Patents by Inventor Akane Masumoto
Akane Masumoto 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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Patent number: 11899395Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle, wherein the toner particle includes a toner base particle containing a binder resin and includes a protruded portion on a surface of the toner base particle; the protruded portion comprises an organosilicon polymer and a polyhydric acid metal salt; and the polyhydric acid metal salt is present on a surface of the protruded portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenta Kamikura, Takashi Kenmoku, Noritaka Toyoizumi, Akane Masumoto, Yuzo Seino, Yu Yoshida
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Patent number: 11714363Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a resin A, and an external additive A, wherein the resin A is a resin represented by formula (1) below, the resin A is present at the surface of the toner particle, the external additive A is a fine particle containing silicon, the average value of the shape factor SF-1 of the external additive A is from 105 to 120, the average value of the shape factor SF-2 of the external additive A is from 100 to 130.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji Ookubo, Yu Yoshida, Takashi Kenmoku, Taku Shimoda, Masashi Kawamura, Akane Masumoto, Takayuki Toyoda
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Publication number: 20230080900Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle, wherein the toner particle includes a toner base particle containing a binder resin and includes a protruded portion on a surface of the toner base particle; the protruded portion comprises an organosilicon polymer and a polyhydric acid metal salt; and the polyhydric acid metal salt is present on a surface of the protruded portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Kenta Kamikura, Takashi Kenmoku, Noritaka Toyoizumi, Akane Masumoto, Yuzo Seino, Yu Yoshida
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Patent number: 11531282Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle, wherein the toner particle includes a toner base particle containing a binder resin and includes a protruded portion on a surface of the toner base particle; the protruded portion comprises an organosilicon polymer and a polyhydric acid metal salt; and the polyhydric acid metal salt is present on a surface of the protruded portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenta Kamikura, Takashi Kenmoku, Noritaka Toyoizumi, Akane Masumoto, Yuzo Seino, Yu Yoshida
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Publication number: 20220128915Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle, wherein the toner particle comprises a binder resin, a resin A, a wax, and a fatty acid metal salt, the resin A has a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group in a molecule, and a substituent of the substituted silyl group is at least one selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having 1 or more carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 or more carbon atoms, a hydroxy group, a halogen atom, and an aryl group having 6 or more carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Takayuki Toyoda, Akane Masumoto, Kenji Ookubo, Taku Shimoda, Masashi Kawamura, Yu Yoshida
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Publication number: 20220128919Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle, wherein the toner particle comprises a binder resin, a resin A, and a resin B, the resin A comprises a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group in a molecule, a substituent of the substituted silyl group is at least one selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having 1 or more carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 or more carbon atoms, a hydroxy group, a halogen atom, and an aryl group having 6 or more carbon atoms, and the resin B comprises an azo group in a molecule.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Masashi Kawamura, Akane Masumoto, Takayuki Toyoda, Kenji Ookubo, Taku Shimoda, Yu Yoshida
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Publication number: 20210405549Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a resin A, and an external additive A, wherein the resin A is a resin represented by formula (1) below, the resin A is present at the surface of the toner particle, the external additive A is a fine particle containing silicon, the average value of the shape factor SF-1 of the external additive A is from 105 to 120, the average value of the shape factor SF-2 of the external additive A is from 100 to 130.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Kenji Ookubo, Yu Yoshida, Takashi Kenmoku, Taku Shimoda, Masashi Kawamura, Akane Masumoto, Takayuki Toyoda
