Invention Grant
US08812891B2 Image forming apparatus with motor drivers capable of directly communicating power abnormalities to other drivers
有权
具有电动机驱动器的图像形成装置能够将电力异常直接传递给其他驱动器
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with motor drivers capable of directly communicating power abnormalities to other drivers
- Patent Title (中): 具有电动机驱动器的图像形成装置能够将电力异常直接传递给其他驱动器
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Application No.: US13247904Application Date: 2011-09-28
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Publication No.: US08812891B2Publication Date: 2014-08-19
- Inventor: Hideki Arimoto , Hidenobu Kondo , Kyoichi Morita , Takahiko Watari , Takahiro Ikeno
- Applicant: Hideki Arimoto , Hidenobu Kondo , Kyoichi Morita , Takahiko Watari , Takahiro Ikeno
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2010-284305 20101221
- Main IPC: G06F1/26
- IPC: G06F1/26 ; G06F1/32 ; G06F3/12

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus is provided, which includes a control unit, one or more motors, and a plurality of power supply management devices each of which includes one or more driving circuits for driving the motors, one or more power supply circuits for supplying electricity to the control unit and an external device, a signal output unit issuing a halting signal to the other power supply management devices in response to detection of an abnormality in the power supply management device, a halting unit halting an operation of the power supply management device in response to receipt of a halting signal from one of the other power supply management devices and detection of the abnormality in the power supply management device, and a restoring unit restoring the halted operation of the power supply management device in response to a predetermined restoring condition being satisfied.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120159228A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-06-21
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