Patents by Inventor Daisuke Asahina

Daisuke Asahina 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: 20160223926
    Abstract: Provided is a resin for a toner, which is a copolymer including a crystalline segment, and having a maximum elastic stress value at 100° C. (ES-100) of 1,000 Pa or less, and a maximum elastic stress value at 70° C. (ES70) of 1,000 Pa or greater when the temperature is lowered from 100° C. to 70° C., where the maximum elastic stress values are measured according to a large amplitude oscillatory shear procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Azumi MIYAAKE, Daisuke ASAHINA, Toyoshi SAWADA, Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Tsuyoshi SUGIMOTO, Shinya NAKAYAMA, Susumu CHIBA, Satoyuki SEKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160209767
    Abstract: A toner, including: a colorant; a binder resin; and a releasing agent, wherein the binder resin includes a polyester resin, and the toner satisfies requirements (1) and (2) below: (1): G?(50)?3.0×107 Pa and 1.0×105 Pa?G?(60)?1.0×107 Pa, where G?(50) is a storage modulus at 50° C. of the toner and G?(60) is a storage modulus at 60° C. of the toner; and (2): a spin-spin relaxation time of the toner at 50° C. measured by solid echo method of pulse NMR is 1.0 ms or shorter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Kohsuke NAGATA, Shinya NAKAYAMA, Tsuyoshi SUGIMOTO, Daisuke ASAHINA, Susumu CHIBA
  • Publication number: 20160209766
    Abstract: A toner, including: a polyester resin, wherein the polyester resin includes a diol component and a crosslink component as constituent components thereof, wherein the diol component contains an aliphatic diol having 3 to 10 carbon atoms in an amount of 50 mol % or more, wherein the crosslink component contains a trihydric or higher aliphatic alcohol, and wherein the toner has a glass transition temperature (Tg1st) of 20° C. to 50° C., where the glass transition temperature (Tg1st) is measured in first heating in differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) of the toner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Susumu CHIBA, Tsuyoshi SUGIMOTO, Shinya NAKAYAMA, Kohsuke NAGATA, Shinsuke NAGAI, Daisuke ASAHINA
  • Patent number: 9377707
    Abstract: A toner including a crystalline polyester and an amorphous polyester is provided. When the binder resin is extracted from the toner with tetrahydrofuran to obtain an extracted solution, and the extracted solution is heated to remove the tetrahydrofuran and obtain a deposit, the deposit contains spherical domains of the crystalline polyester having an average particle diameter of 7.0 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Miyakoshi, Daisuke Asahina, Yoshihiro Moriya, Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Yuya Hirokawa
  • Publication number: 20160122481
    Abstract: A polylactic resin composition, including: polylactic resin as main component, wherein in a binary image of the polylactic resin composition obtained by binarizing a phase image of a cross-section of the polylactic resin composition observed with an AFM in tapping mode based on intermediate value between maximum and minimum values of phase differences of the polylactic resin composition in free vibration, phases equal to or greater than intermediate value are dispersed in a phase less than intermediate value, and average equivalent circle diameter of the phases equal to or greater than intermediate value is from 0.2 ?m to 1 ?m, and wherein polylactic resin composition is detected to have at least one glass transition temperature (Tg) in a range of ?20° C. or lower, and at least one glass transition temperature (Tg) in a range of 40° C. to 70° C. in a temperature elevating process of differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) measurement thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Satoyuki SEKIGUCHI, Daisuke Asahina
  • Publication number: 20160091812
    Abstract: A toner includes a binder resin including a copolymer resin containing structural units derived from crystalline and non-crystalline resins, respectively. Spin-spin relaxation time (t50) of the toner at 50° C. measured by pulse NMR is ?0.05 msec., spin-spin relaxation time (t130) at 130° C. when warmed from 50° C. to 130° C. is >15 msec., and spin-spin relaxation time (t?70) at 70° C. when cooled from 130° C. to 70° C. is ?1.00 msec. A binarized image obtained by binarizing a phase image of the toner observed by a tapping mode AFM based on intermediate value between maximum and minimum phase difference values in the phase image includes first phase difference images constituted by large phase-difference portions and a second phase difference image constituted by a small phase-difference portion. The first phase difference images are dispersed in the second phase difference image. The dispersion diameter of the first phase difference images is 150 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Keiji MAKABE, Tsuyoshi SUGIMOTO, Akinori SAITO, Suzuka AMEMORI, Toyoshi SAWADA, Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Shinya NAKAYAMA, Atsushi YAMAMOTO, Daisuke ASAHINA, Satoyuki SEKIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9239530
