Patents by Inventor Kouichirou Ochi

Kouichirou Ochi 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: 10228629
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle that contains a hybrid resin A and a crystalline polyester resin B, wherein the hybrid resin A has a polyester segment, and a polypropylene glycol segment that has a number-average molecular weight of at least 300, the polyester segment has a structure derived from a condensation reaction between a dicarboxylic acid and a diol, and has an aromatic ring in at least one of the dicarboxylic acid and the diol, and the following condition is satisfied: |SPh?SPc|?|SPp?SPc|<1 where, SPh is SP value of the polyester segment of the hybrid resin A, SPc is SP value of the crystalline polyester resin B, and SPp is SP value of the polypropylene glycol segment of the hybrid resin A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi Tamura, Hayato Ida, Takaho Shibata, Yuya Chimoto, Kouichirou Ochi, Ryuji Murayama, Daisuke Yamashita, Tomoyo Miyakai, Takashi Hirasa
  • Patent number: 10216106
    Abstract: A method for producing a toner includes a step (1) of forming resin microparticles in an aqueous medium in the presence of a surfactant, a step (2) of aggregating the resin microparticles to form aggregated particles, and a step (3) of heating and the aggregated particles and allowing the aggregated particles to coalesce to form toner particles, in which a resin component in the resin microparticles contains an olefinic copolymer and resin A, the resin A has an acid value of 1 mgKOH/g or more and 50 mgKOH/g or less, the resin A has a SP value of 19.0 (J/cm3)0.5 or more and 21.0 (J/cm3)0.5 or less, and the resin component has an olefinic copolymer content of 50% by mass or more with respect to the total mass of the resin component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyo Miyakai, Junichi Tamura, Hayato Ida, Takaho Shibata, Kouichirou Ochi, Yuya Chimoto, Ryuji Murayama, Daisuke Yamashita, Akemi Watanabe, Takashi Hirasa
  • Patent number: 10203619
    Abstract: A toner including: a binder resin containing an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer; a polysiloxane derivative A represented by structural formula 1; and a polysiloxane derivative B represented by structural formula 2: (in structural formula 1, R1 to R10 each independently represent a methyl group or a phenyl group, and l, m and n each independently represent an integer of at least 1) (in structural formula 2, at least one of R11 to R20 is an organic group having a C4-30 alkyl group, a C4-30 alkoxy group, an acrylic group, an amino group, a methacrylic group or a carboxyl group, the remaining groups among R11 to R20 each independently represent a methyl group or a phenyl group, and p, q and r each independently represent an integer of at least 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Yamashita, Takashi Hirasa, Hayato Ida, Junichi Tamura, Takaho Shibata, Ryuji Murayama, Kouichirou Ochi, Yuya Chimoto, Tomoyo Miyakai
  • Publication number: 20180203370
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle that contains a hybrid resin A and a crystalline polyester resin B, wherein the hybrid resin A has a polyester segment, and a polypropylene glycol segment that has a number-average molecular weight of at least 300, the polyester segment has a structure derived from a condensation reaction between a dicarboxylic acid and a diol, and has an aromatic ring in at least one of the dicarboxylic acid and the diol, and the following condition is satisfied: |SPh?SPc|?|SPp?SPc|<1 where, SPh is SP value of the polyester segment of the hybrid resin A, SPc is SP value of the crystalline polyester resin B, and SPp is SP value of the polypropylene glycol segment of the hybrid resin A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Junichi Tamura, Hayato Ida, Takaho Shibata, Yuya Chimoto, Kouichirou Ochi, Ryuji Murayama, Daisuke Yamashita, Tomoyo Miyakai, Takashi Hirasa
  • Publication number: 20180143547
    Abstract: A method for producing a toner includes a step (1) of forming resin microparticles in an aqueous medium in the presence of a surfactant, a step (2) of aggregating the resin microparticles to form aggregated particles, and a step (3) of heating and the aggregated particles and allowing the aggregated particles to coalesce to form toner particles, in which a resin component in the resin microparticles contains an olefinic copolymer and resin A, the resin A has an acid value of 1 mgKOH/g or more and 50 mgKOH/g or less, the resin A has a SP value of 19.0 (J/cm3)0.5 or more and 21.0 (J/cm3)0.5 or less, and the resin component has an olefinic copolymer content of 50% by mass or more with respect to the total mass of the resin component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Tomoyo Miyakai, Junichi Tamura, Hayato Ida, Takaho Shibata, Kouichirou Ochi, Yuya Chimoto, Ryuji Murayama, Daisuke Yamashita, Akemi Watanabe, Takashi Hirasa
  • Patent number: 9958800
