Patents by Inventor Hae-ree Joo

Hae-ree Joo 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).

  • Patent number: 9964875
    Abstract: Disclosed is a toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, the toner comprising a plurality of toner particles, each toner particle includes: a core particle that contains a binding resin, a coloring agent, and a releasing agent; and an external additive attached to the surface of the core particle, wherein the toner has two endothermic peaks in a heat curve, which is obtained at the time of the secondary temperature rise in differential scanning calorimetry of the toner, and a stepped endothermic curve; and first and second melting temperatures, which are determined to be the locations of vertices of the two endothermic peaks, a glass transition temperature, which is determined to be the midpoint of a linear portion of the stepped endothermic curve, and first and second heat of melting, which are determined to be the areas of the two endothermic peaks, satisfy the condition set forth herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: S-PRINTING SOLUTION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se-young Yoon, Hae-ree Joo, Sung-jun Cho
  • Publication number: 20170131648
    Abstract: Disclosed is a toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, the toner comprising a plurality of toner particles, each toner particle includes: a core particle that contains a binding resin, a coloring agent, and a releasing agent; and an external additive attached to the surface of the core particle, wherein the toner has two endothermic peaks in a heat curve, which is obtained at the time of the secondary temperature rise in differential scanning calorimetry of the toner, and a stepped endothermic curve; and first and second melting temperatures, which are determined to be the locations of vertices of the two endothermic peaks, a glass transition temperature, which is determined to be the midpoint of a linear portion of the stepped endothermic curve, and first and second heat of melting, which are determined to be the areas of the two endothermic peaks, satisfy the condition set forth herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: S-PRINTING SOLUTION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se-young YOON, Hae-ree JOO, Sung-jun CHO
  • Patent number: 9612543
    Abstract: Toner for developing electrostatic images including core particles that contain a colorant, a binder resin, and a wax, and exhibiting low-temperature fixability, high-temperature anti-offset property, image durability, flowability, high-temperature preservability, and low particle emission rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-ree Joo, Yo-da Shin, Seung-jun Lee
  • Patent number: 9235149
    Abstract: A toner T1 develops an electrostatic latent image, the toner T1 having relieved charge-up characteristics, improved development characteristics, and improved transfer characteristics. The toner T1 may ensure high charge stability against environmental condition changes, and an appropriate amount of charges at a high printing speed, may reduce background contamination on a photoreceptor, may prevent undesirable fusing onto a blade even after prolonged printing, and may have high transfer efficiency and high image uniformity. The toner T1 may have effective flowability and transportability, and may have good storage stability, so as to be unlikely to cause blocking when stored for an extended time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se-young Yoon, Sung-jin Park, Seung-sik Woo, Hae-ree Joo
  • Publication number: 20150192870
    Abstract: Toner for developing electrostatic images including core particles that contain a colorant, a binder resin, and a wax, and exhibiting low-temperature fixability, high-temperature anti-offset property, image durability, flowability, high-temperature preservability, and low particle emission rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-ree JOO, Yo-da SHIN, Seung-jun LEE
  • Patent number: 9034547
    Abstract: Main performances of a toner are significantly affected by a shape and surface characteristics of toner particles. Using an external additive may be a factor that complicates control of surface characteristics of the toner particles, and anti-offset properties of toner change according to a wax and a binder composition at a surface portion of the toner particles. Provided is a toner usable in electrophotography, wherein the toner has improved durability, fixability, charging stability, and cleaning properties through an appropriate distribution of a binder, a wax, and an external additive on a surface portion of toner particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-ree Joo, Tae-hoe Koo, Se-young Yoon, Seung-jun Lee
  • Patent number: 9005858
