Patents by Inventor Chigusa SATO

Chigusa SATO 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: 20160339602
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a three-dimensional structure capable of manufacturing a three-dimensional structure having excellent mechanical strength with high productivity, a three-dimensional structure manufacturing apparatus capable of manufacturing a three-dimensional structure having excellent mechanical strength with high productivity, and a three-dimensional structure manufactured using the method of manufacturing a three-dimensional structure. The method includes a layer formation step of forming a layer using a composition including particles and an aqueous solvent; and a binding liquid application step of applying a binding liquid to the layer to bind the particles, in which a temporary formed body obtained by repeating a series of steps including the layer formation step and the binding liquid application step, and the method further includes a temporary formed body heating step of performing a heating treatment on the temporary formed body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi KATO, Koki HIRATA, Hiroshi FUKUMOTO, Chigusa SATO
  • Patent number: 9499705
    Abstract: A radically polymerizable photo-curable ink jet ink composition contains a radically polymerizable compound, a white pigment, a polymer dispersant, and at least one saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Chigusa Sato, Keitaro Nakano, Hiroshi Fukumoto, Hiroaki Kida
  • Publication number: 20160333153
    Abstract: There are provided a method of manufacturing a three-dimensional structure, and three-dimension formation composition, by each which a three-dimensional structure can be manufactured with high dimensional accuracy, and provided a three-dimensional structure manufactured with high dimensional accuracy. There is provided a method of manufacturing a three-dimensional structure, in which the three-dimensional structure is manufactured by laminating a layer, the method including: forming the layer using a three-dimension formation composition containing particles, a binding resin, and a water-based solvent; removing the water-based solvent from the layer by heating the layer; and applying a binding solution containing a binder to the layer, in which the binding resin has an ammonium salt of a carboxyl group as a functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Koki HIRATA, Hiroshi FUKUMOTO, Shinichi KATO, Chigusa SATO
  • Publication number: 20160325356
    Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional shaped article with relatively high strength and relatively high accuracy. A sintering and shaping method includes: a shaping layer forming process of forming a shaping layer (5) by using a sintering and shaping material in which inorganic particles (2a) are included; a process of applying a liquid binding agent (8), in which inorganic particles (8a) are included, to a desired region of the shaping layer (5); a process of curing the liquid binding agent (8), which is applied, to form a shaping cross-sectional layer (shaping portion (5a)); a process of removing a region (non-shaping portion (5b)) of the shaping layer (5) to which the liquid binding agent (8) is not applied; and a process of heating the shaping cross-sectional layer that is laminated for a sintering treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koki HIRATA, Shinichi KATO, Hiroshi FUKUMOTO, Chigusa SATO
  • Patent number: 9458338
    Abstract: Provided is a UV curable type ink-jet ink composition containing a monomer A which is expressed by the following general formula (I): CH2?CR1—COOR2—O—CH?CH—R3??(I) (in the formula, R1 is a hydrogen atom or methyl radical, R2 is a bivalent organic residue radical having a carbon number in a range of 2 to 20, and R3 is a hydrogen atom or a univalent organic residue radical having a carbon number in a range of 1 to 11), a compound B containing five or more (meth)acryloyl radicals per molecule, and a monofunctional (meth)acrylate C having an aromatic ring skeleton, wherein the monofunctional (meth)acrylate C which is in a range of 5 to 35 wt % with respect to the total weight of the ink composition is contained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Taketoshi Kagose, Hiroki Nakane, Chigusa Sato, Hiroaki Kida, Toru Saito
  • Patent number: 9371458
    Abstract: An ink composition for ink jet recording includes a coating film forming material, a polyether-modified silicone oil, and water, wherein the polyether-modified silicone oil is soluble in a solvent in which a lower limit of an SP value is 8.5 or less and an upper limit of the SP value is 18.0 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Chigusa Sato, Shinichi Kato, Tomohito Nakano, Hiroki Nakane, Yoshinobu Sato, Hiroshi Sawada, Hirotoshi Koyano
