Patents by Inventor Nobuyoshi Sugahara

Nobuyoshi Sugahara 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: 9958809
    Abstract: A magnetic carrier according to the present invention includes a magnetic carrier core and a resin covering layer formed on a surface of the magnetic carrier core, wherein the resin covering layer contains a resin component and an inorganic fine particle, the inorganic fine particle contains an oxide of a typical metal element or a carbonate of a typical metal element, a moisture adsorption rate of the inorganic fine particle when allowed to stand in an environment of a temperature of 30° C. and a humidity of 80% for 72 hours is 25.0% by mass or less, an electrical conductivity of the inorganic fine particle is 2.0×10?9 ?S/m or more and 2.5×10?5 ?S/m or less, and a degree of crystallinity of the inorganic fine particle is 60% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Yuto Onozaki, Hironori Minagawa, Wakashi Iida
  • Patent number: 9785070
    Abstract: A magnetic carrier comprising: a magnetic material-dispersed resin carrier core material; and a resin coating layer on the surface of the magnetic material-dispersed resin carrier core material, wherein the magnetic material-dispersed resin carrier core material contains a core material particle containing a magnetic material and a binder resin, and a primer compound having an amino group, the resin coating layer contains a coating resin A, which is a polymer of monomers including at least a (meth)acrylic acid ester having an alicyclic hydrocarbon group, and the content of the primer compound in the magnetic material-dispersed resin carrier core material and the content of the resin coating layer are in specific range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Hironori Minagawa, Wakashi Iida, Atsushi Nakano
  • Patent number: 9778598
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic carrier, including: a ferrite core particle; and a coating resin, in which: the coating resin has a surface resin layer and a resin composition in the stated order from a surface side thereof; the resin composition contains a resin, and an inorganic particle or carbon black that is subjected to a hydrophilic treatment; the surface resin layer contains a resin, is free of the inorganic particle or the carbon black, and has a thickness of from 0.01 ?m or more to 4.00 ?m or less; and a moisture percentage change between a moisture percentage when the magnetic carrier is left to stand under an environment of 30° C. and 80% RH for 24 hours, and a moisture percentage when the magnetic carrier is left to stand under an environment of 23° C. and 5% RH for 24 hours after the standing is 0.030 mass % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto Onozaki, Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Hironori Minagawa, Wakashi Iida
  • Publication number: 20170227866
    Abstract: A magnetic carrier having a ferrite-type core material and a resin coat layer present on the surface of the ferrite-type core material, wherein the ferrite-type core material contains a magnetic ferrite-type core material particle and an amino group-bearing primer compound; the resin coat layer contains a coating resin A that is a polymer of monomer containing a (meth)acrylate ester having an alicyclic hydrocarbon group; the content of the amino group-bearing primer compound in the ferrite-type core material and the content of the resin coat layer in the magnetic carrier are within the prescribed range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Hironori Minagawa, Wakashi Iida, Atsushi Nakano
  • Patent number: 9599920
    Abstract: The present invention is a magnetic carrier that has a magnetic carrier core and a resin coat layer, wherein the resin coat layer contains a coat resin A and a coat resin B, the coat resin A is a polymer obtained by polymerization of a (meth)acrylate ester monomer that has an alicyclic hydrocarbon group, the coat resin B is a polymer obtained by polymerization of (meth)acrylic monomer and has a polar group and an acid value of 4.0 to 50.0 mg KOH/g, the content of the coat resin A is 10 to 90 mass %, the content of the coat resin B is 10 to 90 mass %, and an acid value of the resin component in the resin coat layer is 1.0 to 10.0 mg KOH/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Hironori Minagawa, Yuto Onozaki, Wakashi Iida
  • Publication number: 20170060010
    Abstract: A magnetic carrier comprising:a magnetic material-dispersed resin carrier core material; and a resin coating layer on the surface of the magnetic material-dispersed resin carrier core material, wherein the magnetic material-dispersed resin carrier core material contains a core material particle containing a magnetic material and a binder resin, and a primer compound having an amino group, the resin coating layer contains a coating resin A, which is a polymer of monomers including at least a (meth)acrylic acid ester having an alicyclic hydrocarbon group, and the content of the primer compound in the magnetic material-dispersed resin carrier core material and the content of the resin coating layer are in specific range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Hironori Minagawa, Wakashi Iida, Atsushi Nakano
  • Patent number: 9541853
    Abstract: A magnetic carrier includes resin-filled magnetic core particles including porous magnetic particles whose pores are filled with a resin, and resin coating layers on the surfaces of the resin-filled magnetic core particles. The porous magnetic particles have specific electrical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hironori Minagawa, Wakashi Iida, Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Minoru Yoshifuku, Yuto Onozaki
