Patents by Inventor Hideya Arimura

Hideya Arimura 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: 11169464
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic member that shows a small increase in electrical resistance value even when used under a low-temperature environment. The electrophotographic member is an electrophotographic member including an electroconductive substrate and a resin layer on the electroconductive substrate, wherein the resin layer contains an anion, inorganic particles having a hydrophobicity degree of 40% or more and 80% or less, and a resin having a specific cation structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Komatsu, Masaki Yamada, Hideya Arimura
  • Patent number: 11112718
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic member in which the increase in tackiness is small even in an environment of high temperature and high humidity. The electrophotographic member includes an electroconductive substrate and a surface layer, the surface layer contains resin including at least one of a urethane bond and an amide bond, the resin includes a cationic structure and an anionic structure in a molecule, and also includes a particular main-chain structure with hydrophobicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Uno, Fumihiko Utsuno, Hideya Arimura, Hiroaki Komatsu, Masaki Yamada
  • Patent number: 11022904
    Abstract: Provided an electrophotographic member having an excellent electroconductivity and being capable of forming a high quality electrophotographic image even in long-term use. The electrophotographic member comprises an electroconductive substrate and an electroconductive layer on the substrate, the electroconductive layer containing a matrix polymer, and a specific imidazolium salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideya Arimura, Masaki Yamada, Hiroaki Komatsu
  • Patent number: 10969709
    Abstract: There is provided a member for electrophotography, which contributes to formation of a high-quality electrophotographic image. The member for electrophotography includes an electro-conductive substrate and an electro-conductive layer as an outermost layer, wherein the electro-conductive layer contains a resin having a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic cation structure, an anion, and a specific carbon black.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideya Arimura, Hiroaki Komatsu, Masaki Yamada
  • Patent number: 10942471
    Abstract: The electrophotographic member includes: an electroconductive substrate; and a surface layer having a mono-layer structure, wherein the surface layer has a matrix containing a cross-linked urethane resin as a binder, and when an elastic modulus of the matrix in a first region in a thickness direction from an outer surface of the surface layer to a depth of 0.1 ?m from the outer surface of the surface layer is defined as E1, and an elastic modulus of the matrix in a second region in a thickness direction from a depth of 1.0 ?m from the outer surface of the surface layer to 1.1 ?m from the outer surface of the surface layer is defined as E2, E1 and E2 satisfy the following Expressions (1) and (2), respectively: E1?200 MPa??(1); and 10 MPa?E2?100 MPa??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Ogawa, Ryo Sugiyama, Kazuaki Nagaoka, Kenta Matsunaga, Toru Ishii, Hideya Arimura, Fumihiko Utsuno, Tomoya Uesugi, Wataru Moriai, Masashi Uno
  • Patent number: 10884352
    Abstract: The electrophotographic member includes an electro-conductive substrate, a urethane resin having a structure of structural formula (1), an anion, and a resin particle, and has a protrusion derived from the resin particle on an outer surface thereof, the resin particle contains one or both of a urethane resin and a polyamide resin, the resin layer further contains carbon black, and the carbon black extracted from the resin layer has a BET specific surface area of 33 m2/g or more and 133 m2/g or less, and DBP absorption amount at a 70% torque value in DBP absorption measurement of 42 ml/100 g or more and 90 ml/100 g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Yamada, Hiroaki Komatsu, Hideya Arimura
  • Publication number: 20200310283
    Abstract: The electrophotographic member includes: an electroconductive substrate; and a surface layer having a mono-layer structure, wherein the surface layer has a matrix containing a cross-linked urethane resin as a binder, and when an elastic modulus of the matrix in a first region in a thickness direction from an outer surface of the surface layer to a depth of 0.1 ?m from the outer surface of the surface layer is defined as E1, and an elastic modulus of the matrix in a second region in a thickness direction from a depth of 1.0 ?m from the outer surface of the surface layer to 1.1 ?m from the outer surface of the surface layer is defined as E2, E1 and E2 satisfy the following Expressions (1) and (2), respectively: E1?200 MPa??(1); and 10 MPa?E2?100 MPa??(2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Ogawa, Ryo Sugiyama, Kazuaki Nagaoka, Kenta Matsunaga, Toru Ishii, Hideya Arimura, Fumihiko Utsuno, Tomoya Uesugi, Wataru Moriai, Masashi Uno
