Patents by Inventor Kenya Sonobe

Kenya Sonobe 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: 20110207039
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor is disclosed, in which an outermost surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is made of a cured film of a composition including a compound represented by the following Formula (M1) and a charge transporting material having a chain polymerizable functional group:
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru YAMADA, Katsumi NUKADA, Takatsugu DOI, Tsuyoshi MIYAMOTO, Kenya SONOBE
  • Publication number: 20110195354
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor including a photosensitive layer on a conductive substrate, an outermost layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor including a cured film of a composition which includes at least one charge transporting compound (a) having a charge transporting skeleton and at least two structural units represented by R—O—CO—CR??CH—R? in the same molecule, and at least one polycarbonate resin; a ratio (IA/IC) of an absorption peak intensity (IA) resulting from stretching vibration of a carbonyl group originating from the structural unit represented by R—O—CO—CR??CH—R? of the charge transporting compound (a) to an absorption peak intensity (IC) resulting from stretching vibration of a carbonyl group originating from the polycarbonate resin in an IR absorption spectrum of the outermost layer being from about 0.5 to about 10, and a width at half maximum of the absorption peak of the absorption peak intensity (IA) being about 25 cm?1 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumi NUKADA, Wataru YAMADA, Tsuyoshi MIYAMOTO, Kenya SONOBE, Takatsugu DOI
  • Publication number: 20100233488
    Abstract: A polyamic acid composition including a polyamic acid, the polyamic acid having an imidization ratio of from about 5.0% to about 25.0%, and being obtained by reacting a diamine compound, a tetracarboxylic dianhydride and an acid monoanhydride at an amount ratio that satisfies the following formula (1): 0.970<Y/X<0.998 and Formula (2): 0.00<Z/2(X?Y)<0.50. In Formula (1) and Formula (2), X represents a content (mol) of the diamine compound, Y represents a content (mol) of the tetracarboxylic dianhydride, and Z represents a content of the acid monoanhydride (mol).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenya SONOBE
  • Patent number: 7772310
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyacetal resin composition comprising (I) a polyacetal resin; and per 100 parts by weight thereof, (II) more than 5 parts by weight but less than 100 parts by weight of calcium carbonate, wherein the calcium carbonate has an average particle diameter of 0.1 to less than 1.5 ?m and an average aspect ratio (L/D) which is a ratio of average major axis (L) of particles to average minor axis (D) of particles (D) of 3 or less; (III) 0.005 to 10 parts by weight of an organic acid; and (IV) 0 to less than 0.05 part by weight of a fatty acid ester, wherein the amount of Na relative to Ca is 250 ppm or less while the amount of Sr relative to Ca is 500 to 2500 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Kenya Sonobe, Noritaka Tanimura
  • Publication number: 20100078596
    Abstract: A polyamic acid composition includes a conductive carbon black and a polyamic acid in which a diamine compound, a tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride, and an acid monoanhydride have been reacted at a quantitative ratio satisfying the following Relational Expression (1) and Relational Expression (2). In Relational Expressions (1) and (2), X represents a content by mol of the diamine compound, Y represents a content by mol of the tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride, and Z represents a content by mol of the acid monoanhydride. 0.962?Y/X?0.997??Relational Expression (1) 0.20?Z/2(X?Y)<0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenya SONOBE
  • Patent number: 7638569
    Abstract: The present invention is an injection-molded gear made of a polyacetal resin composition comprising a polyacetal and a filler having a particular shape and particle diameter. An object thereof is to provide a gear which has durability and is excellent in the balance between dimensional accuracy and rotation transmission accuracy. Specifically, the gear is an injection-molded gear made of a polyacetal resin composition comprising more than 5 and less than 100 parts by mass of a filler (II) having a particle size distribution satisfying a particular expression and an average aspect ratio (L/D), i.e., a ratio of an average major-axis length (L) of the particles to an average minor-axis length (D) of the particles, of less than 3 and 0 or less than 10 parts by mass of an organic acid (III) based on 100 parts by mass of a polyacetal (I), characterized in that the gear comprises 10% or less of aggregates of the filler (II) having an aggregate diameter of 3 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Kenya Sonobe, Miho Sonobe
