Patents by Inventor Yasuharu Saita

Yasuharu Saita 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: 20220040980
    Abstract: There is provided a method for cleaning an ink discharger of an inkjet head, and the method includes causing dry ice particles to collide with an ink discharge port of an inkjet head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Junji UJIHARA, Yasuharu SAITA
  • Publication number: 20220009235
    Abstract: There is provided a cleaning method of a flow path in an inkjet head, including: introducing cleaning liquid into the flow path in the inkjet head; and introducing gas into the flow path in the inkjet head, wherein bubbles made of the gas are generated in the cleaning liquid introduced into the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Junji UJIHARA, Yasuharu SAITA
  • Patent number: 11168209
    Abstract: Provided is a resin mixture containing two kinds of polycarbonate particles having different weight average molecular weights, wherein a melt flow rate (MFR-1) of a blended material of the polycarbonate particles and a melt flow rate (MFR-2) of a kneaded material of the polycarbonate particles satisfy the following relation (1), Relation (1): MRF-2<MRF-1, provided that MRF-1 and MRF-2 are measured using a melt flow rate (MRF) measuring apparatus under conditions of a temperature 300° C. and a load of 1.2 kg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Toshio Tsukamoto, Yasuharu Saita
  • Publication number: 20200231802
    Abstract: Provided is a resin mixture containing two kinds of polycarbonate particles having different weight average molecular weights, wherein a melt flow rate (MFR-1) of a blended material of the polycarbonate particles and a melt flow rate (MFR-2) of a kneaded material of the polycarbonate particles satisfy the following relation (1), Relation (1): MRF-2<MRF-1, provided that MRF-1 and MRF-2 are measured using a melt flow rate (MRF) measuring apparatus under conditions of a temperature 300° C. and a load of 1.2 kg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Toshio TSUKAMOTO, Yasuharu SAITA
  • Patent number: 8865795
    Abstract: A copier/printer exterior part uses a halogen-free flame-retardant resin composition. The halogen-free flame-retardant resin composition includes 5 wt % to 50 wt % of unused polycarbonate, 20 wt % to 63 wt % of recycled polycarbonate, 5 wt % to 35 wt % of recycled polyethylene terephthalate, 0.2 wt % to 2 wt % of a styrene-acrylonitrile-glycidyl methacrylate terpolymer, 5 wt % to 15 wt % of a toughener, 10 wt % to 20 wt % of a flame retardant, 0.1 wt % to 0.8 wt % of a flame-retardant antidrip agent, 0.1 wt % to 1 wt % of an antioxidant, and 0.1 wt % to 2 wt % of a lubricant. The styrene-acrylonitrile-glycidyl methacrylate terpolymer includes 1 wt % to 5 wt % of glycidyl methacrylate and 20 wt % to 33 wt % of acrylonitrile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Minqi Xin, Minghua Luo, Wenqiang Li, Lei Gao, Qiang Li, Ryuji Kitani, Yasuharu Saita
  • Publication number: 20140296383
    Abstract: A copier/printer exterior part uses a halogen-free flame-retardant resin composition. The halogen-free flame-retardant resin composition includes 5 wt % to 50 wt % of unused polycarbonate, 20 wt % to 63 wt % of recycled polycarbonate 5 wt % to 35 wt % of recycled polyethylene terephthalate, 0.2 wt % to 2 wt % of a styrene-acrylonitrile-glycidyl methacrylate terpolymer, 5 wt % to 15 wt % of a toughener, 10 wt % to 20 wt % of a flame retardant, 0.1 wt % to 0.8 wt % of a flame-retardant antidrip agent, 0.1 wt % to 1 wt % of an antioxidant, and 0.1 wt % to 2 wt % of a lubricant. The styrene-acrylonitrile-glycidyl methacrylate terpolymer includes 1 wt % to 5 wt % of glycidyl methacrylate and 20 wt % to 33 wt % of acrylonitrile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicants: SHANGHAI KUMHOSUNNY PLASTICS CO., LTD., KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Minqi XIN, Minghua LUO, Wenqiang LI, Lei GAO, Qiang LI, Ryuji KITANI, Yasuharu SAITA
  • Publication number: 20130237644
    Abstract: A copier/printer exterior part uses a halogen-free flame-retardant resin composition. The halogen-free flame-retardant resin composition includes 5 wt % to 50 wt % of unused polycarbonate, 20 wt % to 63 wt % of recycled polycarbonate, 5 wt % to 35 wt % of recycled polyethylene terephthalate, 0.2 wt % to 2 wt % of a styrene-acrylonitrile-glycidyl methacrylate terpolymer, 5 wt % to 15 wt % of a toughener, 10 wt % to 20 wt % of a flame retardant, 0.1 wt % to 0.8 wt % of a flame-retardant antidrip agent, 0.1 wt % to 1 wt % of an antioxidant, and 0.1 wt % to 2 wt % of a lubricant. The styrene-acrylonitrile-glycidyl methacrylate terpolymer includes 1 wt % to 5 wt % of glycidyl methacrylate and 20 wt % to 33 wt % of acrylonitrile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventors: Minqi XIN, Minghua LUO, Wenqiang LI, Lei GAO, Qiang LI, Ryuji KITANI, Yasuharu SAITA
