Patents by Inventor Tomomi Fukaya

Tomomi Fukaya 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: 10649354
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor which can suppress occurrence of abnormalities such as peeling or falling off of a film from a substrate end portion in a film formation step of a surface layer and maintain and reproduce a stable printing quality even in a use stage after productization, and an image forming apparatus including the same. An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a cylindrical substrate including a chamfered face located between an substrate outer circumferential surface and a substrate end face, and a surface layer located on the outer circumferential surface. The substrate outer circumferential surface includes a first uneven portion. The chamfered face includes a second uneven portion and a third uneven portion located on a surface of the second uneven portion. A surface roughness Sa of the second uneven portion is larger than a surface roughness Sa of the third uneven portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomomi Fukaya
  • Publication number: 20190310563
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor which can suppress occurrence of abnormalities such as peeling or falling off of a film from a substrate end portion in a film formation step of a surface layer and maintain and reproduce a stable printing quality even in a use stage after productization, and an image forming apparatus including the same. An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a cylindrical substrate including a chamfered face located between an substrate outer circumferential surface and a substrate end face, and a surface layer located on the outer circumferential surface. The substrate outer circumferential surface includes a first uneven portion. The chamfered face includes a second uneven portion and a third uneven portion located on a surface of the second uneven portion. A surface roughness Sa of the second uneven portion is larger than a surface roughness Sa of the third uneven portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Tomomi FUKAYA
  • Patent number: 10222714
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes: a cylindrical base body having a two-step stepped chamfer between a base body outer peripheral face and a base body end face; and a surface layer located on the base body outer peripheral face. The cylindrical base body has an outer chamfered face and an inner chamfered face lying closer to an end face than the outer chamfered face. A length L2 of the inner chamfered face is larger than a length L1 of the outer chamfered face, namely L1<L2, as viewed in lateral section taken along a rotation axis of the cylindrical base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomomi Fukaya
  • Publication number: 20180275536
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes: a cylindrical base body having a two-step stepped chamfer between a base body outer peripheral face and a base body end face; and a surface layer located on the base body outer peripheral face. The cylindrical base body has an outer chamfered face and an inner chamfered face lying closer to an end face than the outer chamfered face. A length L2 of the inner chamfered face is larger than a length L1 of the outer chamfered face, namely L1<L2, as viewed in lateral section taken along a rotation axis of the cylindrical base body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Tomomi FUKAYA
  • Patent number: 9695332
    Abstract: A release film for producing a green sheet of the present invention includes a base material and a release agent layer provided at a side of a first surface of the base material. The release agent layer includes an ultraviolet curable compound (A) having three or more reactive groups selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acryloyl group, an alkenyl group and a maleimide group in one molecule thereof, a polyorganosiloxane (B) and an ?-aminoalkylphenone based photopolymerization initiator (C). An arithmetic average roughness Ra1 of an outer surface of the release agent layer may be different than an arithmetic average roughness Ra2 of a second surface of the base material. According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent pinholes and variation in partially thickness from occurring to the green sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomi Fukaya, Shinya Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 9279065
    Abstract: A release sheet comprising a base material and a release agent layer formed on at least one surface of the base material by using a release agent composition; the release agent composition contains a first polydimethylsiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups in one molecule and a second polydimethylsiloxane having at least two hydrosilyl groups in one molecule; the release agent composition contains 0.40 to 5.25 mmol of the alkenyl groups and 7.00 to 120.00 mmol of the hydrosilyl groups in a total of 30 g of the first polydimethylsiloxane and the second polydimethylsiloxane; and a molar ratio (b/a) of the hydrosilyl groups (b) to the alkenyl groups (a) is 3.0 to 70.0. Consequently, it is possible to suppress the peeling force from increasing even when the release agent layer of the release sheet is exposed to the air for a long time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi Sato, Tomomi Fukaya
  • Patent number: 9227382
    Abstract: A release sheet comprising a base material and a release agent layer formed on at least one surface of the base material, wherein: the release agent layer is formed by using a release agent composition; the release agent composition contains a first polydimethylsiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups in one molecule and a second polydimethylsiloxane having at least two hydrosilyl groups in one molecule; the release agent composition contains 10.00 to 16.00 mmol of the alkenyl groups and 40.00 to 145.00 mmol of the hydrosilyl groups in a total of 30 g of the first polydimethylsiloxane and the second polydimethylsiloxane; and a molar ratio (b/a) of the hydrosilyl groups (b) to the alkenyl groups (a) is 2.0 to 15.0. According to the release sheet, it is possible to suppress the peeling force from increasing even when the release agent layer of the release sheet is exposed to the air for a long time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi Sato, Tomomi Fukaya
