Patents by Inventor Satoshi Uchino

Satoshi Uchino 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: 10509338
    Abstract: Provided is a two-component developer for developing an electrostatic latent image containing: toner particles having toner mother particles and an external additive on a surface of the toner mother particles; and carrier particles, wherein the external additive contains alumina particles; the alumina particles are subjected to a surface modification with a hydrophobilizing agent; among the hydrophobilizing agent existing on the surface of the alumina particles after the surface modification, a ratio of the hydrophobilizing agent in a state of being liberated from the surface is 20% or less when extraction treatment is performed under a predetermined condition; the alumina particles have a number average primary particle diameter in the range of 5 to 60 nm; and the carrier particles have a resin covering layer, and the resin covering layer is formed with an alicyclic (meth)acrylate monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Ikuko Sakurada, Satoshi Uchino, Shinya Obara, Futoshi Kadonome, Keiji Arai
  • Publication number: 20190354032
    Abstract: To provide a two-component developer for electrostatic charge image development, the two-component developer enabling a high image quality to be kept and enabling the occurrence of fogging to be suppressed even in continuous printing of an image high in coverage rate. The two-component developer for electrostatic charge image development includes a toner particle including a toner base particle and an external additive disposed on the surface of the toner base particle, and a carrier particle including a core material particle and a covering section disposed on the surface of the core material particle, wherein the external additive includes an alumina particle, and the percentage of exposed area of the core material particle is 4.0% or more and 15.0% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Shinya OBARA, Koji SHIBATA, Junya UEDA, Takuya TAKAHASHI, Satoshi UCHINO
  • Patent number: 10437166
    Abstract: Provided is a two-component developer for developing an electrostatic latent image incorporating: toner particles each containing a toner mother particle having an external additive on a surface of the toner mother particle; and carrier particles each having a core material particle and a covering layer containing a resin on a surface of the core material particle, wherein the external additive contains inorganic particles; the inorganic particles are subjected to surface modification with silicone oil; a carbon content remained on a surface of the inorganic particle after the surface modification is within 3.0 to 10.0 mass %; a free carbon ratio on the surface of the inorganic particle is 70.0% or more; the carrier particles have a resistance in the range of 1.0×109 to 5.0×1010 ?·cm; and the resin in the covering layer contains a resin formed from a monomer containing an alicyclic methacrylic acid ester monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Koji Shibata, Shinya Obara, Satoshi Uchino
  • Patent number: 10409189
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns an electrostatic latent image developer including: a toner having toner base particles and an external additive; and a carrier, wherein the external additive contains silicone oil-treated silica and titanium oxide, Net intensity of titanium (Ti) in the toner to be measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is 0.5 to 5 kcps, the carrier has a resin coating layer coating core material particles, and the resin coating layer has a constituent unit formed from an alicyclic (meth)acrylic acid ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Junya Ueda, Satoshi Uchino, Shinya Obara, Takuya Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20190243272
    Abstract: Provided is a two-component developer for developing an electrostatic latent image containing: toner particles having toner mother particles and an external additive on a surface of the toner mother particles; and carrier particles, wherein the external additive contains alumina particles; the alumina particles are subjected to a surface modification with a hydrophobilizing agent; among the hydrophobilizing agent existing on the surface of the alumina particles after the surface modification, a ratio of the hydrophobilizing agent in a state of being liberated from the surface is 20% or less when extraction treatment is performed under a predetermined condition; the alumina particles have a number average primary particle diameter in the range of 5 to 60 nm; and the carrier particles have a resin covering layer, and the resin covering layer is formed with an alicyclic (meth)acrylate monomer
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Ikuko SAKURADA, Satoshi Uchino, Shinya Obara, Futoshi Kadonome, Keiji Arai
  • Publication number: 20190220165
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a plurality of devices each including a hardware processor; and a display shared among the devices, wherein in response to detection of a pointer in a display region of the display, the display transmits detected position information indicating a detected position of the pointer to each of the devices, and the hardware processor of one of the devices determines whether a user operation by the pointer is an operation directed to the one of the devices, in accordance with the detected position information received from the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Satoshi Uchino