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Patent number: 11169458Abstract: A toner including a toner particle, wherein the toner particle includes a toner base particle containing a binder resin, and a shell on the surface of the toner base particle; the shell contains a metal compound and an organosilicon polymer; the shell has at least an exposed portion of the metal compound and an exposed portion of the organosilicon polymer, on the surface of the toner particle; and in an analysis of a cross section of the toner particle by TEM-EDX, Ha (nm) and Hb (nm) which are average distances from the interface of the toner base particle and the shell up to the toner particle surface at the exposed portion of the metal compound and at the exposed portion of the organosilicon polymer, respectively, on the toner particle surface, satisfy Expression (1) below: Hb>Ha+20.0??(1).Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noritaka Toyoizumi, Takashi Kenmoku, Yuzo Seino, Kenta Kamikura, Yu Yoshida, Akane Masumoto
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Publication number: 20210026265Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle, wherein the toner particle includes a toner base particle containing a binder resin and includes a protruded portion on a surface of the toner base particle; the protruded portion comprises an organosilicon polymer and a polyhydric acid metal salt; and the polyhydric acid metal salt is present on a surface of the protruded portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Kenta Kamikura, Takashi Kenmoku, Noritaka Toyoizumi, Akane Masumoto, Yuzo Seino, Yu Yoshida
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Publication number: 20210026266Abstract: A toner including a toner particle, wherein the toner particle includes a toner base particle containing a binder resin, and a shell on the surface of the toner base particle; the shell contains a metal compound and an organosilicon polymer; the shell has at least an exposed portion of the metal compound and an exposed portion of the organosilicon polymer, on the surface of the toner particle; and in an analysis of a cross section of the toner particle by TEM-EDX, Ha (nm) and Hb (nm) which are average distances from the interface of the toner base particle and the shell up to the toner particle surface at the exposed portion of the metal compound and at the exposed portion of the organosilicon polymer, respectively, on the toner particle surface, satisfy Expression (1) below:Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Noritaka Toyoizumi, Takashi Kenmoku, Yuzo Seino, Kenta Kamikura, Yu Yoshida, Akane Masumoto
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Patent number: 10551758Abstract: Provided is a toner, including a toner particle having: a toner base particle containing a binder resin and a colorant; and protrusion derived from a resin fine particle in a surface of the toner base particle, wherein the protrusion is covered with a condensation product of an organosilicon compound represented by the formula (1), and wherein the resin fine particle is in direct contact with the toner base particle.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Maho Tanaka, Kunihiko Nakamura, Kenta Kamikura, Fumiya Hatakeyama, Akane Masumoto
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Patent number: 10545422Abstract: A toner comprising a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the toner has a Martens hardness, as measured at a maximum load condition of 2.0×10?4 N, of from 200 MPa to 1,100 MPa.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kentaro Yamawaki, Akane Masumoto, Tomonori Matsunaga, Kunihiko Nakamura, Sara Yoshida, Shinsuke Mochizuki, Tsuneyoshi Tominaga, Kenta Kamikura, Tsutomu Shimano, Toshihiko Katakura, Shiro Kuroki
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Patent number: 10503090Abstract: Provided is a toner containing a colorant and a binder resin, wherein, in a wettability test of the toner with respect to a methanol/water mixed solvent, the methanol concentration when the transmittance of light at a wavelength of 780 nm is 50% is at least 5.0 volume % and not more than 30.0 volume %, and the interparticle force measured by rupturing a consolidation of the toner formed by compression of the toner with a load of 78.5 N is at least 1.0 nN and not more than 25.0 nN.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsuneyoshi Tominaga, Akane Masumoto, Toshihiko Katakura, Shiro Kuroki, Kenta Kamikura, Sara Yoshida, Shinsuke Mochizuki, Tsutomu Shimano, Kentaro Yamawaki, Tomonori Matsunaga, Kunihiko Nakamura
