Patents by Inventor Kenichi Kido

Kenichi Kido 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: 5840458
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a developer comprising toner to which laminated titanium oxide is externally added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kido, Katsunori Kurose, Takeshi Arai, Masayuki Hagi
  • Patent number: 5814428
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a toner comprising a specific binder resin, a specific polyethylene wax and a specific polypropylene wax. The present invention further relates to a toner which comprises a binder resin including a specific first resin and a specific second resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kido, Tetsuo Sano, Yoshitaka Sekiguchi, Hiroyuki Fukuda
  • Patent number: 5804350
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a negatively chargeable toner comprising at least a binder resin, carbon black, and charge controller, wherein said charge controller is a colorless or white in color boron compound, and wherein a melt viscosity curve of said negatively chargeable toner has an inflection point of a viscosity slope, an inflection point temperature (T.sub.2) existing within a temperature range of T.sub.1 +20.degree. C. to T.sub.1 +40.degree. C. relative to a flow start temperature (T.sub.1), a first absolute value (.DELTA..eta..sub.1) existing within a range of 4.0.times.10.sup.-2 to 6.0.times.10.sup.-2, said first absolute value. (.DELTA..eta..sub.1) being a mean viscosity slope within a temperature range below the inflection point temperature (T.sub.2), a second absolute value (.DELTA..eta..sub.2) existing less than 2.0.times.10.sup.-2, said second absolute value (.DELTA..eta..sub.2) being a mean viscosity slope within a temperature range higher than said inflection point temperature (T.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Sekiguchi, Tetsuo Sano, Kenichi Kido, Hiroyuki Fukuda
  • Patent number: 5776647
    Abstract: The negatively chargeable toner of the present invention includes a boron compound expressed by the chemical structural formula (A): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 respectively represent substituted or non-substituted aryl group, R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 respectively represent hydrogen atom, alkyl group, substituted or non-substituted aryl group, X represents a cation, and n is an integer of either 1 or 2; to improve charge rise characteristics and charging stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Minolta Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kido, Tetsuo Sano, Yoshitaka Sekiguchi, Hiroyuki Fukuda