Patents by Inventor Yasuo Matsumura

Yasuo Matsumura 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: 20220151077
    Abstract: A method for producing a circuit board includes providing a substrate on which a toner image formed of a thermoplastic toner has been formed and forming a conductive foil layer having a thickness of 0.1 ?m to 2 ?m on the toner image that has been formed on the substrate and then applying heat to the toner image and the conductive foil layer to form a wire constituted by conductive foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yasuo MATSUMURA, Sumiaki YAMASAKI, Tsuyoshi MURAKAMI, Kana YOSHIDA, Shuji SATO
  • Patent number: 11272622
    Abstract: A method for producing a circuit board includes providing a substrate on which a toner image formed of a thermoplastic toner has been formed and forming a conductive foil layer having a thickness of 0.1 ?m to 2 ?m on the toner image that has been formed on the substrate and then applying heat to the toner image and the conductive foil layer to form a wire constituted by conductive foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yasuo Matsumura, Sumiaki Yamasaki, Tsuyoshi Murakami, Kana Yoshida, Shuji Sato
  • Patent number: 10982117
    Abstract: An adhesive material contains a styrene resin, a (meth)acrylate resin, and an oxidatively polymerizable compound, wherein the adhesive material has a sea-island structure that includes a sea portion containing the styrene resin and an island portion containing the (meth)acrylate resin, and the glass transition temperature of the (meth)acrylate resin is at least 30° C. lower than the glass transition temperature of the styrene resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sumiaki Yamasaki, Shiori Chonan, Yasuo Matsumura
  • Patent number: 10852659
    Abstract: A method of producing a foil formed member, includes: preparing a formed member on which a plastic toner image having plasticity is formed; and pressing foil against the formed member at a temperature of 70° C. or lower to form a foil image on the plastic toner image of the formed member, and a method of producing a wiring substrate, includes: preparing a substrate on which a toner image of a toner, in which a volume fraction of particles having a particle diameter of 16 ?m or more is less than 1%, is formed; and forming a foil image on the toner image of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Matsumura, Sumiaki Yamasaki, Satoshi Hiraoka, Shiori Chonan, Takashi Imai
  • Patent number: 10828923
    Abstract: A pressure-printed material preparing apparatus includes an attachment unit that attaches, powder which exhibits adhesiveness when pressure is applied, to a surface to be bonded of a recording medium; a fixation unit that applies pressure to the recording medium to which the powder is attached to fix the powder to the recording medium as an adhesive layer; a folding unit that folds the recording medium of which the adhesive layer is formed on the surface to be bonded, such that two portions of the surface to be bonded are opposed to each other; and an application unit that applies pressure to the recording medium in which the surfaces to be bonded are opposed to each other, to thereby bond the adhesive layer on one surface and the adhesive layer on the other surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Uehara, Yasuo Matsumura, Satoshi Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20200093004
    Abstract: A method for producing a circuit board includes providing a substrate on which a toner image formed of a thermoplastic toner has been formed and forming a conductive foil layer having a thickness of 0.1 ?m to 2 ?m on the toner image that has been formed on the substrate and then applying heat to the toner image and the conductive foil layer to form a wire constituted by conductive foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo MATSUMURA, Sumiaki YAMASAKI, Tsuyoshi MURAKAMI, Kana YOSHIDA, Shuji SATO
  • Patent number: 10507681
    Abstract: A pressure-printed material preparing apparatus includes an attachment unit that attaches, powder which exhibits adhesiveness when pressure is applied, to a surface to be bonded of a recording medium; a fixation unit that applies pressure to the recording medium to which the powder is attached to fix the powder to the recording medium as an adhesive layer; a folding unit that folds the recording medium of which the adhesive layer is formed on the surface to be bonded, such that two portions of the surface to be bonded are opposed to each other; and an application unit that applies pressure to the recording medium in which the surfaces to be bonded are opposed to each other, to thereby bond the adhesive layer on one surface and the adhesive layer on the other surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Uehara, Yasuo Matsumura, Satoshi Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20190292412
    Abstract: An adhesive material contains a styrene resin, a (meth)acrylate resin, and an oxidatively polymerizable compound, wherein the adhesive material has a sea-island structure that includes a sea portion containing the styrene resin and an island portion containing the (meth)acrylate resin, and the glass transition temperature of the (meth)acrylate resin is at least 30° C. lower than the glass transition temperature of the styrene resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sumiaki YAMASAKI, Shiori CHONAN, Yasuo MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20190286010
    Abstract: A method of producing a foil formed member, includes: preparing a formed member on which a plastic toner image having plasticity is formed; and pressing foil against the formed member at a temperature of 70° C. or lower to form a foil image on the plastic toner image of the formed member, and a method of producing a wiring substrate, includes: preparing a substrate on which a toner image of a toner, in which a volume fraction of particles having a particle diameter of 16 ?m or more is less than 1%, is formed; and forming a foil image on the toner image of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo MATSUMURA, Sumiaki YAMASAKI, Satoshi HIRAOKA, Shiori CHONAN, Takashi IMAI
  • Publication number: 20190176502