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Patent number: 10429757Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle that contains a binder resin and a release agent, wherein the toner particle has a surface layer that contains an organosilicon polymer and the luminance histogram of a backscattered electron image of the toner particle has two peak values P1 and P2 and a minimum value V between P1 and P2, P2 originates from the organosilicon polymer, and the luminance giving P1 and P2 are in specific ranges, percentages for P1 and P2 are each at least 0.50%, and using the luminance Bl at V as a reference point, specific relationships are satisfied by A1, AV, and A2, where A1 is the total number of pixels at luminance from 0 to (Bl?30 ), AV is the total number of pixels at luminance from (Bl?29 ) to (Bl+29 ), and A2 is the total number of pixels at luminance from (Bl+30 ) to 255.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Sara Yoshida, Shinsuke Mochizuki, Tsuneyoshi Tominaga, Kenta Kamikura, Tsutomu Shimano, Kentaro Yamawaki, Akane Masumoto, Tomonori Matsunaga, Kunihiko Nakamura, Toshihiko Katakura, Shiro Kuroki
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Publication number: 20190235406Abstract: A toner comprising a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the toner has a Martens hardness, as measured at a maximum load condition of 2.0×10?4 N, of from 200 MPa to 1,100 MPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Kentaro Yamawaki, Akane Masumoto, Tomonori Matsunaga, Kunihiko Nakamura, Sara Yoshida, Shinsuke Mochizuki, Tsuneyoshi Tominaga, Kenta Kamikura, Tsutomu Shimano, Toshihiko Katakura, Shiro Kuroki
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Patent number: 10303074Abstract: A toner comprising a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the toner has a Martens hardness, as measured at a maximum load condition of 2.0×10?4 N, of from 200 MPa to 1,100 MPa.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kentaro Yamawaki, Akane Masumoto, Tomonori Matsunaga, Kunihiko Nakamura, Sara Yoshida, Shinsuke Mochizuki, Tsuneyoshi Tominaga, Kenta Kamikura, Tsutomu Shimano, Toshihiko Katakura, Shiro Kuroki
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Publication number: 20180329332Abstract: Provided is a toner containing a colorant and a binder resin, wherein, in a wettability test of the toner with respect to a methanol/water mixed solvent, the methanol concentration when the transmittance of light at a wavelength of 780 nm is 50% is at least 5.0 volume % and not more than 30.0 volume %, and the interparticle force measured by rupturing a consolidation of the toner formed by compression of the toner with a load of 78.5 N is at least 1.0 nN and not more than 25.0 nN.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Tsuneyoshi Tominaga, Akane Masumoto, Toshihiko Katakura, Shiro Kuroki, Kenta Kamikura, Sara Yoshida, Shinsuke Mochizuki, Tsutomu Shimano, Kentaro Yamawaki, Tomonori Matsunaga, Kunihiko Nakamura
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Publication number: 20180329320Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle that contains a binder resin and a release agent, wherein the toner particle has a surface layer that contains an organosilicon polymer and the luminance histogram of a backscattered electron image of the toner particle has two peak values P1 and P2 and a minimum value V between P1 and P2, P2 originates from the organosilicon polymer, and the luminance giving P1 and P2 are in specific ranges, percentages for P1 and P2 are each at least 0.50%, and using the luminance Bl at V as a reference point, specific relationships are satisfied by A1, AV, and A2, where A1 is the total number of pixels at luminance from 0 to (Bl?30), AV is the total number of pixels at luminance from (Bl?29) to (Bl+29), and A2 is the total number of pixels at luminance from (Bl+30) to 255.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: SARA YOSHIDA, Shinsuke Mochizuki, Tsuneyoshi Tominaga, Kenta Kamikura, Tsutomu Shimano, Kentaro Yamawaki, Akane Masumoto, Tomonori Matsunaga, Kunihiko Nakamura, Toshihiko Katakura, Shiro Kuroki
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Publication number: 20180329327Abstract: A toner comprising a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the toner has a Martens hardness, as measured at a maximum load condition of 2.0×10?4 N, of from 200 MPa to 1,100 MPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Kentaro Yamawaki, Akane Masumoto, Tomonori Matsunaga, Kunihiko Nakamura, Sara Yoshida, Shinsuke Mochizuki, Tsuneyoshi Tominaga, Kenta Kamikura, Tsutomu Shimano, Toshihiko Katakura, Shiro Kuroki
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Publication number: 20180329328Abstract: Provided is a toner, including a toner particle having: a toner base particle containing a binder resin and a colorant; and protrusion derived from a resin fine particle in a surface of the toner base particle, wherein the protrusion is covered with a condensation product of an organosilicon compound represented by the formula (1), and wherein the resin fine particle is in direct contact with the toner base particle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Maho Tanaka, Kunihiko Nakamura, Kenta Kamikura, Fumiya Hatakeyama, Akane Masumoto