  • Publication number: 20160363889
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic carrier, including: a ferrite core particle; and a coating resin, in which: the coating resin has a surface resin layer and a resin composition in the stated order from a surface side thereof; the resin composition contains a resin, and an inorganic particle or carbon black that is subjected to a hydrophilic treatment; the surface resin layer contains a resin, is free of the inorganic particle or the carbon black, and has a thickness of from 0.01 ?m or more to 4.00 ?m or less; and a moisture percentage change between a moisture percentage when the magnetic carrier is left to stand under an environment of 30° C. and 80% RH for 24 hours, and a moisture percentage when the magnetic carrier is left to stand under an environment of 23° C. and 5% RH for 24 hours after the standing is 0.030 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Yuto Onozaki, Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Hironori Minagawa, Wakashi Iida
  • Patent number: 9513571
    Abstract: A magnetic carrier contains a resin-filled magnetic core particle and a resin covering layer provided on a surface of the resin-filled magnetic core particle. The resin-filled magnetic core particle is a porous magnetic particle containing a resin in pores thereof. The magnetic carrier has a 50% particle diameter (D50) of 30.0 ?m or more and 80.0 ?m or less on a volume basis. An electric current flowing through the magnetic carrier at a voltage of 500 V ranges from 8.0 to 50.0 ?A. A proportion JR1 of a composition that is made up of the resin in a magnetic carrier portion of a region R1 and a proportion JR2 of the composition in a magnetic carrier portion of a region R2 satisfy the following relationship. The region R1 and the region R2 are illustrated in FIG. 1. 1.20?JR2/JR1?2.00.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Hironori Minagawa, Yuto Onozaki, Minoru Yoshifuku, Wakashi Iida
  • Patent number: 9500975
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic carrier, including magnetic carrier particles each including: a magnetic carrier core including a magnetic material and a resin; and a resin coating layer formed on a surface of the magnetic carrier core, in which: the resin included in the magnetic carrier core has a hydroxy group; a surface portion of the magnetic carrier core includes a specific compound; and the magnetic carrier has an adsorbed moisture amount of 0.40 mass % or less when the magnetic carrier is left to stand in an environment of a temperature of 30° C. and a humidity of 80% RH for 72 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Hironori Minagawa, Yuto Onozaki, Minoru Yoshifuku, Wakashi Iida
  • Publication number: 20160306301
    Abstract: A magnetic carrier according to the present invention includes a magnetic carrier core and a resin covering layer formed on a surface of the magnetic carrier core, wherein the resin covering layer contains a resin component and an inorganic fine particle, the inorganic fine particle contains an oxide of a typical metal element or a carbonate of a typical metal element, a moisture adsorption rate of the inorganic fine particle when allowed to stand in an environment of a temperature of 30° C. and a humidity of 80% for 72 hours is 25.0% by mass or less, an electrical conductivity of the inorganic fine particle is 2.0×10?9 ?S/m or more and 2.5×10?5 ?S/m or less, and a degree of crystallinity of the inorganic fine particle is 60% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Yuto Onozaki, Hironori Minagawa, Wakashi Iida
  • Patent number: 9341973
    Abstract: There is provided a magnetic carrier having a resin coating layer formed on the surface of each of particles prepared by putting resin in the pores of porous magnetic particles, wherein (i) the surface roughness Ra of the porous magnetic particles ranges from 0.180 ?m to 0.250 ?m, (ii) the pore size ranges from 0.40 ?m to 1.00 ?m, (iii) the amount of the resin held in the pores ranges from 3.0 parts by mass to 5.5 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the porous magnetic particles, (iv) the amount of resin used for forming the coating resin layer ranges from 1.0 parts by mass to 3.0 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the porous magnetic particles, and (v) the surface roughness Ra of the magnetic carrier ranges from 0.160 ?m to 0.220 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Minoru Yoshifuku, Wakashi Iida, Hironori Minagawa, Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Yuto Onozaki
  • Publication number: 20160062257
    Abstract: The present invention is a magnetic carrier that has a magnetic carrier core and a resin coat layer, wherein the resin coat layer contains a coat resin A and a coat resin B, the coat resin A is a polymer obtained by polymerization of a (meth)acrylate ester monomer that has an alicyclic hydrocarbon group, the coat resin B is a polymer obtained by polymerization of (meth)acrylic monomer and has a polar group and an acid value of 4.0 to 50.0 mg KOH/g, the content of the coat resin A is 10 to 90 mass %, the content of the coat resin B is 10 to 90 mass %, and an acid value of the resin component in the resin coat layer is 1.0 to 10.0 mg KOH/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Hironori Minagawa, Yuto Onozaki, Wakashi Iida
  • Publication number: 20150241807
