Image forming apparatus with motor drivers capable of directly communicating power abnormalities to other drivers

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8812891
APP PUB NO 20120159228A1
SERIAL NO

13247904

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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.

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  • BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Arimoto, Hideki Nagoya, JP 17 211
Ikeno, Takahiro Aichi-ken, JP 68 502
Kondo, Hidenobu Nagoya, JP 13 56
Morita, Kyoichi Aichi-ken, JP 8 28
Watari, Takahiko Nagoya, JP 20 33

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