Patents by Inventor Toshihiro KAMADA

Toshihiro KAMADA 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: 11248136
    Abstract: Provided is an ink jet liquid composition including an organic solvent, a bifunctional urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer having a weight-average molecular weight of 2,000 to 15,000, a photopolymerization initiator, and a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer, in which a content of the organic solvent is 40% by mass or more and 90% by mass or less with respect to a total mass of the liquid composition. Also provided is an ink jet recording method using the ink jet liquid composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu Umebayashi, Toshihiro Kamada, Yusuke Fujii
  • Patent number: 10883010
    Abstract: An ink jet liquid composition contains an organic solvent, a polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, and a polyether-modified siloxane compound having a weight-average molecular weight of 3,000 or more, and the content of the organic solvent is 40% by mass or more and 90% by mass or less with respect to the total mass of the composition. In addition, an ink jet recording method using the ink jet liquid composition is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Fujii, Tsutomu Umebayashi, Toshihiro Kamada
  • Publication number: 20190352526
    Abstract: An ink jet liquid composition contains an organic solvent, a polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, and a polyether-modified siloxane compound having a weight-average molecular weight of 3,000 or more, and the content of the organic solvent is 40% by mass or more and 90% by mass or less with respect to the total mass of the composition. In addition, an ink jet recording method using the ink jet liquid composition is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Yusuke FUJII, Tsutomu UMEBAYASHI, Toshihiro KAMADA
  • Patent number: 10435577
    Abstract: Provided are an ink set having: a colored ink including a solvent A1 at a content of 30% by mass or more, a polymer C1, and a colorant; and a clear ink including a solvent A2 at a content of 30% by mass or more and a bifunctional or higher-functional (meth)acrylate compound X2 having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 30,000, the clear ink including X2 at a content of 5% by mass or more, in which the solubility of C1 in A2 is 10% by mass or higher; and an image forming method using this ink set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Kamada, Tsutomu Umebayashi
  • Publication number: 20190185693
    Abstract: Provided is an ink jet liquid composition including an organic solvent, a bifunctional urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer having a weight-average molecular weight of 2,000 to 15,000, a photopolymerization initiator, and a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer, in which a content of the organic solvent is 40% by mass or more and 90% by mass or less with respect to a total mass of the liquid composition. Also provided is an ink jet recording method using the ink jet liquid composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Tsutomu UMEBAYASHI, Toshihiro KAMADA, Yusuke FUJII
  • Publication number: 20190023928
    Abstract: Provided are an ink set having: a colored ink including a solvent A1 at a content of 30% by mass or more, a polymer C1, and a colorant; and a clear ink including a solvent A2 at a content of 30% by mass or more and a bifunctional or higher-functional (meth)acrylate compound X2 having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 30,000, the clear ink including X2 at a content of 5% by mass or more, in which the solubility of C1 in A2 is 10% by mass or higher; and an image forming method using this ink set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Toshihiro KAMADA, Tsutomu UMEBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10100212
    Abstract: An ink composition contains (a) a compound which is represented by the following Formula (1) and has a specific molecular weight, (b) a colorant, (c) a polymer having an SP value of equal to or greater than 17 and equal to or less than 24, and (d) water, in which there is a specific relationship between a log P value of the component (a) and an SP value of the component (c). An ink set contains the ink composition, and an ink jet recording method uses the ink composition: R represents a specific alkyl group; Z1 represents a single bond, —NR1—, or —O—; Z2 represents —NR1— or —O—; at least one of Z1 or Z2 is —NR1—; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a specific alkyl group; and L represents a specific alkylene group or —C2H4—O—C2H4—.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Shimono, Katsuyuki Yofu, Seiya Sakurai, Toshihiro Kamada
  • Publication number: 20160333209