  • Publication number: 20150119512
    Abstract: A release sheet comprising a base material and a release agent layer formed on at least one surface of the base material, wherein: the release agent layer is formed by using a release agent composition; the release agent composition contains a first polydimethylsiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups in one molecule and a second polydimethylsiloxane having at least two hydrosilyl groups in one molecule; the release agent composition contains 10.00 to 16.00 mmol of the alkenyl groups and 40.00 to 145.00 mmol of the hydrosilyl groups in a total of 30 g of the first polydimethylsiloxane and the second polydimethylsiloxane; and a molar ratio (b/a) of the hydrosilyl groups (b) to the alkenyl groups (a) is 2.0 to 15.0. According to the release sheet, it is possible to suppress the peeling force from increasing even when the release agent layer of the release sheet is exposed to the air for a long time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Keiichi Sato, Tomomi Fukaya
  • Publication number: 20150086749
    Abstract: A release film for producing a green sheet of the present invention includes a base material having a first surface and a second surface, a release agent layer formed by applying a material containing an active energy ray curable compound (a1) and a polyorganosiloxane (b1) onto a side of the first surface of the base material and curing the material, and a back coat layer formed by applying a material containing an active energy ray curable compound (a2) onto a side of the second surface of the base material and curing the material. An arithmetic average roughness Ra2 of an outer surface of the release agent layer is 8 nm or less and a maximum projection height Rp2 of the outer surface is 50 nm or lower. An arithmetic average roughness Ra3 of an outer surface of the back coat layer is in the range of 5 to 40 nm and a maximum projection height Rp3 of the outer surface of the back coat layer is in the range of 60 to 500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Tomomi Fukaya, Shinya Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20150072108
    Abstract: A release film for producing a green sheet of the present invention includes a base material and a release agent layer provided at a side of a first surface of the base material. The release agent layer includes an ultraviolet curable compound (A) having three or more reactive groups selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acryloyl group, an alkenyl group and a maleimide group in one molecule thereof, a polyorganosiloxane (B) and an ?-aminoalkylphenone based photopolymerization initiator (C). An average thickness of the release agent layer is in the range of 0.3 to 2 ?m. An arithmetic average roughness Ra1 of an outer surface of the release agent layer is 8 nm or less and a maximum projection height Rp1 of the outer surface is 50 nm or lower. An arithmetic average roughness Ra2 of a second surface of the base material is in the range of 5 to 40 nm and a maximum projection height Rp2 of the second surface is in the range of 60 to 500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Tomomi Fukaya, Shinya Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20150064402
    Abstract: A release film for producing a green sheet of the present invention includes a base material having a first surface and a second surface and a release agent layer formed at a side of the first surface of the base material. A maximum projection height Rp2 of the second surface of the base material is in the range of 60 to 500 nm. An area occupation ratio of projections having a height of 60 nm or higher in the second surface is 10% or less. According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent pinholes and variation in partially thickness from occurring to the green sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Tomomi Fukaya, Shinya Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20150050457
    Abstract: A release film comprises a base material and a release agent layer provided at one side of the base material. The release agent layer comprises a cured material of a release agent composition. The release agent composition contains an active energy ray curable component and a silicone-based component. A surface of the release agent layer at the opposite side to the base material has an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of 8 nm or less and a maximum projection height (Rp) of 50 nm or less. An elastic modulus measured by a nanoindentation test of the release agent layer is 4.0 GPa or more. A surface of the base material at the opposite side to the release agent layer has an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of 5 to 50 nm and a maximum projection height (Rp) of 30 to 500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Tomomi Fukaya, Shinya Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20150045504
    Abstract: A release sheet comprising a base material and a release agent layer formed on at least one surface of the base material by using a release agent composition; the release agent composition contains a first polydimethylsiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups in one molecule and a second polydimethylsiloxane having at least two hydrosilyl groups in one molecule; the release agent composition contains 0.40 to 5.25 mmol of the alkenyl groups and 7.00 to 120.00 mmol of the hydrosilyl groups in a total of 30 g of the first polydimethylsiloxane and the second polydimethylsiloxane; and a molar ratio (b/a) of the hydrosilyl groups (b) to the alkenyl groups (a) is 3.0 to 70.0. Consequently, it is possible to suppress the peeling force from increasing even when the release agent layer of the release sheet is exposed to the air for a long time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Keiichi Sato, Tomomi Fukaya
