Patents by Inventor Masami Tsujihiro

Masami Tsujihiro 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: 11914326
    Abstract: A magnetic toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle. The toner mother particle includes a polyester resin domain, a vinyl resin domain, and a magnetic powder. A vinyl resin constituting the vinyl resin domain includes a repeating unit having a non-ring-opened oxazoline group. An area rate of an area in which the vinyl resin domain is exposed in a surface area of the toner mother particle is at least 0.02% and no greater than 1.00%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masami Tsujihiro
  • Patent number: 11782354
    Abstract: A toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle containing a binder resin and a releasing agent. The binder resin includes a polyester resin and a vinyl resin. The vinyl resin includes a specific vinyl unit. A relationship 1.30?Wabs/Wps?2.00 is satisfied where Wabs represents an absolute molecular weight at a largest peak on an absolute molecular weight distribution curve of the binder resin as measured by size-exclusion chromatography using a multi-angle laser light scattering detector, and Wps represents a relative molecular weight at a largest peak on a relative molecular weight distribution curve of the binder resin in terms of polystyrene as measured by size-exclusion chromatography using a differential refractive index detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masami Tsujihiro
  • Patent number: 11243482
    Abstract: A toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle. The toner mother particles contain a binder resin and a magnetic powder. The binder resin includes a polyester resin, a vinyl resin, and a block polymer. The block polymer includes a polyester portion, a vinyl polymer portion, and a linker that links the polyester portion and the vinyl polymer portion. The linker is derived from a specific compound having a vinyl group and at least one of a carboxy group and an alcoholic hydroxyl group. The magnetic powder has an octahedral structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Masami Tsujihiro, Ken Maetani
  • Publication number: 20210373449
    Abstract: A toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle containing a binder resin and a releasing agent. The binder resin includes a polyester resin and a vinyl resin. The vinyl resin includes a specific vinyl unit. A relationship 1.30?Wabs/Wps?2.00 is satisfied where Wabs represents an absolute molecular weight at a largest peak on an absolute molecular weight distribution curve of the binder resin as measured by size-exclusion chromatography using a multi-angle laser light scattering detector, and Wps represents a relative molecular weight at a largest peak on a relative molecular weight distribution curve of the binder resin in terms of polystyrene as measured by size-exclusion chromatography using a differential refractive index detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masami TSUJIHIRO
  • Publication number: 20210364940
    Abstract: A magnetic toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle. The toner mother particle includes a polyester resin domain, a vinyl resin domain, and a magnetic powder. A vinyl resin constituting the vinyl resin domain includes a repeating unit having a non-ring-opened oxazoline group. An area rate of an area in which the vinyl resin domain is exposed in a surface area of the toner mother particle is at least 0.02% and no greater than 1.00%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masami TSUJIHIRO
  • Publication number: 20200401059
    Abstract: A toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle. The toner mother particles contain a binder resin and a magnetic powder. The binder resin includes a polyester resin, a vinyl resin, and a block polymer. The block polymer includes a polyester portion, a vinyl polymer portion, and a linker that links the polyester portion and the vinyl polymer portion. The linker is derived from a specific compound having a vinyl group and at least one of a carboxy group and an alcoholic hydroxyl group. The magnetic powder has an octahedral structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Masami TSUJIHIRO, Ken MAETANI
  • Publication number: 20200117107
    Abstract: A positively chargeable toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle and an external additive attached to a surface of the toner mother particle. The toner mother particle includes a polyester resin having an acid value of at least 10.0 mgKOH/g, a compound having a quaternary ammonium cation group, and strontium titanate particles. The external additive includes no strontium titanate particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masami TSUJIHIRO
  • Patent number: 10324393
    Abstract: A positively chargeable toner includes a plurality of toner particles. Each of the toner particles includes a toner mother particle and an external additive adhering to a surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive includes a plurality of resin particles. Each of the resin particles has a resin mother particle and a coat layer covering at least a portion of a surface of the resin mother particle. The coat layer contains a specific vinyl resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masami Tsujihiro
  • Patent number: 10295923
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes toner particles each including a toner core and a shell layer covering a surface of the toner core. The shell layer contains a hydrophilic thermosetting resin and a hydrophobic thermoplastic resin. The hydrophobic thermoplastic resin is exposed at surfaces of the toner particles. In a preferable configuration of the shell layer, a plurality of blocks substantially formed from the hydrophobic thermoplastic resin are connected to one another through a junction portion substantially formed from the hydrophilic thermosetting resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Masami Tsujihiro, Jun Hioki, Haruhiro Nishitera, Ryotaro Komada
  • Patent number: 10254673
    Abstract: A toner contains a plurality of toner particles each including a core and a shell layer disposed over a surface of the core. The core contains a binder resin. The shell layer is substantially formed from a resin having at least one repeating unit including an alcoholic hydroxyl group (specific examples include a repeating unit derived from 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, 2-hydroxy propyl acrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, and 2-hydroxy propyl methacrylate). A ratio of the repeating unit including the alcoholic hydroxyl group relative to all repeating units in the resin substantially forming the shell layer is at least 0.1% by mass and no greater than 20% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masami Tsujihiro
  • Publication number: 20190086828
