IP Library Granted Patent US 9,829,834
Granted Patent B2
US 9,829,834 · App. 15/207,654 · Granted Nov 28, 2017

Flywheel and image forming apparatus

Inventors: Kentaro Iwamoto (Kanagawa, JP); Kazuyoshi Hagiwara (Kanagawa, JP); Akira Takahashi (Kanagawa, JP); Mihoko Tanaka (Kanagawa, JP); Arichika Tanaka (Kanagawa, JP); Yusuke Sakai (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
G03G15/1615F16F15/3153
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Patent No.
US 9,829,834
App. No.
15/207,654
Granted
Nov 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flywheel includes a rotation shaft, a flywheel body, and a protruding body. A first end of the rotation shaft is supported by a rotating body. The flywheel body is provided at a second end of the rotation shaft and rotates together with the rotation shaft. The protruding body protrudes from a surface at a rotating-body side of the flywheel body and extends in a circumferential direction of the rotation shaft.

Claims (25)

1. A flywheel comprising:

a rotation shaft whose first end is supported by a rotating body;

a flywheel body that is provided at a second end of the rotation shaft and that is configured to rotate together with the rotation shaft; and

a protruding body that protrudes from a surface at a rotating-body side of the flywheel body and that extends in a circumferential direction of the rotation shaft,

wherein the protruding body includes:

an upright section that protrudes upright around the rotation shaft from the surface at the rotating-body side of the flywheel body toward the rotating body; and

an extending section that is provided at one end at the rotating-body side of the upright section and that extends from the one end toward the rotation shaft.

2. The flywheel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the rotation shaft includes a large diameter section that is provided at the second end and that has a size, in a radial direction of the rotation shaft, larger than another section of the rotation shaft.

3. The flywheel according to claim 2 ,

wherein the upright section protrudes from the surface at the rotating-body side of the flywheel body to the rotation-body side relative to the large diameter section in an axial direction of the rotation shaft.

4. The flywheel according to claim 2 ,

wherein the extending section is provided along an outer periphery of the rotation shaft and has an inner diameter that is larger than an outer diameter of the large diameter section.

5. A flywheel comprising:

a rotation shaft whose first end is supported by a rotating body;

a securing section that is provided at a second end of the rotation shaft and that secures a flywheel body; and

a hooking section that hooks the flywheel body to the rotation shaft in a state where the flywheel body is not secured to the rotation shaft by the securing section.

6. An image forming apparatus comprising:

a rotating body configured to rotate by receiving a driving force;

a rotation shaft whose first end is supported by the rotating body;

a flywheel that has a flywheel body and a protruding body, the flywheel body being provided at a second end of the rotation shaft and being configured to rotate together with the rotation shaft, the protruding body protruding from a surface at a rotating-body side of the flywheel body and extending in a circumferential direction of the rotation shaft; and

an image forming section configured to form an image onto a recording medium by utilizing rotation of the rotating body,

wherein the protruding body includes:

an upright section that protrudes upright around the rotation shaft from the surface at the rotating-body side of the flywheel body toward the rotating body; and

an extending section that is provided at one end at the rotating-body side of the upright section and that extends from the one end toward the rotation shaft.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 058287/0056 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2016
From: IWAMOTO, KENTARO; HAGIWARA, KAZUYOSHI; TAKAHASHI, AKIRA; TANAKA, MIHOKO; TANAKA, ARICHIKA; SAKAI, YUSUKE
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 039132/0152 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-047263 · Mar 10, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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