Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

International Business Machines Corporation

Makoto Nishino

Takahiro Kobayashi

Takashi Yahagi

Yoshiharu Irei

Shoji Sasaki

Kohki Kamata

Motomi Suzuki

Haruyasu Ishikawa

Takeshi Watanabe

Katsuya Ishikawa

Tomoo Akaba

Miki Takaoka

A method for manufacturing a product includes placing a processing target material on a die, bringing a first punch into contact with the processing target material placed on the die, and bending the processing target material by pressing the processing target material by the first punch. The bringing the first punch into contact with the processing target material placed on the die includes bringing two pressing portions of the first punch into contact with two first groove portions of the processing target material and bringing a recess portion of the first punch into contact with a projection portion of the processing target material.

Method for manufacturing product, punch, manufacturing system, device, and product

A metal plate includes: a recessed portion provided at one end surface by cutting out the metal plate in a planar direction of the metal plate, the recessed portion having an engaging portion inside the recessed portion; and a protruding portion provided at a position on another end surface, the position corresponding to that of the recessed portion, the protruding portion protruding in the planar direction, the protruding portion being engaged with the engaging portion by applying a bending process such that the engaging portion is hooked by the protruding portion, wherein a length from a proximal end portion to a distal end portion of the protruding portion before the bending process is applied is equal to or less than a depth of the recessed portion at a position of the recessed portion, the position facing an end surface of the proximal end portion of the protruding portion.

Metal plate and method of producing tubular body

A holding mechanism to be used in an image forming apparatus includes a first metal plate provided with a through-hole communicating a first side and a second side, and a second metal plate including a first protruding portion, a second protruding portion, and a third protruding portion being inserted into the through-hole from the first side of the first metal plate, a rim of the through-hole being provided with a first end face and a second end face for regulating movement of the second metal plate in a direction orthogonal to an insertion direction and a through-thickness direction, regulation portions for regulating movement of the second metal plate in the through-thickness direction, and a slope which elastically deforms the first protruding portion to rotate the first protruding portion with the insertion direction as a rotation axis to engage an engagement portion with the second side of the first metal plate.

Holding mechanism and image forming apparatus

A roller member used in an image forming apparatus includes a metallic shaft, and the metallic shaft includes a cylindrical portion formed of a metallic plate, and a projecting portion projecting outward from end surfaces of the cylindrical portion, wherein end portions of the metallic plate each include a straight portion, projections, and depressions, the projections on the one end portion engage the depressions on the other end portion, the depressions on the one end portion engage the projections on the other end portion, and the straight portions on both end portions oppose each other, a straight area is positioned on an end portion of the cylindrical portion, a projection and depression area is located adjacent to the straight area, and a projecting amount of the projection with respect to the straight portion is smaller than a projecting amount of the projection with respect to the depression.

Roller member, roller supporting mechanism, and image forming apparatus

A service node operates as a dispatch service apparatus. A client node operates as a car navigation apparatus loaded in a vehicle such as a taxi or a delivery truck. In response to a request from the service node, a Web server distributes to the requesting service node via a communication network, position data including the latitude and longitude of the address or location (destination) of an individual or a corporation. The service node distributes to the client node via the communication network, the position data obtained from the Web server, and the client node shows the driver a route from the current position of the client node to a destination by displaying it on a map. Accordingly, the invention effectively combines browser software and mail communication together to simply and efficiently distribute information obtained from a Web server via the Internet.

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Yokohama, Japan

Makoto Nishino