Patents by Inventor Kenshi MIYAJIMA

Kenshi MIYAJIMA 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: 11079694
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic charge image development is a toner for electrostatic charge image development including toner particles containing a binder resin and an external additive, wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous polyester resin, the external additive includes Al—Si composite oxide particles, and a Si element content of the Al—Si composite oxide particles is in the range of 50 to 90 mass % and a Si element ratio on surfaces of the Al—Si composite oxide particles is in the range of 3 to 35 at %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kenshi Miyajima, Shinya Obara, Ikuko Sakurada
  • Publication number: 20200292952
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic charge image development is a toner for electrostatic charge image development including toner particles containing a binder resin and an external additive, wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous polyester resin, the external additive includes Al—Si composite oxide particles, and a Si element content of the Al—Si composite oxide particles is in the range of 50 to 90 mass % and a Si element ratio on surfaces of the Al—Si composite oxide particles is in the range of 3 to 35 at %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Kenshi MIYAJIMA, Shinya OBARA, Ikuko SAKURADA
  • Patent number: 10481513
    Abstract: The toner for electrostatic charge development includes a toner particle including: a toner base particle containing a binder resin and a release agent; and an external additive containing titanium dioxide. The number fraction of the toner particle containing the titanium dioxide is 0.1% or more and 2.0% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kenshi Miyajima, Kouji Sugama
  • Patent number: 10379452
    Abstract: Provided is a color image forming process using colorant-containing toners of multiple colors containing colorants respectively having different resistances, wherein each of the colorant-containing toners contains an amorphous resin, a crystalline polyester resin, and a mold release agent, at least the crystalline polyester resin contained in the colorant-containing toner other than the colorant-containing toner containing a colorant having the lowest resistance contains a hybrid crystalline polyester resin formed by bonding a crystalline polyester polymerized segment and an amorphous polymerized segment, and the content of the amorphous polymerized segment in the hybrid crystalline polyester resin contained in the colorant-containing toner other than the colorant-containing toner containing a colorant having the lowest resistance is greater than the content of the amorphous polymerized segment in the crystalline polyester resin contained in the colorant-containing toner containing a colorant having the lowes
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Natsuki Ito, Noboru Ueda, Kouji Sugama, Kenshi Miyajima, Yohei Ohno, Hidehito Haruki, Keisuke Asano
  • Publication number: 20190212665
    Abstract: The toner for electrostatic charge development includes a toner particle including: a toner base particle containing a binder resin and a release agent; and an external additive containing titanium dioxide. The number fraction of the toner particle containing the titanium dioxide is 0.1% or more and 2.0% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Kenshi MIYAJIMA, Kouji SUGAMA
  • Patent number: 10203621
    Abstract: An image forming method includes using yellow toner, magenta toner, cyan toner, and black toner in which each of the yellow toner, the magenta toner, the cyan toner, and the black toner includes a crystalline polyester resin having a constitutional unit derived from a linear chain aliphatic diol, an amorphous resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent. A carbon number of a linear chain aliphatic diol component forming the crystalline polyester resin contained in the black toner is 6 or more, and a carbon number of a linear chain aliphatic diol component forming the crystalline polyester resin contained in each of the yellow toner, the magenta toner, and the cyan toner is 3 or more and 5 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kenshi Miyajima, Noboru Ueda, Kouji Sugama, Natsuki Ito, Yohei Ohno, Hidehito Haruki, Keisuke Asano
  • Publication number: 20180307152
