Patents by Inventor Katsuyuki Kito

Katsuyuki Kito 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: 20110230582
    Abstract: An energy ray-curable inkjet ink composition comprising polymerizable compounds containing a monofunctional monomer, (A) a reactive oligomer having a rate of elongation of 130% or more and a weight average molecular weight of not less than 800 and less than 3,000 and (B) a reactive oligomer having a rate of elongation of 130% or more and a weight average molecular weight of not less than 3,000 and not more than 8,000, provided that one of the reactive oligomers (A) and (B) is not more than difunctional and the other is not less than difunctional, at least one polymerization initiator selected from the group consisting of (C) an acylphosphine oxide initiator and (D) an ?-aminoalkylphenone initiator, a surface tension modifier, and a colorant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Kito, Satoshi Kobayashi, Kunihiko Koyama
  • Publication number: 20110028586
    Abstract: The present invention provides an energy ray-curable inkjet ink composition which is excellent in stretchability for a printed film and, at the same time, is excellent in curability, adherability and the continuous discharge property. The present invention relates to an energy ray-curable inkjet ink composition containing at least a coloring material, 8 to 60% by mass of a monofunctional monomer (A) having a glass transition temperature of lower than ?25° C., 25 to 40% by mass of a difunctional oligomer (B) having an elongation rate of 130% or more at 25° C. when a single oligomer is polymerized, at least one kind of a photopolymerization initiator (C) selected from the group consisting of an acylphosphine oxide initiator (C-1), and a mixed initiator (C-2) of an ?-aminoalkylphenone initiator and a thioxanthone initiator, and a surface tension conditioner (D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Kito, Satoshi Kobayashi, Kunihiko Koyama
  • Publication number: 20110015294
    Abstract: The present invention provides an energy ray-curable ink composition excellent in the continuous discharge property, and excellent in curability and adherability. The present invention relates to an energy ray-curable ink composition which contains a coloring agent, contains only a monofunctional monomer having an acrylic equivalent of 300 or less, and having one ethylenic double bond in one molecule, and a polyfunctional monomer having an acrylic equivalent of 150 or less, and having two or more ethylenic double bonds in one molecule as a polymerizable compound, contains an ?-aminoalkylphenone compound and a thioxanthone compound as a photopolymerization initiator, and contains a silicone compound having a polydimethylsiloxane structure as a surface conditioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Kito, Masayuki Oya, Satoshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7732505
    Abstract: An active energy ray-curable ink composition comprising a colorant, a monomer and a photopolymerization initiator, in which the monomer contains an acrylamide derivative in an amount of 10 to 90% by weight based on the whole weight of the ink composition, and the ink composition has a viscosity of 3 to 35 mPa·s at 25° C. The ink composition has a low viscosity without dilution by a diluent solvent, good storage stability, good pigment dispersibility when a pigment is used as a colorant and also good continuous ejection stability to a printing medium, has a good curing property at a low energy level such as a cumulative amount of light of 150 mJ/cm2 or less, and it can attain good printing quality on nonabsorbable printing medium and achieves good adhesion of printed images to the printing medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Kito, Nagayuki Takao
  • Publication number: 20090197988
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an energy ray-curable ink composition which is excellent in curability and adhesion, and is also excellent in storage stability. The present invention relates to an energy ray-curable ink composition comprising a coloring material; a polyfunctional monomer having three or more ethylenical double bonds in one molecule as a polymerizable compound; an ?-aminoalkylphenone-based compound and a thioxanthone-based compound as photopolymerization initiators; and a hindered amine-based compound having a 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl group as an antigelling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Kito, Masayuki Oya, Satoshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20080076846
    Abstract: An active energy ray-curable ink composition comprising a colorant, a monomer and a photopolymerization initiator, in which the monomer contains an acrylamide derivative in an amount of 10 to 90% by weight based on the whole weight of the ink composition, and the ink composition has a viscosity of 3 to 35 mPa·s at 25° C. The ink composition has a low viscosity without dilution by a diluent solvent, good storage stability, good pigment dispersibility when a pigment is used as a colorant and also good continuous ejection stability to a printing medium, has a good curing property at a low energy level such as a cumulative amount of light of 150 mJ/cm2 or less, and it can attain good printing quality on nonabsorbable printing medium and achieves good adhesion of printed images to the printing medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Kito, Nagayuki Takao