Patents by Inventor Yoshifumi ERI

Yoshifumi ERI 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).

  • Publication number: 20240092645
    Abstract: A silica particle includes: a quaternary ammonium salt, in which the following expressions are satisfied, 0.90?FBEFORE/FAFTER?1.10, and 5?FSINTERING/FBEFORE?20, in which FBEFORE represents a maximum frequency value of a pore diameter of 2 nm or less in the silica particles before washing, which is obtained from a pore distribution curve in a nitrogen gas adsorption method, FAFTER represents a maximum frequency value of the pore diameter of 2 nm or less in the silica particles after washing, which is obtained from the pore distribution curve in the nitrogen gas adsorption method, and FSINTERING represents a maximum frequency value of the pore diameter of 2 nm or less in the silica particles before washing and after sintering at 600° C., which is obtained from the pore distribution curve in the nitrogen gas adsorption method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yuka Zenitani, Koji Sasaki, Sakae Takeuchi, Yoshifumi Eri, Takahiro Mizuguchi
  • Patent number: 11866340
    Abstract: A silica particle includes: a quaternary ammonium salt, in which the following expressions are satisfied, 0.90?FBEFORE/FAFTER?1.10, and 5?FSINTERING/FBEFORE?20, in which FBEFORE represents a maximum frequency value of a pore diameter of 2 nm or less in the silica particles before washing, which is obtained from a pore distribution curve in a nitrogen gas adsorption method, FAFTER represents a maximum frequency value of the pore diameter of 2 nm or less in the silica particles after washing, which is obtained from the pore distribution curve in the nitrogen gas adsorption method, and FSINTERING represents a maximum frequency value of the pore diameter of 2 nm or less in the silica particles before washing and after sintering at 600° C., which is obtained from the pore distribution curve in the nitrogen gas adsorption method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yuka Zenitani, Koji Sasaki, Sakae Takeuchi, Yoshifumi Eri, Takahiro Mizuguchi
  • Publication number: 20240002637
    Abstract: Resin particles include resin base particles and silica particles on surfaces of the resin base particles. The silica particles contain a quaternary ammonium salt and have hydrophobized surfaces. A difference (detection temperature A?detection temperature B) between a detection temperature A and a detection temperature B is more than 50° C., where the detection temperature A is a detection temperature from a pyrolysis product of the quaternary ammonium salt determined by pyrolysis mass spectrometry of the resin particles before cleaning, and the detection temperature B is a detection temperature from the pyrolysis product of the quaternary ammonium salt determined by pyrolysis mass spectrometry of the resin particles after cleaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Koji SASAKI, Takahiro MIZUGUCHI, Yuka ZENITANI, Sakae TAKEUCHI, Yoshifumi ERI
  • Patent number: 11795302
    Abstract: Resin particles include resin base particles and silica particles on surfaces of the resin base particles. The silica particles contain a quaternary ammonium salt and have hydrophobized surfaces. A difference (detection temperature A?detection temperature B) between a detection temperature A and a detection temperature B is more than 50° C., where the detection temperature A is a detection temperature from a pyrolysis product of the quaternary ammonium salt determined by pyrolysis mass spectrometry of the resin particles before cleaning, and the detection temperature B is a detection temperature from the pyrolysis product of the quaternary ammonium salt determined by pyrolysis mass spectrometry of the resin particles after cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Koji Sasaki, Takahiro Mizuguchi, Yuka Zenitani, Sakae Takeuchi, Yoshifumi Eri
  • Publication number: 20230107000
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner has toner particles and silica particles that are added to an exterior of the toner particles and contain a nitrogen element-containing compound, in which in a case where A represents a pore volume of pores of the silica particles having a diameter of 1 nm or more and 50 nm or less determined from a pore size distribution curve obtained by a nitrogen adsorption method before baking at 350° C., and B represents a pore volume of pores of the silica particles having a diameter of 1 nm or more and 50 nm or less determined from a pore size distribution curve obtained by a nitrogen adsorption method after baking at 350° C., B/A is 1.2 or more and 5 or less, and B is 0.2 cm3/g or more and 3 cm3/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yuka ZENITANI, Shimpei TAKAGI, Sakae TAKEUCHI, Koji SASAKI, Yoshifumi ERI, Mai MOCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230108365