    Abstract: Provided is a color image forming process using colorant-containing toners of multiple colors containing colorants respectively having different resistances, wherein each of the colorant-containing toners contains an amorphous resin, a crystalline polyester resin, and a mold release agent, at least the crystalline polyester resin contained in the colorant-containing toner other than the colorant-containing toner containing a colorant having the lowest resistance contains a hybrid crystalline polyester resin formed by bonding a crystalline polyester polymerized segment and an amorphous polymerized segment, and the content of the amorphous polymerized segment in the hybrid crystalline polyester resin contained in the colorant-containing toner other than the colorant-containing toner containing a colorant having the lowest resistance is greater than the content of the amorphous polymerized segment in the crystalline polyester resin contained in the colorant-containing toner containing a colorant having the lowes
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Natsuki Ito, Noboru Ueda, Kouji Sugama, Kenshi Miyajima, Yohei Ohno, Hidehito Haruki, Keisuke Asano
  • Publication number: 20180157186
    Abstract: An image forming method includes using yellow toner, magenta toner, cyan toner, and black toner in which each of the yellow toner, the magenta toner, the cyan toner, and the black toner includes a crystalline polyester resin having a constitutional unit derived from a linear chain aliphatic diol, an amorphous resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent. A carbon number of a linear chain aliphatic diol component forming the crystalline polyester resin contained in the black toner is 6 or more, and a carbon number of a linear chain aliphatic diol component forming the crystalline polyester resin contained in each of the yellow toner, the magenta toner, and the cyan toner is 3 or more and 5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Kenshi MIYAJIMA, Noboru Ueda, Kouji Sugama, Natsuki Ito, Yohei Ohino, Hidehito Haruki, Keisuke Asano
  • Patent number: 9983495
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner including a toner particle, wherein the toner particle contains a vinyl resin which is a polymer of a vinyl monomer having an acid group, a polyester resin, at least one of aluminum (Al) and magnesium (Mg), and tin (Sn), and when net intensities of Al, Mg and Sn in the toner particle measured by fluorescent X-ray analysis are respectively expressed as IAl, IMg and ISn, a ratio (IAl+IMg)/ISn is within a range of 0.5 to 2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Junya Ueda, Kenshi Miyajima, Takaki Kawamura
  • Patent number: 9915883
    Abstract: The toner of the present invention is an electrostatic latent image developing toner, and has a toner base particle. The toner base particle contains a binder resin including a crystalline resin, and a release agent. The toner has the maximum value G?MAX at a temperature equal to or lower than Tm, among specific storage elastic modulus ratios, of 2.2 or more. The Tm represents a peak top temperature (° C.) of a specific endothermic peak in DSC of the toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Takaki Kawamura, Kenshi Miyajima, Junya Ueda
  • Publication number: 20170242358
    Abstract: The toner of the present invention is an electrostatic latent image developing toner, and has a toner base particle. The toner base particle contains a binder resin including a crystalline resin, and a release agent. The toner has the maximum value G?MAX at a temperature equal to or lower than Tm, among specific storage elastic modulus ratios, of 2.2 or more. The Tm represents a peak top temperature (° C.) of a specific endothermic peak in DSC of the toner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Takaki KAWAMURA, Kenshi MIYAJIMA, Junya UEDA
  • Publication number: 20170212440
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner including a toner particle, wherein the toner particle contains a vinyl resin which is a polymer of a vinyl monomer having an acid group, a polyester resin, at least one of aluminum (Al) and magnesium (Mg), and tin (Sn), and when net intensities of Al, Mg and Sn in the toner particle measured by fluorescent X-ray analysis are respectively expressed as IAl, IMg and ISn, a ratio (IAl+IMg)/ISn is within a range of 0.5 to 2.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Junya UEDA, Kenshi MIYAJIMA, Takaki KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20170023872
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image-developing toner includes a styrene-acrylic resin, an amorphous polyester resin, and a crystalline polyester resin. The electrostatic latent image-developing toner shows maximum absorption peaks at least in absorption wavenumber ranges of 690 to 710 cm?1, 1190 to 1220 cm?1, and 1230 to 1300 cm?1 in an absorption spectrum measured by attenuated total reflection with a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer. The ratio (P3/P1) of the height (P3) of the maximum absorption peak in the range of 1230 to 1300 cm?1 to the height (P1) of the maximum absorption peak in the range of 690 to 710 cm?1 is 0.02 to 6.00.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Junya UEDA, Shiro HIRANO, Kenshi MIYAJIMA
  • Patent number: 9377703
