Patents by Inventor Akihiko Matsuyama

Akihiko Matsuyama 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: 9267046
    Abstract: Inkjet ink contains a pigment, a hydrosoluble solvent, and water, wherein the pigment is represented by the following chemical formula 1 and has a CuK? X-ray diffraction spectrum having a wavelength of 1.541 ? such that no main peak is observed at a Bragg (2?±0.2°) angle in a range of 2? of from 28.0° to 29.0°, wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a chlorine atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Matsuyama, Mitsuru Naruse, Masayasu Nonogaki, Minoru Hakiri, Keita Katoh
  • Publication number: 20160017075
    Abstract: A copolymer includes a structure unit represented by Chemical Formula I; and a structure unit represented by Chemical Formula II, where R1 and R2 each, independently represent hydrogen atoms or methyl groups, X represents a hydrogen atom or a cation, and L represents an alkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Shigeyuki HARADA, Keita KATOH, Masayuki FUKUOKA, Kazukiyo NAGAI, Yuusuke KOIZUKA, Tomoyuki SHIMADA, Yoshiki YANAGAWA, Akiyoshi SABU, Akihiko MATSUYAMA, Takuya YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9234110
    Abstract: An ink for inkjet recording, which is used for recording on a paper having a concentration of an eluted Ca ion of from 1.0×10?4 to 5.0×10?4 g/g when dipped in pure water. The ink includes at least a pigment, a pigment dispersant, a water-soluble organic solvent and water. The pigment dispersant is a copolymer synthesized using at least (1) unsaturated ethylene monomer having a phosphoric acid group or a phosphonic acid group and (2) unsaturated ethylene monomer having an alkyl group having 12 to 22 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Katoh, Mitsuru Naruse, Akihiko Matsuyama, Masayasu Nonogaki, Minoru Hakiri, Kazukiyo Nagai, Yuusuke Koizuka
  • Publication number: 20150376425
    Abstract: An inkjet recording ink, including: water; a water-soluble organic solvent; a pigment; and a phosphate group-containing copolymer, wherein the phosphate group-containing copolymer contains a structural unit represented by the following General Formula (1) and a structural unit represented by the following General Formula (2): where R1 denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; M+ denotes an alkali metal ion, an organic amine ion, or a hydrogen ion; half or more of M+ in the copolymer is the alkali metal ion or the organic amine ion, the remainder of M+ is the hydrogen ion; n and m each denote an integer of 0 to 6, provided that both of n and m are not 0; and a block of (C2H4O) and a block of (C3H6O) may be exchanged with each other, where R2 denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Minoru HAKIRI, Mitsuru NARUSE, Masayasu NONOGAKI, Keita KATOH, Akihiko MATSUYAMA, Kazukiyo NAGAI, Yuusuke KOIZUKA, Masato MATSUMURA, Takuya FURUTA
  • Patent number: 9217089
    Abstract: An ink for inkjet recording includes water; a hydrosoluble solvent, a pigment, and a copolymer including a salt of a diphosphonic acid group. The copolymer including a salt of a diphosphonic acid group includes structural units having the following formulae (1) and (2): X represents an alkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, each of R1 and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, M+ represents an alkali metal ion, an organic ammonium ion or a proton and Z1 represents a hydrocarbon group having 6 to 22 carbon atoms. The alkali metal ion or the organic ammonium ion and the proton may be mixed, and half or more of the M+ are alkali metal ions or the organic ammonium ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazukiyo Nagai, Yuusuke Koizuka, Mitsuru Naruse, Masayasu Nonogaki, Akihiko Matsuyama, Keita Katoh, Shigeyuki Harada, Masayuki Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 9217091
    Abstract: An inkjet recording ink, including: water; a water-soluble solvent; a pigment; and a phosphate group-containing copolymer, wherein the phosphate group-containing copolymer includes a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1) and a structural unit represented by the following structural formula (1): wherein, in the general formula (1), R1 represents either of a hydrogen atom and a methyl group; and M+ represents any of an alkali metal ion, an organic ammonium ion, an organic amine ion and a hydrogen ion, one-half or more of the M+ in the copolymer is an alkali metal ion, an organic ammonium ion or an organic amine, and the remainder is a hydrogen ion:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Katoh, Mitsuru Naruse, Akihiko Matsuyama, Masayasu Nonogaki, Minoru Hakiri, Yuusuke Koizuka, Kazukiyo Nagai, Nobuyuki Sakamoto, Yosuke Matsuoka, Masatomo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20150307734
