Patents by Inventor Satoya Sugiura
Satoya Sugiura 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: 20240152077Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt has metal oxide particles as a solid lubricant on a surface of the intermediate transfer belt, in which an average spacing between the metal oxide particles on the surface is 1,000 nm or less, and an average height of the metal oxide particles from the surface is 15 nm or more and 320 nm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.Inventors: Daisuke TANEMURA, Masato ONO, Shigeru FUKUDA, Masato FURUKAWA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Yosuke KUBO, Iori NISHIMURA, Masayuki SEKO, Koichi MATSUMOTO, Satoya SUGIURA
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Publication number: 20240103406Abstract: A recording medium transport and transfer belt includes at least a base material layer and a surface layer, in which a ratio (?s500/?v500) between surface resistivity ?s500 and volume resistivity ?v500 at an applied voltage of 500 V is 1.0 or more, and a difference (?s100??s500) between surface resistivity ?s100 at an applied voltage of 100 V and surface resistivity ?s500 at an applied voltage of 500 V is 0.3 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Makoto OCHIAI, Minoru ROKUTAN, Satoya SUGIURA, Shogo HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20240094663Abstract: A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer belt that has an outer peripheral surface to which a toner image is to be transferred, a primary transfer device that has a primary transfer member performing primary transfer of a toner image formed on a surface of an image holder to the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt, and a secondary transfer device that has a secondary transfer belt arranged in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt and performing secondary transfer of the toner image transferred to the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt to a surface of a recording medium, in which the intermediate transfer belt has an indentation modulus A of 5,000 MPa or more, and the secondary transfer belt has an indentation modulus B of 300 MPa or less and a tensile modulus C of 250 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Masato FURUKAWA, Shogo HAYASHI, Satoya SUGIURA, Makoto OCHIAI, Minoru ROKUTAN, Takuro HOSHIO
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Patent number: 11927899Abstract: In an endless belt, the absolute value of an electrostatic capacitance C and the absolute value of an alternating-current resistance Z when an alternating voltage of 1 Vp-p is applied in a frequency range of from 10000 Hz to 0.1 mHz from a high frequency side satisfy Formula (1) below, and an alternating-current resistance Z0.63 when an alternating voltage of 1 Vp-p with a frequency of 0.63 Hz is applied satisfies Formula (2) below. Moreover, an alternating-current resistance Z630 when an alternating voltage of 1 Vp-p with a frequency of 630 Hz is applied satisfies Formula (3) below: log10 C?3.18×log10 Z?30.27;??Formula (1): 6.3?log10 Z0.63?6.9; and??Formula (2): 9.1?log10 Z630?9.9.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Satoya Sugiura, Minoru Rokutan, Makoto Ochiai, Shogo Hayashi, Masato Furukawa
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Publication number: 20240027933Abstract: An image forming apparatus member includes a surface layer containing a Si-atom containing polymer as a major component. The dispersive component of the surface free energy of the surface layer is 25 mN/m or less, the dipole component of the surface free energy of the surface layer is 5 mN/m or less, and the hydrogen bonding component of the surface free energy of the surface layer is 5 mN/m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Shogo Hayashi, Hiroaki Tanaka, Satoya Sugiura
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Publication number: 20230400798Abstract: In an endless belt, the absolute value of an electrostatic capacitance C and the absolute value of an alternating-current resistance Z when an alternating voltage of 1 Vp-p is applied in a frequency range of from 10000 Hz to 0.1 mHz from a high frequency side satisfy Formula (1) below, and an alternating-current resistance Z0.63 when an alternating voltage of 1 Vp-p with a frequency of 0.63 Hz is applied satisfies Formula (2) below. Moreover, an alternating-current resistance Z630 when an alternating voltage of 1 Vp-p with a frequency of 630 Hz is applied satisfies Formula (3) below: log10 C?3.18×log10 Z?30.27;??Formula (1): 6.3?log10 Z0.63?6.9; and??Formula (2): 9.1?log10 Z630?9.9.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Satoya SUGIURA, Minoru Rokutan, Makoto Ochiai, Shogo Hayashi, Masato Furukawa
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Patent number: 11841651Abstract: An endless belt includes a base material layer containing a polymer material and conductive particles, wherein, in an image obtained by observing a cross section taken along a thickness direction of the base material layer with an atomic force microscope, a proportion of a total area Ap of cross sections of all the conductive particles is 9.0% or more and 14.5% or less with respect to a total cross-sectional area At of the base material layer, and a proportion of a total area Ab of cross sections of conductive particles having an area of 0.01 ?m2 or more among cross sections of the conductive particles is 28.0% or more and 65.0% or less with respect to the total area Ap of cross sections of all the conductive particles.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2023Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yusuke Watanabe, Satoya Sugiura, Kenta Shingu, Toshiyasu Yukawa, Minoru Rokutan
