Patents by Inventor Jun Yoshizawa

Jun Yoshizawa 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: 7285159
    Abstract: Provided is an ink jet ink comprising at least a coloring material comprising a compound represented by the general formula (I) or a salt thereof; and a compound represented by the general formula (II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihide Aikawa, Kuniaki Fujimoto, Shin-ichi Sato, Jun Yoshizawa, Kunihiko Nakamura, Masanori Jinnou
  • Patent number: 7270701
    Abstract: An ink jet ink is provided with which metallic luster appearing in printing on a recording medium, i.e. the bronze phenomenon is kept from occurring and good images can be obtained. The ink jet ink includes at least a coloring material which is a compound represented by a specific general formula, and further contains a specific amine compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanori Jinnou, Shin-ichi Sato, Jun Yoshizawa, Kunihiko Nakamura, Daiji Okamura, Tomohiro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7247194
    Abstract: An ink jet ink is disclosed which includes water, a water-soluble organic solvent and a coloring material and has excellent properties. The coloring material is a specific phthalocyanine derivative and is contained in a specific amount in the ink. The water-soluble organic solvent includes a specific amount of 2-pyrrolidone. In addition, a d75 value is in a specific range where the d75 value corresponds to 75% of a dispersion distance distribution, measured by a small angle X-ray scattering method, of molecular aggregates in the ink jet ink whose coloring material concentration is adjusted to 0.5 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daiji Okamura, Shin-ichi Sato, Jun Yoshizawa, Kunihiko Nakamura, Tomohiro Yamashita, Masanori Jinnou
  • Patent number: 7247196
    Abstract: To provide an ink jet black ink which has a favorable tint for ink jet black ink, provides high ozone fastness, a high image density, and high sticking recovery property, and is capable of suppressing the decomposition of a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof at the time of storage for a long time period. The ink jet black ink is an ink jet black ink comprising at least a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof as a coloring material, and ethylene glycol or diethylene glycol, wherein the content of ethylene glycol or diethylene glycol is 15 mass % or more and 30 mass % or less with respect to the total mass of the ink jet black ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shin-ichi Sato, Jun Yoshizawa, Kunihiko Nakamura, Kumiko Mafune, Hideki Takayama, Daiji Okamura
  • Patent number: 7241332
    Abstract: To provide an ink jet yellow ink to be used in combination with ink excellent in light resistance and environmental gas resistance with a color fading balance with respect to light and an environmental gas between the inks uniformized. The ink jet yellow ink is an ink jet yellow ink to be used for forming an image together with a cyan ink comprising a compound represented by a general formula (1) or a compound represented by a general formula (2) as a coloring material, the ink jet yellow ink comprising: at least one kind of coloring material selected from the following A group; and at least one kind of coloring material selected from the following B group. A group: C.I. Direct Yellow 132 and C.I. Direct Yellow 173 B group: C.I. Direct Yellow 142, C.I. Direct Yellow 86, and a compound represented by a general formula (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jun Yoshizawa, Shin-ichi Sato, Kunihiko Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20070125262
    Abstract: An ink jet ink is provided with which metallic luster appearing in printing on a recording medium, i.e. the bronze phenomenon is kept from occurring and good images can be obtained. The ink jet ink includes at least a coloring material which is a compound represented by a specific general formula, and further contains a specific amine compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanori Jinnou, Shin-ichi Sato, Jun Yoshizawa, Kunihiko Nakamura, Daiji Okamura, Tomohiro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7226498
    Abstract: To provide an ink jet yellow ink having a favorable color tone and capable of providing an image excellent in humidity resistance. The ink jet yellow ink of the present invention is an ink jet yellow ink to be used in combination with an ink jet light-color ink comprising at least a coloring material and a water-soluble organic solvent, wherein the coloring material of the ink jet yellow ink is a compound represented by the following General Formula (I) or a salt thereof, and wherein the ink jet light-color ink satisfies a specific condition; wherein M's each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal, an alkali earth metal, a cation of organic amine or an ammonium ion, and n's each independently represent 1 or 2; and Y?2.8X+10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yamashita, Shin-ichi Sato, Jun Yoshizawa, Kunihiko Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20070099409
