Patents by Inventor Narumasa SATO

Narumasa SATO 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: 11506989
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles having an average circularity of 0.96 to 1.00 and organic particles having an aspect ratio of 0.4 to 0.9 as an external additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kotaro Yoshihara, Asafumi Fujita, Narumasa Sato, Teppei Yawada, Motoko Sakai
  • Publication number: 20210157249
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles having an average circularity of 0.96 to 1.00 and organic particles having an aspect ratio of 0.4 to 0.9 as an external additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Asafumi FUJITA, Narumasa SATO, Teppei YAWADA, Motoko SAKAI
  • Patent number: 10935900
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes toner particles containing a binder resin; and an external additive containing silica particles, in which a coefficient of variation of a Si content is determined by determining the Si content in 0.5 ?m×0.5 ?m square regions in a surface of each of the toner particles after performing a process of dispersing the toner in water and drying the dispersed toner, and an amount of change between this coefficient of variation of the Si content and a coefficient of variation of a Si content before the process ((coefficient of variation of Si content after process)?(coefficient of variation of Si content before process)) is 0.05 or more and 0.60 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ishizuka, Narumasa Sato, Yuka Kawamoto, Erina Saito, Norimasa Ozora, Kotaro Yoshihara, Noriyuki Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20200292950
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes toner particles containing a binder resin; and an external additive containing silica particles, in which a coefficient of variation of a Si content is determined by determining the Si content in 0.5 ?m×0.5 ?m square regions in a surface of each of the toner particles after performing a process of dispersing the toner in water and drying the dispersed toner, and an amount of change between this coefficient of variation of the Si content and a coefficient of variation of a Si content before the process ((coefficient of variation of Si content after process)?(coefficient of variation of Si content before process)) is 0.05 or more and 0.60 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke ISHIZUKA, Narumasa Sato, Yuka Kawamoto, Erina Saito, Norimasa Ozora, Kotaro Yoshihara, Noriyuki Mizutani
  • Patent number: 10578989
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developer includes: a toner that includes toner particles which contain a polyester resin and a styrene (meth)acrylic resin and form a sea-island structure which includes a sea portion containing the polyester resin and an island portion containing the styrene (meth)acrylic resin on a surface of the toner particle, and has an exposure rate of the styrene (meth)acrylic resin in a range of from about 5 atom % to about 20 atom %; and an external additive, and a carrier whose fluidity and bulk density under environment of a temperature of 25° C. and a humidity of 50% satisfy Expression: 65.0?fluidity×bulk density?72.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro Yoshihara, Daisuke Ishizuka, Narumasa Sato, Yuka Kawamoto, Erina Saito, Takahisa Tatekawa, Noriyuki Mizutani
  • Patent number: 10520841
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes a toner particle and an external additive. The toner particle contains a binder resin and a release agent that includes a hydrocarbon wax. The binder resin includes a vinyl resin and a hybrid resin in which an amorphous resin unit other than polyester resins and a crystalline polyester resin unit are chemically bound together. The toner particle has hybrid resin domains and release agent domains. An average distance Lhyb from the surface of the toner particle to the centers of the hybrid resin domains and an average distance Lwax from the surface of the toner particle to the centers of the release agent domains satisfy Lwax<Lhyb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narumasa Sato, Erina Saito, Yuka Kawamoto, Noriyuki Mizutani, Kotaro Yoshihara, Daisuke Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 10466605
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles that contain a polyester resin which includes a condensed polymer of a polyvalent carboxylic acid and a polyol which contains ethylene glycol in an amount of from about 40% by weight to about 90% by weight with respect to a total amount of the polyol, and an external additive that contains silica particles in which a product of a volume average particle diameter D50 (nm) and a BET specific surface area SA (m2/g) is from about 1.4×103 to about 5.0×103.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narumasa Sato, Kotaro Yoshihara, Daisuke Ishizuka, Takahisa Tatekawa, Noriyuki Mizutani, Erina Saito