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Patent number: 11760833Abstract: A liquid composition includes a thiophene polymer; and at least one polymerization component selected from the group including a monomer and an oligomer.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignees: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION CHIBA UNIVERSITYInventors: Wataru Yamada, Satoya Sugiura, Natsumi Kaneko, Katsuyoshi Hoshino
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Publication number: 20230244160Abstract: An endless belt includes a base material layer containing a polymer material and conductive particles, wherein, in an image obtained by observing a cross section taken along a thickness direction of the base material layer with an atomic force microscope, a proportion of a total area Ap of cross sections of all the conductive particles is 9.0% or more and 14.5% or less with respect to a total cross-sectional area At of the base material layer, and a proportion of a total area Ab of cross sections of conductive particles having an area of 0.01 µm2 or more among cross sections of the conductive particles is 28.0% or more and 65.0% or less with respect to the total area Ap of cross sections of all the conductive particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yusuke WATANABE, Satoya Sugiura, Kenta Shingu, Toshiyasu Yukawa, Minoru Rokutan
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Publication number: 20230242358Abstract: An endless belt includes a base material layer, the base material layer containing a polymer material and conductive particles, wherein in a section of the base material layer in a thickness direction, the conductive particles have an area ratio of 9.0% or more and 14.5% or less, an average value of areas of Delaunay triangles taking centers of gravity of the conductive particles as vertices is 0.10 ?m2 or more and 0.90 ?m2 or less, and a standard deviation of the areas is 0.010 ?m2 or more and 0.080 ?m2 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kenta SHINGU, Satoya SUGIURA, Yusuke WATANABE, Toshiyasu YUKAWA
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Publication number: 20230236529Abstract: A conductive member includes: a conductive base material; and a silica glass layer disposed on an outermost surface on an outer peripheral surface of the conductive base material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Shogo HAYASHI, Satoya SUGIURA
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Patent number: 11708450Abstract: A composition for forming a metallic luster film, includes: a thiophene polymer, in which a total content of an Fe atom, a Cu atom, an Mn atom, a Cr atom, and a Ce atom in the composition for forming a metallic luster film is 1500 ppm or less with respect to the thiophene polymer.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignees: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION CHIBA UNIVERSITYInventors: Wataru Yamada, Satoya Sugiura, Katsuyoshi Hoshino, Rihito Tamura, Kenta Horikoshi, Minako Tachiki
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Publication number: 20230152734Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor, a charging section that charges a surface of the photoconductor, an electrostatic charge image forming section that forms an electrostatic charge image on the charged surface of the photoconductor, a developing section that accommodates a developer containing a toner and develops the electrostatic charge image formed on the surface of the photoconductor by using the developer to form a toner image, a transfer section that includes an endless belt and transfers the toner image to a recording medium; and a cleaning section that includes a cleaning blade that comes into contact with a surface of the endless belt and performs cleaning of the surface of the endless belt with the cleaning blade, in which a dynamic friction coefficient ? between the endless belt and the cleaning blade is 0.10 or more and 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Satoya SUGIURA, Makoto OCHIAI, Shogo HAYASHI, Sayaka INOUE, Yusuke WATANABE, Kenta SHINGU
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Patent number: 11641780Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion element includes: a thermoelectric conversion layer containing a thiophene polymer, in which a peak intensity of a diffraction angle (2?) of 7.9° is 5 times or more a peak intensity of a diffraction angle (2?) of 25.8° in an X-ray diffraction spectrum of the thermoelectric conversion layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignees: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION CHIBA UNIVERSITYInventors: Satoya Sugiura, Wataru Yamada, Katsuyoshi Hoshino
