Patents by Inventor Yota Ito
Yota Ito 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).
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Publication number: 20250138608Abstract: A display device includes a casing; a display unit that is disposed in the casing; a temperature detecting unit configured to detect temperature on a front face side, where an image is displayed, of the display unit; an exhaust heat control unit configured to conduct exhaust heat generated on a rear face side of the display unit to the front face side of the display unit; and a temperature control unit configured to control conduction of the exhaust heat by the exhaust heat control unit, based on the temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Inventor: YOTA ITO
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Patent number: 12066593Abstract: The compound having a high refractive index characteristic and a high transmittance is a (meth)acrylate compound represented by the following general formula (1): in the general formula (1), X represents a phenylene group, Z1 to Z3 are selected from the group consisting of a phenyl group, a heteroaryl group, a phenylene group, a heteroarylene group, a phenylalkylene group having an alkylene group having 1 or more to 4 or less carbon atoms, and a heteroaralkylene group having an alkylene group having 1 or more to 4 or less carbon atoms, P1 to P3 are selected from the group consisting of an acryloyloxy group and a methacryloyloxy group, A is selected from the group consisting of an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, an arylene group, and a heteroarylene group, and “m” and “n” each represent 0 or 1, provided that when the “m” represents 0, the “n” represents 0.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kei Tagami, Terunobu Saitoh, Akihito Saitoh, Yota Ito
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Patent number: 12045006Abstract: There is provided an electrophotographic photosensitive member having drum shape, the electrophotographic photosensitive member including a support and a photosensitive layer, wherein an outer surface of the electrophotographic photosensitive member has wrinkles, and when an observation region having square form with one side of 100 ?m is placed at an arbitrary position on the outer surface, a line that passes through a central point of the observation region and is parallel to a circumferential direction of the electrophotographic photosensitive member is defined as a first reference line L1, and 3,599 reference lines obtained by rotating the first reference line L1 at every 0.1° around the central point are defined as L2 to L3,600, respectively, each of L1 to L3,600 intersects with convex portions of the wrinkles at a plurality of locations and has at least two different intersection angles selected from the plurality of locations.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: CANON KABU SHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shuhei Iwasaki, Tomohito Ishida, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Tatsuya Yamaai, Yuka Ishiduka, Yota Ito, Takeshi Murakami
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Patent number: 11782353Abstract: A method for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member including: forming a photosensitive layer; and forming a protective layer, wherein the step of forming the photosensitive layer forms a photosensitive layer having an amount of residual solvent of a first solvent in the photosensitive layer of 0.05% to 2.50% and an amount of residual solvent of a second solvent in the photosensitive layer of 0.50% to 2.50%, and the step of forming the protective layer includes step (A) of forming a cured film and step (B) of forming the protective layer having wrinkle shapes, wherein, in step (A), the irradiated coating film is heated at a heating temperature lower than a boiling point of the first solvent and in step (B), the cured film is heated at a heating temperature higher than a boiling point of the first solvent.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Nobuhiro Nakamura, Tomohito Ishida, Shuhei Iwasaki, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Tatsuya Yamaai, Yuka Ishiduka, Yota Ito, Takeshi Murakami
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Patent number: 11392074Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive drum that achieves both of a reduction in torque of the electrophotographic photosensitive drum at the time of its cleaning and an improvement in image transferability. The electrophotographic photosensitive drum includes: a support; and a photosensitive layer arranged on the support, the electrophotographic photosensitive drum having arranged on an outer surface thereof at least two structure groups having different appearance periods, wherein when, out of the two structure groups, a group including structures having a smaller appearance period is defined as a first structure group, and a group including structures having a larger appearance period is defined as a second structure group, a height of the first structure group is lower than a height of the second structure group.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomohito Ishida, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Shuhei Iwasaki, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Tatsuya Yamaai, Yuka Ishiduka, Yota Ito, Takeshi Murakami
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Patent number: 11163241Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member including: a support, an undercoat layer formed above the support, a charge generation layer formed on the undercoat layer, and a charge transport layer formed above the charge generation layer, wherein the undercoat layer contains a polyamide resin and a titanium oxide particle which is surface-treated with a compound represented by Formula (1): when a volume of the titanium oxide particles to a volume of the polyamide resin in the undercoat layer is a, and an average primary particle diameter of the titanium oxide particles is b [?m], the following Equation (A) is satisfied: Equation (A): 14.0?a/b?19.1; and the charge generation layer contains a charge generating material and a thermoplastic resin having a hydroxyl group and a hydroxyl number of 50 mgKOH/g or more.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yota Ito, Jumpei Kuno, Shoma Hinata
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Publication number: 20210325793Abstract: A method for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member including: forming a photosensitive layer; and forming a protective layer, wherein the step of forming the photosensitive layer forms a photosensitive layer having an amount of residual solvent of a first solvent in the photosensitive layer of 0.05% to 2.50% and an amount of residual solvent of a second solvent in the photosensitive layer of 0.50% to 2.50%, and the step of forming the protective layer includes step (A) of forming a cured film and step (B) of forming the protective layer having wrinkle shapes, wherein, in step (A), the irradiated coating film is heated at a heating temperature lower than a boiling point of the first solvent and in step (B), the cured film is heated at a heating temperature higher than a boiling point of the first solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Nobuhiro Nakamura, Tomohito Ishida, Shuhei Iwasaki, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Tatsuya Yamaai, Yuka lshiduka, Yota Ito, Takeshi Murakami
