Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Aruga

Tomohiro Aruga 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: 20260109872
    Abstract: An ink jet ink composition according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is an ink jet ink composition including a coloring material, an organic solvent, and water, in which the organic solvent is one or more kinds selected from triethylene glycol monobutyl ether, tetraethylene glycol monobutyl ether, N-hydroxyethyl-2-pyrrolidone, and ?-caprolactam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2025
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Inventors: Kohei ISHIDA, Tomohiro ARUGA
  • Publication number: 20260098169
    Abstract: The ink jet ink composition of the present disclosure contains a compound A represented by Formula (1) below and water, and has a pH at 25° C. of 7.5 or more. The ink jet ink composition preferably contains a humectant with an HSP value of 15.0 or less. The ink jet ink composition preferably contains a polyol compound having three or more OH groups in the molecule, and the content of the polyol compound in the ink jet ink composition is preferably 1.0% by mass or more. where R is a hydrocarbon group having 6 or more and 12 or less carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2025
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Inventors: Tomohiro ARUGA, Yuta ASAKAWA
  • Patent number: 12486415
    Abstract: An ink jet textile-printing ink composition according to the present disclosure contains an acidic dye having water solubility of 30 g/L or less at 20° C., a water-soluble organic solvent, and water, wherein a glycol-based solvent and a cyclic-amide-based solvent are contained as the water-soluble organic solvent, and the cyclic-amide-based solvent contains one or both of ?-caprolactam and N-hydroxyethyl-2-pyrrolidone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Ishida, Yasuhiro Oki, Tomohiro Aruga
  • Patent number: 12215241
    Abstract: A printing ink jet ink composition of the present disclosure is an ink composition which includes an acidic dye; a water-soluble organic solvent; a lactam compound; and water, the acidic dye includes at least one selected from the group consisting of C.I. Acid Black 172 and C.I. Acid Black 52:1, a content of the acidic dye with respect to a total mass of the ink composition is 10 percent by mass or more, the water-soluble organic solvent includes a glycol ether compound having a standard boiling point of 195° C. to 290° C., the lactam compound includes at least one selected from the group consisting of 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone and ?-caprolactam, and a mass ratio of the lactam compound to the glycol ether compound is 3.5 to 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Aruga, Kohei Ishida, Natsumi Okada
  • Publication number: 20240228808
    Abstract: An ink composition for ink jet textile printing according to the present disclosure contains a specific acidic dye being at least one selected from the group consisting of C.I. Acid Blue 112 and C.I. Acid Blue 140, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water. A glycol-based solvent and a cyclic amide-based solvent are contained as the water-soluble organic solvent. The cyclic amide-based solvent contains at least either ?-caprolactam or N-hydroxyethyl-2-pyrrolidone. The content of the glycol-based solvent is 10.0% by mass or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kohei ISHIDA, Yasuhiro OKI, Tomohiro ARUGA, Natsumi OKADA
  • Publication number: 20230312963
    Abstract: A printing ink jet ink composition of the present disclosure is an ink composition which includes an acidic dye; a water-soluble organic solvent; a lactam compound; and water, the acidic dye includes at least one selected from the group consisting of C.I. Acid Black 172 and C.I. Acid Black 52:1, a content of the acidic dye with respect to a total mass of the ink composition is 10 percent by mass or more, the water-soluble organic solvent includes a glycol ether compound having a standard boiling point of 195° C. to 290° C., the lactam compound includes at least one selected from the group consisting of 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone and ?-caprolactam, and a mass ratio of the lactam compound to the glycol ether compound is 3.5 to 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Tomohiro ARUGA, Kohei ISHIDA, Natsumi OKADA
  • Publication number: 20230265304
    Abstract: An ink jet textile-printing ink composition according to the present disclosure contains an acidic dye having water solubility of 30 g/L or less at 20° C., a water-soluble organic solvent, and water, wherein a glycol-based solvent and a cyclic-amide-based solvent are contained as the water-soluble organic solvent, and the cyclic-amide-based solvent contains one or both of ?-caprolactam and N-hydroxyethyl-2-pyrrolidone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Kohei ISHIDA, Yasuhiro OKI, Tomohiro ARUGA
