Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Other

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Molex Corporation

Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation

Kazuhiro Shimada

Hiroshi Kikuchi

Hideki Kimura

Yutaka Takahashi

Seiichi Kogure

Shigeyuki Sakura

Yusuke Ishizuka

Masashi Seto

Takuya Akiyama

Yutaka Goto

Yuuki Aoki

Akihiro Miyachi

Asako Ikeda

Hideo Tamura

Kenji Watanabe

Motokazu Iwasaki

Shinsuke Iuchi

Takahiro Ogino

Masaru Watabiki

Satoko Kikuchi

Genki Fukatsu

Keisaku Nakamura

Yuuka Asaumi

Kanako Miyawaki

Masakazu Kashita

A drive unit includes a drive source and a driving force transmitter that includes a plurality of rotators, an endless belt stretched by the plurality of rotators, a pressing member to press the endless belt, a first support shaft, a first link member to hold the pressing member, a second support shaft, a second link member to press the first link member, a biasing member to bias the second link member. A relation of Lto Lsatisfies L>L, where Ldenotes a distance between the second support shaft and a biasing position and Ldenotes a distance between the second support shaft and a first pressing position. A relation of Lto Lsatisfies L>L, where Ldenotes a distance between the first support shaft and the pressing position and Ldenotes a distance between the first support shaft and a second pressing position.

Drive unit, sheet conveyor, and image forming apparatus

A powder conveying device includes a drop conveyance passage, an intersecting conveyance passage, a conveying screw, and a floating member. Powder entering from an inflow port drops in the drop conveyance passage. The intersecting conveyance passage communicates with a lower end of the drop conveyance passage and extends in an intersecting direction that intersects the drop conveyance passage. The conveying screw is disposed in the intersecting conveyance passage and rotates in a specified direction to convey the powder in the intersecting direction. The floating member is movably installed in the drop conveyance passage and floats in the drop conveyance passage to move by contact with the conveying screw. The inflow port and the floating member interfere with each other to prevent the floating member from coming out of the inflow port of the drop conveyance passage.

Powder conveying device and image forming apparatus incorporating same

An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer; a nip forming member configured to form a transfer nip between the image bearer and the nip forming member; a nip pressure changer configured to change a nip pressure of the transfer nip; a transfer bias applier configured to apply, to the transfer nip, a transfer bias in which an AC component is superimposed on a DC component; and a DC component adjuster configured to adjust the DC component in the transfer bias, according to the nip pressure that is changed by the nip pressure changer.

Transfer bias and pressure in an image forming apparatus

A childcare support service offering system includes a terminal and a server. The terminal includes a camera and performs operation control and processing of transmitting terminal usage situation data including image data acquired by being picked up by the camera to the server. The server performs image analysis on the received image data, recognizes the user that watches the terminal, judges a gaze of the recognized user, and judges a degree of interest for the terminal based on the gaze. When the judged degree of interest becomes equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, the server transmits a changing instruction for causing an operation in the terminal to be changed to another operation to the terminal.

Interest maintaining system and server

A cooling device that is included in an image forming apparatus includes a first cooler configured to cool a first face of a recording medium and a second cooler configured to cool a second face of the recording medium. The first cooler includes a first heat absorbing face and a first liquid flowing passage. The first heat absorbing face is configured to contact an inner circumferential surface of a belt to face the first face of the recording medium. The second cooler includes a second heat absorbing face and a second liquid flowing passage. The second heat absorbing face is disposed facing the second face of the recording medium.

Cooling device and image forming apparatus incorporating the cooling device

An optical receiver includes a first light receiving element to convert an optical signal to an electric signal and to output the electric signal from one end. A light receiving element row is connected to the other end of the first light receiving element to supply electric power to the first light receiving element. The light receiving element row includes a plurality of second light receiving elements connected in series.

Optical receiver, optical transmitter and optical transceiver

A fiber optic connector is provided for mating with a complementary connecting device along a mating optical axis. The connector includes an outer housing having a forward mating end, a rear end and a resilient latch arm for latching engagement with the complementary connecting device. The outer housing includes walls at the rear end thereof substantially surrounding the optical axis to define a cavity opening rearwardly of the housing. An inner housing is fitted into the rearwardly opening cavity in the outer housing, wherein the walls of the outer housing constrain the inner housing in &ldquo;X&rdquo; and &ldquo;Y&rdquo; directions generally perpendicular to the optical axis. The inner housing includes an optical element receiving cavity communicating with the optical axis. Complementary interengaging retaining members are provided between the inner and outer housings to hold the inner housing in the rearwardly opening cavity of the outer housing against movement in a &ldquo;Z&rdquo; direction generally parallel to the optical axis.

Optical receptacle

Photoelectric conversion device

A connector assembly includes a multi-part housing for mating with a complementary connecting device. The housing has a first housing part of a first, resilient plastic material and includes a resilient latch portion for latching engagement with the complementary connecting device. The housing has a second housing part of a second plastic material with less resiliency than the first plastic material and includes a cavity for receiving and retaining an operative component of the connector assembly.

Connector assembly with multi-part housing

An optical signal receiver module having: a light receiver unit adapted to be mounted in a receptacle, the receptacle coupling the end portion of an optical fiber, the light receiver unit having a light receiver element for converting light from the optical fiber into an electric signal, the light being incident to one side face of the light receiver unit in the axial direction of the light receiver unit, the light receiver unit having an output terminal extending out of the light receiver unit in the axial direction on the other side face, and the output terminal outputting the electric signal from the light receiver element; and an amplifier unit having an amplifier element for amplifying the electric signal outputted from the light receiver element, the amplifier element being fixedly mounted on an amplifier substrate, the output terminal being adapted to be inserted into a hole formed in the amplifier substrate to mechanically fix the light receiver unit and the amplifier unit, and the output terminal being adapted to be electrically connected to the amplifier element.

Optical signal receiver module having light receiver unit and amplifier

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Kanagawa, Japan

Kazuhiro Shimada