Patents by Inventor Hiroki Akiyama
Hiroki Akiyama 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).
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Publication number: 20210080846Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle including a binder resin, wherein in a temperature T (° C.)-storage elastic modulus G? (Pa) curve obtained by measuring the toner with a rheometer, a storage elastic modulus G? (80° C.) at 80° C. is from 2.0×103 Pa to 2.0×105 Pa; and a local minimum value of a change amount (dG?/dT) of a storage elastic modulus G? in a range of 60° C. to 80° C. with respect to a temperature T is ?1.0×106 or less, and when the temperature of the toner is raised, where a projected area of the toner at 80° C. is S1 (?m2), a radius of the projected area of the toner at 80° C. is R1 (?m), and a projected area of the toner at 120° C. is S2 (?m2), the S1, R1 and S2 satisfy a following formula (1): S2/S1×1/R1?0.22.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Takuya Mizuguchi, Yoshitaka Suzumura, Hiroyuki Tomono, Osamu Matsushita, Shuntaro Watanabe, Hiroki Akiyama, Hiroki Kagawa
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Patent number: 10942463Abstract: A toner including a toner particle containing a polyester resin composition, wherein i) the polyester resin composition contains a specific aliphatic hydrocarbon and a polyester resin having at a terminal a structure derived from at least one of a specific alkyl monoalcohol and a specific alkyl monocarboxylic acid, and ii) the total content of the aliphatic hydrocarbon, the structure derived from the alkyl monoalcohol, and the structure derived from the alkyl monocarboxylic acid is 2.5 to 10.0% by mass, wherein, in the temperature-endothermic quantity curve of the polyester resin composition obtained by DSC, an endothermic peak is present in a specific temperature range and an endothermic quantity for this endothermic peak is 0.10 to 1.90 J/g.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke Yoshiba, Hiroki Akiyama, Koji Nishikawa, Shotaro Nomura, Katsuhisa Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20210055667Abstract: A toner comprising a resin that contains an amorphous segment and a crystalline segment as a binder resin, wherein a proportion of a tetrahydrofuran-insoluble matter of a resin component is from 40% by mass to 80% by mass; in differential scanning calorimeter measurement of the tetrahydrofuran-insoluble matter, where a temperature of a maximum endothermic peak is denoted by Tm [° C.] and an endothermic quantity is denoted by H(I) [J/g], the following formulas (1) and (2) are satisfied: 55.0?Tm?80.0??(1) 10.0?H(I)?80.0??(2).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Shuntaro Watanabe, Hiroki Akiyama, Hiroki Kagawa
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Publication number: 20200285164Abstract: A toner including a toner particle containing a binder resin, wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline resin, and in viscoelasticity measurement of the toner with Tp being a peak temperature of an endothermic peak derived from the crystalline resin in DSC of the toner, given G?(Tp—5, 0.01 Hz) as a storage modulus at a temperature of Tp—5° C. and a frequency of 0.01 Hz, G?(Tp—5, 10 Hz) as a storage modulus at a temperature of Tp—5° C. and a frequency of 10 Hz, and G?(Tp—30, 10 Hz) as a storage modulus at a temperature of Tp—30° C. and a frequency of 10 Hz, the following formulae are satisfied: G?(Tp—30,10 Hz)/G?(Tp—5,0.01 Hz)?1.40 G?(Tp—5,10 Hz)/G?(Tp—5,0.01 Hz)?2.20.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Hiroki Akiyama, Shuhei Moribe, Hiroyuki Tomono, Tatsuya Saeki, Hiroki Kagawa, Atsuhiko Ohmori, Katsuhisa Yamazaki
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Patent number: 10768540Abstract: Provided is an external additive having a resin particle containing a crystalline resin, and an inorganic fine particle containing a metal atom, the inorganic fine particle being embedded in the resin particle, wherein part of the inorganic fine particle being exposed on a surface of the resin particle, the maximum endothermic peak temperature of the external additive during a first temperature rise is from 50.0° C. to 120° C., the shape factor SF-2 of the external additive is from 110 to 150, and the external additive satisfies following formulae (1) and (2) below, in which Za (mass %) is the percentage content of a metal atom contained in the inorganic fine particle on the surface of the external additive in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and Zb (mass %) is the percentage content of the metal atom in thermogravimetric analysis of the external additive, Za?15??(1), and Za/Zb?0.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shuntaro Watanabe, Tatsuya Saeki, Atsuhiko Ohmori, Shuhei Moribe, Hiroki Akiyama, Kazumichi Nakahama, Katsuhisa Yamazaki