    Abstract: A toner to develop electrostatic latent images, which has surface characteristics that may simultaneously improve charge uniformity, charge stability, transferability, and cleaning ability. The toner to develop electrostatic latent images may include core particles comprising a binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent; and an external additive including silica particles and titanium dioxide particles, wherein the external additive is attached to external surfaces of the core particles, wherein an iron intensity [Fe], a silicon intensity [Si], and a titanium intensity [Ti] that are measured by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) satisfy both conditions, 0.004?[Si]/[Fe]?0.009 and 0.8?[Ti]/[Fe]?2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se-young Yoon, Sung-jin Park, Hong-chul Shin, Seung-sik Woo, Hae-ree Joo
  • Patent number: 8822121
    Abstract: A toner to develop an electrostatic charge image, a toner supply device employing the toner, an apparatus to form an image employing the toner, and a method of forming an image using the toner are provided. The toner includes at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent. By using the binder resin including a combination of a reduced molar weight binder resin, an increased molar weight binder resin, and the releasing agent having an effecdtive compatibility with the binder resin together, the toner has accurately-controlled dynamic viscoelastic properties represented by a loss tangent. The toner to develop an electrostatic charge image according to an embodiment has development stability, development lifetime, fixability, charging stability, gloss, an anti-offset property, and heat storage ability at predetermined levels or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyeong Pang, Tae-hoe Koo, Su-bum Park, Yo-da Shin, Seung-jun Lee, Hae-ree Joo, Jun-young Lee
  • Publication number: 20140234766
    Abstract: A toner T1 develops an electrostatic latent image, the toner T1 having relieved charge-up characteristics, improved development characteristics, and improved transfer characteristics. The toner T1 may ensure high charge stability against environmental condition changes, and an appropriate amount of charges at a high printing speed, may reduce background contamination on a photoreceptor, may prevent undesirable fusing onto a blade even after prolonged printing, and may have high transfer efficiency and high image uniformity. The toner T1 may have effective flowability and transportability, and may have good storage stability, so as to be unlikely to cause blocking when stored for an extended time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se-young YOON, Sung-jin PARK, Seung-sik WOO, Hae-ree JOO
  • Publication number: 20140227640
    Abstract: Main performances of a toner are significantly affected by a shape and surface characteristics of toner particles. Using an external additive may be a factor that complicates control of surface characteristics of the toner particles, and anti-offset properties of toner change according to a wax and a binder composition at a surface portion of the toner particles. Provided is a toner usable in electrophotography, wherein the toner has improved durability, fixability, charging stability, and cleaning properties through an appropriate distribution of a binder, a wax, and an external additive on a surface portion of toner particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hae-ree JOO, Tae-hoe KOO, Se-young YOON, Seung-jun LEE
  • Patent number: 8722300
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electrophotographic toner and a method of preparing the same. The electrophotographic toner includes latex; a colorant; and a releasing agent. The absolute value of a differential value of complex viscosity with respect to temperature, ( ? ? ? ? T ? ) ? ? ? ( log 10 ? ? ) / ? T ? of the electrophotographic toner in a temperature range of 100° C.-160° C. is in a range of about 0.03 to about 0.06, and complex viscosity (?) of the electrophotographic toner at 140° C. is in a range of about 1.0×102 Pa·s to about 6.0×102 Pa·s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae-Ree Joo, Jae-Hyeuk Jeong, Kyeong Pang
  • Patent number: 8546054
    Abstract: An electrophotographic toner includes a binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein the electrophotographic toner has a complex viscosity (?) of 4e2 Pa·s to 8e3 Pa·s at a temperature range of 120 to 160° C. and an angular velocity range of 1.6 to 10 rad/s, a rate of change of the complex viscosity of 165 to 185 Pa·s/° C. at 1.6 rad/s, and 70 to 80 Pa·s/° C. at 10 rad/s within the temperature range, a stress relaxation of 1.0 e3 to 4.5 e4 Pa at a relaxation time of 0.05 to 0.3 seconds under a temperature range of 120 to 160° C., and a rate of change of the stress relaxation (?G/?T) of 785 to 1000 Pa/° C. at 0.05 seconds and 190 to 215 Pa/° C. at 0.3 seconds within the temperature range above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-hyeuk Jeong, Duck-hee Lee, Deuck-woo Jang, Jung-ik Choi, Soon-cheol Jeong, Hae-ree Joo
  • Publication number: 20130236824
