Patents by Inventor Ikuko Sakurada

Ikuko Sakurada 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: 20220390873
    Abstract: Provided is a two-component developer for electrostatic charge image development including: toner particles containing toner base particles and an external additive disposed on a surface of the toner base particles; and carrier particles having a core material particle and a shell portion disposed on a surface of the core material particle, wherein the external additive contains inorganic particles surface-modified with a surface modifier represented by the following Formula (1); and a value of an iron element content (atomic %) measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) on a surface of the carrier particles satisfies the following Expression (1), (R1)4-n—Si—(X)n??Formula (1): 4.0?{AFe/(Ac+Ao+AFe)}×100?15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Shinya OBARA, Koji SHIBATA, Ikuko SAKURADA
  • Patent number: 11079694
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic charge image development is a toner for electrostatic charge image development including toner particles containing a binder resin and an external additive, wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous polyester resin, the external additive includes Al—Si composite oxide particles, and a Si element content of the Al—Si composite oxide particles is in the range of 50 to 90 mass % and a Si element ratio on surfaces of the Al—Si composite oxide particles is in the range of 3 to 35 at %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kenshi Miyajima, Shinya Obara, Ikuko Sakurada
  • Publication number: 20200292952
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic charge image development is a toner for electrostatic charge image development including toner particles containing a binder resin and an external additive, wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous polyester resin, the external additive includes Al—Si composite oxide particles, and a Si element content of the Al—Si composite oxide particles is in the range of 50 to 90 mass % and a Si element ratio on surfaces of the Al—Si composite oxide particles is in the range of 3 to 35 at %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Kenshi MIYAJIMA, Shinya OBARA, Ikuko SAKURADA
  • Publication number: 20200285166
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic image includes toner base particles containing a binder resin and an inorganic pigment, and an external additive, wherein the external additive contains alumina particles, and the number average particle size of primary particles of the alumina particles is in the range of 5 nm to 60 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Masaharu MATSUBARA, Ikuko SAKURADA, Tomoko MINE, Kazuhiko NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 10698329
    Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic charge image developer containing toner particles and carrier particles, wherein the toner particles contain at least silica particles or alumina particles as an external additive; the carrier particles contain core material particles and a coating resin layer covering a surface of the core particles; the coating resin layer contains metal oxide particles; an element measured by XPS (photoelectron spectroscopy) of the carrier particle is at least Si or Al; and a content of Si or Al in the carrier particle is in the range of 1 to 6 at % with respect to the total elements constituting the carrier particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Futoshi Kadonome, Keiji Arai, Junichi Furukawa, Ikuko Sakurada
  • Patent number: 10585368
    Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic image developing toner containing toner mother particles having external additives on a surface of the mother particle, wherein the external additives contains calcium titanate particles having an average primary particle size in the range of 50 to 150 nm, and alumina particles; and an average primary particle size of the alumina particles is less than the average primary particle size of the calcium titanate particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Junya Ueda, Shinya Obara, Takuya Takahashi, Ikuko Sakurada, Satoshi Uchino
  • Patent number: 10564558
    Abstract: The electrostatic charge image developing toner of the present invention is an electrostatic charge image developing toner including a toner mother particle including at least a binding resin, and an external additive attached onto a surface of the toner mother particle, wherein a median size on a volume basis of the toner mother particle is in the range from 3.0 to 5.0 ?m, the binding resin contains at least an amorphous polyester resin as a main component, and a spherical silica particle (1) having a number average particle size in the range from 20 to 55 nm is included as the external additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kouji Sugama, Kazumi Oura, Masaharu Matsubara, Ikuko Sakurada
  • Publication number: 20190384201
    Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic charge image developer containing toner particles and carrier particles, wherein the toner particles contain at least silica particles or alumina particles as an external additive; the carrier particles contain core material particles and a coating resin layer covering a surface of the core particles; the coating resin layer contains metal oxide particles; an element measured by XPS (photoelectron spectroscopy) of the carrier particle is at least Si or Al; and a content of Si or Al in the carrier particle is in the range of 1 to 6 at % with respect to the total elements constituting the carrier particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Futoshi KADONOME, Keiji ARAI, Junichi FURUKAWA, Ikuko SAKURADA
  • Patent number: 10509338
    Abstract: Provided is a two-component developer for developing an electrostatic latent image containing: toner particles having toner mother particles and an external additive on a surface of the toner mother particles; and carrier particles, wherein the external additive contains alumina particles; the alumina particles are subjected to a surface modification with a hydrophobilizing agent; among the hydrophobilizing agent existing on the surface of the alumina particles after the surface modification, a ratio of the hydrophobilizing agent in a state of being liberated from the surface is 20% or less when extraction treatment is performed under a predetermined condition; the alumina particles have a number average primary particle diameter in the range of 5 to 60 nm; and the carrier particles have a resin covering layer, and the resin covering layer is formed with an alicyclic (meth)acrylate monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Ikuko Sakurada, Satoshi Uchino, Shinya Obara, Futoshi Kadonome, Keiji Arai
  • Publication number: 20190310565
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic charge image development includes: a toner base particle containing a binder resin; and an external additive containing a strontium titanate fine particle, wherein the binder resin contains an amorphous resin and a crystalline polyester resin, in which the crystalline polyester resin is a polycondensate of an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 6 to 14 carbon atoms and an aliphatic diol having from 6 to 14 carbon atoms, and the strontium titanate fine particle contains a strontium titanate fine particle (A) and a strontium titanate fine particle (B), in which a particle diameter RA of a peak top in number particle size distribution of the strontium titanate fine particle (A) is smaller than a particle diameter RB of a peak top in number particle size distribution of the strontium titanate fine particle (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKIGAURA, Takanari Kayamori, Kaori Fujino, Ikuko Sakurada
  • Publication number: 20190294067
    Abstract: The electrostatic charge image developing toner of the present invention is an electrostatic charge image developing toner including a toner mother particle including at least a binding resin, and an external additive attached onto a surface of the toner mother particle, wherein a median size on a volume basis of the toner mother particle is in the range from 3.0 to 5.0 ?m, the binding resin contains at least an amorphous polyester resin as a main component, and a spherical silica particle (1) having a number average particle size in the range from 20 to 55 nm is included as the external additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Kouji SUGAMA, Kazumi OURA, Masaharu MATSUBARA, Ikuko SAKURADA
  • Publication number: 20190243272
    Abstract: Provided is a two-component developer for developing an electrostatic latent image containing: toner particles having toner mother particles and an external additive on a surface of the toner mother particles; and carrier particles, wherein the external additive contains alumina particles; the alumina particles are subjected to a surface modification with a hydrophobilizing agent; among the hydrophobilizing agent existing on the surface of the alumina particles after the surface modification, a ratio of the hydrophobilizing agent in a state of being liberated from the surface is 20% or less when extraction treatment is performed under a predetermined condition; the alumina particles have a number average primary particle diameter in the range of 5 to 60 nm; and the carrier particles have a resin covering layer, and the resin covering layer is formed with an alicyclic (meth)acrylate monomer
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Ikuko SAKURADA, Satoshi Uchino, Shinya Obara, Futoshi Kadonome, Keiji Arai
  • Publication number: 20190212666
    Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic image developing toner containing toner mother particles having external additives on a surface of the mother particle, wherein the external additives contains calcium titanate particles having an average primary particle size in the range of 50 to 150 nm, and alumina particles; and an average primary particle size of the alumina particles is less than the average primary particle size of the calcium titanate particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Junya UEDA, Shinya Obara, Takuya Takahashi, Ikuko Sakurada, Satoshi Uchino
  • Patent number: 9915884