    Abstract: An ink composition contains (a) a compound which is represented by the following Formula (1) and has a specific molecular weight, (b) a colorant, (c) a polymer having an SP value of equal to or greater than 17 and equal to or less than 24, and (d) water, in which there is a specific relationship between a log P value of the component (a) and an SP value of the component (c). An ink set contains the ink composition, and an ink jet recording method uses the ink composition: R represents a specific alkyl group; Z1 represents a single bond, —NR1—, or —O—; Z2 represents —NR1— or —O—; at least one of Z1 or Z2 is —NR1—; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a specific alkyl group; and L represents a specific alkylene group or —C2H4—O—C2H4—.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiro SHIMONO, Katsuyuki YOFU, Seiya SAKURAI, Toshihiro KAMADA
  • Patent number: 9346968
    Abstract: An ink composition, including: water; a polymerizable compound; a polymerization initiator; and a ?-alkoxypropionamide compound represented by the following Formula (A): wherein, in Formula (A), R1 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; each of R2 and R3 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and R2 and R3 may be the same or different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Toshihiro Kamada
  • Patent number: 9139747
    Abstract: An image forming method has applying an ink composition winch includes: at least a pigment, water, and polyvalent (meth)acrylamide of 3.0 mass % or more and 15.0 mass % or less with respect to the entire ink composition as a polymerizable compound, to a coated paper having a pigment layer on at least one surface of a support in which cellulose pulp is a main component, using an ink jet method; at least drying the applied ink composition; and curing the ink composition on the coated paper by irradiating active energy rays at an illuminance of 1 W/cm2 or more and 2 W/cm2 or less to the ink composition which has undergone drying processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Toshihiro Kamada
  • Publication number: 20150175819
    Abstract: An ink composition, including: water; a polymerizable compound; a polymerization initiator; and a ?-alkoxypropionamide compound represented by the following Formula (A): wherein, in Formula (A), R1 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; each of R2 and R3 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and R2 and R3 may be the same or different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventor: Toshihiro KAMADA
  • Patent number: 9045656
    Abstract: A black ink composition is provided which suppresses change in hue and can form an image with superior blocking resistance and scratch resistance. The black ink composition for ink jet recording includes a carbon black pigment; at least any one type of colorant pigment which is selected from a magenta pigment and a cyan pigment; a water-soluble polymerizable compound; a polymerization initiator; and water, wherein the average primary particle diameter of the carbon black pigment is 20 nm or more and less than 35 nm, the content ratio of the carbon black pigment with regard to the total mass of all of the pigments is 70 mass % or less, and the total mass of all of the pigments with regard to the total mass of the black ink composition is 4 mass % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Misato Sasada, Toshihiro Kamada, Jun Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9016829
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ink composition including: (1) a pigment; (2) a polymerization initiator having a content of 2% by mass or more with respect to a total amount of the composition and having a solubility with respect to pure water at 25° C. of 5 to 8 g/l; (3) a compound A that is at least one selected from the group consisting of dimethylacrylamide, diethylacrylamide, N-isopropylacrylamide, dimethylacetamide, N-ethylpyrrolidone, 1-cyclohexyl-2-pyrrolidone, 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone, 1,3-dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone, tetramethylurea and gamma-valerolactone; (4) a polymerizable compound having two or more ethylenically unsaturated double bonds; and (5) water having a content of 50% by mass or more with respect to the total amount of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Kaeriyama, Toshihiro Kamada, Kiyoshi Irita
  • Patent number: 8905534
    Abstract: An ink composition having excellent storage stability and curing properties after an image formation and an image forming method using the ink composition are provided. An ink composition including (A) a polymerizable compound represented by the following general formula (1) and (B) a polymerization initiator and an image forming method using the ink composition. In the general formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. R2 represents a liner or branched alkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms. However, in R2, it is not possible to have a structure in which an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom which are bonded to both ends of R2 are bonded to the same carbon atom of R2. R3 represents a divalent linking group. k represents 2 or 3. x, y and z each independently represent an integer of 0 to 6 and x+y+z satisfies 0 to 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akihito Amao, Hirotaka Kitagawa, Koji Yasuda, Toshihiro Kamada
  • Patent number: 8859636
