Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Aichi

Yasuhiro Aichi 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: 11513448
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid developer containing a carrier liquid with an SP value of not more than 8.20, a toner particle that is insoluble in the carrier liquid, and a toner particle dispersing agent, wherein the toner particle contains a polyester resin with an acid value of from 5 mg KOH/g to 50 mg KOH/g, a number-average molecular weight of the polyester resin is from 3,500 to 20,000, the toner particle dispersing agent is a polymer having a primary amino group, an amine value of the polymer having the primary amino group is from 30 mg KOH/g to 200 mg KOH/g, and a ratio of a total number of acid groups in the polyester resin relative to a total number of amino groups in the polymer having the primary amino group is from 1.0 to 10.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Waka Hasegawa, Ryo Natori, Ayano Mashida, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Jun Shirakawa
  • Publication number: 20220169060
    Abstract: A thermosensitive recording medium having a thermosensitive coloring layer containing an electron-donating dye precursor, a radical photopolymerization initiator, and an electron-accepting compound with a radical polymerizable group, wherein the electron-accepting compound with a radical polymerizable group includes a compound A represented by the formula (1):
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Ayano Mashida, Yasuhiro Aichi, Masanobu Ootsuka, Junji Ito
  • Publication number: 20220024238
    Abstract: A thermosensitive recording medium 100 includes a support 50, and a first thermosensitive coloring layer 10, a first intermediate layer 15, and a second thermosensitive coloring layer 20 disposed on the support 50 in descending order of distance from the support 50. The first thermosensitive coloring layer 10 and the second thermosensitive coloring layer 20 each contain an electron-donating dye precursor, an electron-accepting compound, a radical-polymerizable compound, and a photoradical polymerization initiator, and the first intermediate layer 15 contains a UV absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Akihiro Taya, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Ayano Mashida, Masanobu Ootsuka, Yutaka Yoshimasa
  • Publication number: 20210380824
    Abstract: Provided is a thermosensitive recording medium including a thermosensitive coloring layer containing an electron-donating dye precursor, an electron-accepting compound, a radical polymerizable compound and a photoradical polymerization initiator, in which the radical polymerizable compound is a compound that is solid at 25° C., and the radical polymerizable compound is contained in the thermosensitive coloring layer in a state of encapsulating at least one of the electron-donating dye precursor and the electron-accepting compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Yutaka Yoshimasa, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Ayano Mashida, Akihiro Taya, Masanobu Ootsuka
  • Publication number: 20200225599
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid developer containing a carrier liquid with an SP value of not more than 8.20, a toner particle that is insoluble in the carrier liquid, and a toner particle dispersing agent, wherein the toner particle contains a polyester resin with an acid value of from 5 mg KOH/g to 50 mg KOH/g, a number-average molecular weight of the polyester resin is from 3,500 to 20,000, the toner particle dispersing agent is a polymer having a primary amino group, an amine value of the polymer having the primary amino group is from 30 mg KOH/g to 200 mg KOH/g, and a ratio of a total number of acid groups in the polyester resin relative to a total number of amino groups in the polymer having the primary amino group is from 1.0 to 10.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Waka Hasegawa, Ryo Natori, Ayano Mashida, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Jun Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 10545424
    Abstract: A liquid developer comprising a carrier liquid, a toner particle insoluble in the carrier liquid, and a polymer having a primary amino group and soluble in the carrier liquid, wherein the toner particle comprises a polyester resin having an acidic group, an acid value of the polyester resin is at least 5 mg KOH/g, a pKa of the acidic group is not more than 3.4, and the polymer having a primary amino group has a primary amino group at a position other than the end of a main chain of the polymer, and method of producing thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Waka Hasegawa, Ryo Natori, Ayano Mashida, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Jun Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 10423084
    Abstract: A method for producing a liquid developer, the method including a step of producing a toner particle by applying a shear force to a mixture of a polyester resin A and B, and a toner particle dispersing agent in a liquid a, wherein the polyester resin A has a number-average molecular weight from 3,000 to 7,000, an acid value of at least 5, and a carboxy group; the polyester resin B has a number-average molecular weight from 4,000 to 20,000 and an acid value of not more than 2; the toner particle dispersing agent has a primary amino group and an amine value of at least 40; the mass ratio (B/(A+B)) for the polyester resin B is 0.3 to 0.9; and the following relationship is satisfied: SP value of liquid a<SP value of the toner particle dispersing agent<SP value of polyester resin B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Aichi, Junji Ito, Jun Shirakawa, Waka Hasegawa, Ryo Natori, Ayano Mashida
