Patents by Inventor Kazumi OURA

Kazumi OURA 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: 20230022529
    Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic charge image developing toner including toner base particles containing a binder resin an a mold release agent, wherein a molecular weight corresponding to a main peak top of a molecular weight distribution curve of constituent components of the electrostatic charge image developing toner obtained by gel permeation chromatography is 15,000 or more; and in comparison of an area ratio of each peak in the molecular weight distribution curve, the binder resin contains an amorphous material of a low molecular weight component having a weight average molecular weight of 300 or more and less than 1000 in the area ratio of 10 to 20% with respect to the total amount of the binder resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Tatsuya FUJISAKI, Junya ONISHI, Kaori FUJINO, Kazumi OURA
  • Publication number: 20220326631
    Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic charge image developing toner containing at least toner particles, wherein the toner particles contain an amorphous vinyl resin, an amorphous polyester resin, a crystalline polyester resin, and an ester wax; the crystalline polyester resin is a crystalline polyester resin obtained by polycondensation of a dicarboxylic acid having a number of carbon atoms in the range of 9 to 14 and a dialcohol having a number of carbon atoms in the range of 9 to 14; the amorphous polyester resin is an amorphous polyester resin containing a constituent unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid having a number of carbon atoms in the range of 9 to 14 or a dialcohol having a number of carbon atoms in the range of 9 to 14; and a sum of the number of carbon atoms of the dicarboxylic acid and the dialcohol is in the range of 18 to 24.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Junya ONISHI, Tatsuya FUJISAKI, Kazumi OURA, Kaori FUJINO
  • Patent number: 10788781
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image forming method for forming a decorated image having a resin layer and a powder contacted with each other, the method including: forming a resin layer on a recording medium; and supplying a powder onto the recording medium, in which, in viscoelasticity measurement of the resin layer, storage modulus G?(1) at 90° C. is 1.0×103 Pa or more and 1.0×106 Pa or less upon carrying out the measurement from 30° C. to 100° C. under conditions of a frequency of 1 Hz and a temperature increasing rate of 3° C./min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kazumi Oura, Michiyo Fujita, Kaori Matsushima
  • Publication number: 20200150577
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image forming method for forming a decorated image having a resin layer and a powder contacted with each other, the method including: forming a resin layer on a recording medium; and supplying a powder onto the recording medium, in which, in viscoelasticity measurement of the resin layer, storage modulus G?(1) at 90° C. is 1.0×103 Pa or more and 1.0×106 Pa or less upon carrying out the measurement from 30° C. to 100° C. under conditions of a frequency of 1 Hz and a temperature increasing rate of 3° C./min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Kazumi OURA, Michiyo FUJITA, Kaori MATSUSHIMA
  • 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: 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