Patents by Inventor Yoshihisa Mizumoto

Yoshihisa Mizumoto 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: 20070243984
    Abstract: A developing roller including a semiconductive rubber member having not less than two vulcanized layers including a base layer composed of a vulcanized electro-conductive rubber composition and a surface layer composed of a vulcanized rubber composition. An electric resistance value of the base layer is set to not more than 107?, when the electric resistance value of the base layer is measured by applying a voltage of 100V thereto at a temperature of 10° C. and a relative humidity of 20%. An electric resistance value of a laminate of all layers including the base layer and the surface layer is set not more than 107? in the same condition as the above-described condition in which the electric resistance value of the base layer is measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Mizumoto
  • Patent number: 7220796
    Abstract: A conductive elastomer composition includes an ionic-conductive elastomer component, which contains an anion-containing salt having a fluoro group (F—) and a sulfonyl group (—SO2—). The conductive elastomer composition has a volume charge not more than 108.5 (?·cm) when the volume charge is measured at a voltage of 100V applied theretoin accordance with the method specified in JIS K6911. The conductive elastomer composition has a compression set not more than 30% when the compression set is measured at a temperature of 70° C. for 24 hours at a compressibility ratio of 25% in accordance with “the permanent set testing methods for rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic” specified in JIS K6262.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Mizumoto, Takayuki Hattori, Tetsuo Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20070041752
    Abstract: A semiconductive roller comprising a toner-transporting portion whose outermost layer is formed essentially of resin or rubber, wherein the resin or the rubber includes resin or rubber having chlorine atoms and 3 to 60 parts by mass of titanium oxide for 100 parts by mass of the resin or the rubber having the chlorine atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Mizumoto, Noriaki Hitomi, Hirotoshi Murakami, Zhang Yajun
  • Publication number: 20060284142
    Abstract: A semiconductive rubber composition contains copolymerized rubber containing ethylene oxide; chloroprene rubber; and acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber. A conductive rubber roller has a conductive rubber layer composed of the semiconductive rubber composition on an outermost layer thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Mizumoto
  • Patent number: 7149466
    Abstract: A conductive rubber member having a rubber layer, disposed in an outermost layer thereof, formed by using a rubber composition containing an ionic-conductive rubber, the rubber composition further containing a dielectric loss tangent-adjusting filler. The conductive rubber member has a dielectric loss tangent of not less than 2.0 nor more than 5.0, when an alternating voltage of 5V with a frequency of 100 Hz is applied to the conductive rubber member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Mizumoto
  • Publication number: 20060269327
    Abstract: A conductive rubber roller 10 having a conductive rubber layer 1, containing chloroprene rubber, which composes an outermost layer thereof. When an alternating current is applied to the conductive rubber roller 10 at a voltage of five and a frequency of 100 Hertz, a dielectric loss tangent is 0.1 to 1.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Mizumoto
  • Patent number: 7098264
    Abstract: A conductive elastomer composition includes an ionic-conductive elastomer component, which contains an anion-containing salt having a fluoro group (F—) and a sulfonyl group (—SO2—). The conductive elastomer composition has a volume charge not more than 108.5 (?·cm) when the volume charge is measured at a voltage of 100V applied thereto in accordance with the method specified in JIS K6911. The conductive elastomer composition has a compression set not more than 30% when the compression set is measured at a temperature of 70° C. for 24 hours at a compressibility ratio of 25% in accordance with “the permanent set testing methods for rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic” specified in JIS K6262.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Mizumoto, Takayuki Hattori, Tetsuo Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 7070552
    Abstract: An electroconductive rubber roller (10) whose outermost layer consists of a rubber layer (1) made of a rubber composition containing an ionic-conductive rubber as a main component thereof. The surface of the rubber layer consists of an oxide film; and the rubber composition contains a dielectric loss tangent-adjusting filler to set a dielectric loss tangent of the electroconductive rubber roller to 0.1 to 1.5. Weak electroconductive carbon black and/or calcium carbonate treated with fatty acid can be used as the dielectric loss tangent-adjusting filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Mizumoto
  • Publication number: 20060127125
    Abstract: A toner transport roller (10) including a sealing member (3), for preventing leak of toner, which contacts a peripheral surface of a rubber roller (1) thereof slidably. The toner transport roller (10) contains 3 to 50 parts by mass of alumina for 100 parts by mass of an ionic-conductive rubber and a loss tangent-adjusting filler. The annular sealing member (3) is slidably fitted on both ends of the rubber roller (1) in an axial direction thereof. It is preferable that the specific gravity of the ionic-conductive rubber is set to not less than 1.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Mizumoto
  • Publication number: 20060074162
    Abstract: A conductive elastomer composition includes an ionic-conductive elastomer component, which contains an anion-containing salt having a fluoro group (F—) and a sulfonyl group (—SO2—). The conductive elastomer composition has a volume charge not more than 108.5 (?·cm) when the volume charge is measured at a voltage of 100V applied theretoin accordance with the method specified in JIS K6911. The conductive elastomer composition has a compression set not more than 30% when the compression set is measured at a temperature of 70° C. for 24 hours at a compressibility ratio of 25% in accordance with “the permanent set testing methods for rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic” specified in JIS K6262.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Mizumoto, Takayuki Hattori, Tetsuo Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20050180790