  • Publication number: 20190294063
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes a toner particle and an external additive. The toner particle contains a binder resin and a release agent that includes a hydrocarbon wax. The binder resin includes a vinyl resin and a hybrid resin in which an amorphous resin unit other than polyester resins and a crystalline polyester resin unit are chemically bound together. The toner particle has hybrid resin domains and release agent domains. An average distance Lhyb from the surface of the toner particle to the centers of the hybrid resin domains and an average distance Lwax from the surface of the toner particle to the centers of the release agent domains satisfy Lwax<Lhyb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narumasa SATO, Erina SAITO, Yuka KAWAMOTO, Noriyuki MIZUTANI, Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Daisuke ISHIZUKA
  • Patent number: 10191399
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes first toner particles containing a binder resin and a colorant and second toner particles containing a binder resin and containing or not containing a colorant, wherein a content PCa of the colorant contained in the first toner particles is from 4% by weight to 20% by weight with respect to the first toner particles, a content PCb of the colorant contained in the second toner particles is from 0% by weight to 2% by weight with respect to the second toner particles, and a weight ratio of the first toner particles and the second toner particles (weight of the first toner particles/weight of the second toner particles) is from 50/50 to 98/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Mizutani, Kotaro Yoshihara, Erina Saito, Narumasa Sato
  • Publication number: 20180275541
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles that contain a polyester resin which includes a condensed polymer of a polyvalent carboxylic acid and a polyol which contains ethylene glycol in an amount of from about 40% by weight to about 90% by weight with respect to a total amount of the polyol, and an external additive that contains silica particles in which a product of a volume average particle diameter D50 (?m) and a BET specific surface area SA (m2/g) is from about 1.4×103 to about 5.0×103.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narumasa SATO, Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Daisuke ISHIZUKA, Takahisa TATEKAWA, Noriyuki MIZUTANI, Erina SAITO
  • Publication number: 20180275543
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developer includes: a toner that includes toner particles which contain a polyester resin and a styrene (meth)acrylic resin and form a sea-island structure which includes a sea portion containing the polyester resin and an island portion containing the styrene (meth)acrylic resin on a surface of the toner particle, and has an exposure rate of the styrene (meth)acrylic resin in a range of from about 5 atom % to about 20 atom %; and an external additive, and a carrier whose fluidity and bulk density under environment of a temperature of 25° C. and a humidity of 50% satisfy Expression: 65.0?fluidity×bulk density?72.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Daisuke ISHIZUKA, Narumasa SATO, Yuka KAWAMOTO, Erina SAITO, Takahisa TATEKAWA, Noriyuki MIZUTANI
  • Patent number: 9726997
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles containing crosslinked resin particles having a glass transition temperature of 55° C. or higher in a surface layer of the toner particle, and silica particles having a volume average particle diameter of 30 nm to 300 nm and a coverage with respect to the toner particle from 50% to 100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Asafumi Fujita, Narumasa Sato, Eisuke Iwazaki, Tomoaki Tanaka, Kotaro Yoshihara, Noriyuki Mizutani
  • Patent number: 9715185
    Abstract: An electrostatic-image developing toner includes a toner particle including a polyester resin and a styrene-(meth)acrylic resin, and an external additive including a poly[alkyl (meth)acrylate] particle. The amount of the poly[alkyl (meth)acrylate] particles is about 0.05 parts by mass or more and about 1.0 parts by mass or less relative to 100 parts by mass of the toner particle. The ratio D50P/D50T of the number-average diameter D50P of the poly[alkyl (meth)acrylate] particles to the number-average diameter D50T of the toner particles satisfies 0.03?D50P/D50T?0.15. The proportion of the styrene-(meth)acrylic resin in a resin component deposited on the surface of the toner particle is about 5 atom % or more and about 30 atom % or less as determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuka Kawamoto, Kotaro Yoshihara, Daisuke Ishizuka, Asafumi Fujita, Narumasa Sato, Erina Saito
  • Publication number: 20170184988