  • Publication number: 20190271929
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid developer with excellent image quality, fixability and storage stability, containing a toner particle with both good dispersion stability and good surface smoothness, the liquid developer contains an insulating liquid and a toner particle that is insoluble in the insulating liquid, and the toner particle contains a colorant having an acidic group and a binder resin, or a colorant and a binder resin having an acidic group, and a polyamine compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Jun Shirakawa, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Waka Hasegawa, Ryo Natori, Ayano Mashida
  • Publication number: 20190155180
    Abstract: A method for producing a liquid developer, the method including a step of producing a toner particle by applying a shear force to a mixture of a polyester resin A and B, and a toner particle dispersing agent in a liquid a, wherein the polyester resin A has a number-average molecular weight from 3,000 to 7,000, an acid value of at least 5, and a carboxy group; the polyester resin B has a number-average molecular weight from 4,000 to 20,000 and an acid value of not more than 2; the toner particle dispersing agent has a primary amino group and an amine value of at least 40; the mass ratio (B/(A+B)) for the polyester resin B is 0.3 to 0.9; and the following relationship is satisfied: SP value of liquid a<SP value of the toner particle dispersing agent<SP value of polyester resin B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Aichi, Junji Ito, Jun Shirakawa, Waka Hasegawa, Ryo Natori, Ayano Mashida
  • Publication number: 20190107794
    Abstract: The liquid developer according to the present invention includes a toner particle containing a polyester resin and a pigment and includes a carrier liquid comprising a nonaqueous solution, the polyester resin contains a monomer unit derived from trimellitic acid, and the content of the monomer unit derived from trimellitic acid in the total acid component-derived monomer unit constituting the polyester resin is from 2.0 mol % to 60.0 mol %, the polyester resin also contains a monomer unit derived from an ethylene oxide adduct on bisphenol A, and the content of the monomer unit derived from the ethylene oxide adduct on bisphenol A in the total alcohol component-derived monomer unit constituting the polyester resin is from 50.0 mol % to 100.0 mol %, and the average circularity of the toner particle is at least 0.950.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Yuzo Tokunaga, Yasutaka Akashi, Naohiko Tsuchida, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Jun Shirakawa, Ryo Natori, Waka Hasegawa, Ayano Mashida
  • Publication number: 20190094734
    Abstract: A liquid developer comprising a carrier liquid, a toner particle insoluble in the carrier liquid, and a polymer having a primary amino group and soluble in the carrier liquid, wherein the toner particle comprises a polyester resin having an acidic group, an acid value of the polyester resin is at least 5 mg KOH/g, a pKa of the acidic group is not more than 3.4, and the polymer having a primary amino group has a primary amino group at a position other than the end of a main chain of the polymer, and method of producing thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Waka Hasegawa, Ryo Natori, Ayano Mashida, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Jun Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 10175597
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid developer that gives a high image density, has a high resistance, suppresses the appearance of image blurring, can be reused, is readily cured by ultraviolet radiation, and can accommodate higher process speeds. This liquid developer contains a carrier liquid, a toner particle insoluble in the carrier liquid, and a compound with the following formula (1) [In formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group having at least 13 and not more than 23 carbons.].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Shirakawa, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi
  • Publication number: 20180348658
    Abstract: A curable liquid developer containing: a toner particle containing a pigment and a binder resin; a toner particle dispersing agent; and a cationically polymerizable liquid monomer, wherein the binder resin contains a polyester resin having an acid value of at least 5 mg KOH/g; the polyester resin contains an alcohol component-derived monomer unit and an acid component-derived monomer unit; the alcohol component-derived monomer unit and the acid component-derived monomer unit contain specific monomer units in specific proportions; and the content of the polyester resin in the binder resin is at least 50 mass % and not more than 100 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Naohiko Tsuchida, Takashi Hirasa, Yasutaka Akashi, Yuzo Tokunaga, Akifumi Matsubara, Ryo Natori, Waka Hasegawa, Ayano Mashida, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Jun Shirakawa
  • Publication number: 20180329333
