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).

  • Publication number: 20130303682
    Abstract: To provide an active energy ray-curable inkjet ink set including ink of at least two different colors, wherein a blending amount of a surface tension adjusting agent to be blended in ink of each color is 1.0 to 5.0% by weight with respect to a total amount of the ink of each color, a difference in the blending amount of the surface tension adjusting agent in the ink of each color is 0.5% by weight or less with respect to a total amount of the ink of each color according to an order of printing, and a difference between maximum and minimum in the blending amount of the surface tension adjusting agent in the ink of each color is made to be 2% by weight or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Yohei KONDA, Yuji KAMEYAMA, Kazuhiro JONAI
  • Patent number: 8507573
    Abstract: There is provided an inkjet ink which has satisfactory storage stability and inkjet ejection stability, exhibits excellent curability, and is capable of forming high quality images on coated paper by an inkjet system. Disclosed is an active energy ray curable inkjet ink composition comprising: 15-75% by weight of at least one polymerizable bifunctional monomer selected from the group consisting of dipropylene glycol diacrylate and 1,9-nonanediol diacrylate; and 1% by weight to 10% by weight of [4-(methylphenylthio)phenyl]phenylmethanone as a photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignees: Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co., Ltd., Toyo Ink Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Kameyama, Norio Suzuki, Yohei Konda, Kazuhiro Jonai
  • Publication number: 20120252919
    Abstract: An ink composition which is used for active energy ray-curable inkjet printing, has excellent curability or adhesiveness to multiple base materials while having low viscosity, and exhibits excellent non-yellowing properties of the printed matter is provided. The composition comprises a polymerizable monomer (A) and photopolymerization initiators (B), the polymerizable monomer comprising 2-(2-vinyloxyethoxy)ethyl acrylate (A-1), and the photopolymerization initiators comprising oligo(2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-(4-(1-methylvinyl)phenyl)propanone) (B-1) and other initiator (B-2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicants: TOYO INK CO., LTD., TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norio Suzuki, Kazuhiro Jonai, Mayuko Okamoto, Yuji Kameyama, Yohei Konda
  • Patent number: 8137793
    Abstract: An active energy ray-curable ink composition having excellent adhesiveness to various base materials and satisfactory ejection stability is provided. An active energy ray-curable inkjet ink composition comprising polymerizable monomers, the polymerizable monomers comprising 60 to 98% by weight of monofunctional monomers, the monofunctional monomers comprising 25 to 65% by weight of isobornyl acrylate and 12.5 to 69% by weight of N-vinyl caprolactam based on the total amount of the polymerizable monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Kameyama, Kazuhiro Jonai, Norio Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8105679
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an active energy beam-curable ink comprising polymerizable monomers, wherein relative to the total of all the polymerizable monomers, the polymerizable monomers comprise from 95 to 99.99% by weight of a monofunctional monomer and from 0.01 to 5% by weight of a polyfunctional monomer, and a cured film of thickness 10 ?m formed using the active energy beam-curable ink exhibits a drawing ability exceeding 120% when stretched at a temperature of 170° C. at a strain rate of 2/min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Jonai, Yasuo Yoshihiro, Daisuke Nishida
  • Publication number: 20120003435
    Abstract: There is provided an inkjet ink which has satisfactory storage stability and inkjet ejection stability, exhibits excellent curability, and is capable of forming high quality images on coated paper by an inkjet system. Disclosed is an active energy ray curable inkjet ink composition comprising: 15-75% by weight of at least one polymerizable bifunctional monomer selected from the group consisting of dipropylene glycol diacrylate and 1,9-nonanediol diacrylate; and 1% by weight to 10% by weight of [4-(methylphenylthio)phenyl]phenylmethanone as a photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicants: TOYO INK CO., LTD., TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji KAMEYAMA, Norio SUZUKI, Yohei KONDA, Kazuhiro JONAI
  • Publication number: 20100233448
    Abstract: An active energy ray-curable ink composition having excellent adhesiveness to various base materials and satisfactory ejection stability is provided. An active energy ray-curable inkjet ink composition comprising polymerizable monomers, the polymerizable monomers comprising 60 to 98% by weight of monofunctional monomers, the monofunctional monomers comprising 25 to 65% by weight of isobornyl acrylate and 12.5 to 69% by weight of N-vinyl caprolactam based on the total amount of the polymerizable monomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: TOYO INK MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji KAMEYAMA, Kazuhiro JONAI, Norio SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20090226675
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an active energy beam-curable inkjet ink comprising a polymerizable monomer, wherein when a cured film obtained upon curing the ink is measured under conditions including an oscillation frequency of 1 Hz, the loss tangent (tan ?) at the glass transition temperature is 2 or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: TOYO INK MFG, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukitoshi Takahashi, Kazuhiro Jonai, Yasuo Yoshihiro
  • Publication number: 20090171007
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an active energy beam-curable ink comprising polymerizable monomers, wherein relative to the total of all the polymerizable monomers, the polymerizable monomers comprise from 95 to 99.99% by weight of a monofunctional monomer and from 0.01 to 5% by weight of a polyfunctional monomer, and a cured film of thickness 10 ?m formed using the active energy beam-curable ink exhibits a drawing ability exceeding 120% when stretched at a temperature of 170° C. at a strain rate of 2/min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Jonai, Yasuo Yoshihiro, Daisuke Nishida
  • Publication number: 20090117343
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an active energy beam-curable inkjet ink comprising a polymerizable monomer and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the polymerizable monomer comprises at least 50% by weight of a monofunctional monomer, and the photopolymerization initiator comprises an initiator represented by either [formula 1] or [formula 2] shown below: (wherein, R1, R2, R3 and R4 each represent, independently, a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, hydroxyl group, amino group, alkyl group, alkoxy group or phenyl group, and n represents an integer from 2 to 10) (wherein, R1, R2 and R3 each represent, independently, a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, hydroxyl group, amino group, alkyl group, alkoxy group or phenyl group).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Nishida, Kazuhiro Jonai, Yasuo Yoshihiro, Yukitoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7488513
    Abstract: A method of producing microcapsules having an electrophoretic particle dispersion encapsulated comprises the steps of: emulsifying and dispersing a hydrophobic dispersion having electrophoretic particles dispersed in a hydrophobic medium by using a high-speed rotating stirring apparatus wherein the circumferential speed at the end of a stirring part is 2 m/s to 90 m/s, and the distance (a) between the end of the stirring part and that immobile part of the stirring apparatus which is nearest to the end of the stirring part is 0 mm<(a)<20 mm; and forming microcapsules of the emulsified and dispersed hydrophobic dispersion under stirring with a stirring blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Sakai, Kazuhiro Jonai, Toshiyuki Uemura
  • Publication number: 20050179983
    Abstract: A method of producing microcapsules having an electrophoretic particle dispersion encapsulated comprises the steps of: emulsifying and dispersing a hydrophobic dispersion having electrophoretic particles dispersed in a hydrophobic medium by using a high-speed rotating stirring apparatus wherein the circumferential speed at the end of a stirring part is 2 m/s to 90 m/s, and the distance (a) between the end of the stirring part and that immobile part of the stirring apparatus which is nearest to the end of the stirring part is 0 mm<(a)<20 mm; and forming microcapsules of the emulsified and dispersed hydrophobic dispersion under stirring with a stirring blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Sakai, Kazuhiro Jonai, Toshiyuki Uemura