  • Publication number: 20150037536
    Abstract: A release film for a ceramic green sheet production process is provided. The release film comprises a base material and a release agent layer provided at one side of the base material. The release agent layer comprises a cured material of a release agent composition. The release agent composition contains an active energy ray curable component and a silicone-based component. A surface of the release agent layer at the opposite side to the base material has an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of 8 nm or less and a maximum projection height (Rp) of 50 nm or less. According to the release film for a ceramic green sheet production process, it is possible to effectively prevent/suppress the occurrence of defects such as pinholes and thickness irregularity in a ceramic green sheet, and the releasability of a ceramic green sheet is also excellent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Tomomi Fukaya, Shinya Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20140050887
    Abstract: A releasing film for ceramic green sheet production processes a base material, a resin layer laminated on a first surface of the base material. The resin layer has a conductive polymer and with a thickness of 30-290 nm. A releasing agent layer is laminated on the resin layer, and the surface of the releasing agent layer has a maximum profile peak height of 10-100 nm. A second surface of the base material preferably has an arithmetic mean roughness of 5-50 nm and a maximum profile peak height of 40-300 nm. Such a releasing film can obtain high smoothness of the releasing agent layer and effectively suppress the electrostatic charge while suppressing the releasing agent layer from dropping off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomomi Fukaya, Keiichi Sato
  • Patent number: 8110271
    Abstract: There is provided an adhesive sheet comprising an adhesive base sheet, an adhesive layer, and a release sheet laminated in sequence from the adhesive base sheet. The release sheet comprises a release agent layer and a release base material laminated in sequence from the adhesive layer. A release force between the release sheet and the adhesive layer is decreased by an external stimulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Takeuchi, Takuo Nishida, Tomomi Fukaya
  • Patent number: 8034417
    Abstract: There can be provided a casting film for producing a ceramic green sheet which film comprises a substrate film, an undercoat layer and a cured layer, wherein the undercoat layer is composed of a condensation polymer from a metal alkoxide and/or a partially hydrolyzed product of a metal alkoxide, and the cured layer is formed by heat treating at 40 to 120° C., an addition reaction type silicone resin composition containing a photosensitizer in a coating amount of 0.01 to 0.3 g/m2 expressed in terms of solid content, and thereafter ultraviolet irradiating the composition to cure the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomi Fukaya, Toru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7947361
    Abstract: A film having an antistatic releasing agent layer comprising fiber-shaped carbon and disposed on at least one of the faces of a substrate film, a release film having a releasing agent layer disposed on one face of a substrate and an antistatic layer which comprises a cured product of a resin composition of the active energy ray curing type comprising fiber-shaped carbon or a combination of fiber-shaped carbon and an electrically conductive macromolecular compound and is disposed on the other face of the substrate film, and processes for producing the films. The release films have a relatively small thickness of the antistatic layer, exhibit the stable antistatic function, are excellent in smoothness, do not adversely affect hardening of the resin releasing agent, exhibit the excellent releasing function and provide the excellent productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomi Fukaya, Toshio Sugizaki
  • Patent number: 7803452
    Abstract: A release film that can be used as a carrier film for a green sheet used in a laminated ceramic capacitor is provided. The release film includes a base material having both major surfaces, a releasing agent layer provided on one major surface of the base material, and an antistatic layer provided on the other major surface of the base material, wherein the releasing agent layer and the antistatic layer are mainly composed of the same material, and when the surface roughness of the outer surface of the releasing agent layer is defined as Ra1 [nm] and the surface roughness of the outer surface of the antistatic layer is defined as Ra2 [nm], the relations of Ra1?15 and Ra1?Ra2 are satisfied. The release film is capable of preventing occurrence of blocking when being wound in a rolled form for storage and generation of static electricity when being unwound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Takahashi, Tomomi Fukaya, Toshio Sugizaki
  • Publication number: 20100151141
    Abstract: There can be provided a casting film for producing a ceramic green sheet which film comprises a substrarte film, an undercoat layer and a cured layer, wherein the undercoat layer is composed of a condensation polymer from a metal alkoxide and/or a partially hydrolyzed product of a metal alkoxide, and the cured layer is formed by heat treating at 40 to 120° C., an addition reaction type silicone resin composition containing a photosensitizer in a coating amount of 0.01 to 0.3 g/m2 expressed in terms of solid content, and thereafter ultraviolet irradiating the composition to cure the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomomi FUKAYA, Toru Nakamura