    Abstract: A curable liquid developer including: a toner particle containing a binder resin and a pigment; a toner particle dispersing agent; and a cationically polymerizable liquid monomer that does not dissolve the binder resin, wherein the pigment contains a copper phthalocyanine derivative represented by formula (1) below; in formula (1), each of R1, R2, R3 and R4 individually represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent derived from an amine compound, and at least one of R1, R2, R3 and R4 represents a substituent derived from an amine compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Yuzo Tokunaga, Naohiko Tsuchida, Akifumi Matsubara, Yasutaka Akashi, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi
  • Publication number: 20180210362
    Abstract: A curable liquid developer production method that can efficiently produce a curable liquid developer is provided. A curable liquid developer is also provided. The method is a method of producing a curable liquid developer containing a pigment, a binder resin, a toner particle dispersing agent, and a curable insulating liquid, this method including: a pigment dispersion step of preparing a pigment dispersion containing a pigment, a binder resin, a toner particle dispersing agent, and a solvent; a mixing step of mixing the pigment dispersion with a curable insulating liquid; and a distillative removal step of distillatively removing the solvent from a mixture obtained in the mixing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Ryo Natori, Waka Hasegawa, Ayano Mashida, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Jun Shirakawa
  • Publication number: 20180143546
    Abstract: A method for producing a curable liquid developer including a toner particle including a colorant and a binder resin, a dispersant, and an insulating liquid (a) which does not dissolve the binder resin, the method including a step (1) of preparing a liquid mixture including the colorant, the binder resin, the insulating liquid (a), a solvent (b) which dissolves the binder resin, and the dispersant which is soluble in both the insulating liquid (a) and the solvent (b), and a step (2) of distilling off the solvent (b), wherein the insulating liquid (a) includes a monomer having a polymerizable functional group, and a molar average number of functional groups, a molar average SP value and an average molecular weight of the insulating liquid (a) are in specific range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Waka Hasegawa, Ryo Natori, Ayano Mashida, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Jun Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 9971268
    Abstract: A curable liquid developer that contains a toner particle, a polymerization initiator, and a cationically polymerizable liquid monomer, wherein the cationically polymerizable liquid monomer contains a compound given by the following formula (A): (R—CH?CH—O—)n—CmH(2m+2?n)??formula (A) [in formula (A), m represents an integer that is at least 12 and not more than 50; n represents an integer that is at least 2; and R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having at least 1 and not more than 3 carbons].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanabe, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Jun Shirakawa
  • Publication number: 20180059566
    Abstract: Provided is a UV-curable liquid developer remaining in an apparatus hardly cures with visible light even when the apparatus is opened for the purpose of, for example, its maintenance, and the UV-curable liquid developer shows sufficient fixability by irradiation of the UV light. The UV-curable liquid developer includes: toner particles; a polymerization initiator; a sensitizer; and a polymerizable monomer, in which the sensitizer contains a compound represented by X—Y, where X represents a triphenylenyl group or the like and Y represents a triphenylenyl group or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanabe, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Jun Shirakawa, Koichi Nakata
  • Patent number: 9897936
    Abstract: A curable liquid developer production method that can efficiently produce a curable liquid developer is provided. A curable liquid developer is also provided. The method is a method of producing a curable liquid developer containing a pigment, a binder resin, a toner particle dispersing agent, and a curable insulating liquid, this method including: a pigment dispersion step of preparing a pigment dispersion containing a pigment, a binder resin, a toner particle dispersing agent, and a solvent; a mixing step of mixing the pigment dispersion with a curable insulating liquid; and a distillative removal step of distillatively removing the solvent from a mixture obtained in the mixing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryo Natori, Waka Hasegawa, Ayano Mashida, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Jun Shirakawa
  • Publication number: 20180046105
    Abstract: Provided is a curable liquid developer having sufficient fixability while being a curable liquid developer containing a polymer material. The curable liquid developer includes: a cationic polymerizable liquid monomer including a vinyl ether monomer; and toner particles insoluble in the cationic polymerizable liquid monomer, in which the curable liquid developer further includes a polymerizable polyolefin including a polyolefin in a main chain thereof, the polymerizable polyolefin having a vinyl ether group at at least one terminal of the polyolefin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanabe, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Jun Shirakawa