Patents by Inventor Asafumi FUJITA

Asafumi FUJITA 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: 20240094652
    Abstract: A toner set has a white toner and a color toner, in which in a case where Cw [mg/L] represents an amount of a cation on a surface of the white toner, measured by ion chromatography, and Cc [mg/L] represents an amount of a cation on a surface of the color toner, measured by ion chromatography, the toner set satisfies Conditions (1) and (2). 0.3 mg/L?Cc?1.2 mg/L??(1) (Cw/Cc)?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Asafumi FUJITA, Teppei YAWADA, Tomoaki TANAKA, Tsuyoshi MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20240085816
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing white toner includes white toner particles including a binder resin and a white coloring agent; and an external additive including poly(meth)acrylate particles, wherein the white toner particles have a volume-average particle size D50W of 6.0 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less, a ratio of the white toner particles having a particle size of 3.2 ?m or less relative to all the white toner particles is 0.5 vol % or more and 3 vol % or less, the white toner particles have a specific surface area Sw of 0.7 cm2/g or more and 1.2 cm2/g or less, and an external addition amount of the poly(meth)acrylate particles relative to the white toner particles is 0.1 mass % or more and 2.0 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Teppei YAWADA, Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Asafumi FUJITA, Tomoaki TANAKA, Tsuyoshi MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20240085814
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner set contains a white toner that contains white toner particles including a binder resin, a white colorant, and a release agent, and a non-white color toner that contains color toner particles including a binder resin, a color colorant, and a release agent, in which, in observation of cross sections of the white toner particles and the color toner particles, in a case where a proportion of an area of a domain of a release agent present in a surface layer region from a surface of the white toner particles to a depth of 1 ?m or less with respect to an area of all domains of the release agent present in a cross section of the white toner particles is represented by WW, and a case where a proportion of an area of a domain of a release agent present in a surface layer region from a surface of the color toner particles to a depth of 1 ?m or less with respect to an area of all domains of the release agent present in a cross section of the color toner particles is represe
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tomoaki TANAKA, Kotaro Yoshihara, Asafumi Fujita, Teppei Yawada, Tsuyoshi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20230092262
    Abstract: A white toner includes a toner particle that contains a binder resin, a release agent, and titanium oxide, at least a part of the titanium oxide being present in a release agent domain, in which in observation of a cross section of the toner particle, an average major axis length Dt of the toner particle, an average major axis length Dw of the release agent domain, and an average major axis length Dp of the titanium oxide in the release agent domain satisfy Expressions (1) and (2). 2×Dp?Dw?10×Dp??Expression (1): 0.1×Dt?Dw?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Teppei YAWADA, Asafumi FUJITA, Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Tsuyoshi MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20230091296
    Abstract: A white toner includes a toner particle that contains a binder resin containing a hybrid resin in which an amorphous resin unit and a crystalline polyester resin unit are chemically bonded to each other, surface-treated titanium oxide, and a release agent, in which a proportion of Al atoms in a surface of the surface-treated titanium oxide is 3 atomic % or greater and 20 atomic % or less, and a proportion of Ti atoms in the surface is 5 atomic % or greater and 15 atomic % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Asafumi FUJITA, Teppei YAWADA, Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Tsuyoshi MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20230090120
    Abstract: A photoluminescent toner includes a photoluminescent toner particle that contains a binder resin, a release agent, and a photoluminescent pigment and has a release agent domain, and a silicone oil-treated silica particle that is externally added to the photoluminescent toner particle, in which in observation of a cross section of the photoluminescent toner particle, an average major axis length Dw of the release agent domain and an average major axis length Dp of the photoluminescent pigment satisfy Expression (1). 0.3?Dw/Dp?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Tsuyoshi MURAKAMI, Asafumi FUJITA, Teppei YAWADA
  • Publication number: 20220373918
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes toner particles that include a binder resin, a releasing agent, a brilliant pigment, and an aminocarboxylic acid compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Asafumi FUJITA, Yukiaki NAKAMURA, Masaru TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11506989
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles having an average circularity of 0.96 to 1.00 and organic particles having an aspect ratio of 0.4 to 0.9 as an external additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kotaro Yoshihara, Asafumi Fujita, Narumasa Sato, Teppei Yawada, Motoko Sakai
  • Patent number: 11156934
    Abstract: A carrier for developing an electrostatic charge image has magnetic particles and a resin coating that covers the magnetic particles and contains at least one lubricant. The resin coating has a dispersed phase of the lubricant and meets requirement (1). Requirement (1): the lubricant content in a top layer>the lubricant content in a middle layer>the lubricant content in a bottom layer The top, middle, and bottom layers are of the resin coating divided into three in the direction of thickness, and the lubricant content is the percentage area of the dispersed phase of the lubricant in a cross-section of the layer taken along the thickness thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kotaro Yoshihara, Asafumi Fujita, Teppei Yawada, Motoko Sakai
  • Publication number: 20210286284
    Abstract: A carrier for developing an electrostatic charge image has magnetic particles and a resin coating that covers the magnetic particles and contains at least one lubricant. The resin coating has a dispersed phase of the lubricant and meets requirement (1). Requirement (1): the lubricant content in a top layer>the lubricant content in a middle layer>the lubricant content in a bottom layer The top, middle, and bottom layers are of the resin coating divided into three in the direction of thickness, and the lubricant content is the percentage area of the dispersed phase of the lubricant in a cross-section of the layer taken along the thickness thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Asafumi FUJITA, Teppei YAWADA, Motoko SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20210157249
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles having an average circularity of 0.96 to 1.00 and organic particles having an aspect ratio of 0.4 to 0.9 as an external additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Asafumi FUJITA, Narumasa SATO, Teppei YAWADA, Motoko SAKAI
