Patents by Inventor Yasutaka Akashi
Yasutaka Akashi 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: 20150298508Abstract: A tread pattern of a pneumatic tire includes two outer circumferential main grooves and two inner circumferential main grooves. Each of the two inner circumferential main grooves comprises a first groove wall and a second groove wall facing the first groove wall. The first groove walls include first oblique wall elements that extend obliquely outward in a tire width direction and second oblique wall elements that extend obliquely inward in the tire width direction and extend for a shorter length than the first oblique wall elements. The second groove walls include third oblique wall elements that extend obliquely inward in the tire width direction and fourth oblique wall elements that extend obliquely outward in the tire width direction and extend for a shorter length than the third oblique wall elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro YAMAKAWA, Yasutaka AKASHI
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Publication number: 20150202928Abstract: A tread pattern on a pneumatic tire is provided in regions of two intermediate land portions and has circumferential shallow grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction. An orientation of a groove inclination inclined with respect to a first direction in the tire circumferential direction of lug grooves provided in a region of one intermediate land portion, is the same as an orientation of a groove inclination inclined with respect to a second direction opposite to of the first direction of the tire circumferential direction of lug grooves provided in a region of another intermediate land portion, and the lug grooves provided in the respective regions of the intermediate land portions are bent so that the groove inclination approaches the tire circumferential direction at positions of intersection with the circumferential shallow grooves.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2014Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Yasutaka Akashi, Takahiro Yamakawa
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Patent number: 9026012Abstract: A developer carrying member is provided the surface layer of which can make a developer stable by controlling its triboelectric charging strongly and which can maintain a high image quality over a long period of time even where a developer made highly spherical-particle or a small-particle developer is used. The developer carrying member has a substrate and a surface layer. The surface layer is a cured product of a resin composition containing a binder resin, conductive particles, a quaternary ammonium salt and an azo metal complex compound, the binder resin has in the molecular structure at least one structure selected from the group consisting of an —NH2 group, an ?NH group and an —NH— linkage, and the azo metal complex compound is a compound represented by the formula (1) as defined in the specification.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Otake, Masayoshi Shimamura, Yasutaka Akashi, Takuma Matsuda, Minoru Ito, Kazuhito Wakabayashi, Atsushi Noguchi, Hironori Mori
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Patent number: 8792810Abstract: A developer carrying member is provided which can maintain a high image quality over a long period of time even where a highly triboelectrically chargeable developer is used. The developer carrying member has a substrate and a surface layer. The surface layer is a cured product of a resin composition containing a binder resin, conductive particles, a quaternary phosphonium salt and an azo metal complex compound, the binder resin has in the molecular structure at least one structure selected from the group consisting of an —NH2 group, an ?NH group and an —NH— linkage, and the azo metal complex compound is a compound represented by the formula (1) as defined in the specification.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2013Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minoru Ito, Masayoshi Shimamura, Yasutaka Akashi, Satoshi Otake, Takuma Matsuda, Kazuhito Wakabayashi, Atsushi Noguchi, Hironori Mori
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Patent number: 8628846Abstract: Provided is a developer carrying member that can stably provide a negatively chargeable developer with triboelectric charge and whose surface hardly wears even after its long-term use. The developer carrying member is a developer carrying member, comprising: a substrate; and a surface layer, wherein: the surface layer contains a matrix resin and electro-conductive particles; and the matrix resin contains a crosslinked product of a polymer chain having units represented by the following structural formula (1) and the following structural formula (2), and a polymer chain represented by the following structural formula (3).Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2013Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhito Wakabayashi, Masayoshi Shimamura, Yasutaka Akashi, Satoshi Otake, Takuma Matsuda, Minoru Ito, Atsushi Noguchi, Hironori Mori
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Patent number: 8546051Abstract: A developer bearing member is provided which can charge a toner stably and uniformly during the period from the initial stage to the terminal stage of extensive operation even in various environments. The developer bearing member includes a substrate and an electrically conductive resin coating layer formed on the surface thereof. The electrically conductive resin coating layer is formed from a resin composition containing a phenolic resin having in its structure at least one of an —NH2 group, an ?NH group and an —NH— linkage, a quaternary phosphonium salt and electrically conductive fine particles and the resin composition contains 1 part by mass or more and 60 parts by mass or less of the quaternary phosphonium salt with respect to 100 parts by mass of the phenolic resin.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2009Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Otake, Masayoshi Shimamura, Yasutaka Akashi, Takuma Matsuda, Minoru Ito, Kazuhito Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 8377549Abstract: The present invention relates to a developer carrying member which includes a substrate and the resin layer formed on the surface of the substrate, wherein the resin layer is obtained by thermally curing the coating material composition including at least the following (A) to (E): (A) a thermosetting resin as a binder resin; (B) an alcohol as a solvent, containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms; (C) a resin including the unit represented by the following formula (1); (D) graphitized carbon black having a graphite (002) lattice spacing of 0.3370 nm or more and 0.3450 nm or less as measured by X-ray diffraction; and (E) acid carbon black having a pH of 5.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiyuki Takayama, Masayoshi Shimamura, Yasutaka Akashi, Satoshi Otake, Takuma Matsuda, Minoru Ito, Kazuhito Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 8372570Abstract: The present invention provides a developer carrying member capable of maintaining excellent charge imparting property even under long-term use. The present invention relates to a developer carrying member including a substrate and a resin layer, wherein the resin layer includes an acrylic resin having three specific structural units and electroconductive particles.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2011Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takuma Matsuda, Masayoshi Shimamura, Yasutaka Akashi, Satoshi Otake, Minoru Ito, Yoshiyuki Takayama, Kazuhito Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 8298658Abstract: A developer carrying member is provided which, even in continuous copying over a long term and also even under different environmental conditions, do not cause any charge-up of toner, and prevent the toner from melt-adherent to the developer carrying member surface and developer layer thickness control member surface to maintain the state of uniform coating of a developer having a toner and to make the toner uniformly and quickly triboelectrically charged, so as to obtain high-grade images free of any image density decrease, image density non-uniformity, sleeve ghosts, fog and vertical streaks during running service. Provided are a developer carrying member having a substrate and a resin coat layer on the surface of the substrate, which resin coat layer contains at least a binder resin and a carbon black, where the graphite (002) plane obtained from X-ray diffraction of the carbon black has a lattice spacing of from 0.3370 nm or more to 0.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2006Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masayoshi Shimamura, Yasuhide Goseki, Yasutaka Akashi, Kazunori Saiki, Satoshi Otake, Nene Dojo, Minoru Ito