  • Publication number: 20160144573
    Abstract: A method for producing a three-dimensionally shaped object by stacking layers includes forming each layer using a three-dimensional shape composition containing particles, measuring the thickness of the layer, and ejecting onto the layer a liquid binder containing a binding agent capable of binding the particles. For the ejecting, the amount of the liquid binder to be ejected per unit area of the layer when viewed from above is adjusted according to the result of the measuring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Koki HIRATA, Shinichi KATO, Hiroshi FUKUMOTO, Chigusa SATO
  • Publication number: 20160108259
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping composition of this invention is a three-dimensional shaping composition which is used for producing a three-dimensionally shaped article by laminating layers and contains particles having a hydrophilic surface and water-soluble monomers having a hydroxyl group. The water-soluble monomer is preferably at least one selected from the group consisting of 4-hydroxybutyl acrylate, 2-hydroxybutyl acrylate, 2-hydroxypropyl acrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate, and phenol epoxy acrylate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Koki HIRATA, Shinichi KATO, Hiroshi FUKUMOTO, Chigusa SATO
  • Publication number: 20160083599
    Abstract: Provided are a radiation-curable ink composition including phenoxyethyl acrylate (A) in an amount of from 20 to 55 mass % of the total reaction components, a multifunctional acrylate (B) in an amount of from 20 to 50 mass % of the total reaction components, and a black pigment (F1); and a radiation-curable ink composition including phenoxyethyl acrylate (A) in an amount of from 20 to 55 mass % of the total reaction components, a multifunctional acrylate (B) in an amount of from 10 to 50 mass % of the total reaction components, and a yellow pigment (F2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Chigusa SATO, Toshiyuki MIYABAYASHI, Satoru MIURA, Toru SAITO, Hiroki NAKANE, Jun ITO, Taketoshi KAGOSE, Hiroaki KIDA, Hiroyuki KAJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160083597
    Abstract: A radically polymerizable photo-curable ink jet ink composition contains a radically polymerizable compound, a white pigment, a polymer dispersant, and at least one saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chigusa SATO, Keitaro NAKANO, Hiroshi FUKUMOTO, Hiroaki KIDA
  • Publication number: 20160067917
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a three-dimensional structure, in which the three-dimensional structure is manufactured by laminating a layer, the method including: forming the layer using a three-dimension formation composition containing particles having an isocyanate group on a surface thereof, a water-soluble resin having a hydroxyl group, and a water-based solvent; and discharging a curable ink onto the layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Koki HIRATA, Shinichi KATO, Hiroshi FUKUMOTO, Chigusa SATO
  • Publication number: 20160067916
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a three-dimensional structure, in which the three-dimensional structure is manufactured by laminating a layer, the method including: forming the layer using a three-dimension formation composition containing particles having hydrophilicity on a surface thereof, a water-soluble resin, and a water-based solvent; and discharging an ultraviolet-curable ink containing a water-soluble monomer onto the layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Koki HIRATA, Shinichi KATO, Hiroshi FUKUMOTO, Chigusa SATO
  • Publication number: 20160031232
    Abstract: The ink jet recording method includes discharging liquid droplets of a photocurable ink composition including a solvent, a polymerizable compound, and a photopolymerization initiator from a head to a recording medium to land the liquid droplets, thereby forming an image; evaporating the solvent included in the photocurable ink composition constituting the image; and irradiating the image after the second step with light, wherein when the irradiation is initiated in the third step, the content of the polymerizable compound included in the photocurable ink composition constituting the image after the second step is from 20 to 90% by mass, based on the total mass of the ink composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Taketoshi Kagose, Shinichi Kato, Tomohito Nakano, Hiroki Nakane, Chigusa Sato, Kenji Kitada, Yoshinobu Sato, Hiroshi Sawada, Hirotoshi Koyano
  • Patent number: 9243156
