Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-Kaisha

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Denso Corporation

Nidec Corporation

Panasonic Corporation

Fuji Seiko Limited

Nippondenso Co., Ltd.

Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin Corporation

Panasonic Ecology Systems Guangdong Co., Ltd.

Jimro Co., Ltd.

Aisan Kogyo Corporation

Yasuhiro Suzuki

Yohei Hashimoto

Atsushi Yawata

Shintaro Saeki

Yusuke Ikegami

Saya Minoshima

Hirohisa Hino

Naomichi Ohashi

Hideshi Nishiyama

Takehito Tamaoka

Shintaro Sakaguchi

Shota Shinoya

Akira Fujii

Masato Mori

Arata Kishi

Akio Fukui

Yasuaki Shima

Nozomu Okumura

Kiyotaka Shiga

Kouji Iio

Takeshi Senoo

Seiji Mizuoka

Takahiro Endo

Isao Mizuno

Kazuhiro Shibata

Tuguo Yoshikawa

Kenichi Ishiguro

Toshihiko Hashimoto

Yasuo Tabuchi

Yoshiteru Hattori

Daisuke Ogawa

Wataru Yamaguchi

Hidenori Miyakawa

Koji Motomura

Junichi Ohguchi

Satoshi Fujii

Toshiyuki Shimizu

Hiroki Maruo

Akira Kishibuchi

Yoichi Makino

Yoshiyuki Tsujimoto

Nobuyuki Tanaka

Atsuto Ogino

Masashi Tobayama

Liang Tian

Shigeru Yamatsu

Daisuke Tsubosa

Yuki Yoshioka

Katsuhisa Wadasaki

Hongjian Yuan

Yuki Suehiro

Honami Nawa

Hironori Munakata

Naoya Araki

Guangmin Zeng

Shinichiro Tahara

Yoshio Ikari

Seiichi Aoki

Susumu Ikehara

Takahiro Nozaki

Hideyuki Fujisawa

Hiroaki Ito

Hiroshi Watarai

Teruaki Yasunishi

Yoshiyuki Kido

Masayosi Toujyou

Shigeru Morikawa

Masahiro Fujita

Seiji Mizuno

Yasushi Adachi

In a distance detection apparatus for a vehicle, a distance detection unit is configured to detect object distances to an object around the vehicle by transmitting and receiving radar waves. A detection distance estimation unit is configured to estimate an estimated detection distance having a maximum value of the object distance, based on the object distances and intensities of the radar waves reflected by the object. A lost-track distance estimation unit is configured to estimate, as a lost-track distance, the object distance at a timing of transition from a detected state where the object is recognized to a non-detected state where the object is not recognized, based on a result of detection by the distance detection unit. A performance determination unit is configured to determine a degradation of detection performance of the distance detection unit based on the estimated detection distance and the lost-track distance.

Distance detection apparatus for vehicle

An axis deviation detection device detects a deviation of a central axis of an in-vehicle measurement device that executes measurement using radar waves. The axis deviation detection device performs correction of data that are obtained by the measurement device, to generate first data. Furthermore, the axis deviation detection device generates second data, based on behavior of the vehicle as measured by a sensor unit. The axis deviation detection device then detects the deviation of the central axis, from the first and second data.

Axis deviation detection device and axis deviation detection program

An image forming apparatus includes a main body housing, a main body connector, a fuser having a fuser connector, a power supply board, and a main board. The fuser connector is disposed at a first end section in the main body housing with the fuser attached to the main body housing. The main board is disposed at a second end section opposed to the first end section in the main body housing. The power supply board is connected with the main board via a first connection line disposed close to and along a ceiling surface or a bottom surface in the main body housing, and is connected with the main body connector via a second connection line. The main board is connected with the fuser via the first connection line, the power supply board, the second connection line, the main body connector, and the fuser connector.

Image forming apparatus with reduced number of connection lines

A reinforcing resin composition includes an epoxy resin (A), a phenolic resin (B), and a benzoxazine compound (C).

Reinforcing resin composition, electronic component, method for manufacturing electronic component, mounting structure, and method for manufacturing mounting structure

A sheet conveyance device includes: a first conveyance path configured to allow a sheet to be conveyed along the first conveyance path; a second conveyance path that extends upward from a branch position in the first conveyance path; a third conveyance path that extends downward from the branch position; a first conveyance roller disposed in the second conveyance path and configured to rotate normally and reversely to convey the sheet; a first drive motor disposed below the branch position; and a first belt disposed in a drive transmission path from the first drive motor to the first conveyance roller and configured to transmit a driving force from the first drive motor to the first conveyance roller.