  • Patent number: 8293181
    Abstract: Provided is a tubular flow reactor containing: a cylindrical channel; a mixing shaft which is concentric with the cylindrical channel; and a mixing blade attached to the mixing shaft, wherein the tubular flow reactor satisfy the following requirements: t<2C and t/2C<A/C?1, provided that C is a radius of the mixing shaft, t is a thickness of the mixing blade; A is a distance between a mixing blade plane B located at a forward position in a rotating direction of the mixing blade and a plane S passing through the center of the mixing shaft in a shaft direction, when plane B and plane S are parallel; and the mixing blade plane B is located at a more forward position in the rotating direction than the plane S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Saita, Ryuji Kitani, Masashi Mamino
  • Publication number: 20120235327
    Abstract: Disclosed are a recycled resin manufacturing process and a recycled resin, the process comprising the steps of sorting a molded waste resin product, pulverizing the sorted molded waste resin product into resin flakes, washing the resin flakes, separating the washed resin flakes to remove different kinds of resins, drying the separated resin flakes, classifying the dried resin flakes to remove foreign matter deposited on the flakes, the classifying being carried out employing a classifying apparatus comprising a classifying section and provided therein, a physical field application device having an airflow force field and another physical field other than the airflow force field, and pelletizing the classified resin flakes, wherein the recycled resin has an oligomer content of not more than 1% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yasuo KURACHI, Akira OHIRA, Ryuji KITANI, Yasuharu SAITA, Masashi MAMINO
  • Publication number: 20120095129
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resin composition comprising (A) a polyester resin or a polycarbonate resin, (B) a polyethylene resin, (C) an aromatic compound other than the polyester resin and the polycarbonate resin, the aromatic compound having a residual carbon rate of not less than 20% by mass, and (D) a flame retardant, wherein the polyethylene resin is dispersed as crystal particles in the resin composition, and the content of the polyethylene resin crystal particles having a major axis diameter of 0.1 to 10 ?m and an aspect ratio of 1 to 10 is not less than 60% by number based on the total polyethylene resin crystal particle number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Masashi MAMINO, Yasuo KURACHI, Ryuji KITANI, Yasuharu SAITA
  • Patent number: 8148477
    Abstract: In the present invention, a tubular flow reactor can maintain a plug flow property even though the tubular flow reactor is downsized, and provided is the tubular flow reactor with which uniform resin fine particles exhibiting a narrow particle size distribution and a narrow molecular weight distribution can be prepared when the tubular flow reactor is used for preparation of the resin fine particle via emulsion polymerization or the like. Disclosed is a tubular flow reactor possessing a stirring blade and a cylindrical channel, wherein a ratio d/D is 0.3-0.9 when a diameter of the stirring blade is represented by d and an inner diameter of the cylindrical channel is represented by D, and a ratio Lb/La is 0.80-0.99 when a length of the stirring blade is represented by Lb and a length of the cylindrical channel is represented by La.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Saita, Masashi Mamino
  • Publication number: 20110040049
    Abstract: In the present invention, a tubular flow reactor can maintain a plug flow property even though the tubular flow reactor is downsized, and provided is the tubular flow reactor with which uniform resin fine particles exhibiting a narrow particle size distribution and a narrow molecular weight distribution can be prepared when the tubular flow reactor is used for preparation of the resin fine particle via emulsion polymerization or the like. Disclosed is a tubular flow reactor possessing a stirring blade and a cylindrical channel, wherein a ratio d/D is 0.3-0.9 when a diameter of the stirring blade is represented by d and an inner diameter of the cylindrical channel is represented by D, and a ratio Lb/La is 0.80-0.99 when a length of the stirring blade is represented by Lb and a length of the cylindrical channel is represented by La.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Saita, Masashi Mamino