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Patent number: 8295745Abstract: A developer carrying member and a developing assembly are provided which can stably provide the toner with triboelectric charges, may prevent any problems such as image density decrease, density non-uniformity and spots around images even during running on a large number of sheets, and can enjoy a stable and good developing performance. The developer carrying member has a substrate and a resin layer, and the resin layer containing a thermosetting resin, an acrylic resin having specific units and electroconductive particles.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takuma Matsuda, Masayoshi Shimamura, Yasutaka Akashi, Satoshi Otake, Minoru Ito, Yoshiyuki Takayama, Kazuhito Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 8059997Abstract: A developer carrying member is disclosed which can stably provide toners with triboelectric charges even in various environments. The developer carrying member has a substrate and a resin layer as a surface layer formed on the surface of the substrate, and the resin layer contains a thermosetting resin as a binder resin, an acrylic resin having two units having specific structures, and conductive particles.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2010Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Otake, Masayoshi Shimamura, Yasutaka Akashi, Takuma Matsuda, Minoru Ito, Kazuhito Wakabayashi
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Publication number: 20110274467Abstract: The present invention relates to a developer carrying member which includes a substrate and the resin layer formed on the surface of the substrate, wherein the resin layer is obtained by thermally curing the coating material composition including at least the following (A) to (E): (A) a thermosetting resin as a binder resin; (B) an alcohol as a solvent, containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms; (C) a resin including the unit represented by the following formula (1); (D) graphitized carbon black having a graphite (002) lattice spacing of 0.3370 nm or more and 0.3450 nm or less as measured by X-ray diffraction; and (E) acid carbon black having a pH of 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiyuki Takayama, Masayoshi Shimamura, Yasutaka Akashi, Satoshi Otake, Takuma Matsuda, Minoru Ito, Kazuhito Wakabayashi
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Publication number: 20110268477Abstract: The present invention provides a developer carrying member capable of maintaining excellent charge imparting property even under long-term use. The present invention relates to a developer carrying member including a substrate and a resin layer, wherein the resin layer includes an acrylic resin having three specific structural units and electroconductive particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuma Matsuda, Masayoshi Shimamura, Yasutaka Akashi, Satoshi Otake, Minoru Ito, Yoshiyuki Takayama, Kazuhito Wakabayashi
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Publication number: 20110229218Abstract: A developer carrying member and a developing assembly are provided which can stably provide the toner with triboelectric charges, may less cause any problems such as image density decrease, density non-uniformity and spots around images even during running on a large number of sheets, and can enjoy a stable and good developing performance. The developer carrying member has a substrate and a resin layer, and the resin layer containing a thermosetting resin, an acrylic resin having specific units and electroconductive particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2011Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuma Matsuda, Masayoshi Shimamura, Yasutaka Akashi, Satoshi Otake, Minoru Ito, Yoshiyuki Takayama, Kazuhito Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 7796926Abstract: A developing apparatus is provided which can suppress a fluctuation in image density in a discontinuous printing mode provided with a pause period. The developing apparatus includes a developer for developing an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive drum, a developer bearing member for carrying and conveying the developer and a developer layer thickness-regulating unit placed close to the developer bearing member for regulating the amount of the developer carried and conveyed by the developer bearing member, the developer layer thickness-regulating unit being. As the developer, a negatively chargeable, one-component, magnetic toner is used having magnetic toner particles containing a binder resin and a magnetic iron oxide particle, and has a specific saturation magnetization, specific weight-average particle diameter and specific composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takuma Matsuda, Masayoshi Shimamura, Yasutaka Akashi, Satoshi Otake, Minoru Ito, Kazuhito Wakabayashi, Daisuke Yoshiba
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Publication number: 20100202801Abstract: A developer carrying member is disclosed which can stably provide toners with triboelectric charges even in various environments. The developer carrying member has a substrate and a resin layer as a surface layer formed on the surface of the substrate, and the resin layer contains a thermosetting resin as a binder resin, an acrylic resin having two units having specific structures, and conductive particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2010Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi Otake, Masayoshi Shimamura, Yasutaka Akashi, Takuma Matsuda, Minoru Ito, Kazuhito Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 7727619Abstract: In a developer carrying member used in a developing apparatus by means of which an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrostatic latent image bearing member is developed with a developer to render it visible, the developer carrying member has at least a substrate and a resin coat layer formed on the substrate surface, and the resin coat layer contains at least a binder resin and graphitized particles. The surface of the resin coat layer has an average value A and a standard deviation ? of 100?A?800 (N/mm2) and ?<30 (N/mm2), respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2004Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naoki Okamoto, Yasuhide Goseki, Masayoshi Shimamura, Yasutaka Akashi, Kazunori Saiki, Kenji Fujishima, Satoshi Otake
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Patent number: D754595Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Tokizaki, Yasutaka Akashi
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Patent number: D754596Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Tokizaki, Yasutaka Akashi
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Patent number: D800645Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Tokizaki, Yasutaka Akashi