Patents by Inventor Masaki Kudo

Masaki Kudo 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: 20240026180
    Abstract: An ink set is provided that includes a pretreatment liquid containing a resin (R1), a color ink containing a resin (R2), and a clear ink containing a resin (R3), in which the resin (R1), the resin (R2), and the resin (R3) have an identical type of bonding structure in a repeating unit of a molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiminori Masuda, Hiroaki Takahashi, Masaki Kudo
  • Patent number: 11851569
    Abstract: Provided is an ink including water, an organic solvent, resin particles, a first inorganic pigment, and a second inorganic pigment. The first inorganic pigment comprises particulate titanium oxide. The second inorganic pigment comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of acicular titanium oxide, fusiform titanium oxide, and silica particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Hirade, Masaki Kudo, Mio Akima
  • Publication number: 20220403192
    Abstract: A liquid composition contains a coloring material, an organic solvent, a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 below, a resin, and water, wherein the contact angle of water against a liquid composition film formed by attaching the liquid composition to a non-permeable printing medium is 60 degrees or less, where n represents an integer of from 4 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki KUDO, Yukiko Ishijima, Akiko Bannai
  • Patent number: 11499062
    Abstract: An ink contains at least one kind of polyether-modified siloxane compound and at least one kind of aliphatic alcohol alkylene oxide compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Gotou, Yoshiaki Masuda, Masahiko Ishikawa, Masaki Kudo, Kazuhiko Umemura, Keita Katoh, Akihiko Matsuyama, Masayasu Nonogaki, Takeshi Shibuya
  • Publication number: 20220298372
    Abstract: An ink used for printing on a leather includes: a coloring material, an organic solvent, and a resin; where a maximum tensile stress of an ink film formed of the ink is 2 N/mm2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Shimura, Masaki Kudo
  • Patent number: 11274221
    Abstract: An ink includes at least one polyether-modified siloxane compound, and at least one aliphatic alcohol alkylene oxide compound. The mass ratio of the polyether-modified siloxane compound to the aliphatic alcohol alkylene oxide compound in the ink is from 95/5 to 50/50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Umemura, Yuuki Yokohama, Akihiko Matsuyama, Amika Sagara, Masaki Kudo, Mayumi Yoshihara, Kento Sugita
  • Publication number: 20220024220
    Abstract: A processing liquid contains a nonionic resin, a resin particle having a carboxylic acid group, a flocculant, an organic solvent, and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Masaki KUDO, Tomohiro HIRADE, Mio AKIMA
  • Publication number: 20210363369
    Abstract: Provided is an ink including water, an organic solvent, resin particles, and a thickener. The thickener comprises polymer particles having a carboxylic acid structure. A proportion of the thickener in the ink is 0.05% by mass or more. Change in viscosity of the ink between before and after storage of the ink at 70° C. for 1 week is 20% or less. The change in viscosity is expressed by Formula (1): Change in viscosity (%)=[(a?b)/b]×100 . . . Formula (1), where a represents a viscosity (mPa·s) at 25° C. of the ink when the ink is prepared, and b represents a viscosity (mPa·s) at 25° C. of the ink after the ink is stored at 70° C. for 1 week.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Mio AKIMA, Masaki KUDO, Tomohiro HIRADE, Nozomi TERAI
  • Publication number: 20210301156
    Abstract: Provided is an ink including water, an organic solvent, resin particles, a first inorganic pigment, and a second inorganic pigment. The first inorganic pigment comprises particulate titanium oxide. The second inorganic pigment comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of acicular titanium oxide, fusiform titanium oxide, and silica particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Tomohiro HIRADE, Masaki KUDO, Mio AKIMA
  • Patent number: 11104137
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid discharging apparatus including a liquid discharging unit configured to discharge a liquid, and a dummy discharge receptacle including an absorbing member configured to absorb a liquid dummy-discharged by the liquid discharging unit, wherein the liquid discharging unit discharges a liquid having a resin content of 5% by mass or greater, and wherein the absorbing member of the dummy discharge receptacle is formed of melamine foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Tanioku, Hisashi Habashi, Yuusuke Koizuka, Koji Katsuragi, Yuuki Yokohama, Masaki Kudo
  • Patent number: 11059983
    Abstract: An ink comprises a pigment, a quinacridone derivative represented by the following Chemical formula 1. where R1, R2, R3, and R4 each, independently represent hydrogen atoms, halogen atoms, or alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. R5 and R6 each, independently represent alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and m and n each, independently represent 0, 1, or 2, excluding a case where both m and n are simultaneously 0, and a solvent A having an SP value of from 9.0 to 11.0, wherein the proportion of the solvent A in the ink is less than 10 percent by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Matsuyama, Yuuki Yokohama, Amika Sagara, Masaki Kudo, Kazuhiko Umemura, Yukihiro Imanaga, Mayumi Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 10836171
    Abstract: An ink and cleaning liquid set includes an ink comprising a coloring material and a resin and a cleaning liquid comprising water and at least one type of organic solvent, wherein the ink in a dried form has a glass transition temperature of from 40 to 90 degrees C. and the swelling ratio calculated from a mass of a film of the ink in a dried form before and after immersion in the cleaning liquid is 10 percent or greater according to the following relationship 1: swelling ratio (percent)=100×[(B?A)/A] Relationship 1, where A represents the mass of the film before the immersion and B represents the mass of the film after the immersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Amika Sagara, Yuuki Yokohama, Masaki Kudo, Yuusuke Koizuka, Akihiko Matsuyama, Koichiro Oyama
