Patents by Inventor Kotaro YOSHIHARA

Kotaro YOSHIHARA 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: 20240094652
    Abstract: A toner set has a white toner and a color toner, in which in a case where Cw [mg/L] represents an amount of a cation on a surface of the white toner, measured by ion chromatography, and Cc [mg/L] represents an amount of a cation on a surface of the color toner, measured by ion chromatography, the toner set satisfies Conditions (1) and (2). 0.3 mg/L?Cc?1.2 mg/L??(1) (Cw/Cc)?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Asafumi FUJITA, Teppei YAWADA, Tomoaki TANAKA, Tsuyoshi MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20240085816
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing white toner includes white toner particles including a binder resin and a white coloring agent; and an external additive including poly(meth)acrylate particles, wherein the white toner particles have a volume-average particle size D50W of 6.0 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less, a ratio of the white toner particles having a particle size of 3.2 ?m or less relative to all the white toner particles is 0.5 vol % or more and 3 vol % or less, the white toner particles have a specific surface area Sw of 0.7 cm2/g or more and 1.2 cm2/g or less, and an external addition amount of the poly(meth)acrylate particles relative to the white toner particles is 0.1 mass % or more and 2.0 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Teppei YAWADA, Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Asafumi FUJITA, Tomoaki TANAKA, Tsuyoshi MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20240085814
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner set contains a white toner that contains white toner particles including a binder resin, a white colorant, and a release agent, and a non-white color toner that contains color toner particles including a binder resin, a color colorant, and a release agent, in which, in observation of cross sections of the white toner particles and the color toner particles, in a case where a proportion of an area of a domain of a release agent present in a surface layer region from a surface of the white toner particles to a depth of 1 ?m or less with respect to an area of all domains of the release agent present in a cross section of the white toner particles is represented by WW, and a case where a proportion of an area of a domain of a release agent present in a surface layer region from a surface of the color toner particles to a depth of 1 ?m or less with respect to an area of all domains of the release agent present in a cross section of the color toner particles is represe
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tomoaki TANAKA, Kotaro Yoshihara, Asafumi Fujita, Teppei Yawada, Tsuyoshi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20230305411
    Abstract: A method for producing an electrostatic charge image development toner includes: a first step of aggregating polyester resin particles and a flat color material to produce a first aggregated particle dispersion in which first aggregated particles having a number-average particle diameter of 1 ?m or more are dispersed; a second step of adding a non-crystalline resin particle dispersion in which non-crystalline resin particles are dispersed to the first aggregated particle dispersion to cause the non-crystalline resin particles to be attached to the first aggregated particles and obtain second aggregated particles; and a third step of heating a second aggregated particle dispersion in which the second aggregated particles are dispersed to cause the second aggregated particles to coalesce, wherein the non-crystalline resin particle dispersion satisfies Formulas (1) to (3), Formula (1): ?0.01×A?0.25×B+9.2?pH??0.01×A?0.25×B+10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Kotaro YOSHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230092262
    Abstract: A white toner includes a toner particle that contains a binder resin, a release agent, and titanium oxide, at least a part of the titanium oxide being present in a release agent domain, in which in observation of a cross section of the toner particle, an average major axis length Dt of the toner particle, an average major axis length Dw of the release agent domain, and an average major axis length Dp of the titanium oxide in the release agent domain satisfy Expressions (1) and (2). 2×Dp?Dw?10×Dp??Expression (1): 0.1×Dt?Dw?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Teppei YAWADA, Asafumi FUJITA, Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Tsuyoshi MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20230090120
    Abstract: A photoluminescent toner includes a photoluminescent toner particle that contains a binder resin, a release agent, and a photoluminescent pigment and has a release agent domain, and a silicone oil-treated silica particle that is externally added to the photoluminescent toner particle, in which in observation of a cross section of the photoluminescent toner particle, an average major axis length Dw of the release agent domain and an average major axis length Dp of the photoluminescent pigment satisfy Expression (1). 0.3?Dw/Dp?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Tsuyoshi MURAKAMI, Asafumi FUJITA, Teppei YAWADA