    Abstract: According to one implementation, a toner includes a toner mother particle and a convex portion on a surface of the toner mother particle. The toner mother particle includes at least a resin (1). The convex portion is formed from a resin particle including at least a resin (2). An average value of a length of a long side of the convex portion is within a range of 0.1 to 0.5 ?m. A ratio between a Young's modulus of a non-convex portion of the toner mother particle (ER (1)) and a Young's modulus of a convex portion of the toner mother particle (ER (2)) is a value (ER (1)/ER (2)) within the range of 1.2 to 2.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Junichi Furukawa, Shiro Hirano, Kenshi Miyajima, Naoya Tonegawa, Asao Matsushima, Tatsuya Nagase
  • Patent number: 9304421
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes a toner base particle which contains at least a binder resin, and has a domain-matrix structure, in which a matrix contains a styrene-acrylic resin, a domain contains an amorphous resin which is formed by combining a vinyl-based polymerized segment and a polyester-based polymerized segment, and the domain containing the amorphous resin and having a diameter of 100 nm or larger has a number-average domain diameter which falls in the range from 150 to 1000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kouji Sekiguchi, Tatsuya Nagase, Shiro Hirano, Junya Onishi, Kenshi Miyajima, Tatsuya Fujisaki
  • Publication number: 20150072285
    Abstract: According to one implementation, a toner includes a toner mother particle and a convex portion on a surface of the toner mother particle. The toner mother particle includes at least a resin (1). The convex portion is formed from a resin particle including at least a resin (2). An average value of a length of a long side of the convex portion is within a range of 0.1 to 0.5 ?m. A ratio between a Young's modulus of a non-convex portion of the toner mother particle (ER (1)) and a Young's modulus of a convex portion of the toner mother particle (ER (2)) is a value (ER (1)/ER (2)) within the range of 1.2 to 2.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Junichi FURUKAWA, Shiro HIRANO, Kenshi MIYAJIMA, Naoya TONEGAWA, Asao MATSUSHIMA, Tatsuya NAGASE
  • Publication number: 20150064616
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes a toner base particle which contains at least a binder resin, and has a domain-matrix structure, in which a matrix contains a styrene-acrylic resin, a domain contains an amorphous resin which is formed by combining a vinyl-based polymerized segment and a polyester-based polymerized segment, and the domain containing the amorphous resin and having a diameter of 100 nm or larger has a number-average domain diameter which falls in the range from 150 to 1000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Kouji SEKIGUCHI, Tatsuya NAGASE, Shiro HIRANO, Junya ONISHI, Kenshi MIYAJIMA, Tatsuya FUJISAKI
  • Patent number: 8778586
    Abstract: A toner used for electrostatic latent image development which is excellent in fixing separability with maintaining sufficient low temperature fixability even in a high-speed machine and is also superior in crashing resistance, comprising toner particles, each comprising a core particle and a shell layer provided on the surface of the core particle, wherein the core particle comprises a binder resin containing a styrene-acrylic resin and a first styrene-acrylic modified polyester, and the shell comprises a second styrene-acrylic modified polyester resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya Obara, Tatsuya Nagase, Noboru Ueda, Junya Onishi, Tatsuya Fujisaki, Kenshi Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20130004890
    Abstract: A toner used for electrostatic latent image development which is excellent in fixing separability with maintaining sufficient low temperature fixability even in a high-speed machine and is also superior in crashing resistance, comprising toner particles, each comprising a core particle and a shell layer provided on the surface of the core particle, wherein the core particle comprises a binder resin containing a styrene-acrylic resin and a first styrene-acrylic modified polyester, and the shell comprises a second styrene-acrylic modified polyester resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya OBARA, Tatsuya NAGASE, Noboru UEDA, Junya ONISHI, Tatsuya FUJISAKI, Kenshi MIYAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20110123754
    Abstract: Provided is a structural color display material containing a sheet of substrate having: an adhesive layer on a rear surface of the substrate; and a structural color display layer which contains structural color particles and a matrix and exhibits a structural color on a front surface of the substrate, wherein the front surface of the substrate on which is formed the structural color display layer exhibits a water contact angle of 60 to 100°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Aya SHIRAI, Mikio KOUYAMA, Kenshi MIYAJIMA