Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Jonai

Kazuhiro Jonai 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: 11613665
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to a water-based ink for an inkjet containing a pigment, a fixing resin, an organic solvent and water, wherein the fixing resin includes an A-B block polymer having an A block and a B block, the A block contains a structural unit (P-1) having an anionic functional group, and the acid value of the A-B block polymer is from 5 to 80 mgKOH/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Utsugi, Atsushi Yoda, Masahiro Sugihara, Kazuhiro Jonai, Norio Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20230089244
    Abstract: An aqueous ink for inkjet printing containing a colorant, a resin, a wetting agent, a surfactant, and water, in which the wetting agent contains a polyhydric alcohol at 60% by mass or more relative to the total amount of the wetting agent, the polyhydric alcohol having a solubility parameter value of 11.0 to 15.0, the resin contains a (meth)acrylic resin having a polydimethylsiloxane chain structure and a polyether chain structure on a side chain and a weight average molecular weight of 2,000 to 30,000, the (meth)acrylic resin is water soluble, the ratio of the blend amount of the polyhydric alcohol to the blend amount of the (meth)acrylic resin is 1500:1 to 6:1 by mass ratio, and the content of fluorine atoms in the total amount of the aqueous ink is 500 mass ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDING CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi YODA, Mutsuko MASATOKI, Kazuhiro JONAI
  • Patent number: 11541677
    Abstract: An ink set including an inkjet ink, and a treatment liquid used in combination with the inkjet ink, wherein the inkjet ink includes a pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent, a surfactant and water, the treatment liquid includes a coagulant, an organic solvent and water, the coagulant includes calcium nitrate in an amount of 21.5 to 41.7% by mass relative to the total mass of the treatment liquid, an amount of organic solvent having a boiling point at one atmosphere of 240° C. or higher in the treatment liquid is not more than 8% by mass, a pH of the treatment liquid is within a range from 3.5 to 10.5, and a viscosity of the treatment liquid at 25° C. is within a range from 5.5 to 18.5 mPa·s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Mayuko Hayamizu, Atsushi Yoda, Kazuhiro Jonai
  • Patent number: 11453792
    Abstract: The invention provides a magenta ink for inkjet which yields distinct images having high gloss and no density irregularities or voids upon inkjet printing onto low-absorption substrates, exhibits excellent discharge stability after long standby periods, and can provide excellent drying properties even during high-speed printing; and also provides an ink set that can suppress mixed color bleeding and achieve superior color reproducibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masahiro Sugihara, Atsushi Yoda, Yoshihito Suzuki, Kazuhiro Jonai
  • Patent number: 11453797
    Abstract: An ink set containing an inkjet ink and a treatment liquid, wherein the inkjet ink contains a pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent, a surfactant and water, the water-soluble organic solvent contains an alkyl diol (A) of 2 to 8 carbon atoms, the weighted average boiling point of the water-soluble organic solvent at one atmosphere is from 175 to 240° C., the surfactant contains an acetylenediol-based surfactant, the treatment liquid contains a coagulant, calcium nitrate is included as the coagulant in an amount of 6.8 to 20.8% by mass relative to the total mass of the treatment liquid, and the pH of the treatment liquid is from 2 to 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Mayuko Okamoto, Kazuhiro Jonai, Atsushi Yoda, Norio Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11427723
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to an aqueous inkjet ink containing a pigment (A), a polymer compound (B), a water-soluble organic solvent (C) and a surfactant (D), wherein the water-soluble organic solvent (C) includes ethylene glycol and/or 1,3-propanediol (c1), and a water-soluble organic solvent (c2) having a specific static surface tension, the acid value of the polymer compound (B), the amount of water-soluble organic solvent having a boiling point at 1 atmosphere of 240° C. or higher, and the weight average boiling point at 1 atmosphere for the water-soluble organic solvent (C) are all prescribed values, and the blend amounts of the various components satisfy specific relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Suzuki, Atsushi Yoda, Masahiro Sugihara, Kazuhiro Jonai
  • Patent number: 11359107
    Abstract: An ink set containing an inkjet ink and a treatment liquid used in combination with the inkjet ink, wherein the inkjet ink contains a pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent, a surfactant and water, the water-soluble organic solvent contains a glycol ether-based organic solvent having a specific structure, the treatment liquid contains a coagulant, the coagulant contains calcium nitrate in an amount of 6.8 to 20.8% by mass relative to the total mass of the treatment liquid, and the amount of compounds contained in the treatment liquid that have three or more hydroxyl groups is not more than 15% by mass relative to the total mass of the treatment liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Mayuko Okamoto, Atsushi Yoda, Norio Suzuki, Kazuhiro Jonai
