Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Arima

Yasuhiro Arima 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: 8741522
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: a polyester resin that has a glass transition temperature of about 45° C. or higher and in which a proportion of repeating units derived from fumaric acid in repeating units derived from acid components is 10 mol % or greater and a proportion of repeating units derived from alkenylsuccinic acid in the repeating units derived from acid components is 10 mol % or greater; and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein a content of the photopolymerization initiator is from about 0.5% by weight to about 10% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Arima
  • Patent number: 8652739
    Abstract: The present invention provides a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image including toner particles having residual ammonium ions and silica particles containing a chlorine compound as an external additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroko Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Arima
  • Publication number: 20130065173
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: a polyester resin that has a glass transition temperature of about 45° C. or higher and in which a proportion of repeating units derived from fumaric acid in repeating units derived from acid components is 10 mol % or greater and a proportion of repeating units derived from alkenylsuccinic acid in the repeating units derived from acid components is 10 mol % or greater; and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein a content of the photopolymerization initiator is from about 0.5% by weight to about 10% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro ARIMA
  • Patent number: 8158319
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic charge image development, the toner includes a binder resin, the binder resin includes an amorphous polyester resin having alkenyl groups and a crystalline polyester resin, about 5% or more of the alkenyl groups have a branched structure, and the o crystalline polyester resin has an ester concentration (M) obtained by the following Equation of from about 0.04 to about 0.08: M=K/A??Equation wherein, K represents the number of ester bonds in the crystalline polyester resin, and A represents the number of atoms that constitute the polymer chain of the crystalline polyester resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Arima, Shinpei Takagi
  • Patent number: 8142971
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge developer includes a carrier having a core material and a resin coating layer covering the surface of the core material, and a toner having a binder resin that contains a non-crystalline polyester resin and a crystalline polyester resin. The resin coating layer contains a copolymer that contains a nitrogen-containing acrylic ester or nitrogen-containing methacrylic ester and an alicyclic acrylic ester or alicyclic methacrylic ester. The non-crystalline polyester resin contains at least an alkyl succinic acid or an anhydride or lower alkyl ester thereof, or an alkenyl succinic acid or an anhydride or lower alkyl ester thereof. The crystalline polyester resin is an aliphatic polyester resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Mizutani, Yasuhiro Arima, Fusako Kiyono, Susumu Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20120070773
    Abstract: The present invention provides a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image including toner particles having residual ammonium ions and silica particles containing a chlorine compound as an external additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroko KOBAYASHI, Yasuhiro ARIMA
  • Publication number: 20110065034
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic charge image development, the toner includes a binder resin, the binder resin includes an amorphous polyester resin having alkenyl groups and a crystalline polyester resin, about 5% or more of the alkenyl groups have a branched structure, and the o crystalline polyester resin has an ester concentration (M) obtained by the following Equation of from about 0.04 to about 0.08: M=K/A??Equation wherein, K represents the number of ester bonds in the crystalline polyester resin, and A represents the number of atoms that constitute the polymer chain of the crystalline polyester resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ARIMA, Shinpei TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 7846633
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic image, the toner having a core-shell structure, wherein the toner comprises: a colorant; a binder resin; and a filler, and wherein the toner has a flow tester ½ effluent temperature of from 60 to 100° C., and a shell of the toner comprises a thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Nakamura, Yasuhiro Arima, Atsushi Sugawara, Takeshi Tanabe, Toshiyuki Yano
  • Publication number: 20090245858
