Patents by Inventor Yasutomo Tsuji

Yasutomo Tsuji 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: 11415913
    Abstract: An electrophotographic member comprises a base member and an elastic layer on the base member. The elastic layer contains a silicone rubber, an ionic electroconductive agent, and an inorganic particle, and the inorganic particle contains a hydroxide of at least one of magnesium or aluminum, and has a silicon atom on a surface thereof in an amount of 0.50 to 2.00 atomic %. An aqueous dispersion of which 5 mg of the inorganic particle is dispersed in 10 ml of water has a turbidity of 200 NTU or more and 1,240 NTU or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoko Kasai, Toshio Tanaka, Yasutomo Tsuji
  • Patent number: 11372351
    Abstract: An electrophotographic member has a base layer, an elastic layer, and a surface layer on the elastic layer, in this order in a thickness direction, wherein the surface layer includes a urethane resin, a perfluoropolyether compound including a specific repeating structure, and a polyol compound having a specific structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohei Miyauchi, Toshio Tanaka, Yasutomo Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20220082963
    Abstract: An electrophotographic member has a base layer, an elastic layer, and a surface layer on the elastic layer, in this order in a thickness direction, wherein the surface layer includes a urethane resin, a perfluoropolyether compound including a specific repeating structure, and a polyol compound having a specific structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yohei Miyauchi, Toshio Tanaka, Yasutomo Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20210373463
    Abstract: An electrophotographic member comprises a base member and an elastic layer on the base member. The elastic layer contains a silicone rubber, an ionic electroconductive agent, and an inorganic particle, and the inorganic particle contains a hydroxide of at least one of magnesium or aluminum, and has a silicon atom on a surface thereof in an amount of 0.50 to 2.00 atomic %. An aqueous dispersion of which 5 mg of the inorganic particle is dispersed in 10 ml of water has a turbidity of 200 NTU or more and 1,200 NTU or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Naoko Kasai, Toshio Tanaka, Yasutomo Tsuji
  • Patent number: 10768557
    Abstract: An intermediary transfer belt includes a base layer; an elastic layer laminated on or above the base layer and formed with a silicone rubber as an elastic member; an intermediary layer laminated on or above the elastic layer; and a surface layer laminated on or above the intermediary layer. The elastic layer is 60 degrees or less in JIS-A hardness and is 5 degrees or more in JIS-E hardness. The intermediary layer is 0.1 g/m2·24 h or more and 600 g/m2·24 h or less in water vapor permeability coefficient and is 1 ?m or more and 15 ?m or less in average thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kaoru Okamoto, Kazuhisa Shirayama, Ryosuke Tsuruga, Yasutomo Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20200201209
    Abstract: An intermediary transfer belt includes a base layer; an elastic layer laminated on or above the base layer and formed with a silicone rubber as an elastic member; an intermediary layer laminated on or above the elastic layer; and a surface layer laminated on or above the intermediary layer. The elastic layer is 60 degrees or less in JIS-A hardness and is 5 degrees or more in JIS-E hardness. The intermediary layer is 0.1 g/m2·24 h or more and 600 g/m2·24 h or less in water vapor permeability coefficient and is 1 ?m or more and 15 ?m or less in average thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Kaoru Okamoto, Kazuhisa Shirayama, Ryosuke Tsuruga, Yasutomo Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20200172701
    Abstract: Provided is a curable silicone rubber mixture providing a cured silicone rubber having a small change in volume resistivity, even when a high voltage is applied for a long period of time. The curable silicone rubber mixture includes: a curable silicone rubber, a cation, an anion and metal oxide particles, the cation including a first cation having one or more carbon-carbon double bonds in a molecular thereof, the metal oxide particles having surfaces whose hydrophilization rate is 0.50 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Toshio Tanaka, Yasutomo Tsuji
  • Patent number: 10649352
    Abstract: To provide an electrophotographic member high in volume resistivity uniformity even in application of a high voltage such as 1,000 V. The electrophotographic member includes a base material and an elastic layer on the base material, the elastic layer containing a silicone rubber and an ionic liquid, and the ionic liquid including a cation modified by a dimethylsiloxane chain, and an anion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasutomo Tsuji, Yohei Miyauchi, Toshio Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20180329319
    Abstract: To provide an electrophotographic member high in volume resistivity uniformity even in application of a high voltage such as 1,000 V. The electrophotographic member includes a base material and an elastic layer on the base material, the elastic layer containing a silicone rubber and an ionic liquid, and the ionic liquid including a cation modified by a dimethylsiloxane chain, and an anion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Yasutomo Tsuji, Yohei Miyauchi, Toshio Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9606478
    Abstract: An electrophotographic member which has resistance to discharge degradation and can maintain the toner releasability for a long period is provided. The electrophotographic member includes a substrate and a surface layer. The surface layer includes a binder resin having an acrylic skeleton and a modified silicone compound having a polyether group and a hydroxyl group in a molecule, the surface layer having a surface having a n-hexadecane contact angle of 30° or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasutomo Tsuji
