Patents by Inventor Kenji Kajiwara

Kenji Kajiwara 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: 20240353782
    Abstract: A polymer film includes at least one type of polymer selected from the group consisting of a resin and rubber and fillers dispersed in the polymer; in which in a case where the polymer film is three-dimensionally analyzed with FIB-SEM, a film thickness of the polymer film is denoted by Tm, and a length of the filler in a film thickness direction of the polymer film is denoted by Lf, a proportion of the number of fillers having Lf/Tm of 0.01 or more and less than 1.0 to the number of all the fillers is more than 40% and less than 100%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji KAJIWARA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Ryohei YOSHIKAWA, Taiki NAGAMATSU, Tomotake INAGAKI, Masayuki SEKO
  • Patent number: 12117752
    Abstract: A resin belt for an image forming apparatus includes a resin base layer containing a filler. The exposed area of the filler on an inner circumferential surface side of the resin base layer is 0.1% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tomotake Inagaki, Ryohei Yoshikawa, Kenji Kajiwara, Yasuhiko Kinuta, Hitoshi Komuro
  • Publication number: 20240327584
    Abstract: A polymer film includes at least one type of polymer selected from a resin and fillers dispersed in the polymer, in which an average maximum length of the fillers in a cross section of the polymer film taken in a thickness direction is 10 ?m or less, and density of the polymer film is 1.0 g/cm3 or more and 2.0 g/cm3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Taiki NAGAMATSU, Masayuki SEKO, Tomotake INAGAKI, Kenji KAJIWARA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Ryohei YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240327605
    Abstract: A composition contains at least one or more thermal conductive fillers and a resin or rubber, in which the fillers have a shape factor SF1 of 120 or more and 400 or less and a shape factor SF2 of 140 or more and 325 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ryohei YOSHIKAWA, Kenji KAJIWARA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Taiki NAGAMATSU, Tomotake INAGAKI, Masayuki SEKO
  • Publication number: 20240329579
    Abstract: A fixing belt includes a substrate layer that contains polyimide and a filler containing a spherical filler and a cleavable flat plate-shaped filler, in which a total amount of the filler is less than 40% by volume with respect to the substrate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroaki TANAKA, Ryohei Yoshikawa, kenji Kajiwara, Taiki Nagamatsu, Tomotake Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20240329580
    Abstract: A resin belt contains a resin, a low-melting-point alloy having a melting point of 370° C. or lower, and a fibrous filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Kenji KAJIWARA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Taiki NAGAMATSU, Tomotake INAGAKI, Ryohei YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 12094737
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a discharge part including a nozzle configured to discharge a processing liquid onto a substrate; a liquid feeder configured to feed the processing liquid to the discharge part; a replenishment part configured to replenish the liquid feeder with the processing liquid to be fed to the discharge part; a connector including a switching valve configured to open/close a flow path between the replenishment part and the liquid feeder; a filter configured to remove foreign matters contained in the processing liquid; a replenishment preparation part configured to open the switching valve after reducing a pressure difference between the inside of the replenishment part and the liquid feeder; and a replenishment controller configured to start replenishment of the processing liquid from the replenishment part to the liquid feeder in a state in which the switching valve is opened by the replenishment preparation part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Masayuki Kajiwara, Katsunori Ichino, Daisuke Ishimaru, Takuya Tajiri, Atsushi Yamamoto, Masato Imamura, Tomohiko Muta, Tetsuro Iriyama, Takeaki Sakamoto, Hiroki Okaguchi, Kenji Adachi
  • Publication number: 20240302775
    Abstract: An endless belt contains a resin, a filler A having an aspect ratio of 5 or more, and two or more fillers B having an aspect ratio of less than 5, in which a volume-based particle size distribution of the fillers B has two or more peaks among which a peak existing on a largest diameter side has a particle size Dmax that is equal to or more than 5 times and equal to or less than 50 times a particle size Dmin of a peak existing on a smallest diameter side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ryohei YOSHIKAWA, Tomotake INAGAKI, Kenji KAJIWARA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Taiki NAGAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20240184231
    Abstract: A resin film includes a resin layer containing at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of a urea-based solvent, an alkoxy group-containing amide-based solvent, and an ester group-containing amide-based solvent, in which a content of the solvent is more than 2,200 ppm and equal to or less than 10,000 ppm with respect to the entire resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hideaki OHARA, Kenji KAJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20240019799
    Abstract: A resin belt for an image forming apparatus includes a resin base layer containing a filler. The exposed area of the filler on an inner circumferential surface side of the resin base layer is 0.1% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tomotake INAGAKI, Ryohei YOSHIKAWA, Kenji KAJIWARA, Yasuhiko KINUTA, Hitoshi KOMURO
  • Patent number: 11774885
