Patents by Inventor Shohei Tsuda
Shohei Tsuda 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).
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Publication number: 20200292955Abstract: A toner comprising: a toner particle that contains a release agent-containing toner base particle, and an organosilicon polymer on a toner base particle surface, and an external additive A, the organosilicon polymer has a T3 unit structure; the organosilicon polymer forms protruded portions on the toner base particle surface; the number-average value of the protrusion height H is from 30 nm to 300 nm; the ratio of the number-average primary particle diameter R of the external additive A to the number-average value of the protrusion height H is from 1.00 to 4.00; the number-average primary particle diameter R of the external additive A is from 30 nm to 1,200 nm; and, in an image obtained by observing the toner surface with SEM, the area percentage for the bright region area in the image with reference to the total area of the image is from 30.0% to 75.0%.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Tomonori Matsunaga, Hidekazu Fumita, Noriyoshi Umeda, Shohei Tsuda
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Publication number: 20200209766Abstract: Provided is a toner including a toner particle containing a binder resin, and an external additive, wherein the external additive contains an external additive A and an external additive B, the external additive A is an organosilicon polymer fine particle, the number-average particle diameter of primary particles of the organosilicon polymer fine particle is from 30 to 300 nm, the external additive B is a silica fine particle, the number-average particle diameter of primary particles of the silica fine particle is from 100 to 300 nm, the fixing rate of the external additive A to the toner particle according to a water washing method is less than 30%, and the fixing rate of the external additive B to the toner particle according to the washing method is at least 30%.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Kentaro Yamawaki, Shohei Kototani, Noriyoshi Umeda, Tomonori Matsunaga, Shohei Tsuda, Satoshi Otsuji
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Publication number: 20200166861Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle including a binder resin and a colorant and an external additive, wherein the external additive contains an external additive A having a Feret diameter of 60 to 200 nm, the external additive A is inorganic fine particles or organic-inorganic composite fine particles, adhesion index of the external additive A to the toner is 0.00 to 3.00, and penetration depth b and protrusion height c satisfy Relational expressions (1) and (2) below, where b (nm) denotes penetration depth of the external additive A, at a portion of the external additive A penetrating into the toner particle interior from the surface thereof, and c (nm) denotes a protrusion height of the external additive A at that portion, in an observation of an image resulting from image processing of a cross section of the toner using TEM; 60?b+c?200??(1), 0.15?b/(b+c)?0.30??(2).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Kozue Uratani, Daisuke Yoshiba, Shohei Tsuda, Tomoya Nagaoka, Mariko Yamashita, Kazuki Kaneko, Ryo Nagata
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Patent number: 10578990Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle that contains a binder resin and a colorant, wherein (1) an average circularity of the toner is at least 0.960, (2) an onset temperature T? (° C.) of a storage elastic modulus E? of the toner, as determined by a powder dynamic viscoelastic measurement, is from 50° C. to 70° C., and (3) in a differential curve obtained by differentiation, by load, of a load-displacement curve provided by measurement of the strength of the toner by a nanoindentation procedure, with the horizontal axis being load (mN) and the vertical axis being displacement (?m), the load X that provides the maximum value in the differential curve in the load region from 0.20 mN to 2.30 mN is from 1.00 mN to 1.50 mN.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shohei Tsuda, Daisuke Yoshiba, Kozue Uratani, Mariko Yamashita
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Patent number: 10409186Abstract: A toner is provided, where good cleanability is exhibited, abrasion variations of the photo conductor surface is reduced, and contamination of a charge member is reduced. The toner includes toner particles and organic-inorganic composite fine particles on the toner particle surfaces, wherein each of the organic-inorganic composite fine particles is a particle in which inorganic fine particles are exposed at the surfaces of vinyl based resin particles in such a way that convex portions derived from the inorganic fine particles are formed on the surfaces, the average circularity of the toner is 0.960 or more, and the absolute value Q of the amount of triboelectricity of the toner measured by a two-component method and the electrostatic adhesion F of the toner satisfy 0.003?F/Q2?0.040.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yojiro Hotta, Shohei Tsuda, Taiji Katsura, Masaharu Miura, Yoshinobu Baba, Takayuki Itakura
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Publication number: 20190041762Abstract: A toner comprising: a toner particle that contains a binder resin and a colorant: and an external additive, wherein (1) the average circularity of the toner is at least 0.960; (2) the fixing ratio of the external additive on the toner particle is from 75% to 100%; and (3) in a differential curve obtained by the differentiation, by load, of a load-displacement curve where the horizontal axis is load (mN) and the vertical axis is displacement (?m), the load-displacement curve being provided by measurement of the strength of the toner by a nanoindentation procedure, a load A that provides a maximum value in the differential curve in a load region from 0.20 mN to 2.30 mN is from 1.15 mN to 1.50 mN.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Daisuke Yoshiba, Shohei Tsuda, Mariko Yamashita, Kozue Uratani, Ryo Nagata