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge developer includes a carrier having a core material and a resin coating layer covering the surface of the core material, and a toner having a binder resin that contains a non-crystalline polyester resin and a crystalline polyester resin. The resin coating layer contains a copolymer that contains a nitrogen-containing acrylic ester or nitrogen-containing methacrylic ester and an alicyclic acrylic ester or alicyclic methacrylic ester. The non-crystalline polyester resin contains at least an alkyl succinic acid or an anhydride or lower alkyl ester thereof, or an alkenyl succinic acid or an anhydride or lower alkyl ester thereof. The crystalline polyester resin is an aliphatic polyester resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki MIZUTANI, Yasuhiro ARIMA, Fusako KIYONO, Susumu YOSHINO
  • Patent number: 7291436
    Abstract: An electrophotographic toner having a core-shell structure including a crystalline resin in its core region or a sea-island structure including a crystalline resin in its island region, wherein the toner has 1) a resistance of 5.0×1012 ?·cm or higher, 2) a dynamic viscosity coefficient of 3×103 Pa·s or higher at a temperature which is 50° C. higher than a melting point of the crystalline resin, and 3) a dynamic viscosity coefficient of 1×105 Pa·s or lower at a temperature which is 10° C. higher than the melting point of the crystalline resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Nakamura, Takashi Imai, Katsumi Daimon, Yuka Ishihara, Hirokazu Yamada, Hirokazu Hamano, Norihito Fukushima, Yasuhiro Arima
  • Publication number: 20060292473
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner that is made by adding electrically conductive powder as an external additive to toner particles comprising a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the liberation rate of the electrically conductive powder is from 50 to 90%; and the number average particle size distribution index G of the toner particles, which is represented by the following formula (1), is 1.20 or less. particle size distribution index G=D50/D16??Formula (1) And an electrostatic latent image developing toner that is made by adding a metal oxide as an external additive to toner particles comprising a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the liberation rate of the metal oxide is from 30 to 60%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Kadokura, Yuka Ishihara, Yasuhiro Arima, Atsushi Sugawara, Shinya Nakashima, Masaki Nakamura, Yasuhiro Oya
  • Publication number: 20060216628
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic image, the toner having a core-shell structure, wherein the toner comprises: a colorant; a binder resin; and a filler, and wherein the toner has a flow tester ½ effluent temperature of from 60 to 100° C., and a shell of the toner comprises a thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Nakamura, Yasuhiro Arima, Atsushi Sugawara, Takeshi Tanabe, Toshiyuki Yano
  • Publication number: 20050208414
    Abstract: An electrophotographic toner having a core-shell structure including a crystalline resin in its core region or a sea-island structure including a crystalline resin in its island region, wherein the toner has 1) a resistance of 5.0×1012 ?·cm or higher, 2) a dynamic viscosity coefficient of 3×103 Pa·s or higher at a temperature which is 50° C. higher than a melting point of the crystalline resin, and 3) a dynamic viscosity coefficient of 1×105 Pa·s or lower at a temperature which is 10° C. higher than the melting point of the crystalline resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Nakamura, Takashi Imai, Katsumi Daimon, Yuka Ishihara, Hirokazu Yamada, Hirokazu Hamano, Norihito Fukushima, Yasuhiro Arima
  • Patent number: 6916586
    Abstract: The toner for electrostatic charged image development of the present invention is characterized in that it contains at least a binder resin, a mold releasing agent and magnetic metal particles, and the solubility of the magnetic metal particles in a 1 mol/l aqueous HNO3 solution at 50° C. is 500 mg/g·l or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Ishiyama, Hiroshi Nakazawa, Shuji Sato, Yosuke Tsurumi, Yasuhiro Arima, Takashi Imai
  • Publication number: 20040191656
    Abstract: The toner for electrostatic charged image development of the present invention is characterized in that it contains at least a binder resin, a mold releasing agent and magnetic metal particles, and the solubility of the magnetic metal particles in a 1 mol/l aqueous HNO3 solution at 50° C. is 500 mg/g·l or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Ishiyama, Hiroshi Nakazawa, Shuji Sato, Yosuke Tsurumi, Yasuhiro Arima, Takashi Imai
  • Patent number: 6345839
    Abstract: A seating sensor is provided on a seat back part and/or a seat cushion part of a seat in use for a vehicle such as an automobile, and calculates physical conditions, such as a height and weight of an occupant, to judge whether the subject on the seat is a human or an object. On the basis of the results of such calculation and judgement, the operation of an air bag is controlled. The seating sensor includes a sensing element which is variable in its electric resistance in response to the pressure variation, and the pressing force is detected on the basis of the variation of the electric resistance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Furukawa Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naobumi Kuboki, Kenji Kondo, Masato Miyahara, Hirokazu Takewaki, Yasuhiro Arima, Takuya Nishimoto