  • Publication number: 20100331488
    Abstract: Provided is a tubular flow reactor containing: a cylindrical channel; a mixing shaft which is concentric with the cylindrical channel; and a mixing blade attached to the mixing shaft, wherein the tubular flow reactor satisfy the following requirements: t<2C and t/2C<A/C?1, provided that C is a radius of the mixing shaft, t is a thickness of the mixing blade; A is a distance between a mixing blade plane B located at a forward position in a rotating direction of the mixing blade and a plane S passing through the center of the mixing shaft in a shaft direction, when plane B and plane S are parallel; and the mixing blade plane B is located at a more forward position in the rotating direction than the plane S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yasuharu SAITA, Ryuji KITANI, Masashi MAMINO
  • Patent number: 7541129
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner comprising a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the toner contains a mixture of: (i) a compound represented by Formula (3); and (ii) a compound represented by Formula (1) and/or (2), wherein R1 to R8 each represent an alkyl group having 10 to 30 carbon atoms and X represents H or —CO—R9, wherein R9 represents an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Machines Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikio Koyama, Kenji Hayashi, Kazuya Isobe, Yasuharu Saita
  • Publication number: 20090036603
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for continuously producing polymer resin particles, including the steps of: introducing a mixed solution of a polymerizable monomer and a chain transfer agent into an aqueous solution of a surface active agent and dispersing a resulting mixture via a mechanical dispersion apparatus to obtain an oil droplet dispersion containing oil droplets exhibiting a median size (D50) of 50 nm-500 ?m; feeding the oil droplet dispersion and a solution of a polymerization initiator into a tubular polymerization reactor; polymerizing the polymerizable monomer in the reactor to produce polymer resin particles, wherein the chain transfer agent exhibits a chain transfer constant (Cx) of 1.9-17.1, and the mixed solution of the polymerizable monomer and the polymerization initiator are continuously fed into the reactor and are kept in a plug flow condition in the reactor so as to be polymerized to produce the polymer resin particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Saita, Kazuya Isobe, Masashi Mamino
  • Patent number: 7470496
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner comprising a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the toner comprises a compound represented by the following Formula (1): wherein, R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently represent an alkyl group having 10 to 30 carbon atoms and the alkyl group may have a substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikio Koyama, Kenji Hayashi, Kazuya Isobe, Yasuharu Saita
  • Patent number: 7445878
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image comprising a compound represented by a following formula (1): wherein X represents H or —CO—R4; R4 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and the alkyl group may have a substituent; R1 though R3 independently represent an alkyl group having 10 to 30 carbon atoms and the alkyl group may have a substituent; and R1 through R3 may be either the same or different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikio Koyama, Kenji Hayashi, Kazuya Isobe, Yasuharu Saita
  • Publication number: 20060172213
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner comprising a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the toner comprises a compound represented by the following Formula (1): wherein, R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently represent an alkyl group having 10 to 30 carbon atoms and the alkyl group may have a substituent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Mikio Koyama, Kenji Hayashi, Kazuya Isobe, Yasuharu Saita
  • Publication number: 20060073401
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image comprising a compound represented by a following formula (1): wherein X represents H or —CO—R4; R4 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and the alkyl group may have a substituent; R1 though R3 independently represent an alkyl group having 10 to 30 carbon atoms and the alkyl group may have a substituent; and R1 through R3 may be either the same or different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Mikio Koyama, Kenji Hayashi, Kazuya Isobe, Yasuharu Saita