  • Publication number: 20230091296
    Abstract: A white toner includes a toner particle that contains a binder resin containing a hybrid resin in which an amorphous resin unit and a crystalline polyester resin unit are chemically bonded to each other, surface-treated titanium oxide, and a release agent, in which a proportion of Al atoms in a surface of the surface-treated titanium oxide is 3 atomic % or greater and 20 atomic % or less, and a proportion of Ti atoms in the surface is 5 atomic % or greater and 15 atomic % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Asafumi FUJITA, Teppei YAWADA, Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Tsuyoshi MURAKAMI
  • Patent number: 11506989
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles having an average circularity of 0.96 to 1.00 and organic particles having an aspect ratio of 0.4 to 0.9 as an external additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kotaro Yoshihara, Asafumi Fujita, Narumasa Sato, Teppei Yawada, Motoko Sakai
  • Patent number: 11156934
    Abstract: A carrier for developing an electrostatic charge image has magnetic particles and a resin coating that covers the magnetic particles and contains at least one lubricant. The resin coating has a dispersed phase of the lubricant and meets requirement (1). Requirement (1): the lubricant content in a top layer>the lubricant content in a middle layer>the lubricant content in a bottom layer The top, middle, and bottom layers are of the resin coating divided into three in the direction of thickness, and the lubricant content is the percentage area of the dispersed phase of the lubricant in a cross-section of the layer taken along the thickness thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kotaro Yoshihara, Asafumi Fujita, Teppei Yawada, Motoko Sakai
  • Publication number: 20210286284
    Abstract: A carrier for developing an electrostatic charge image has magnetic particles and a resin coating that covers the magnetic particles and contains at least one lubricant. The resin coating has a dispersed phase of the lubricant and meets requirement (1). Requirement (1): the lubricant content in a top layer>the lubricant content in a middle layer>the lubricant content in a bottom layer The top, middle, and bottom layers are of the resin coating divided into three in the direction of thickness, and the lubricant content is the percentage area of the dispersed phase of the lubricant in a cross-section of the layer taken along the thickness thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Asafumi FUJITA, Teppei YAWADA, Motoko SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20210157249
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles having an average circularity of 0.96 to 1.00 and organic particles having an aspect ratio of 0.4 to 0.9 as an external additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Asafumi FUJITA, Narumasa SATO, Teppei YAWADA, Motoko SAKAI
  • Patent number: 10935900
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes toner particles containing a binder resin; and an external additive containing silica particles, in which a coefficient of variation of a Si content is determined by determining the Si content in 0.5 ?m×0.5 ?m square regions in a surface of each of the toner particles after performing a process of dispersing the toner in water and drying the dispersed toner, and an amount of change between this coefficient of variation of the Si content and a coefficient of variation of a Si content before the process ((coefficient of variation of Si content after process)?(coefficient of variation of Si content before process)) is 0.05 or more and 0.60 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ishizuka, Narumasa Sato, Yuka Kawamoto, Erina Saito, Norimasa Ozora, Kotaro Yoshihara, Noriyuki Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20200292950
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes toner particles containing a binder resin; and an external additive containing silica particles, in which a coefficient of variation of a Si content is determined by determining the Si content in 0.5 ?m×0.5 ?m square regions in a surface of each of the toner particles after performing a process of dispersing the toner in water and drying the dispersed toner, and an amount of change between this coefficient of variation of the Si content and a coefficient of variation of a Si content before the process ((coefficient of variation of Si content after process)?(coefficient of variation of Si content before process)) is 0.05 or more and 0.60 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke ISHIZUKA, Narumasa Sato, Yuka Kawamoto, Erina Saito, Norimasa Ozora, Kotaro Yoshihara, Noriyuki Mizutani
  • Patent number: 10578989
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developer includes: a toner that includes toner particles which contain a polyester resin and a styrene (meth)acrylic resin and form a sea-island structure which includes a sea portion containing the polyester resin and an island portion containing the styrene (meth)acrylic resin on a surface of the toner particle, and has an exposure rate of the styrene (meth)acrylic resin in a range of from about 5 atom % to about 20 atom %; and an external additive, and a carrier whose fluidity and bulk density under environment of a temperature of 25° C. and a humidity of 50% satisfy Expression: 65.0?fluidity×bulk density?72.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro Yoshihara, Daisuke Ishizuka, Narumasa Sato, Yuka Kawamoto, Erina Saito, Takahisa Tatekawa, Noriyuki Mizutani