  • Publication number: 20200041920
    Abstract: Provided an electrophotographic member having an excellent electroconductivity and being capable of forming a high quality electrophotographic image even in long-term use. The electrophotographic member comprises an electroconductive substrate and an electroconductive layer on the substrate, the electroconductive layer containing a matrix polymer, and a specific imidazolium salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Hideya Arimura, Masaki Yamada, Hiroaki Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20200033742
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic member that shows a small increase in electrical resistance value even when used under a low-temperature environment. The electrophotographic member is an electrophotographic member including an electroconductive substrate and a resin layer on the electroconductive substrate, wherein the resin layer contains an anion, inorganic particles having a hydrophobicity degree of 40% or more and 80% or less, and a resin having a specific cation structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroaki Komatsu, Masaki Yamada, Hideya Arimura
  • Publication number: 20190324383
    Abstract: There is provided a member for electrophotography, which contributes to formation of a high-quality electrophotographic image. The member for electrophotography includes an electro-conductive substrate and an electro-conductive layer as an outermost layer, wherein the electro-conductive layer contains a resin having a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic cation structure, an anion, and a specific carbon black.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Hideya Arimura, Hiroaki Komatsu, Masaki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20190302644
    Abstract: The electrophotographic member includes an electro-conductive substrate, a urethane resin having a structure of structural formula (1), an anion, and a resin particle, and has a protrusion derived from the resin particle on an outer surface thereof, the resin particle contains one or both of a urethane resin and a polyamide resin, the resin layer further contains carbon black, and the carbon black extracted from the resin layer has a BET specific surface area of 33 m2/g or more and 133 m2/g or less, and DBP absorption amount at a 70% torque value in DBP absorption measurement of 42 ml/100 g or more and 90 ml/100 g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Masaki Yamada, Hiroaki Komatsu, Hideya Arimura
  • Patent number: 10379460
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic member including an electro-conductive substrate and a surface layer on the substrate. The surface layer contains a urethane resin and a first polymer having a specific nitrogen-containing structure. The urethane resin has a structure derived from a second polymer containing a fluorine atom or a structure derived from a third polymer containing a fluorine atom and a silicon atom. The surface layer contains nitrogen atoms derived from the nitrogen-containing structure at a specific ratio in a region from the outer surface of the surface layer to a depth of 300 nm, and the atomic ratios of nitrogen atoms, fluorine atoms, and silicon atoms in a region from a depth of 100 nm from the outer surface of the surface layer to a depth of 300 nm and a region from the outer surface to a depth of 10 nm have specific relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideya Arimura, Shohei Urushihara, Masaki Yamada
  • Patent number: 10331054
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrophotographic member which has a high ability to impart charge to toners while the charge imparting ability is unlikely to be reduced even under an environment at high temperature and high humidity. The electrophotographic member comprises a substrate, an elastic layer formed on the substrate, an intermediate layer covering the surface of the elastic layer, and a surface layer covering the surface of the intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate layer contains a binder resin and a polymer having a specific structure, the surface layer contains silicon oxide, and the surface layer has a thickness of 10 nm or more and 300 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shohei Urushihara, Masaki Yamada, Takashi Koyanagi, Hideya Arimura
  • Publication number: 20190094741
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic member in which the increase in tackiness is small even in an environment of high temperature and high humidity. The electrophotographic member includes an electroconductive substrate and a surface layer, the surface layer contains resin including at least one of a urethane bond and an amide bond, the resin includes a cationic structure and an anionic structure in a molecule, and also includes a particular main-chain structure with hydrophobicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: MASASHI UNO, Fumihiko Utsuno, Hideya Arimura, Hiroaki Komatsu, Masaki Yamada
  • Patent number: 10108129
