Patents by Inventor Yasuko Torii

Yasuko Torii 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: 20240118641
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner contains toner particles, fatty acid metal salt particles externally added to the toner particles, and silica particles (S) that are externally added to the toner particles and contain a nitrogen element-containing compound containing a molybdenum element, in which a ratio NMo/NSi of Net intensity NMo of the molybdenum element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis to Net intensity NSi of a silicon element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is 0.035 or more and 0.45 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Soichiro Arai, Yosuke Tsurumi, Yasuko Torii
  • Publication number: 20240118642
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic image development includes: toner particles; perovskite compound particles externally added to the toner particles; and silica particles (S) that are externally added to the toner particles and include an elemental nitrogen-containing compound containing elemental molybdenum and in which the ratio NMo/NSi of a Net intensity NMo of elemental molybdenum that is measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis to a Net intensity NSi of elemental silicon that is measured by the X-ray fluorescence analysis is from 0.035 to 0.45 inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Yosuke TSURUMI, Sakiko TAKEUCHI, Yasuko TORII, Ryo NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20240118640
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner contains toner particles that contain a binder resin and resin particles, fatty acid metal salt particles externally added to the toner particles, and silica particles (A) that are externally added to the toner particles and contain a nitrogen element-containing compound containing a molybdenum element, in which a ratio NMo/NSi of Net intensity NMo of the molybdenum element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis to Net intensity NSi of a silicon element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is 0.035 or more and 0.45 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Soichiro ARAI, Yosuke TSURUMI, Yasuko TORII
  • Publication number: 20240118643
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner contains toner particles that contain a binder resin and resin particles and silica particles (A) that are externally added to the toner particles and contain a nitrogen element-containing compound containing a molybdenum element, in which a ratio NMo/NSi of Net intensity NMo of the molybdenum element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis to Net intensity NSi of a silicon element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is 0.035 or more and 0.45 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp
    Inventors: Yasuko TORII, Yosuke TSURUMI, Soichiro ARAI
  • Publication number: 20230305418
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner contains negatively charged toner particles and silica particles added to an exterior of the toner particles, in which in a case where the silica particles are sorted into silica particles (S1) having a circularity of 0.91 or more and silica particles (S2) having a circularity less than 0.91, a mass ratio N/Si of a nitrogen element to a silicon element in a group of the silica particles (S1) is 0.005 or more and 0.50 or less, a mass ratio N/Si of a nitrogen element to a silicon element in a group of the silica particles (S2) is less than 0.005, and an average circularity of the silica particles (S2) is 0.84 or more and less than 0.91.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp
    Inventors: Ryo NAGAI, Yosuke TSURUMI, Yasuko TORII
  • Publication number: 20230305417
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner contains toner particles, silica particles (A) that are added to an exterior of the toner particles and contain a nitrogen element-containing compound containing a molybdenum element, and inorganic particles (B) that are added to the exterior of the toner particles and other than the silica particles (A), in which in the silica particles (A), a ratio NMo/NSi of Net intensity NMo of the molybdenum element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis to Net intensity NSi of a silicon element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is 0.035 or more and 0.45 or less, and an average primary particle size of the inorganic particles (B) is 10 nm or more and 80 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yasuko TORII, Yosuke TSURUMI, Soichiro ARAI
  • Patent number: 11550235
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes toner particles, an external additive A, and an external additive B. At least the external additive A is deposited on the surfaces of the toner particles. At least the external additive B is deposited on the external additive A. The external additive B includes an aggregate of two or more particles. The coverage of the toner particles with the external additive B is 3% by area or more with respect to the total surface area of the toner particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sugawara, Yosuke Tsurumi, Yasuko Torii, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Moegi Iguchi
  • Patent number: 11531284
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes toner particles including a binder resin and a release agent, an external additive A, and an external additive B. At least the external additive A is present on the surface of the toner particles. At least the external additive B is present on the external additive A. The external additive B is an aggregate of two or more particles. The toner particles have an average circularity of 0.8 or more and 0.94 or less. The amount of the release agent present at the surface of the toner particles is 5 area % or more and 30 area % or less based on the total surface area of the toner particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Moegi Iguchi, Yosuke Tsurumi, Atsushi Sugawara, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Yasuko Torii
  • Patent number: 11392052
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes a toner particle, an external additive A, and an external additive B. At least the external additive A is present on the surface of the toner particles. At least the external additive B is present on the external additive A. The number of peaks of the external additive B on the external additive A is 5 or more and 100 or less per 30 ?m peripheral length of the toner particle, the peaks having a height from the surface of the toner particle of 80 nm or more and 250 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yasuko Torii, Yosuke Tsurumi, Atsushi Sugawara, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Moegi Iguchi
  • Patent number: 11181841
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic image development includes: toner particles; Si-doped strontium titanate particles; and silica particles. The particle diameter D of at least one peak in a number-based particle size distribution of primary particles of the silica particles is larger than the number-based median diameter D50 of primary particles of the Si-doped strontium titanate particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Moegi Iguchi, Yasuko Torii, Sakon Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210302855