    Abstract: A toner includes a toner particle containing a resin component. The resin component contains an ester group-containing olefin copolymer and an acid group-containing olefin copolymer. For example, the ester group-containing olefin copolymer is an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and the acid group-containing olefin copolymer is an ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymer. The acid group-containing olefin copolymer has an acid value of 50 to 300 mg KOH/g. The content of the ester group-containing olefin copolymer in the resin component is 50 mass % or more based on the total mass of the resin component. The content of the unit derived from the vinyl acetate is 3 mass % or more and 35 mass % or less based on the total mass of the ester group-containing olefin copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuya Chimoto, Hayato Ida, Takaho Shibata, Junichi Tamura, Kouichirou Ochi, Ryuji Murayama, Daisuke Yamashita, Tomoyo Miyakai, Takashi Hirasa, Kentaro Kamae
  • Publication number: 20180067410
    Abstract: A toner including: a binder resin containing an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer; a polysiloxane derivative A represented by structural formula 1; and a polysiloxane derivative B represented by structural formula 2: (in structural formula 1, R1 to R10 each independently represent a methyl group or a phenyl group, and l, m and n each independently represent an integer of at least 1) (in structural formula 2, at least one of R11 to R20 is an organic group having a C4-30 alkyl group, a C4-30 alkoxy group, an acrylic group, an amino group, a methacrylic group or a carboxyl group, the remaining groups among R11 to R20 each independently represent a methyl group or a phenyl group, and p, q and r each independently represent an integer of at least 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Daisuke Yamashita, Takashi Hirasa, Hayato Ida, Junichi Tamura, Takaho Shibata, Ryuji Murayama, Kouichirou Ochi, Yuya Chimoto, Tomoyo Miyakai
  • Publication number: 20170315462
    Abstract: A toner includes a toner particle containing a resin component. The resin component contains an ester group-containing olefin copolymer and an acid group-containing olefin copolymer. For example, the ester group-containing olefin copolymer is an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and the acid group-containing olefin copolymer is an ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymer. The acid group-containing olefin copolymer has an acid value of 50 to 300 mg KOH/g. The content of the ester group-containing olefin copolymer in the resin component is 50 mass % or more based on the total mass of the resin component. The content of the unit derived from the vinyl acetate is 3 mass % or more and 35 mass % or less based on the total mass of the ester group-containing olefin copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Yuya Chimoto, Hayato Ida, Takaho Shibata, Junichi Tamura, Kouichirou Ochi, Ryuji Murayama, Daisuke Yamashita, Tomoyo Miyakai, Takashi Hirasa, Kentaro Kamae
  • Patent number: 9658550
    Abstract: Toner containing toner particles having a resin component, in which the resin component has an olefin-based copolymer and a crystalline polyester resin, the olefin-based copolymer has a unit Y1 represented by Formula (1) and at least one kind of unit Y2 selected from the group consisting of a unit represented by Formula (2) and a unit represented by Formula (3), a content of the olefin-based copolymer contained in the resin component is 50% by mass or more based on a total mass of the resin component, a content of the unit Y2 is 3% by mass or more and 35% by mass or less based on a total mass of the olefin-based copolymer, and a melt flow rate of the olefin-based copolymer is 30 g/10 min or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryuji Murayama, Hayato Ida, Takaho Shibata, Junichi Tamura, Daisuke Yamashita, Akemi Watanabe, Kouichirou Ochi, Yuya Chimoto, Tomoyo Miyakai, Takashi Hirasa
  • Publication number: 20160349645
    Abstract: Toner containing toner particles having a resin component, in which the resin component has an olefin-based copolymer and a crystalline polyester resin, the olefin-based copolymer has a unit Y1 represented by Formula (1) and at least one kind of unit Y2 selected from the group consisting of a unit represented by Formula (2) and a unit represented by Formula (3), a content of the olefin-based copolymer contained in the resin component is 50% by mass or more based on a total mass of the resin component, a content of the unit Y2 is 3% by mass or more and 35% by mass or less based on a total mass of the olefin-based copolymer, and a melt flow rate of the olefin-based copolymer is 30 g/10 min or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Ryuji Murayama, Hayato Ida, Takaho Shibata, Junichi Tamura, Daisuke Yamashita, Akemi Watanabe, Kouichirou Ochi, Yuya Chimoto, Tomoyo Miyakai, Takashi Hirasa