  • Patent number: 11352516
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to a water-based inkjet ink containing at least water, a pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent and a binder resin, wherein the water-soluble organic solvent contains at least a water-soluble organic solvent having a surface tension of 30 to 50 mN/m and a boiling point at 1 atmosphere of 180 to 230° C., in an amount of 15 to 50% by weight relative to the total weight of the water-based inkjet ink, and the acid value of the binder resin is at least 5 mgKOH/g but less than 60 mgKOH/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Atsushi Yoda, Yoshihito Suzuki, Mayuko Okamoto, Kazuhiro Jonai, Norio Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20220073772
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to a water-based inkjet yellow ink containing a yellow pigment (A) having a specific partial structure, an organic solvent, a basic organic compound, and water, wherein an amount of the yellow pigment (A) is 1 to 10% by mass of a total mass of the water-based inkjet yellow ink, the basic organic compound contains 0.1 to 1.25% by mass of a basic organic compound (B) having a pKa value of 9.5 or less at 25° C. of the total mass of the water-based inkjet yellow ink, and an amount of an organic solvent having a boiling point of 240° C. or higher under 1 atmosphere is 5% by mass or less of the total mass of the water-based inkjet yellow ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi YODA, Kazuhiro JONAI, Norio SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210238431
    Abstract: An embodiment of relates to a magenta ink for an inkjet containing two or more pigments, a water-soluble organic solvent (A), a surfactant and water, wherein the two or more pigments contain an azo pigment, an amount of the azo pigment is from 0.5 to 8% by mass of a total mass of the magenta ink and from 35 to 100% by mass of a total mass of the pigments, the solvent (A) contains a specific diol-based solvent (A-1) in a molar amount of from 5 to 250 times a molar amount of the azo pigment, a molar amount of a specific diol-based solvent (A-2) in the solvent (A) is 0.1 times or less the molar amount of the solvent (A-1), and an amount of a cyclic amide-based solvent in the solvent (A) is not more than 4.5% by mass of the total mass of the magenta ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi YODA, Norio SUZUKI, Kazuhiro JONAI
  • Publication number: 20210214569
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to a water-based inkjet ink containing at least water, a pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent and a binder resin, wherein the water-soluble organic solvent contains at least a water-soluble organic solvent having a surface tension of 30 to 50 mN/m and a boiling point at 1 atmosphere of 180 to 230° C., in an amount of 15 to 50% by weight relative to the total weight of the water-based inkjet ink, and the acid value of the binder resin is at least 5 mgKOH/g but less than 60 mgKOH/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi YODA, Yoshihito SUZUKI, Mayuko OKAMOTO, Kazuhiro JONAI, Norio SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210130629
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to an aqueous inkjet ink containing a pigment (A), a polymer compound (B), a water-soluble organic solvent (C) and a surfactant (D), wherein the water-soluble organic solvent (C) includes ethylene glycol and/or 1,3-propanediol (c1), and a water-soluble organic solvent (c2) having a specific static surface tension, the acid value of the polymer compound (B), the amount of water-soluble organic solvent having a boiling point at 1 atmosphere of 240° C. or higher, and the weight average boiling point at 1 atmosphere for the water-soluble organic solvent (C) are all prescribed values, and the blend amounts of the various components satisfy specific relationships.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihito SUZUKI, Atsushi YODA, Masahiro SUGIHARA, Kazuhiro JONAI
  • Patent number: 10995227
    Abstract: A water-based ink-jet which at least contains a pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a surfactant (A), wherein the water-soluble organic solvent is a water-soluble organic solvent having an HLB value determined by Griffin's method of 8 or less, the water-soluble organic solvent being contained in an amount of 10-50 wt % with respect to the total weight of the water based ink-jet ink, and the surfactant (A) comprises an acetylenediol-based surfactant (a1) having an HLD value determined by Griffin's method of 3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Suzuki, Masahiro Sugihara, Masayoshi Utsugi, Kazuhiro Jonai
  • Publication number: 20210060993
    Abstract: An ink set including an inkjet ink, and a treatment liquid used in combination with the inkjet ink, wherein the inkjet ink includes a pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent, a surfactant and water, the treatment liquid includes a coagulant, an organic solvent and water, the coagulant includes calcium nitrate in an amount of 21.5 to 41.7% by mass relative to the total mass of the treatment liquid, an amount of organic solvent having a boiling point at one atmosphere of 240° C. or higher in the treatment liquid is not more than 8% by mass, a pH of the treatment liquid is within a range from 3.5 to 10.5, and a viscosity of the treatment liquid at 25° C. is within a range from 5.5 to 18.5 mPa·s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD, TOYO INK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mayuko HAYAMIZU, Atsushi YODA, Kazuhiro JONAI