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes first toner particles containing a binder resin and a colorant and second toner particles containing a binder resin and containing or not containing a colorant, wherein a content PCa of the colorant contained in the first toner particles is from 4% by weight to 20% by weight with respect to the first toner particles, a content PCb of the colorant contained in the second toner particles is from 0% by weight to 2% by weight with respect to the second toner particles, and a weight ratio of the first toner particles and the second toner particles (weight of the first toner particles/weight of the second toner particles) is from 50/50 to 98/2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki MIZUTANI, Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Erina SAITO, Narumasa SATO
  • Patent number: 9575428
    Abstract: An electrostatic-image developing toner contains toner particles. The toner particles contain a binder resin, a release agent, and a styrene-(meth)acrylic resin. The binder resin contains a polyester resin. About 70% or more of all release agent is present within about 800 nm from surfaces of the toner particles. The styrene-(meth)acrylic resin is present in an amount of about 5 to about 25 atomic percent of the resin components in the surfaces of the toner particles as determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narumasa Sato, Kotaro Yoshihara, Daisuke Ishizuka, Asafumi Fujita, Erina Saito, Yuka Kawamoto, Noriyuki Mizutani
  • Patent number: 9529292
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a toner particle including a binder resin containing a polyester resin, a release agent containing hydrocarbon wax, and a styrene (meth)acrylic resin, wherein 70% or more of the release agent of the entire release agent is present in a portion within 800 nm from the surface of the toner particle, and wherein the styrene (meth)acrylic resin forms a domain having an average diameter of smaller than 0.3 ?m in the toner particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Tanaka, Kotaro Yoshihara, Eisuke Iwazaki, Narumasa Sato, Asafumi Fujita, Noriyuki Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20160357120
    Abstract: An electrostatic-image developing toner includes a toner particle including a polyester resin and a styrene-(meth)acrylic resin, and an external additive including a poly[alkyl (meth)acrylate] particle. The amount of the poly[alkyl (meth)acrylate] particles is about 0.05 parts by mass or more and about 1.0 parts by mass or less relative to 100 parts by mass of the toner particle. The ratio D50P/D50T of the number-average diameter D50P of the poly[alkyl (meth)acrylate] particles to the number-average diameter D50T of the toner particles satisfies 0.03?D50P/D50T?0.15. The proportion of the styrene-(meth)acrylic resin in a resin component deposited on the surface of the toner particle is about 5 atom % or more and about 30 atom % or less as determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuka KAWAMOTO, Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Daisuke ISHIZUKA, Asafumi FUJITA, Narumasa SATO, Erina SAITO
  • Publication number: 20160342101
    Abstract: An electrostatic-image developing toner contains toner particles. The toner particles contain a binder resin, a release agent, and a styrene-(meth)acrylic resin. The binder resin contains a polyester resin. About 70% or more of all release agent is present within about 800 nm from surfaces of the toner particles. The styrene-(meth)acrylic resin is present in an amount of about 5 to about 25 atomic percent of the resin components in the surfaces of the toner particles as determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narumasa SATO, Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Daisuke ISHIZUKA, Asafumi FUJITA, Erina SAITO, Yuka KAWAMOTO, Noriyuki MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20160313660
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin having a polyester resin and a styrene-(meth)acrylic acid alkyl copolymer resin, a release agent having a hydrocarbon release agent, and an oligomer which includes a styrene structure and whose content is in a range of 1% by weight to 6% by weight with respect to toner particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Erina SAITO, Noriyuki MIZUTANI, Daisuke ISHIZUKA, Kotaro YOSHIHARA, Yuki TAKAMIYA, Narumasa SATO, Yuka KAWAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9477166
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner, includes toner particles containing a binder resin including a polyester resin, a release agent including a hydrocarbon wax, and a styrene (meth)acrylic resin, wherein 70% or more of the release agent is present within 800 nm from a surface of the toner particles, the styrene (meth)acrylic resin in the toner particles forms a domain having an average diameter from 0.3 ?m to 0.8 ?m, and a number ratio of the domain being in a range of ±0.1 ?m of the average diameter is 65% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eisuke Iwazaki, Asafumi Fujita, Tomoaki Tanaka, Narumasa Sato, Kotaro Yoshihara, Noriyuki Mizutani