Patents by Inventor Kiyohiro YAMANAKA

Kiyohiro YAMANAKA 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: 9733586
    Abstract: A resin composite particle includes a continuous phase formed of a polyester resin, and a dispersed phase formed of a vinyl resin and dispersed in the continuous phase, the volume average particle diameter of the resin composite particles being from 50 nm to 1,000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kousaku Yoshimura, Tomohiro Shinya, Kiyohiro Yamanaka, Shinpei Takagi
  • Publication number: 20170052466
    Abstract: A resin composite particle includes a continuous phase formed of a polyester resin, and a dispersed phase formed of a vinyl resin and dispersed in the continuous phase, the volume average particle diameter of the resin composite particles being from 50 nm to 1,000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kousaku YOSHIMURA, Tomohiro SHINYA, Kiyohiro YAMANAKA, Shinpei TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 9329511
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles containing an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin, wherein when a softening temperature is measured at 30 points in surface layer parts of the toner particles, a difference (TH(° C.)?TL(° C.)) between a maximum value (TH(° C.)) and a minimum value (TL(° C.)) out of the softening temperatures at the 30 points is from 25° C. to 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Yamanaka, Soichiro Kitagawa, Tomohiro Shinya, Shinpei Takagi
  • Patent number: 9285696
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes an unsaturated polyester resin that contains a structural unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid component having an ethylenically unsaturated bond and a structural unit derived from a dialcohol component having a rosin ester group, wherein a surface layer portion of the toner contains a crosslinked material of the unsaturated polyester resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Shinya, Shinpei Takagi, Soichiro Kitagawa, Kiyohiro Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20150072276
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes an unsaturated polyester resin that contains a structural unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid component having an ethylenically unsaturated bond and a structural unit derived from a dialcohol component having a rosin ester group, wherein a surface layer portion of the toner contains a crosslinked material of the unsaturated polyester resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro SHINYA, Shinpei TAKAGI, Soichiro KITAGAWA, Kiyohiro YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20150050590
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles containing an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin, wherein when a softening temperature is measured at 30 points in surface layer parts of the toner particles, a difference (TH(° C.)?TL(° C.)) between a maximum value (TH(° C.)) and a minimum value (TL(° C.)) out of the softening temperatures at the 30 points is from 25° C. to 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyohiro YAMANAKA, Soichiro KITAGAWA, Tomohiro SHINYA, Shinpei TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20150044602
    Abstract: There is provided an electrostatic image-developing toner containing an amorphous polyester resin, a crystalline polyester resin, and a resin particle incompatible with the amorphous polyester resin, wherein the amorphous polyester resin contains an amorphous polyester resin having an ethylenically unsaturated bond and a surface layer part contains a crosslinking product of the amorphous polyester resin having an ethylenically unsaturated bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soichiro KITAGAWA, Shinpei TAKAGI, Kiyohiro YAMANAKA, Tomohiro SHINYA
  • Patent number: 8735042
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes: a release agent; a pigment; and a binder resin. The content of the pigment is from about 10% by weight to about 50% by weight, the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the toner is in the range of from about ?60° C. to about 20° C., and the Young's modulus at 20° C. is in the range of from about 1×100 MPa to about 1×103 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kamiwaki, Kiyohiro Yamanaka, Yusuke Ikeda, Koji Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8465895
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner contains a binder resin and at least two different kinds of white pigments, wherein from about 10% by weight to about 30% by weight of the at least two kinds of white pigments is porous titanium oxide having a volume average particle diameter of from about 0.01 ?m to about 1 ?m, a particle size distribution (volume average particle size distribution index GSDv) of from 1.1 to 1.3 and a BET specific surface area of from about 250 m2/g to about 500 m2/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yusuke Ikeda, Yukiaki Nakamura, Kiyohiro Yamanaka, Satoshi Kamiwaki