  • Publication number: 20200199387
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to a water-based ink for an inkjet containing a pigment, a fixing resin, an organic solvent and water, wherein the fixing resin includes an A-B block polymer having an A block and a B block, the A block contains a structural unit (P-1) having an anionic functional group, and the acid value of the A-B block polymer is from 5 to 80 mgKOH/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYO INK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi UTSUGI, Atsushi YODA, Masahiro SUGIHARA, Kazuhiro JONAI, Norio SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200172754
    Abstract: An ink set containing an inkjet ink and a treatment liquid used in combination with the inkjet ink, wherein the inkjet ink contains a pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent, a surfactant and water, the water-soluble organic solvent contains a glycol ether-based organic solvent having a specific structure, the treatment liquid contains a coagulant, the coagulant contains calcium nitrate in an amount of 6.8 to 20.8% by mass relative to the total mass of the treatment liquid, and the amount of compounds contained in the treatment liquid that have three or more hydroxyl groups is not more than 15% by mass relative to the total mass of the treatment liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYO INK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mayuko OKAMOTO, Atsushi YODA, Norio SUZUKI, Kazuhiro JONAI
  • Publication number: 20200157370
    Abstract: An ink set containing an inkjet ink and a treatment liquid, wherein the inkjet ink contains a pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent, a surfactant and water, the water-soluble organic solvent contains an alkyl diol (A) of 2 to 8 carbon atoms, the weighted average boiling point of the water-soluble organic solvent at one atmosphere is from 175 to 240° C., the surfactant contains an acetylenediol-based surfactant, the treatment liquid contains a coagulant, calcium nitrate is included as the coagulant in an amount of 6.8 to 20.8% by mass relative to the total mass of the treatment liquid, and the pH of the treatment liquid is from 2 to 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicants: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYO INK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mayuko OKAMOTO, Kazuhiro JONAI, Atsushi YODA, Norio SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10647867
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink set for inkjet recording containing a white ink and color inks including a cyan ink, a magenta ink and a yellow ink, wherein each ink independently contains a pigment, a pigment dispersing resin, an organic solvent and water, the pigment dispersing resin A of either the white ink or the color inks has an alkyl chain with a carbon number of 10 or greater, the pigment dispersing resin B of the other of the white ink or the color inks has a polyoxyalkylene chain, and the pigment dispersing resin A and the pigment dispersing resin B are different resins. According to the present invention, an ink set for inkjet recording can be provided that exhibits excellent printability during high-speed printing, even when printing onto less permeable substrates, and is capable of producing sharp image quality with little mixed color bleeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYO INK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sugihara, Yoshihito Suzuki, Kazuhiro Jonai
  • Patent number: 10538723
    Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous maintenance liquid for an active energy ray-curable inkjet ink which can be used as a cleaning liquid for removing the inkjet ink and as a preserving liquid to fill the head when the printer is not in operation. The non-aqueous maintenance liquid for an active energy ray-curable inkjet ink of the present invention comprises a main liquid component, a pigment dispersant resin, and a surface control agent, wherein the main liquid component is an organic solvent and/or an active energy ray-curable compound, and the amount of the surface control agent is 0.01 to 10% by weight in 100% by weight of the maintenance liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD, TOYO INK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Kameyama, Yohei Konda, Kazuhiro Jonai
  • Patent number: 10501654
    Abstract: A pretreatment solution which is used together with an aqueous inkjet ink that contains at least a pigment, wherein the pretreatment solution contains an inorganic metal salt and/or an organic metal salt that exists in a dissolved state, and an organic solvent, the organic solvent contains a compound having one or more hydroxyl groups in each molecule, and the amount of the organic solvent is from 0.1 to 50% by weight based on the total weight of the pretreatment solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYO INK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mayuko Okamoto, Atsushi Yoda, Yoshihito Suzuki, Kazuhiro Jonai