    Abstract: Provided are a radiation-curable ink composition including phenoxyethyl acrylate (A) in an amount of from 20 to 55 mass % of the total reaction components, a multifunctional acrylate (B) in an amount of from 20 to 50 mass % of the total reaction components, and a black pigment (F1); and a radiation-curable ink composition including phenoxyethyl acrylate (A) in an amount of from 20 to 55 mass % of the total reaction components, a multifunctional acrylate (B) in an amount of from 10 to 50 mass % of the total reaction components, and a yellow pigment (F2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Chigusa Sato, Toshiyuki Miyabayashi, Satoru Miura, Toru Saito, Hiroki Nakane, Jun Ito, Taketoshi Kagose, Hiroaki Kida, Hiroyuki Kajimoto
  • Publication number: 20160001506
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a three-dimensional structure, in which the three-dimensional structure is manufactured by laminating a layer, the method including: forming the layer using a three-dimension formation composition containing particles, a binding resin, and a solvent; applying a binding solution containing a binder to the layer; and removing the particles, which are not bound by the binder, using a removing solution after repeating the forming of the layer and the applying of the binding solution, in which, in the removing of the unbound particles, the binding resin has a water-soluble functional group whose pKa in water is less than the pH of the removing solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Koki HIRATA, Hiroshi FUKUMOTO, Shinichi KATO, Chigusa SATO
  • Publication number: 20150375459
    Abstract: The method of manufacturing a three-dimensional structure, in which the three-dimensional structure is manufactured by laminating a layer, includes the steps of: forming the layer using a three-dimension formation composition containing a particle and a light stabilizer A; and discharging a binding solution containing a binder and a light stabilizer B to the layer, in which, when the content ratio of the light stabilizer A contained in the three-dimension formation composition is represented by A (mass %) and the content ratio of the light stabilizer B contained in the binding solution is represented by B, a relationship of 2?A/B?4 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Chigusa SATO, Koki HIRATA, Hiroshi FUKUMOTO, Shinichi KATO
  • Patent number: 9193881
    Abstract: A radically polymerizable photo-curable ink jet ink composition contains a radically polymerizable compound, a white pigment, a polymer dispersant, and at least one saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chigusa Sato, Keitaro Nakano, Hiroshi Fukumoto, Hiroaki Kida
  • Patent number: 9186911
    Abstract: The ink jet recording method includes discharging liquid droplets of a photocurable ink composition including a solvent, a polymerizable compound, and a photopolymerization initiator from a head to a recording medium to land the liquid droplets, thereby forming an image; evaporating the solvent included in the photocurable ink composition constituting the image; and irradiating the image after the second step with light, wherein when the irradiation is initiated in the third step, the content of the polymerizable compound included in the photocurable ink composition constituting the image after the second step is from 20 to 90% by mass, based on the total mass of the ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taketoshi Kagose, Shinichi Kato, Tomohito Nakano, Hiroki Nakane, Chigusa Sato, Kenji Kitada, Yoshinobu Sato, Hiroshi Sawada, Hirotoshi Koyano
  • Publication number: 20150306821
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a three-dimensional structure, in which the three-dimensional structure is manufactured by laminating a layer, the method including: forming the layer using a three-dimensional formation composition containing a surface-hydrophilic particle and a binding resin having a hydroxyl group; and discharging a curable ink containing a ultraviolet curable resin having an isocyanate group to the layer, in which an urethane group is formed by the hydroxyl group of the binding resin and the isocyanate group of the ultraviolet curable resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Koki HIRATA, Shinichi KATO, Hiroshi FUKUMOTO, Chigusa SATO
  • Publication number: 20150273765
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional structure includes forming a layer using a composition including particles and an aqueous solvent, heating the layer, and repeating a series of processes including the forming of the layer and the heating of the layer, in which in the heating of the layer, a first heating treatment and a second heating treatment in which the layer is heated to a temperature higher than in the first heating treatment are performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Shinichi KATO, Koki HIRATA, Hiroshi FUKUMOTO, Chigusa SATO