Patents by Inventor Shintaro FUKUOKA

Shintaro FUKUOKA 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: 9250549
    Abstract: Toners of respective colors of a full-color toner set each contain a binder resin which is polyester resin; and a release agent dispersing aid which is styrene acrylic copolymer resin having at least one of an ?-methylstyrene structure and a styrene structure. The styrene acrylic copolymer resin is contained in an amount of 7 parts by weight to 14 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polyester resin. The full-color toner set has a sum of resistivities of the toners of the respective colors of 410×109 to 510×109 (?·cm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shintaro Fukuoka, Tadayuki Sawai, Yoritaka Tsubaki, Keigo Mitamura, Yui Kawano, Keiichi Kikawa
  • Publication number: 20150104740
    Abstract: Toners of respective colors of a full-color toner set each contain a binder resin which is polyester resin; and a release agent dispersing aid which is styrene acrylic copolymer resin having at least one of an ?-methylstyrene structure and a styrene structure. The styrene acrylic copolymer resin is contained in an amount of 7 parts by weight to 14 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polyester resin. The full-color toner set has a sum of resistivities of the toners of the respective colors of 410×109 to 510×109 (?·cm).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shintaro Fukuoka, Tadayuki Sawai, Yoritaka Tsubaki, Keigo Mitamura, Yui Kawano, Keiichi Kikawa
  • Publication number: 20150079513
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic image development is configured such that: a binder resin is polyester resin; a release agent dispersing aid is styrene acrylic copolymer resin having at least one of an ?-methylstyrene structure and a styrene structure, and is contained in an amount of 5.5 parts by weight to 12 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polyester resin; and the styrene acrylic copolymer resin has an acid value of 3 KOHmg/g to 9 KOHmg/g, and the toner for electrostatic image development has an acid value of 14 KOHmg/g to 19 KOHmg/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Shintaro Fukuoka, Tadayuki Sawai, Yoritaka Tsubaki, Keiichi Kikawa, Keigo Mitamura, Yui Kawano
  • Publication number: 20140242510
    Abstract: A two-component color developer containing a toner and a resin-coated carrier, the toner containing at least a polyester resin as a binding resin, an organic pigment as a colorant and inorganic fine particles as an external additive, wherein the inorganic fine particles have a negative polarity, the toner has a volume resistivity of 40×109 to 220×109 ?cm and a negative polarity, and the carrier has a coat durability of 90% or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadayuki Sawai, Yoritaka Tsubaki, Keiichi Kikawa, Keigo Mutamura, Yui Kawano, Shintaro Fukuoka
  • Publication number: 20130028617
    Abstract: A toner cartridge supporting apparatus includes a storage portion, an insertion port, an opening/closing cover, a detecting portion for detecting a toner remaining amount, a control portion for controlling toner supply, a judging portion to judge whether or not a toner in a toner cartridge is exhausted, a message generating portion for generating a replacement message, a display portion for displaying the message, a toner cartridge replacement icon, and a toner cartridge moving portion, wherein a toner cartridge replacement message display function and a toner cartridge movement instruction function are provided as the control portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Shintaro FUKUOKA, Hitoshi NAGAHAMA