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Publication number: 20190041763Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle that contains a binder resin and a colorant, wherein (1) an average circularity of the toner is at least 0.960, (2) an onset temperature T? (° C.) of a storage elastic modulus E? of the toner, as determined by a powder dynamic viscoelastic measurement, is from 50° C. to 70° C., and (3) in a differential curve obtained by differentiation, by load, of a load-displacement curve provided by measurement of the strength of the toner by a nanoindentation procedure, with the horizontal axis being load (mN) and the vertical axis being displacement (?m), the load X that provides the maximum value in the differential curve in the load region from 0.20 mN to 2.30 mN is from 1.00 mN to 1.50 mN.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Shohei Tsuda, Daisuke Yoshiba, Kozue Uratani, Mariko Yamashita
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Patent number: 10197934Abstract: A toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin, an amorphous polyester, and a colorant, wherein a softening point of the toner is at least 110° C. and not more than 140° C.; an integrated value f1 for stress of the toner is not more than 10 g·m/sec, as measured using a tack tester, with a temperature for a probe end being 150° C. and a press holding time being 0.01 seconds; and an integrated value f2 for stress of the toner is at least 30 g·m/sec, as measured using a tack tester, with a temperature for a probe end being 150° C. and a press holding time being 0.1 seconds.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Matsui, Naoki Okamoto, Yuujirou Nagashima, Keisuke Tanaka, Shohei Tsuda, Kosuke Fukudome, Takuya Mizuguchi
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Patent number: 10156800Abstract: Provided is a toner comprising a toner particle including a binder resin, an amorphous polyester, and a colorant, wherein the binder resin includes a vinyl resin, the toner has a softening point of at least 110° C. and not more than 140° C., an amount of the amorphous polyester is at least 4.0 parts by mass and not more than 30.0 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin, and a temperature T at which an area increasing rate of one toner particle sample becomes 1.40, is not more than 110° C., and a slope of the area increasing rate with respect to a temperature in the range of the area increasing rate of 1.40 to 2.00 is not more than 0.07.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2017Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shohei Tsuda, Naoki Okamoto, Takashi Matsui, Yuujirou Nagashima, Keisuke Tanaka
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Patent number: 10012919Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle containing a binder resin, a colorant, an amorphous polyester, and a crystalline polyester, wherein the binder resin contains a vinyl resin; the amorphous polyester has a monomer unit derived from a linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 6 to 12 carbons, and a monomer unit derived from a dialcohol; the content of the monomer unit derived from a linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 6 to 12 carbons is 10 to 50 mol % with reference to the total monomer units derived from a carboxylic acid in the amorphous polyester; and in a cross section of the toner particle, the vinyl resin constitutes a matrix and the amorphous polyester constitutes domains, and the crystalline polyester is present in the interior of the domains.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Matsui, Yuujirou Nagashima, Keisuke Tanaka, Shohei Tsuda, Naoki Okamoto
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Patent number: 9904195Abstract: A toner comprising: a toner particle containing a binder resin and a colorant, and an inorganic fine particle A and B present on the surface of the toner particle, wherein the inorganic fine particle A is a silica fine particle having a number-average particle diameter (D1) of primary particles in a specific range, the inorganic fine particle B has a number-average particle diameter (D1) of primary particles in a specific range, and is at least one fine particle selected from a group consisting of a silica fine particle, a titanium oxide fine particle, and an alumina fine particle, A total fixing ratio of the inorganic fine particle A and B is 75% or more, and an inter-particle force Fp(A) and an inter-particle force Fp(B) are within specific numerical ranges and satisfy a specific relationship.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Matsui, Naoki Okamoto, Satoshi Arimura, Keisuke Tanaka, Shohei Tsuda
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Publication number: 20180004108Abstract: Provided is a toner comprising a toner particle including a binder resin, an amorphous polyester, and a colorant, wherein the binder resin includes a vinyl resin, the toner has a softening point of at least 110° C. and not more than 140° C., an amount of the amorphous polyester is at least 4.0 parts by mass and not more than 30.0 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin, and a temperature T at which an area increasing rate of one toner particle sample becomes 1.40, is not more than 110° C., and a slope of the area increasing rate with respect to a temperature in the range of the area increasing rate of 1.40 to 2.00 is not more than 0.07.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Shohei Tsuda, Naoki Okamoto, Takashi Matsui, Yuujirou Nagashima, Keisuke Tanaka
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Publication number: 20180004106Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle containing a binder resin, a colorant, an amorphous polyester, and a crystalline polyester, wherein the binder resin contains a vinyl resin; the amorphous polyester has a monomer unit derived from a linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 6 to 12 carbons, and a monomer unit derived from a dialcohol; the content of the monomer unit derived from a linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 6 to 12 carbons is 10 to 50 mol % with reference to the total monomer units derived from a carboxylic acid in the amorphous polyester; and in a cross section of the toner particle, the vinyl resin constitutes a matrix and the amorphous polyester constitutes domains, and the crystalline polyester is present in the interior of the domains.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Takashi Matsui, Yuujirou Nagashima, Keisuke Tanaka, Shohei Tsuda, Naoki Okamoto
