Patents by Inventor Wakashi Iida

Wakashi Iida 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: 11249410
    Abstract: A toner having an adequate storage stability and adequately suppressing an ejected paper adhesion, while achieving improving low-temperature fixability, has a toner particle containing a binder resin and a plasticizer, wherein Tg1 is 53° C. or lower and Tg2 is 55° C. or higher, in DSC measurement using the toner as a sample, when the following steps (i) to (iii) are performed: (i): the temperature of the toner is raised for the first time at a rate of temperature increase of 10° C./min, (ii): after the step (i), the temperature of the toner is lowered at a rate of temperature decrease of 10° C./min, (iii): after the step (ii), the temperature of the toner is raised for the second time at a rate of temperature increase of 10° C./min, Tg1 represents a glass transition temperature measured at the step (i), and Tg2 represents a glass transition temperature measured at the step (iii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Daisuke Tsujimoto, Hiroki Watanabe, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Wakashi Iida
  • Patent number: 10877391
    Abstract: A magnetic carrier including a magnetic carrier particle having a magnetic carrier core and a resin coating layer formed on a surface of the magnetic carrier core, wherein the resin coating layer includes a resin component including a resin A and a resin B, the resin A is a copolymer of monomers including (a) a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer having an alicyclic hydrocarbon group and (b) a specific macromonomer, the resin B is a copolymer of monomers including (c) a styrene-based monomer and (d) a specific (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer, and in a molecular weight distribution of a THF soluble component of the resin component contained in the resin coating layer, a peak derived from the resin B is present in a molecular weight range of from 1000 to 9500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuichiro Matsuo, Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Hironori Minagawa, Wakashi Iida
  • Patent number: 10859936
    Abstract: A magnetic carrier comprising a magnetic carrier core and a resin coating layer formed on the surface of the magnetic carrier core, wherein the resin coating layer includes a polymer having a structure represented by the following formula (1), and a content ratio of the structure represented by the formula (1) is from 5% by mass to 95% by mass based on a resin component of the resin coating layer, wherein, R1 is H or CH3, and X is a structure represented by the following formula (2): —(CmH2m)—R2—(CnH2n)—OH??(2) wherein, R2 is a hydrocarbon group being a cyclic structure having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, and m and n are integers of 0 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Ryuichiro Matsuo, Hironori Minagawa, Wakashi Iida
  • Patent number: 10852653
    Abstract: A magnetic carrier includes a magnetic carrier particle including a magnetic carrier core particle having an amino group on a surface thereof and a resin covering layer disposed on the surface of the magnetic carrier core particle, in which the resin covering layer contains a vinyl-based copolymer and a trialkoxyalkylsilane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuichiro Matsuo, Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Hironori Minagawa, Wakashi Iida
  • Patent number: 10838317
    Abstract: A magnetic carrier including a magnetic carrier particle having a magnetic carrier core and a resin coating layer formed on a surface of the magnetic carrier core, wherein the resin coating layer includes a resin component including a resin A and a resin B, the resin A is a copolymer of monomers including (a) a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer having an alicyclic hydrocarbon group and (b) a specific macromonomer, the resin B is a copolymer of monomers including (c) a styrene-based monomer and (d) a specific (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer, and based on the resin components of the resin coating layer, the amount of the resin A is from 20% by mass to 99% by mass, and the amount of the resin B is from 1% by mass to 80% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Ryuichiro Matsuo, Hironori Minagawa, Wakashi Iida
  • Patent number: 10768543
    Abstract: A toner having a toner particle, which contains a binder resin, and inorganic fine particles, the toner being characterized in that the binder resin contains a polyester resin, the polyester resin has, at a terminal, an alkyl group having an average number of carbon atoms of from 4 to 102, the number average particle diameter of primary particles of the inorganic fine particles is from 10 to 90 nm, the dielectric constant of the inorganic fine particles is from 55.0 to 100.0 pF/m, as measured at 25° C. and 1 MHz, and the inorganic fine particles are surface-treated with an alkylalkoxysilane represented by formula (1) below: CnH2n+1—SiOCmH2m+1)3??(1) in formula (1), n denotes an integer of from 4 to 20, and m denotes an integer of from 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Tsujimoto, Toru Takahashi, Hiroki Watanabe, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Wakashi Iida
  • Patent number: 10747132
