Patents by Inventor Masato Iio

Masato Iio 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: 11285735
    Abstract: Provided is a medium including: a base material; and a print section over the base material, wherein the print section contains an alcohol compound having a boiling point of 180 degrees C. or higher and a viscosity of 30 mPa·s or lower at 25 degrees C., and wherein the medium includes an adhesive section containing an isocyanate compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Iio
  • Patent number: 10995226
    Abstract: An active-energy-ray-curable composition including at least one monofunctional (meth)acrylate, at least one multifunctional (meth)acrylate, and at least one chlorinated-olefin-structure-containing polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Iio, Takao Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 10710374
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus is provided. The inkjet recording apparatus includes a curable ink and a discharge head. The curable ink comprises a polymer having a polyester structural unit. The discharge head includes an individual liquid chamber including a circulation channel in which the curable ink is circulatable, and a nozzle from which the curable ink is dischargeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Iio, Takahiro Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20200130377
    Abstract: Provided is a medium including: a base material; and a print section over the base material, wherein the print section contains an alcohol compound having a boiling point of 180 degrees C. or higher and a viscosity of 30 mPa·s or lower at 25 degrees C., and wherein the medium includes an adhesive section containing an isocyanate compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Masato IIO
  • Patent number: 10611920
    Abstract: A curable composition is provided. The curable composition comprises diethylene glycol dimethacrylate and a resin, and the following conditions (1) to (3) are satisfied: (1) a mixed solution of 70 parts by mass of the diethylene glycol dimethacrylate and 30 parts by mass of the resin exhibits a viscosity 15 to 30 times that of the diethylene glycol dimethacrylate alone at 25° C.; (2) the mixed solution exhibits a spin-spin relaxation time of 240 ms or less measured by a CPMG method for pulse nuclear magnetic resonance analysis; and (3) the resin has a polystyrene or polyester structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuki Matsushita, Masato Iio
  • Publication number: 20200086652
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus is provided. The inkjet recording apparatus includes a curable ink and a discharge head. The curable ink comprises a polymer having a polyester structural unit. The discharge head includes an individual liquid chamber including a circulation channel in which the curable ink is circulatable, and a nozzle from which the curable ink is dischargeable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Masato IIO, Takahiro YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 10538099
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus is provided. The inkjet recording apparatus includes a curable ink and a discharge head. The curable ink comprises a polymer having a polyester structural unit. The discharge head includes an individual liquid chamber including a circulation channel in which the curable ink is circulatable, and a nozzle from which the curable ink is dischargeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Iio, Takahiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10414150
    Abstract: An active-energy-ray-curable composition including at least one monofunctional (meth)acrylate, at least one multifunctional (meth)acrylate, and at least one polyester-structure-containing polymer. Preferable is an aspect where the active-energy-ray-curable composition further includes a polymer obtained through polymerization of at least one selected from the group consisting of styrene, styrene derivatives, acrylic acid esters, and acrylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Hiraoka, Masato Iio, Daisuke Miki
  • Patent number: 10227497
    Abstract: An active energy ray curable composition is provided. The active energy ray curable composition includes a polymerizable monomer, a polymer component, a polymeric dispersant, and a pigment. The active energy ray curable composition is non-aqueous. The active energy ray curable composition has a yield value of 0.1 Pa or less either when having an initial weight or when being dried to have a weight 70% by mass of the initial weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Iio, Takao Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20180154657
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus is provided. The inkjet recording apparatus includes a curable ink and a discharge head. The curable ink comprises a polymer having a polyester structural unit. The discharge head includes an individual liquid chamber including a circulation channel in which the curable ink is circulatable, and a nozzle from which the curable ink is dischargeable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Masato IIO, Takahiro YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20180016454
    Abstract: A curable composition is provided. The curable composition comprises diethylene glycol dimethacrylate and a resin, and the following conditions (1) to (3) are satisfied: (1) a mixed solution of 70 parts by mass of the diethylene glycol dimethacrylate and 30 parts by mass of the resin exhibits a viscosity 15 to 30 times that of the diethylene glycol dimethacrylate alone at 25° C.; (2) the mixed solution exhibits a spin-spin relaxation time of 240 ms or less measured by a CPMG method for pulse nuclear magnetic resonance analysis; and (3) the resin has a polystyrene or polyester structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Yuuki MATSUSHITA, Masato IIO
  • Patent number: 9817330
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus forms an image by exposing an image bearer on the basis of image data including at least one predetermined pattern. The image forming apparatus includes a processing device that sets an exposure amount of a plurality of exposure pixels. The predetermined pattern is constituted by the plurality of exposure pixels, and a peripheral region of the predetermined pattern in the image data is constituted by a plurality of non-exposure pixels. The processing device sets an exposure amount of an exposure pixel in a specific region that is adjacent to a boundary between the predetermined pattern and the peripheral region and is constituted by at least one exposure pixel in the predetermined pattern, and an exposure amount of an exposure pixel in a region other than the specific region in the predetermined pattern to values different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroto Tachibana, Hiroyuki Suhara, Masato Iio