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes a toner particle, an external additive A, and an external additive B. At least the external additive A is present on the surface of the toner particles. At least the external additive B is present on the external additive A. The number of peaks of the external additive B on the external additive A is 5 or more and 100 or less per 30 ?m peripheral length of the toner particle, the peaks having a height from the surface of the toner particle of 80 nm or more and 250 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuko TORII, Yosuke TSURUMI, Atsushi SUGAWARA, Yoshimasa FUJIHARA, Moegi IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210294227
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes toner particles, an external additive A, and an external additive B. At least the external additive A is deposited on the surfaces of the toner particles. At least the external additive B is deposited on the external additive A. The external additive B includes an aggregate of two or more particles. The coverage of the toner particles with the external additive B is 3% by area or more with respect to the total surface area of the toner particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi SUGAWARA, Yosuke TSURUMI, Yasuko TORII, Yoshimasa FUJIHARA, Moegi IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210294237
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes toner particles including a binder resin and a release agent, an external additive A, and an external additive B. At least the external additive A is present on the surface of the toner particles. At least the external additive B is present on the external additive A. The external additive B is an aggregate of two or more particles. The toner particles have an average circularity of 0.8 or more and 0.94 or less. The amount of the release agent present at the surface of the toner particles is 5 area % or more and 30 area % or less based on the total surface area of the toner particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moegi IGUCHI, Yosuke Tsurumi, Atsushi Sugawara, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Yasuko Torii
  • Publication number: 20210088922
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic image development includes: toner particles; Si-doped strontium titanate particles; and silica particles. The particle diameter D of at least one peak in a number-based particle size distribution of primary particles of the silica particles is larger than the number-based median diameter D50 of primary particles of the Si-doped strontium titanate particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moegi IGUCHI, Yasuko TORII, Sakon TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10599061
    Abstract: An electrostatic-image developing toner includes toner particles, inorganic particles externally added to the toner particles, and a low-molecular-weight siloxane having a molecular weight of 200 or more and 600 or less. The low-molecular-weight siloxane includes only a siloxane bond and an alkyl group. The total content of the low-molecular-weight siloxane in the electrostatic-image developing toner is, by mass, 0.01 ppm or more and 5 ppm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soutaro Kakehi, Yasuko Torii, Moegi Iguchi, Sakon Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5849672
    Abstract: Novel superconducting oxide material containing compound oxide having a composition represented by the formula:?(Tl.sub.1-x Bi.sub.x).sub.1-p .alpha..sub.p !.sub.q Sr.sub.y Ca.sub.z Cu.sub.v O.sub.win which ".alpha." is at least one element selected from a group consisting of In, Sn, Sb, Pb, Y and lanthanide elements and "x", "y", "z", "p", "q", "v" and "w" are numbers each satisfying respective range of 0.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.1.0, 0.5.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.4.0, 0.5.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.4.5, 0.ltoreq.p.ltoreq.0.6, 0.5.ltoreq..ltoreq.3.0, and 1.0.ltoreq.v.ltoreq.5.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuko Torii, Kengo Ohkura, Toshihiro Kotani
  • Patent number: 5744427
    Abstract: In a method of preparing a thallium oxide superconductor having components of Tl-Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O or Tl-Bi-Pb-Ca-Sr-Cu-O from raw material powder, the raw material powder is subjected to first heat treatment, then exposed to a compressive load, and thereafter subjected to second heat treatment. Thus, a thallium oxide superconductor having a high critical current density can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuko Torii
  • Patent number: 5529979
    Abstract: Superconducting oxide material containing compound represented by the formula:(Tl.sub.(l-p-q) Bi.sub.p Pb.sub.q).sub.y .gamma..sub.z (.alpha..sub.(l-r) .beta..sub.r).sub.s Cu.sub.v O.sub.win which each of ".alpha." and ".gamma." is an element selected in IIa group of the periodic table, ".beta." is an element selected from a group comprising Na, K, Rb and Cs, "y", "z", "v", "w", "p", "q", "r" and "s" are numbers each satisfying respective range of 0.5.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.3.0, 0.5.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.6.0, 1.0.ltoreq.v, 5.0.ltoreq.w, 0.ltoreq.p.ltoreq.1.0, 0.ltoreq.q.ltoreq.1.0, 0.ltoreq.r.ltoreq.1.0 and 0.5.ltoreq.s.ltoreq.3.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuko Torii, Hiroyuki Kusuhara
  • Patent number: 5521148
    Abstract: Novel superconducting oxide material containing compound oxide having a composition represented by the formula:[(Tl.sub.1-x Bi.sub.x).sub.1-p .alpha..sub.p ].sub.q Sr.sub.y Ca.sub.z Cu.sub.v O.sub.win which ".alpha." is at least one element selected from a group consisting of In, Sn, Sb, Pb, Y and lanthanide elements and "x", "y", "z", "p", "q", and "v" are numbers each satisfying respective range of 0.1.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.0.5, 0.5.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.4.0, 0.5.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.4.5, 0.ltoreq.p.ltoreq.0.6, 0.5.ltoreq.q.ltoreq.3.0, and 1.0.ltoreq.v.ltoreq.5.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuko Torii, Kengo Ohkura, Toshihiro Kotani
  • Patent number: 5516752
    Abstract: Superconducting oxide material containing compound represented by the formula:(Tl.sub.(1-p-q) Bi.sub.p Pb.sub.q).sub.y .gamma..sub.z (.alpha..sub.(1-r) .beta..sub.r).sub.s Cu.sub.v O.sub.win which each of ".alpha." and ".gamma." is an element selected in IIa group of the periodic table, ".beta." is an element selected from a group comprising Na, K, Rb and Cs, "y", "z", "v", "w", "p", "q", "r" and "s" are numbers each satisfying respective range of 0.5.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.3.0, 0.5.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.6.0, 1.0.ltoreq.v, 5.0.ltoreq.w, 0.ltoreq.p.ltoreq.1.0, 0.ltoreq.q.ltoreq.1.0, 0.ltoreq.r.ltoreq.1.0 and 0.5.ltoreq.s.ltoreq.3.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuko Torii, Hiroyuki Kusuhara