    Abstract: A pressure-printed material preparing apparatus includes an attachment unit that attaches, powder which exhibits adhesiveness when pressure is applied, to a surface to be bonded of a recording medium; a fixation unit that applies pressure to the recording medium to which the powder is attached to fix the powder to the recording medium as an adhesive layer; a folding unit that folds the recording medium of which the adhesive layer is formed on the surface to be bonded, such that two portions of the surface to be bonded are opposed to each other; and an application unit that applies pressure to the recording medium in which the surfaces to be bonded are opposed to each other, to thereby bond the adhesive layer on one surface and the adhesive layer on the other surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Uehara, Yasuo Matsumura, Satoshi Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 10268129
    Abstract: A pressure fixation toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes a styrene resin, a (meth)acrylic acid ester resin, and an oxidative polymerizable compound. The pressure fixation toner has a sea-island structure configured by a sea portion including the styrene resin and island portions including the (meth)acrylic acid ester resin. The (meth)acrylic acid ester resin has a glass transition temperature being lower than a glass transition temperature of the styrene resin by 30° C. or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiori Chonan, Sumiaki Yamasaki, Satoshi Hiraoka, Yasuo Matsumura
  • Patent number: 10162295
    Abstract: A method for forming a scratchable image includes pressure-fixing a masking pressure toner onto a base image on a substrate to form a masking layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Matsumura, Satoshi Hiraoka, Yasuhiro Uehara
  • Publication number: 20180275544
    Abstract: A pressure fixation toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes a styrene resin, a (meth)acrylic acid ester resin, and an oxidative polymerizable compound. The pressure fixation toner has a sea-island structure configured by a sea portion including the styrene resin and island portions including the (meth)acrylic acid ester resin. The (meth)acrylic acid ester resin has a glass transition temperature being lower than a glass transition temperature of the styrene resin by 30° C. or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiori CHONAN, Sumiaki YAMASAKI, Satoshi HIRAOKA, Yasuo MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20180224783
    Abstract: A method for forming a scratchable image includes pressure-fixing a masking pressure toner onto a base image on a substrate to form a masking layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo MATSUMURA, Satoshi HIRAOKA, Yasuhiro UEHARA
  • Patent number: 9890232
    Abstract: A resin composition for forming a recording layer, includes a resin and satisfies the following Expression (1): 20° C.?T1?T10?120° C.,??Expression (1): wherein T1 represents a temperature at which the viscosity of a solid sample of the resin prepared from the resin composition, measured using a flow tester, is 104 Pa·s under an applied pressure of 1 MPa, and T10 represents a temperature at which the viscosity of a solid sample of the resin prepared from the resin composition, measured using a flow tester, is 104 Pa·s under an applied pressure of 10 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuo Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20180001687
    Abstract: A pressure-printed material preparing apparatus includes an attachment unit that attaches, powder which exhibits adhesiveness when pressure is applied, to a surface to be bonded of a recording medium; a fixation unit that applies pressure to the recording medium to which the powder is attached to fix the powder to the recording medium as an adhesive layer; a folding unit that folds the recording medium of which the adhesive layer is formed on the surface to be bonded, such that two portions of the surface to be bonded are opposed to each other; and an application unit that applies pressure to the recording medium in which the surfaces to be bonded are opposed to each other, to thereby bond the adhesive layer on one surface and the adhesive layer on the other surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro UEHARA, Yasuo MATSUMURA, Satoshi HIRAOKA
  • Patent number: 9557673
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin and inorganic particles that are present in a state of being embedded into the surfaces of the toner particles and being exposed, and satisfy the following expression: 20° C.?T1?T10, wherein T1 represents the temperature at which the viscosity under an applied pressure of 1 MPa becomes 104 Pa·s, and T10 represents the temperature at which the viscosity under an applied pressure of 10 MPa becomes 104 Pa·s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yasuo Matsumura
  • Patent number: 9464206
    Abstract: A thermosetting powder coating material includes powder particles that contain a core containing a thermosetting resin and a thermosetting agent, and a resin coating portion for coating a surface of the core, and of which a volume particle size distribution index GSDv is equal to or smaller than 1.50 and an average circularity is equal to or greater than 0.96.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Matsumura, Makoto Furuki
  • Publication number: 20160282519
    Abstract: There are provided an optical film having both low orientation birefringence and low photoelastic birefringence and, at the same time, having excellent transparency and heat resistance, and a polarizing plate including the optical film and a liquid crystal display device. An acrylic copolymer according to the present invention includes as constituent units 0.5 to 35% by mass of N-aromatic substituted maleimide units and 60 to 85% by mass of alkyl (meth)acrylate units having a negative intrinsic birefringence in terms of a homopolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KOIKE, Akihiro TAGAYA, Sayako UCHIZAWA, Akira MATSUO, Yasuo MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20160238959
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin and inorganic particles that are present in a state of being embedded into the surfaces of the toner particles and being exposed, and satisfy the following expression: 20° C.?T1?T10, wherein T1 represents the temperature at which the viscosity under an applied pressure of 1 MPa becomes 104 Pa·s, and T10 represents the temperature at which the viscosity under an applied pressure of 10 MPa becomes 104 Pa·s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventor: Yasuo MATSUMURA