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Patent number: 10747134Abstract: An external toner additive having a resin fine particle containing a crystalline resin and an inorganic fine particle embedded in the resin fine particle, wherein part of the inorganic fine particle is exposed on the surface of the resin fine particle, and in differential scanning calorimetry of the external toner additive, the maximum endothermic peak temperature T1 (° C.) during a first temperature increase and the maximum exothermic peak temperature T2 (° C.) during a first temperature decrease satisfy the formulae (1) to (3) below, with measurement performed between ?40° C. and 150° C. at a rate of increase of 10° C./min during the first temperature increase and between 150° C. and ?40° C. at a rate of decrease in temperature of 10° C./min during the first temperature decrease: T1-T2?40.0??(1) 50.0?T1?120.0??(2) 10.0?T2?80.0??(3).Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shuntaro Watanabe, Tatsuya Saeki, Atsuhiko Ohmori, Shuhei Moribe, Hiroki Akiyama, Kazumichi Nakahama, Katsuhisa Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20200081361Abstract: A toner including a toner particle containing a polyester resin composition, wherein i) the polyester resin composition contains a specific aliphatic hydrocarbon and a polyester resin having at a terminal a structure derived from at least one of a specific alkyl monoalcohol and a specific alkyl monocarboxylic acid, and ii) the total content of the aliphatic hydrocarbon, the structure derived from the alkyl monoalcohol, and the structure derived from the alkyl monocarboxylic acid is 2.5 to 10.0% by mass, wherein, in the temperature-endothermic quantity curve of the polyester resin composition obtained by DSC, an endothermic peak is present in a specific temperature range and an endothermic quantity for this endothermic peak is 0.10 to 1.90 J/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Daisuke Yoshiba, Hiroki Akiyama, Koji Nishikawa, Shotaro Nomura, Katsuhisa Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20190384192Abstract: Provided is a magnetic toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin and a magnetic body, wherein the binder resin contains a polymer A having a first monomer unit and a second monomer unit, the first polymerizable monomer is at least one selected from the group consisting of the (meth)acrylic acid esters having C18-36 alkyl groups, a content of the first monomer unit and a content of the second monomer unit based on the total moles of all monomer units in the polymer A are respectively 5.0 to 60.0 mol % and 20.0 to 95.0 mol %, and assuming that an SP value of the first monomer unit and the second monomer unit are taken as SP11 (J/cm3)0.5 and SP21(J/cm3)0.5, respectively, 3.00?(SP21?SP11)?25.00 is satisfied, and an oil absorption of the magnetic body is 5 to 40 ml/100 g.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Hiroki Kagawa, Shuntaro Watanabe, Hiroki Akiyama, Tatsuya Saeki, Takashi Matsui
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Publication number: 20190384195Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle containing a binder resin, the storage elastic modulus Gt? (150) of the toner at 150° C. is at least 1.0×104 Pa, the binder resin contains a polymer A having a first monomer unit derived from a first polymerizable monomer and a second monomer unit derived from a second polymerizable monomer different from the first polymerizable monomer, the first polymerizable monomer is selected from specific (meth)acrylic acid esters, the contents of the first monomer unit and second monomer unit in the polymer A are within specific ranges, and the SP values of the first monomer unit and second monomer unit are within specific ranges.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Tatsuya Saeki, Shuntaro Watanabe, Hiroki Akiyama, Hiroki Kagawa, Takashi Matsui
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Publication number: 20190250526Abstract: Provided is an external additive having a resin particle containing a crystalline resin, and an inorganic fine particle containing a metal atom, the inorganic fine particle being embedded in the resin particle, wherein part of the inorganic fine particle being exposed on a surface of the resin particle, the maximum endothermic peak temperature of the external additive during a first temperature rise is from 50.0° C. to 120° C., the shape factor SF-2 of the external additive is from 110 to 150, and the external additive satisfies following formulae (1) and (2) below, in which Za (mass%) is the percentage content of a metal atom contained in the inorganic fine particle on the surface of the external additive in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and Zb (mass%) is the percentage content of the metal atom in thermogravimetric analysis of the external additive, Za>15??(1), and Za/Zb?0.