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).

  • Patent number: 9309430
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Toyoda, Masaru Terada, Hiroshi Takiguchi, Tomohiro Ogawa, Atsushi Denda
  • Patent number: 9303147
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Homare Kuribayashi, Naoyuki Toyoda, Tomohiro Ogawa, Masaya Shibatani, Koki Hirata, Masaru Terada
  • Publication number: 20160082402
    Abstract: A method of producing a dispersion according to the invention includes preparing a mixed liquid containing a dispersoid and a dispersion medium, and dispersing the dispersoid in the dispersion medium by subjecting the dispersoid in the mixed liquid to an in-liquid plasma processing while subjecting the dispersoid to a pulverization processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Kenji KITADA, Maki NARIAI, Atsushi DENDA, Naoyuki TOYODA
  • Publication number: 20160009933
    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: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Naoyuki TOYODA, Masaya SHIBATANI, Minoru YAMADA, Tomohiro OGAWA, Hidekazu MORIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150315397
    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: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki Toyoda, Masaru Terada
  • Patent number: 9169411
    Abstract: A recording material includes an ultraviolet-curable composition for inkjet that includes a polymerized compound and a glittering powder to produce the recording material, a recording medium, and a print layer formed on the recording medium. The 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: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Toyoda, Masaya Shibatani, Minoru Yamada, Tomohiro Ogawa, Hidekazu Moriyama
  • Publication number: 20150210859
    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: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Atsushi DENDA, Masaru TERADA, Hiroshi TAKIGUCHI, Tomohiro OGAWA, Naoyuki TOYODA
  • Patent number: 9080069
    Abstract: A composition for inkjet adapted to be discharged by an inkjet method includes a metal powder, an organic solvent, and a binder resin. The metal powder is treated by a surface preparation with a fluorinated silane compound and/or a fluorinated phosphate ester as a surface preparation agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Toyoda, Masaya Shibatani, Minoru Yamada, Tomohiro Ogawa, Hidekazu Moriyama
  • Publication number: 20150166805
    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: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Naoyuki TOYODA, Masaya SHIBATANI, Hidekazu MORIYAMA, Minoru YAMADA, Taketoshi KAGOSE, Toshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Tomohiro OGAWA, Masaru TERADA, Homare KURIBAYASHI, Koki HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20150145935
    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: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Naoyuki TOYODA, Masaya SHIBATANI, Minoru YAMADA, Tomohiro OGAWA, Hidekazu MORIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150125673
    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: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: Naoyuki TOYODA
  • Publication number: 20150125671
    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: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Tomohiro OGAWA, Hiroshi TAKIGUCHI, Naoyuki TOYODA
  • Publication number: 20150112003
    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: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Naoyuki TOYODA, Masaru TERADA, Hiroshi TAKIGUCHI, Tomohiro OGAWA, Atsushi DENDA
  • Publication number: 20150044435
    Abstract: An ultraviolet ray curable ink jet composition of the present invention is characterized by being adapted to be ejected using an ink jet method and containing: a polymerizable compound; metal particles subjected to a surface treatment; and a substance A having a partial structure represented by the following formula (1), where R1 is a hydrogen atom, an oxygen radical, a hydrocarbon group or an alkoxy group, and each of R2, R3, R4 and R5 is independently a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Naoyuki TOYODA, Minoru YAMADA, Masaya SHIBATANI, Toshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Hidekazu MORIYAMA, Taketoshi KAGOSE
  • Patent number: 8895638
    Abstract: An ultraviolet ray curable ink jet composition of the present invention is characterized by being adapted to be ejected using an ink jet method and containing: a polymerizable compound; metal particles subjected to a surface treatment; and a substance A having a partial structure represented by the following formula (1), where R1 is a hydrogen atom, an oxygen radical, a hydrocarbon group or an alkoxy group, and each of R2, R3, R4 and R5 is independently a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Toyoda, Minoru Yamada, Masaya Shibatani, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Hidekazu Moriyama, Taketoshi Kagose
  • Publication number: 20140302291
    Abstract: A recording material includes an ultraviolet-curable composition for inkjet that includes a polymerized compound and a glittering powder to produce the recording material, a recording medium, and a print layer formed on the recording medium. The 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: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Naoyuki TOYODA, Masaya SHIBATANI, Minoru YAMADA, Tomohiro OGAWA, Hidekazu MORIYAMA
  • Patent number: 8795819
    Abstract: A recording material produced by using an ultraviolet-curable composition for inkjet that includes a polymerized compound and a glittering powder includes a recording medium and a print layer formed on the recording medium. The thickness of the print layer is T (?m). When an area that is thickness 0.5T (?m) from an outer surface in the print layer is a first area and an area that is thickness 0.5T (?m) from a contact surface contacting the recording medium in the print layer is a second area, a ratio of the glittering powder included in the first area of the print layer is more than 70 percent by volume and less than 95 percent by volume, and a ratio of the glittering powder included in the second area of the print layer is more than 5 percent by volume and less than 30 percent by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Toyoda, Masaya Shibatani, Minoru Yamada, Tomohiro Ogawa, Hidekazu Moriyama
  • Patent number: 8771824
    Abstract: An ultraviolet-curable composition for inkjet, which is discharged by an inkjet method, includes a polymerized compound, a metal powder, and a dispersant. The metal powder is treated by a surface preparation with a fluorinated silane compound and/or a fluorinated phosphate ester as a surface preparation agent. The dispersant has a polymeric structure in a basic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Toyoda, Masaya Shibatani, Minoru Yamada, Tomohiro Ogawa, Hidekazu Moriyama
  • Publication number: 20140154481
    Abstract: An ultraviolet ray curable ink composition adapted to be ejected by using an ink jet method is provided. The ultraviolet ray curable ink composition includes a polymerizable compound and metal powder. The metal powder is constituted from metal particles subjected to a surface treatment with a fluorine type silane compound and/or a fluorine type phosphoric acid ester as a surface treatment agent. A polymerizable compound includes a monomer having an alicyclic structure. This makes it possible to provide the ultraviolet ray curable ink composition which has excellent storage stability, can provide excellent dispersion stability of the metal particles of the metal powder. A printed object is also provided. Such a printed object is produced by using the ultraviolet ray curable ink composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki TOYODA, Koki HIRATA, Tomohiro OGAWA, Masaya SHIBATANI, Masaru TERADA, Hiroshi TAKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20140154480
    Abstract: An ultraviolet ray curable ink composition adapted to be ejected by using an ink jet method is provided. The ultraviolet ray curable ink composition includes a polymerizable compound, metal powder, and a liquid component having an alicyclic structure including a hetero atom. The metal powder is constituted from metal particles subjected to a surface treatment with a fluorine type silane compound and/or a fluorine type phosphoric acid ester as a surface treatment agent. An amount of the liquid component contained in the ultraviolet ray curable ink composition is in the range of 0.05 mass % or more but 7.0 mass % or less. A printed object is also provided. Such a printed object is produced by using the ultraviolet ray curable ink composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki TOYODA, Koki HIRATA, Tomohiro OGAWA, Masaya SHIBATANI, Masaru TERADA, Hiroshi TAKIGUCHI