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic carrier, including magnetic carrier particles each including: a magnetic carrier core including a magnetic material and a resin; and a resin coating layer formed on a surface of the magnetic carrier core, in which: the resin included in the magnetic carrier core has a hydroxy group; a surface portion of the magnetic carrier core includes a specific compound; and the magnetic carrier has an adsorbed moisture amount of 0.40 mass % or less when the magnetic carrier is left to stand in an environment of a temperature of 30° C. and a humidity of 80% RH for 72 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Hironori Minagawa, Yuto Onozaki, Minoru Yoshifuku, Wakashi Iida
  • Publication number: 20140356781
    Abstract: A magnetic carrier includes resin-filled magnetic core particles including porous magnetic particles whose pores are filled with a resin, and resin coating layers on the surfaces of the resin-filled magnetic core particles. The porous magnetic particles have specific electrical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Hironori Minagawa, Wakashi Iida, Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Minoru Yoshifuku, Yuto Onozaki
  • Publication number: 20140356782
    Abstract: A magnetic carrier contains a resin-filled magnetic core particle and a resin covering layer provided on a surface of the resin-filled magnetic core particle. The resin-filled magnetic core particle is a porous magnetic particle containing a resin in pores thereof. The magnetic carrier has a 50% particle diameter (D50) of 30.0 ?m or more and 80.0 ?m or less on a volume basis. An electric current flowing through the magnetic carrier at a voltage of 500 V ranges from 8.0 to 50.0 ?A. A proportion JR1 of a composition that is made up of the resin in a magnetic carrier portion of a region R1 and a proportion JR2 of the composition in a magnetic carrier portion of a region R2 satisfy the following relationship. The region R1 and the region R2 are illustrated in FIG. 1. 1.20?JR2/JR1?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Hironori Minagawa, Yuto Onozaki, Minoru Yoshifuku, Wakashi Iida
  • Publication number: 20140356783
    Abstract: There is provided a magnetic carrier having a resin coating layer formed on the surface of each of particles prepared by putting resin in the pores of porous magnetic particles, wherein (i) the surface roughness Ra of the porous magnetic particles ranges from 0.180 ?m to 0.250 ?m, (ii) the pore size ranges from 0.40 ?m to 1.00 ?m, (iii) the amount of the resin held in the pores ranges from 3.0 parts by mass to 5.5 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the porous magnetic particles, (iv) the amount of resin used for forming the coating resin layer ranges from 1.0 parts by mass to 3.0 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the porous magnetic particles, and (v) the surface roughness Ra of the magnetic carrier ranges from 0.160 ?m to 0.220 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Minoru Yoshifuku, Wakashi Iida, Hironori Minagawa, Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Yuto Onozaki
  • Patent number: 7983581
    Abstract: A fixing method and a fixing device is provided in which an unfixed toner image formed on a recording medium is heat-pressure-fixed by using a fixing unit, wherein the unfixed toner image is fixed when the recording medium passes through at least two fixing units arranged in series in a conveying direction of the recording medium. Specific relations are satisfied between a maximum temperature on the recording medium when the recording medium passes through a first fixing unit, a maximum temperature on the recording medium when the recording medium passes through a second fixing unit, a minimum temperature on the recording medium during a time period commencing on ejection of the recording medium from the first fixing unit and ending on entry of the recording medium into the second fixing unit and properties of the toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koh Ishigami, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Naoki Okamoto, Yoshinobu Baba, Takayuki Itakura
  • Patent number: 7442478
    Abstract: A magenta toner is provided which contains at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a wax, in which a maximum heat-absorption peak temperature as measured using a differential scanning calorimeter, a reflectance at a predetermined wavelength when measured in a powder state by spectroscopic analysis, and lightness when measured in a powder form are in specific ranges. A full-color image is formed using the magenta toner as a pale magenta toner in combination with a deep magenta toner. According to the present invention, it becomes possible to form a vivid image which has reduced graininess and roughness from a low-density region to a high-density region, ensures a sufficient fixing temperature region, has a color reproduction range wider that the conventional one, and has high transparency on an OHP sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayuki Itakura, Yuko Sato, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Hirohide Tanikawa
  • Patent number: 7396626
    Abstract: The present invention provides a toner improved in dispersibility of a colorant in the toner particles and excellent in the color reproducibility including color mixability and transparency. The toner is also excellent in the stability in long-term of the chargeability and capable of forming images maintaining high image quality. The present invention provides a toner for forming a full-color image which includes at least toner particles containing a binder resin, a colorant and a wax, and inorganic fine particles, wherein the binder resin comprises a resin having polyester units which is synthesized by use of an aromatic carboxylic acid titanium compound as a catalyst, and the inorganic fine particles comprise fine titanium oxide particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Takayuki Itakura, Naoki Okamoto, Koh Ishigami, Yoshinobu Baba, Hirohide Tanikawa