Eiji Uekawa

This inventor holds 31 USPTO granted patents and 2 published patent applications and 5 EPO patents, primarily in Image Heating Technology. Top assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha. Active years: 2003-2024.

USPTO Granted Patents = 31 (Patent Applications = 2)

% Patents Active = 80.6

EPO Patents = 5 (Patent Applications = 3)

Average Co-Inventor Count = 2.6

ph-index = 10

Forward Citations = 275(Granted Patents)

Location History:

Shizuoka-ken, JP (2003 - 2004)
Mishima, JP (2007 - 2009)
Shizuoka, JP (2004 - 2024)
Susono, JP (2013 - 2024)

Company Filing History:

31 out of 92,901

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

patents

Years Active: 2003-2024

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Areas of Expertise:

Image Heating Apparatus

Image Forming Apparatus

Fixing Device

Temperature Control

Rotatable Member

Nip Portion

Flexible Metallic Sleeve

Conveying Roller

Heat Generating Region

Heater

Temperature Sensing Element

Elastic Layer

31 patents (USPTO):Sort by Forward CitationsExplore Patents

1. 12007709 - Image heating apparatus and image forming apparatus (2024-06-11),

2. 11982957 - Image forming apparatus that adds a predetermined image to a region with a variable width that is equal to or less than a width of a heat generating region (2024-05-14),

3. 11709444 - Image heating apparatus, image forming apparatus, and heater (2023-07-25),

4. 11422493 - Image heating device, image forming apparatus, and heater (2022-08-23),

5. 11256199 - Image forming apparatus having a fixing portion in which a heat generating region can be changed in a longitudinal directon of a heater (2022-02-22),

6. 11249426 - Image heating apparatus, image forming apparatus, and heater (2022-02-15),

7. 10684580 - Image forming apparatus having an image reader for measuring the width of a nip of the image forming apparatus (2020-06-16),

8. 10571844 - Image forming apparatus that controls a degree of temperature rise of a rotatable member of a fixing portion (2020-02-25),

9. 10310433 - Image forming apparatus that controls a temperature of at least one of a rotating member based on a wearing amount of the rotating member and a pressing member based on a hardness change amount of the pressing member (2019-06-04),

10. 10162303 - Fixing apparatus (2018-12-25),

11. 9851669 - Fixing device (2017-12-26),

12. 9501007 - Image forming apparatus (2016-11-22),

13. 9477191 - Fixing device with back-up member and nip forming member including a projecting portion projecting toward the back-up member (2016-10-25),

14. 9442443 - Roller having core with an elastic layer including tapered portion and fixing apparatus with such roller (2016-09-13),

15. 9280108 - Fixing device (2016-03-08),

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