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner has toner particles and silica particles that are added to an exterior of the toner particles, contain a nitrogen element-containing compound, have a ratio C/D of 0.10 or more and 0.75 or less where C represents an integral value of signals observed in a range of chemical shift of ?50 ppm or more and ?75 ppm or less in a 29Si solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrum obtained by a cross-polarization/magic angle spinning (CP/MAS) method and D represents an integral value of signals observed in a range of chemical shift of ?90 ppm or more and ?120 ppm or less in the same spectrum, have an extraction amount X of the nitrogen element-containing compound by a mixed solution of ammonia/methanol of 0.1% by mass or more, and satisfy Expression: Y/X<0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Sakae TAKEUCHI, Shimpei TAKAGI, Yuka ZENITANI, Koji SASAKI, Yoshifumi ERI, Mai MOCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230095411
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner contains toner particles and silica particles that are added to an exterior of the toner particles and contain a nitrogen element-containing compound containing a molybdenum element, in which in the silica particles, a ratio (Mo/Si) of Net intensity of the molybdenum element to Net intensity of a silicon element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is 0.035 or more and 0.35 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shimpei TAKAGI, Sakae TAKEUCHI, Yuka ZENITANI, Koji SASAKI, Yoshifumi ERI, Mai MOCHIDA
  • Patent number: 11535757
    Abstract: An organic substance-attached porous inorganic oxide particle including porous inorganic oxide particle and an organic substance attached to the surface of the porous inorganic oxide particle. The organic substance-attached porous inorganic oxide particle satisfies a formula below (Cf?Ce)/2>1 where Cf represents the amount of carbon (atom %) measured by subjecting the surface of the particle to X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) after the particle is washed, and Ce represents the amount of carbon (atom %) measured by subjecting the surface of the particle to X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) after two-minute surface etching of the particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Eri, Takahiro Mizuguchi, Sakae Takeuchi, Yuka Zenitani, Koji Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20220315432
    Abstract: Silica particles contain a nitrogen element-containing compound containing a molybdenum element, in which a ratio (Mo/Si) of Net intensity of the molybdenum element to Net intensity of a silicon element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is 0.035 or more and 0.35 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yuka ZENITANI, Sakae TAKEUCHI, Koji SASAKI, Yoshifumi ERI, Mai MOCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220315431
    Abstract: Silica particles include a nitrogen-containing compound. When the volumes of pores having a diameter of 1 nm or more and 50 nm or less, the volumes being determined from a pore size distribution curve of the silica particles before and after the silica particles are baked at 350° C., the pore size distribution curve being obtained by nitrogen gas adsorption, are defined as A and B, respectively, B/A is 1.2 or more and 5 or less and B is 0.2 cm3/g or more and 3 cm3/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yuka ZENITANI, Sakae Takeuchi, Koji Sasaki, Yoshifumi Eri, Mai Mochida
  • Publication number: 20220306866
    Abstract: Silica particles includes a nitrogen-containing compound. The ratio of the integral C of a signal observed at a chemical shift of ?50 ppm or more and ?75 ppm or less in a 29Si solid-state nuclei magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrum of the silica particles, the 29Si solid-state NMR spectrum being obtained by cross polarization/magic angle spinning (CP/MAS), to the integral D of a signal observed at a chemical shift of ?90 ppm or more and ?120 ppm or less in the 29Si solid-state NMR spectrum, that is, C/D, is 0.10 or more and 0.75 or less. The amount X of the nitrogen-containing compound extracted from the silica particles with a mixed solution of ammonia and methanol is 0.1% by mass or more. The amount X of the nitrogen-containing compound extracted and the amount Y of the nitrogen-containing compound extracted from the silica particles with water satisfy Y/X<0.3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yuka ZENITANI, Sakae TAKEUCHI, Koji SASAKI, Yoshifumi ERI, Mai MOCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220306479
    Abstract: Silica particles have silica base particles, a structure that covers at least a part of a surface of the silica base particles and is configured with a reaction product of a trifunctional silane coupling agent, and a nitrogen element-containing compound, in which a content of the nitrogen element-containing compound with respect to the silica particles is 0.005% by mass or more and 0.50% by mass or less in terms of N atoms, and the silica particles have a degree of hydrophobicity of 10% or more and 60% or less and a volume resistivity of 1×108?·cm or more and 1×1012.5 ?·cm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Koji SASAKI, Sakae TAKEUCHI, Yuka ZENITANI, Yoshifumi ERI, Mai MOCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220017723