  • Patent number: 9575439
    Abstract: Provided a transfer member for electrophotography of a multilayer structure including a surface layer having a surface for carrying toner is provided. The surface layer contains a graft type copolymer comprising a polymer having a structure represented by formula (1) as a main chain, and a group containing a structure represented by formula (2) and a group containing a structure represented by formula (3) each bonded to the main chain as a side chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasutomo Tsuji
  • Patent number: 9442430
    Abstract: Provided is a transfer member for electrophotography, comprising a substrate and a surface layer on the substrate, wherein the surface layer comprises: an acrylic resin having a hydroxyl group; and a fluorine compound, the fluorine compound having an alkyl group including 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and a fluorine atom substituting at least one hydrogen atom in the alkyl group, and comprising a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiichi Hamana, Yasutomo Tsuji
  • Patent number: 9423727
    Abstract: The intermediate transfer member is an intermediate transfer member for electrophotography, including a surface layer having a surface for carrying toner, in which: the surface layer contains a fluorine-modified curable resin having one of an acryloyl group and a methacryloyl group, and electro-conductive inorganic particles; and the surface layer has a ratio of the number of atoms of an element derived from the electro-conductive inorganic particles to the total number of atoms to be detected through analysis of the surface by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of 2.5 atomic % or more and 10 atomic % or less, and a peak detected at a position corresponding to a mass-to-charge ratio [m/z] of one of m/z=71 and m/z=85 in analysis of the surface by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Yoshida, Eiichi Hamana, Yasutomo Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20160170333
    Abstract: An electrophotographic member includes a substrate and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer contains a binder resin having an acrylic skeleton and a modified silicone compound having a polyether group and a hydroxyl group. The surface of the electrophotographic member has a surface hardness measured by a nano-indentation method of 0.30 GPa or more and 0.50 GPa or less. The surface has contact angles with n-hexadecane of ?1 and ?2, with ?2 being a contact angle of the surface that has been subjected to an accelerated discharge test and left for 24 hours, and ?1 being a contact angle of the surface without the accelerated discharge test, where ?1 is 30.0° or more and 40.0° or less. A percent change in the contact angle defined by the following calculation formula (1) is 10% or less percent change(%)=(|?1??2|/?1)×100??Calculation formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Yasutomo Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20150344721
    Abstract: Provided is a transfer member for electrophotography, comprising a substrate and a surface layer on the substrate, wherein the surface layer comprises: an acrylic resin having a hydroxyl group; and a fluorine compound, the fluorine compound having an alkyl group including 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and a fluorine atom substituting at least one hydrogen atom in the alkyl group, and comprising a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Eiichi Hamana, Yasutomo Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20150293478
    Abstract: Provided a transfer member for electrophotography of a multilayer structure including a surface layer having a surface for carrying toner is provided. The surface layer contains a graft type copolymer comprising a polymer having a structure represented by formula (1) as a main chain, and a group containing a structure represented by formula (2) and a group containing a structure represented by formula (3) each bonded to the main chain as a side chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventor: Yasutomo Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20140370296
    Abstract: An electrophotographic member which has resistance to discharge degradation and can maintain the toner releasability for a long period is provided. The electrophotographic member includes a substrate and a surface layer. The surface layer includes a binder resin having an acrylic skeleton and a modified silicone compound having a polyether group and a hydroxyl group in a molecule, the surface layer having a surface having a n-hexadecane contact angle of 30° or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasutomo Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20140162068
    Abstract: The intermediate transfer member is an intermediate transfer member for electrophotography, including a surface layer having a surface for carrying toner, in which: the surface layer contains a fluorine-modified curable resin having one of an acryloyl group and a methacryloyl group, and electro-conductive inorganic particles; and the surface layer has a ratio of the number of atoms of an element derived from the electro-conductive inorganic particles to the total number of atoms to be detected through analysis of the surface by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of 2.5 atomic % or more and 10 atomic % or less, and a peak detected at a position corresponding to a mass-to-charge ratio [m/z] of one of m/z=71 and m/z=85 in analysis of the surface by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Yoshida, Eiichi Hamana, Yasutomo Tsuji