  • Patent number: 9778592
    Abstract: An image forming method exposes a surface of an image bearer with light according to an image pattern including an image portion to form an electrostatic latent image, and includes: setting, among pixels constituting the image portion, at least a group of pixels existing at a boundary with respect to a non-image portion as a non-exposure pixel group, and at least a group of pixels existing at a boundary with respect to the non-exposure pixel group as a high power exposure pixel group; specifying, among the pixels constituting the image portion, a predetermined pixel as a target pixel, and a group of pixels existing at a boundary with respect to the non-image portion close to the target pixel as a boundary pixel group; and specifying a light power value of the target pixel based on image identification information acquired from the pixels constituting the image portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Suhara, Masato Iio, Hiroto Tachibana, Yuichi Ueno
  • Publication number: 20170022378
    Abstract: An active energy ray curable composition is provided. The active energy ray curable composition includes a polymerizable monomer, a polymer component, a polymeric dispersant, and a pigment. The active energy ray curable composition is non-aqueous. The active energy ray curable composition has a yield value of 0.1 Pa or less either when having an initial weight or when being dried to have a weight 70% by mass of the initial weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Masato IIO, Takao HIRAOKA
  • Publication number: 20170008325
    Abstract: An active-energy-ray-curable composition including at least one monofunctional (meth)acrylate, at least one multifunctional (meth)acrylate, and at least one polyester-structure-containing polymer. Preferable is an aspect where the active-energy-ray-curable composition further includes a polymer obtained through polymerization of at least one selected from the group consisting of styrene, styrene derivatives, acrylic acid esters, and acrylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Takao HIRAOKA, Masato IIO, Daisuke MIKI
  • Publication number: 20160369116
    Abstract: To provide an active-energy-ray-curable composition including at least one monofunctional (meth)acrylate, at least one multifunctional (meth)acrylate, and at least one chlorinated-olefin-structure-containing polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Masato IIO, Takao HIRAOKA
  • Patent number: 9517636
    Abstract: An image forming method forms an electrostatic latent image corresponding to an image pattern including an image portion and a non-image portion by exposing a surface of an image bearer with light according to the image pattern. The image portion includes a plurality of pixels. Among the pixels constituting the image portion, at least a group of pixels existing at a boundary with respect to the non-image portion is set as a non-exposure pixel group. Among the pixels constituting the image portion, at least a group of pixels existing at a boundary with respect to the non-exposure pixel group is set as a high power exposure pixel group where exposure is performed with light of a higher light power value than a predetermined light power value required for exposing the image portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Suhara, Masato Iio, Hiroto Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20160334729
    Abstract: An image forming method exposes a surface of an image bearer with light according to an image pattern including an image portion to form an electrostatic latent image, and includes: setting, among pixels constituting the image portion, at least a group of pixels existing at a boundary with respect to a non-image portion as a non-exposure pixel group, and at least a group of pixels existing at a boundary with respect to the non-exposure pixel group as a high power exposure pixel group; specifying, among the pixels constituting the image portion, a predetermined pixel as a target pixel, and a group of pixels existing at a boundary with respect to the non-image portion close to the target pixel as a boundary pixel group; and specifying a light power value of the target pixel based on image identification information acquired from the pixels constituting the image portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki SUHARA, Masato IIO, Hiroto TACHIBANA, Yuichi UENO
  • Publication number: 20150355568
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus forms an image by exposing an image bearer on the basis of image data including at least one predetermined pattern. The image forming apparatus includes a processing device that sets an exposure amount of a plurality of exposure pixels. The predetermined pattern is constituted by the plurality of exposure pixels, and a peripheral region of the predetermined pattern in the image data is constituted by a plurality of non-exposure pixels. The processing device sets an exposure amount of an exposure pixel in a specific region that is adjacent to a boundary between the predetermined pattern and the peripheral region and is constituted by at least one exposure pixel in the predetermined pattern, and an exposure amount of an exposure pixel in a region other than the specific region in the predetermined pattern to values different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroto TACHIBANA, Hiroyuki SUHARA, Masato IIO
  • Publication number: 20150331351
    Abstract: An image forming method forms an electrostatic latent image corresponding to an image pattern including an image portion and a non-image portion by exposing a surface of an image bearer with light according to the image pattern. The image portion includes a plurality of pixels. Among the pixels constituting the image portion, at least a group of pixels existing at a boundary with respect to the non-image portion is set as a non-exposure pixel group. Among the pixels constituting the image portion, at least a group of pixels existing at a boundary with respect to the non-exposure pixel group is set as a high power exposure pixel group where exposure is performed with light of a higher light power value than a predetermined light power value required for exposing the image portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki SUHARA, Masato IIO, Hiroto TACHIBANA