Patents by Inventor Nozomu Komatsu

Nozomu Komatsu 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: 20180356746
    Abstract: Provided is a toner containing: a toner particle containing a binder resin; and an inorganic particle, wherein the inorganic particle contains a silicon oxide particle with a number-average particle diameter (D1) from 50 nm to 300 nm and a strontium titanate particle with a number-average particle diameter (D1) from 10 nm to 60 nm, the content of the silicon oxide particle is from 0.5 to 15.0 mass parts per 100 mass parts of the toner particle, the content of the strontium titanate particle is from 0.02 to 5.00 times the content of the silicon oxide particle, and in dielectric constant measurement at 25° C. and 1 MHz, the dielectric constant of the silicon oxide particle is from 1.0 pF/m to 20.0 pF/m, and the dielectric constant of the strontium titanate is from 25.0 pF/m to 100.0 pF/m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Masayuki Hama, Takeshi Hashimoto, Yuto Onozaki, lchiro Kanno, Nozomu Komatsu, Hiroyuki Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 10146146
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle containing a binder resin, a wax, and inorganic fine particles, wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous polyester resin, and, in a cross section of the toner particle, when Sc represents an area taken up by the crystalline polyester resin and S1 represents an area taken up by the inorganic fine particles that are present in the crystalline polyester resin portion, Sc and S1 satisfy the relationship S1/Sc?0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nozomu Komatsu, Takeshi Hashimoto, Masayuki Hama, Takakuni Kobori, Ichiro Kanno, Yuto Onozaki, Hitoshi Sano, Akifumi Matsubara, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Tsubasa Fujisaki
  • Publication number: 20180314176
    Abstract: Provided is a toner having a toner particle including a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the colorant includes a compound represented by Formula (1) below, a crystal of the compound in the toner particle has a diffraction peak with a full width at half maximum of at least 0.400° and not more than 0.440° in a range of a diffraction angle 2? of at least 5.0° and not more than 6.0° in an X-ray diffraction spectrum using CuK? rays, in Formula (1), X1 and X2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a chlorine atom or a methyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Megumi Ikeda, lchiro Kanno, Akifumi Matsubara, Hitoshi Sano, Yuto Onozaki, Takeshi Hashimoto, Masayuki Hama, Nozomu Komatsu, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20180307153
    Abstract: Provided is a magenta toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin, a wax and a colorant, wherein the colorant contains a specific amount of a compound (1), the colorant also contains one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a naphthol compound, a quinacridone compound and a lake compound thereof in addition to the compound (1), and the binder resin contains a specific amount of a polyester resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Ichiro Kanno, Takeshi Hashimoto, Nozomu Komatsu, Masayuki Hama, Hitoshi Sano, Yuto Onozaki, Akifumi Matsubara, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Tsubasa Fujisaki
  • Patent number: 10082743
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle containing a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous polyester resin, wherein, in a cross-sectional observation of the toner by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), the number-average diameter (D1) of major axis lengths of the crystalline polyester resin dispersed up to a depth of 0.30 ?m from a toner surface is 40 nm to 110 nm, and the number-average diameter (D1) of major axis lengths of the crystalline polyester resin dispersed deeper than 0.30 ?m from the toner surface is 1.25 to 4.00 times the number-average diameter (D1) of the major axis lengths of the crystalline polyester resin dispersed up to a depth of 0.30 ?m from the toner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Hama, Hideki Kaneko, Takeshi Hashimoto, Ichiro Kanno, Nozomu Komatsu, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20180259867
    Abstract: According to the present invention, in a toner including a toner particle containing a binder resin and a low molecular aromatic hydrocarbon, the binder resin contains a polyester resin, at least one kind of a unit derived from an aromatic monocarboxylic acid and a unit derived from an aromatic monoalcohol is contained, and the low molecular aromatic hydrocarbon has 1 or more and 4 or less benzene rings, and has a melting point of 60° C. or more and 120° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: HITOSHI SANO, Takeshi Hashimoto, Masayuki Hama, lchiro Kanno, Yuto Onozaki, Akifumi Matsubara, Megumi Ikeda, Nozomu Komatsu, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20180246434