    Abstract: Resin particles include resin base particles and silica particles on surfaces of the resin base particles. The silica particles contain a quaternary ammonium salt and have hydrophobized surfaces. A difference (detection temperature A?detection temperature B) between a detection temperature A and a detection temperature B is more than 50° C., where the detection temperature A is a detection temperature from a pyrolysis product of the quaternary ammonium salt determined by pyrolysis mass spectrometry of the resin particles before cleaning, and the detection temperature B is a detection temperature from the pyrolysis product of the quaternary ammonium salt determined by pyrolysis mass spectrometry of the resin particles after cleaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Koji SASAKI, Takahiro MIZUGUCHI, Yuka ZENITANI, Sakae TAKEUCHI, Yoshifumi ERI
  • Publication number: 20210300771
    Abstract: A silica particle includes: a quaternary ammonium salt, in which the following expressions are satisfied, 0.90?FBEFORE/FAFTER?1.10, and 5?FSINTERING/FBEFORE?20, in which FBEFORE represents a maximum frequency value of a pore diameter of 2 nm or less in the silica particles before washing, which is obtained from a pore distribution curve in a nitrogen gas adsorption method, FAFTER represents a maximum frequency value of the pore diameter of 2 nm or less in the silica particles after washing, which is obtained from the pore distribution curve in the nitrogen gas adsorption method, and FSINTERING represents a maximum frequency value of the pore diameter of 2 nm or less in the silica particles before washing and after sintering at 600° C., which is obtained from the pore distribution curve in the nitrogen gas adsorption method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Yuka ZENITANI, Koji SASAKI, Sakae TAKEUCHI, Yoshifumi ERI, Takahiro MIZUGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210163754
    Abstract: An organic substance-attached porous inorganic oxide particle including porous inorganic oxide particle and an organic substance attached to the surface of the porous inorganic oxide particle. The organic substance-attached porous inorganic oxide particle satisfies a formula below (Cf?Ce)/2>1 where Cf represents the amount of carbon (atom %) measured by subjecting the surface of the particle to X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) after the particle is washed, and Ce represents the amount of carbon (atom %) measured by subjecting the surface of the particle to X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) after two-minute surface etching of the particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi ERI, Takahiro MIZUGUCHI, Sakae TAKEUCHI, Yuka ZENITANI, Koji SASAKI
  • Patent number: 10570020
    Abstract: A silica particle has a compression and aggregation degree of from 60% to 95% and a particle compression ratio of from 0.20 to 0.40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Okuno, Satoshi Inoue, Yoshifumi Iida, Tomohito Nakajima, Yuka Zenitani, Yoshifumi Eri, Yasuo Kadokura, Yasuhisa Morooka, Shunsuke Nozaki, Takeshi Iwanaga, Sakae Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10100176
    Abstract: A resin particle composition includes resin particles, inorganic particles surface-treated with oil, and silica particles having a compression aggregation degree of 60% to 95% and a particle compression ratio of 0.20 to 0.40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sakae Takeuchi, Hiroyoshi Okuno, Satoshi Inoue, Yoshifumi Iida, Yasuo Kadokura, Tomohito Nakajima, Takeshi Iwanaga, Shunsuke Nozaki, Yuka Zenitani, Yoshifumi Eri, Yasuhisa Morooka
  • Patent number: 10081718
    Abstract: A resin particle composition includes resin particles, polishing agent particles having an average circle-equivalent diameter of 0.1 ?m to 3.0 ?m, and silica particles having a compression aggregation degree of 60% to 95% and a particle compression ratio of 0.20 to 0.40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sakae Takeuchi, Hiroyoshi Okuno, Satoshi Inoue, Yoshifumi Iida, Tomohito Nakajima, Yuka Zenitani, Yoshifumi Eri, Yasuo Kadokura, Takeshi Iwanaga, Shunsuke Nozaki, Yasuhisa Morooka
  • Patent number: 10061216
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner contains: toner particles, first silica particles having an average equivalent circle diameter of 10 nm to 120 nm and second silica particles having a compressive agglomeration degree of 60% to 95%, a particle compression ratio of 0.20 to 0.40 and an average equivalent circle diameter being greater than the average equivalent circle diameter of the first silica particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuka Zenitani, Hiroyoshi Okuno, Satoshi Inoue, Yoshifumi Iida, Tomohito Nakajima, Yoshifumi Eri, Takeshi Iwanaga, Sakae Takeuchi, Shunsuke Nozaki, Yasuo Kadokura, Yasuhisa Morooka
  • Patent number: 9946178
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic image development includes toner particles; and an external additive containing silica particles and polytetrafluorethylene particles, the silica particles having a compression-aggregation degree of 60% or more and 95% or less and a particle compression ratio of 0.20 or more and 0.40 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Kadokura, Hiroyoshi Okuno, Satoshi Inoue, Yoshifumi Iida, Tomohito Nakajima, Yuka Zenitani, Yoshifumi Eri, Yasuhisa Morooka, Shunsuke Nozaki, Takeshi Iwanaga, Sakae Takeuchi