    Abstract: An inkjet ink contains water, a hydrosoluble organic solvent, a pigment, polyvinyl pyrolidone, and a copolymer, wherein the copolymer contains a structure unit represented by Chemical formula 1, where R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 is an alkyl group having one to four carbon atoms, M1+, M2+, M3+, and M4+ each, independently represent protons, alkali metal ions, or organic ammonium ions, and a structure unit represented by Chemical formula 2, where R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, a structure unit represented by Chemical formula 3, where R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, or a structure unit represented by Chemical formula 4, where R5 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Masayasu NONOGAKI, Mitsuru Naruse, Akihiko Matsuyama, Keita Katoh, Kazukiyo Nagai, Yuusuke Koizuka
  • Publication number: 20150291817
    Abstract: An ink for inkjet recording includes water; a hydrosoluble solvent; a pigment; and a copolymer including a phosphonic acid group. The copolymer including a phosphonic acid group includes structural units having the following formulae (1) and (2): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal or an organic ammonium; and wherein R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R3 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and each of n and m represents 0 or an integer of from 1 to 30, provided n+m is from 2 to 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Keita KATOH, Shigeyuki HARADA, Masayuki FUKUOKA, Mitsuru NARUSE, Masayasu NONOGAKI, Akihiko MATSUYAMA, Kazukiyo NAGAI, Yuusuke KOIZUKA
  • Patent number: 9150745
    Abstract: Inkjet ink contains a pigment, a hydrosoluble solvent, and water, wherein the pigment is represented by the following chemical formula 1 and has a CuK? X-ray diffraction spectrum having a wavelength of 1.541 ? such that no main peak is observed at a Bragg (2?±0.2°) angle in a range of 2? of from 28.0° to 29.0°, wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a chlorine atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Matsuyama, Mitsuru Naruse, Masayasu Nonogaki, Minoru Hakiri, Keita Katoh
  • Patent number: 9139749
    Abstract: An ink composition contains a pigment represented by the following chemical formula 1; a hydrosoluble solvent; and water, wherein the pigment satisfies the following relation 1:0.040<Y/X<0.200 (Relation 1), where, in a CuK? X-ray diffraction spectrum having a wavelength of 1.541 ?, X represents a peak intensity at a Bragg (2?±0.2°) angle in a range of 2? of from 26.5° to 27.5° and Y represents a peak intensity at a Bragg (2?±0.2°) angle in a range of 2? of from 11.0° to 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Matsuyama, Mitsuru Naruse, Masayasu Nonogaki, Minoru Hakiri, Keita Katoh, Kazukiyo Nagai, Yuusuke Koizuka
  • Publication number: 20150259555
    Abstract: An ink for inkjet recording contains water, an organic solvent, a pigment, and a compound represented by the following Chemical formula 1: In Chemical formula 1, M+'s each, independently represent protons, cations of alkali metals, ammonium ions, or organic ammonium ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD
    Inventors: Keita Katoh, Mitsuru Naruse, Masayasu Nonogaki, Akihiko Matsuyama, Kazukiyo Nagai, Yuusuke Koizuka
  • Publication number: 20150252203
    Abstract: An ink composition contains a pigment, a polymer having a structure unit having a diphosphonic acid group, a hydrosoluble solvent, and water, and satisfies the following A and B. A: The pigment is represented by the following chemical formula 1a or chemical formula 1b. As for Chemical formula 1a, the pigment satisfies the relation 1: Y/X?0.800, where X and Y represent peak intensities at a Bragg (2?±0.2°) angle in a CuK? X-ray diffraction spectrum, when the pigment is represented by Chemical formula 1b, the pigment satisfies the relation 2: Y?/X??0.200, where X? and Y? represent peak intensities at a Bragg (2?±0.2°) angle in a CuK? X-ray diffraction spectrum, B. the structure unit having a diphosphonic acid group is represented by Chemical formula 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Matsuyama, Shigeyuki Harada, Keita Katoh, Masayuki Fukuoka, Mitsuru Naruse, Kazukiyo Nagai, Yuusuke Koizuka, Masayasu Nonogaki
  • Publication number: 20150247047
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition that contains a pigment, a dispersant, a hydrosoluble solvent; and water, wherein the pigment is represented by the following chemical formula 1: where R represents hydrogen, an alkyl group having one to three carbon atoms, or chlorine, wherein the ink composition satisfies the following relations 1 and 2: 0.050?X/Y?0.120??Relation 1 0.700?Z/Y?1.050??Relation 2 where X represents a minimum absorbance in a wavelength range of from 400 nm to 450 nm, Y represents an absorbance of a maximum peak in a wavelength range of from 500 nm to 550 nm, and Z represents an absorbance of a maximum peak in a wavelength range of from 550 nm to 600 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventor: Akihiko MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150247049
