Patents by Inventor Tomotake Inagaki

Tomotake Inagaki 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: 20240353782
    Abstract: A polymer film includes at least one type of polymer selected from the group consisting of a resin and rubber and fillers dispersed in the polymer; in which in a case where the polymer film is three-dimensionally analyzed with FIB-SEM, a film thickness of the polymer film is denoted by Tm, and a length of the filler in a film thickness direction of the polymer film is denoted by Lf, a proportion of the number of fillers having Lf/Tm of 0.01 or more and less than 1.0 to the number of all the fillers is more than 40% and less than 100%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji KAJIWARA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Ryohei YOSHIKAWA, Taiki NAGAMATSU, Tomotake INAGAKI, Masayuki SEKO
  • Patent number: 12117752
    Abstract: A resin belt for an image forming apparatus includes a resin base layer containing a filler. The exposed area of the filler on an inner circumferential surface side of the resin base layer is 0.1% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tomotake Inagaki, Ryohei Yoshikawa, Kenji Kajiwara, Yasuhiko Kinuta, Hitoshi Komuro
  • Publication number: 20240327584
    Abstract: A polymer film includes at least one type of polymer selected from a resin and fillers dispersed in the polymer, in which an average maximum length of the fillers in a cross section of the polymer film taken in a thickness direction is 10 ?m or less, and density of the polymer film is 1.0 g/cm3 or more and 2.0 g/cm3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Taiki NAGAMATSU, Masayuki SEKO, Tomotake INAGAKI, Kenji KAJIWARA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Ryohei YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240327605
    Abstract: A composition contains at least one or more thermal conductive fillers and a resin or rubber, in which the fillers have a shape factor SF1 of 120 or more and 400 or less and a shape factor SF2 of 140 or more and 325 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ryohei YOSHIKAWA, Kenji KAJIWARA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Taiki NAGAMATSU, Tomotake INAGAKI, Masayuki SEKO
  • Publication number: 20240329579
    Abstract: A fixing belt includes a substrate layer that contains polyimide and a filler containing a spherical filler and a cleavable flat plate-shaped filler, in which a total amount of the filler is less than 40% by volume with respect to the substrate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroaki TANAKA, Ryohei Yoshikawa, kenji Kajiwara, Taiki Nagamatsu, Tomotake Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20240329580
    Abstract: A resin belt contains a resin, a low-melting-point alloy having a melting point of 370° C. or lower, and a fibrous filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Kenji KAJIWARA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Taiki NAGAMATSU, Tomotake INAGAKI, Ryohei YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240302775
    Abstract: An endless belt contains a resin, a filler A having an aspect ratio of 5 or more, and two or more fillers B having an aspect ratio of less than 5, in which a volume-based particle size distribution of the fillers B has two or more peaks among which a peak existing on a largest diameter side has a particle size Dmax that is equal to or more than 5 times and equal to or less than 50 times a particle size Dmin of a peak existing on a smallest diameter side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ryohei YOSHIKAWA, Tomotake INAGAKI, Kenji KAJIWARA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Taiki NAGAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20240019799
    Abstract: A resin belt for an image forming apparatus includes a resin base layer containing a filler. The exposed area of the filler on an inner circumferential surface side of the resin base layer is 0.1% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tomotake INAGAKI, Ryohei YOSHIKAWA, Kenji KAJIWARA, Yasuhiko KINUTA, Hitoshi KOMURO
  • Patent number: 11796946
    Abstract: A belt includes a resin and an aggregate in which plural fibrous carbons are entangled with each other, in which a maximum diameter of the aggregate is 50% or less of a belt film thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tomotake Inagaki, Ryohei Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 11774885
    Abstract: A polymer material molded product includes a polymer material and a porous carbon material having an X-ray diffraction spectral characteristic shown in the following (1) or (2), (1): a peak derived from a (002) plane of carbon is observed, a half width of the peak derived from the (002) plane of carbon is 5° or more, and a half width of a peak derived from a (10) plane of carbon is 3.2° or less, and (2): the peak derived from the (002) plane of carbon is not observed, and the half width of the peak derived from the (10) plane of carbon is 3.2° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji Kajiwara, Tomotake Inagaki, Ryohei Yoshikawa, Kenji Omori, Ryosuke Kubota, Jun Kimura, Hideaki Ohara
  • Patent number: 11644776