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle, and strontium titanate, wherein the strontium titanate has a specific number average particle diameter, the strontium titanate has a maximum peak (a) at a diffraction angle (2?) of 32.00 deg to 32.40 deg in CuK? characteristic X-ray diffraction, the half width of the maximum peak (a) is 0.23 deg to 0.50 deg, an intensity (Ia) of the maximum peak (a) and a maximum peak intensity (Ix) in a range of a diffraction angle (2?) of 24.00 deg to 28.00 deg satisfy a specific relationship, the content of strontium oxide and titanium oxide in the strontium titanate is at least 98.0% by mass, and a sum total Et of a rotational torque and a vertical load in powder flowability analysis of the toner is 100 mJ to 2000 mJ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Hiroki Watanabe, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Daisuke Tsujimoto, Wakashi Iida
  • Publication number: 20200192233
    Abstract: A toner having an adequate storage stability and adequately suppressing an ejected paper adhesion, while achieving improving low-temperature fixability, has a toner particle containing a binder resin and a plasticizer, wherein Tg1 is 53° C. or lower and Tg2 is 55° C. or higher, in DSC measurement using the toner as a sample, when the following steps (i) to (iii) are performed: (i): the temperature of the toner is raised for the first time at a rate of temperature increase of 10° C./min, (ii): after the step (i), the temperature of the toner is lowered at a rate of temperature decrease of 10° C./min, (iii): after the step (ii), the temperature of the toner is raised for the second time at a rate of temperature increase of 10° C./min, Tg1 represents a glass transition temperature measured at the step (i), and Tg2 represents a glass transition temperature measured at the step (iii).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Daisuke Tsujimoto, Hiroki Watanabe, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Wakashi Iida
  • Publication number: 20200073265
    Abstract: A toner having a toner particle, which contains a binder resin, and inorganic fine particles, the toner being characterized in that the binder resin contains a polyester resin, the polyester resin has, at a terminal, an alkyl group having an average number of carbon atoms of from 4 to 102, the number average particle diameter of primary particles of the inorganic fine particles is from 10 to 90 nm, the dielectric constant of the inorganic fine particles is from 55.0 to 100.0 pF/m, as measured at 25° C. and 1 MHz, and the inorganic fine particles are surface-treated with an alkylalkoxysilane represented by formula (1) below: CnH2n+1—Si?OCmH2m+1)3??(1) in formula (1), n denotes an integer of from 4 to 20, and m denotes an integer of from 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Daisuke Tsujimoto, Toru Takahashi, Hiroki Watanabe, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Wakashi Iida
  • Publication number: 20200073270
    Abstract: A magnetic carrier includes a magnetic carrier particle including a magnetic carrier core particle having an amino group on a surface thereof and a resin covering layer disposed on the surface of the magnetic carrier core particle, in which the resin covering layer contains a vinyl-based copolymer and a trialkoxyalkylsilane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Ryuichiro Matsuo, Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Hironori Minagawa, Wakashi Iida
  • Publication number: 20200050123
    Abstract: A magnetic carrier including a magnetic carrier particle having a magnetic carrier core and a resin coating layer formed on a surface of the magnetic carrier core, wherein the resin coating layer includes a resin component including a resin A and a resin B, the resin A is a copolymer of monomers including (a) a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer having an alicyclic hydrocarbon group and (b) a specific macromonomer, the resin B is a copolymer of monomers including (c) a styrene-based monomer and (d) a specific (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer, and based on the resin components of the resin coating layer, the amount of the resin A is from 20% by mass to 99% by mass, and the amount of the resin B is from 1% by mass to 80% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Ryuichiro Matsuo, Hironori Minagawa, Wakashi Iida
  • Publication number: 20200050124
    Abstract: A magnetic carrier including a magnetic carrier particle having a magnetic carrier core and a resin coating layer formed on a surface of the magnetic carrier core, wherein the resin coating layer includes a resin component including a resin A and a resin B, the resin A is a copolymer of monomers including (a) a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer having an alicyclic hydrocarbon group and (b) a specific macromonomer, the resin B is a copolymer of monomers including (c) a styrene-based monomer and (d) a specific (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer, and in a molecular weight distribution of a THF soluble component of the resin component contained in the resin coating layer, a peak derived from the resin B is present in a molecular weight range of from 1000 to 9500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Ryuichiro Matsuo, Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Hironori Minagawa, Wakashi Iida
  • Patent number: 10551759
    Abstract: A toner having: a toner particle including a binder resin; and an inorganic fine particle, wherein the inorganic fine particle includes a calcium strontium zirconate fine particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Watanabe, Toru Takahashi, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Daisuke Tsujimoto, Wakashi Iida
  • Publication number: 20190391505