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes at least one semiconductor structure which has a plurality of external connection electrodes formed on a semiconductor substrate. An insulating sheet member is arranged on the side of the semiconductor structure. Upper interconnections have connection pad portions that are arranged on the insulating sheet member in correspondence with the upper interconnections and connected to the external connection electrodes of the semiconductor structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicants: Casio Computer Co., Ltd., CMK Corporation
    Inventors: Ichiro Mihara, Takeshi Wakabayashi, Toshihiro Kido, Hiroyasu Jobetto, Yutaka Yoshino, Nobuyuki Kageyama, Daita Kohno, Jun Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 7201791
    Abstract: There is provided an ink jet light-color ink which is excellent in color developability and is capable of achieving compatibility between environmental gas resistance and bronze resistance. The ink jet light-color ink to be used in combination with ink jet deep-color ink has a relatively large coloring material content, and comprises at least water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a coloring material. The ink jet deep-color ink and the ink jet light-color ink satisfy specific conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daiji Okamura, Yoshihisa Takizawa, Shin-ichi Sato, Jun Yoshizawa, Kunihiko Nakamura, Yoshihide Aikawa, Tomohiro Yamashita, Masanori Jinnou
  • Patent number: 7198665
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a black ink for an ink jet which possesses preferable color as a black ink for an ink jet, can attain high ozone resistance, high image density and sticking recovery property, and can suppress the decomposition of the compound represented by the general formula (I) or salt thereof during long-term storage. According to the present invention, there is provided a black ink for an ink jet characterized by comprising at least a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof, characterized in that the black ink comprises at least one moisture-retaining nitrogen compound, and the pH of the ink and the pH of the ink after storing for 10 days in an environment at a temperature of 60° C. are 9.5 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunihiko Nakamura, Shin-ichi Sato, Jun Yoshizawa, Kumiko Mafune, Hideki Takayama, Daiji Okamura
  • Patent number: 7183639
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes at least one semiconductor structure which has a plurality of external connection electrodes formed on a semiconductor substrate. An insulating sheet member is arranged on the side of the semiconductor structure. Upper interconnections have connection pad portions that are arranged on the insulating sheet member in correspondence with the upper interconnections and connected to the external connection electrodes of the semiconductor structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignees: Casio Computer Co., Ltd., CMK Corporation
    Inventors: Ichiro Mihara, Takeshi Wakabayashi, Toshihiro Kido, Hiroyasu Jobetto, Yutaka Yoshino, Nobuyuki Kageyama, Daita Kohno, Jun Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 7160372
    Abstract: There is provided ink jet ink containing at least a coloring material, in which: the coloring material is a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof; a content (weight %) of the coloring material is 3.0 weight % or more with respect to a total weight of the ink jet ink; in a dispersion distance distribution, measured by a small-angle X-ray scattering method, of molecular aggregates in the ink jet ink whose coloring material concentration is adjusted to 3.0 weight %, a dispersion distance d75 value corresponding to 75% of the distribution is 6.50 nm or more and 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jun Yoshizawa, Shin-ichi Sato, Kunihiko Nakamura, Daiji Okamura, Tomohiro Yamashita, Masanori Jinnou
  • Patent number: 7144452
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an ink jet black ink which can improve weatherability, optical density and sticking recovery property of nozzles of a recording head. According to the present invention, an ink jet black ink is provided which comprises at least a coloring-material and a water-soluble organic solvent, wherein the coloring material is a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof, and the water-soluble organic solvent is a water-soluble organic solvent having a relative permittivity of from 30.0 or more to less than 70.0 at 20° C. and capable of dissolving the compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof, by 1.0 mass % or more at 25° C., and is in a content of 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideki Takayama, Kumiko Mafune, Daiji Okamura, Shin-ichi Sato, Jun Yoshizawa, Kunihiko Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20060156952
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an ink jet black ink which can improve weatherability, optical density and sticking recovery property of nozzles of a recording head. According to the present invention, an ink jet black ink is provided which comprises at least a coloring-material and a water-soluble organic solvent, wherein the coloring material is a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof, and the water-soluble organic solvent is a water-soluble organic solvent having a relative permittivity of from 30.0 or more to less than 70.0 at 20° C. and capable of dissolving the compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof, by 1.0 mass % or more at 25° C., and is in a content of 50.0 mass % or more with respect to the total content of all water-soluble organic solvents contained in the ink jet black ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Takayama, Kumiko Mafune, Daiji Okamura, Shin-ichi Sato, Jun Yoshizawa, Kunihiko Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20060152569