    Abstract: A conductive rubber member having a rubber layer, disposed in an outermost layer thereof, formed by using a rubber composition containing an ionic-conductive rubber. The rubber composition further contains a dielectric loss tangent-adjusting filler. The conductive rubber member has dielectric loss tangent not less than 2.0 nor more than 5.0, when an alternating voltage of 5V with a frequency of 100 Hz is applied to the conductive rubber member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Mizumoto
  • Publication number: 20040110617
    Abstract: An electroconductive rubber roller (10) whose outermost layer consists of a rubber layer (1) made of a rubber composition containing an ionic-conductive rubber as a main component thereof. The surface of the rubber layer consists of an oxide film; and the rubber composition contains a dielectric loss tangent-adjusting filler to set a dielectric loss tangent of the electroconductive rubber roller to 0.1 to 1.5. Weak electroconductive carbon black and/or calcium carbonate treated with fatty acid can be used as the dielectric loss tangent-adjusting filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Mizumoto
  • Publication number: 20040106708
    Abstract: A conductive elastomer composition including an ionic-conductive elastomer component to which an anion-containing salt having a fluoro group (F—) and a sulfonyl group (—SO2—) is added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Mizumoto, Takayuki Hattori, Tetsuo Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20040024166
    Abstract: In a conductive urethane composition including polyurethane obtained by a poly-addition reaction of polyol and polyisocyanate, polyether polyol is used as the polyol. An average value of a non-saturation degree of the polyether polyol is set to not more than 0.025 milliequivalents/g. The conductive urethane composition contains an organic ionic-conductive agent such as organometallic salts having fluoro groups and/or sulfonyl groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Takayuki Hattori, Tetsuo Mizoguchi, Yoshihisa Mizumoto, Shinichi Murakami, Fumihiko Noda, Tsutomu Tokushige
  • Patent number: 6602957
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising a high-molecular-weight thermoplastic elastomer, a low-molecular-weight thermoplastic elastomer affinitive for the high-molecular-weight thermoplastic elastomer, and a rubber component. The ratio of the number-average molecular weight (Mn1) of the high-molecular-weight thermoplastic elastomer to the number-average molecular weight (Mn2) of the low-molecular-weight thermoplastic elastomer is not less than 1.2 nor more than 500. The rubber is dynamically cross-linked and dispersed in the thermoplastic elastomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hattori, Tetsuo Mizoguchi, Yoshihisa Mizumoto, Hideyuki Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20030060566
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising a high-molecular-weight thermoplastic elastomer, a low-molecular-weight thermoplastic elastomer affinitive for the high-molecular-weight thermoplastic elastomer, and a rubber component. The ratio of the number-average molecular weight (Mn1) of the high-molecular-weight thermoplastic elastomer to the number-average molecular weight (Mn2) of the low-molecular-weight thermoplastic elastomer is not less than 1.2 nor more than 500. The rubber is dynamically cross-linked and dispersed in the thermoplastic elastomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hattori, Tetsuo Mizoguchi, Yoshihisa Mizumoto, Hideyuki Okuyama
  • Patent number: 6476140
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising a high-molecular-weight thermoplastic elastomer, a low-molecular-weight thermoplastic elastomer affinitive for the high-molecular-weight thermoplastic elastomer, and a rubber component. The ratio of the number-average molecular weight (Mn1) of the high-molecular-weight thermoplastic elastomer to the number-average molecular weight (Mn2) of the low-molecular-weight thermoplastic elastomer is not less than 1.2 nor more than 500. The rubber is dynamically cross-linked and dispersed in the thermoplastic elastomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hattori, Tetsuo Mizoguchi, Yoshihisa Mizumoto, Hideyuki Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20020013203
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising a high-molecular-weight thermoplastic elastomer, a low-molecular-weight thermoplastic elastomer affinitive for the high-molecular-weight thermoplastic elastomer, and a rubber component. The ratio of the number-average molecular weight (Mn1) of the high-molecular-weight thermoplastic elastomer to the number-average molecular weight (Mn2) of the low-molecular-weight thermoplastic elastomer is not less than 1.2 nor more than 500. The rubber is dynamically cross-linked and dispersed in the thermoplastic elastomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: Takayuki Hattori, Tetsuo Mizoguchi, Yoshihisa Mizumoto, Hideyuki Okuyama
  • Patent number: 6187420
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel fender, which has a sufficient shock absorbing action with respect to a ship and is capable of dispersing a compressive force given at the time when the ship comes alongside at the pier and reducing a friction force at the time given when the ship is moored at the pier. A fender of the present invention comprises a fender body 10, and a surface layer 12 with which at least an impact receiving surface of this fender body 10 is coated, wherein the surface layer 12 is made of a blended polymer of a crystalline polyolefin resin and a diene rubber and the proportion of the crystalline polyolefin resin in the blended polymer exceeds 50% by weight and not more than 85% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Tajima, Yoshihisa Mizumoto