    Abstract: An ink composition includes: (Component a) a polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond; (Component b) a polymerization initiator; (Component c) water; and (Component d) a polyhydric alcohol having an alkyleneoxy chain, wherein the (Component a) polymerizable compound includes a monofunctional polymerizable monomer having a (meth)acrylamide structure, and a content of the monofunctional polymerizable monomer is 5% by mass or more with respect to a total content of the (Component a) polymerizable compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Kamada, Takahiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20140132685
    Abstract: An ink composition having excellent storage stability and curing properties after an image formation and an image forming method using the ink composition are provided. An ink composition including (A) a polymerizable compound represented by the following general formula (1) and (B) a polymerization initiator and an image forming method using the ink composition. In the general formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. R2 represents a liner or branched alkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms. However, in R2, it is not possible to have a structure in which an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom which are bonded to both ends of R2 are bonded to the same carbon atom of R2. R3 represents a divalent linking group. k represents 2 or 3. x, y and z each independently represent an integer of 0 to 6 and x+y+z satisfies 0 to 18.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akihito AMAO, Hirotaka KITAGAWA, Koji YASUDA, Toshihiro KAMADA
  • Patent number: 8529047
    Abstract: An aqueous ink composition including: a water-soluble polymerizable compound containing two or more polymerizable functional groups each selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylamide group, a maleimide group, a vinyl sulfone group, and an N-vinyl amide group, wherein a ratio of a molecular weight of the compound relative to a number of the polymerizable functional groups contained in a single molecule of the compound is 175 or less; a polymerization initiator; and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yasuda, Takahiro Kato, Yasufumi Ooishi, Hirotaka Kitagawa, Toshihiro Kamada
  • Publication number: 20130050331
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ink composition including: (1) a pigment; (2) a polymerization initiator having a content of 2% by mass or more with respect to a total amount of the composition and having a solubility with respect to pure water at 25° C. of 5 to 8 g/l; (3) a compound A that is at least one selected from the group consisting of dimethylacrylamide, diethylacrylamide, N-isopropylacrylamide, dimethylacetamide, N-ethylpyrrolidone, 1-cyclohexyl-2-pyrrolidone, 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone, 1,3-dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone, tetramethylurea and gamma-valerolactone; (4) a polymerizable compound having two or more ethylenically unsaturated double bonds; and (5) water having a content of 50% by mass or more with respect to the total amount of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi KAERIYAMA, Toshihiro KAMADA, Kiyoshi IRITA
  • Publication number: 20130050366
    Abstract: A black ink composition is provided which suppresses change in hue and can form an image with superior blocking resistance and scratch resistance. The black ink composition for ink jet recording includes a carbon black pigment; at least any one type of colorant pigment which is selected from a magenta pigment and a cyan pigment; a water-soluble polymerizable compound; a polymerization initiator; and water, wherein the average primary particle diameter of the carbon black pigment is 20 nm or more and less than 35 nm, the content ratio of the carbon black pigment with regard to the total mass of all of the pigments is 70 mass % or less, and the total mass of all of the pigments with regard to the total mass of the black ink composition is 4 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Misato SASADA, Toshihiro KAMADA, Jun MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120186489
    Abstract: A cellulose acylate film containing a cellulose acylate and a carbohydrate derivative satisfying that the Clog P value thereof is from 0 to 5.5 and the maximum value of the molar extinction coefficient thereof in a wavelength range of from 230 nm to 700 nm is at most 50×103, wherein the hydroxyl groups in the carbohydrate derivative are substituted with at least two types of substituents and at least one of the substituents has at least one aromatic ring, and wherein the carbohydrate derivative is contained in an amount of from 1 part by mass to 30 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the cellulose acylate therein has a low water content, capable of preventing the deterioration of polarizer when it is stuck to polarizer and aged in high-temperature and high-humidity environments, having good optical characteristics expressibility and having a low haze.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobutaka Fukagawa, Takahiro Ohno, Naoyuki Nishikawa, Toshihiro Kamada