  • Publication number: 20090318600
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyacetal resin composition comprising (I) a polyacetal resin; and per 100 parts by weight thereof, (II) more than 5 parts by weight but less than 100 parts by weight of calcium carbonate, wherein the calcium carbonate has an average particle diameter of 0.1 to less than 1.5 ?m and an average aspect ratio (L/D) which is a ratio of average major axis (L) of particles to average minor axis (D) of particles (D) of 3 or less; (III) 0.005 to 10 parts by weight of an organic acid; and (IV) 0 to less than 0.05 part by weight of a fatty acid ester, wherein the amount of Na relative to Ca is 250 ppm or less while the amount of Sr relative to Ca is 500 to 2500 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenya Sonobe, Noritaka Tanimura
  • Patent number: 7625969
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyacetal resin composition comprising (I) a polyacetal resin; and per 100 parts by weight thereof, (II) more than 5 parts by weight but less than 100 parts by weight of calcium carbonate, wherein the calcium carbonate has an average particle diameter of 0.1 to less than 1.5 ?m and an average aspect ratio (L/D) which is a ratio of average major axis (L) of particles to average minor axis (D) of particles (D) of 3 or less; (III) 0.00.5 to 10 parts by weight of an organic acid; and (IV) 0 to less than 0.05 part by weight of a fatty acid ester, wherein the amount of Na relative to Ca is 250 ppm or less while the amount of Sr relative to Ca is 500 to 2500 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Kenya Sonobe, Noritaka Tanimura
  • Publication number: 20090137712
    Abstract: The present invention is an injection-molded gear made of a polyacetal resin composition comprising a polyacetal and a filler having a particular shape and particle diameter. An object thereof is to provide a gear which has durability and is excellent in the balance between dimensional accuracy and rotation transmission accuracy. Specifically, the gear is an injection-molded gear made of a polyacetal resin composition comprising more than 5 and less than 100 parts by mass of a filler (II) having a particle size distribution satisfying a particular expression and an average aspect ratio (L/D), i.e., a ratio of an average major-axis length (L) of the particles to an average minor-axis length (D) of the particles, of less than 3 and 0 or less than 10 parts by mass of an organic acid (III) based on 100 parts by mass of a polyacetal (I), characterized in that the gear comprises 10% or less of aggregates of the filler (II) having an aggregate diameter of 3 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenya Sonobe, Miho Sonobe
  • Publication number: 20070179231
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyacetal resin composition comprising (I) a polyacetal resin; and per 100 parts by weight thereof, (II) more than 5 parts by weight but less than 100 parts by weight of calcium carbonate, wherein the calcium carbonate has an average particle diameter of 0.1 to less than 1.5 ?m and an average aspect ratio (L/D) which is a ratio of average major axis (L) of particles to average minor axis (D) of particles (D) of 3 or less; (III) 0.00.5 to 10 parts by weight of an organic acid; and (IV) 0 to less than 0.05 part by weight of a fatty acid ester, wherein the amount of Na relative to Ca is 250 ppm or less while the amount of Sr relative to Ca is 500 to 2500 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenya Sonobe, Noritaka Tanimura
  • Patent number: 7067577
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin composition comprising a resin and apatite, wherein referring to the particulate form of said apatite present in the resin composition thus obtained, the apatite is present in a particulate form having an average diameter or average thickness (d) of not greater than 100 nm and an average aspect ratio (L/D) of not smaller than 5 as defined by the ratio of the average length (L) to said average diameter or average thickness (d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaaki Aramaki, Kenya Sonobe
  • Publication number: 20040034141
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a physically well-balanced resin composition excellent in strength, rigidity and heat resistance as well as in percent weld strength retention, dimensional properties, external surface appearance and reworkability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Masaaki Aramaki, Kenya Sonobe