Patents Examined by Peter L. Vajda
  • Patent number: 12292713
    Abstract: To provide a toner having both low temperature fixability and hot offset resistance and having excellent scratch resistance of a fixed image. A toner including a toner particle containing a binder resin, a crystalline polyester, and a calcium carbonate particle, in which the crystalline polyester includes a unit derived from an aliphatic diol and a unit derived from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, an ester group concentration Ec of the crystalline polyester is 27% by mass or more to 50% by mass or less, a content Ma of the calcium carbonate particle included in the toner particle is 3% by mass or more to 40% by mass or less, and a ratio (Ma/Mc) of the content Ma of the calcium carbonate particle included in the toner particle to a content Mc (% by mass) of the crystalline polyester included in the toner particle is 0.2 or more to 20 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisasuke Kajihara, Yuya Chimoto, Junichi Tamura, Kazuhisa Shirayama, Hayato Ida
  • Patent number: 12287605
    Abstract: A toner includes toner base particles each including: a binder resin, a colorant, and wax; and resin particles on surfaces of the toner base particles. A standard deviation of a distance between the resin particles next to each other on the surfaces of the toner base particles is less than 500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Ricoh Technology, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Kamada, Hiroshi Yamada, Akinori Saitoh, Akio Takei, Toma Takebayashi, Masahiro Yukikawa
  • Patent number: 12287606
    Abstract: A resin binder composition for toners, containing a polyester resin A which is a polycondensate A of raw materials A containing an alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A, an aromatic dicarboxylic acid compound, a trivalent or higher polyvalent raw material monomer being at least any one of a trihydric or higher polyhydric alcohol and a tricarboxylic or higher polycarboxylic acid compound, and an amorphous acid modified product A of an ?-olefin polymer having 4 to 18 carbon atoms, the polyester resin A having a softening point of 120° C. to 150° C.; and a toner for electrostatic image development, containing the resin binder composition. The resin binder composition is suitable for a toner for electrostatic image development used in development of latent images formed in electrostatic image development, electrostatic recording and electrostatic printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Kota Ijichi, Kunihiro Kano, Nobumichi Kamiyoshi
  • Patent number: 12282294
    Abstract: A toner particle includes a core particle including a binder resin, and a plurality of fine particles that are smaller than the core particle and that are attached to a surface of the core particle. The fine particles include silica fine particles, and inorganic fine particles having a band gap energy of 2.5 to 7.0 eV and a relative permittivity of 30 to 100. The toner particle has a content of titanium dioxide of less than 1% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Akinori Terada, Takahiro Danno, Osamu Ieda
  • Patent number: 12282293
    Abstract: A toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle containing a binder resin and an external additive attached to a surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive includes fluorine-containing particles. The fluorine-containing particles include a fluorine atom at least in surface layers thereof. The amount of the fluorine-containing particles is at least 0.10 parts by mass and no greater than 0.50 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the toner mother particles. When ultrasonication is performed, a residual amount ratio of remaining fluorine-containing particles is at least 0% by mass and no greater than 20% by mass relative to the amount of the fluorine-containing particles attached to the toner mother particles before the ultrasonication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Masanori Sugahara, Naruo Yabe, Takeshi Arakawa, Takeo Mizobe, Ryota Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12282292
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a toner particle containing a binder resin, a release agent, a divalent metal, and a trivalent metal, in which the release agent has a domain diameter of 0.5 ?m or greater and 1.5 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sugawara, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Kazutsuna Sasaki, Takashi Inukai
  • Patent number: 12276937
    Abstract: Provided is a magenta toner which shows sharper color and higher reflection density than ever before, which is excellent in balance between low-temperature fixability and heat-resistant shelf stability, and which has excellent printing durability. Also provided is a method for producing the magenta toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masashi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12276938
    Abstract: A toner, comprising a toner particle, wherein the toner particle has a core-shell structure comprising a core particle and a shell on a surface of the core particle, the shell comprises a polymer having monomer units represented by Formula (I) below, the toner comprises a specific external additive A, the external additive A is at least one selected from the group consisting of silica fine particles and organosilicon polymer fine particles, and a ratio of coverage of a surface of the toner particle with the external additive A is 0.3 area % or higher: in Formula (I), L1 represents —COO(CH2)n— (where n is an integer of 1 to 10), and carbonyl of L1 is bonded to a carbon atom of a main chain; R1 represents hydrogen or a methyl group; and R2 to R10 represent each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mayumi Inoue, Takashi Kenmoku, Yoshiaki Shiotari, Shohei Kototani
  • Patent number: 12276936
    Abstract: A resin binder composition for toners, containing a polyester resin A that is a polycondensate of an alcohol component containing 80% by mol or more of an aliphatic diol having 2 or more carbon atoms and 6 or less carbon atoms and a carboxylic acid component containing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid compound and an amorphous acid modified product A of an ?-olefin polymer having 4 or more carbon atoms and 18 or less carbon atoms; and a toner for electrostatic image development, containing these resin binder composition for toners. The resin binder composition for toners of the present invention is suitably used for a toner for electrostatic image development which is usable in development of latent images formed in, for example, electrostatic image development method, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Kota Ijichi, Kunihiro Kano, Nobumichi Kamiyoshi
  • Patent number: 12271151
