Patents by Inventor Naoko Kasai

Naoko Kasai 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: 20230323066
    Abstract: A resinous membrane comprising a resin including a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer, having a water pressure resistance of 800 kPa or more, and having a moisture permeability of 1500 g/m2·day or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: YUSUKE BABA, MASAAKI TAKAHASHI, YOHEI MIYAUCHI, NAOKO KASAI
  • Patent number: 11644777
    Abstract: Provided is a pressurizing member including a substrate, an elastic layer on the substrate, and a surface layer on the elastic layer, the surface layer containing a fluorine resin, wherein the surface layer has a surface resistivity of 1×1011[?/?] or less at a temperature of 25° C. when applying a DC voltage of 500 V, and a thermal conductivity ? in a thickness direction of the surface layer is 0.093 [W/(m·K)] or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo Ishifuji, Hiroki Muramatsu, Yasuharu Notoya, Yohei Miyauchi, Naoko Kasai, Yusuke Baba, Masaaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230103949
    Abstract: A fixing member having a base layer and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer includes a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer, and having at least one pore communicating with an opening on an outer surface thereof. A composition containing perfluoropolyether and a fluoropolymer is contained in at least a part of the at least one pore. The fluoropolymer has a particular repeating unit composed of perfluoropolyether, and at least one structure selected from the group consisting of a T unit of siloxane and a Q unit of siloxane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Yohei Miyauchi, Masatsugu Toyonori, Naoko Kasai, Yasuharu Notoya, Hiroki Muramatsu, Tomoyo Miyakai
  • Publication number: 20230109438
    Abstract: A fixing member having an endless belt shape or a roller shape includes a base layer and a surface layer. The surface layer contains a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer, and has a pore communicating with an opening of an outer surface thereof. Perfluoropolyether is contained in at least a part of the pores. A ratio (E?(1)/E?(2)) is 0.60 to 1.00, where E?(1) is an average value of loss elastic moduli E? of the surface layer in a direction orthogonal to a circumferential direction of the fixing member measured at a frequency of 10 Hz at 100 to 150° C., and E?(2) is an average value of loss elastic moduli E? of the surface layer in a direction orthogonal to the circumferential direction of the fixing member measured at a frequency of 10 Hz at 100 to 150° C. after removal of the perfluoropolyether contained in the pore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Naoko Kasai, Yohei Miyauchi, Masatsugu Toyonori, Yasuharu Notoya, Hiroki Muramatsu, Tomoyo Miyakai, Yoshiharu Seki
  • Patent number: 11561495
    Abstract: A pressing rotating member comprising a base layer, an elastic layer and a surface layer, in this order, the surface layer having pores, wherein when placing an observation region of 8 ?m long×11 ?m wide at a cross section of the surface layer in a thickness direction of the surface layer—a direction perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the pressing rotating member, a degree of orientation f of the pores observed in the observation region is 0.20 or higher, and an orientation angle ? of the pores observed in the observation region is 0° to 10°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoko Kasai, Yohei Miyauchi, Yasuharu Notoya, Takuji Oishi, Yasuhiro Miyahara, Masaaki Takahashi, Yusuke Baba, Hiroki Muramatsu, Ryo Ishifuji
  • Publication number: 20220390885
    Abstract: Provided is a pressurizing member including a substrate, an elastic layer on the substrate, and a surface layer on the elastic layer, the surface layer containing a fluorine resin, wherein the surface layer has a surface resistivity of 1×1011[?/?] or less at a temperature of 25° C. when applying a DC voltage of 500 V, and a thermal conductivity ? in a thickness direction of the surface layer is 0.093 [W/(m·K)] or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Ryo Ishifuji, Hiroki Muramatsu, Yasuharu Notoya, Yohei Miyauchi, Naoko Kasai, Yusuke Baba, Masaaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11487227
    Abstract: The crystallinity of a thermoplastic resin is 8% or more and 25% or less, the average primary particle size of carbon black is 10 nm or more and 30 nm or less, the content of the carbon black is 15.0 parts by mass or more and 30.0 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of an intermediate transfer belt, and (Li+Lo+Lc)/3?100 nm, where Li, Lo, and Lc are values of an L-function indicating a dispersibility of the carbon black with respect to the thermoplastic resin in an inner peripheral surface region of the intermediate transfer belt, in an outer peripheral surface region, and in a central region that is a central portion of the intermediate transfer belt in a thickness direction of the intermediate transfer belt, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Midai Suzuki, Akeshi Asaka, Koji Sato, Noriaki Kobayashi, Megumi Uchino, Akira Okano, Toshiyuki Yoshida, Naoko Kasai, Atsushi Hori
