G03G 15/1615
Relating to the driving mechanism for the intermediate support
Official title: {relating to the driving mechanism for the intermediate support, e.g. gears, couplings, belt tensioning}
G03G15/1615 (Relating to the driving mechanism for the intermediate support) appears on 1,046 US grants and 1,118 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03G- Granted patents
- 1,046
- Published applications
- 1,118
- Assignees
- 67
- Inventors
- 1,449
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 | 8 |
| 2003 | 9 | 14 |
| 2004 | 12 | 10 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10 |
| 2006 | 7 | 16 |
| 2007 | 10 | 26 |
| 2008 | 7 | 27 |
| 2009 | 19 | 57 |
| 2010 | 20 | 39 |
| 2011 | 45 | 60 |
| 2012 | 54 | 48 |
| 2013 | 57 | 59 |
| 2014 | 62 | 59 |
| 2015 | 93 | 69 |
| 2016 | 62 | 50 |
| 2017 | 60 | 68 |
| 2018 | 51 | 72 |
| 2019 | 83 | 73 |
| 2020 | 69 | 56 |
| 2021 | 52 | 49 |
| 2022 | 58 | 64 |
| 2023 | 49 | 68 |
| 2024 | 57 | 43 |
| 2025 | 42 | 39 |
| 2026 | 16 | 31 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Image forming apparatus27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252004 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252021 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244127 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Media detection apparatus, image forming system, and storage medium20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244128 A1Konica Minolta, Inc.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrophotographic toner transfer apparatus56US 3,947,113 AItek Corporation · 1976
- Belt device and unit device including belt device and image forming apparatus using the belt device and unit device51US 6,324,374 B1Ricoh Company, Ltd. · 2001
- Belt transporting device and image forming apparatus using the same48US 6,970,674 B2Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. · 2005
- Apparatus for transferring toner images41US 5,587,779 AOce-Nederland B. V. · 1996
- Color image forming apparatus, image forming unit therefor, and transfer belt unit therefor40US 6,157,799 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 2000