  • Publication number: 20200316945
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid discharging apparatus including a liquid discharging unit configured to discharge a liquid, and a dummy discharge receptacle including an absorbing member configured to absorb a liquid dummy-discharged by the liquid discharging unit, wherein the liquid discharging unit discharges a liquid having a resin content of 5% by mass or greater, and wherein the absorbing member of the dummy discharge receptacle is formed of melamine foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Yuichi Tanioku, Hisashi Habashi, Yuusuke Koizuka, Koji Katsuragi, Yuuki Yokohama, Masaki Kudo
  • Publication number: 20200157366
    Abstract: An ink contains at least one kind of polyether-modified siloxane compound and at least one kind of aliphatic alcohol alkylene oxide compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi GOTOU, Yoshiaki MASUDA, Masahiko ISHIKAWA, Masaki KUDO, Kazuhiko UMEMURA, Keita KATOH, Akihiko MATSUYAMA, Masayasu NONOGAKI, Takeshi SHIBUYA
  • Publication number: 20200016898
    Abstract: An ink and cleaning liquid set includes an ink comprising a coloring material and a resin and a cleaning liquid comprising water and at least one type of organic solvent, wherein the ink in a dried form has a glass transition temperature of from 40 to 90 degrees C. and the swelling ratio calculated from a mass of a film of the ink in a dried form before and after immersion in the cleaning liquid is 10 percent or greater according to the following relationship 1: swelling ratio (percent)=100×[(B?A)/A] Relationship 1, where A represents the mass of the film before the immersion and B represents the mass of the film after the immersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Amika SAGARA, Yuuki YOKOHAMA, Masaki KUDO, Yuusuke KOIZUKA, Akihiko MATSUYAMA, Koichiro OYAMA
  • Patent number: 10461766
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, a signal processing system, and a signal processing method are provided that regulate a change of characteristics in the event of aged deterioration. The semiconductor device of the present invention includes a reference voltage generation circuit that generates a reference voltage, an analog signal processing circuit that outputs a first processing signal according to the reference voltage, a test signal output section that outputs, as a test signal, a second processing signal having a lower voltage than the first processing signal, an input section that receives a regulation signal for the outputted test signal, and a regulator circuit that regulates the output of the analog signal processing circuit in response to the regulation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroto Kodama, Masaki Kudo, Takeshi Kusunoki
  • Publication number: 20190249020
    Abstract: An ink comprises a pigment, a quinacridone derivative represented by the following Chemical formula 1. where R1, R2, R3, and R4 each, independently represent hydrogen atoms, halogen atoms, or alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. R5 and R6 each, independently represent alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and m and n each, independently represent 0, 1, or 2, excluding a case where both m and n are simultaneously 0, and a solvent A having an SP value of from 9.0 to 11.0, wherein the proportion of the solvent A in the ink is less than 10 percent by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Akihiko MATSUYAMA, Yuuki Yokohama, Amika Sagara, Masaki Kudo, Kazuhiko Umemura, Yukihiro Imanaga, Mayumi Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 10328722
    Abstract: An image forming method is provided. The method includes the steps of: applying a liquid composition, comprising a pigment, water, a resin, and an organic solvent, to a recording medium having water-absorptivity to form an image thereon; and winding up the recording medium in a roll form after the applying, wherein the following formulae are satisfied: 1.00×10?3?A?4.00×10?1 0.010?B/A?0.100 where B (mg/cm2) represents an amount of the organic solvent contained in the image after the winding and A (mg/cm2) represents a total amount of the organic solvent contained in the image and the recording medium after the winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keita Katoh, Hiroshi Gotou, Masayasu Nonogaki, Kazuhiko Umemura, Masaki Kudo
  • Publication number: 20190185690
    Abstract: An ink includes at least one polyether-modified siloxane compound, and at least one aliphatic alcohol alkylene oxide compound. The mass ratio of the polyether-modified siloxane compound to the aliphatic alcohol alkylene oxide compound in the ink is from 95/5 to 50/50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuhiko UMEMURA, Yuuki YOKOHAMA, Akihiko MATSUYAMA, Amika SAGARA, Masaki KUDO, Mayumi YOSHIHARA, Kento SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20190068211
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, a signal processing system, and a signal processing method are provided that regulate a change of characteristics in the event of aged deterioration. The semiconductor device of the present invention includes a reference voltage generation circuit that generates a reference voltage, an analog signal processing circuit that outputs a first processing signal according to the reference voltage, a test signal output section that outputs, as a test signal, a second processing signal having a lower voltage than the first processing signal, an input section that receives a regulation signal for the outputted test signal, and a regulator circuit that regulates the output of the analog signal processing circuit in response to the regulation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroto KODAMA, Masaki KUDO, Takeshi KUSUNOKI