    Abstract: A toner comprises toner particles each containing a binder resin and a crystalline compound represented by a specific chemical formula. The crystalline compound. exhibits a CuK? X-ray diffraction spectrum having a diffraction peak at a Bragg angle 2?±0.2 in the range of 4.0° to 5.0°. The diffraction peak has a half-value width of 0.7° or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Ichiro Kanno, Takeshi Hashimoto, Nozomu Komatsu, Masayuki Hama, Hitoshi Sano, Yuto Onozaki, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20180246431
    Abstract: A toner is provided, which contains a toner particle and a metal titanate particle, wherein, in a number-based particle size distribution of the metal titanate particle on the surface of the toner particle, when D10, D50 and D90 denote the particle diameter at which the cumulative value from the small particle diameter side reaches 10% by number, 50% by number and 90% by number, respectively, the D50 is at least 10 nm and not more than 90 nm, and the particle size distribution index A, which is represented by D90/D10, is at least 2.00 and not more than 10.00, and the value of storage elastic modulus G? at 40° C. in viscoelasticity measurements of the toner is at least 1.0×107 Pa and not more than 1.0×1010 Pa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Takeshi Hashimoto, Masayuki Hama, Yuto Onozaki, Ichiro Kanno, Nozomu Komatsu, Hiroyuki Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 10048610
    Abstract: A toner containing a toner particle containing a binding resin and a colorant and an inorganic fine particle, in which the inorganic fine particle is a silica particle containing aluminum and the content of the aluminum in the silica particle is 0.2 ppm or more and 200 ppm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ichiro Kanno, Takeshi Hashimoto, Masayuki Hama, Hitoshi Sano, Nozomu Komatsu, Tsubasa Fujisaki, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 10036970
    Abstract: Provided is a magenta toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin, a wax and a colorant, wherein the colorant contains a specific amount of a compound (1), the colorant also contains one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a naphthol compound, a quinacridone compound and a lake compound thereof in addition to the compound (1), and the binder resin contains a specific amount of a polyester resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ichiro Kanno, Takeshi Hashimoto, Nozomu Komatsu, Masayuki Hama, Hitoshi Sano, Yuto Onozaki, Akifumi Matsubara, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Tsubasa Fujisaki
  • Publication number: 20180149990
    Abstract: Provided is a toner including a toner particle that contains a toner base particle containing a binder resin and a wax, and a coating layer containing a 1,2-polybutadiene resin at the surface of the toner base particle, wherein the coverage ratio of the toner base particle by the coating layer is at least 50%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Yuto Onozaki, Takeshi Hashimoto, lchiro Kanno, Megumi Ikeda, Masayuki Hama, Nozomu Komatsu, Akifumi Matsubara, Hitoshi Sano, Takakuni Kobori, Hayato Ida, Hiroyuki Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20180149992
    Abstract: Provided is a toner including toner particles each containing an amorphous polyester resin and a wax, in which: the surface of each of the toner particles has a coating layer; and the coating layer contains one or more kinds of olefin-based copolymers each having a specific ester moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Yuto Onozaki, Takeshi Hashimoto, lchiro Kanno, Masayuki Hama, Hitoshi Sano, Nozomu Komatsu, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Hayato Ida
  • Publication number: 20170357168
    Abstract: Provided is a magenta toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin, a wax and a colorant, wherein the colorant contains a specific amount of a compound (1), the colorant also contains one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a naphthol compound, a quinacridone compound and a lake compound thereof in addition to the compound (1), and the binder resin contains a specific amount of a polyester resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Ichiro Kanno, Takeshi Hashimoto, Nozomu Komatsu, Masayuki Hama, Hitoshi Sano, Yuto Onozaki, Akifumi Matsubara, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Tsubasa Fujisaki
  • Publication number: 20170343911
    Abstract: A toner comprises a toner particle containing an amorphous polyester, wherein the amorphous polyester contains an amorphous polyester 1, the amorphous polyester contains a tin compound and a titanium compound, a Sn/Ti abundance ratio between Sn and Ti in the amorphous polyester according to x-ray fluorescence analysis is 20/80 to 80/20, and a weight-average molecular weight Mw1 of the amorphous polyester 1 according to measurement by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) is Mw1<7,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Takeshi Hashimoto, Nozomu Komatsu, Yuto Onozaki, Akifumi Matsubara, Ichiro Kanno, Hitoshi Sano, Tsubasa Fujisaki, Masayuki Hama, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 9811019
