Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki Suwa

Tomoyuki Suwa 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: 20090246676
    Abstract: A carrier core material for an electrophotographic developer including Li ferrite, maghemite, and Fe3O4, wherein a part thereof is substituted with Mn, Li content is 1 to 2.5% by weight, Mn content is 2 to 7.5% by weight, and silicon content is 25 to 10,000 ppm, the following equation (1) is satisfied when respective integrated strengths of spinel crystal structure (110), (210), (211), and (311) faces in X-ray diffraction are respectively I110, I210, I211, and I311, a resistivity R50 of 50 V across a 6.5 mm gap is 5×107 to 7×108?, and a resistivity R1000 of V across a 6.5 mm gap is 1×107 to 8×108?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicants: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD., POWDERTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori TABIRA, Koji AGA, Tomoyuki SUWA
  • Patent number: 7566519
    Abstract: A carrier for an electrophotographic developer which is used as an electrophotographic developer in a mixture with a toner and which secures sufficiently the image density and can maintain high-quality images for a long period, and an electrophotographic developer using the carrier, are provided. A resin-filled ferrite carrier for electrophotographic developer obtained by filling, with a resin, avoid of a porous ferrite core whose void continues from the surface to reach the interior of the core, the carrier comprising a plurality of three-dimensional laminate structures in which resin layers and ferrite layers are alternately present, and an electrophotographic developer including the carrier and a toner, are employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Powdertech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Itagoshi, Tomoyuki Suwa, Toshio Honjo
  • Publication number: 20070231731
    Abstract: A ferrite carrier for an electrophotographic developer having a compression breaking strength of 150 MPa or more, a rate of compressive change of 15.0% or more and a shape factor SF-1 of 100 to 125, a method for producing the same, and an electrophotographic developer containing the ferrite carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: Powdertech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Suwa, Tsuyoshi Itagoshi
  • Publication number: 20070048649
    Abstract: A carrier for an electrophotographic developer which is used as an electrophotographic developer in a mixture with a toner and which secures sufficiently the image density and can maintain high-quality images for a long period, and an electrophotographic developer using the carrier, are provided. A resin-filled ferrite carrier for electrophotographic developer obtained by filling, with a resin, avoid of a porous ferrite core whose void continues from the surface to reach the interior of the core, the carrier comprising a plurality of three-dimensional laminate structures in which resin layers and ferrite layers are alternately present, and an electrophotographic developer including the carrier and a toner, are employed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: POWDERTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Itagoshi, Tomoyuki Suwa, Toshio Honjo
  • Publication number: 20060269862
    Abstract: A ferrite core material for a resin-filled type carrier, and a resin-filled type carrier which is used as an electrophotographic developer by mixing a toner, sufficiently secure the image density, have no carrier adhesion and can maintain high-quality images over a long period, and an electrophotographic developer using the carrier, are provided. A ferrite core material for a resin-filled type carrier characterized in a void fraction of 10 to 60%, a resin-filled type carrier filled in the carrier core material with a resin, and an electrophotographic developer composed of the resin-filled type carrier and a toner, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: POWDERTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Itagoshi, Tomoyuki Suwa, Toshio Honjo