    Abstract: Inkjet ink contains a pigment, a hydrosoluble solvent, and water, wherein the pigment is represented by the following chemical formula 1 and has a CuK? X-ray diffraction spectrum having a wavelength of 1.541 ? such that no main peak is observed at a Bragg (2?±0.2°) angle in a range of 2? of from 28.0° to 29.0°, wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a chlorine atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Akihiko MATSUYAMA, Mitsuru Naruse, Masayasu Nonogaki, Minoru Hakiri, Keita Katoh
  • Patent number: 9102841
    Abstract: A yellow ink composition includes a particulate pigment; a dispersant; a water-soluble solvent; and water, wherein the ink composition satisfies the following relationship: 0.02?Y/X?0.07??(1) wherein X represents a maximum absorbance of the ink composition at a wavelength of from 400 to 450 nm; and Y represents an absorbance thereof at a wavelength of 500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiko Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 9056993
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition that contains a pigment, a dispersant, a hydrosoluble solvent; and water, wherein the pigment is represented by the following chemical formula 1: where R represents hydrogen, an alkyl group having one to three carbon atoms, or chlorine, wherein the ink composition satisfies the following relations 1 and 2: 0.050?X/Y?0.120??Relation 1 0.700?Z/Y?1.050??Relation 2 where X represents a minimum absorbance in a wavelength range of from 400 nm to 450 nm, Y represents an absorbance of a maximum peak in a wavelength range of from 500 nm to 550 nm, and Z represents an absorbance of a maximum peak in a wavelength range of from 550 nm to 600 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiko Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 9034091
    Abstract: An inkjet recording ink set including a black ink and color inks, wherein the black ink and the color inks each contain at least a dye, a water-soluble solvent and water and each have a viscosity of 5 mPa-s to 20 mPa-s at 25° C., and wherein the respective color inks each satisfy a mass ratio relationship of S/W?1, and the black ink satisfies a mass ratio relationship of S/W<1, where S denotes an amount of the water-soluble solvent contained in the respective inks, and W denotes an amount of the water contained in the respective inks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Matsuyama, Kiyofumi Nagai
  • Patent number: 9028056
    Abstract: An ink for inkjet recording includes water; a hydrosoluble organic solvent; a pigment; and a polymer including a first structural unit represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and M+ represents at least one member selected from the group consisting of alkali metal ions, organic amine ions and hydrogen ions; and a second structural unit represented by the following formula (2) or (3): wherein each of R2 and R3 represents a methyl group or a hydrogen atom; n represents an integer of 18; x represents 0 or an integer of 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Naruse, Masayasu Nonogaki, Akihiko Matsuyama, Keita Katoh, Kazukiyo Nagai, Yuusuke Koizuka
  • Publication number: 20150125672
    Abstract: An ink for inkjet recording, which is used for recording on a paper having a concentration of an eluted Ca ion of from 1.0×10?4 to 5.0×10?4 g/g when dipped in pure water. The ink includes at least a pigment, a pigment dispersant, a water-soluble organic solvent and water. The pigment dispersant is a copolymer synthesized using at least (1) unsaturated ethylene monomer having a phosphoric acid group or a phosphonic acid group and (2) unsaturated ethylene monomer having an alkyl group having 12 to 22 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Katoh, Mitsuru Naruse, Akihiko Matsuyama, Masayasu Nonogaki, Minoru Hakiri, Kazukiyo Nagai, Yuusuke Koizuka
  • Publication number: 20150116421
    Abstract: An inkjet recording ink, including: water; a water-soluble solvent; a pigment; and a phosphoric acid group-containing copolymer, wherein the phosphoric acid group-containing copolymer contains at least a structural unit represented by General Formula (1) and a structural unit represented by General Formula (2): where in General Formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, M+ represents a proton, an alkali metal ion, or an organic ammonium ion, k and l are each an integer of 0 to 6, with the proviso that the case where k and l are 0 at the same time is excluded, where in General Formula (2), R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R3 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, n and m are each an integer of 0 to 30, with the proviso that n+m is 2 to 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Masayasu NONOGAKI, Mitsuru NARUSE, Akihiko MATSUYAMA, Keita KATOH, Kazukiyo NAGAI, Yuusuke KOIZUKA, Nobuyuki SAKAMOTO, Yosuke MATSUOKA, Masatomo TAKAHASHI