    Abstract: The toner of the present invention contains: a toner base particle, and a silica particle and a fatty acid metal salt particle adhering to a surface of the toner base particle. The toner base particle contains a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous polyester resin. The toner particle has an average circularity of 0.945 to 0.965. The silica particle has a volume average particle size of 70 to 300 nm, and has an average circularity of 0.5 to 0.9. The fatty acid metal salt particle has a median diameter based on a volume of 0.50 to 2.00 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Uchino, Shinya Obara, Futoshi Kadonome, Noriyuki Kimpara, Ikuko Sakurada, Takuya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9904194
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner of the present invention includes toner base particles and particles containing a fatty acid metal salt. The toner base particles contain a crystalline resin containing a segment of a first resin and a segment of a second resin chemically bonded to each other and an amorphous resin containing at least the second resin. The crystalline resin is a hybrid crystalline polyester resin. The first resin is a crystalline polyester resin. The second resin is an amorphous resin. The volume-based median diameter (Da) of the toner base particles and the volume-based median diameter (Db) of the particles containing the fatty acid metal salt satisfy the relations represented by Expressions (1) and (2) below: 0.5 ?m?Db?2.0 ?m??Expression (1) 0.1 Db/Da?0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kimpara, Satoshi Uchino, Shinya Obara, Futoshi Kadonome, Ikuko Sakurada, Takuya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9897935
    Abstract: An image forming method forms a color toner image and a white toner image using an image forming apparatus having a plurality of developing machines. The color toner image is formed using a color developer containing a first carrier and at least one color toner selected from a yellow toner, a magenta toner, and a cyan toner. The white toner image is formed using a white developer containing a second carrier and a white toner containing at least titanium oxide as a pigment. Formula (1): Iw<Ic??(1) is satisfied. Ic (?A) is a dynamic current value of the first carrier at 100 V and Iw (?A) is a dynamic current value of the second carrier at 100 V.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yasuko Uchino, Junya Onishi, Natsuko Fujisaki, Anju Hori, Junya Ueda, Takaki Kawamura, Ikuko Sakurada
  • Patent number: 9823596
    Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic image developing toner including a toner mother particle containing a colorant and a binder resin comprising a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin; and an external additive. The external additive includes an inorganic fine particle having a number average major axis in a range of 50 to 100 nm, an average aspect ratio in a range of 3 to 10, and a volume resistivity in a range of 1×1010 to 1×1012 ?·cm in primary particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Futoshi Kadonome, Satoshi Uchino, Shinya Obara, Noriyuki Kimpara, Ikuko Sakurada, Takuya Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20170123334
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner of the present invention includes toner base particles and particles containing a fatty acid metal salt. The toner base particles contain a crystalline resin containing a segment of a first resin and a segment of a second resin chemically bonded to each other and an amorphous resin containing at least the second resin. The crystalline resin is a hybrid crystalline polyester resin. The first resin is a crystalline polyester resin. The second resin is an amorphous resin. The volume-based median diameter (Da) of the toner base particles and the volume-based median diameter (Db) of the particles containing the fatty acid metal salt satisfy the relations represented by Expressions (1) and (2) below: 0.5 ?m?Db?2.0 ?m??Expression (1) 0.1 Db/Da?0.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Noriyuki KIMPARA, Satoshi UCHINO, Shinya OBARA, Futoshi KADONOME, Ikuko SAKURADA, Takuya TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20170123332
    Abstract: The toner of the present invention contains: a toner base particle, and a silica particle and a fatty acid metal salt particle adhering to a surface of the toner base particle. The toner base particle contains a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous polyester resin. The toner particle has an average circularity of 0.945 to 0.965. The silica particle has a volume average particle size of 70 to 300 nm, and has an average circularity of 0.5 to 0.9. The fatty acid metal salt particle has a median diameter based on a volume of 0.50 to 2.00 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Satoshi UCHINO, Shinya OBARA, Futoshi KADONOME, Noriyuki KIMPARA, Ikuko SAKURADA, Takuya TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20170090324
    Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic image developing toner including a toner mother particle containing a colorant and a binder resin comprising a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin; and an external additive. The external additive includes an inorganic fine particle having a number average major axis in a range of 50 to 100 nm, an average aspect ratio in a range of 3 to 10, and a volume resistivity in a range of 1×1010 to 1×1012 ?·cm in primary particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Futoshi KADONOME, Satoshi UCHINO, Shinya OBARA, Noriyuki KIMPARA, Ikuko SAKURADA, Takuya TAKAHASHI