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Publication number: 20210325814Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive drum that achieves both of a reduction in torque of the electrophotographic photosensitive drum at the time of its cleaning and an improvement in image transferability. The electrophotographic photosensitive drum includes: a support; and a photosensitive layer arranged on the support, the electrophotographic photosensitive drum having arranged on an outer surface thereof at least two structure groups having different appearance periods, wherein when, out of the two structure groups, a group including structures having a smaller appearance period is defined as a first structure group, and a group including structures having a larger appearance period is defined as a second structure group, a height of the first structure group is lower than a height of the second structure group.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Tomohito Ishida, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Shuhei Iwasaki, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Tatsuya Yamaai, Yuka lshiduka, Yota Ito, Takeshi Murakami
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Publication number: 20210325794Abstract: There is provided an electrophotographic photosensitive member having drum shape, the electrophotographic photosensitive member including a support and a photosensitive layer, wherein an outer surface of the electrophotographic photosensitive member has wrinkles, and when an observation region having square form with one side of 100 ?m is placed at an arbitrary position on the outer surface, a line that passes through a central point of the observation region and is parallel to a circumferential direction of the electrophotographic photosensitive member is defined as a first reference line L1, and 3,599 reference lines obtained by rotating the first reference line L1 at every 0.1° around the central point are defined as L2 to L3,600, respectively, each of L1 to L3,600 intersects with convex portions of the wrinkles at a plurality of locations and has at least two different intersection angles selected from the plurality of locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Shuhei Iwasaki, Tomohito Ishida, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Tatsuya Yamaai, Yuka Ishiduka, Yota Ito, Takeshi Murakami
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Patent number: 11150566Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrophotographic photosensitive member that can simultaneously achieve the suppression of the occurrence of the black spot in a charged portion and the suppression of the deterioration in sensitivity of an exposed portion, even after stored in a high-temperature and high-humidity environment. An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes an electro-conductive support, an undercoat layer, a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer in this order, wherein an atomic concentration ratio R of the oxygen atom to the aluminum atom on the surface of the electro-conductive support, as measured by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, satisfies the following Expression (1): 1.6?R??(1) and the undercoat layer includes a titanium oxide particle that is surface-treated with a particular silane compound.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shuhei Iwasaki, Akira Sakakibara, Jumpei Kuno, Yota Ito, Kohei Makisumi
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Publication number: 20210247546Abstract: The compound having a high refractive index characteristic and a high transmittance is a (meth)acrylate compound represented by the following general formula (1): in the general formula (1), X represents a phenylene group, Z1 to Z3 are selected from the group consisting of a phenyl group, a heteroaryl group, a phenylene group, a heteroarylene group, a phenylalkylene group having an alkylene group having 1 or more to 4 or less carbon atoms, and a heteroaralkylene group having an alkylene group having 1 or more to 4 or less carbon atoms, P1 to P3 are selected from the group consisting of an acryloyloxy group and a methacryloyloxy group, A is selected from the group consisting of an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, an arylene group, and a heteroarylene group, and “m” and “n” each represent 0 or 1, provided that when the “m” represents 0, the “n” represents 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Kei Tagami, Terunobu Saitoh, Akihito Saitoh, Yota Ito
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Patent number: 11086241Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a support, an undercoat layer placed on the support, a charge generation layer placed on the undercoat layer, and a charge transport layer placed on the charge generation layer. The undercoat layer contains titanium oxide particles surface-treated with an organosilicon compound that is at least one member selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formulas (1) to (8) and a polyamide resin. The charge generation layer contains hydroxygallium phthalocyanine.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Jumpei Kuno, Akira Sakakibara, Yota Ito, Shuhei Iwasaki, Kohei Makisumi
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Publication number: 20210200108Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes: a support, an undercoat layer, and a photosensitive layer in this order, wherein the undercoat layer comprises a polyamide resin, and titanium oxide particles having been subjected to a surface treatment with an organic silicon compound, when an average primary particle size of the titanium oxide particles having been subjected to the surface treatment with the organic silicon compound is defined as “b” [?m], and a mass ratio of a Si element to TiO2 in the titanium oxide particles having been subjected to the surface treatment with the organic silicon compound is defined as “c” [mass %], “b” and “c” satisfy a relationship expressed by the following Expression (B), 0.025?b×c?0.050, and the photosensitive layer is a monolayer type photosensitive layer comprising a charge generating substance, a hole transporting substance, and an electron transporting substance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Yota Ito, Akira Sakakibara