    Abstract: Provided is a member for electrophotography that is not reduced in charge-providing performance even by its long-term storage and use under a high-temperature and high-humidity environment, and is hence conducive to the formation of a high-quality electrophotographic image. The member for electrophotography includes: an electroconductive substrate; and an electroconductive layer, in which: the electroconductive layer contains a resin having a cationic organic group in a molecule thereof and an anion; a total sum of contents of an alkali metal and an alkali earth metal in the electroconductive layer is 500 ppm or less; and the anion includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a fluorosulfonate anion, a fluorocarboxylate anion, a fluorosulfonylimide anion, a fluorosulfonylmethide anion, a fluoroalkylfluoroborate anion, a fluorophosphate anion, a fluoroantimonate anion, and a fluoroarsenate anion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sosuke Yamaguchi, Masaki Yamada, Hideya Arimura, Kazuhiro Yamauchi, Satoru Nishioka
  • Patent number: 10067430
    Abstract: A member for electrophotography has an electro-conductive base and at least one electro-conductive resin layer, in which the electro-conductive resin layer of the outermost layer contains urethane resin and the urethane resin has a structure of a silicone graft fluororesin and a structure represented by Formula (1)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideya Arimura, Shohei Urushihara, Masaki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20180217551
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic member that has a high excessive charging-suppressing effect under a low-temperature and low-humidity environment, and has high charge-providing performance under a high-temperature and high-humidity environment, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each including the electrophotographic member. The electrophotographic member is an electrophotographic member including an electro-conductive substrate and an electro-conductive resin layer, the electro-conductive resin layer contains a cation and at least one anion selected from the group consisting of anions represented by the following formulae (1) to (5): where X represents an arbitrary halogen atom, n in the structural formula (4) represents an integer of from 2 to 6, and n in the structural formula (5) represents an integer of 2 or 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Hideya Arimura, Masaki Yamada, Sosuke Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Yamauchi, Satoru Nishioka
  • Patent number: 10018934
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic member capable of forming a high-quality electrophotographic image. The electrophotographic member includes an electroconductive substrate and an electroconductive resin layer on the electroconductive substrate, in which the electroconductive resin layer contains a resin having, in the molecule, a specific cation structure, and a specific anion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Yamada, Sosuke Yamaguchi, Hideya Arimura, Kazuhiro Yamauchi, Satoru Nishioka
  • Patent number: 9977359
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic member that is excellent in charge-imparting performance for a toner, and that hardly causes tackiness on its surface even when placed under a high-temperature and high-humidity environment over a long time period. The electrophotographic member includes a substrate and a surface layer, in which the surface layer satisfies the following requirements (A) and (B): (A) the surface layer contains, in a region from its surface to a depth of up to 0.1 ?m, a copolymer containing a constituent unit represented by the following structural formula (1), and at least one selected from the group consisting of a constituent unit represented by the following structural formula (2) and a constituent unit represented by the following structural formula (3); and (B) the concentration of a nitrogen atom derived from a nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic amine structure in the copolymer is from 6.0 mass % to 30.0 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Koyanagi, Masaki Yamada, Shohei Urushihara, Hideya Arimura
  • Patent number: 9964914
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic member that has a high excessive charging-suppressing effect under a low-temperature and low-humidity environment, and has high charge-providing performance under a high-temperature and high-humidity environment, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each including the electrophotographic member. The electrophotographic member is an electrophotographic member including an electro-conductive substrate and an electro-conductive resin layer, the electro-conductive resin layer contains a cation and at least one anion selected from the group consisting of anions represented by the following formulae (1) to (5): where X represents an arbitrary halogen atom, n in the structural formula (4) represents an integer of from 2 to 6, and n in the structural formula (5) represents an integer of 2 or 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideya Arimura, Masaki Yamada, Sosuke Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Yamauchi, Satoru Nishioka