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Publication number: 20220373936Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a charging unit that charges a surface of the photosensitive member, an electrostatic image formation unit that forms an electrostatic image on the charged surface of the photosensitive member, a developing unit that includes a developer including a toner and develops the electrostatic image formed on the surface of the photosensitive member with the developer to form a toner image, an intermediate transfer body including a surface layer, the surface layer including an acrylic resin and a fluorine-containing polyether, a first transfer unit that transfers the toner image onto a surface of the intermediate transfer body as first transfer, a second transfer unit that transfers the toner image transferred on the surface of the intermediate transfer body to a recording medium as second transfer, and an intermediate transfer body cleaning unit that includes a cleaning blade including a tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer disposed on a surface of a contactType: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Satoya Sugiura, Masato Ono, Shogo Hayashi, Daisuke Tanemura, Masayuki Seko
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Publication number: 20220363833Abstract: A liquid composition contains a thiophene polymer and a solvent, and the difference |?p2??p1| is 7.7 MPa0.5 or more and 13.4 MPa0.5 or less between a dipole-dipole force term ?p1 of Hansen solubility parameter of the thiophene polymer and a dipole-dipole force term ?p2 of Hansen solubility parameter of the solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicants: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION CHIBA UNIVERSITYInventors: Satoya SUGIURA, Wataru YAMADA, Katsuyoshi HOSHINO, Satoru TSUKADA, Rihito TAMURA, Hirotaka DOI
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Patent number: 11487226Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, an intermediate transfer body including a surface layer that includes an acrylic resin and a fluorine-containing polyether, first and second transfer units, and an intermediate transfer body cleaning unit that includes a cleaning blade including a tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer disposed on a surface of a contact portion of the cleaning blade, the contact portion being arranged to contact the intermediate transfer body, and removes a residual toner by bringing the cleaning blade into contact with the intermediate transfer body. Linear velocities of the intermediate transfer body and the photosensitive member are adjusted to satisfy a requirement (1): Requirement (1): 0.3?|Linear velocity of Intermediate transfer body?Linear velocity of Photosensitive member|/Linear velocity of Intermediate transfer body×100?1.5.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Satoya Sugiura, Masato Ono, Shogo Hayashi, Daisuke Tanemura, Masayuki Seko
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Patent number: 11334006Abstract: An endless belt includes: a resin; and electrically conductive particles, wherein an integrated discharge amount is 350 ?C or less. The integrated discharge amount is determined by disposing an electrode at a position spaced 60 ?m apart from the outer circumferential surface of the belt, applying a voltage to the electrode, and measuring the amount of discharge for a period of 1 second after the voltage reaches 1300 V.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Daisuke Tanemura, Shigeru Fukuda, Satoya Sugiura, Tomotake Inagaki, Masato Ono, Masato Furukawa, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kenta Yamakoshi, Ryohei Yoshikawa, Yosuke Kubo, Masayuki Seko, Koichi Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20220146966Abstract: An endless belt contains: a resin; electrically conductive carbon particles; and a surfactant. When polyester resin particles having a volume average particle diameter of 4.7 ?m are caused to adhere to an outer circumferential surface of the endless belt and then air is blown onto the outer circumferential surface from an upper side of the outer circumferential surface while the blowing pressure of the air is increased, all the polyester resin particles adhering to the outer circumferential surface are separated from the outer circumferential surface before or when the blowing pressure reaches 6 kPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Masato Ono, Masayuki Seko, Koichi Matsumoto, Shigeru Fukuda, Satoya Sugiura, Daisuke Tanemura, Masato Furukawa, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kenta Yamakoshi, Yosuke Kubo
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Publication number: 20220146965Abstract: An endless belt includes: a resin; and electrically conductive particles, wherein an integrated discharge amount is 350 ?C or less. The integrated discharge amount is determined by disposing an electrode at a position spaced 60 ?m apart from the outer circumferential surface of the belt, applying a voltage to the electrode, and measuring the amount of discharge for a period of 1 second after the voltage reaches 1300 V.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Daisuke TANEMURA, Shigeru FUKUDA, Satoya SUGIURA, Tomotake INAGAKI, Masato ONO, Masato FURUKAWA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Kenta YAMAKOSHI, Ryohei YOSHIKAWA, Yosuke KUBO, Masayuki SEKO, Koichi MATSUMOTO