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Publication number: 20180004109Abstract: A toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin, an amorphous polyester, and a colorant, wherein a softening point of the toner is at least 110° C. and not more than 140° C.; an integrated value f1 for stress of the toner is not more than 10 g·m/sec, as measured using a tack tester, with a temperature for a probe end being 150° C. and a press holding time being 0.01 seconds; and an integrated value f2 for stress of the toner is at least 30 g·m/sec, as measured using a tack tester, with a temperature for a probe end being 150° C. and a press holding time being 0.1 seconds.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Takashi Matsui, Naoki Okamoto, Yuujirou Nagashima, Keisuke Tanaka, Shohei Tsuda, Kosuke Fukudome, Takuya Mizuguchi
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Patent number: 9857707Abstract: Provided is a toner, including: a toner particle containing a binder resin and a colorant; and an inorganic fine particle, in which the toner particle has an average circularity of 0.960 or more, and in which the toner satisfies the formula (1) and the formula (2). Fp(A)?25.0 nN??Formula (1) (Fp(B)?Fp(A))/Fp(A)?0.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shohei Tsuda, Takashi Matsui, Satoshi Arimura, Kozue Uratani, Keisuke Tanaka, Naoki Okamoto
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Patent number: 9778583Abstract: A toner having compatibility between transfer properties and cleaning properties is provided. A toner wherein a fine particle A containing a primary particle having a number average particle diameter (D1) of 80 nm or more and 400 nm or less is present on the surface of a toner particle at a coverage ratio of 5 to 40%, a fixing rate of 30 to 90% by mass, and a variation coefficient of 0.1 to 0.5 in a region of 0.5 ??m2.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuo Terauchi, Yojiro Hotta, Takeshi Naka, Motohide Shiozawa, Shohei Tsuda, Masami Fujimoto
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Patent number: 9772570Abstract: Provided is a toner having good endurance stability and good low-temperature fixability in high-speed printing, and having good resistance to the adhesion of printed paper. The toner is a magnetic toner having, on the surface of toner particle containing a binder resin and an ester compound as a releasing agent, inorganic fine particle “a” and organic-inorganic composite fine particle having a volumetric specific heat of from 2,900 kJ/(m3·° C.) to 4,200 kJ/(m3·° C.), in which a coverage A of the surface of the toner particle with the inorganic fine particle “a” is 45.0% or more and 70.0% or less.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shohei Tsuda, Yojiro Hotta, Koji Nishikawa, Masami Fujimoto, Katsuhisa Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20170219945Abstract: A toner comprising: a toner particle containing a binder resin and a colorant, and an inorganic fine particle A and B present on the surface of the toner particle, wherein the inorganic fine particle A is a silica fine particle having a number-average particle diameter (D1) of primary particles in a specific range, the inorganic fine particle B has a number-average particle diameter (D1) of primary particles in a specific range, and is at least one fine particle selected from a group consisting of a silica fine particle, a titanium oxide fine particle, and an alumina fine particle, A total fixing ratio of the inorganic fine particle A and B is 75% or more, and an inter-particle force Fp(A) and an inter-particle force Fp(B) are within specific numerical ranges and satisfy a specific relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Takashi Matsui, Naoki Okamoto, Satoshi Arimura, Keisuke Tanaka, Shohei Tsuda
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Patent number: 9715188Abstract: The toner comprising a toner particle containing a binder resin and a colorant, an iron oxide particle and an organic-inorganic composite fine particle, wherein the organic-inorganic composite fine particle comprises a vinyl resin particle, and inorganic fine particles which are embedded in the vinyl resin particle, and at least a part of which is exposed at surface of the organic-inorganic composite fine particle; the organic-inorganic composite fine particle has convexes derived from the inorganic fine particles, and wherein: a coverage ratio of the surface of the organic-inorganic composite fine particle with the inorganic fine particle is 20-70%; and the content of the iron oxide particle present on a surface of the toner particle is 0.1-5.0 mass % based on the mass of the toner particle.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2014Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuo Terauchi, Koji Nishikawa, Shohei Tsuda, Yojiro Hotta, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Takayuki Itakura, Takeshi Naka, Motohide Shiozawa
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Patent number: 9658546Abstract: Provided is toner comprising toner particle containing binder resin and colorant and silica fine particle, wherein: the silica fine particle contains silica fine particle A and silica fine particle B; silica fine particle A has a number average particle diameter of primary particle of 5 nm or more and 20 nm or less; silica fine particle B has a number average particle diameter of primary particle of 80 nm or more and 200 nm or less; and silica fine particle B has a half width of a peak of primary particle of 25 nm or less, in a weight-based particle size distribution, and wherein when the toner is measured by adhesive force-measuring method by using polycarbonate thin film, an adhesion of the silica fine particle A is 0.5% by area or less relative to 100% by area of the total area of the polycarbonate thin film.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keisuke Tanaka, Takashi Matsui, Satoshi Arimura, Kozue Uratani, Shohei Tsuda, Naoki Okamoto