Patents by Inventor Shintaro Anno

Shintaro Anno 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: 11906928
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: a toner particle containing a binder resin; and an external additive containing alumina particles having a volume average particle diameter of more than 5 nm and 80 nm or less and silica particles having a volume average particle diameter of 10 nm or more and 90 nm or less, and in the toner particle, a Net intensity NA of a total of an alkali metal element and an alkaline earth metal element, measured by fluorescence X-ray analysis, is 0.10 kcps or more and 1.30 kcps or less, and a ratio (Ws/Wa) of a content Ws of the silica particles to a content Wa of the alumina particles is more than 0.5 and less than 35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Shintaro Anno, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Atsushi Sugawara, Daisuke Noguchi, Satoshi Miura
  • Patent number: 11829103
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes an amorphous polyester resin and a crystalline polyester resin, wherein a Net intensity NNa of a Na element and a Net intensity NCl of a Cl element, the Net intensities NNa and NCl being determined by X-ray fluorescence analysis, satisfy 2.5?NCl/NNa?260.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Daisuke Noguchi, Atsushi Sugawara, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Shintaro Anno, Satoshi Miura
  • Patent number: 11809130
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains toner particles containing at least one binder resin; the Mg element in an amount such that in an x-ray fluorescence analysis of the toner, the net intensity of the peak for the Mg element is 0.10 kcps or more and 1.20 kcps or less; and at least one external additive including particles of at least one compound represented by formula (1), MTiO3??(1) where M represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shintaro Anno, Atsushi Sugawara, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Daisuke Noguchi, Satoshi Miura
  • Publication number: 20230314976
    Abstract: A carrier for developing an electrostatic charge image includes magnetic particles and a resin coating layer covering the magnetic particles, the resin coating layer containing inorganic particles. The ratio M1/M2 is 0.8 or more and 1.2 or less, where M1 is the concentration of the inorganic particles in the resin coating layer within a distance of 300 nm from the carrier surface, and M2 is that within a distance of 300 nm from the surface of the resin coating layer closer to the magnetic particle, and the percentage surface exposure of the magnetic particles is 0% by area or more and 5% by area or less. A cavity lies at least in part between the resin coating layer and a surface of the magnetic particles, and the average width, or the average length parallel to the thickness of the resin coating layer, of the cavity is 50 nm or more and 500 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yasuo KADOKURA, Shintaro ANNO
  • Publication number: 20230288828
    Abstract: A carrier for developing an electrostatic charge image includes magnetic particles and a resin coating layer covering the magnetic particles, the resin coating layer containing aggregates of inorganic particles. The arithmetic mean diameter of the aggregates of inorganic particles on the carrier surface is 30 nm or more and 150 nm or less, and the percentage surface exposure of the magnetic particles is 0% by area or more and 5% by area or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yasuo KADOKURA, Shintaro ANNO
  • Publication number: 20230288830
    Abstract: A method for producing a carrier for developing an electrostatic charge image, the method includes: adding a coating liquid containing a resin, conductive particles, and a solvent and magnetic particles to a mixer having a stirring blade, and mixing the coating liquid and the magnetic particles to obtain a mixture; and evaporating and drying the solvent from the mixture to produce a carrier having a resin coating layer on surfaces of the magnetic particles, wherein a viscosity ? of the coating liquid when being added to the mixer is more than 60 mPa·s and 1,000 mPa·s or less, and a value of a ratio ?/W of the viscosity ?(mPa·s) to an amount W (parts by mass) of the resin coating layer with respect to 100 parts by mass of the magnetic particles in the carrier is 20 or more and 500 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takeshi TANABE, Shintaro Anno, Yasuo Kadokura
  • Patent number: 11747744
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing carrier includes: magnetic particles; and a resin layer coating the magnetic particles and containing inorganic particles, in which an average particle diameter of the inorganic particles is 5 nm or more and 90 nm or less, an average thickness of the resin layer is 0.6 ?m or more and 1.4 ?m or less, and a ratio B/A of a surface area B of the electrostatic charge image developing carrier to a plan view area A of the electrostatic charge image developing carrier is 1.020 or more and 1.100 or less when a surface of the electrostatic charge image developing carrier is three-dimensionally analyzed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Jumpei Iwasaki, Yasuo Kadokura, Shintaro Anno, Kazutsuna Sasaki, Satoshi Miura
  • Patent number: 11733618
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes an amorphous polyester resin, a crystalline polyester resin, and C.I. Pigment Red 57:1, wherein a Net intensity NMg of an Mg element, the Net intensity NMg of being determined by X-ray fluorescence analysis, is 0.10 kcps or more and 0.40 kcps or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Satoshi Miura, Shintaro Anno, Daisuke Noguchi, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Atsushi Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20230251589
    Abstract: A carrier for developing an electrostatic charge image includes magnetic particles and a coating layer covering the magnetic particles, the coating layer containing a resin and inorganic particles, containing 20 parts by mass or more and 60 parts by mass or less of the inorganic particles per 100 parts by mass of the resin. The percentage exposure of the magnetic particles on the surface is 0% or more and 5% or less, and, in a cross-sectional observation, either there is no gap between the magnetic particles and the coating layer, or a gap lies at least in part between the magnetic particles and the coating layer, occupying a percentage area of 0% or more and 5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shintaro ANNO, Yasuo KADOKURA
  • Publication number: 20230251587
    Abstract: A carrier for developing an electrostatic charge image includes magnetic particles and a coating layer covering the magnetic particles, the coating layer containing a resin and inorganic particles. The percentage exposure of the magnetic particles on the surface is 50% or more and 80% or less, and the mean width RSm and the maximum height Rz of the roughness profile on the surface are 0.9 ?m or more and 1.5 ?m or less and 2.0 ?m or more and 6.0 ?m or less, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shintaro ANNO, Yasuo Kadokura
  • Patent number: 11698593
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic image development contains toner particles containing a binder resin. The binder resin includes an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin. In the toner particles, a Net intensity of elemental Mg measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is from 0.40 to 1.20 inclusive, and a Net intensity of elemental Cl measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is from 0.02 to 0.60 inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Fujihara, Atsushi Sugawara, Shintaro Anno, Daisuke Noguchi, Satoshi Miura
  • Patent number: 11693330
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains toner particles containing at least one binder resin; the Mg element in an amount such that the net intensity of x-ray fluorescence from the Mg element in the toner is 0.10 kcps or more and 1.20 kcps or less; and external additives including particles of at least one compound represented by formula (1) and particles of a metal salt of a fatty acid, MTiO3??(1) where M represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shintaro Anno, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Atsushi Sugawara, Daisuke Noguchi, Satoshi Miura
  • Patent number: 11675284
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains toner particles containing at least one binder resin; the Mg element in an amount such that the net intensity of x-ray fluorescence from the Mg element in the toner is 0.10 kcps or more and 1.20 kcps or less; and at least one external additive including particles of a metal salt of a fatty acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shintaro Anno, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Atsushi Sugawara, Daisuke Noguchi, Satoshi Miura
  • Patent number: 11561483
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing carrier includes: magnetic particles; and a resin layer coating the magnetic particles and containing inorganic particles, in which an exposed area ratio of the magnetic particles is 0.1% or more and 4.0% or less, an average particle diameter of the inorganic particles is 5 nm or more and 90 nm or less, and a ratio B/A of a surface area B of the electrostatic charge image developing carrier to a plan view area A of the electrostatic charge image developing carrier is 1.020 or more and 1.100 or less when a surface of the electrostatic charge image developing carrier is three-dimensionally analyzed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kazutsuna Sasaki, Yasuo Kadokura, Shintaro Anno, Satoshi Miura, Jumpei Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 11550236
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic image development contains toner particles containing a binder resin. The binder resin includes an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin. In the toner particles, a Net intensity of elemental Mg measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is from 0.02 to 0.15 inclusive, and a Net intensity of elemental Cl measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is from 0.02 to 0.60 inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Fujihara, Atsushi Sugawara, Shintaro Anno, Daisuke Noguchi, Satoshi Miura
  • Publication number: 20220390875
    Abstract: A carrier for developing an electrostatic image includes a magnetic particle and a resin layer with which the magnetic particle is coated and which contains silica particles having an average particle diameter of 50 nm or more and 200 nm or less. In the carrier, a silicon element ratio Si1 in a region in which a distance from a surface of the resin layer in a direction toward an inside is 0.1 ?m or more and 0.2 ?m or less and a silicon element ratio Si2 in a region in which a distance from a surface of the magnetic particle in a direction toward the surface of the resin layer is 0.0 ?m or more and 0.1 ?m or less satisfy formula 1-1 and formula 2-1 below. 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shintaro ANNO, Yosuke Tsurumi, Takeshi Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20220390865
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes a toner particle including a binder resin and a release agent. When a cross section of the toner particle is observed, the toner particle satisfies a condition (A1) below: Condition (A1): the toner particle includes one or more domains of the release agent, the one or more domains having a diameter equal to 8% or more and 30% or less of the maximum diameter of the toner particle, the one or more domains having a geometric center at a depth of R/2 or less below the surface of the toner particle, where R represents the distance between the geometric center of the toner particle and the surface of the toner particle, the one or more domains being entirely included in an inside portion of the toner particle which extends below a depth of 50 nm from the surface of the toner particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Atsushi SUGAWARA, Yoshimasa FUJIHARA, Shintaro ANNO, Satoshi MIURA, Daisuke NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220390867
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes a toner particle including a binder resin and a release agent. When a cross section of the toner particle is observed, the toner particle satisfies conditions (A) and (B) below: Condition (A): plural domains of the release agent, the domains having a diameter equal to 10% or more and 35% or less of the maximum diameter of the toner particle, are present in the toner particle; and Condition (B): the average of the distances between the centers of gravity of the domains of the release agent is 35% or more and 60% or less of the maximum diameter of the toner particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Atsushi SUGAWARA, Satoshi MIURA, Daisuke NOGUCHI, Yoshimasa FUJIHARA, Shintaro ANNO
  • Publication number: 20220382177
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a toner particle that contains a binder resin having an acid value of 5 mgKOH/g or more and 25 mgKOH/g or less, and a pigment having an isoindoline skeleton, in which a total Net intensity NA of an alkali metal and an alkaline earth metal, which is measured by fluorescent X-ray analysis, in the toner particle is 1.50 kcps or more and 4.00 kcps or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Satoshi MIURA, Yoshimasa FUJIHARA, Atsushi SUGAWARA, Shintaro ANNO, Daisuke NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220382176
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes a toner particle including an amorphous resin, a crystalline resin, and a release agent. When a cross section of the toner particle is observed, the toner particle satisfies conditions (A1) and (B1) below: Condition (A1): one or more domains of the crystalline resin, the domains having a diameter equal to 10% or more and 40% or less of the maximum diameter of the toner particle, are present in the toner particle, and Condition (B1): one or more domains of the release agent, the domains having a diameter equal to 10% or more and 40% or less of the maximum diameter of the toner particle, are present in the toner particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Atsushi SUGAWARA, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Daisuke Noguchi, Shintaro Anno, Satoshi Miura