  • Patent number: 8465894
    Abstract: A red toner for electrostatic image development, includes: a binder resin; a coloring agent; and a release agent, wherein the red toner for electrostatic image development satisfies the following formulae: 0.3<ID<1.2 5°<A<35° wherein ID represents an image density when a first image is formed on a recording material with a toner loaded amount of 4.0 g/m2 of the red toner; and A represents a hue angle of the first image expressed by an L*a*b* color coordinate space, provided that a hue angle of 0° is on the a*+ axis and a hue angle of 90° is on the b*+ axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Yamanaka, Satoshi Yoshida, Masanobu Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 8431301
    Abstract: There is provided a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image including a binder resin, a colorant and a releasing agent, wherein the content ratio of particles having a number particle diameter of 4.5 ?m or more and less than 7.5 ?m and a circularity degree of 0.980 or more is in a range from about 5 number % to about 15 number %, and the content ratio of particles having a number particle diameter of not 7.5 ?m or more and less than 15 ?m and a circularity degree of 0.900 or more and less than 0.940 is about 5 number % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanobu Ninomiya, Kiyohiro Yamanaka, Hirokazu Hamano, Eisuke Iwazaki, Hiroshi Nakazawa
  • Publication number: 20130011774
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes: a release agent; a pigment; and a binder resin. The content of the pigment is from about 10% by weight to about 50% by weight, the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the toner is in the range of from about ?60° C. to about 20° C., and the Young's modulus at 20° C. is in the range of from about 1×100 MPa to about 1×103 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi KAMIWAKI, Kiyohiro YAMANAKA, Yusuke IKEDA, Koji SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20120148948
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner contains a binder resin and at least two different kinds of white pigments, wherein from about 10% by weight to about 30% by weight of the at least two kinds of white pigments is porous titanium oxide having a volume average particle diameter of from about 0.01 ?m to about 1 ?m, a particle size distribution (volume average particle size distribution index GSDv) of from 1.1 to 1.3 and a BET specific surface area of from about 250 m2/g to about 500 m2/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke IKEDA, Yukiaki NAKAMURA, Kiyohiro YAMANAKA, Satoshi KAMIWAKI
  • Publication number: 20100183964
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing green toner includes: a binder resin; a coloring agent; and a release agent, and the electrostatic image developing green toner satisfying the following equations: 0.3<ID<1.2 160°<A<190° wherein ID represents an image density at a time when a first image is formed by a loading amount of 4.0 g/m2 of the green toner on a recording member; and A represents a hue angle of the first image represented by an L*a*b* color coordinate space, provided that an upside of a*+axis is taken as hue angle 0° and an upside of b*+axis is taken as hue angle 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi YOSHIDA, Kiyohiro YAMANAKA, Masanobu NINOMIYA
  • Publication number: 20100183965
    Abstract: A red toner for electrostatic image development, includes: a binder resin; a coloring agent; and a release agent, wherein the red toner for electrostatic image development satisfies the following formulae: 0.3<ID<1.2 5°<A<35° wherein ID represents an image density when a first image is formed on a recording material with a toner loaded amount of 4.0 g/m2 of the red toner; and A represents a hue angle of the first image expressed by an L*a*b* color coordinate space, provided that a hue angle of 0° is on the a*+ axis and a hue angle of 90° is on the b*+ axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyohiro YAMANAKA, Satoshi YOSHIDA, Masanobu NINOMIYA
  • Publication number: 20090233210
    Abstract: There is provided a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image including a binder resin, a colorant and a releasing agent, wherein the content ratio of particles having a number particle diameter of 4.5 ?m or more and less than 7.5 ?m and a circularity degree of 0.980 or more is in a range from about 5 number % to about 15 number %, and the content ratio of particles having a number particle diameter of not 7.5 ?m or more and less than 15 ?m and a circularity degree of 0.900 or more and less than 0.940 is about 5 number % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanobu NINOMIYA, Kiyohiro YAMANAKA, Hirokazu HAMANO, Eisuke IWAZAKI, Hiroshi NAKAZAWA