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin and a release agent, wherein the binder resin comprises a first resin and a second resin; the first resin is a crystalline resin having a melting point Tp of 50° C. to 90° C.; the second resin is an amorphous resin; in a cross section of the toner particle observed by a transmission electron microscope, the cross section of the toner particle has a matrix-domain structure composed of a matrix comprising the first resin and domains comprising the second resin; an area ratio of the matrix comprising the first resin in a total area of the cross section of the toner particle is 35 to 70 area %; and where a longest direction of each of the domains is taken as a longitudinal direction, a standard deviation of an angle of the longitudinal direction of the domains is 25° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukihiro Abe, Takeshi Hashimoto, Kazuki Murata, Miki Ueda, Hayato Ida
  • Patent number: 12271152
    Abstract: Here is described a liquid electrostatic ink composition comprising a pigment; a carrier liquid; a resin; a charge director; a fatty acid amide, and a polyalkylene wax. Methods of forming the liquid electrostatic ink compositions, and plastic substrates with the liquid electrostatic ink composition printed thereon, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Hodaya Keisar, Albert Teishev, Liora Damari, Tehila Ben-Ezra, Hanit Marom Tchaicheeyan
  • Patent number: 12259683
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains toner particles containing an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin. The ratio Qs1/Qf1 is 1.1 or more and 2.0 or less, where Qf1 is the total area of all endothermic peaks detected during the first temperature rise when the toner particles are analyzed by differential scanning calorimetry after one-day storage under 50° C. conditions, and Qs1 is the total area of all endothermic peaks detected during the first temperature rise when classified toner particles are analyzed by differential scanning calorimetry after one-day storage under 50° C. conditions. The classified toner particles are a fraction of the toner particles in which toner particles having a diameter equal to or larger than the volume-average diameter D50v of the toner particles constitute 10% by number or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ishizuka, Shinya Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 12259681
    Abstract: Provided are an electrophotographic photoconductor that is less likely to cause transfer ghosting even when mounted in an electrophotographic apparatus with high transfer voltage set for high-speed or cleanerless processes, as well as a method of manufacturing the electrophotographic photoconductor, and an electrophotographic apparatus. The electrophotographic photoconductor includes a conductive substrate; an undercoat layer provided on the conductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer provided on the undercoat layer. In the electrophotographic photoconductor, the undercoat layer contains a resin binder and a first filler; and the first filler contains zinc oxide particles that are surface-treated with an N-acylated amino acid or an N-acylated amino acid salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fengqiang Zhu, Shinjiro Suzuki, Masaru Takeuchi, Kazuki Nebashi
  • Patent number: 12259684
    Abstract: A magnetic carrier including: a magnetic core; and a coating resin that coats a surface of the magnetic core, wherein the resin coating layer has a thickness of 50 nm or more, a coating resin, which forms the resin coating layer, contains a resin S having an organosilicon polymer moiety, and when a surface and a position at a depth of 20 nm from the surface of the magnetic carrier are analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, an amount of silicon element as determined by the analysis has a ratio within a specific range at respective positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryuji Murayama, Hironori Minagawa, Yuto Onozaki, Nobuhiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 12259682
    Abstract: A toner including a toner particle containing a binder resin and an ester compound, wherein the binder resin contains a styrene-acrylic-based resin, the styrene-acrylic-based resin contains a specific unit, the ester compound has a specific structure, and a molar ratio of the specific unit to the ester compound is 0.5 to 1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kozue Uratani, Kenta Kamikura, Kosuke Fukudome, Tetsuya Kinumatsu, Takuya Mizuguchi, Yuta Komiya
  • Patent number: 12253824
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle and a silica particle on a surface of the toner particle, wherein an area formed by a polyester resin and an area formed by a styrene-acrylic resin are present on the surface of the toner particle; the silica particle has the number-average particle diameter of 15 to 60 nm; the silica particle has the average pore diameter of 5.0 to 20.0 nm; and the silica particle has the total pore volume of 0.20 to 1.50 cm3/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi Nakayama, Naoya Isono, Yoshiaki Shiotari, Hirofumi Kyuushima
  • Patent number: 12253823
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor having a plurality of layers containing at least one outermost layer, wherein at least one of the outermost layer contains a polymer having a first structure where at least one carbonyl group is bonded to an aromatic group and a second structure represented by Formula (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Ando, Atsushi Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 12252568
    Abstract: An organic polymeric particle including an optional first monomer comprising a hydrophobic monomer; a second monomer comprising two or more vinyl groups; an optional third monomer comprising an amine; and a vinyl siloxane polymerizable monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Richard P. N. Veregin, Kimberly D. Nosella, Raysa Rodriguez Diaz, Nan-Xing Hu, Majid Kamel, Cuong Vong
  • Patent number: 12253825
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ferrite particle, containing a crystal phase component containing a perovskite crystal represented by the compositional formula: RZrO3 (provided that R represents an alkaline earth metal element), and having an apparent density in a range represented by the following formula: 1.90?Y?2.45 provided that Y in the formula is the apparent density (g/cm3) of the ferrite particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: POWDERTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Ishikawa, Tetsuya Uemura
  • Patent number: 12248273
    Abstract: In an electrophotographic photosensitive member, wrinkles have a convex portion in which a linear shape portion having a length of 50 ?m or longer exists, the linear shape portion is parallel to any one of L1 to L150 and L1651 to L1800, and each of L1 to L1800 intersects with the convex portion at a plurality of places, and at least two of the places have different intersection angles; and when height information of the wrinkles is subjected to a frequency analysis, and a two-dimensional power spectrum is obtained, a one-dimensional radial distribution function has at least one local maximum value, and when an angular distribution is calculated from the spectrum at a frequency of the local maximum value, the power values have a particular relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Nakamura, Tomohito Ishida, Shuhei Iwasaki, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Fumiyuki Hiyama, Shuntaro Watanabe