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Shuntaro Watanabe, Tatsuya Saeki, Atsuhiko Ohmori, Shuhei Moribe, Hiroki Akiyama, Kazumichi Nakahama, Katsuhisa Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20190250528Abstract: An external toner additive having a resin fine particle containing a crystalline resin and an inorganic fine particle embedded in the resin fine particle, wherein part of the inorganic fine particle is exposed on the surface of the resin fine particle, and in differential scanning calorimetry of the external toner additive, the maximum endothermic peak temperature T1 (° C.) during a first temperature increase and the maximum exothermic peak temperature T2 (° C.) during a first temperature decrease satisfy the formulae (1) to (3) below, with measurement performed between ?40° C. and 150° C. at a rate of increase of 10° C./min during the first temperature increase and between 150° C. and ?40° C. at a rate of decrease in temperature of 10° C./min during the first temperature decrease: T1-T2?40.0??(1) 50.0?T1?120.0??(2) 10.0?T2?80.0??(3).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Shuntaro Watanabe, Tatsuya Saeki, Atsuhiko Ohmori, Shuhei Moribe, Hiroki Akiyama, Kazumichi Nakahama, Katsuhisa Yamazaki
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Patent number: 10271216Abstract: A wireless access system in which a first operator and a second operator share a predetermined band, includes a first base station belonging to the first operator, the first base station configured to transmit broadcast information indicating a priority of the first operator in the predetermined band; and a second base station belonging to the second operator, the second base station configured to perform wireless communication using a band configured based on a priority of the second operator in the predetermined band and the broadcast information transmitted by the first base station.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Daisuke Nitta, Satoshi Yamamoto, Hitoshi Yokoyama, Hiroki Akiyama
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Patent number: 10162280Abstract: A toner having excellent development performance, low-temperature fixation, and high-temperature storage stability is provided. An external additive contained in this toner is an organic-inorganic composite fine particle containing an inorganic fine particle embedded in a resin fine particle. The resin fine particle is made from a resin having a melting point of 60° C. or more and 150° C. or less.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2014Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kouji Nishikawa, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Daisuke Yoshiba, Shotaro Nomura, Hiroki Akiyama, Masami Fujimoto
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Patent number: 10101683Abstract: Provided is a toner, including: a toner particle; and an organic-inorganic composite fine particle on a surface of the toner particle, in which the organic-inorganic composite fine particle includes: a resin fine particle; and an inorganic fine particle embedded in the resin fine particle, and part of which is exposed to a surface of the composite fine particle, and in which the composite fine particle satisfies the following relationships: (i) in viscoelasticity measurement of the composite fine particle, when the loss elastic modulus thereof at a temperature T (° C.) is represented by G?T [dN/m2], a change ratio d(Log(G?T))/dT of a common logarithm of the loss elastic modulus has a minimum in a temperature range of from 60° C. to 150° C., and the minimum is less than ?0.10; and (ii) the loss elastic modulus (G?180) thereof at a temperature of 180° C. is 1.0×104 dN/m2 or more and 1.0×107 dN/m2 or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Nishikawa, Shuhei Moribe, Daisuke Yoshiba, Shotaro Nomura, Kosuke Fukudome, Hiroki Akiyama, Yojiro Hotta, Katsuhisa Yamazaki
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Patent number: 9829818Abstract: Provided is a toner that uses a crystalline resin, and demonstrates favorable dispersibility of the crystalline resin in the toner, demonstrates superior low-temperature fixability, and is able to inhibit fogging. The toner has a toner particle comprising a resin A, which has a long-chain alkyl group having an average number of carbon atoms of 27 to 50, and a crystalline resin, wherein the SP value (cal/cm3)1/2 of the crystalline resin is 9.00 to 12.00, and in a GC/MS analysis of components that volatize when the toner is heated for 10 minutes at 200° C., the amount of volatile components of saturated hydrocarbons having 30 to 37 carbon atoms is 90 ppm to 260 ppm of toluene equivalent, based on mass.