Patents by Inventor Atsushi Tani

Atsushi Tani 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: 8980521
    Abstract: The present invention provides a toner excellent in low-temperature fixability and also excellent in heat-resistant storage property, offset resistance, and durability. In a process for producing a toner containing toner particles by emulsion aggregation, each toner particle includes a binder resin of which a main component is a block polymer having a crystal structure, a colorant, and a release agent; the binder resin includes polyester as a main component; the rate of a portion capable of forming a crystal structure to the binder resin is 50 to 80 mass %; a peak temperature Tp of a maximum endothermic peak attributed to the binder resin is 50 to 80° C. in endothermic amount measurement of the toner with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC); and fused particles are heated at a heating temperature t (° C.) satisfying Tp??15.0?t?Tp??5.0 for at least 0.5 hr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Aoki, Shuntaro Watanabe, Takaaki Kaya, Ayako Okamoto, Tetsuya Kinumatsu, Atsushi Tani, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 8975000
    Abstract: The method of producing polymerized toner, the method including: dispersing a polymerizable monomer composition containing at least a polymerizable monomer and a colorant in an aqueous medium; and polymerizing the polymerizable monomer in the aqueous medium with a polymerization initiator to produce toner particles, and is characterized in that a polymerization initiator which has a specific structure and the hydrogen bond dissociation energies of which satisfy specific relationships is used as the polymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Tani, Norikazu Fujimoto, Hitoshi Itabashi
  • Publication number: 20150010430
    Abstract: An active species radiation device is for efficiently radiating active species (active oxygen or nitrogen) by using a plasma source not in contact with an irradiated object. An active species radiation device (100) includes: a chamber (110) in which flows of plasma generation gas and active species generation gas enter and which has an active species radiation port (110c) through which active species are radiated; an upstream electrode (120) positioned in a part of the chamber (110) corresponding to an upstream portion of the flow of the plasma generation gas; and a downstream electrode (130) positioned in a part of the chamber (110) corresponding to a more downstream portion of the flow of the plasma generation gas than the upstream electrode (120). The chamber (110) is configured so that the active species generation gas flows into a position between the upstream electrode (120) and the active species radiation port (110c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Kitano, Atsushi Tani
  • Publication number: 20140355197
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic device including a flat-plate-like main unit including a keyboard, a flat-plate-like display unit which includes a display surface and is configured to move between a first state to be superimposed on the main unit and a second state to stand up from the first state, a hinge which connects the main unit and the display unit to each other in a manner that the display unit is movable with respect to the main unit, the hinge being provided in a center of the main unit in a left and right direction, a heat source and a cooling fan across the hinge in an inside of the main unit, and a heat pipe which connects the heat source and the cooling fan to each other and avoids an attaching portion of the hinge with respect to the main unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sin ARUGA, Atsushi TANI, Kenji SAITOU, Akira HANATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20140355187
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic device including a flat main unit provided with a keyboard, a flat display unit having a display face, the flat display unit configured to movably slide between a first state that overlaps the main unit and a second state that is erect with respect to the main unit, and a hinge that is arranged so as to overlap the keyboard in the first state, and is configured to couple the main unit and the display unit together so that the display unit can move with respect to the main unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Tani, Akira Hanatsuka, Shingo Harada
  • Publication number: 20140355186
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic device including a flat main unit provided with a keyboard, a flat display unit having a display face, the flat display unit configured to movably slide between a first state that overlaps the main unit and a second state that is erect with respect to the main unit, and a single hinge that is arranged so as to overlap the keyboard in the first state, and is configured to couple the main unit and the display unit together so that the display unit can move with respect to the main unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Oguchi, Atsushi Tani, Akira Hanatsuka
  • Publication number: 20140356777
    Abstract: A toner having good low-temperature fixability, charge stability, environmental stability, and durability and capable of stably producing high-quality images for a long time is provided. The toner includes a toner particle having a core-shell structure constituted of a core and a shell phase. The core contains a binder resin, a colorant, and wax, and the shell phase contains a resin A. The resin A is a comb polymer including a main chain portion (X), a side chain portion (Y), and a side chain portion (Z). The main chain portion (X) is a vinyl polymer, the side chain portion (Y) has an aliphatic polyester structure and has an ester group concentration of a polyester segment of 6.5 mmol/g or less, and the side chain portion (Z) has an organic polysiloxane structure and has an average number of Si—O bond repeating units of a siloxane segment of 2 or more and 100 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Tani, Toshifumi Mori, Takaaki Kaya, Tetsuya Kinumatsu, Kenji Aoki, Shuntaro Watanabe, Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Takashige Kasuya
  • Publication number: 20140349232
    Abstract: A method for producing a toner that comprises toner particles, each of which comprises a binder resin, which comprises a resin (A) capable of forming a crystalline structure, and a colorant, the method including: a pressure holding step of, after preparing toner particles, holding the toner particles for 5 minutes or more at a pressure of 2.0 MPa or more under conditions of a temperature T1 (° C.) represented by formula (1): 20?T1?Tp2??(1) (wherein, Tp2 represents the onset temperature of the maximum endothermic peak derived from the resin (A)), wherein a peak temperature Tp1 of the maximum endothermic peak derived from the resin (A) during the first temperature rise of the toner particles as determined by differential scanning calorimetric measurement is 50° C. to 90° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kinumatsu, Shuntaro Watanabe, Kenji Aoki, Atsushi Tani, Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Takaaki Kaya, Toshifumi Mori, Yusuke Kosaki, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 8877417