  • Publication number: 20190212666
    Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic image developing toner containing toner mother particles having external additives on a surface of the mother particle, wherein the external additives contains calcium titanate particles having an average primary particle size in the range of 50 to 150 nm, and alumina particles; and an average primary particle size of the alumina particles is less than the average primary particle size of the calcium titanate particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Junya UEDA, Shinya Obara, Takuya Takahashi, Ikuko Sakurada, Satoshi Uchino
  • Publication number: 20190187857
    Abstract: A touch panel sharing support apparatus applicable for sharing a touch panel by a first system and a second system independent of each other, includes: a storage that stores definition data defining a first region for the first system and a second region for the second system, on a touch surface of the touch panel; a hardware processor that discriminates which of the first region and the second region a touched position on the touch surface belongs to on the basis of the definition data; and a transmitter that transmits operation data concerning operation onto the touch surface to the first system in a case where the hardware processor discriminates that the position belongs to the first region and transmits the operation data to the second system in a case where the hardware processor discriminates that the position belongs to the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Satoshi UCHINO
  • Publication number: 20190137902
    Abstract: Provided is a two-component developer for developing an electrostatic latent image incorporating: toner particles each containing a toner mother particle having an external additive on a surface of the toner mother particle; and carrier particles each having a core material particle and a covering layer containing a resin on a surface of the core material particle, wherein the external additive contains inorganic particles; the inorganic particles are subjected to surface modification with silicone oil; a carbon content remained on a surface of the inorganic particle after the surface modification is within 3.0 to 10.0 mass %; a free carbon ratio on the surface of the inorganic particle is 70.0% or more; the carrier particles have a resistance in the range of 1.0×109 to 5.0×1010 ?·cm; and the resin in the covering layer contains a resin formed from a monomer containing an alicyclic methacrylic acid ester monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Koji Shibata, Shinya Obara, Satoshi Uchino
  • Patent number: 10241432
    Abstract: An electrostatically charged image developing toner includes a particulate toner matrix containing an external additive on the surface of the particulate toner matrix. The external additive includes silica particles A and silica particles B. The silica particles A have a number average primary-particle diameter in the range of 40 to 100 nm and an average circularity in the range of 0.50 to 0.90, and are surface-modified with silicone oil. The silica particles B have a number average primary-particle diameter of 25 nm or more and smaller than the number average primary-particle diameter of the silica particles A, and are surface-modified with alkylalkoxysilane having a specific structure or silazane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Obara, Satoshi Uchino, Junya Ueda, Takuya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10234778
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles including a particulate toner matrix and an external additive adhering to a surface of the particulate toner matrix. The particulate toner matrix includes a crystalline polyester resin. The external additive includes silica particles. The silica particles are secondary particles including primary particles having a diameter in the range of 30 to 90 nm. The secondary particles have an average circularity in the range of 0.25 to 0.50. The secondary particles have an average aspect ratio of 3.0 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Uchino, Shinya Obara, Junya Ueda, Takuya Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20190056679
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes toner particles having silica particles as an external additive on surfaces of toner base particles, wherein surfaces of a part or all of the silica particles are modified with silicone oil, and the following relational formula (1) is satisfied. 0.30?Si(B)/Si(A)?0.65??relational formula (1) [In the relational formula (1), Si(A) represents a NET intensity of a Si element contained in the electrostatic latent image developing toner, measured by a wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence analyzer. Si(B) represents a NET intensity of a Si element contained in the electrostatic latent image developing toner ultrasonically dispersed in water, measured by a wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence analyzer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Junya UEDA, Satoshi UCHINO, Shinya OBARA, Takuya TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10168630
    Abstract: A toner for developing electrostatic images, including toner particles containing an external additive on surfaces of toner matrix particles. The external additive contains at least a lanthanum-containing titanate compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Uchino, Shinya Obara, Futoshi Kadonome