    Abstract: An endless belt includes a resin and an acicular filler of which a thermal conductivity is 220 W/mK or more and 320 W/mK or less, a volume resistivity is 1011 ?cm or more and 1016 ?cm or less, and a content with respect to the endless belt is 1% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hideaki Ohara, Tomotake Inagaki, Ryohei Yoshikawa, Kenji Omori, Kenji Kajiwara, Junko Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20230119004
    Abstract: A polymer material molded product includes a polymer material and a porous carbon material having an X-ray diffraction spectral characteristic shown in the following (1) or (2), (1): a peak derived from a (002) plane of carbon is observed, a half width of the peak derived from the (002) plane of carbon is 5° or more, and a half width of a peak derived from a (10) plane of carbon is 3.2° or less, and (2): the peak derived from the (002) plane of carbon is not observed, and the half width of the peak derived from the (10) plane of carbon is 3.2° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji KAJIWARA, Tomotake INAGAKI, Ryohei YOSHIKAWA, Kenji OMORI, Ryosuke KUBOTA, Jun KIMURA, Hideaki OHARA
  • Publication number: 20230121642
    Abstract: An endless belt includes a resin and an acicular filler of which a thermal conductivity is 220 W/mK or more and 320 W/mK or less, a volume resistivity is 1011 ?cm or more and 1016 ?cm or less, and a content with respect to the endless belt is 1% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hideaki OHARA, Tomotake INAGAKI, Ryohei YOSHIKAWA, Kenji OMORI, Kenji KAJIWARA, Junko YAMASAKI
  • Patent number: 11537073
    Abstract: A fixing belt includes, in the following order: a base material layer containing a resin; an elastic layer containing an elastic material; and a release layer, in which each of the base material layer and the elastic layer further contains an aggregate in which plural fibrous carbons are entangled with each other, a maximum diameter of the aggregate in the base material layer is 50% or less of a film thickness of the base material layer, and a maximum diameter of the aggregate in the elastic layer is 15% or less of a film thickness of the elastic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ryohei Yoshikawa, Tomotake Inagaki
  • Patent number: 11531295
    Abstract: A fixing belt includes, in the following order: a resin base material layer; an elastic layer; and a release layer, in which the elastic layer contains an elastic material and an aggregate in which plural fibrous carbons are entangled with each other, and a maximum diameter of the aggregate is 15% or less of a film thickness of the elastic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ryohei Yoshikawa, Tomotake Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20220397850
    Abstract: A belt includes a resin and an aggregate in which plural fibrous carbons are entangled with each other, in which a maximum diameter of the aggregate is 50% or less of a belt film thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tomotake INAGAKI, Ryohei YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220382196
    Abstract: A fixing belt includes, in the following order: a resin base material layer; an elastic layer; and a release layer, in which the elastic layer contains an elastic material and an aggregate in which plural fibrous carbons are entangled with each other, and a maximum diameter of the aggregate is 15% or less of a film thickness of the elastic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ryohei YOSHIKAWA, Tomotake INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20220382197
    Abstract: A fixing belt includes, in the following order: a base material layer containing a resin; an elastic layer containing an elastic material; and a release layer, in which each of the base material layer and the elastic layer further contains an aggregate in which plural fibrous carbons are entangled with each other, a maximum diameter of the aggregate in the base material layer is 50% or less of a film thickness of the base material layer, and a maximum diameter of the aggregate in the elastic layer is 15% or less of a film thickness of the elastic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ryohei Yoshikawa, Tomotake Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20220373949
    Abstract: An endless belt includes a metal substrate, and a heat-resistant resin layer that is disposed as an innermost layer on an inner peripheral surface of the metal substrate and that contains a resin and a thermally conductive filler having an aspect ratio of 20 or more. In the heat-resistant resin layer, an orientation ratio of the thermally conductive filler with respect to a circumferential direction of the endless belt is 20% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji Omori, Hideaki Ohara, Tomotake Inagaki, Hitoshi Komuro, Jun Kimura
  • Patent number: 11487232
    Abstract: An endless belt includes a metal substrate, and a heat-resistant resin layer that is disposed as an innermost layer on an inner peripheral surface of the metal substrate and that contains a resin and a thermally conductive filler having an aspect ratio of 20 or more. In the heat-resistant resin layer, an orientation ratio of the thermally conductive filler with respect to a circumferential direction of the endless belt is 20% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji Omori, Hideaki Ohara, Tomotake Inagaki, Hitoshi Komuro, Jun Kimura