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke Yoshiba, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Koji Nishikawa, Shotaro Nomura, Hiroki Akiyama, Masami Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20170215077Abstract: A wireless access system in which a first operator and a second operator share a predetermined band, includes a first base station belonging to the first operator, the first base station configured to transmit broadcast information indicating a priority of the first operator in the predetermined band; and a second base station belonging to the second operator, the second base station configured to perform wireless communication using a band configured based on a priority of the second operator in the predetermined band and the broadcast information transmitted by the first base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Daisuke NITTA, Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Hitoshi YOKOYAMA, Hiroki AKIYAMA
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Publication number: 20170201998Abstract: The present invention provides a radio communication system including a radio communication apparatus that can wirelessly communicate at frequencies in a predetermined licensed band and an unlicensed band, and a base station. The base station includes a first processor configure to manage operating states of frequencies in the unlicensed band and notify the radio communication apparatus of operating states of frequencies in the unlicensed band at a frequency in the predetermined licensed band. The radio communication apparatus includes a second processor configured to receive operating states of frequencies in the unlicensed band from the base station at a frequency in a predetermined licensed band, select an unused frequency in the unlicensed band as an operation candidate frequency and transmit a transmission request to the base station at the operation candidate frequency in the unlicensed band.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2017Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Hiroki AKIYAMA, Hitoshi YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 9606462Abstract: To provide a toner from which an image having a stable image density can be obtained with reduced occurrence of pollution of members, even when a toner container is filled with a larger amount of toner than a conventional amount for long-term use. A toner including a toner particle and an external additive containing an organic-inorganic composite fine particle and an inorganic fine particle A; wherein the organic-inorganic composite fine particle includes a resin particle and an inorganic fine particle B, the resin particle has a surface with a convex derived from the inorganic fine particle B; has a specific number average particle diameter (D1) and a specific shape factor SF-2; and has a specific fixed state to the toner particle; the organic-inorganic composite fine particle has a specific unit diffusion index on the toner particle surface; the inorganic fine particle A has a specific BET specific surface area.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shotaro Nomura, Koji Nishikawa, Kosuke Fukudome, Daisuke Yoshiba, Shohei Tsuda, Hiroki Akiyama, Katsuhisa Yamazaki
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Patent number: 9575461Abstract: Provided is a process cartridge by which the stability of an image having a high print percentage can be obtained even when high-density loading is performed. The process cartridge is a process cartridge in which a toner having a uniaxial collapse stress at the time of a maximum consolidation stress of 10.0 kPa of 2.0 kPa or more and 4.5 kPa or less, and a total energy measured after its compression of 70 mJ or more and 95 mJ or less is stored in a toner container in a state in which the container has a loading density of 0.70 g/cm3 or more.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroki Akiyama, Koji Nishikawa, Kosuke Fukudome, Shotaro Nomura, Daisuke Yoshiba, Shohei Tsuda, Katsuhisa Yamazaki
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Patent number: 9500970Abstract: Provided is a toner that has excellent low-temperature fixability and is capable of obtaining an image having a stable image density, in which the occurrence of image defects is suppressed. The toner includes toner base particles, each of which contains a binder resin and a magnetic material, and organic-inorganic composite fine particles on each of the toner base particles. Each of the organic-inorganic composite fine particles comprises a vinyl resin particle, and inorganic fine particles which are embedded in the vinyl resin particle, and at least a part of which are exposed. The volumetric specific heat of the organic-inorganic composite fine particles and the volumetric specific heat of the toner base particles satisfy a predetermined provision.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shotaro Nomura, Masami Fujimoto, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Kouji Nishikawa, Daisuke Yoshiba, Hiroki Akiyama