  • Patent number: 10520841
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes a toner particle and an external additive. The toner particle contains a binder resin and a release agent that includes a hydrocarbon wax. The binder resin includes a vinyl resin and a hybrid resin in which an amorphous resin unit other than polyester resins and a crystalline polyester resin unit are chemically bound together. The toner particle has hybrid resin domains and release agent domains. An average distance Lhyb from the surface of the toner particle to the centers of the hybrid resin domains and an average distance Lwax from the surface of the toner particle to the centers of the release agent domains satisfy Lwax<Lhyb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narumasa Sato, Erina Saito, Yuka Kawamoto, Noriyuki Mizutani, Kotaro Yoshihara, Daisuke Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 10466605
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles that contain a polyester resin which includes a condensed polymer of a polyvalent carboxylic acid and a polyol which contains ethylene glycol in an amount of from about 40% by weight to about 90% by weight with respect to a total amount of the polyol, and an external additive that contains silica particles in which a product of a volume average particle diameter D50 (nm) and a BET specific surface area SA (m2/g) is from about 1.4×103 to about 5.0×103.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narumasa Sato, Kotaro Yoshihara, Daisuke Ishizuka, Takahisa Tatekawa, Noriyuki Mizutani, Erina Saito
  • Publication number: 20190294063
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes a toner particle and an external additive. The toner particle contains a binder resin and a release agent that includes a hydrocarbon wax. The binder resin includes a vinyl resin and a hybrid resin in which an amorphous resin unit other than polyester resins and a crystalline polyester resin unit are chemically bound together. The toner particle has hybrid resin domains and release agent domains. An average distance Lhyb from the surface of the toner particle to the centers of the hybrid resin domains and an average distance Lwax from the surface of the toner particle to the centers of the release agent domains satisfy Lwax<Lhyb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narumasa SATO, Erina SAITO, Yuka KAWAMOTO, Noriyuki MIZUTANI, Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Daisuke ISHIZUKA
  • Patent number: 10191399
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes first toner particles containing a binder resin and a colorant and second toner particles containing a binder resin and containing or not containing a colorant, wherein a content PCa of the colorant contained in the first toner particles is from 4% by weight to 20% by weight with respect to the first toner particles, a content PCb of the colorant contained in the second toner particles is from 0% by weight to 2% by weight with respect to the second toner particles, and a weight ratio of the first toner particles and the second toner particles (weight of the first toner particles/weight of the second toner particles) is from 50/50 to 98/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Mizutani, Kotaro Yoshihara, Erina Saito, Narumasa Sato
  • Publication number: 20180275543
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developer includes: a toner that includes toner particles which contain a polyester resin and a styrene (meth)acrylic resin and form a sea-island structure which includes a sea portion containing the polyester resin and an island portion containing the styrene (meth)acrylic resin on a surface of the toner particle, and has an exposure rate of the styrene (meth)acrylic resin in a range of from about 5 atom % to about 20 atom %; and an external additive, and a carrier whose fluidity and bulk density under environment of a temperature of 25° C. and a humidity of 50% satisfy Expression: 65.0?fluidity×bulk density?72.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Daisuke ISHIZUKA, Narumasa SATO, Yuka KAWAMOTO, Erina SAITO, Takahisa TATEKAWA, Noriyuki MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20180275541
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles that contain a polyester resin which includes a condensed polymer of a polyvalent carboxylic acid and a polyol which contains ethylene glycol in an amount of from about 40% by weight to about 90% by weight with respect to a total amount of the polyol, and an external additive that contains silica particles in which a product of a volume average particle diameter D50 (?m) and a BET specific surface area SA (m2/g) is from about 1.4×103 to about 5.0×103.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narumasa SATO, Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Daisuke ISHIZUKA, Takahisa TATEKAWA, Noriyuki MIZUTANI, Erina SAITO