  • Patent number: 10156803
    Abstract: Provided is a carrier for electrostatic charge image development which provides a two-component developer having a high electric charge amount, a suppressed variation in an electric charge amount caused by an environmental change, and excellent durability, even if a low temperature fixable toner is used. A carrier for electrostatic charge image development of the present invention includes: carrier particles in which a core particle surface is coated with a coating material containing a resin, wherein the coating material contains phosphorus element, and the resin contains structural units derived from an alicyclic (meth)acrylic acid ester compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Kosuke Nakamura, Satoshi Uchino, Futoshi Kadonome, Koji Shibata
  • Publication number: 20180340538
    Abstract: In a hydraulic control device, when the rotational speed of an electric motor is an appropriate rotational speed, a first spool is in a first position, in which communication between a sixth port and a second port is blocked. When the rotational speed of the electric motor exceeds the appropriate rotational speed, the first spool is in a second position, in which the sixth port and the second port are placed in communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Ichimura, Shigeji Nakano, Satoshi Uchino
  • Patent number: 10138986
    Abstract: Provided is a continuously variable transmission that uses friction clutches as power transmission switching mechanisms but without increasing the number of shafts and the overall length. The power transmission switching mechanisms are configured to switch between establishing and interrupting power transmission in the power transmission paths within the continuously variable transmission. A continuously variable transmission includes an input shaft, a first output shaft, a second output shaft, a continuously variable transmission device, and four friction clutches. The continuously variable transmission device includes, a first pulley, mounted to the first output shaft, a second pulley, mounted to the second output shaft, and an endless belt, looped around the first pulley and the second pulley. A first friction clutch and a second friction clutch are coaxial with the input shaft. A third friction clutch is coaxial with the second output shaft. A fourth friction clutch is coaxial with the first output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Uchino
  • Publication number: 20180267416
    Abstract: A toner for developing electrostatic images, including toner particles containing an external additive on surfaces of toner matrix particles. The external additive contains at least a lanthanum-containing titanate compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi UCHINO, Shinya OBARA, Futoshi KADONOME
  • Patent number: 10030749
    Abstract: In a continuously variable transmission, driving force from a drive source is transmitted via a path to establish a LOW mode. A large torque that is transmitted in the LOW mode passes through a first output switching mechanism. Since a countershaft is relatively rotatably disposed on an outer periphery of an input shaft, and the first output switching mechanism is disposed on the countershaft, the countershaft which transmits a large torque is disposed on an outer peripheral side of a double tube and supported directly by a transmission case, and the input shaft which transmits a relatively small torque is supported via the countershaft, thereby making it possible to support the first output switching mechanism with high rigidity without carrying out special reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Uchino, Atsushi Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20180143557
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns an electrostatic latent image developer including: a toner having toner base particles and an external additive; and a carrier, wherein the external additive contains silicone oil-treated silica and titanium oxide, Net intensity of titanium (Ti) in the toner to be measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is 0.5 to 5 kcps, the carrier has a resin coating layer coating core material particles, and the resin coating layer has a constituent unit formed from an alicyclic (meth)acrylic acid ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Junya UEDA, Satoshi UCHINO, Shinya OBARA, Takuya TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20180120721
    Abstract: An electrostatically charged image developing toner includes a particulate toner matrix containing an external additive on the surface of the particulate toner matrix. The external additive includes silica particles A and silica particles B. The silica particles A have a number average primary-particle diameter in the range of 40 to 100 nm and an average circularity in the range of 0.50 to 0.90, and are surface-modified with silicone oil. The silica particles B have a number average primary-particle diameter of 25 nm or more and smaller than the number average primary-particle diameter of the silica particles A, and are surface-modified with alkylalkoxysilane having a specific structure or silazane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Shinya Obara, Satoshi Uchino, Junya Ueda, Takuya Takahashi