    Abstract: A magnetic carrier is provided which can suppress a decrease in glossiness even in a long term use for POD which requires high glossiness. A magnetic carrier includes a filled core particle in which a silicone resin is filled in pores of a porous magnetic core particle and a vinyl resin coating a surface of the filled core particle. In a pore distribution of the porous magnetic core particle measured by a mercury intrusion method, a cumulative pore volume in a pore diameter range of 0.1 to 3.0 ?m is 35.0 to 95.0 mm3/g, and in a pore distribution of the filled core particle measured by a mercury intrusion method, a cumulative pore volume in a pore diameter range of 0.1 to 3.0 ?m is 3.0 to 15.0 mm3/g. The magnetic carrier includes 1.2 to 3.0 parts by mass of the vinyl resin to 100.0 parts by mass of the filled core particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kentaro Kamae, Nozomu Komatsu, Koh Ishigami, Yoshinobu Baba
  • Publication number: 20170315461
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle containing a binder resin, a wax, and inorganic fine particles, wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous polyester resin, and, in a cross section of the toner particle, when Sc represents an area taken up by the crystalline polyester resin and S1 represents an area taken up by the inorganic fine particles that are present in the crystalline polyester resin portion, Sc and S1 satisfy the relationship S1/Sc?0.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Nozomu Komatsu, Takeshi Hashimoto, Masayuki Hama, Takakuni Kobori, Ichiro Kanno, Yuto Onozaki, Hitoshi Sano, Akifumi Matsubara, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Tsubasa Fujisaki
  • Publication number: 20170315463
    Abstract: By controlling the migration to the toner particle surface of the crystalline polyester present in the toner particle, a toner is provided that exhibits an excellent durability in long-term use, a stable charging performance after holding in a high-temperature, high-humidity environment, and an excellent low-temperature fixability, in which the toner having a toner particle that contains an amorphous resin, a crystalline polyester, and a wax, wherein the toner particle includes, at the surface thereof, a coat layer containing a cyclic polyolefin resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Yuto Onozaki, Masayuki Hama, Takeshi Hashimoto, Ichiro Kanno, Hitoshi Sano, Akifumi Matsubara, Nozomu Komatsu, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Tsubasa Fujisaki
  • Publication number: 20170176880
    Abstract: A toner containing a toner particle containing a binding resin and a colorant and an inorganic fine particle, in which the inorganic fine particle is a silica particle containing aluminum and the content of the aluminum in the silica particle is 0.2 ppm or more and 200 ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Ichiro Kanno, Takeshi Hashimoto, Masayuki Hama, Hitoshi Sano, Nozomu Komatsu, Tsubasa Fujisaki, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 9665026
    Abstract: Provided are a toner and a two-component developer each of which: shows a small fluctuation in charge quantity and a small fluctuation in image density even under a high-temperature and high-humidity environment; and does not cause any member contamination even after endurance and hence can stably output an image. The toner and the two-component developer each have a feature in that positively chargeable strontium titanate fine particles are added to toner particles having fixed thereto negatively chargeable silica fine particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Iwasaki, Nozomu Komatsu, Takakuni Kobori, Kohji Takenaka, Hideki Kaneko, Takeshi Hashimoto, Ichiro Kanno, Hiroyuki Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 9651883
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle containing an amorphous polyester resin, a crystalline polyester resin and a wax, wherein in a cross-section of the toner by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), domains of the wax and crystals of the crystalline polyester resin are present, the area occupied by the domains of the wax is 0.5% to 8.0% and the area occupied by the crystals of the crystalline polyester resin is 0.5% to 8.0% of the cross-sectional area of the toner, the number-average diameter Dw of the domains of the wax is 60 nm to 240 nm, the aspect ratio of the crystals of the crystalline polyester resin is 5.0 to 25.0, and the number-average diameter Dc of major axis lengths of the crystals of the crystalline polyester resin is 0.8 to 2.0 times the Dw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Hama, Ichiro Kanno, Takeshi Hashimoto, Nozomu Komatsu, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa