Patents by Inventor Naoyuki Toyoda

Naoyuki Toyoda 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: 20170058138
    Abstract: A non-aqueous ink jet composition includes a surface-treated metal powder, wherein a dissolved oxygen reduction rate is 2.0 kPa/h or more and 20.0 kPa/h or less in an environment of 25° C. and 1.0 atm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroaki KIDA, Naoyuki TOYODA, Masaru TERADA
  • Publication number: 20170028743
    Abstract: A recording material includes applying a first ink including a first polymerized compound using an inkjet method, polymerizing the first polymerized compound using ultraviolet light irradiation to form a first layer, applying a second ink containing a second polymerized compound and metal powder on the area on which the first layer is formed using the inkjet method, and polymerizing the second polymerized compound using ultraviolet light irradiation to form a second layer. A discharged volume of the first ink in the area is 2.0 to 20.0 g/m2. A time from landing of the first ink droplets until ultraviolet light irradiation is 0.0010 to 1.0 second. A discharged volume of the second ink in the area is 10 to 80 volume % compared to the discharged volume of the first ink. A time from landing of the second ink droplets until ultraviolet light irradiation is 5.0 to 60.0 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Tomohiro OGAWA, Hiroshi TAKIGUCHI, Naoyuki TOYODA
  • Patent number: 9528019
    Abstract: An ultraviolet-curable inkjet composition is discharged using an inkjet method. The ultraviolet-curable inkjet composition includes a polymerized compound, and a metal powder including a plurality of particles. The metal powder includes the particles that are surface-processed using an isocyanate compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Naoyuki Toyoda
  • Patent number: 9512320
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a base metal pigment, which is used for an aqueous ink composition containing water as a part of a solvent, in which the base metal pigment is surface-treated with a fluorine-based compound, and has a zeta potential of greater than or equal to ?50 mV and less than or equal to ?15 mV, as measured by an ultrasonic zeta potential measurement device, in a pH range of greater than or equal to 5 and less than or equal to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Denda, Masaru Terada, Hiroshi Takiguchi, Tomohiro Ogawa, Naoyuki Toyoda
  • Publication number: 20160340532
    Abstract: A material includes a layer produced by an ultraviolet-curable composition for inkjet that includes a polymerized compound and a glittering powder. The glittering powder has a scale-like shape. An average thickness of the glittering powder is more than 10 nm and less than 100 nm, an average grain diameter is less than 3.0 ?m, and in addition, a maximum grain diameter is less than 5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Naoyuki TOYODA, Masaya SHIBATANI, Minoru YAMADA, Tomohiro OGAWA, Hidekazu MORIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9498975
    Abstract: A recording material includes applying a first ink including a first polymerized compound using an inkjet method, polymerizing the first polymerized compound using ultraviolet light irradiation to form a first layer, applying a second ink containing a second polymerized compound and metal powder on the area on which the first layer is formed using the inkjet method, and polymerizing the second polymerized compound using ultraviolet light irradiation to form a second layer. A discharged volume of the first ink in the area is 2.0 to 20.0 g/m2. A time from landing of the first ink droplets until ultraviolet light irradiation is 0.0010 to 1.0 second. A discharged volume of the second ink in the area is 80 to 200 volume % compared to the discharged volume of the first ink. A time from landing of the second ink droplets until ultraviolet light irradiation is 5.0 to 60.0 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ogawa, Hiroshi Takiguchi, Naoyuki Toyoda
  • Publication number: 20160319144
    Abstract: A composition for inkjet is adapted to be discharged by an inkjet method. The composition includes a metal powder having a surface, metal or metal alloy constituting at least the surface of the metal powder, an organic solvent, and a binder resin. The surface of the metal powder is modified by chemical bonding with a fluorinated silane composition and/or a fluorinated phosphate compound as a surface preparation agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Naoyuki TOYODA, Masaya SHIBATANI, Minoru YAMADA, Tomohiro OGAWA, Hidekazu MORIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160304733
    Abstract: The invention provides metal powder constituted from metal particles. Each of the metal particles comprises a base particle having a surface and a metal material constituting at least the surface of the base particle. The base particle is subjected to a surface treatment with a fluorine type phosphoric acid ester. Further, the invention also provides an ultraviolet ray curable ink jet composition to be ejected by using an ink jet method. The ultraviolet ray curable ink jet composition comprises a polymerizable compound and metal powder constituted from metal particles. The metal particles of the metal powder are subjected to a surface treatment with a fluorine type phosphoric acid ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Naoyuki TOYODA, Masaya SHIBATANI, Hidekazu MORIYAMA, Minoru YAMADA, Taketoshi KAGOSE, Toshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Tomohiro OGAWA, Masaru TERADA, Homare KURIBAYASHI, Koki HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20160272833
    Abstract: An ultraviolet-curable inkjet composition is discharged using an inkjet method. The ultraviolet-curable inkjet composition includes a polymerized compound, and a metal powder including a plurality of particles. The metal powder includes the particles that are surface-processed using an isocyanate compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Naoyuki TOYODA
  • Patent number: 9441126
    Abstract: The invention provides metal powder constituted from metal particles. Each of the metal particles comprises a base particle having a surface and a metal material constituting at least the surface of the base particle. The base particle is subjected to a surface treatment with a fluorine type phosphoric acid ester. Further, the invention also provides an ultraviolet ray curable ink jet composition to be ejected by using an ink jet method. The ultraviolet ray curable ink jet composition comprises a polymerizable compound and metal powder constituted from metal particles. The metal particles of the metal powder are subjected to a surface treatment with a fluorine type phosphoric acid ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Toyoda, Masaya Shibatani, Hidekazu Moriyama, Minoru Yamada, Taketoshi Kagose, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Tomohiro Ogawa, Masaru Terada, Homare Kuribayashi, Koki Hirata