    Abstract: A positively chargeable toner includes a plurality of toner particles. Each of the toner particles includes a toner mother particle and an external additive adhering to a surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive includes a plurality of resin particles. Each of the resin particles has a resin mother particle and a coat layer covering at least a portion of a surface of the resin mother particle. The coat layer contains a specific vinyl resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masami TSUJIHIRO
  • Patent number: 10234781
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes toner particles. Each of the toner particles includes a toner mother particle and an external additive. The toner mother particle contains a binder resin. The external additive includes external additive particles adhering to a surface of the toner mother particle. Each of the external additive particles includes a titanium oxide particle and resin particles adhering to a surface of the titanium oxide particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masami Tsujihiro
  • Publication number: 20180356747
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes toner particles each including a toner core and a shell layer covering a surface of the toner core. The shell layer contains a hydrophilic thermosetting resin and a hydrophobic thermoplastic resin. The hydrophobic thermoplastic resin is exposed at surfaces of the toner particles. In a preferable configuration of the shell layer, a plurality of blocks substantially formed from the hydrophobic thermoplastic resin are connected to one another through a junction portion substantially formed from the hydrophilic thermosetting resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Masami TSUJIHIRO, Jun HIOKI, Haruhiro NISHITERA, Ryotaro KOMADA
  • Publication number: 20180307150
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes toner particles. Each of the toner particles includes a toner mother particle and an external additive. The toner mother particle contains a binder resin. The external additive includes external additive particles adhering to a surface of the toner mother particle. Each of the external additive particles includes a titanium oxide particle and resin particles adhering to a surface of the titanium oxide particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masami TSUJIHIRO
  • Patent number: 10101682
    Abstract: Toner particles each include a toner core, a shell layer covering a surface of the toner core, and a plurality of wax particles. The toner core contains a binder resin and does not contain a wax. The wax particles are each located on a surface of the shell layer. The toner core and each of the wax particles are bonded together through covalent bonds within the shell layer. The covalent bonds include a first amide bond and a second amide bond. The shell layer contains a vinyl resin. The vinyl resin includes a constitutional unit (1-1), a constitutional unit (1-2), and a constitutional unit (1-3). An amide bond included in the constitutional unit (1-1) is the first amide bond. An amide bond included in the constitutional unit (1-2) is the second amide bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masami Tsujihiro
  • Publication number: 20180210357
    Abstract: Toner particles each include a toner core, a shell layer covering a surface of the toner core, and a plurality of wax particles. The toner core contains a binder resin and does not contain a wax. The wax particles are each located on a surface of the shell layer. The toner core and each of the wax particles are bonded together through covalent bonds within the shell layer. The covalent bonds include a first amide bond and a second amide bond. The shell layer contains a vinyl resin. The vinyl resin includes a constitutional unit (1-1), a constitutional unit (1-2), and a constitutional unit (1-3). An amide bond included in the constitutional unit (1-1) is the first amide bond. An amide bond included in the constitutional unit (1-2) is the second amide bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masami TSUJIHIRO
  • Patent number: 10018933
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes toner particles each including a toner core and a shell layer. The shell layer includes first and second domains. The first domain includes a first copolymer of a first main monomer having a mole fraction of at least 20 mol % and one or more first additional monomers each having a mole fraction of less than 20 mol %. The second domain includes a second copolymer of a second main monomer having a mole fraction of at least 20 mol % and one or more second additional monomers each having a mole fraction of less than 20 mol %. A difference in polymer SP value between the first and second main monomers is at least 0.5 and no greater than 5.0. The first and second additional monomers each include one or more common monomers having a homopolymerization glass transition point of no greater than ?20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masami Tsujihiro
  • Publication number: 20180024453
    Abstract: A toner contains a plurality of toner particles each including a core and a shell layer disposed over a surface of the core. The core contains a binder resin. The shell layer is substantially formed from a resin having at least one repeating unit including an alcoholic hydroxyl group (specific examples include a repeating unit derived from 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, 2-hydroxy propyl acrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, and 2-hydroxy propyl methacrylate). A ratio of the repeating unit including the alcoholic hydroxyl group relative to all repeating units in the resin substantially forming the shell layer is at least 0.1% by mass and no greater than 20% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masami TSUJIHIRO
  • Patent number: 9857712
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes a plurality of toner particles each including a core and a shell layer. The shell layer is disposed over a surface of the core. The shell layer is substantially formed by a resin. The shell layer has a surface including a plurality of spot regions and a sheet region that is more hydrophobic than the spot regions. The spot regions each are more chargeable than the sheet region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Masami Tsujihiro, Jun Hioki, Ryotaro Komada, Yusuke Washino, Haruhiro Nishitera
  • Patent number: 9772574
    Abstract: A toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner core, silica particles located on a surface of the toner core, and a shell layer disposed over the surface of the toner core on which the silica particles are located. For at least 80% by number of the toner particles, along at least 80% of a circumferential length of a cross-section of the toner particle when the cross-section is analyzed by EELS, the shell layer has a thickness of at least 5 nm and satisfies a condition that a ratio of an intensity INc relative to an intensity INs is at least 0.0 and no greater than 0.2. The intensity INs indicates intensity of an N—K shell absorption-edge originating from nitrogen atoms in the shell layer. The intensity INc indicates intensity of an N—K shell absorption-edge originating from nitrogen atoms in the toner core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Ryota Kobayashi, Masami Tsujihiro