    Abstract: A polymer material molded product includes a polymer material and a porous carbon material having an X-ray diffraction spectral characteristic shown in the following (1) or (2), (1): a peak derived from a (002) plane of carbon is observed, a half width of the peak derived from the (002) plane of carbon is 5° or more, and a half width of a peak derived from a (10) plane of carbon is 3.2° or less, and (2): the peak derived from the (002) plane of carbon is not observed, and the half width of the peak derived from the (10) plane of carbon is 3.2° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji Kajiwara, Tomotake Inagaki, Ryohei Yoshikawa, Kenji Omori, Ryosuke Kubota, Jun Kimura, Hideaki Ohara
  • Patent number: 11644776
    Abstract: An endless belt includes a resin and an acicular filler of which a thermal conductivity is 220 W/mK or more and 320 W/mK or less, a volume resistivity is 1011 ?cm or more and 1016 ?cm or less, and a content with respect to the endless belt is 1% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hideaki Ohara, Tomotake Inagaki, Ryohei Yoshikawa, Kenji Omori, Kenji Kajiwara, Junko Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20230119004
    Abstract: A polymer material molded product includes a polymer material and a porous carbon material having an X-ray diffraction spectral characteristic shown in the following (1) or (2), (1): a peak derived from a (002) plane of carbon is observed, a half width of the peak derived from the (002) plane of carbon is 5° or more, and a half width of a peak derived from a (10) plane of carbon is 3.2° or less, and (2): the peak derived from the (002) plane of carbon is not observed, and the half width of the peak derived from the (10) plane of carbon is 3.2° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji KAJIWARA, Tomotake INAGAKI, Ryohei YOSHIKAWA, Kenji OMORI, Ryosuke KUBOTA, Jun KIMURA, Hideaki OHARA
  • Publication number: 20230121642
    Abstract: An endless belt includes a resin and an acicular filler of which a thermal conductivity is 220 W/mK or more and 320 W/mK or less, a volume resistivity is 1011 ?cm or more and 1016 ?cm or less, and a content with respect to the endless belt is 1% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hideaki OHARA, Tomotake INAGAKI, Ryohei YOSHIKAWA, Kenji OMORI, Kenji KAJIWARA, Junko YAMASAKI
  • Patent number: 11339289
    Abstract: A polyimide precursor solution contains a polyimide precursor, wherein in the case where the polyimide precursor is analyzed by gel permeation chromatography, the elution curve of the polyimide precursor has a region A including a higher-molecular-weight peak and a region B including a lower-molecular-weight peak; a weight average molecular weight determined from the region A in terms of polystyrene is approximately 10,000 or more, and a weight average molecular weight determined from the region B in terms of polystyrene is approximately less than 10,000; and when the area of the region A is a and the area of the region B is b, the polyimide precursor satisfies Equation (1) a/(a+b)=approximately from 0.70 to 0.98.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji Kajiwara, Wataru Yamada
  • Patent number: 11215935
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an undercoating layer that is disposed on the conductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer that is disposed on the undercoating layer, in which the undercoating layer contains at least one perinone compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by Formulas (1) and (2), and at least one acceptor compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formula (3) to (15) which are shown in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwasaki, Wataru Yamada, Kenji Kajiwara, Kota Maki
  • Patent number: 11169455
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an undercoating layer, and a photosensitive layer. The undercoating layer that is provided on the conductive substrate and includes a binder resin and a charge transporting material. The binder resin includes a resin obtained by polymerizing a diallyl phthalate compound. The photosensitive layer that is provided on the undercoating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwasaki, Wataru Yamada, Kenji Kajiwara, Kota Maki
  • Patent number: 11150567
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; an undercoat layer that is disposed on the conductive substrate and contains metal titanate compound particles, an electron transporting compound, and a binder resin; and a photosensitive layer on the undercoat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kota Maki, Masahiro Iwasaki, Kenji Kajiwara
  • Patent number: 10890854
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive substrate; and an undercoating layer that is provided between the conductive substrate and the photosensitive layer and includes a charge transport material containing at least one of imide compounds represented by Formula (1) or (2): (in Formulas (1) and (2), R10, R11, R20 or R21 independently represents a group represented by Formula (3) or (4) where X represents a monovalent organic group having at least one of an alkyl group, an alkylene group, an ether group, an ester group, and a keto group, a halogen atom, a nitro group, an aralkyl group, or an aryl group, Y represents a sulfur atom or an oxygen atom, n represents an integer of 0 to 2, and when n represents 2, two X's may be the same or different), and an imide compound is represented by Formula (1A) where Ar represents an aromatic group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms except for a tetravalent perylene group, X1 and X2 each independ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO.. LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwasaki, Ryosuke Fujii, Kenji Kajiwara, Wataru Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200341392
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an undercoating layer, and a photosensitive layer. The undercoating layer that is provided on the conductive substrate and includes a binder resin and a charge transporting material. The binder resin includes a resin obtained by polymerizing a diallyl phthalate compound. The photosensitive layer that is provided on the undercoating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro IWASAKI, Wataru YAMADA, Kenji KAJIWARA, Kota MAKI