Patents by Inventor Naoki AKIRA

Naoki AKIRA 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: 11753519
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive roll for an electrophotographic machine. The conductive roll is a charging roll and includes a shaft body, and an elastic body layer formed on an outer periphery of the shaft body. The elastic body layer is a crosslinked body of a composition containing a diene-based polymer (a), a sulfur or peroxide crosslinking agent (b), carbon black (c), and a coupling agent (d). (c) has a specific surface area of 40 to 300 m2/g. (d) is a coupling agent having a NHR1 group and a SSO3H group, or a coupling agent having a NHR1 group and an ene structure (where R1 is H or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms). The contents of (c) and (d) in the composition are respectively 10 to 45 parts by mass and 0.5 to 20 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Shinkichi Kashihara, Takeru Horiuchi, Naoki Akira
  • Patent number: 11215937
    Abstract: An elastic body layer is composed of a conductive rubber composition containing an isoprene rubber, a rubber other than the isoprene rubber, and carbon black. The elastic body layer is phase-separated into a first rubber phase containing the isoprene rubber and a second rubber phase containing the rubber other than the isoprene rubber; in the range of a 5 ?m×5 ?m square of an arbitrary cross section of the elastic body layer, the area ratio of the first rubber phase is within a range of 10 to 90%. The resistance value of the elastic body layer is within a range of 1.0×103 to 1.0×106?. A surface layer contains an electronic conductive agent and a crosslinked body of at least one polyurethane resin of an ether polyurethane resin and a carbonate polyurethane resin, and the glass transition point of the surface layer is within a range of ?10 to ?70° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Kenta Nakazato, Shimpei Miyagawa, Takeru Horiuchi, Naoki Akira, Takenori Saito, Yoshihiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20210232058
    Abstract: An elastic body layer is composed of a conductive rubber composition containing an isoprene rubber, a rubber other than the isoprene rubber, and carbon black. The elastic body layer is phase-separated into a first rubber phase containing the isoprene rubber and a second rubber phase containing the rubber other than the isoprene rubber; in the range of a 5 ?m×5 ?m square of an arbitrary cross section of the elastic body layer, the area ratio of the first rubber phase is within a range of 10 to 90%. The resistance value of the elastic body layer is within a range of 1.0×103 to 1.0×106?. A surface layer contains an electronic conductive agent and a crosslinked body of at least one polyurethane resin of an ether polyurethane resin and a carbonate polyurethane resin, and the glass transition point of the surface layer is within a range of ?10 to ?70° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Kenta NAKAZATO, Shimpei MIYAGAWA, Takeru HORIUCHI, Naoki AKIRA, Takenori SAITO, Yoshihiro SAITO
  • Publication number: 20210054167
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive roll for an electrophotographic machine. The conductive roll is a charging roll and includes a shaft body, and an elastic body layer formed on an outer periphery of the shaft body. The elastic body layer is a crosslinked body of a composition containing a diene-based polymer (a), a sulfur or peroxide crosslinking agent (b), carbon black (c), and a coupling agent (d). (c) has a specific surface area of 40 to 300 m2/g. (d) is a coupling agent having a NHR1 group and a SSO3H group, or a coupling agent having a NHR1 group and an ene structure (where R1 is H or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms). The contents of (c) and (d) in the composition are respectively 10 to 45 parts by mass and 0.5 to 20 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of (a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Shinkichi KASHIHARA, Takeru HORIUCHI, Naoki AKIRA