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle, and strontium titanate, wherein the strontium titanate has a specific number average particle diameter, the strontium titanate has a maximum peak (a) at a diffraction angle (2?) of 32.00 deg to 32.40 deg in CuK? characteristic X-ray diffraction, the half width of the maximum peak (a) is 0.23 deg to 0.50 deg, an intensity (Ia) of the maximum peak (a) and a maximum peak intensity (Ix) in a range of a diffraction angle (2?) of 24.00 deg to 28.00 deg satisfy a specific relationship, the content of strontium oxide and titanium oxide in the strontium titanate is at least 98.0% by mass, and a sum total Et of a rotational torque and a vertical load in powder flowability analysis of the toner is 100 mJ to 2000 mJ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Hiroki Watanabe, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Daisuke Tsujimoto, Wakashi Iida
  • Patent number: 10451985
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle, and strontium titanate, wherein the strontium titanate has a specific number average particle diameter, the strontium titanate has a maximum peak (a) at a diffraction angle (2?) of 32.00 deg to 32.40 deg in CuK? characteristic X-ray diffraction, the half width of the maximum peak (a) is 0.23 deg to 0.50 deg, an intensity (Ia) of the maximum peak (a) and a maximum peak intensity (Ix) in a range of a diffraction angle (2?) of 24.00 deg to 28.00 deg satisfy a specific relationship, the content of strontium oxide and titanium oxide in the strontium titanate is at least 98.0% by mass, and a sum total Et of a rotational torque and a vertical load in powder flowability analysis of the toner is 100 mJ to 2000 mJ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Hiroki Watanabe, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Daisuke Tsujimoto, Wakashi Iida
  • Patent number: 10409188
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic carrier comprising a magnetic carrier particle having a magnetic body-dispersed resin carrier core material and a resin coating layer; the core material includes magnetic particles A and B having number average primary particle diameter of ra and rb (?m), respectively, satisfying ra?rb; the particles A each include an oxide of at least one nonferrous metal of Mn, Al, Mg, Ti, and Ni; and an iron oxide; M1 represents total content of the nonferrous metal and F1 represents content of an iron of the magnetic carrier particle measured by XRF diffraction, M1/F1 is 0.010 to 0.100; M2 represents total content of the nonferrous metal and F2 represents content of an iron is F2 of the magnetic carrier particle measured by XPS, M2/F2 is 1.0 to 10.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Hironori Minagawa, Wakashi Iida
  • Publication number: 20190155182
    Abstract: A toner having: a toner particle including a binder resin; and an inorganic fine particle, wherein the inorganic fine particle includes a calcium strontium zirconate fine particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroki Watanabe, Toru Takahashi, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Daisuke Tsujimoto, Wakashi Iida
  • Publication number: 20180246429
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle, and strontium titanate, wherein the strontium titanate has a specific number average particle diameter, the strontium titanate has a maximum peak (a) at a diffraction angle (2?) of 32.00 deg to 32.40 deg in CuK? characteristic X-ray diffraction, the half width of the maximum peak (a) is 0.23 deg to 0.50 deg, an intensity (Ia) of the maximum peak (a) and a maximum peak intensity (Ix) in a range of a diffraction angle (2?) of 24.00 deg to 28.00 deg satisfy a specific relationship, the content of strontium oxide and titanium oxide in the strontium titanate is at least 98.0% by mass,and a sum total Et of a rotational torque and a vertical load in powder flowability analysis of the toner is 100 mJ to 2000 mJ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Hiroki Watanabe, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Daisuke Tsujimoto, Wakashi Iida
  • Publication number: 20180231903
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic carrier comprising a magnetic carrier particle having a magnetic body-dispersed resin carrier core material and a resin coating layer; the core material includes magnetic particles A and B having number average primary particle diameter of ra and rb (?m), respectively, satisfying ra?rb; the particles A each include an oxide of at least one nonferrous metal of Mn, Al, Mg, Ti, and Ni; and an iron oxide; M1 represents total content of the nonferrous metal and F1 represents content of an iron of the magnetic carrier particle measured by XRF diffraction, M1/F1 is 0.010 to 0.100; M2 represents total content of the nonferrous metal and F2 represents content of an iron is F2 of the magnetic carrier particle measured by XPS, M2/F2 is 1.0 to 10.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Hironori Minagawa, Wakashi Iida
  • Patent number: 10007206
    Abstract: A magnetic carrier having a ferrite-type core material and a resin coat layer present on the surface of the ferrite-type core material, wherein the ferrite-type core material contains a magnetic ferrite-type core material particle and an amino group-bearing primer compound; the resin coat layer contains a coating resin A that is a polymer of monomer containing a (meth)acrylate ester having an alicyclic hydrocarbon group; the content of the amino group-bearing primer compound in the ferrite-type core material and the content of the resin coat layer in the magnetic carrier are within the prescribed range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Hironori Minagawa, Wakashi Iida, Atsushi Nakano