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Patent number: 10942462Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrophotographic photosensitive member that reduces the accumulation of charge and the leakage which are caused by a repeated use in a long period of time. The electrophotographic photosensitive member has a support, an undercoat layer, a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer in this order, wherein the undercoat layer contains a polyamide resin, and a titanium oxide particle, wherein the titanium oxide particle has been surfacetreated with an organosilicon compound, wherein the undercoat layer satisfies 10???70, where ? represents a degree [%] of hydrophobicity of the titanium oxide particle which has been surfacetreated with the organosilicon compound; and the undercoat layer satisfies 0.015?(?×?)?0.040, where ? represents an average primary particle size [?m] of the titanium oxide particles, and ? represents a weight percentage [wt %] of an Si element of the organosilicon compound with respect to the titanium oxide particle.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yota Ito, Akira Sakakibara, Jumpei Kuno, Shuhei Iwasaki, Kohei Makisumi
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Publication number: 20200393771Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrophotographic photosensitive member that can simultaneously achieve the suppression of the occurrence of the black spot in a charged portion and the suppression of the deterioration in sensitivity of an exposed portion, even after stored in a high-temperature and high-humidity environment. An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes an electro-conductive support, an undercoat layer, a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer in this order, wherein an atomic concentration ratio R of the oxygen atom to the aluminum atom on the surface of the electro-conductive support, as measured by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, satisfies the following Expression (1): 1.6?R??(1) and the undercoat layer includes a titanium oxide particle that is surface-treated with a particular silane compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Shuhei Iwasaki, Akira Sakakibara, Jumpei Kuno, Yota Ito, Kohei Makisumi
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Patent number: 10831117Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member that is improved in potential stability in long-term use under a high-temperature and high-humidity environment, and does not cause degradation in image quality, such as a low density. The electrophotographic photosensitive member includes: a support; an undercoat layer formed on the support; a charge-generating layer formed directly on the undercoat layer; and a charge-transporting layer formed on the charge-generating layer. The undercoat layer contains a polyamide resin, titanium oxide particles surface-treated with an organic silicon compound, and a compound represented by the following Formula (1), and has a content of the compound represented by the Formula (1) of 4 ppm or more and 80 ppm or less: in the Formula (1), R and R? each independently represent a methyl group or an ethyl group.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira Sakakibara, Yota Ito, Jumpei Kuno, Shuhei Iwasaki, Kohei Makisumi
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Publication number: 20200264525Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a support, an undercoat layer placed on the support, a charge generation layer placed on the undercoat layer, and a charge transport layer placed on the charge generation layer. The undercoat layer contains titanium oxide particles surface-treated with an organosilicon compound that is at least one member selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formulas (1) to (8) and a polyamide resin. The charge generation layer contains hydroxygallium phthalocyanine.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Jumpei Kuno, Akira Sakakibara, Yota Ito, Shuhei Iwasaki, Kohei Makisumi
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Publication number: 20200174385Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member that is improved in potential stability in long-term use under a high-temperature and high-humidity environment, and does not cause degradation in image quality, such as a low density. The electrophotographic photosensitive member includes: a support; an undercoat layer formed on the support; a charge-generating layer formed directly on the undercoat layer; and a charge-transporting layer formed on the charge-generating layer. The undercoat layer contains a polyamide resin, titanium oxide particles surface-treated with an organic silicon compound, and a compound represented by the following Formula (1), and has a content of the compound represented by the Formula (1) of 4 ppm or more and 80 ppm or less: in the Formula (1), R and R? each independently represent a methyl group or an ethyl group.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Akira Sakakibara, Yota Ito, Jumpei Kuno, Shuhei Iwasaki, Kohei Makisumi
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Publication number: 20200159137Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrophotographic photosensitive member that reduces the accumulation of charge and the leakage which are caused by a repeated use in a long period of time. The electrophotographic photosensitive member has a support, an undercoat layer, a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer in this order, wherein the undercoat layer contains a polyamide resin, and a titanium oxide particle, wherein the titanium oxide particle has been surfacetreated with an organosilicon compound, wherein the undercoat layer satisfies 10???70, where ? represents a degree [%] of hydrophobicity of the titanium oxide particle which has been surfacetreated with the organosilicon compound; and the undercoat layer satisfies 0.015?(?×?)?0.040, where ? represents an average primary particle size [?m] of the titanium oxide particles, and ? represents a weight percentage [wt %] of an Si element of the organosilicon compound with respect to the titanium oxide particle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Yota Ito, Akira Sakakibara, Jumpei Kuno, Shuhei Iwasaki, Kohei Makisumi
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Patent number: 10416581Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member with suppressed potential variation even in the case that a protective layer including a cured material of a composition having a polymerizable functional group is used is provided. An electrophotographic photosensitive member including a support, a charge generation layer, a charge transport layer containing a charge transporting material, and a protective layer, in the order presented, wherein the charge transport layer contains a polycarbonate resin having a structure selected from a group A and a structure selected from a group B, and the protective layer includes a cured material of a composition containing a compound having at least a functional group selected from chain-polymerizable functional groups and sequential polymerizable functional groups.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yota Ito, Tsutomu Nishida, Shoma Hinata, Tatsuya Yamaai, Akira Sakakibara, Daisuke Miura