Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Yazaki Corporation

Murakami Corporation

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Masaki Kobayashi

Kenichi Okamoto

Eiji Kittaka

Kenichi Machida

Seiji Hamaoka

Tadashi Okanishi

Hideyuki Kikuchi

Toru Komatsu

Takashi Yano

Masato Suzuki

Tsutomu Sasaki

Hiroshi Kawamura

Kinya Mizuno

Hidehiro Ushiozu

Kosuke Ogino

Daisuke Momiyama

Hiroshi Tanaka

Yoshiyuki Kobayashi

Tsutomu Ishida

Hiromi Sumi

Yusuke Funayose

Motoyasu Muramatsu

Teruhiko Namiki

Yasutaka Yagi

Toshiaki Ariyoshi

Kimiharu Mizusaki

Norio Sugiyama

Hiroshi Yamanouchi

Hiromasa Tanaka

Masako Takahashi

Yuichi Yamazaki

Kazuhiko Hara

Toshiaki Takahashi

Masato Nagura

Norihiko Kuzuya

Hideto Sakane

Kazuhiko Sakaguchi

Hideo Omotani

Hiroki Oyama

Akira Hirayama

Yasuyoshi Tanaka

Noboru Ohta

Kaoru Tsunoda

Masaki Yoshida

Okamoto Kenichi

Ariyoshi Toshiaki

A system performs a first analysis operation in which an operation history of an image forming apparatus and input information are analyzed, an issuance operation in which, in a case where a result of an analysis of the first analysis operation satisfies notification conditions, a second analysis operation in which a confidence for the result of the analysis of the first analysis operation is obtained, a transmission operation in which, in a case where the confidence is less than a threshold, a message requesting further input of input information is transmitted, and a control operation in which the notification conditions are controlled based on the input information obtained as a response to the message.

Method of analyzing state of image forming apparatus based on running sound

An information processing apparatus includes: one or more processors; and one or more memories storing one or more computer programs. The one or more computer programs, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the information processing apparatus to function as: a reception unit configured to receive history information, from a device, indicating an operation history of a predetermined operation in the device; an analysis unit configured to analyze a condition of the device based on the history information in a case where an execution condition is satisfied; and a setting unit configured to set the execution condition, and wherein the setting unit sets the execution condition based on an analysis result by the analysis unit.

Information processing apparatus for analyzing condition of device

An image forming apparatus comprises an accommodating unit that accommodates recording materials and a feeding unit that feeds an accommodated recording material, detects a fed recording material, and measures time from a predetermined timing until a recording material is detected. An information processing apparatus receives measured time data from the image forming apparatus, classifies the received plurality of time data into a first group and a second group in accordance with a length of time, selects a group for predicting a remaining life time of the feeding unit from the classified first group and second group, and predicts a remaining life time of the feeding unit using time data included in the selected group.

Image forming system, image forming apparatus, and feeding apparatus

In an image forming apparatus, a detecting unit is configured to detect a characteristic value indicating a characteristic of a recording material fed from a sheet feeding unit. A determination unit is configured to determine a type of the recording material, based on the detected characteristic value and a determination rule for determining a type of a recording material. A control unit is configured to control an image forming condition for performing image formation onto the recording material in accordance with the determined type of the recording material. A collection unit is configured to collect an operation history of the image forming apparatus. An adjustment unit is configured to adjust the determination rule used by the determination unit based on the collected operation history.

Image forming apparatus for controlling image forming condition based on recording material type

The image forming apparatus determines, based on a determination value calculated by a calculating unit, a light amount of reflection light from a first position on an image bearing member from light amounts of reflection light beams from a second position and a third position on the image bearing member where a patch image is not formed in a state where the patch image is formed at the first position on the image bearing member, or determines the light amount of reflection light from the first position on the image bearing member by detecting the light amount of reflection light from the first position on the image bearing member with a detecting unit in a state where the patch image is not formed at the first position on the image bearing member.

Image forming apparatus reducing time taken for measuring density of patch image

In a terminal block which is interposed between a motor caseand an inverter case placed in the motor case and connects a motor input terminal to an inverter output terminal, an upper base for accommodating an inverter side connecting terminal connected to the inverter output terminal is fixed to the inverter case, and a lower base for accommodating a motor side connecting terminal is fixed to the motor case, and a waterproof and elastic member is interposed between the upper base and the lower base and the motor side connecting terminal is connected to the inverter side connecting terminal by a flexible conductive member (a braided wire).

