Yuuji Obukuro

Title: Yuuji Obukuro and His Cartridge Innovations.

Introduction

Yuuji Obukuro is an inventor based in Saitama, Japan. His work includes inventions related to toner cartridges and image-forming equipment. The supplied information identifies him as an inventor on 2 patents and lists Canon Kabushiki Kaisha as his company.

Latest Patents

The listed patents address cartridge design, toner handling, and magnetic sensing.

“Image forming apparatus and cartridge” describes an image-forming apparatus with two detachable cartridges. One cartridge stores developer and contains a rotating shaft with a flexible member and a magnetism-generating component. A sensor in the second cartridge detects the generated magnetism.

“Cartridge, image forming apparatus, developing apparatus, and toner cartridge” describes a cartridge with two toner-accommodating portions aligned in one direction. Each portion has a rotating shaft, a flexible member, and a magnetized component. A sensor positioned between the shafts detects magnetism within its sensing range.

Career Highlights

Obukuro’s listed inventions focus on components that help manage toner and detect cartridge conditions through magnetic sensing. These designs integrate flexible members, rotating shafts, magnetized components, and sensors into cartridge systems for image-forming equipment.

Collaborations

The supplied information associates Obukuro with Canon Kabushiki Kaisha. The listed inventions concern cartridge and image-forming technologies, but no additional details about specific collaborators or project teams were provided.

Conclusion

Yuuji Obukuro’s listed patent work reflects a focus on practical cartridge mechanisms and magnetic sensing for image-forming systems, in association with Canon Kabushiki Kaisha.