    Abstract: In a toner formed of toner particles which include a colorant, a wax, and a binder resin containing a crystalline resin (a) primarily composed of a polyester, the crystalline resin has an endothermic peak temperature (Tp) in a range of 50° C. to 80° C., and in a viscoelasticity measurement of the toner, G?(Tp?10) is in a range of 5.0×107 to 5.0×108 Pa, G?(Tp+10) is in a range of 5.0×105 to 5.0×106 Pa, and G?(Tp?20), G?(Tp?10), G?(Tp+10), and G?(Tp+30) satisfy specific relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaaki Kaya, Kenji Aoki, Ayako Okamoto, Atsushi Tani, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 8846284
    Abstract: Provided is a toner comprising toner particles, wherein each of the toner particles has a core-shell structure composed of a core and a shell phase formed on the core, the shell phase contains a resin (B), and the core contains a binder resin (A), a colorant and a wax, wherein the toner particles contain the resin (B) in a specific amount with respect to the core, and wherein the solubility parameter (SP value) of the binder resin (A) is denoted by SP(A), the SP value of the resin (B) is denoted by SP(B), the SP value of a repeating unit with the smallest SP value from among repeating units constituting the resin (B) is denoted by SP(C), and the SP value of the wax is denoted by SP(W), each of the SP(A), SP(B), SP(C) and SP(W) satisfy specific relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kinumatsu, Atsushi Tani, Kenji Aoki, Shuntaro Watanabe, Takaaki Kaya, Ayako Okamoto, Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Toshifumi Mori, Takashige Kasuya
  • Publication number: 20140220486
    Abstract: Provided is a toner containing toner particles, each of which includes a binder resin containing a polyester as a main component, a colorant, and a wax, in which the binder resin includes a block polymer in which a segment capable of forming a crystalline structure and a segment incapable of forming a crystalline structure are bonded, the toner has a maximum endothermic peak from the binder resin, as determined by differential scanning calorimetry measurement, with a peak temperature in a specific range and with an endothermic quantity in a specific range, and the wax is an ester wax having a functionality of 3 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki Kaya, Tetsuya Kinumatsu, Toshifumi Mori, Ayako Okamoto, Kenji Aoki, Shuntaro Watanabe, Atsushi Tani, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 8785101
    Abstract: Provided is a toner containing toner particles, each of which includes a binder resin containing a polyester as a main component, a colorant, and a wax, in which the binder resin includes a block polymer in which a segment capable of forming a crystalline structure and a segment incapable of forming a crystalline structure are bonded, the toner has a maximum endothermic peak from the binder resin, as determined by differential scanning calorimetry measurement, with a peak temperature in a specific range and with an endothermic quantity in a specific range, and the wax is an ester wax having a functionality of 3 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaaki Kaya, Tetsuya Kinumatsu, Toshifumi Mori, Ayako Okamoto, Kenji Aoki, Shuntaro Watanabe, Atsushi Tani, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 8741519
    Abstract: Provided is a toner having an excellent low-temperature fixability and hot offset resistance, a broad fixing temperature latitude in low-temperature areas to high-temperature areas, and a high heat-resistant storage stability. The toner includes toner particles having a core-shell structure in which a shell phase containing a resin A is formed on a core containing a binder resin, a colorant and a wax. In measurement of resin A by a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), the peak temperature TpA (° C.) of a maximum endothermic peak in the first temperature rise is at least 55° C. but not more than 80° C. In measurement of a viscoelasticity of resin A, the loss elastic modulus at TpA?10 (° C.) is at least 1×107 Pa but not more than 1×108 Pa. In measurement of the viscoelasticity of resin A, the loss elastic moduli at TpA (° C.), TpA+10 (° C.) and TpA+25 (° C.) satisfy specific conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuntaro Watanabe, Kenji Aoki, Tetsuya Kinumatsu, Takaaki Kaya, Atsushi Tani, Ayako Okamoto, Toshifumi Mori, Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 8642237
    Abstract: In differential scanning calorimetry of a toner, regarding a binder resin in the toner, (i) the peak temperature T10 of a maximum endothermic peak (temperature raising rate 10.0° C./min; P10) is 50° C. to 80° C. and the half-width W10 is 2.0° C. to 3.5° C. and (ii) W1, W10, and W20 satisfy that W1/W10 is 0.20 to 1.00 and W20/W10 is 1.00 to 1.50, where the half-width of a maximum endothermic peak (temperature raising rate of 1.0° C./min; P1) is represented by W1 (° C.) and the half-width of a maximum endothermic peak (temperature raising rate of 20.0° C./min; P20) is represented by W20 (° C.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Tani, Tetsuya Kinumatsu, Ayako Okamoto, Kenji Aoki, Shuntaro Watanabe, Takaaki Kaya, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 8603712
    Abstract: Provided is a toner comprising a toner particle having a core-shell structure in which a shell phase containing a resin A is formed on a core that contains a binder resin, a colorant and a wax, wherein the resin A is a vinyl resin prepared by copolymerizing a vinyl monomer X that has an organopolysiloxane structure and a vinyl monomer Y that has a polyester segment capable of forming a crystalline structure; the content of the vinyl monomer X in a total monomer used for the copolymerization is in a particular range; the toner particle contains resin A in a particular proportion; and the binder resin contains a crystalline resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Aoki, Shuntaro Watanabe, Takaaki Kaya, Tetsuya Kinumatsu, Ayako Okamoto, Toshifumi Mori, Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Atsushi Tani, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: D705337
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Tani
  • Patent number: D708654
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Tani
  • Patent number: D716305
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Tani
  • Patent number: D716752
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takehito Katori, Atsushi Tani
  • Patent number: D719168
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Tani