    Abstract: A toner to develop electrostatic latent images, which has surface characteristics that may simultaneously improve charge uniformity, charge stability, transferability, and cleaning ability. The toner to develop electrostatic latent images may include core particles comprising a binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent; and an external additive including silica particles and titanium dioxide particles, wherein the external additive is attached to external surfaces of the core particles, wherein an iron intensity [Fe], a silicon intensity [Si], and a titanium intensity [Ti] that are measured by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) satisfy both conditions, 0.004?[Si]/[Fe]?0.009 and 0.8?[Ti]/[Fe]?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se-young YOON, Sung-jin PARK, Hong-chul SHIN, Seung-sik WOO, Hae-ree JOO
  • Patent number: 8431296
    Abstract: Provided are an electrophotographic toner, a process for preparing the same, image forming method and an image forming apparatus using the toner. The electrophotographic toner may include a latex, colorant, wax, Si and Fe. A molar ratio of Si/Fe may be about 0.1 to about 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyeong Pang, Hae-ree Joo, Jeong-hyun Lee, Su-bum Park
  • Patent number: 8399169
    Abstract: An electrophotographic toner which includes a latex, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein characteristics of the electrophotographic toner measured by using a Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in an attenuated total reflection mode (FT-IR-ATR), in which an incidence angle is changeable, satisfy Inequalities 1 through 3 presented herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae-ree Joo, Deuk-woo Jang, Woo-sung Jeon, Kyeong Pang
  • Patent number: 8268525
    Abstract: A toner usable with electrophotography includes an iron (Fe) content in the toner is in a range of about 1.0×102 ppm to about 1.0×104 ppm and a circle equivalent diameter of a sectional area of an Fe agglomerating agent is in a range of about 1.0 nm to about 2.0×102 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae-ree Joo, Sung-jun Park, Jae-hwan Kim, Min-ho Yang, Kyeong Pang
  • Publication number: 20120189489
    Abstract: A complex metal oxide catalyst having a composition including about 5 to about 75 wt % of manganese (Mn); about 5 to about 55 wt % of copper (Cu); and about 3 to about 60 wt % of an active compound, based on a total weight of the complex metal oxide catalyst. The complex metal oxide catalyst has excellent low-temperature activity and improved catalyst efficiency so as to be repeatedly used, and thus is effectively used in a filter module and an air cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung-jong Kwon, Sik-sun Choi, Duck-hee Lee, Jun-cheol Bae, Hae-ree Joo, Do-hoon Kim, Sang-woong Kim, Sang-hyun Park, Chang-ick Lee
  • Patent number: 7935470
    Abstract: A toner for electrophotography is provided including a binder resin, a colorant, a charge control agent, and a release agent, wherein a glass transition temperature (Tg) is over 55° C., a molecular weight distribution (MWD) is in the range of about 4.5 to 5.5 when a weight average molecular weight is in the range of about 45,000 to 55,000, and a compression elastic modulus is about 750 MPa or higher at room temperature. Mechanical properties of toner can be obtained at room temperature by controlling rheological properties of toner. The developing properties and fixing properties of toner for electrophotography can be improved by lowering viscosity at a high temperature, and thus image quality can be stabilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-hyeuk Jeong, Kyung-yol Yon, Min-young Cheong, Kyeong Pang, Yo-da Shin, Hae-ree Joo
  • Patent number: 7927776
    Abstract: A toner for electrophotography is provided that includes a binder resin, a colorant, a charge control agent, and a releasing agent, wherein the toner has a complex viscosity (?) of about 4.0×101 Pa·s to about 1.6×103 Pa·s at a temperature ranging from about 40° C. lower than a toner fixing temperature to about 10° C. higher than the toner fixing temperature and has a specified activation energy of 15 to 85 KJ/mol. By defining viscosity dependency in a linear modulus region of a toner and comprehensively defining thermal and rheological properties with respect to fixing conditions, a fixing phenomenon can be generalized and the quality of a toner can be evaluated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-hyeuk Jeong, Hae-ree Joo, Kyung-yol Yon
  • Publication number: 20100196814
    Abstract: A toner usable with electrophotography includes an iron (Fe) content in the toner is in a range of about 1.0×102 ppm to about 1.0×104 ppm and a circle equivalent diameter of a sectional area of an Fe agglomerating agent is in a range of about 1.0 nm to about 2.0×102 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hae-ree JOO, Sung-jun Park, Jae-hwan Kim, Min-ho Yang, Kyeong Pang