  • Patent number: 11415913
    Abstract: An electrophotographic member comprises a base member and an elastic layer on the base member. The elastic layer contains a silicone rubber, an ionic electroconductive agent, and an inorganic particle, and the inorganic particle contains a hydroxide of at least one of magnesium or aluminum, and has a silicon atom on a surface thereof in an amount of 0.50 to 2.00 atomic %. An aqueous dispersion of which 5 mg of the inorganic particle is dispersed in 10 ml of water has a turbidity of 200 NTU or more and 1,240 NTU or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoko Kasai, Toshio Tanaka, Yasutomo Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20220206420
    Abstract: A pressing rotating member comprising a base layer, an elastic layer and a surface layer, in this order, the surface layer having pores, wherein when placing an observation region of 8 ?m long×11 ?m wide at a cross section of the surface layer in a thickness direction of the surface layer—a direction perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the pressing rotating member, a degree of orientation f of the pores observed in the observation region is 0.20 or higher, and an orientation angle ? of the pores observed in the observation region is 0° to 10°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Naoko Kasai, Yohei Miyauchi, Yasuharu Notoya, Takuji Oishi, Yasuhiro Miyahara, Masaaki Takahashi, Yusuke Baba, Hiroki Muramatsu, Ryo Ishifuji
  • Publication number: 20220206419
    Abstract: Provided is a fixing rotating member capable of maintaining high toner releasability over longer periods of time than in conventional instances and that is capable of maintaining abrasion resistance against paper; the fixing rotating member comprises a base layer, an elastic layer, and a surface layer, in this order; the surface layer containing a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer and a perfluoropolyether; the tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer having pores formed therein; the surface layer has pores with openings at a first surface thereof, and constituting an outer surface of the fixing rotating member; at least part of the pores containing the perfluoropolyether; a content of the perfluoropolyether in the surface layer is 20 mass % to 60 mass %; and a degree of orientation A of molecules of the tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether in a direction perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the surface layer is 35 to 75%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki Muramatsu, Ryo Ishifuji, Yohei Miyauchi, Yasuharu Notoya, Yusuke Baba, Masaaki Takahashi, Naoko Kasai
  • Publication number: 20220206421
    Abstract: A fixing rotating member comprising a base layer, an elastic layer and a surface layer, in this order, the surface layer containing PFA and PFPE, and having pores with openings at a first surface; at least part of the pores containing the PFPE, wherein when after removing the PFPE in the pores, placing a first observation region on the first surface, defining a ratio of a sum of areas of the openings in the first observation region relative to an area of the first observation region as P1; and placing a second observation region in a cross section of the surface layer, and defining a ratio of a sum of areas of the pores in the second observation region relative to an area of the second observation region as P2, P2/P1 is 1.3 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Yohei Miyauchi, Yasuharu Notoya, Naoko Kasai, Yusuke Baba, Masaaki Takahashi, Hiroki Muramatsu, Ryo Ishifuji
  • Publication number: 20220187741
    Abstract: The crystallinity of a thermoplastic resin is 8% or more and 25% or less, the average primary particle size of carbon black is 10 nm or more and 30 nm or less, the content of the carbon black is 15.0 parts by mass or more and 30.0 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of an intermediate transfer belt, and (Li+Lo+Lc)/3?100 nm, where Li, Lo, and Lc are values of an L-function indicating a dispersibility of the carbon black with respect to the thermoplastic resin in an inner peripheral surface region of the intermediate transfer belt, in an outer peripheral surface region, and in a central region that is a central portion of the intermediate transfer belt in a thickness direction of the intermediate transfer belt, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Midai Suzuki, Akeshi Asaka, Koji Sato, Noriaki Kobayashi, Megumi Uchino, Akira Okano, Toshiyuki Yoshida, Naoko Kasai, Atsushi Hori
  • Publication number: 20210373463
    Abstract: An electrophotographic member comprises a base member and an elastic layer on the base member. The elastic layer contains a silicone rubber, an ionic electroconductive agent, and an inorganic particle, and the inorganic particle contains a hydroxide of at least one of magnesium or aluminum, and has a silicon atom on a surface thereof in an amount of 0.50 to 2.00 atomic %. An aqueous dispersion of which 5 mg of the inorganic particle is dispersed in 10 ml of water has a turbidity of 200 NTU or more and 1,200 NTU or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Naoko Kasai, Toshio Tanaka, Yasutomo Tsuji