Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power supply circuit and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15943658Application Date: 2018-04-02
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Publication No.: US10409212B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Yutaka Usami
- Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Kim & Stewart LLP
- Priority: JP2017-120608 20170620
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/20 ; H02J7/00 ; H02M1/08 ; H02M3/158 ; H02M3/335 ; H02M1/00 ; H02M7/538

Abstract:
A power supply circuit includes a thermoelectric conversion element configured to generate electric power when it is differentially heated, an adjustable current circuit configured to draw a current from the thermoelectric conversion element and resultantly output a constant current over a period of time, a voltage conversion circuit configured to output a voltage based on the current output by the adjustable current circuit, and a control circuit configured to control the adjustable current circuit to change a target value of the constant current output by the adjustable current circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180364628A1 POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-12-20
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