  • Patent number: 10488772
    Abstract: An electrostatic-image developing toner contains toner particles containing a polycondensate resin and hydrophobic external additive particles having a volume average particle size of about 40 to about 200 nm. The electrostatic-image developing toner has a difference between a half-fall temperature T1/2A and a half-fall temperature T1/2B of about 2.0° C. to about 10° C. The half-fall temperature T1/2A is measured with a flow tester after storage in an environment at 50° C. and an absolute humidity of 16.5 g/m3 for 2 hours. The half-fall temperature T1/2B is measured with a flow tester after storage in an environment at 50° C. and an absolute humidity of 82.7 g/m3 for 2 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Yaoi, Asafumi Fujita, Yasushige Nakamura, Seijiro Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 10353310
    Abstract: An electrostatic-image developing toner contains toner particles, each including a core particle and a shell layer disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the core particle. The core particle contains a first amorphous polyester resin containing structural units derived from a polycarboxylic acid and structural units derived from a polyol. About 5% by mass or less of the structural units derived from the polyol are structural units derived from a polyol containing a bisphenol-A backbone. The shell layer contains a second amorphous polyester resin containing structural units derived from a polycarboxylic acid and structural units derived from a polyol. About 50% by mass or more of the structural units derived from the polyol are structural units derived from a polyol containing a bisphenol-A backbone. The electrostatic-image developing toner has a water content of about 2.0% to about 5.0% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Asafumi Fujita, Shinichi Yaoi, Yasushige Nakamura, Seijiro Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20180143551
    Abstract: An electrostatic-image developing toner contains toner particles, each including a core particle and a shell layer disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the core particle. The core particle contains a first amorphous polyester resin containing structural units derived from a polycarboxylic acid and structural units derived from a polyol. About 5% by mass or less of the structural units derived from the polyol are structural units derived from a polyol containing a bisphenol-A backbone. The shell layer contains a second amorphous polyester resin containing structural units derived from a polycarboxylic acid and structural units derived from a polyol. About 50% by mass or more of the structural units derived from the polyol are structural units derived from a polyol containing a bisphenol-A backbone. The electrostatic-image developing toner has a water content of about 2.0% to about 5.0% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Asafumi FUJITA, Shinichi YAOI, Yasushige NAKAMURA, Seijiro ISHIMARU
  • Publication number: 20180095373
    Abstract: An electrostatic-image developing toner contains toner particles containing a polycondensate resin and hydrophobic external additive particles having a volume average particle size of about 40 to about 200 nm. The electrostatic-image developing toner has a difference between a half-fall temperature T1/2A and a half-fall temperature T1/2B of about 2.0° C. to about 10° C. The half-fall temperature T1/2A is measured with a flow tester after storage in an environment at 50° C. and an absolute humidity of 16.5 g/m3 for 2 hours. The half-fall temperature T1/2B is measured with a flow tester after storage in an environment at 50° C. and an absolute humidity of 82.7 g/m3 for 2 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi YAOI, Asafumi FUJITA, Yasushige NAKAMURA, Seijiro ISHIMARU
  • Patent number: 9915886
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developing unit that contains an electrostatic charge image developer which contains a carrier and an electrostatic charge image developing toner, wherein the toner includes toner particles which contain a polyester resin, which is a polycondensate of a polycarboxylic acid and a polyol, and has a glass transition temperature of 50° C. to 70° C., the polyol includes a polyol not having a bisphenol A structure in a range of 50% by weight to 100% by weight, and a melt viscosity A of the toner at 110° C. after storage for 2 hours under the environment of absolute humidity of 82.7 (g/m3) and a melt viscosity B of the toner at 110° C. after storage for 2 hours under the environment of absolute humidity of 16.5 (g/m3) each are in the ranges specified in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Asafumi Fujita, Shinichi Yaoi, Seijiro Ishimaru, Yasushige Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9874827
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a carbodiimide compound and a polyester resin prepared by subjecting an alcohol component and a carboxylic acid component to condensation polymerization, wherein the alcohol component includes an aliphatic polyol in an amount of 60 mol % to 100 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushige Nakamura, Shinichi Yaoi, Asafumi Fujita, Seijiro Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20170277052
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developing unit that contains an electrostatic charge image developer which contains a carrier and an electrostatic charge image developing toner, wherein the toner includes toner particles which contain a polyester resin, which is a polycondensate of a polycarboxylic acid and a polyol, and has a glass transition temperature of 50° C. to 70° C., the polyol includes a polyol not having a bisphenol A structure in a range of 50% by weight to 100% by weight, and a melt viscosity A of the toner at 110° C. after storage for 2 hours under the environment of absolute humidity of 82.7 (g/m3) and a melt viscosity B of the toner at 110° C. after storage for 2 hours under the environment of absolute humidity of 16.5 (g/m3) each are in the ranges specified in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Asafumi FUJITA, Shinichi YAOI, Seijiro ISHIMARU, Yasushige NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20170269492
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner mother particles that contain a polyester resin which is a polycondensate of a polycarboxylic acid compound and a polyol compound; a graft polymer which includes a polyolefin chain and a vinyl resin chain; a coloring agent; and polyethylene wax, provided that the polyol compound includes a polyol compound having a bisphenol structure in an amount of 0 mol % to 5 mol %, wherein a normal temperature and normal humidity aggregation degree of the toner mother particles is from 70% to 97%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi YAOI, Yasushige NAKAMURA, Seijiro ISHIMARU, Asafumi FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20170261878
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a carbodiimide compound and a polyester resin prepared by subjecting an alcohol component and a carboxylic acid component to condensation polymerization, wherein the alcohol component includes an aliphatic polyol in an amount of 60 mol % to 100 mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushige NAKAMURA, Shinichi YAOI, Asafumi FUJITA, Seijiro ISHIMARU