    Abstract: To provide a toner, which contains a colorant, a binder resin, and a releasing agent, wherein the toner satisfies the following (a) to (c): (a) the toner contains at least a polyester resin as the binder resin; (b) the toner has Tg1st of 25° C. to 50° C.; and (c) the toner has a TMA compressive deformation rate (TMA %) of 10% or lower at 50° C. under a condition having relative humidity of 70%, wherein the Tg1st is glass transition temperature of the toner for first heating, as the toner is measured by a DSC system (a differential scanning calorimeter).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Asahina, Hiroshi Yamashita, Masana Shiba, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Yukari Fukuda, Rintaro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20160004179
    Abstract: A toner, including: a copolymerization resin, wherein the copolymerization resin includes: a unit derived from a polyester resin including a polycarboxylic acid having a valence of 2 or more and a polyol having a valence of 2 or more; and a unit derived from a resin having a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton, where the unit derived from the resin having a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton is bonded to the unit derived from the polyester resin via at least one of a urethane group and a urea group, and wherein the toner has a relative degree of crystallization of 10% or more and less than 50%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Daisuke ASAHINA, Susumu CHIBA, Satoyuki SEKIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9152067
    Abstract: Toner contains a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the binder resin contains a resin having a polyhydroxy carboxylic acid skeleton, wherein the toner has a half effusion temperature of from 80° C. to 120° C. as measured by a temperature rising method using a flow tester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Chiba, Hiroshi Yamashita, Daisuke Asahina, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Taichi Nemoto, Satoyuki Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20150268574
    Abstract: A toner including a polyester resin having an amorphous polyester segment is provided. The amorphous polyester segment includes a condensation polymerization product between a carboxylic acid and an alcohol. The carboxylic acid includes both aliphatic and aromatic dicarboxylic acids. The toner deforms with a deformation rate of from 1.0% to 5.0% under a pressure of 100 gf at 40° C. and 80% RH. In a binarized image of an AFM phase image of the toner, first phase-contrast images serving as large-phase-difference portions are dispersed in second phase-contrast images serving as small-phase-difference portions, and the first phase-contrast images have a dispersion diameter of 100 nm or less. An endothermic quantity Q1 obtained in a first heating of DSC is from 10 to 50 J/g, and a ratio of an endothermic quantity obtained in the second heating Q2 to that in first heating Q1 is 0.65 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Azumi MIYAAKE, Hiroshi Yamashita, Daisuke Asahina, Ryo Miyakoshi, Satoyuki Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20150253686
    Abstract: A toner including a crystalline polyester and an amorphous polyester is provided. When the binder resin is extracted from the toner with tetrahydrofuran to obtain an extracted solution, and the extracted solution is heated to remove the tetrahydrofuran and obtain a deposit, the deposit contains spherical domains of the crystalline polyester having an average particle diameter of 7.0 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Ryo MIYAKOSHI, Daisuke ASAHINA, Yoshihiro MORIYA, Satoyuki SEKIGUCHI, Yuya HIROKAWA
  • Patent number: 9127118
    Abstract: A resin for toner contains a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton and a rigid skeleton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Santo, Shinya Nakayama, Atsushi Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Moriya, Akiyoshi Sabu, Daisuke Asahina, Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Taichi Nemoto, Yukiko Nakajima, Daiki Yamashita, Masahide Yamada, Keiji Makabe
  • Publication number: 20150153671
    Abstract: A resin composition for a toner including a polyester resin and a colorant, wherein the polyester resin has A(10)-A(180) of 70 or greater, where A(10) (%) is a transmittance of light having a wavelength of 500 nm through a mixture of 20 parts by mass of the polyester resin added to 80 parts by mass of ethyl acetate and stirred at 25° C. for 10 minutes, and A(180) (%) is the transmittance after the mixture is left to stand for 3 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Kazumi Suzuki, Tatsuya Morita, Hiroshi Yamashita, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Daisuke Asahina
  • Patent number: 9034548