  • Publication number: 20160257827
    Abstract: The ultraviolet curable composition includes a polymerizable compound, metal powder, and fluorine-containing powder, in which a content of the fluorine-containing powder is in a range of 0.010 mass % to 5.0 mass %. A constituting particle of the fluorine-containing powder preferably contains at least one of a particle formed of a fluorine polymer and an inorganic fine particle which is treated by using a fluorine-based surface treating agent. The metal powder preferably contains a material which is subjected to a surface treatment by using a fluorine-based surface treating agent as the constituting particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroshi TAKIGUCHI, Atsushi DENDA, Naoyuki TOYODA
  • Publication number: 20160243517
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a dispersion liquid includes preparing a mixed liquid which contains a first solvent, a second solvent having solubility which is equal to or less than 1% with respect to the first solvent, and a compound having a polymerizable functional group; and microcapsulating and dispersing the first solvent or the second solvent by performing liquid plasma treatment on the mixed liquid while applying ultrasonic waves to the mixed liquid by using an ultrasonic wave generating apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji KITADA, Maki NARIAI, Atsushi DENDA, Naoyuki TOYODA
  • Patent number: 9422442
    Abstract: A material includes a print layer produced by an ultraviolet-curable composition for inkjet that includes a polymerized compound and a glittering powder. A content rate of the glittering powder in the print layer is more than 0.1 percent by volume and less than 5.0 percent by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Toyoda, Masaya Shibatani, Minoru Yamada, Tomohiro Ogawa, Hidekazu Moriyama
  • Patent number: 9416288
    Abstract: An inkjet recording method includes discharging a composition including a metal powder, an organic solvent, and a binder resin. Metal or metal alloy constitutes at least a surface of the metal powder, and the surface of the metal powder is treated by a surface preparation with a fluorinated silane composition and/or a fluorinated phosphate ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Toyoda, Masaya Shibatani, Minoru Yamada, Tomohiro Ogawa, Hidekazu Moriyama
  • Publication number: 20160200099
    Abstract: Provided is an ink jet recording apparatus including: a base metal pigment ink composition; and a first nozzle that ejects the base metal pigment ink composition, in which the base metal pigment ink composition contains a flat base metal pigment of which a 50% average particle diameter D50 is in a range of 100 nm to 1 ?m, and an organic compound of which a surface tension at 20° C. is 35 mN/m or greater, and an ejection interval T1 after the base metal pigment ink composition is ejected from the first nozzle and before the base metal pigment ink composition is ejected again from the first nozzle is within 100 ?s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Toyoda, Masaru Terada
  • Patent number: 9382443
    Abstract: An ultraviolet-curable inkjet composition is a composition discharged using an inkjet method, and includes a polymerized compound and a metal powder consisting of a plurality of particles. The metal powder includes, as the particles, items that are surface-processed using an isocyanate compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Naoyuki Toyoda
  • Publication number: 20160185988
    Abstract: An ultraviolet ray curable ink composition is provided. The ultraviolet ray curable ink composition contains a polymerizable compound; and an aluminum pigment subjected to a surface treatment with a phosphate compound. The aluminum pigment subjected to the surface treatment with the phosphate compound is subjected to an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer to obtain an X-ray photoelectron spectrum having a wave form. Thereafter, when a waveform separation was performed by using a Voigt function in such an X-ray photoelectron spectrum, the X-ray photoelectron spectrum has peaks in the rage of 190 eV or more but 192 eV or less. A printed object is also provided. The printed object is produced by applying the ultraviolet ray curable ink composition onto a recording medium, and then irradiating the ultraviolet ray curable ink composition with an ultraviolet ray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Homare Kuribayashi, Naoyuki Toyoda, Tomohiro Ogawa, Masaya Shibatani, Koki Hirata, Masaru Terada
  • Publication number: 20160177115
    Abstract: A pigment dispersion liquid is a pigment dispersion liquid for a solvent-based ink including a base metal pigment and an organic solvent, in which the base metal pigment is subjected to a surface treatment by a fluorine-based compound, and in which the concentration of a fluorine element is from 8 atm % to 35 atm % when an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis of the surface of the base metal pigment is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Naoyuki TOYODA, Masaru TERADA, Hiroshi TAKIGUCHI, Tomohiro OGAWA, Atsushi DENDA
  • Patent number: 9321928
    Abstract: The invention provides metal powder constituted from metal particles. Each of the metal particles comprises a base particle having a surface and a metal material constituting at least the surface of the base particle. The base particle is subjected to a surface treatment with a fluorine type phosphoric acid ester. Further, the invention also provides an ultraviolet ray curable ink jet composition to be ejected by using an ink jet method. The ultraviolet ray curable ink jet composition comprises a polymerizable compound and metal powder constituted from metal particles. The metal particles of the metal powder are subjected to a surface treatment with a fluorine type phosphoric acid ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Toyoda, Masaya Shibatani, Hidekazu Moriyama, Minoru Yamada, Taketoshi Kagose, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Tomohiro Ogawa, Masaru Terada, Homare Kuribayashi, Koki Hirata
  • Patent number: 9309429
    Abstract: Provided is an ink jet recording apparatus including: a base metal pigment ink composition; and a first nozzle that ejects the base metal pigment ink composition, in which the base metal pigment ink composition contains a flat base metal pigment of which a 50% average particle diameter D50 is in a range of 100 nm to 1 ?m, and an organic compound of which a surface tension at 20° C. is 35 mN/m or greater, and an ejection interval T1 after the base metal pigment ink composition is ejected from the first nozzle and before the base metal pigment ink composition is ejected again from the first nozzle is within 100 ?s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki Toyoda, Masaru Terada