  • Patent number: 11578224
    Abstract: An ink set includes a first ink containing the compound represented by formula (y-1) or its salt, a second ink containing one or two or more of the compound represented by formula (m-1) or its salt, the compound represented by formula (m-2) or its salt, a compound represented by formula (m-3) or its salt, and the compound represented by formula (m-4) or its salt, and a third ink containing one or two or more of a compound represented by formula (c-1) or its salt, the compound represented by formula (c-2) or its salt, the compound represented by formula (c-3) or its salt, a compound represented by formula (c-4) or its salt, and the compound represented by formula (c-5) or its salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventors: Tomohiro Aruga, Shintaro Hama, Kiyomi Kumamoto
  • Patent number: 11572485
    Abstract: An ink set includes a pigment ink, containing a pigment, and a dye ink containing the compound represented by formula (y-1) below or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventors: Shintaro Hama, Tomohiro Aruga, Kiyomi Kumamoto, Yusuke Mizutaki
  • Patent number: 11511545
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink composition, an ink encasement in which the ink composition is encased, a recording head that ejects the ink composition, and a carriage configured to move the recording head back and forth. The carriage carries the ink encasement, with the ink encasement integrated with the carriage. The ink encasement has an ink fill port that opens and shuts as a port through which the ink composition is loaded. The ink composition contains a disperse colorant, with the volume-average particle diameter of the disperse colorant being 110.0 nm or more and 200.0 nm or less, and also contains at least one organic solvent with an SP of 9 or more, with the percentage thereof being 10.0% by mass or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jun Ito, Yusuke Mizutaki, Tomohiro Aruga, Kiyomi Kumamoto, Tomoki Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11505711
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink composition, an ink encasement in which the ink composition is encased, a recording head that ejects the ink composition, and a carriage configured to move the recording head back and forth. The carriage carries the ink encasement, with the ink encasement integrated with the carriage. The ink encasement has an ink fill port that opens and shuts as a port through which the ink composition is loaded. The ink composition contains a water-soluble dye and a polyhydric alcohol with a normal boiling point of 270° C. or above, with the percentage of the polyhydric alcohol being 26.0% by mass or less of the total amount of the ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoki Maruyama, Yusuke Mizutaki, Tomohiro Aruga, Kiyomi Kumamoto, Jun Ito
  • Patent number: 11499064
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink composition, an ink encasement in which the ink composition is encased, a recording head that ejects the ink composition, and a carriage configured to move the recording head back and forth. The carriage carries the ink encasement, with the ink encasement integrated with the carriage. The ink encasement has an ink fill port that opens and shuts as a port through which the ink composition is loaded. The ink composition contains a disperse colorant, with the volume-average particle diameter of the disperse colorant being 105.0 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventors: Kiyomi Kumamoto, Yusuke Mizutaki, Jun Ito, Tomohiro Aruga, Tomoki Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11479056
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink composition, an ink encasement in which the ink composition is encased, a recording head that ejects the ink composition, and a carriage configured to move the recording head back and forth. The carriage carries the ink encasement, with the ink encasement integrated with the carriage. The ink encasement has an ink fill port that opens and shuts as a port through which the ink composition is loaded and also has a detector that detects the amount of ink composition encased. The ink composition contains a surfactant with an HLB of 6 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventors: Tomohiro Aruga, Jun Ito, Kiyomi Kumamoto, Tomoki Maruyama, Yusuke Mizutaki
  • Publication number: 20210094333
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink composition, an ink encasement in which the ink composition is encased, a recording head that ejects the ink composition, and a carriage configured to move the recording head back and forth. The carriage carries the ink encasement, with the ink encasement integrated with the carriage. The ink encasement has an ink fill port that opens and shuts as a port through which the ink composition is loaded and also has a detector that detects the amount of ink composition encased. The ink composition contains a surfactant with an HLB of 6 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Tomohiro ARUGA, Jun ITO, Kiyomi KUMAMOTO, Tomoki MARUYAMA, Yusuke MIZUTAKI