    Abstract: An ink jet ink is provided with which metallic luster appearing in printing on a recording medium, i.e. the bronze phenomenon is kept from occurring and good images can be obtained. The ink jet ink includes at least a coloring material which is a compound represented by a specific general formula, and further contains a specific amine compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanori Jinnou, Shin-ichi Sato, Jun Yoshizawa, Kunihiko Nakamura, Daiji Okamura, Tomohiro Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20060146108
    Abstract: To provide an ink jet black ink which has a favorable tint for ink jet black ink, provides high ozone fastness, a high image density, and high sticking recovery property, and is capable of suppressing the decomposition of a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof at the time of storage for a long time period. The ink jet black ink is an ink jet black ink comprising at least a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof as a coloring material, and ethylene glycol or diethylene glycol, wherein the content of ethylene glycol or diethylene glycol is 15 mass % or more and 30 mass % or less with respect to the total mass of the ink jet black ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shin-ichi Sato, Jun Yoshizawa, Kunihiko Nakamura, Kumiko Mafune, Hideki Takayama, Daiji Okamura
  • Publication number: 20060119682
    Abstract: There is provided an ink jet light-color ink which is excellent in color developability and is capable of achieving compatibility between environmental gas resistance and bronze resistance. The ink jet light-color ink to be used in combination with ink jet deep-color ink has a relatively large coloring material content, and comprises at least water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a coloring material. The ink jet deep-color ink and the ink jet light-color ink satisfy specific conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daiji Okamura, Yoshihisa Takizawa, Shin-ichi Sato, Jun Yoshizawa, Kunihiko Nakamura, Yoshihide Aikawa, Tomohiro Yamashita, Masanori Jinnou
  • Publication number: 20060119685
    Abstract: To provide an ink jet yellow ink having a favorable color tone and capable of providing an image excellent in humidity resistance. The ink jet yellow ink of the present invention is an ink jet yellow ink to be used in combination with an ink jet light-color ink comprising at least a coloring material and a water-soluble organic solvent, wherein the coloring material of the ink jet yellow ink is a compound represented by the following General Formula (I) or a salt thereof, and wherein the ink jet light-color ink satisfies a specific condition; General Formula (I): wherein M's each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal, an alkali earth metal, a cation of organic amine or an ammonium ion, and n's each independently represent 1 or 2; and Y?2.8X+10 Expression (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yamashita, Shin-ichi Sato, Jun Yoshizawa, Kunihiko Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20060119683
    Abstract: To provide an ink jet yellow ink to be used in combination with ink excellent in light resistance and environmental gas resistance with a color fading balance with respect to light and an environmental gas between the inks uniformized. The ink jet yellow ink is an ink jet yellow ink to be used for forming an image together with a cyan ink comprising a compound represented by a general formula (1) or a compound represented by a general formula (2) as a coloring material, the ink jet yellow ink comprising: at least one kind of coloring material selected from the following A group; and at least one kind of coloring material selected from the following B group. A group: C.I. Direct Yellow 132 and C.I. Direct Yellow 173 B group: C.I. Direct Yellow 142, C.I. Direct Yellow 86, and a compound represented by a general formula (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jun Yoshizawa, Shin-ichi Sato, Kunihiko Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20060109324
    Abstract: Provided is an ink jet ink containing a coloring material having a buffer region in an ink use range, the ink jet ink being capable of suppressing the occurrence of the deterioration (dissolution) of a heating portion surface in contact with liquid; and the disconnection of wiring for applying a voltage to a heating portion even when long term continuous printing is performed. The ink jet ink is used for an ink jet recording apparatus equipped with a recording head having a heating portion surface in contact with liquid comprising a metal and/or a metal oxide. The ink jet ink contains a coloring material in a content (mass %) of 3 mass % or more with respect to the total mass of the ink jet ink. The coloring material is a colorant having a buffer region in an ink use range, and comprises a compound represented by the following general formula (I) and/or a compound represented by the following general formula (II).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kuniaki Fujimoto, Shin-ichi Sato, Jun Yoshizawa, Yoshihide Aikawa, Kunihiko Nakamura, Masanori Jinnou