Inverter terminal block installed in a motor case

The image forming apparatus includes the fan motor that cools an FET, and a CPU that predicts temperature of the FET, and controls the rotation speed of the fan motor based on the predicted temperature of the FET, wherein the CPU determines the rotation speed of the fan motor at the start of image forming operation, based on predicated temperature of the FET of the time when the image forming operation starts.

Image forming apparatus

The image forming apparatus includes a fan motor that cools an FET, and a CPU that predicts temperature of the FET, and controls the rotation speed of the fan motor based on the predicted temperature of the FET. The CPU determines the rotation speed of the fan motor at the start of image forming operation based on predicated temperature of the FET at the time when the image forming operation starts.

An inverter terminal board and packing capable of performing a packing function even when variations due to assembly tolerances of a motor and an inverter are great and large relative movement occurs between the inverter and the motor are provided. In an inverter terminal boardincluding an electric conductorwhich has an inverter side connecting terminalT attached to a case of a motor and a connector terminalC for supplying power to a power receiving terminal of the motor and is made by connecting the connecting terminalT to the connector terminalC, the inverter terminal board in which the connector terminalC has a flat plate shape and packingis attached over the entire periphery of the connector terminalC, a wall thickness of a portion abutting on a flat plate side of the flat plate-shaped terminal in the entire periphery of the packingis made thicker than a wall thickness of the other portion.

Inverter terminal board installed in motor case and packing

In a terminal blockwhich is interposed between a motor caseand an inverter caseplaced in the motor caseand connects a motor input terminal to an inverter output terminal, an upper baseU for accommodating an inverter side connecting terminalT connected to the inverter output terminal is fixed to the inverter case, and a lower baseD for accommodating a motor side connecting terminalM is fixed to the motor case, and a waterproof and elastic memberis interposed between the upper baseU and the lower baseD and the motor side connecting terminalM is connected to the inverter side connecting terminalT by a flexible conductive member (a braided wire)H.

Inverter terminal block installed in motor case

The male shielded connector of the invention includes terminals which are connected to end portions of electric wires, a housing which contains the terminals, a shield shell which covers the housing, a braided conductor which is externally provided to the wire and is covered on the shield shell, and a shield ring which is swaged to the outer circumference of the braided conductor to fix the braided conductor in a state that the braided conductor is electrically connected to the shield shell, the shield ring being made of a metal material. An insulation layer is provided between the braided conductor and the shield ring.

Shielded connector

A terminal includes an elastic contact piece. The elastic contact piece comes into elastic contact with a counterpart terminal in a terminal container. The elastic contact piece includes a bent portion bent and extending from a portion of a side wall of the terminal container in the terminal container, and a clamping portion extending from a front end of the bent portion in the terminal container along an extending direction of the side wall. A dimension of the clamping portion is longer than a dimension of the bent portion in the extending direction, so as to prevent a foreign substance from entering between an inner wall of the terminal container and the clamping portion.

Terminal having a pair of elastic contact pieces with inwardly and outwardly bent portions

A sensor is attached to an apparatus having a fixing unit which fixes an image on a recording medium by heating the recording medium. The sensor includes: a transmission unit transmitting an ultrasonic wave to the recording medium; a reception unit receiving the ultrasonic wave via the recording medium, and output a signal corresponding to the received ultrasonic wave; and a detecting unit detecting information relating to a state of the recording medium which has changed by passing through the fixing unit, based on a first signal which the reception unit has output upon having received the ultrasonic wave before the recording medium has passed through the fixing unit, and a second signal which the reception unit has output upon having received the ultrasonic wave after the recording medium has passed through the fixing unit.

Ultrasonic wave sensor and image forming apparatus

A vibration-resistant inverter terminal board capable of sufficiently exerting a sealing effect on vibration even in the case of great variations due to assembly tolerances of a motor and an inverter is provided. In an inverter terminal board including an electric conductorhaving an inverter side connecting terminalT connected to an inverter terminal of an inverter attached to a case of a motor, a motor side connecting terminalC for supplying power to a power receiving terminal of the motor, and a braided wireH for connecting the inverter side connecting terminalT to the motor side connecting terminalC, a flat plate-shaped long terminal is used as the motor side connecting terminalC and the entire periphery of the flat plate-shaped long terminal is covered with packing

Inverter terminal board installed in motor case

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Makinohara, Japan

Masaki Kobayashi