecting a position of a rotation informing mechanism integrally held by one of first, second, and third gears to detect a phase change in full rotation... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099021 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes four image carriers, four image carrier gears provided corresponding to the respective image carriers, four transmission gears provided corresponding to the respective image carrier gears and meshed with the respective image carri... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095044 | Rotary member driving apparatus A rotary member apparatus includes a main drive unit configured to apply a driving torque to a photosensitive drum through a drive transfer unit, a torque limiter configured to limit the driving torque transmitted from the main drive unit to the photosensitive drum,... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090296 | Coupling mechanism for a process portion of an image forming apparatus There is provided an image forming apparatus that includes couplings for photoreceptor drums, couplings for waste toner transporting screws, and couplings for developing rollers, that transmit driving force to each of a plurality of driving shafts for driving a proc... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8081905 | Image forming apparatus and method of correcting rotation angular velocity of image bearing member An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member, an image forming device forming a latent image on the image bearing member and visualizing the latent image; a transfer device transferring the visual image onto a receiving material, using a moving membe... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8073364 | Systems and methods for remanufacturing imaging components A drive gear for a generally cylindrical imaging component. The drive gear includes a body for engaging the generally cylindrical imaging component; a cylindrical shaft attached to the body, the cylindrical shaft having an end surface; and three prongs extending lon... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068767 | Image forming apparatus and process cartridge The image forming apparatus includes a drum cartridge having a photosensitive drum and a drum drive input member; a developing cartridge configured to be movably mounted to the drum cartridge, the developing cartridge comprising a developing roller disposed so as to... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068766 | Rotary drive device and image forming apparatus A rotary drive device includes a motor including a rotary shaft, a planetary gear mechanism, and a rotation position detector. The planetary gear mechanism decelerates a rotation output of the motor at a reference reduction ratio and includes an outer gear, multista... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064802 | Driving-force transmission device and image forming apparatus A driving-force transmitting member is formed of a material having a linear expansion coefficient larger than that of a sleeve bearing, and Δx1>r1×Δt×a−R1×Δt×b is satisfied, where R1 is inner radius of the sleeve bearing, r1 | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064800 | Composite torque transfer body and spline assembly to reduce jitter in an image forming device A composite torque transfer body and spline assembly includes a torque transfer component made of a first material and having a central body portion and a peripheral torque transfer portion integrally attached to and extending about the central body portion, a splin... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064801 | Drive transmission device, and image forming apparatus and process cartridge using same A drive transmission device that performs drive transmission through a plurality of systems and includes a first involute spline joint to perform drive transmission to a primary rotating body to be driven and a second involute spline joint to perform drive transmiss... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059991 | Belt-conveyance control device, image forming apparatus, belt-conveyance control method, and computer program product A control unit calculates a difference between a displacement of a belt detected by an encoder and a predetermined target value, calculates a pulse frequency of a driving pulse signal based on a feedback control based on the difference and a feed-forward control bas... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8050594 | Image forming apparatus A conductive drum flange is provided in a cylindrical member of a photoconductive drum. A first gear is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the drum flange. A nonconductive gear member is provided in a shaft member of a transfer roller. A second gear to wh... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045889 | Image forming apparatus, method of allowing driven member to be mounted on apparatus body in image forming apparatus and method of allowing drive force to be transmitted to belt unit in image forming apparatus The image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus body including a drive source; a driven member detachably attachable to the apparatus body; a first transmission member in the apparatus body, including a base rotatable around a rotation axis, and transmitting driv... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041262 | Drive system with multiple motor-and-gear-train configurations for jitter and noise reduction and color developer preservation A color electrophotographic printing machine has a drive system which includes a first, second and third motor-and-gear-train configurations mounted on a frame and coupled to first, second and third combinations of multiple color developer drive assemblies, multiple... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036574 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus for forming image on a recording medium includes a photosensitive member, a motor, a belt, and a drive member to rotate the belt, the drive member including a driven coupling. The apparatus also includes a drive coupling to rotate by a dri... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8010019 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus that includes a plurality of image bearing members, a plurality of drive sources each including a drive gear, a plurality of driven gears, a visible image forming unit, an endless traveling member, a transfer unit, an image detection unit,... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005400 | Method for assembling drum drive unit capable of reducing drum rotational speed fluctuations and image formation apparatus containing a drum drive unit In a tandem type image formation apparatus, a drum drive unit which always simultaneously drives respective photoreceptor drums, is assembled such that it is possible to synchronize cycles of rotational speed fluctuations of the respective photoreceptor drums in ass... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7995951 | Image forming apparatus and drive-switching method The image forming apparatus is provided with: plural rotating members that are arranged rotatably; plural rotation side coupling members that are provided corresponding to the respective rotating members and transmit drive force to the respective rotating members; p... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991326 | Image forming apparatus having enhanced controlling method for reducing deviation of superimposed images An image forming apparatus is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus includes a plurality of image carriers to carry an image; a plurality of drivers to drive the image carriers; a plurality of drive-force transmitting members to transmit a driving-for... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7983600 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a single drive source, at least four photosensitive drums, a plurality of drum drive gears which are provided to correspond to the photosensitive drums, and a plurality of intermediate gear... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7970317 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a rotating member, a driving force transmission unit configured to transmit drive force to the rotating member, a drive unit configured to rotationally drive the rotating member via the driving force transmission unit, a detecting... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7962067 | Image forming apparatus having phase control of photoconductor groups An image forming apparatus including: a first and a second photoconductor groups constituted of one or more photoconductors respectively; a first and a second drive control sections for controlling the drive of the... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7949285 | Image forming apparatus and power transmission device thereof An image forming apparatus and a power transmission device capable of intermittently transmitting power reliably to a plurality of driven bodies from a driving source with a small number of clutches. The power transmission device includes a cam part which rotates by... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945192 | Drive transmitting mechanism for an image forming apparatus A drive transmitting mechanism configured to rotate the photosensitive drum of a color copier has a driving shaft, a driven shaft, and first and second coupling members. The first coupling member has a projection extending in a diametrical direction. The first coupl... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941076 | Rotor driving force transmission device and image forming apparatus having the device A driving force transmission device superior in reliability with suppressed rotation fluctuation. The driving force transmission device has gearing reception portions, three arm portions and a press member. The gearing reception portions are formed in the inner circ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937024 | Image forming apparatus utilizing technology of periodically varying rotational speed of motor The image bearing member to improve transfer efficiency at an occasion of transferring a toner image from the image bearing member. A rotational speed of a motor rotating the image bearing member in a short period and thereby disorder in a toner image can be restrai... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7929883 | Image forming apparatus, driving device and driving frame thereof An image forming apparatus includes driving device frame having a base plate on which is formed integrally with the base plate one or more supporting shafts for supporting one or more power transmission members that transmit driving power from a driving source to dr... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7907872 | Imprinting apparatus and an image formation apparatus An imprinting unit is disclosed where a driving current provided to a driving motor is temporarily increased from normal operations in sync with a shock generated when a recording medium enters and leaves a nip. ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904000 | Image forming apparatus with deceleration measuring section An image forming apparatus including: a first and a second photoconductor groups constituted of one or more photoconductors respectively; a first and a second drive control sections for controlling the drive of the first and second photoconductor groups respectively... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899364 | Process cartridge having couplers transmitting driving forces from an image forming apparatus to electrophotographic photosensitive drum and developing roller and such an apparatus A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a drum unit containing a movably connected to a developing unit containing a developing roller between a contact position where the roller contacts... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7890025 | Process cartridge and image forming apparatus including drum and shaft coupling members transmitting driving forces to a photosensitive drum and a developing roller, respectively A process cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The main assembly includes first and second rotatable main assembly drive transmission members. The cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensi... | 02/15/2011 |