  • Publication number: 20210094301
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink composition, an ink encasement in which the ink composition is encased, a recording head that ejects the ink composition, and a carriage configured to move the recording head back and forth. The carriage carries the ink encasement, with the ink encasement integrated with the carriage. The ink encasement has an ink fill port that opens and shuts as a port through which the ink composition is loaded. The ink composition contains a disperse colorant, with the volume-average particle diameter of the disperse colorant being 110.0 nm or more and 200.0 nm or less, and also contains at least one organic solvent with an SP of 9 or more, with the percentage thereof being 10.0% by mass or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Jun Ito, Yusuke Mizutaki, Tomohiro Aruga, Kiyomi Kumamoto, Tomoki Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20210095149
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink composition, an ink encasement in which the ink composition is encased, a recording head that ejects the ink composition, and a carriage configured to move the recording head back and forth. The carriage carries the ink encasement, with the ink encasement integrated with the carriage. The ink encasement has an ink fill port that opens and shuts as a port through which the ink composition is loaded. The ink composition contains a disperse colorant, with the volume-average particle diameter of the disperse colorant being 105.0 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Kiyomi KUMAMOTO, Yusuke MIZUTAKI, Jun ITO, Tomohiro ARUGA, Tomoki MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210095150
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes at least one aqueous ink composition, at least one ink encasement in which the aqueous ink composition is encased, a recording head that ejects the aqueous ink composition, and a carriage configured to move the ink encasement and the recording head back and forth. The carriage carries the ink encasement, with the ink encasement integrated with the carriage. The ink encasement has an ink fill port that opens and shuts as a port through which the aqueous ink composition is loaded, and the maximum external length of the ink encasement in the direction parallel with the direction in which the carriage moves back and forth is 30.0 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yusuke MIZUTAKI, Kiyomi KUMAMOTO, Tomohiro ARUGA, Jun ITO, Tomoki MARUYAMA, Yasunori KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20210095146
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink composition, an ink encasement in which the ink composition is encased, a recording head that ejects the ink composition, and a carriage configured to move the recording head back and forth. The carriage carries the ink encasement, with the ink encasement integrated with the carriage. The ink encasement has an ink fill port that opens and shuts as a port through which the ink composition is loaded. The ink composition contains a water-soluble dye and a polyhydric alcohol with a normal boiling point of 270° C. or above, with the percentage of the polyhydric alcohol being 26.0% by mass or less of the total amount of the ink composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoki MARUYAMA, Yusuke MIZUTAKI, Tomohiro ARUGA, Kiyomi KUMAMOTO, Jun ITO
  • Publication number: 20200248024
    Abstract: An ink set includes a pigment ink, containing a pigment, and a dye ink containing the compound represented by formula (y-1) below or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Shintaro HAMA, Tomohiro ARUGA, Kiyomi KUMAMOTO, Yusuke MIZUTAKI
  • Publication number: 20200248023
    Abstract: An ink set includes a first ink containing the compound represented by formula (y-1) or its salt, a second ink containing one or two or more of the compound represented by formula (m-1) or its salt, the compound represented by formula (m-2) or its salt, a compound represented by formula (m-3) or its salt, and the compound represented by formula (m-4) or its salt, and a third ink containing one or two or more of a compound represented by formula (c-1) or its salt, the compound represented by formula (c-2) or its salt, the compound represented by formula (c-3) or its salt, a compound represented by formula (c-4) or its salt, and the compound represented by formula (c-5) or its salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Tomohiro ARUGA, Shintaro HAMA, Kiyomi KUMAMOTO