Sheet conveyance device and image forming device

An image forming apparatus includes a main casing including an image forming unit and a discharge tray, and an optional device configured to be removably attached to the main casing. The main casing includes a conveying path through which a sheet is conveyed from the image forming unit, a discharge path through which the sheet is conveyed toward one of the discharge tray and the optional device, the discharge path diverging from the conveying path, and a return path including a first path through which the sheet is conveyed temporarily out of the main casing via an opening formed in the main casing, and a second path through which the sheet is conveyed toward the image forming unit. The first path diverges from the conveying path. The second path diverges from the first path. The optional device is disposed closer to the discharge tray than the opening.

Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus, having an image forming device, a reversible roller rotatable in a first direction and a second direction, a motor, a switching assembly, is provided. The switching assembly has a planetary differential gear having an input gear, a first output gear, a second output gear, and a planetary gear; a first driving-force transmitter connecting the first output gear and the reversible roller; a second driving-force transmitter connecting the second output gear and the reversible roller; and a switcher. The switcher switches conditions of the switching assembly between a first condition, wherein the reversible roller is rotated in the first direction by the first output gear allowed to output the driving force to the first driving-force transmitter, and a second condition, wherein the reversible roller is rotated in the second direction by the second output gear allowed to output the driving force to the second driving-force transmitter.

Image forming apparatus with reversible roller and switching assembly

A vehicle program rewriting system includes a first control unit configured to execute a first control program for controlling a vehicle, a second control unit configured to execute a second control program for controlling the vehicle, a first communication line that connects, when rewriting at least one of the first and second control programs, the first control unit and a program update unit which transmits program update information to the first control unit, and a second communication line branching from the first communication line and connected to the second control unit. The second control unit executes control of, when the program update information for updating the second control program is transmitted, acquiring the program update information for the second control program from among communication contents between the program update unit and the first control unit acquired via the second communication line.

Vehicle program rewriting system and shift device

In an image forming apparatus capable of turning over a sheet to form images on both sides of the sheet, when duplex printing is executed successively on three or more sheets, a controller causes a first sheet conveyed from an image forming unit and a second sheet conveyed from the image forming unit to be guided into a first path by positioning a guide member in a first position, and then conveyed into a third path by a first roller, and causes a third and subsequent sheets conveyed from the image forming unit to be guided into a second path by positioning the guide member in a second position, and then conveyed into the third path by a second roller.

An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a photosensitive drum includes: a main casing including a restricting portion; a drawer movable in a moving direction; a developing cartridge attachable to the drawer and including a developing roller; and a pressing member. The developing roller can contact and separate from the photosensitive drum. The pressing member causes the developing roller to separate from the photosensitive drum by pressing the developing cartridge attached to the drawer in a pressing direction crossing the moving direction. The restricting portion is configured to restrict displacement in the pressing direction of the drawer by abutting against the drawer. The drawer includes a first restricted portion, a second restricted portion, and a third restricted portion those are configured to be restricted by a first restricting portion, a second restricting portion, and a third restricting portion of the restricting portion, respectively.

Image forming apparatus including restricting portion for restricting displacement of drawer in direction crossing moving direction of drawer

A controller is configured to control a print engine and a conveyor to form an image on both sides of a sheet. The controller is configured to: in a case where images to be formed on both sides of each of an Nth (N is a positive integer) sheet, an (N+1)th sheet, and an (N+2)th sheet are all monochrome image or all color image, convey the (N+2)th sheet to the print engine and form an image before forming an image on both sides of the (N+1)th sheet; and in a case where the images to be formed on both sides of each of the Nth sheet, the (N+1)th sheet, and the (N+2)th sheet are a mixture of the monochrome image and the color image, convey the (N+2)th sheet to the print engine and form an image after forming an image on both sides of the (N+1)th sheet.

An image forming apparatus, having a casing, a drum unit including first and second lateral walls and first and second photosensitive drums, first and second cartridges supported by the drum unit, first and second operable members, is provided. The first operable member and the second operable member press the first developing cartridge and the second developing cartridge, respectively, in a direction from the first lateral wall toward the second lateral wall to move the first and second developing rollers from the respective contacting positions to respective separated positions. The casing includes a restrictive portion. When the drum unit is attached to the casing, the restrictive portion restricts movement of the drum unit causable by at least one of a pressing action of the first operable member to press the first developing cartridge and a pressing action of the second operable member to press the second developing cartridge.

An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing member; a holding member; and a cam member. The holding member holds the fixing member such that the fixing member can be displaced between a pressure contact position and a separation position. The cam member is rotatable about an axis in a first direction and a second direction. A distance between a cam surface of the cam member and the axis is reduced in the second direction. A part of the cam surface is in contact with the holding member at a first position in a state where the fixing member is at the separation position, and away from the holding member at a second position in a state where the fixing member is at the pressure contact position. The first direction is opposite to a direction from the first position to the second position about the axis with a smaller central angle.

Image forming apparatus capable of suppressing generation of noise upon turning on image forming apparatus

Growing community of inventors

Nagoya, Japan

Yasuhiro Suzuki