Patents by Inventor CHIHARU NAKAZONO

CHIHARU NAKAZONO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230333494
    Abstract: The process cartridge is a process cartridge to be removably mounted onto a main body of an electrophotographic apparatus, the process cartridge including: an electrophotographic photosensitive member; a toner; and a developing member, wherein the electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a surface layer that is a polymerized film of a composition containing at least one kind of monofunctional (meth)acrylic compound selected from the group consisting of: a monofunctional (meth)acrylic monomer; and a monofunctional (meth)acrylic oligomer, and at least one kind of tri- or higher functional (meth)acrylic compound selected from the group consisting of: a tri- or higher functional (meth)acrylic monomer; and a tri- or higher functional (meth)acrylic oligomer, wherein the toner contains a toner particle and a hydrotalcite particle as an external additive, and wherein the hydrotalcite particle contains fluorine in filter fitting analysis of STEM-EDS analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: KANAME WATARIGUCHI, CHIHARU NAKAZONO, HIDEHARU SHIMOZAWA, TSUTOMU NISHIDA, ATSUSHI OKUDA, TAIJI KATSURA
  • Publication number: 20230288867
    Abstract: A process cartridge detachably attachable to a main body of an electrophotographic apparatus, the process cartridge including an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a toner, and a developing member that feeds the toner to the electrophotographic photosensitive member, wherein the electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a surface layer containing a (meth)acrylic resin having a urethane structure, the toner includes a toner particle and a hydrotalcite particle as an external additive, and the hydrotalcite particle contains fluorine in filter fitting analysis in STEM-EDS analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: HIDEHARU SHIMOZAWA, KANAME WATARIGUCHI, CHIHARU NAKAZONO, TSUTOMU NISHIDA, ATSUSHI OKUDA, TAIJI KATSURA, YUICHI KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230288826
    Abstract: Provided is a process cartridge removably mountable onto a main body of an electrophotographic apparatus, the process cartridge comprising an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a toner, and a developing member configured to supply the toner to the electrophotographic photosensitive member, wherein, in filter fitting analysis in STEM-EDS analysis, a hydrotalcite particle comprises fluorine, and wherein, when a number-average primary particle diameter of a particle A is represented by “m” [nm], a content ratio of the particle A with respect to the surface layer is represented by “p” [vol %], and a number-average primary particle diameter of the hydrotalcite particle is represented by “h” [nm], the “m”, the “p”, and the “h” satisfy the following expressions, respectively: 5?m?300??Expression (1); 5?p?40??Expression (2); and 60?h?1,000??Expression (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: CHIHARU NAKAZONO, KANAME WATARIGUCHI, HIDEHARU SHIMOZAWA, TSUTOMU NISHIDA, ATSUSHI OKUDA, TAIJI KATSURA, YUICHI KIKUCHI