Patents by Inventor Motonari Udo

Motonari Udo 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: 20080171282
    Abstract: A mixture containing a binder resin and a colorant is mixed with an aqueous medium, the resulting mixture liquid is mechanically sheared to finely granulate the mixture, fine particles are formed as cores, and a coating resin layer is formed on core surfaces, to obtain toner particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Urabe, Tsuyoshi Ito, Motonari Udo, Masahiro Ikuta
  • Publication number: 20080171276
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a developing agent by mixing a resin having a dissociable functional group and an aqueous medium, subjecting the mixture to mechanical shearing, finely pulverizing the pulverized mixture to form resin microparticles, adding a dispersion of colorant particles, causing the resin microparticles and colorant particles to agglomerate, and forming toner particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Urabe, Tsuyoshi Ito, Motonari Udo, Masahiro Ikuta
  • Publication number: 20080131809
    Abstract: A dispersion containing a coloring agent particle is mixed in a dispersion of a radical polymerizable monomer, and a reducing agent containing an iron(II) salt is added in the presence of a polymerization initiator to polymerize the dispersed radical polymerizable monomer by the action of a generated radical, thereby not only forming a binder resin fine particle but coagulating the binder resin fine particle and the coloring agent particle to form a coagulated particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motonari Udo, Takashi Urabe, Tsuyoshi Itou, Masahiro Ikuta
  • Publication number: 20080131808
    Abstract: A developing agent including a toner particle obtained by using a dispersion containing a solvent, a granular mixed compound having a binder resin and a coloring agent dispersed in the solvent, and, as an additive to disperse a compound, a combination of a surfactant and a basic compound or a combination of a sulfone-based surfactant and a polycarboxylic acid-based surfactant, wherein the additive remaining in the developing agent is within a predetermine range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Urabe, Satoshi Araki, Takayasu Aoki, Tsuyoshi Ito, Yasuhito Noda, Motonari Udo, Masahiro Ikuta, Takafumi Hara
  • Publication number: 20080131801
    Abstract: A method including polymerization performed with the use of a binder resin dispersion containing a styrene monomer, a compound having one or more unsaturated bond and sulfonic acid or sulfonate, and an acrylic ester monomer, wherein the contents of the monomers and the compound are 60 to 90 mol %, 1 mol ppm to 10 mol %, and 10 to 40 mol %, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motonari Udo, Takayasu Aoki, Takashi Urabe, Tsuyoshi Itou, Satoshi Araki, Masahiro Ikuta
  • Publication number: 20080113288
    Abstract: In a manufacturing method of a developing agent, by mixing a coloring agent fine particle with at least a surfactant, an aqueous solvent and an organic solvent, thereby dispersing the coloring agent fine particle in a solvent containing the surfactant, the aqueous solvent and the organic solvent, it becomes possible to obtain favorable coloring agent dispersibility and to improve the OHP transparency in the resulting developing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Ikuta, Takashi Urabe, Tsuyoshi Ito, Motonari Udo
  • Publication number: 20080102398
    Abstract: A method for producing a developing agent including heating a dispersion of a toner particle material containing a binder resin fine particle, a coloring agent particle and a dispersion medium at a temperature of a glass transition point of the binder resin or higher and adding a coagulating agent in the heated dispersion of a toner particle material to coagulate a toner material containing the binder resin fine particle and the coloring agent particle, thereby forming a coagulated particle is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayasu Aoki, Masahiro Ikuta, Tsuyoshi Itou, Takashi Urabe, Motonari Udo, Satoshi Araki
  • Publication number: 20080026332
    Abstract: A developing agent comprises first and second resin fine particles containing a colorant and a release agent and different in weight average molecular weight, and a concentration of the release agent which is softened at a low temperature in the second resin fine particles having the high weight average molecular weight is higher than a concentration of the release agent in the first resin fine particles, whereby thermal properties dependent on the weight average molecular weight of the resin fine particles are made uniform and fixability of the developing agent is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Urabe, Tsuyoshi Ito, Motonari Udo, Masahiro Ikuta
  • Publication number: 20070281240
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a developing agent by mixing a coarsely granulated mixture containing a binder resin and a coloring agent with an aqueous medium and mechanically stirring the resulting mixed solution to finely granulate the coarsely granulated mixture, thereby forming a fine particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Urabe, Tsuyoshi Ito, Motonari Udo, Masahiro Ikuta
  • Publication number: 20070249791
    Abstract: In a manufacturing method of a resin for developing agent, a first polymerization agent is added in an aqueous medium; a radical polymerizable monomer is polymerized in the presence of a chain transfer agent to form a low molecular substance resin particle; after consuming the chain transfer agent, a second polymerization initiator is added in the aqueous medium; and the remaining monomer is polymerized to form a high molecular substance resin particle, thereby improving fixability of the developing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Motonari Udo, Takashi Urabe, Tsuyoshi Ito, Masahiro Ikuta