    Abstract: A toner containing colorant, releasing agent, and binder resin containing crystalline polyester resin, and non-crystalline polyester resin containing urethane bond, urea bond, or both, the non-crystalline polyester resin containing first and second non-crystalline polyester resins, both containing urethane bond, or urea bond, or both, wherein monomers constituting the first non-crystalline polyester resin contains isocyanate monomer for forming the urethane bond, the urea bond, or the both, in an amount of 0.5 mol % or greater to total amount of the monomers, monomers constituting the second non-crystalline polyester resin contain isocyanate monomer for forming the urethane bond, the urea bond, or the both, in an amount of 0.5 mol % or greater to total amount of the monomers, the first non-crystalline polyester resin has Tg of ?60° C. or higher but lower than 10° C., and the second non-crystalline polyester resin has Tg of 30° C. or higher but lower than 70° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuru Moritani, Hiroshi Yamashita, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Daisuke Asahina, Rintaro Takahashi, Susumu Chiba
  • Publication number: 20150132690
    Abstract: A toner includes a binder resin including a copolymer resin (A) having a structural unit derived from a crystalline polyester resin (A1) and another structural unit derived from an amorphous polyester resin (A2), and an amorphous resin (B) in an amount of from 30 to 70% by weight based on total weight of the binder resin. The binarized image of the AFM phase image of the binder resin consists of first phase-contrast images serving as large-phase-difference portions and second phase-contrast images serving as small-phase-difference portions with the first phase-contrast images dispersed in the second phase-contrast images forming a dot-like or streaky structure. The average value of dispersion diameters, corresponding to maximum Feret diameters, of the first phase-contrast images in the dot-like structure, or widths, corresponding to minimum Feret diameters, of the first phase-contrast images in the streaky structure, is less than 100 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Daisuke ASAHINA, Azumi MIYAAKE, Tsuyoshi SUGIMOTO, Susumu CHIBA, Shinya NAKAYAMA, Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Satoyuki SEKIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8986916
    Abstract: A yellow toner including: a non-crystalline resin; C.I. Pigment Yellow 185; and a releasing agent, wherein the yellow toner has a glass transition temperature of more than 18° C. but less than 40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamashita, Masana Shiba, Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Yukari Fukuda, Daisuke Asahina, Rintaro Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20150024312
    Abstract: A toner, including: a binder resin; and a colorant, wherein the toner has a storage modulus of 1.0×107 Pa or more at 50° C., a loss modulus of 8.0×104 Pa to 2.0×105 Pa at 80° C., and a loss modulus of 2.0×102 Pa to 1.0×103 Pa at 160° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Masana Shiba, Hiroshi Yamashita, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Daisuke Asahina, Yukari Fukuda, Rintaro Takahashi, Satoyuki Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 8932789
    Abstract: To provide a toner, which contains: a non-crystalline polyester resin A obtained through a reaction between a non-linear chain reactive precursor and a curing agent, and having a glass transition temperature of ?60° C. to 0° C.; a non-crystalline polyester resin B having a glass transition temperature of 40° C. to 70° C.; and a crystalline polyester resin C, wherein the toner has a glass transition temperature Tg1st of 20° C. to 40° C. as measured with first heating in differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Hiroshi Yamashita, Daisuke Asahina, Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Rintaro Takahashi, Masana Shiba, Yukari Fukuda, Saki Konno
  • Patent number: 8895217
    Abstract: An electrostatic image forming toner including: toner base particles each containing at least a colorant, a binder resin, and a releasing agent, wherein the binder resin contains a non-crystalline polyester resin A and a crystalline polyester resin B, wherein a ratio of B/(A+B)×100 is 10 or more but less than 50 where (A+B) is a total mass of the non-crystalline polyester resin A and the crystalline polyester resin B and “B” is a mass of the crystalline polyester resin B, and wherein the toner base particles have a TMA compression deformation amount (TMA %) of 10% or less which is measured at 50° C. and a relative humidity of 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Asahina, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Rintaro Takahashi, Hiroshi Yamashita, Taichi Nemoto, Shingo Sakashita, Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Satoyuki Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20140272689
    Abstract: A magenta toner includes a binder resin including an amorphous resin; a magenta pigment comprising a naphthol pigment; and a release agent. The magenta toner has a glass transition temperature of from 19 to 40° C. The naphthol pigment has an X-ray diffraction pattern having plural peaks in the following range: 0°?2??35° wherein ? is a Bragg angle. The sum of half widths of the respective peaks is from 5 to 10°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Masana SHIBA, Tsuyoshi SUGIMOTO, Daisuke ASAHINA, Susumu CHIBA, Satoyuki SEKIGUCHI